Friday, March 31, 2023

KATE NASH - UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL (2018)
























Directed by: Amy Goldstein
Starring: Kate Nash, Brett Lomas, John Kennedy, Tom Biller, Emma Hughes, Linda Buratto, Alicia Warrington, Gary Marella, Kate Craig, Jarrad Kritzstein, Brian Kristofek, Frederik Thaae, Jeff Ellis, Steve Nash, Marie Nash, Audrey Nash, Molly Neuman

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

PLOT:
Kate Nash reaches the stratosphere of pop music at 18. Ten years later she is nearly homeless: dropped by her music label and defrauded by her manager, Kate rises from the darkness through her music, fighting back.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

BABY DOLL (1956)
























Directed by: Elia Kazan
Based on the stage play "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" by: Tennessee Williams
Starring: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Lonny Chapman, Eades Hogue, Noah Williamson, R.G. Armstrong, Madeleine Sherwood, Rip Torn

114 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle-aged Archie Lee Meighan and 19-year-old "Baby Doll" Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but on each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her 20th birthday, which is in three days, and she's not looking forward to it. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt "baby doll" sexuality, fostering the baby-doll aspect by sleeping in a crib in their house's nursery. Baby Doll's now-deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it, he no longer has the financial means to make it what Baby Doll wants as his cotton-ginning competitor, the recently arrived Sicilian Silva Vacarro who runs the cotton plantation syndicate, has effectively put him and many others in the area out of business. The Meighans' fortunes could change after Vacarro's cotton gin burns down in a case of arson. Vacarro is certain Archie Lee is the arsonist. After meeting the Meighans and learning more about their marriage, Vacarro believes the way to get what he wants is through Baby Doll. This action begins the three-way battle of wills among Vacarro, Archie Lee, and Baby Doll.

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DEION'S DOUBLE PLAY (2019)
























Directed by: Erik Powers, Ken Rodgers
Narrated by: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Starring: Deion Sanders, Pat O'Brien, Bo Jackson, Jerry Glanville, Jamie Dukes, Terence Moore, John Smoltz, Roosevelt Barnes, Jim Gray, Anne Scearce, Stan Kasten, Andre Rison, Teddy Pendleton 

50 minutes
(TV-PG - adult themes)

PLOT:
How Deion Sanders sandwiched a pro football game around a pair of postseason baseball games.

Part of ESPN's "30 for 30" sports documentary series.

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300 (2006)
























Directed by: Zack Snyder
Based on the comic book series by: Frank Miller, Lynn Varley
Starring: Gerard Butler, David Wenham, Lena Headey, Giovanni Cimmino, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Stephen McHattie, Michael Fassbender, Peter Mensah, Kelly Craig, Eli Snyder, Tyler Neitzel, Robert Maillet, Patrick Sabongui, Leon Laderach, Tyrone Benskin

117 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, nudity)

PLOT:
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward. After 3 days of battle all the Greeks were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes that the separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks, was not as heavily guarded as they thought.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

CLOUDBURST (2011)
























Directed by: Thom Fitzgerald
Based on the stage play by: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Ryan Doucette, Kristin Booth, Michael McPhee, Mary-Colin Chisholm, Marlane O'Brien

93 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, nudity)

PLOT:
A lesbian couple escape from their nursing home in Maine and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.

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THE HANGING GARDEN (1997)


 





















Directed by: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Chris Leavens, Kerry Fox, Joel Keller, Troy Veinotte, Sarah Polley, Peter MacNeill, Seana McKenna, Christine Dunsworth, Joan Orenstein, Jocelyn Cunningham, Martha Irving, Heather Rankin, Ashley MacIsaac

91 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, some drug use, disturbing images)

PLOT:
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but during his visit home, he becomes unhinged as the newly remembered reasons for his miserable adolescence come to life in each of their presents.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (1992)
























Directed by: Leslie Harris
Starring: Ariyan A. Johnson, Kevin Thigpen, Ebony Jerido, Chequita Jackson, Jerard Washington, Tony Wilkes, Karen Robinson, Johnny Roses, Kisha Richardson, Monet Cherise Dunham, Wendell Moore, William Badgett

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

PLOT:
Chantel Mitchell, a hip, articulate, black high-school girl in Brooklyn, is determined not to become "just another girl on the IRT" (the IRT is one of NYC's subway lines). She dreams of medical school, a family, and an escape from the generational poverty and street-corner life her friends seem to have accepted as their lot. But personal and sexual challenges confront Chantel on her way to fulfilling these dreams.

