Monday, October 31, 2022

WITHOUT YOU (1990)
























Directed by: Mary Lambert
Starring: Mötley Crüe (Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee)

5 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Music video for the single, of the American heavy metal band's fifth studio album, "Dr. Feelgood".

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DR. FEELGOOD (1989)


 





















Directed by: Wayne Isham
Starring: Mötley Crüe (Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee)

5 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Music video for the single, of the American heavy metal band's fifth studio album, "Dr. Feelgood".

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THE RAVEN (1935)
























Directed by: Lew Landers
Based on the poem by: Edgar Allan Poe
Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Maidel Turner, Raine Bennett, Al Ferguson, Arthur Hoyt

61 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin, who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled, and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiancé and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal, and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience.


HALLOWEENTOWN (1998)
























Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske, Judith Hoag, Phillip Van Dyke, Robin Thomas, Judith M. Ford, Kenneth Choi, Hank Cartwright, Johnny Ulsendigger, Sherilyn Lawson, J.W. Crawford, Michael Patrick Egan, Rino Romano

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

PLOT:
Marnie, Dylan, and Sophie Piper have their first out of many adventures! On Halloween, while Marnie is arguing with her mother Gwen, the kids' grandmother Aggie comes to visit. Aggie wants to start Marnie's witch training before her 13th birthday or Marnie will lose her powers forever. But there is another reason for Aggie's visit. Something dark & evil is growing in Halloweentown & Aggie wants help to defeat it. While Aggie & Gwen are arguing, Aggie uses magic which Marnie observes. After Aggie leaves to return to Halloweentown, Marnie, Dylan and, unknown to Marnie and Dylan, Sophie follow her onto the return bus. Soon afterwards, Gwen follows the children to Halloweentown. While there, Aggie & Gwen are attacked by the dark force in a movie theater. Marnie, Dylan & Sophie race to get the ingredients to activate Merlin's Wand to stop the evil.

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Sunday, October 30, 2022

QUEEN OF KATWE (2016)
























Directed by: Mira Nair
Based on the biographical book "The Queen of Katwe" by: Tim Crothers
Starring: Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Martin Kabanza, Taryn "Kay" Kyaze, Ronald Ssemaganda, Ethan Nazario Lubega, Nikita Pearl Waligwa, Edgar Kanyike, Esther Tebandeke, Peter Odeke, Sheebah Karungi, Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera, Maurice Kirya, Ntare Mwine, Gladys Oyenbot, Rehema Nanfuka, Sarah Kisawuzi, Richard Tuwangye, Joel Okuyo Prynce, Russel Savadier, Dinaz Stafford, Aaron Moloisi, Carina Nel, Maggie Benedict

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

PLOT:
Living in Katwe, a slum in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi, her mother Nakku Harriet, and her younger family members. She and her younger brother help their mother sell maize in the market. She also helps care for her baby brother. Her world changes the day she meets Robert Katende at a missionary program. Katende coaches soccer and teaches children to play chess at a local center. Curious, Phiona visits the center, learns the game, and becomes fascinated with it. She becomes a top player in the group under Katende's guidance.

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GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH - GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK (2001)
























Directed by: Shusuke Kaneko, Makoto Kamiya
Starring: Ryudo Uzaki, Chiharu Niiyama, Masahiro Kobayashi, Shiro Sano, Kaho Minami, Shinya Owada, Kunio Murai, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takashi Nishina, Shingo Katsurayama, Toshikazu Fukawa, Masahiko Tsugawa, Katsuo Nakamura, Hideyo Amamoto, Ryo Kase, Tomoe Shinohara, Koichi Yamadera, Mizuho Yoshida, Akira Ohashi, Rie Ota

