Friday, December 31, 2021

THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD (2008)
























Directed by: Sean McGinly
Starring: John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay, Steve Zahn, Griffin Dunne, Matthew Gray Gubler, Debra Monk, Adam Scott, Patrick Fischler, Wallace Langham, Don Most, Nate Hartley, Wendy Worthington, Jack Carter, Dave Attell, Gary Coleman, Michael Winslow, Martha Stewart, Damien Fahey, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, David Blaine, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, George Takei, Mary Hart, Jay Leno, Tom Arnold, Bill Saluga

90 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, drug references)

PLOT:
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant, he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.

TRAILER:


 

NEW (1999)


 





















Directed by: Jake Scott
Starring: No Doubt (Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young)

5 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Music video for the single, off the rock band's fourth studio album, "Return of Saturn".

MUSIC VIDEO:


Thursday, December 30, 2021

ROCK DJ (2000)





















Directed by: Vaughan Arnell
Starring: Robbie Williams, Lauren Gold

4 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Music video for the single, off the English singer and songwriter's third studio album, "Sing When You're Winning".

 

STARVEILLANCE (2006)


 





















Created by: Eric Fogel
Starring: (voices) Ben Schwartz, Gil Ozeri, Erin Quill, Sean Kenin, Will Vought, Paul Scheer, Alison Becker, Matt Oberg, Jackie Clarke, Afi Ekulona, Curtis Gwinn, Ashley Hearon-Smith, Tia Dionne Hodge, Kathy Searle, Noah Starr

6 episodes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, crude humor)

PLOT:
The show parodies celebrity situations through stop-motion animation. The show is hosted by Glen and Corey, who hide video cameras all over the world to tape celebrities in their private moments.

Monday, December 27, 2021

THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)
























Directed by: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Murphy Dunne, Willie "Too Big" Hall, Tom "Bones" Malone, "Blue Lou" Marini, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, "Mr. Fabulous" Alan Rubin, Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, John Candy, John Lee Hooker, Kathleen Freeman, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Frank Oz, Jeff Morris, Charles Napier, Steven Spielberg, Stephen Bishop, Steven Williams, Armand Cerami, John Landis, Joe Walsh, Ben Piazza, Cindy Fisher, Paul Reubens, Rosie Shuster, Chaka Khan, Gary McLarty, Layne Britton, Pinetop Perkins, Mr. T, Carolyn Franklin, De'voreaux White, James Avery, Lou Perryman, Luis Contreras, Raven De La Croix, Ralph Foody, Leonard R. Garner Jr.

133 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in an orphanage. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

TRAILER:


Sunday, December 26, 2021

ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2 (2006)
























Directed by: Bob Richardson, Dick Sebast, Will Meugniot
Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Starring: (voices) Justin Gross, Grey Griffin, Michael Massee, Marc Worden, Olivia d'Abo, Nan McNamara, Nolan North, Andre Ware, David Boat, Fred Tatasciore, Jim Ward, Jeffrey D. Sams, Dwight Schultz, Mark Hamill, Dave Fennoy, Susan Dalian, Kendre Berry, Chi McBride

73 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
The mightiest of heroes the ultimate Avengers must continue their war against the same aliens they fought. This time, the aliens and Captain America's old enemy Herr Kleiser (the alien shape shifter who supposedly died in 1945), are invading a hidden city in Africa, where the Black Panther is king. But when Kleiser murders the Black Panther's father T'Chaka, Black Panther travels to the U.S.A. to get advice from Captain America. The Avengers must travel to Africa, where a bloody war will be waged against the invading aliens.

