Friday, March 25, 2022

WALK LIKE A MAN (1987)
























Directed by: Melvin Frank
Starring: Howie Mandel, Christopher Lloyd, Amy Steel, Cloris Leachman, Colleen Camp, Stephen Elliott, George DiCenzo, John McLiam, Earl Boen, Howard Platt, Millie Slavin, William Bogert, Isabel Cooley, Asa Lorre, Jeremy Gosch

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

PLOT:
As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to life with humans. While his mother is overjoyed to see him again, Bobo's older brother Henry is more worried about losing his share of the inheritance. As Bobo progresses with Penny's lessons, Henry plots to have him eliminated.

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

BOY EATS GIRL (2005)
























Directed by: Stephen Bradley
Starring: Samantha Mumba, David Leon, Tadhg Murphy, Laurence Kinlan, Sara James, Mark Huberman, Sarah Burke, Paul Reid, Jane Valentine, Conor Ryan, Deirdre O'Kane, Lalor Roddy, Domhnall Gleeson

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

PLOT:
Single mother Grace is working in an ancient church restoring it and finds a hidden crypt that contains a book of resurrection. Father Cornelius asks her to go home and forget her findings. Her son Nathan is a sensitive and shy teenager bullied by Samson at school. He has a crush on his friend Jessica, but he does not declare his love to her. His best friends Diggs and Henry schedule a date for Nathan with Jessica, however her father grounds her in her bedroom and when Nathan calls Jessica, her father tells him that she has gone on a date with a good looking guy in a car. Jessica sneaks out through the window, but Nathan and Jessica fail to meet up with each other. When Jessica takes a ride in Kenneth's car, Nathan mistakenly believes that she is dating the schoolmate. He goes home, drinks whiskey and puts a rope around his neck. When Grace comes home, she opens Nathan's bedroom door and accidentally hangs her son. She then resurrects Nathan, but soon finds that something went wrong when Nathan bites Samson and his schoolmates start eating each other.

 

Monday, March 21, 2022

THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN (1992)
























Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, James Garner, Victoria Rowell, Grant Shaud, Kevin McCarthy, Charles S. Dutton, Victor Rivers, Chi McBride, Sonny Jim Gaines, Noble Willingham

112 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
In the conniving world of politics, even a professional shyster like Thomas Jefferson Johnson can find himself outmatched. After using name recognition to get elected, Johnson enjoys many of the same financial perks as other politicians. However, while investigating the connection between electric companies and cancer in young children, he unexpectedly develops a conscience. Unfortunately, fellow Congressman Dick Dodge isn't about to let him rock the boat.

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Monday, March 14, 2022

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961)
























Directed by: William Wyler
Based on the play by: Lillian Hellman
Screenplay by: John Michael Hayes
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Fay Bainter, Miriam Hopkins, Karen Balkin, Veronica Cartwright, Mimi Gibson, Debbie Moldow, Diane Mountford, William Mims, Sally Brophy, Hope Summers

107 minutes
(NR - adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Karen Wright and Martha Dobie are best friends since college and they own the boarding school Wright and Dobie School for Girls with twenty students. They are working hard as headmistresses and teachers to grow the school and make it profitable. Karen is engaged with the local doctor Joe Cardin, who is the nephew of the powerful and influential Mrs. Amelia Tilford. While the spiteful and liar Mary, who is Amelia's granddaughter and a bad influence to the other girls, is punished by Karen after telling a lie, Martha has an argument with her snoopy aunt Lily Mortar in another room. Lily accuses Martha of being jealous and having an unnatural relationship with Karen. Mary's roommate Rosalie Wells overhears the shouting and tells Mary what Mrs. Mortar had said about her niece. The malicious Mary accuses Karen and Martha of being lesbians to her grandmother and Amelia spreads the gossip to the parents of the students that withdraw them from the school. Karen and Martha lose a lawsuit against Amelia and have their lives destroyed. Further, Karen calls off her engagement with Joe when he asks her if what was said about Martha and she was true. The lie ends in a tragedy.

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Sunday, March 13, 2022

THE RESORT (2021)


 





















Directed by: Taylor Chien
Starring: Bianca Haase, Brock O'Hurn, Michael Vlamis, Michelle Randolph, Dave Sheridan, Dante Jimenez, Romualdo Castillo, Andy Bumatai

76 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, brief nudity)

PLOT:
Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

TEETH (2007)
























Directed by: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Starring: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Hale Appleman, Josh Pais, Lenny Von Dohlen, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Julia Garro, Adam Wagner, Trent Moore, Ava Ryen Plumb, Hunter Ulvog

94 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore, some drug use)

PLOT:
Dawn grows up in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. In high school, while her biology class studies evolution, she realizes she may have a hidden curse, an "adaptation." She lives with her mom, step-father, and hard-edged step-brother. She likes Tobey, a guy at school, and he likes her. She takes a pledge to remain chaste until marriage, so they date in groups, watch G-rated films, and don't kiss, but the power of teen hormones is great, so temptation beckons. Dawn has an admirer in Ryan, and when things have an unexpected twist with Tobey, she turns to Ryan for help. Will he be her mythical hero and rescue her? Or can she find her way as her own hero, turning the curse into an asset

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DEATH DROP GORGEOUS (2020)


 





















Directed by: Michael J. Ahern, Christopher Dalpe, Brandon Perras
Starring: Wayne Gonsalves, Payton St. James, Brandon Perras-Sanchez, Christopher Dalpe, Sean Murphy, Michael J. Ahern, Matthew Pidge, Complete Destruction, Ninny Nothin, Neoki Feytal, Kelly Square, Jacqueline Dimera, Tradd Sanderson, Mike Murphy, Michael Puppi, Ryan Miller, Linnea Quigley

104 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, drug use, graphic nudity)

PLOT:
A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen try to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.