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ICE CASTLES (1978)
























Directed by: Donald Wrye
Starring: Robby Benson, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer Warren, David Huffman, Sydney Blake, Craig T. McMullen, Kelsey Ufford, Leonard Lilyholm, Brian Foley, John-Claude Bleuze, Theresa Willmus, Diana Holden, Michelle McLean, Carol Williams

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

PLOT:
16-year-old Alexis Winston is a talented but untrained figure skater from the small town of Waverly, Iowa. A prominent coach sees her skate in a regional competition and wants to train her. Lexie's father is convinced to allow her to leave with the coach to an important competition in the city. There Lexie is exposed to a different world. She becomes a sensation in the skating community and falls for a television sportscaster. One evening while practicing, Lexis suffers a terrible accident that takes her sight and threatens to destroy her dreams. Abandoned by all her fair-weather friends, Lexie goes home to rebuild her life. Bitter and angry, she initially refuses to leave her room. Gradually, her father, devoted boyfriend and former coach help her realize that she can still fulfill her dreams.

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Monday, March 27, 2023

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (1984)

























Directed by: W.D. Richter
Starring: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Robert Ito, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Jonathan Banks, John Ashton, Carl Lumbly, Ronald Lacey, Michael Santoro, Matt Clark, William Traylor, Mariclare Costello, Bill Henderson, Damon Hines, Billy Vera, Laura Harrington, Yakov Smirnoff, Tommy J. Huff

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

PLOT:
Brain surgeon, rock musician, adventurer Buckaroo Banzai is a modern renaissance man and has made scientific history. He perfected the Oscillation Overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. But when his sworn enemy Dr. Emilio Lizardo devises a plot to steal the device and bring an evil army back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in a battle that could spell doom for the universe. Along with his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroo must stop the evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Pretty, the long-lost twin sister of his late wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica.

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THE HOT BOX (1972)
























Directed by: Joe Viola
Screenplay by: Joe Viola, Jonathan Demme
Starring: Carmen Argenziano, Andrea Cagan, Margaret Markov, Rickey Richardson, Laurie Rose, Zaldy Zschornack, Jose Romulo, Rocco Montalban, Charles Dierkop, Gina Laforteza, Ruben Ramos, Ruben Rustia

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

PLOT:
Four American nurses working in the Republic of San Rosario are kidnapped by a band of guerillas, who force them to join their revolution.

ONE BODY TOO MANY (1944)
























Directed by: Frank McDonald
Starring: Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Bela Lugosi, Blanche Yurka, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley, Fay Helm, Bernard Nedell, Lucien Littlefield, Dorothy Granger, Maxine Fife

75 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A timid insurance salesman Albert L. Tuttle visits eccentric millionaire Cyrus J. Rutherford, intent on selling him a $200,000 insurance deal. Instead, he finds that Rutherford has recently died, and his mansion is now full of relatives who are, according to the will, all bound to remain in the mansion until a glass-domed vault is constructed on the roof, to house the deceased millionaire who was an ardent follower of the stars. Tuttle is mistaken for a private detective sent to guard the body, and once the confusion is cleared up and the real detective fails to show, he is persuaded by Rutherford's niece Carol Dunlap to remain and ensure that the body is not stolen. If the body should be buried any place other than the vault, the will states that recipients who would receive the largest request will receive the smallest, and vice versa. One of the recipients plans to reverse the will in their favor, hide the body and kill anyone who gets in their way. Unfortunately for mild-mannered Tuttle, he is directly in the way of the killer, and the rest of the conniving family.

ACTUAL MOVIE:


 

Sunday, March 26, 2023

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (2005)
























Directed by: Jean-Francois Richet
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, Drea de Matteo, Brian Dennehy, Gabriel Byrne, Matt Craven, Kim Coates, Dorian Harewood, Currie Graham, Fulvio Cecere, Titus Welliver, Aisha Hinds

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

PLOT:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, Officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up of cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

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BARBARIAN QUEEN (1985)
























Directed by: Hector Olivera
Starring: Lana Clarkson, Katt Shea, Frank Zagarino, Dawn Dunlap, Susana Traverso, Victor Bo, Arman Chapman, Andrea Barbieri, Tony Middleton, Andrea Scriven, Robert Carson, Matilde Mur, Eddie Pequenino, Patrick Duggan, Lucy Tiller, Ivan Green, Theodore McNabney, Richard R. Jordan, John Head, Daniel Seville, Eva Donnelly

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

PLOT:
Set during the days of the Roman Empire. A simple village is raided by Roman troops, and most of the people are whisked off to be slaves or killed. Three women survive and set off to liberate their people. When they arrive at the Roman city, they team up with the local underground to seek vengeance and liberation of the slaves.