TRAILER:


 

ULTIMATE AVENGERS - THE MOVIE (2006)


 





















Directed by: Bob Richardson, Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Starring: (voices) Justin Gross, Michael Massee, Olivia d'Abo, Nolan North, David Boat, Grey Griffin, Marc Worden, Nan McNamara, Andre Ware, Fred Tatasciore, Jim Ward, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Keith Ferguson, Quinton Flynn, Kerrigan Mahan, Aileen Sander

72 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
In 1945, Captain America, U.S. soldier created with a Super-Soldier Serum, is fighting the Nazis during World War II, and after averting a nuclear disaster, he falls into the icy waters of the North Atlantic, and frozen in suspended animation, only to be revived in the twenty-first century by the American military, who are hoping that they can recreate the serum in Captain America's blood in order to create more super-soldiers. But now, with the world facing the very same evil, Captain America must rise again as our last hope of survival and lead a strong-willed team of today's superheroes.

TRAILER:


FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (1987)


 





















Directed by: Jeffrey Bloom
Based on the novel by: V.C. Andrews
Starring: Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Ben Ryan Ganger, Lindsay Parker, Marshall Colt, Nathan Davis, Brooke Fries, Alex Koba, Leonard Mann, Bruce Neckels, Gus Peters, Clare C. Peck

91 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by the grandmother, and their mother, who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritance she plans to win back from her dying father to the point of murder.

CLIP:


CODED - THE HIDDEN LOVE OF J.C. LEYENDECKER (2021)
























Directed by: Ryan White
Narrated by: Neil Patrick Harris
Starring: Jari Jones, Judy Goffman Cutler, Jennifer A. Greenhill, John T. Nash

30 minutes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
J.C. Leyendecker was one of the most prominent artists of his time, but his story is largely forgotten. Forced to keep his sexuality a secret, his coded imagery spoke directly to the gay community and laid the foundation for LGBTQ representation in advertising today. 

 

Saturday, December 25, 2021

BIRTHDAY GIRL (2001)
























Directed by: Jez Butterworth
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Cassel, Kate Evans, Stephen Mangan, Xander Armstrong, Sally Phillips, Jo McInnes, Ben Miller, Jonathan Aris, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss

93 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence)

PLOT:
Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime.

 

A FAR OFF PLACE (1993)
























Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Based on the book "A Story Like the Wind" by: Laurens van der Post
Based on the book "A Far Off Place" by: Laurens van der Post
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Maximilian Schell, Sarel Bok, Robert John Burke, Patricia Kalember, Daniel Gerroll, Miles Anderson, Taffy Chihota, Magdalene Damas

108 minutes
(PG - mild language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
The witty Nonni and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones to survive a massacre of a gang of poachers among the gamekeeper's family on his lonesome farm in the savanna. Now the ruthless murderers are after them as the only witnesses. Without a means of transportation, the only way to escape is to walk through two thousand kilometers of Kalahari Desert with the help of the African bushman Xhabbo. On the months-long journey ahead, they not only become good friends against their differences, but also realize that every one of them has strength and skills that are required to survive.

TRAILER:


 

THE LONE RANGER (2013)
























Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski
Based on characters created by: George W. Trendle, Fran Striker
Starring: Armie Hammer, Johnny Depp, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Helena Bonham Carter, James Badge Dale, Bryant Prince, Barry Pepper, Mason Cook, Saginaw Grant, Harry Treadaway, Lew Temple, Leon Rippy, Stephen Root, James Frain, Damon Herriman, Jaoquin Cosio

149 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish. Ambushed by the outlaw and left for dead, John Reid is rescued by the renegade Comanche, Tonto, at the insistence of a mysterious white horse and offers to help him to bring Cavendish to justice. Becoming a reluctant masked rider with a seemingly incomprehensible partner, Reid pursues the criminal against all obstacles. However, John and Tonto learn that Cavendish is only part of a far greater injustice, and the pair must fight it in an adventure that would make them a legend.

TRAILER:


THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER (1981)


 





















Directed by: William A. Fraker
Based on characters created by: George W. Trendle, Fran Striker
Starring: Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Juanin Clay, Jason Robards Jr, John Bennett Perry, John Hart, Richard Farnsworth, Ted Flicker, Buck Taylor, Tom Laughlin, Merle Haggard, Lincoln Tate

98 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the outlaw leader, Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the crime that Cavendish represents. To this end, John Reid disguises himself and becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Ulysses S. Grant when Cavendish takes him hostage. We learn that Cavendish was an officer in the United States military before he was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged.