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Friday, March 11, 2022

ATLANTA'S MISSING AND MURDERED - THE LOST CHILDREN (2020)
























Directed by: Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff, Joshua Bennett, Jeff Dupre
Starring: Wayne Williams, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Maynard Eaton, Frank Ski, Clem Richardson, Helen Pue, Jim Procopio, Erika Shields, Danny Agan, Mary Welcome, Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, Catherine Leach, Monica Kaufman Pearson, Anthony Terrell, Shirley Franklin, Brenda Muhammad, Michael Simanga, Tyrone Brooks, Tony Axam, David Hilder, Natsu Taylor Saito, Vincent Fort, Bob Sirkin, Lynn Whatley, Sunshine Lewis, Michael Langford, Ron Evans, Lois Evans, Angelo Fuster, Bob Buffington, Camille Bell, Isaac Rogers, W.J. Taylor, Curtis Sliwa, Sirlena Cobb, Airmentha Williams, Eunice Jones, Derrick Boazman, Joseph Drolet, Rev. Dr. Toussaint King Hill, John Lewis, John Bell, Richard Mitchell, Lou Arcangeli, Calvin Johnson, Mike McComas, Karl Evanzz, Stuart Flemister, Sheila Baltazar, Larry Peterson, Lee Sexton, William Northrop, Clarice Green, Ron Kuby, George T. Smith, Sidney Dorsey, Bob Ingram, Jarvis Miller, Frederic Whitehurst

5 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:
A never-before-seen look at the killings of at least 30 African-American children and young adults that occurred over a two-year period in the Georgia capital.

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

DESERT HEARTS (1985)
























Directed by: Donna Deitch
Based on the novel "Desert of the Heart" by: Jane Rule
Starring: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie La Bourdette, Alex McArthur, Tyler Tyhurst, Denise Crosby, Antony Ponzini

96 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, nudity)

PLOT:
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a quickie divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter. The emotions released by their developing intimacy, and Vivian's insecurities about her feelings towards Cay, are played out against a backdrop of rocky landscapes and country and western songs.

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Sunday, March 6, 2022

HONEY BADGER GRIT (2017)


 Narrated by: Bray Poor

46 minutes
(TV-14 - animal violence)

PLOT:
On the harsh and unforgiving plains of central Namibia, Africa, a young honey badger named Grit has just left home to venture out in the great, wide world, but it won't be easy. Fewer than half of all young honey badgers survive their first few weeks on their own, as they deal with intense heat, starvation and round-the-clock threats from the many predators of the savannah. In a world where every day is as relentless as the last, Grit will need resourcefulness, resilience and a little bit of luck in order to survive.

A Smithsonian Channel nature presentation.

Saturday, March 5, 2022

JUICE (2019)


 





















Directed by: Quinn Wilson
Starring: Lizzo

4 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Music video, for the single off the singer and rapper's third studio album, "Cuz I Love You".

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Friday, March 4, 2022

TITUS (1999)


 





















Directed by: Julie Taymor
Based on the play "Titus Andronicus" by: William Shakespeare
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Colm Feore, James Frain, Laura Fraser, Harry Lennix, Angus Macfadyen, Matthew Rhys, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Osheen Jones, Kenny Doughty, Colin Wells, Blake Ritson, Raz Degan, Bah Souleymane, Geraldine McEwan

162 minutes
(R - adult language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:
War begets revenge. Victorious General Titus Andronicus returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered Emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus' daughter. When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus' sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own. Saturninus marries the honey-tongued Tamora, who vows vengeance against Titus. The ensuing maelstrom serves up tongues, hands, rape, adultery, racism, and Goth-meat pie. There's irony in which two sons survive.


SPIN (2021)
























Directed by: Manjari Makijany
Starring: Avantika Vandanapu, Meera Syal, Abhay Deol, Aryan Simhadri, Michael Bishop, Jahbril Cook, Kerri Medders, Anna Cathcart, Tyler Kyte

93 minutes
(TV-G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
The adventures of 15-year-old Rhea Kumar, who lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family and realizes that her true passion is to be an EDM DJ.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
























Directed by: Ronald Neame
Based on the novel by: Paul Gallico
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Fred Sadoff, Byron Webster, Jan Arvan, Sheila Mathews, John Crawford, Bob Hastings, Erik Nelson

117 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, scenes of disaster)

PLOT:
A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits her, flipping her over so that all the internal rooms are upside down. A priest takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship in an attempt to survive.

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (2013 - 2019)

  Created by: Jenji Kohan Based on the memoirs "Orange is the New Black - My Year in a Women's Prison" by: Piper Kerman Starri...