105 minutes
(NR - sci-fi/fantasy violence, scenes of destruction)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
Strange incidents occur when an American submarine has been destroyed by a mysterious force at sea off the shores of Guam. Only Admiral Tachibana was certain that behind the disaster was none other than the destructive King of the Monsters, Godzilla! 50 years after his attack on Tokyo in 1954, Godzilla has mysteriously returned to life to destroy Japan, and General Tachibana, whose parents died in the monster's destructive wake, was prepared for his return to protect Japan from yet another tragic disaster, but is dismissed by the overly confident Japanese government, who underestimate Godzilla's power. But to further prove Tachibana's claim, his daughter Yuri, who works for the TV news program "Digital Q," investigates strange phenomena in three separate areas in Japan (two of which involve the deaths of immoral youths), and meets a mysterious old man named Isayama, who proclaims that aside from his infamous nuclear origins, Godzilla is an accumulation of vengeful souls (of both Japanese and non-Japanese) abandoned to die in the Pacific War, and thus, mere weapons cannot kill him. While Tachibana has now been vindicated by the government, Isayama awakens the Three Sacred Guardian Beasts of Yamato, which protected Japan in its ancient past, and were then put into hibernation in the aforementioned three areas of Japan. The three monsters, King Ghidorah (sky), Mothra (water) and Baragon (earth), fight the ravaging Godzilla, while Tachibana also prepares to go into battle against his old radioactive nemesis. 

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WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (1995)
























Directed by: Desmond Nakano
Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower, Andrew Lawrence, Bumper Robinson, Tom Wright, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Drake, Robert Gossett, Wesley Thompson, Tom Nolan, Willie C. Carpenter, Michael Beach, Carrie Snodgress

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

PLOT:
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a struggling white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate, Pinnock takes a deadly weapon and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice, but the fight he will have to finish will cost him more than his job was ever worth.

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Saturday, October 29, 2022

TRICK 'R TREAT (2007)
























Directed by: Michael Dougherty
Produced by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Quinn Lord, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Gerald Paetz, Lauren Lee Smith, Britt McKillip, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Samm Todd, Alberto Ghisi, Isabelle Deluce, Moneca Delain, Leslie Bibb, Tahmoh Penikett, Brett Kelly, Connor Levins, James Willson, Patrick Gilmore, C. Ernst Harth, Keanen Schnoor, Christine Willes, Richard Harmon, Laura Mennell

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

PLOT:
Five interwoven stories that occur on the same block, on the same night. A couple finds what happens when they blow a jack o' lantern out before midnight, a high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer, a college virgin might have met the right guy for her, a group of mean teens play a prank that they take too far, and a hermit is visited by a special trick or treater.

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TETSUO - THE IRON MAN (1989)
























Directed by: Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring: Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi

67 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, some nudity)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
Mad with pain by the festering wound in his thigh, an extreme sado-sexual "Metal Fetishist" dashes out into the street and is accidentally hit by the car of a white-collar worker and his girlfriend. But, strangely, instead of dying, the salaryman finds himself before a mysterious and agonizingly majestic transformation--one that twists and bends the pliable human flesh, inextricably intertwining it with the strong and cold iron. Now, there is no turning back, and nothing can stand in the way of the glorious final mutation. Is this the beginning of a new era?

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TANGLED (2010)
























Directed by: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Starring: (voices) Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman, Jeffrey Tambor, Richard Kiel, M.C. Gainey, Paul F. Tompkins, Delaney Rose Stein

100 minutes
(PG - brief mild violence)

PLOT:
After receiving the healing powers from a magical flower, the baby Princess Rapunzel is kidnapped from the palace in the middle of the night by Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel knows that the flower's magical powers are now growing within the golden hair of Rapunzel, and to stay young, she must lock Rapunzel in her hidden tower. Rapunzel is now a teenager, and her hair has grown to a length of 70-feet. The beautiful Rapunzel has been in the tower her entire life, and she is curious of the outside world. One day, the bandit Flynn Ryder scales the tower and is taken captive by Rapunzel. Rapunzel strikes a deal with the charming thief to act as her guide to travel to the place where the floating lights come from that she has seen every year on her birthday. Rapunzel is about to have the most exciting and magnificent journey of her life.