CLIP:


Thursday, December 23, 2021

MR. BROOKS (2007)
























Directed by: Bruce A. Evans
Starring: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Danielle Panabaker, Aisha Hinds, Lindsay Crouse, Jason Lewis, Reiko Aylesworth, Matt Schulze, Yasmine Delawari, Traci Dinwiddie, Michael Cole, Laura Bailey

120 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity)

PLOT:
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his alter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her.

INTERVIEW:


 

A FATHER...A SON...ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2005)
























Directed by: Lee Grant
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Anne DouglasJoel Douglas, Peter Douglas, Sherry Lansing, Karl Malden, George Schlatter, Kenny Solms, Kathleen Turner, Jack Valenti, Peter Travers, Rabbi David WolpeJimmy WebbJann Wenner

95 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes)

PLOT:
Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Lee Grant's candid, complex portrait of father-son screen icons Kirk and Michael Douglas - and the Hollywood dynasty that they built - is alternately a celebration, an indictment and a fabulous dinner party. Examining their closely entwined yet often divergent lives and careers through revealing interviews, this living slice of Hollywood history is the kind of up-close look at two legends that could only have been made by a confidant and close friend.

IS PARIS BURNING? (1966)
























Directed by: Rene Clement
Based on the novel by: Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
Screenplay by: Gore Vidal, Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Bruno Cremer, Charles Boyer, Pierre Vaneck, Pierre Dux, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Yves Montand, Claude Rich, Marie Versini, Michel Piccoli, Claude Dauphin, Daniel Gelin, Georges Staquet, Serge Rousseau, Georges Geret, Jean Negroni, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Etcheverry, Sacha Pitoeff, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Roger Lumont, Felix Marten, Tony Taffin, Bernard Fresson, Orson Welles, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Robert Stack, Anthony Perkins, E.G. Marshall, Skip Ward, Billy Kearns, George Chakiris, Gert Frobe, Hannes Messemer, Ernst Fritz Furbringer, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Billy Frick, Harry Meyen, Claus Holm, Joachim Hansen, Konrad Georg, Peter Jacob, Wolfgang Preiss, Gunter Meisner, Helmuth Schneider, Karl-Otto Alberty

173 minutes
(NR - adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of war)

PLOT:
In August, 1944, as Allied troops await orders to march into German-occupied Paris, Hitler assigns command of the city to Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz. The Feuhrer's orders are simple and direct--if Paris cannot be held, it is to be burned to the ground. At the same time, the French Resistance movement, which has succeeded in taking possession of two-thirds of the city, is divided over a new plan of strategy. Gen. Jacques Chaban-Delmas, a Free French follower of Charles de Gaulle, strongly opposes those Communists favoring an immediate insurrection, which he fears might turn Paris into another Warsaw. With the help of the Swedish consul, Nordling, he attempts to arrange for the release of an important political prisoner, Bernard Labe, who might succeed in forestalling the uprising; but the plan ultimately fails, and Labe is shot. Word arrives that the Allies have decided to bypass the city and push directly to the Rhine, whereupon the Free French send Major Gallois to convince the Allied High Command that at least one military unit must liberate Paris, thereby enabling Germany to save face and surrender with honor. Von Choltitz, through all of this, procrastinates and ignores Hitler's hysterical demands that the city be burned. Largely responsible for the general's hesitancy is Nordling, who appeals to both von Choltitz' reason and his vanity by pointing out that by refusing to destroy centuries of history merely to satisfy a madman, he would become known as the man who saved Paris. Consequently, the order to burn the city is never given and, on August 25th, American and French soldiers liberate Paris. As von Choltitz is taken prisoner, exultant Parisians surge through the streets to greet the return of General Charles de Gaulle.

