Tuesday, February 28, 2023

BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS (2015)
























Directed by: Brian James O'Connell
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Fran Kranz, Joey Kern, Emma Fitzpatrick, Marshall Givens, Joel Murray, Justin Ware, Yvette Yates, Neil Garguilo, David F. Park, Parvesh Cheena, Sean Cowhig, Zabeth Russell, Patricia Rae

86 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
Evan is a a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda and his slacker best friend Tim. Evan's world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max. However when the bodies start piling up and lazy coworkers become paler, hard-working, and more aggressive Evan soon discovers Max is actually a vampire, and has turned most of the office into vampires as well. Now Evan must defeat Max and rescue his workplace pals before his life and career go from dead-end - to just dead.

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Monday, February 27, 2023

MONEY TALKS (1997)
























Directed by: Brett Ratner
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Chris Tucker, Heather Locklear, Gerard Ismael, Elise Neal, Michael Wright, Paul Sorvino, Larry Hankin, Paul Gleason, Daniel Roebuck, Frank Bruynbroek, Veronica Cartwright, Damian Chapa, Faizon Love, David Warner

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

PLOT:
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

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THREE THE HARD WAY (1974)
























Directed by: Gordon Parks Jr.
Starring: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly, Sheila Frazier, Jay Robinson, Charles McGregor, Howard Platt, Richard Angarola, David Chow, Marian Collier, Jean Bell, Junero Jennings, Alex Rocco, Corbin Bernsen, Renie Radich, Janice Carrol, Irene Tsu

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

PLOT:
A white supremist plots to taint the United States water supply with a toxin that is harmless to whites but lethal to blacks. The only obstacles that stand in the way of this dastardly plan are a trio of street-smart, no-nonsense commandos who shoot, kick and karate chop their way to final victory.

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

FEAR AND DESIRE (1952)
























Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: David Allen, Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky, Steve Coit, Virginia Leith

62 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A ficticious war in an unidentified country provides the setting for this drama. Four soldiers survive the crash-landing of their plane to find themselves in a forest six miles behind enemy lines. The group, led by Lt. Corby, has a plan: They'll make their way to a nearby river, build a raft, and then, under cover of night, float back to friendly territory. Their plans for getting back safely are sidetracked by a young woman who stumbles across them as they hide in the woods, and by the nearby presence of an enemy general who one member of the group is determined to kill.

Legendary director Stanley Kubrick's directorial debut.

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STEPFATHER II - MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY (1989)
























Directed by: Jeff Burr
Starring: Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, Jonathan Brandis, Henry Brown, Mitchell Laurence, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Leon Martell, Renata Scott, John O'Leary, Glen Adams, Eric Brown, Bob Gray, Rosemary Welden

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

PLOT:
Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. Now he seems to have found the perfect future wife, with a stepson who loves him. However, other people try to get in his way to marry her. They are interfering. One by one, Jerry eliminates anyone who stands in his way to a perfect family.

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MONSOON WEDDING (2001)
























Directed by: Mira Nair
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Randeep Hooda, Rajat Kapoor, Jas Arora, Parvin Dabas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kamini Khanna, Neha Dubey, Ishaan Nair, Roshan Seth, Soni Razdan, Natasha Rastogi, Ram Kapoor, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajiv Gupta

113 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)
Country of origin: India

PLOT:
A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends her affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all of the relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lots of music, and even a new romance for wedding planner Dubey with the housemaid Alice.

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Saturday, February 25, 2023

ELMER GANTRY (1960)
























Directed by: Richard Brooks
Based on the novel by: Sinclair Lewis
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Dean Jagger, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Joe Maross, Philip Ober, Barry Kelley, Wendell Holmes, Dayton Lummis, Max Showalter, Harry Antrim, Barbara Luna, Jean Willes, John Qualen

146 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking, hard-drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire-and-damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his own quick wit and Bible knowledge to become an indispensable part of Sister Sharon's roadshow, but his past soon catches up with him in the form of Lulu Bains, now a prostitute. While Gantry seeks and eventually gets forgiveness from Sharon, tragedy strikes when she finally manages to get out of her revivalist tent and opens a permanent church.