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RED RIVER (1948)
























Directed by: Howard Hawks
Based on the story "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail" by: Borden Chase
Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Hank Worden, Noah Beery Jr, Harry Carey Jr, Paul Fix, Chief Yowlachie, Ray Hyke, Wally Wales, Mickey Kuhn, Robert M. Lopez, Shelley Winters, Dan White, Tom Tyler, Ray Spiker, Glenn Strange, Chief Sky Eagle, Ivan Parry, Lee Phelps, William Self, Carl Sepulveda, Pierce Lyden, Harry Cording, George Lloyd, Frank Meredith, John Merton, Jack Montgomery, Paul Fierro, Richard Farnsworth, Lane Chandler, Davison Clark, Guy Wilkerson

133 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Back then Dunston, his sidekick Nadine Groot and a teen-aged boy, Matt Garth -who was the only survivor of an Indian attack on a wagon train - started off with only two head of cattle. The nearest market however is in Missouri, 1000 miles away. Dunston is a hard task master demanding a great deal from the men who have signed up for the drive. Matt is a grown man now and fought in the Civil War. He has his own mind as well and he soon runs up against the stubborn Dunston who won't listen to advice from anyone. Soon, the men on the drive are taking sides and Matt ends up in charge with Dunston vowing to kill him.

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BLACKENSTEIN (1973)
























Directed by: William A. Levey
Starring: John Hart, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue, Roosevelt Jackson, Andrea King, Nick Bolin, Karin Lind, Yvonne Robinson, Liz Renay, Jim CousarBob Brophy, Andy "C"Beverly Hagerty, Daniel Faure, Dale E. Bach, Jerry Soucie, Cardella DeMiloDon Brodie

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

PLOT:
Eddie is a Vietnam veteran who loses his arms and legs when he steps on a land mine. A brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs, but his jealous assistant switches the DNA injections, transforming him into a gigantic killer.

 

THE PHANTOM EMPIRE (1988)
























Directed by: Fred Olen Ray
Starring: Sybil Danning, Ross Hagen, Jeffrey Combs, Russ Tamblyn, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Quarry, Susan Stokey, Michelle Bauer

85 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:
When a man-eating cave creature appears with a fortune in uncut diamonds around his neck, Dr. Chambers' daughter Denae hires a salvage company to find the underground source of the gems. Accompanied by archaeological intern Andrew Paris, mineralogist Professor Strock, and the salvage company's Cort Eastman and Eddy Colchilde, Denae's hopes of emerging from her famous father's shadow become as remote as getting out of the caves alive!

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HALLOWEEN 4 - THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (1988)
























Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki, Tom Morga, George P. Wilbur, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont, Sasha Jenson, Leslie L. Rohland, Gene Ross, Carmen Filpi, Raymond O'Connor, Jeff Olson, Karen Alston, Nancy Borgenicht, David Jansen, George Sullivan, Michael Rudd, Eric Hart, Logan Field, Alan B. McElroy, Danny Ray

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

PLOT:
It's October 30, 1988, and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago. However, when he is transferred from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith's Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn't know who he is). On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick and treating, little knowing that her murdering Uncle is following her and her stepsister Rachel. Rushing to her aid is Dr. Loomis and with the help of Sheriff Meeker starts to search the town for Michael and to find Jamie to protect her. But can anything stop Michael this time?

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JEXI (2019)
























Directed by: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Starring: Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Rose Byrne, Michael Pena, Justin Hartley, Wanda Sykes, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi

84 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, crude humor, graphic nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
Phil has a major dependency issue - he's addicted to his phone. He has no friends, he has a job writing pop culture "Top 10" lists, and his love life is non-existent. But his Facebook status is about to change. When he is forced to upgrade his phone, the latest model comes with an unexpected feature...Jexi - an A.I. life coach, virtual assistant and cheerleader. With her help, Phil begins to get a real life. But as he becomes less dependent on his phone, Jexi's artificial intelligence morphs into a tech nightmare determined to keep Phil all to herself, even if it means ruining his chances of finding success.