CLIP:


 

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

MURDER PARTY (2007)


 





















Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Chris Sharp, Sandy Barnett, Macon Blair, Paul Goldblatt, William Lacey, Stacy Rock, Skei Saulnier, Bill Tangradi, Puff Snooty, Beryl Guceri, Beau Sia

79 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, drug use)

PLOT:
On Halloween Eve in Brooklyn, an average Joe loser named Chris finds an invitation to a costume party. Arriving at the "party", Chris discovers he's fallen prey to the lethal trap set by deranged artists. As the night wears on, rivalries within the group flare up. A body count accrues, and Chris must take advantage of the ensuing chaos if he's to survive the night.

WEDDING CRASHERS (2005)


 





















Directed by: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Christopher Walken, Bradley Cooper, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour, Ellen Albertini Dow, Keir O'Donnell, Henry Gibson, Ron Canada, Rebecca De Mornay, Dwight Yoakam, Jenny Alden, Will Ferrell, James Carville, John McCain

119 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, some violence, nudity, crude humor, drug use)

PLOT:
Guided by a set of "wedding crashing rules," Washington, D.C. divorce mediators John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey can charm their way into any wedding...and into the hearts of every bridesmaid...for one night. But at the biggest social event of the year, John breaks the rules and falls for Claire Cleary, the daughter of the United States Secretary of Treasury, William Cleary, and Jeremy is left at the mercy of her "stage-five-clinger" sex-crazed sister Gloria. Being there for his buddy, Jeremy follows John to the family's huge estate for a weekend that may even be too wild for these professional party animals.

CLIP:


Sunday, December 19, 2021

THE RAWHIDE YEARS (1956)

 
























Directed by: Rudolph Mate
Starring: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Arthur Kennedy, William Demarest, William Gargan, Peter van Eyck, Minor Watson, Donald Randolph, Robert Wilke, Trevor Bardette, James Anderson, Robert Foulk, Chubby Johnson, Leigh Snowden, Don Beddoe

85 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the riverboat while on their way. Ben is implicated on arrival and flees, all the while working both sides of the law to clear his name. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her. Encountering Rick Harper, whom he initially takes as a would-be bandit, they develop a friendship that winds up with both men saving the other's neck.

ACTUAL MOVIE:


FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (2003)
























Directed by: Robert Iscove
Starring: Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini, Katherine Bailess, Anika Noni Rose, Brian Dietzen, Greg Siff, Jason Yribar, Christopher Bryan, Theresa San-Nicholas, Justin Gorence, Kaitlin Riley, Marc Macaulay, Jessica Sutta, Zachary Woodlee, Robert Hoffman

81 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Spring break in Miami is the scene. It's where surf-drenched guys cruise girls in bikinis and raucous parties rule day and night. It's the perfect time and place for three young women from Texas and a trio of college guys from Pennsylvania to find adventure and maybe even fall in love. In a Texas dive bar, Kelly is singing her heart out to a few local yokels when her best friends Kaya and Alexa try and tempt her away for some fun in the Florida sun. It's an easy sell--even for the cautious Kelly - and the three head for Miami. Making their way to the same destination is the "Pennsylvania Posse": college students Justin, Brandon, and Eddie. Justin and Brandon are smooth-talking party promoters, while Eddie's primed to meet Lizzie, the cyber dream girl he's been e-mailing for months. Miami Beach, beating with a rhythm all its own, is teeming with beautiful people. Kelly's friends are drawn into the beachside fun, while Kelly tentatively navigates a sea of strangers. When her eyes meet Justin's, everything changes--in an instant. While Kaya and Alexa are content to survey the parade of eye candy, Kelly's now only interested in the guy with the irresistible smile. The feeling is mutual, and Justin's on fire. But as luck would have it, he loses Kelly's number--and boy-crazy Alexa has already set her sights on Justin. She will stop at nothing--even betraying a friend--to nab Justin as her own. Will true love win out for the star-crossed Justin and Kelly?

