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

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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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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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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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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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.

 

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

JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT (2019)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Harley Quinn Smith, Aparna Brielle, Alice Wen, Treshelle Edmond, Shannon Elizabeth, Brian O'Halloran, Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Craig Robinson, Joe Manganiello, Frankie Shaw, Justin Long, Donnell Rawlings, David Dastmalchian, Chris Jericho, Kate Micucci, Diedrich Bader, Melissa Benoist, Val Kilmer, Tommy Chong, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Fred Armisen, Molly Shannon, Ralph Garman, Rosario Dawson, Adam Brody, Dan Fogler, Jason Biggs, James Van Der Beek, Method Man, Redman, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Kirkman, Keith Coogan, Stan Lee, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Ernie O'Donnell, Scott Schiaffo, John Willyung, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Ming Chen, Mike Zapcic, Chris Wood, Jesse Rath, Ben Gleib, Brian Quinn, Jake Richardson, Nick Fehlinger, Marc Bernardin

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

PLOT:
Jay and Silent Bob inadvertently sign away their names and rights to the new Bluntman and Chronic movie. Now they head to Hollywood to stop the film from being made. Along the way Jay discovers that he is a father.

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JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (2001)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Shannon Elizabeth, Will Ferrell, Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, Chris Rock, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Judd Nelson, George Carlin, Carrie Fisher, Seann William Scott, Jon Stewart, Tracy Morgan, Jamie Kennedy, Mark Hamill, Marc Blucas, Matthew James, Jane Silva, Carmen Llywelyn, Diedrich Bader, Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan, Scott Mosier, Renee Humphrey, Joey Lauren Adams, Dwight Ewell, Scott William Winters, William B. Davis, Alanis Morissette, Jimmy Palmiotti, Wes Craven, Jules Asner, Steve Kmetko, Gus Van Sant, Jason Biggs, James Van Der Beek, Shannen Doherty, Morris Day

104 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, sex-related humor, drug use)

PLOT:
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking hobo, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic filmmakers will decide the fate of Suzanne, Jay, Silent Bob, and their good names.

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DOGMA (1999)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Alanis Morissette, George Carlin, Janeane Garofalo, Bud Cort, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Dwight Ewell, Scott Mosier, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Betty Aberlin, Barret Hackney, Jared Pfennigwerth, Kitao Sakurai

128 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, drug use)

PLOT:
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon by the Voice of God to stop two exiled angels from entering a New Jersey church and thus negating all existence. She is aided by the little know thirteenth apostle named Rufus, a literal muse turned stripper and two bad-mouthed, mall-crawling, joint-smoking prophets: Jay and Silent Bob. An ex-muse turned demon named Azrael tries to keep the group from accomplishing their goal so he can have his revenge against God.

 

CHASING AMY (1997)
























Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier, Casey Affleck, Brian O'Halloran, Matt Damon, Carmen Llywelyn, Guinevere Turner, Joe Quesada

113 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sex-related humor, drug references)

PLOT:
A pair of comic book authors named Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards, who live in New Jersey, have been best friends for 20 years. They spend their time working in their studio, and in the evenings they are going out. But their friendship is about to be disputed for the first time in their life, when a beautiful young lesbian woman named Alyssa Jones enters their life and Holden falls in love with her. Now Holden has to deal with Banky's jealousy, and with his new girlfriend's very rich past.

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

TWIN HUSBANDS (1946)
























Directed by: Hal Yates
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Marian Carr, Jason Robards Sr, Myrna Dell, Frank O'Connor, William J. O'Brien

18 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Leon, no model husband to begin with, keeps getting blamed by his wife for escapades involving his twin brother, and she seeks a divorce. Leon, as usual, does nothing to help his own cause.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

NIGHT NURSE (1931)
























Directed by: William A. Wellman
Based on the novel by: Dora Macy
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable, Blanche Friderici, Charlotte Merriam, Charles Winninger, Edward J. Nugent, Vera Lewis, Ralf Harolde, Walter McGrail, Allan Lane, Willie Fung, Jim Farley, Marcia Mae Jones

72 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training, she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, but something much more sinister is going on.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

NICK OF TIME (1995)
























Directed by: John Badham
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Courtney Chase, Roma Maffia, Marsha Mason, Peter Strauss, Gloria Reuben, G.D. Spradlin, Bill Smitrovich, Yul Vazquez, Edith Diaz

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

PLOT:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation.

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Monday, February 13, 2023

PHASE IV (1974)
























Directed by: Saul Bass
Starring: Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, Helen Horton, David Healy

84 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them.

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Sunday, February 12, 2023

PURPLE RAIN (1984)
























Directed by: Albert Magnoli
Starring: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris E. Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Benton, Billy Sparks, Jill Jones, Dez Dickerson, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, The Revolution, The Time, Apollonia 6

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

PLOT:
A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self-destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.

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SWIMFAN (2002)
























Directed by: John Polson
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton, Clayne Crawford, Jason Ritter, Kia Joy Goodwin, Dan Hedaya, Michael Higgins, Nick Sandow, Pamela Isaacs, Phyllis Somerville, James DeBello, Monroe Mann, Patricia Rae

85 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of sexuality)

PLOT:
New Jersey high school senior Ben Cronin is a former juvenile delinquent, whose past criminal behavior was fueled by and for drug use. He credits the support of his now longtime girlfriend Amy Miller and getting into competitive swimming as the primary reasons for turning his life around, which includes working part-time at the hospital where his single mother works. He has become the star swimmer of his high school team, so much so that scouts from Stanford University are coming in a week's time to watch Ben swim. Ben has a new swim fan in Madison Bell, a recent transfer student to Ben's high school. Despite Ben making it clear that he is in a committed relationship, Madison seduces him, the seduction to which he succumbs. They agree afterward that their encounter was a one-time only event, but Ben slowly comes to the realization that despite Madison's assertions to the contrary, she has more in mind with him. He feels her constant unspoken threats to expose their tryst and ultimately when he rebuffs her totally, unspoken threats to ruin his life in whatever means possible. Ben quickly learns to what extremes Madison is willing to go, especially when he finds out about her past. He has to figure out how to regain his life back from his known stalker, which is aided by the reason Madison is in New Jersey in the first place.

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SLACKER (1990)
























Directed by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Mark James, Bob Boyd, Terrence Kirk, Stella Weir, Teresa Taylor, Mark Harris, Frank Orrall, Abra Moore, Louis Black, Sarah Harmon, John Slate, Lee Daniel, Charles Gunning, Louis Mackey, Scott Rhodes, Kim Krizan, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Kalman Spelletich, Kendall Smith

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

PLOT:
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, move seamlessly from one scene to the next, randomly coming and going into one another's lives. Highlights include a UFO buff who adamantly insists that the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a woman who produces a glass slide purportedly of Madonna's pap smear, and an old anarchist who sympathetically shares his philosophy of life with a robber.

TRAILER:


 

NIGHT COURT (1984 - 1992) draft

  Created by: Reinhold Weege Starring: Harry Anderson, Karen Austin, John Larroquette, Paula Kelly, Richard Moll, Selma Diamond, Gail Strick...