 

THE RUNNING MAN (1987)
























Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser
Based on the novel by: Stephen King
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown, Erland Van Lidth, Marvin J. McIntyre, Gus Rethwisch, "Professor" Toru Tanaka, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Sven Thorsen, Edward Bunker, Bryan Kestner, Anthony Penya, Kurt Fuller, Kenneth Lerner, Dey Young, Rodger Bumpass, Dona Hardy, Megan Gallivan

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

PLOT:
In the year 2019, the world economy has collapsed. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications. Even so, a small resistance force led by two revolutionaries manages to fight the oppression. With full control over the media, the government attempts to quell the nation's yearning for freedom by broadcasting a number of game shows on which convicted criminals fight for their lives. The most popular and sadistic of these programs is "The Running Man," hosted by Damon Killian. When a peaceful protest of starving citizens gathers in Bakersfield, California, a police officer named Ben Richards is ordered to fire on the crowd, which he refuses to do. Subdued by the other officers, the attack is carried out, and Richards is framed for the murder of almost a hundred unarmed civilians. Following a daring jail break months later, Richards is captured once again and forced to appear on "The Running Man" with three other convicts. With their help, he fights his way through a cadre of sadistic gladiators hunting them down through the ruins of a Los Angeles earthquake, but promising Killian that he'll return to settle the score when the show's host double-crosses him. In the meantime, the contestants must search through the ruins for the resistance in the hopes of finally broadcasting the truth about the government.

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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
























Directed by: Milos Forman
Based on the novel by: Ken Kesey
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick, Dean Brooks, William Duell, Vincent Schiavelli, Michael Berryman, Alonzo Brown, Mwako Cumbaka, Nathan George, Marya Small, Scatman Crothers, Phil Roth, Louisa Moritz, Peter Brocco, Delos V. Smith Jr, Josip Elic, Mimi Sarkisian, Ted Markland, Mary Costa

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

PLOT:
McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.

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AS ABOVE, SO BELOW (2014)
























Directed by: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Pablo Nicomedes, Hamidreza Javdan, Roger Van Hool, Samuel Aouizerate, Kaya Blocksage

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

PLOT:
Following in her deceased father's footsteps, alchemy scholar Scarlett Marlowe is obsessed with finding Nicolas Flamel's legendary Philosopher's Stone. As all clues lead to the labyrinthine Catacombs of Paris, Scarlett and her hand-picked team of old friends and ambitious urban explorers descend into the vast subterranean network, venturing deeper and deeper into forbidden uncharted areas. And before long, pure madness and sheer terror prevail, sealing the young intruders' fate. But where do the dark pathways lead? Has anyone disturbed the sleep of the dead and lived to tell the tale?

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

CLASS OF '07 (2023)




















Created by: Kacie Anning
Starring: Emily Browning, Megan Smart, Caitlin Stasey, Claire Lovering, Emma Horn, Steph Tisdell, Sana'a Shaik, Rose Flanagan, Chi Nguyen, Bernie Van Tiel, Sarah Krndija, Debra Lawrence, Holly Simon, Shay Cohen

8 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:
An apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the 10-year reunion of an all-girls high school. The group has to find a way to survive on the island peak of their old high school campus, while dealing with old high school drama.

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PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
























Directed by: Peter Weir
Based on the novel by: Joan Lindsay
Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray, Jacki Weaver, Anne-Louise Lambert, Margaret Nelson, John Jarratt, Wyn Roberts, Karen Robson, Christine Schuler, Jane Vallis, Martin Vaughan, Kirsty Child, Frank Gunnell, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, John Fegan, Kay Taylor, Peter Collingwood, Garry McDonald, Olga Dickie, Jenny Lovell

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

PLOT:
On Valentine's Day 1900, most of the small student body and staff of Appleyard College, a private girls' boarding school in Victoria State, Australia, are going on a day long picnic to nearby Hanging Rock. Two people who will not be going are Mrs. Appleyard, the school's owner and proprietress, and Sara, a student who is being punished for a situation outside of her control. Later that evening, the picnickers arrive back to the college later than expected minus four people: teacher Miss McCraw, and students Miranda, Irma and Marion, all of whom have gone missing. The three girls plus a tag-along student, Emily, went exploring up the rock, when Emily came rushing off the rock by herself in a frightened panic, with several cuts and bruises and her dress torn. By that time, no one had noticed that Miss McCraw had also gone missing. Emily cannot remember anything about the incident beyond seeing Miss McCraw off in the distance climbing up the rock when she herself was heading down. As the authorities go on an exhaustive search for the missing four, their disappearance elicits different reactions from people involved. Michael Fitzhubert, a young well-off man, who, along with his valet Albert, saw the four girls climbing up the rock, and feels compelled to find them. Sara, who idolized Miranda, is quietly affected as she keeps several secrets about herself and what Miranda told her earlier that day. And Miss Appleyard, although concerned about the welfare of the missing four, seems more concerned about the possibly tarnished reputation of the school, to which her name is attached, and the effect the scandal may have on its viability.