CLIP:


 

DANGEROUS MINDS (1995)
























Directed by: John N. Smith
Produced by: Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer
Based on the autobiography "My Posse Don't Do Homework" by: LouAnne Johnson
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett, Beatrice Winde, John Neville, Lorraine Toussaint, Renoly Santiago, Wade Dominguez, Bruklin Harris, Marcello Thedford, Robert Alvarez, Richard Gant, Marisela Gonzalez, Toni Nichelle Buzhardt, Norris Young, Rahman Ibraheem, Desire Galvez, Wilson Limpo, Raymond Grant, Veronica Robles, Michael Archuleta, Deshanda Carter, Ebony Jerido, Brandi Younger, Asia Minor, Karina Arroyave, Paula Garces, Ivan Sergei, Mark Prince Edwards, Ismael Archuleta, Skye Bassett, Gaura Vani, Cynthia Avila, Roman Cisneros, Camille Winbush, Al Israel, Jeffrey Garcia, Brian Anthony, Jason Gutman

99 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
Louanne Johnson is an ex-marine, hired as a teacher in a high-school in a poor area of the city. She has recently separated from her husband. Her friend, also teacher in the school, got the temporary job for her. After a terrible reception from the students, she tries unconventional methods of teaching (using karate, Bob Dylan lyrics etc.) to gain the trust of the students.


LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)
























Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Based on the short story "Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog" by: Ward Greene
Starring: (voices) Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, George Givot, Lee Millar, Peggy Lee, Stan Freberg, Alan Reed, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dallas McKennon, The Mellomen (Bill Lee, Max Smith, Bob Hamlin, Bob Stevens)

76 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Overindulged in a sweet life of luxury in a perfect home at a turn-of-the-century neighborhood, the cute little English Cocker Spaniel, Lady, sees her world turn upside down, when her loving owners have their first baby. All alone in the town's dangerous streets, the fair Lady finds solace in the shape of the most unexpected ally--the bright-eyed and streetwise mutt from the wrong side of the tracks, Tramp--utterly unaware, however, that an unlikely romance will soon form. But do opposites really attract?

TRAILER:


 

Saturday, December 18, 2021

SHOWBIZ KIDS (2020)
























Directed by: Alex Winter
Music by: Jeff Tweedy, Sammy Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy
Starring: Baby Peggy (Diana Serra Cary), Marc Slater, Melanie Slater, Henry Thomas, Cameron Boyce, Milla Jovovich, Todd Bridges, Mara Wilson, Tricia Miranda, Demi Singleton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Wil Wheaton, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeff Slater, Marnie Cooper, Todd Thaler

94 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
A documentary about the highs and lows of children in show business, featuring interviews and examinations of the lives and careers of the most famous former child actors in the world.

TRAILER:


THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB (2007)
























Directed by: Robin Swicord
Based on the novel by: Karen Joy Fowler
Starring: Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Hugh Dancy, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Marc Blucas, Lynn Redgrave, Kevin Zegers, Nancy Travis, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Gwendoline Yeo, Myndy Crist

106 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
In California, the favorite dog of the lonely Jocelyn dies, and she meets her best friends in the funeral: the six times divorced Bernadette; the housewife Sylvia and her lesbian daughter Allegra; and the young French teacher Prudie, whose mother is a dysfunctional woman. When Sylvia's husband Daniel dumps her for a younger woman, Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a reading club of Jane Austen to distract her with Allegra and Prudie. Meanwhile the sci-fi fan Grigg, who owns a software company and was raised with three sisters, flirts with Jocelyn and she invites him to join the club with the intention of introducing him to Sylvia. They plan to read and discuss the novels "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814), "Emma" (1816), "Northanger Abbey" (1818) and "Persuasion" (1818), one per month. Meanwhile, Prudie's marriage with Dean is in crisis and she flirts with the student Trey. Allegra falls in love for Corinne and tells her private life to her affair. But Jocelyn does not understand the feelings of Grigg. While reading the novels, their lives entwine with the characters of the writer, leading each one of them to find what is looking for in love.