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THE SWIMMER (1968)
























Directed by: Frank Perry
Based on the short story by: John Cheever
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers, Tony Bickley, Marge Champion, Kim Hunter, Bill Fiore, Rose Gregorio, Charles Drake, House Jameson, Nancy Cushman, Bernie Hamilton, John Garfield JrJimmy Joyce, Michael Kearney, Richard McMurray, Jan Miner, Diana Muldaur, Keri Oleson, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dolph Sweet, Louise Troy, Diana Van der Vlis

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

PLOT:
Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friend's pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He decided to jog from pool to pool to swim across the whole valley. As he stops in each pool his interactions tell his life story.

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LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (1978)
























Directed by: Edouard Molinaro
Based on the stage play by: Jean Poiret
Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Remi Laurent, Michel Galabru, Carmen Scarpitta, Luisa Maneri, Benny Luke, Liana Del Balzo, Venantino Venantini, Vinicio Diamanti, Carlo Reali, Guido Cerniglia, Peter Boom, Piero Mazzinghi, Walter Lucchini

91 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)
Country of origin: France

PLOT:
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancée and her conservative parents come for dinner.

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Friday, February 24, 2023

SORDID LIVES (2000)
























Directed by: Del Shores
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke, Leslie Jordan, Beau Bridges, Olivia Newton-John, Beth Grant, Kirk Geiger, Sarah Hunley, Newell Alexander, Earl H. Bullock, Mitch Carter, Sharron Alexis, Ann Walker, Mary-Margaret Lewis, Rosemary Alexander, Gloria LeRoy

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

PLOT:
A colorful family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much-younger married neighbor. The woman's family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral.

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THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (2004)
























Directed by: Luke Greenfield
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Christopher Marquette, Paul Dano, Ulysses Lee, Harris Laskawy, Autumn Reeser, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Swisten, Sung-Hi Lee, Timothy Bottoms, Donna Bullock, Jacob Young, Luther Reigns (Matthew Wiese)

108 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
18-year-old Matthew Kidman is a straight 'A' over-achiever who feels that he has never really lived life to the full. That is, until he meets 'the girl next door'. Danielle moves in next door, and Matthew thinks he's found the girl of his dreams. All is going well, until Matthew's sex-mad friend Eli reveals that Danielle is actually a ex-porn star. Matthew doesn't know how to take the news or how to treat Danielle, and things go from bad to worse when Danielle's former producer Kelly appears to take her back.

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THE SEVENTH SIGN (1988)
























Directed by: Carl Schultz
Starring: Demi Moore, Jurgen Prochnow, Michael Biehn, Peter Friedman, Manny Jacobs, John Taylor, John Heard

97 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of terror)

PLOT:
In Haiti, the sea and its lifeforms die; in the Middle East, a town is frozen. These are signs of the Apocalypse, and the Vatican is investigating, but Father Lucci advises that these omens are a hoax or technologically explained. In California, housewife Abby Quinn is pregnant, and the delivery is scheduled on February 29, a leap year. Her husband, lawyer Russell Quinn, is defending a weird case of teenager Jimmy Szaragosa, who killed his parents, saying that it was because he was following the Word of God. Meanwhile, Abby rents a garage apartment to the mysterious David Bannon. The hopeless Abby has strange nightmares and soon finds that around the world there are signs of the Apocalypse in accordance with the Book of Revelation. She learns also that David Bannon is Jesus and has returned; Father Lucci is the Pilate's porter Cartaphilus who was doomed to wander the Earth for eternity; and she is a woman who tried to help Jesus. Further, she is the Seventh Sign, and the Apocalypse will happen when her baby is stillborn. What can she do to save her unborn son and mankind?