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Friday, October 28, 2022

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (2009)
























Directed by: Adam Gierasch
Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Edward Furlong, Bobbi Sue Luther, Diora Baird, Michael Copon, John F. Beach, Tiffany Shepis, Jamie Harris, Michael Arata, Tatyana Kanavka, Zachary Bernard, Hans Longo, Linnea Quigley

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

PLOT:
A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.


CRUISING (1980)

 
























Directed by: William Friedkin
Based on the novel by: Gerald Walker
Starring: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Joe Spinell, Jay Acovone, Randy Jurgensen, Barton Heyman, Gene Davis, Arnaldo Santana, Larry Atlas, Allan Miller, Sonny Grosso, Ed O'Neill, Michael Aronin, James Remar, William Russ, Mike Starr, Leo Burmester, Henry Judd Baker, Steve Inwood, Keith Prentice, Leland Starnes, Powers Boothe

102 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, strong sexual content, violence, drug use)

PLOT:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society. While barely seeing his girlfriend Nancy anymore, the work starts changing him.

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
























Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Based on the novel by: Harper Lee
Screenplay by: Horton Foote
Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox, James Anderson, Alice Ghostley, William Windom, Crahan Denton, Richard Hale, Paulene Myers, Jamie Forster, Steve Condit, David Crawford, Kim Hamilton, Dan White, Kelly Thordsen, William "Bill" Walker, Charles Fredericks, Guy Wilkerson, Jay Sullivan, Jester Hairston, Hugh Sanders, Kim Stanley

129 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, and with America struggling to find its feet, the widowed father and fiercely principled lawyer, Atticus Finch, is left all alone to care for his two children: Jem and Scout. When the young black worker, Tom Robinson, is wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting Mayella Ewell, a white woman living in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, Atticus decides to take his case and defend him in court, turning his fellow townspeople against him. Suddenly, Atticus and his young children find themselves targeted by the local community, which seems unable to forgive and forget. But this is a matter of justice and not the color of one's skin. Will impartiality and reason prevail?

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

1408 (2007)
























Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Based on the short story by: Stephen King
Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Kim Thomson, Benny Urquidez, Angel Oquendo, Andrew-Lee Potts, Jules de Jongh

104 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:
The cynical and skeptical writer Mike Enslin writes books evaluating supernatural phenomena in hotels, graveyards and other haunted places, usually debunking the mystery. While writing his latest book, he travels from Los Angeles to New York to spend one night in the Dolphin Hotel's possessed room 1408, which is permanently unavailable for guests. The reluctant manager Mr. Gerald Olin objects to his request and offers an upgrade, expensive booze and finally relates the death of more than fifty guests over decades in the cursed room. However, Mike threatens Mr. Olin, promising to sue the hotel, and is finally allowed to check into the room. Later in the night, he finds that guests of room 1408, once they have checked in, might never leave the room alive.

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FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009)
























Directed by: Wes Anderson
Based on the children's novel by: Roald Dahl
Starring: (voices) George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Michael Gambon, Robin Hurlstone, Hugo Guinness, Wallace Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson, Helen McCrory, Juman Malouf, Karen Duffy, Roman Coppola, Garth Jennings, Brian Cox, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, James Hamilton, Jennifer Furches, Mario Batali, Allison Abbate, Molly Cooper, Martin Ballard, Adrien Brody

87 minutes
(PG - animated action sequences)

PLOT:
This is the story of Mr. Fox and his wild ways of hen heckling, turkey taking, and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Walter Boggis, Nathan Bunce, and Franklin Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by the fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.

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OLIVER TWIST (1948)
























Directed by: David Lean
Based on the novel by: Charles Dickens
Starring: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson, Mary Clare, Anthony Newley, Josephine Stuart, Ralph Truman, Kathleen Harrison, Gibb McLaughlin, Amy Veness, Frederick Lloyd, Henry Edwards, Ivor Barnard, Maurice Denham, Michael Dear, Michael Ripper, Peter Bull, Deidre Doyle, Diana Dors, Kenneth Downy, W.G. Fay, Edie Martin, Fay Middleton, Graveley Edwards, John Potter, Maurice Jones, Hattie Jacques 

116 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, this movie is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. Oliver is taken in by the pickpocket and he joins a household of young boys who are trained to steal for their master. 