TRAILER:


 

Friday, December 17, 2021

STEPHEN KING'S THE LANGOLIERS (1995)
























Directed by: Tom Holland
Based on the novella by: Stephen King
Starring: Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, David Morse, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Frankie Faison, Baxter Harris, Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot, John Griesemer, Stephen King

180 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
On a redeye flight to Boston from Los Angeles, 10 people wake up to a shock: All the passengers and crew have vanished. When they try to contact the ground, they make no connections. They land the plane only to discover that things haven't changed, but it's like the world is dead. Nobody's there, the air is still, sound doesn't echo, the food is tasteless, and a distant sound comes closer and closer. A race of monstrous beings bent on their destruction is heading for them, eating everything in sight.

TRAILER:


 

Thursday, December 16, 2021

MEMENTO (2000)
























Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by: Jonathan Nolan
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Stephen Tobolowsky, Mark Boone Junior, Callum Keith Rennie, Larry Holden, Jorja Fox, Harriet Sansom Harris, Kimberly Campbell, Thomas Lennon

113 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some drug content)

PLOT:
Leonard Shelby has short term memory loss resulting from an injury he sustained which was associated with the murder of his wife. He remembers his life prior to the incident, such as being an insurance claims investigator. He has learned to cope with his memory loss through dealing with a man named Sammy Jankis, a person he investigated professionally who also had short term memory issues. Some of these coping mechanisms are to have a system of where to place things, talk to people face-to-face, if possible, rather than on the telephone as to be able to gauge their true intention, take Polaroids and write copious notes, the most important of those which he tattoos on his body so that they become permanent. Leonard's current mission is to find and kill his wife's murderer, who he believes is a man named John G., a name which is tattooed on his body. Over the course of a day, Leonard is assisted in this mission by a few people seemingly independent of each other, including a man named Teddy and a woman named Natalie. However, each time he meets them, he has no idea who they are, why they are helping him and if indeed they are working toward the same goal as him.

TRAILER:





 

TIMMY FAILURE - MISTAKES WERE MADE (2020)


 





















Directed by: Tom McCarthy
Based on the book series by: Stephan Pastis
Starring: Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Craig Robinson, Wallace Shawn, Kyle Bornheimer, Ai-Chan Carrier, Chloe Coleman, Kei, Caitlin Weierhauser, Ruby Matenko, A. Brian Daniels, Dennis Lynch

99 minutes
(PG - mild language, adult themes, adult situations, mild action)

PLOT:
An 11-year-old boy who believes that he is the best detective in town runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,500-pound polar bear. But, for every step he takes towards solving a mystery, he ends up destroying some property and putting someone in the path of danger. Can he redeem himself and show everyone that his quest isn't just a phase but, his destiny?

TRAILER:


Wednesday, December 15, 2021

DEATH WARRANT (1990)


 





















Directed by: Deran Sarafian
Screenplay by: David S. Goyer
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Abdul Salaam El-Razzac, Armin Shimerman, Joshua John Miller, Larry Hankin, Hank Stone, Conrad Dunn, Joe Dassa

89 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
In an abandoned house, detective Louis Burke confronts a maniac called the Sandman. Although the Sandman nearly kills Burke, Burke manages to stop him with a bullet. Sixteen months later, Burke joins a task force put together by the governor to investigate a series of unexplained deaths in the Harrison Penitentiary. While Burke poses as an inmate, attorney Amanda Beckett acts the role of his wife. In the penitentiary, Burke is forced to survive in an environment so dismal and filthy that it makes a public restroom in New York City look like a room in a five star hotel. Burke does succeed in befriending a few of the inmates, including Hawkins and Priest, who help him with the investigation. More inmates are mysteriously murdered. Burke's cell-mate is killed, and prison guard DeGraff puts Burke in solitary confinement, where he's interrogated and beaten. As if that's not enough, the Sandman ends up at Harrison. As it turns out, the prisoners are being murdered for their body organs. Back on the outside, Beckett attends a party given by Vogler, the state's attorney general. Just as she's preparing to tell him about the murders at the prison, Beckett receives a call from her assistant, who identifies Vogler's henchman Keane as the man behind the murders, which also involve Dr. Gottesman, the surgeon who harvests the organs to be sold to people who are in desperate need of them. The assistant's suspicions are confirmed when Vogler tries to kill Beckett. Burke begins an escape from the penitentiary, pursued by the Sandman and hundreds of angry inmates who have been set free and armed with the knowledge that Burke is a cop. Burke and the Sandman have brutal showdown in which Burke tries to get the Sandman out of the way so he can go after Vogler, Keane, and Gottesman.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