REVIEW:


 

ALOHA (2015)
























Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, Bill Camp, Michael Chernus, Danielle Rose Russell, Jaeden Martell, Edi Gathegi, Ivana Milicevic, Bumpy Kanahele

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

PLOT:
In this era of private sector billionaires taking over much of the work in space from governments, Brian Gilcrest left the US Air Force to work for one of those billionaires, Carson Welch. However, incidents in Afghanistan including injuries while working for Carson have left Brian on the outside looking in, he now taking any scraps of work even remotely related to space. It is one of those jobs that takes him back to Hawaii, his old stomping grounds. That job is to organize a traditional Hawaiian blessing for a pedestrian gate Carson is building in association with a rocket launch facility, Brian's responsibilities including negotiating with the native islanders for their participation. To ensure things go smoothly, the Air Force, who have negotiated a separate deal with Carson for him to launch a satellite to improve such things as wireless services, has assigned Captain Allison Ng, a space geek and one-quarter native islander, to be Brian's "shadow" for his entire stay in Hawaii. Brian's return to Hawaii is bittersweet in being reunited with his old girlfriend, Tracy, who he has not seen in thirteen years when Brian left Hawaii, she now married to one of Brian's old colleagues, John Woodside - Woody - the two who have two children. Regardless of the sparks of both a positive and negative kind that still exist between Tracy and Brian, there is trouble in the Woodside marriage largely due to Woody's unusual means of communication, which Tracy sees as no communication whatsoever. As Brian goes through his work, he and Allison start to fall for each other, in part due to their shared love of space and island life. Things have the potential to go off the rails with Brian's job and his burgeoning relationship with Allison when Carson's true long game comes to light within certain small circles, the issue being who knew of that long game and if they did anything either to support or thwart it.

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EVERYTHING IS FREE (2019)
























Directed by: Brian Jordan Alvarez
Starring: Brian Jordan Alvarez, Morgan Krantz, Peter Vack, Bruce Bundy, Jason Greene, Daniele Watts, Jon Ebeling, Ken Kirby, Judilin Bosita, Jimmy Fowlie, Stephanie Koenig, Kurt Zaehsdorf

88 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic nudity)

PLOT:
Ivan is an American painter residing in Colombia. He is visited by his best friend, Christian, along with his younger brother, Cole. Somewhere along the way, Ivan and Cole hit it off although Cole is not gay (so he says). Will older brother Christian be okay with that? As they say, true love conquers all, even if it takes years.

 

Friday, March 24, 2023

INSPECTOR GADGET SAVES CHRISTMAS (1992)
























Directed by: Chuck Patton
Starring: (voices) Don Adams, Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Erica Horn

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

PLOT:
Inspector Gadget is off to the North Pole to stop Dr. Claw from taking over Santa's elves and workshop.
 

THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD (2018)
























Directed by: Dominique Rocher
Starring: Anders Danielson Lie, Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Sigrid Bouaziz, David Kammenos

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

PLOT:
After waking up in an apartment where only the night before a party was raging, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: He is now alone and the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, Sam is going to have to barricade himself inside the building and organize his survival. But is he really the sole survivor?

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EVE OF DESTRUCTION (1991)
























Directed by: Duncan Gibbons
Starring: Gregory Hines, Renee Soutendijk, Kurt Fuller, Michael Greene, John M. Jackson, Kevin McCarthy

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

PLOT:
EVE VIII is a military android created to look and sound exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery, it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator. The memories used, though, are dark and tragic ones. The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission. Colonel Jim McQuade is tasked with eliminating the unstoppable machine. With the help of Dr. Simmons, he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional robotic doppelgänger.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

FACE/OFF (1997)
























Directed by: John Woo
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, CCH Pounder, Robert Wisdom, Margaret Cho, Thomas Jane, James Denton, Tommy Flanagan, Matt Ross, Danny Masterson, Chris Bauer, Romy Walthall, Myles Jeffrey, David McCurley, Lauren Sinclair

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

PLOT:
Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent, is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy and a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately, the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal.