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DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (1971)
























Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Based on the novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Starring: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, Susan Brodrick, Dorothy Alison, Ivor Dean, Tony Calvin, Philip Madoc, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Virginia Wetherell

97 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity)

PLOT:
In Victorian London, Dr. Henry Jekyll attempts to create an elixir of life using female hormones stolen from fresh corpses. He reasons that these hormones will wipe out all common diseases and extend his life since women live much longer than men. However, once Dr. Jekyll drinks the serum himself, he transforms into a gorgeous but evil woman. He soon needs female hormones for his serum to maintain, so a number of London women meet bloody deaths.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

OLD PEOPLE (2022)
























Directed by: Andy Fetscher
Starring: Melika Foroutan, Stephan Luca, Paul Fabnacht, Maxine Kazis, Gerhard Bos, Bianca Nawrath, Otto Emil Koch, Anna Unterberger, Richard Manualpillai, Louie Betton, Eveline Hall, Marcin Rogozinski, Marvin Schulze, Daniela Galbo, Adolfo Assor

101 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some gore)
Country of origin: Germany

PLOT:
A woman travels home with her two kids for her sister's wedding but finds herself defending her family against blood-seeking pensioners.

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Monday, October 24, 2022

LOADED (1994)
























Directed by: Anna Campion
Starring: Oliver Milburn, Catherine McCormack, Thandie Newton, Danny Cunningham, Biddy Hodson, Nick Patrick, Mathew Eggleton, Dearbhla Molloy, Caleb Lloyd

96 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, drug references, graphic nudity)

PLOT:
Seven teenagers retreat to a country house for the weekend to make their epic, an impossibly ambitious Celtic fantasy. As the making of the video drifts from playful hilarity to argument, frustrated ambition and accusation, intimate details seep into the script and the gap between fact and fiction closes, foreshadowing later events. When the group decides to lift the mood with an Acid-inspired initiation, secret dreams and fears are revealed, and pent-up emotions released, with all their youthful intensity and passion.

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ONE FALSE MOVE (1992)
























Directed by: Carl Franklin
Starring: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Earl Billings, Jim Metzler, Robert Anthony Bell

105 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:

In Los Angeles, after a violent drug rip-off, the Los Angeles Police Department detectives find the identity of the trio - the sadistic I.Q. of 150 and college graduate Lenny "Pluto" Franklyn; his not so bright buddy in San Quentin Ray Malcolm; and his girlfriend Fantasia. Their further investigation indicates that the criminals are fleeing to Star City, Arkansas, and LAPD detective Dud Cole and his partner John McFeely contact the local Chief of Police Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon and they head to the little town. The yokel family man Dale, who is used to resolve domestic issues, is fascinated with the chance to participate of a manhunt and befriends the two detectives. But when he sees the picture of Fantasia, he recognizes her as Lila Walker and is haunted by his past, hiding a secret about Lila Walker.

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Sunday, October 23, 2022

REAR WINDOW (1954)
























Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" by: Cornell Woolrich
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian, Georgine Darcy, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Jesslyn Fax, Rand Harper, Irene Winston, Harry Landers, Ralph Smiles, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Anthony Warde, Kathryn Grant, Marla English, Bess Flowers, Benny Bartlett, Dick Simmons

112 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Fremont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.

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RECLAIMING HISTORY - OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS (2021)
























Narrated by: LaToya Ransom
Starring: Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah, Dirk Powell, Jamie Dick, Jason Sypher, Francesco Turrisi

44 minutes
(TV-PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Witness the recording of an album that gives a voice to the centuries-long struggles of Black women.

A Smithsonian Channel pop culture presentation.
 