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STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK (1998)
























Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Robyn Hitchcock, Tim Keegan, Deni Bonet

77 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes)

PLOT:
Rock-music lover and feature-film director Jonathan Demme takes on eccentric British singer-songwriter, Robyn Hitchcock, in an ambitious concert film. Setting up a stage in a New York storefront, Hitchcock plays with his back to the glass, while an audience looks on inside and passersby view the action through the window.

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

COCKTAIL (1988)
























Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Based on the novel by: Heywood Gould
Starring: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, Ron Dean, Ellen Foley, Gerry Bamman, Paul Benedict, Kenneth John McGregor

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

PLOT:
Bent on becoming a successful millionaire, ambitious ex-military man Brian serves drinks at a New York City tavern and studies for his degree while waiting for his big break. Then, veteran bartender and cynical mentor Doug enters the picture, convinced that their chemistry and flamboyant tricks behind the bar will soon make the dynamic bartending duo famous and rich. But all good things must come to an end. As Brian tries to raise money in Jamaica to open his dream bar, a chance encounter with beautiful young waitress Jordan leads to a whirlwind romance and heartbreak. After all, love is a delicate thing. Is Brian sure he wants a future with Jordan?

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PSYCHO BEACH PARTY (2000)
























Directed by: Robert Lee King
Based on the stage play by: Charles Busch
Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Nicholas Brendon, Kimberley Davies, Matt Keeslar, Charles Busch, Beth Broderick, Amy Adams, Kathleen Robertson, Nick Cornish, Andrew Levitas, Channon Roe, Jenica Bergere, Danni Wheeler, Nathan Bexton, Buddy Quaid, Nicholas D'Agosto

95 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence)

PLOT:
Impossibly perky Florence doesn't quite fit in at her thoroughly square high school in her seaside Southern California town -- that is, until she happens upon a band of ultra-hip surfer dudes. Renaming herself "Chicklet," she tries her gosh-darnedest to be the sole girl riding the waves with the group led by suave Kanaka. While adopting her surfer alter ego, Florence soon discovers that other less pleasant personalities emerge when confronted with the sight of polka dots. One called Anne Bowman is a tough, "experienced" older lady, while the other, Tylene, is a stereotypical sassy black woman. Blacking out whenever these other personalities take over, Florence becomes increasingly worried that she is responsible for a series of grisly murders. Of course, she is far from the only suspicious character in her oceanside community -- there's B-movie star Bettina Barnes, Swedish exchange student Lars, and Florence's own unnervingly perfect mom.

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988)
























Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Nancy Travis, Trey Wilson, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Paul Lazar, "Sister" Carol East, Ellen Foley, Chris Isaak, O-Lan Jones, Frank Gio, David Johansen, Gary Howard Klar, Warren Miller, Anthony J. Nici, Steve Vignari, Obba Babatunde, Maria Karnilova, Al Lewis, Charles Napier, Tracey Walter, "Captain" Arthur Haggerty, Marlene Willoughby, Ralph Corsel, Joe Spinell, Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme

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

PLOT:
Angela deMarco is unhappily married to high Mafia member Frank deMarco. When Frank is killed, Angela takes the opportunity to break free of the Mafia world entirely and start a new life. But Frank's boss, Tony Russo, begins to court the unresponsive Angela. The FBI begins surveillance on her, thinking her to be his new mistress. FBI agent Mike Downey goes undercover as Angela's neighbor, but soon finds himself attracted to Angela himself.

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...AFTER HE LEFT (2008)















Directed by: Athi-Patra Ruga
Starring:

12 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)
Country of origin: South Africa

PLOT:
Clad in pink stilettos, fishnet stockings and outré headgear, a mute figure wanders alien-like through the city.