THE GOLD DIGGERS (1983)
























Directed by: Sally Potter
Starring: Julie Christie, Colette Laffont, Hilary Westlake

90 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Celeste is a computer clerk in a bank who becomes fascinated by the relationship between gold and power. Ruby is an enigmatic film star in quest of her childhood, her memories, and the truth about her own identity. As their paths cross, they come to sense that there could be a link between the male struggle for economic supremacy and the female ideal of mysterious but impotent beauty.

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Monday, December 13, 2021

VIRTUAL SEXUALITY (1999)


 





















Directed by: Nick Hurran
Based on the novel "Virtual Sexual Reality" by: Chloe Rayban
Starring: Laura Fraser, Rupert Penry-Jones, Luke de Lacey, Kieran O'Brien, Marcelle Duprey, Natasha Bell, Steve John Shepherd, Laura MacAulay, Roger Frost, Ruth Sheen, Laura Aikman, Preeya Kalidas, Ram John Holder, Amanda Holden, Alan Westaway, William Osborne

92 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, mild violence, nudity)

PLOT:
Desperate to find her perfect man Justine goes to a technology fair with her nerdy classmate Chas. It's not really her thing but is eventually persuaded to try a virtual reality makeover machine and discovers that she can create her perfect man even if it is only an electronic facsimile. The power surge from a freakish accident causes a part of her psyche to be copied into her virtual perfect man and he becomes real! Chas befriends the somewhat disoriented newly created man, who calls himself Jake, and he explains that it is really Justine inside. Justine is immediately attracted to Jake, but he seems more interested in the voluptuous, man-eater known as "the Hoover" who seems to possess an innate ability to attract men without even trying! In sheer frustration Justine decides to date the sleazy Alex in an attempt to become a woman. As the day of the big date looms what will Chas and Jake do to thwart Justine and eventually what will become of Jake?

PHOEBE ROBINSON - SORRY, HARRIET TUBMAN (2021)
























Directed by: Kristian Mercado
Starring: Phoebe Robinson

55 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Comedienne Phoebe Robinson brings her singular brand of confessional humor to her first solo stand-up special, dishing about quarantining with her boyfriend, hanging out with Michele Obama and much more.

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Sunday, December 12, 2021

THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS (2018)
























Directed by: Peter Medak
Starring: Peter Sellers, Peter Medak, Spike MilliganJoe Dunne, Simon van der Borgh, Norma Farnes, Susan Wood, John Heyman, John Goldstone, David Korda, Ruth MyersRobin Dalton, Costas Evagorou, Murray Melvin, Kostas Dimitriou, Tony Greenberg, Dennis Fraser, Piers Haggard, Joseph McGrath, Robert Wagner, Victoria Sellers, Sanford Lieberson, Maggie Abbott, Rita Thiel, Antony Rufus-Isaacs, Lorenzo Berni, Rene Borisewitz, Tony Christodoulou, Clive Revill, Danton Rissner, Michael Stevenson

94 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
In 1973 Peter Sellers, one of the biggest comedy actors at the time, embarked on a pirate comedy for Columbia Pictures. He lost confidence with the film immediately and tried to sabotage it, first firing the producers before turning on his friend (and the film's young director), Peter Medak. Despite an illustrious career and the passing of 43 years since the unraveling production, Medak is still reeling from the disastrous experience and healing the wounds inflicted by Sellers and the film's failure. The Ghost of Peter Sellers is a comic-tragic feature doc about what it takes to be a film director and survive your biggest disaster.

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (2017)














Directed by: Takashi Miike
Based on the manga by: Hiroaki Samura
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sota Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara, Erika Toda, Kazuki Kitamura, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ichikawa Ebizo XI, Min Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki

141 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, gore)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

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