ACTION JACKSON (1988)
























Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Starring: Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone, Bill Duke, Robert Davi, Jack Thibeau, Armelia McQueen, Stan Foster, Roger Aaron Brown, Thomas F. Wilson, Edgar Small, Chino "Fats" Williams, Prince A. Hughes, Frank McCarthy, De'Voreaux White, Dennis Hayden, David Glen Eisley, Bob Minor, David Efron, Brian Libby, Nicholas Worth, Branscombe Richmond, Miguel A. Nunez Jr, Richard L. Duran, Charles Meshack, Ken Belsky, Al Leong, Ed O'Ross, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jim Haynie, Alonzo Brown, Harri James, Ivor Barry, Michael McManus, John Lyons, Glenn R. Wilder, Steve Vandeman, Sonny Landham, James Lew, Matt Landers, Thomas Wagner, Norman D. Wilson

96 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity, brief drug use)

PLOT:
Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney Ash. He keeps Sydney hooked with a free supply of heroin. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against local officials from the auto workers' union. Dellaplane's mission is to gain a political power base and choose the next president of the United States. Because of what happened to Dellaplane's son Sean, Dellaplane has taken a particular dislike to Jackson. Jackson gets Sydney's help in going after Dellaplane.

 

Saturday, October 22, 2022

40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (2002)


 





















Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Vinessa Shaw, Adam Trese, Griffin Dunne, Keegan Connor Tracy, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Monet Mazur, Christine Chatelain, Mike Maronna, Stanley Anderson, Lorin Heath, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jarrad Paul, Terry Chen, Kai Lennox, Chris Gauthier, Barry Newman, Mary Gross, Dylan Neal

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

PLOT:
Nicole broke up with Matt months ago and is now engaged to someone else. He's very good-looking and has no trouble finding other lovers, but that doesn't help because he's still obsessed with wanting her back. Then he gets the inspiration that swearing off sex for Lent (all forms of sexual activity, even kissing or masturbation) will give him the perspective he needs. So of course, a few days later he meets a woman and they fall in love. Now Matt sees his vow as a personal matter, and won't even tell her about it, but his friends think otherwise, and now the complications begin.

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GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964)
























Directed by: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Takashi Shimura, Hisaya Ito, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, Susumu Kurobe, Ikio Sawamura, Haruo Nakajima, Masanori Shinohara, Shoichi Hirose, The Peanuts (Emi Ito, Yumi Ito)

93 minutes
(NR - sci-fi/fantasy violence)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
Reporter Naoko is interviewing members of a UFO club when a large meteor lands in Kurobe Valley. Meanwhile, her detective brother Shindo is assigned to protect the foreign Princess Salno, only for her to be seemingly assassinated before her arrival in Japan. While the meteor is investigated, Salno emerges under the guise of a Venusian prophetess and catches the attention of Naoko and Mothra's fairies. She prophecies the return of Godzilla, Rodan, as well as the arrival of a powerful space monster called King Ghidorah. As Shindo and Naoko protect Salno, the infant Mothra must persuade Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their differences and save the world from Ghidorah.

TRAILER:


 

BLACK GIRL (1966)
























Directed by: Ousmane Sembene
Starring: Mbissine Therese Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene

55 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)
Country of origin: Senegal

PLOT:
A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out.

ACTUAL MOVIE:


 

DAWN - PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE RUNAWAY (1976)
























Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Eve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin, William Schallert, Anne Seymour, Joan Prather, Marguerite DeLain, Bo Hopkins, Georg Stanford Brown, David Knapp, Stephanie Burchfield, Kaaren Ragland, Anne Ramsey, Paul Bryar, Queenie Smith, Paul Sorensen, Brad Trumbull, John Rose, Romo Vincent, Sylvia Anderson, Suzanne Crough

100 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age. Life at home was never this bad.

ACTUAL MOVIE:


 

THE MIDDLE (2009 - 2018) draft

Created by: Eileen Heisler , DeAnn Heline Starring: Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Kattan...