 

BIRD BOX (2018)
























Directed by: Susanne Bier
Based on the novel by: Josh Malerman
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Vivien Lyra Blair, Julian Edwards, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Machine Gun Kelly, B.D. Wong, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Parminder Nagra, Rebecca Pidgeon, Amy Gumenick, Taylor Handley, Happy Anderson, David Dastmalchian

124 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:
Amid a nightmarish new reality where an unseen malevolent force purges the global population, the single mother, Malorie, and her two children, embark on a life-threatening quest to find the last protected haven on Earth. However, in this dangerous quest, one's eyesight is the real enemy--and as the defenseless blindfolded protector summons up the courage to follow a faint shred of hope hidden deep in a refuge down the river--darkness may be the only thing that can save them. Now, the rules of survival have changed. Will Malorie and her kids live to see another day?

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MASON REESE? (1990)


 





















Directed by: Brett Ratner
Starring: Mason Reese, Michael J. Anderson, Rebecca Gayheart, Cynthia Bailey, Patricia Stein, Tanya Fourie, Louise Gilligan (voice) Anthony Michael Hall

12 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Former child star Mason Reese goes out for a night on the town. He has a run in with a fan of his while at a sushi restaurant.


Tuesday, February 21, 2023

THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA (1976)
























Directed by: Matt Cimber
Starring: Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Peggy Feury, Rick Jason, George Buck Flower, Roberta Collins, Jean Pierre Camps, Mark Livingston, Stafford Morgan, Richard Kennedy, Stan Ross, John F. Goff, Verkina Flower

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

PLOT:
In California, Molly is a deranged woman that babysits her nephews while her sister works hard sewing clothes for her clients. Molly works as waitress in a restaurant in the night shift and is the lover of the owner. She has fantasies with other handsome men. But Molly has also recollections of her childhood, when she was sexually abused by her father. Her insanity leads her to a murderous crime spree against men.

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WE BROKE UP (2021)
























Directed by: Jeff Rosenberg
Starring: Aya Cash, William Jackson Harper, Sarah Bolger, Tony Cavalero, Peri Gilpin, Kobi Libii, Azita Ghanizada, Zak Steiner, Eduardo Franco, Larisa Oleynik, Emily Pendergast, Eric Martig, Brenda Ballard, Gary Ballard, Pedro Lopez, Lee Chen, Alex Rich, Tom Zawacki

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

PLOT:
Lori and Doug decide to end their long relationship. However, life gives them a second chance when they are invited to Lori's younger sibling's wedding ceremony as a couple. Will they be able to save their relationship or end it forever?

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Monday, February 20, 2023

GATTACA (1997)
























Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, Alan Arkin, Xander Berkeley, Jayne Brook, Elias Koteas, Maya Rudolph, Blair Underwood, Tony Shalhoub, Dean Norris, Ken Marino, Cynthia Martells, Gabrielle Reece, Mason Gamble, Chad Christ, Vincent Nielson, William Lee Scott

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

PLOT:
In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclasses of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. To move ahead, he assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a car accident. With professional advice, Vincent learns to deceive DNA and urine sample testing. Just when he is finally scheduled for a space mission, his program director is killed and the police begin an investigation, jeopardizing his secret.

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)
























Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Based on the stage play by: Lorraine Hansberry
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, Louis Gossett Jr, Stephen Perry, John Fiedler, Ivan Dixon, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terrel

128 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

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HUNT TO KILL (2010)
























Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Starring: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Gil Bellows, Eric Roberts, Gary Daniels, Marie Avgeropoulos, Michael Hogan, Michael Eklund, Adrian Holmes, Emilie Ullerup

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

PLOT:
U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes is a tough divorcee mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his daughter hostage, a rugged wilderness will explode in all-terrain vengeance. Is there any wounded animal more dangerous than a lawman left for dead?

 

NORMAN NORMAN (2018)


 












Directed by: Sophy Romvari

8 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A young woman spends the night contemplating cloning her 16-year-old shih tzu, Norman.

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Sunday, February 19, 2023

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE + THE TENNESSEE KIDS (2016)
























Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Justin Timberlake, Adam Blackstone, Justin Gilbert, Aaron Anderson, Lance Jefferson, Terry Santiel, Elliott Ives, Mike Scott, Dontae Winslow, Sean Erick, Kevin Williams, Leon Silva, Zenya Bashford, Aaron Camper, Nicole Hurst, Jack E. King, Dana Wilson, Ivan Koumaev, Lyle Beniga, Lindsay Richardson, Natalie Gilmore, Matthew Aylward

90 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes)

PLOT:
The final performance of Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids' 20/20 Experience World Tour, filmed in 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Director Jonathan Demme's final directorial effort.

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DUMBO (1941)
























Directed by: Ben Sharpsteen
Starring: (voices) Edward Brophy, Verna Felton, Cliff Edwards, Herman Bing, Sterling Holloway, Margaret Wright, Hall Johnson, James Baskett, Nick Stewart, Jim Carmichael, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, Billy Bletcher, Malcolm Hutton, John McLeish, The Hall Johnson Choir, The King's Men

64 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, veteran of the circus, but the newborn is ridiculed because of his truly enormous ears and dubbed "Dumbo". After being separated from his mother, Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts; it is up to his only friend, a mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.

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TORCH SONG TRILOGY (1988)
























Directed by: Paul Bogart
Based on the stage play by: Harvey Fierstein
Starring: Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Brian Kerwin, Eddie Castrodad, Karen Young, Ken Page, Charles Pierce, Axel Vera

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

PLOT:
Arnold, a famous drag queen, tragically lost his lover Alan in a hate crime Alan tried to prevent. Arnold is now torn between his memories on Alan, his bisexual lover Ed, their new adopted teenage gay son David and Arnold's never quite satisfied mother.

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THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE (1986)
























Directed by: Denys Arcand
Starring: Remy Girard, Dominique Michel, Pierre Curzi, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal, Yves Jacques, Genevieve Rioux, Daniel Briere, Gabriel Arcand, Ariane Frederique

101 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, brief graphic nudity)
Country of origin: Canada

PLOT:
A group of academics at the University of Montreal--most longtime friends--plan to gather at the lakeside recreational home of Rémy and Louise, who have been together for 20 years, married for 15 of them, for dinner. Louise knows Rémy cheats on her but believes he only does so when she is not around, which she accepts. Their recreational home is adjacent to many of the recreational homes of the others, who are: divorced Pierre and his much younger current girlfriend Danielle who is a student at the university; divorced mother Diane; independent-minded Dominque; single homosexual Claude; and graduate student Alain; While the four men prepare the dinner, the four women are working out together in the gym. The common factor between the two groups is the topic of conversation: sex, especially as it relates to themselves. But underlying each of the conversations is their own academic and intellectual backgrounds, which shapes the nature of the discussions. When the two groups finally converge for dinner, a ninth person is added peripherally, brusque working-class Mario, Diane's current sexual partner. This relationship is a first for Diane in that not only their sexual encounters but the way they interact with each other in general is predicated on S and M, dictated largely by Diane, the submissive. What happens with the group as dinner goes into evening and evening goes into morning is further shaped by them listening to a prerecorded interview Dominique did for CBC Radio earlier in the day to promote her new book, which discusses how the quest for individual happiness in modern western society is leading to the decline of the society in general.

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Saturday, February 18, 2023

EDEN LAKE (2008)
























Directed by: James Watkins
Starring: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O'Connell, James Gandhi, Thomas Turgoose, Bronson Webb, Shaun Dooley, Finn Atkins, Thomas Gill, James Burrows, Mega Yoedsoel

91 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, disturbing images)

PLOT:
Nursery teacher Jenny and her boyfriend Steve, escape for a romantic weekend away. Steve, planning to propose, has found an idyllic setting: a remote lake enclosed by woodlands and seemingly deserted. The couple's peace is shattered when a gang of obnoxious kids encircles their campsite. Reveling in provoking the adults, the gang steals the couple's belongings and vandalizes their car leaving them completely stranded. When Steve confronts them, tempers flare and he suffers a shocking and violent attack. Fleeing for help, Jenny is subject to a brutal and relentless game of cat-and-mouse as she desperately tries to evade her young pursuers and find her way out of the woods.

 

THE RAVEN (2012)
























Directed by: James McTeigue
Starring: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jimmy Yuill, Kevin McNally, Sam Hazeldine, Pam Ferris, Brendan Coyle, John Warnaby

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

PLOT:
A serial killer is on the loose and murdering people using legendary poet Edgar Allan Poe's descriptions from his published stories and poems. Poe teams up with Detective Fields, a Baltimore policeman to try and catch the killer by using his knowledge of the descriptions. Even though the stories are fictional, they start to become reality and the killer is a step ahead of them. Then it takes on a personal note as Poe's lover becomes a target. Will they stop the killer in time?

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STRAIGHT TALK (1992)
























Directed by: Barnet Kellman
Starring: Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, Jerry Orbach, Philip Bosco, Deirdre O'Connell, John Sayles, Teri Hatcher, Spalding Gray, Amy Morton, Charles Fleischer, Keith MacKechnie, Jay Thomas, Paula Newsome, Tracy Letts, John Gegenbuber, Paul Dinello

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

PLOT:
Honest, straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. When a misunderstanding has her hosting a radio phone-in advice show, it is clear that she is a natural and she is hired on the spot. But the station insists that she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows, a local reporter starts digging for the truth. The problem is, the more he is around her, the more he fancies her.

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Friday, February 17, 2023

YOGA HOSERS (2016)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Depp, Johnny Depp, Justin Long, Austin Butler, Adam Brody, Ralph Garman, Tony Hale, Natasha Lyonne, Haley Joel Osment, Vanessa Paradis, Tyler Posey, Genesis Rodriguez, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Sasheer Zamata, Harley Morenstein, Ashley Greene, Jack Depp, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Kevin Conroy, Stan Lee

88 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, brief drug material)

PLOT:
Two teenage yoga enthusiasts must do battle with an evil presence that is threatening to rise from its underground lair and endanger their major party plans.

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TUSK (2014)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Morenstein, Ralph Garman, Matthew Shively, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Doug Banks, Zak Knutson, Johnny Depp

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

PLOT:
When podcaster Wallace travels to Canada to interview someone, he winds up meeting a strange man named Howe who has many stories to tell about his past life during his interview. Wallace wakes up the next day finding out Howe isn't the person he thought he was. Howe has plans to surgically and mentally turn Wallace into a walrus.

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JERSEY GIRL (2004)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro, George Carlin, Jennifer Lopez, Mike Starr, Stephen Root, Jason Biggs, Paulie Litt, Harley Quinn Smith, Betty Aberlin, Matt Damon, Jason Lee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Matthew Maher, Will Smith

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

PLOT:
Oliver Trinke has always tried to put his Highlands, New Jersey past behind him, but it's been difficult for the past six years. He was a successful New York City music publicist, but after his wife Gertrude died immediately after delivering their daughter Gertie, unprepared Ollie became persona non grata in the entertainment-publicity industry through a single incident largely putting his desire for professional success over his responsibilities as a father, and he returned to Highlands and he and Gertie moved in with his own father Bart until he could get back on his feet. That meant working side-by-side with Bart in the Borough of Highlands works crew, a job he still has. He also still has the desire to get back to a New York City life and a high-powered job as an entertainment publicist, despite learning to be a responsible, loving father to Gertie, who has only known Highlands life and likes everything about it, including her daddy and Bart, her "Pop." As Ollie tries to realize his dream, he might get a clearer picture of his priorities with help from Maya, a video store clerk/graduate student that he and Gertie befriend.

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THE MIDDLE (2009 - 2018) draft

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