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THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019)
























Directed by: Lee Cronin
Starring: Seana Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, Eoin Macken, David Crowley

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

PLOT:
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O'Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwoods rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbor shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiraling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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THE DEAD POOL (1988)
























Directed by: Buddy Van Horn
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Michael Currie, Michael Goodwin, Jim Carrey, Anthony Charnota, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Louis Giambalvo, Diego Chairs, Charles Martinet, Patrick Van Horn, Shawn Elliott, Bill Wattenburg, Marc Alaimo, Justin Whalin, Harry Demopoulos, Darwin Gillett

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

PLOT:
Even though he detests publicity, for once, the tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Department officer, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan, has hit the headlines for a good cause, after putting behind bars an infamous mobster. But now, Callahan's name is on a macabre list of soon-to-be-dead celebrities. Before long, the first one dies, the drug-addled rock star, Johnny Squares, and as more violent deaths follow, Callahan now fears that he is next in line. In the meantime, more and more, all indications point to the British horror-film director, Peter Swan. Who is the mastermind behind the anonymous hit-list and the twisted gambling game known as the Dead Pool? Can Harry get to the bottom of this deadly conundrum before it is too late?

 

SUDDEN IMPACT (1983)
























Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Michael Maurer, Albert Popwell, Audrie J. Neenan, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie, Michael V. Gazzo, Mark Keyloun, Kevyn Major Howard, Bette Ford, Nancy Parsons, Tom Spratley

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

PLOT:
A vicious serial-killer is on the loose in San Francisco and the police trace a link to the small town of San Paulo, which is further down the coast. When Harry Callahan upsets the press and the Mayor in his usual style, he's shipped out of town to investigate while the heat is on. With the help of his new .44 Magnum handgun, Harry goes on the trail leaving behind the usual trail of dead criminals along the way.

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THE ENFORCER (1976)
























Directed by: James Fargo
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, Bill Ackridge, DeVeren Bookwalter, Albert Popwell, John Crawford, Robert Hoy, Michael Cavanaugh, Jocelyn Jones, Dick Durock, Samantha Doane, M.G. Kelly, Terry McGovern, John Roselius, Rudy Ramos, Nick Pellegrino, Bill Jelliffe, Joe Bellan, Tim O'Neill, Jan Stratton, Will McMillan, Jerry Walter, Steve Eoff, Tim Burrus, Ronald Manning, Adele Proom, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Robert Behling, Stan Richie, Brian Fong, Art Rimdzius, Chuck Hicks, Ann Macy, Gloria Prince, Kenneth Boyd, Bernard Glin, Fritz Manes

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

PLOT:
A threatening terrorist group called "The People's Revolutionary Strike Force" demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is in limbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's sent to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game. This time, he has a new partner, Inspector Kate Moore, which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together.

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MAGNUM FORCE (1973)
























Directed by: Ted Post
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven, Robert Urich, Felton Perry, Mitchell Ryan, Margaret Avery, Bob McClurg, John Mitchum, Albert Popwell, Clifford A. Pellow, Richard Devon, Christine White, Tony Giorgio, Maurice Argent, Jack Kosslyn, Bob March, Adele Yoshioka, Suzanne Somers

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

PLOT:
San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan and his new partner, Earlington "Early" Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. Meanwhile, those of the city's criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callahan begins to investigate the murders despite orders from his superior officer, Lieutenant Neil Briggs. A man has to know his limitations.

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DIRTY HARRY (1971)
























Directed by: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice S. Argent, Jo De Winter, Craig G. Kelly

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

PLOT:
In 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as the "Scorpio Killer", who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case along with his newest partner Inspector Chico Gonzalez to track down Scorpio and stop him. Using humiliation and cat-and-mouse type of games against Callahan, Scorpio is put to the test with the cop with a dirty attitude.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

RED DUST (1932)
























Directed by: Victor Fleming
Based on the stage play by: Wilson Collison
Starring: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, Gene Raymond, Tully Marshall, Donald Crisp, Willie Fung, Forrester Harvey

83 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson's Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. The latest boat upriver brings Carson an unwelcome guest: Vantine, a floozy from Saigon, hoping to evade the police by a stay upcountry. But Carson, initially uninterested, soon succumbs to Vantine's ostentatious charms, until the arrival of surveyor Gary Willis, ill with malaria, and his refined but sensuous wife Barbara. Now the rains begin, and passion flows like water.

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NUMBER SEVENTEEN (1932)
























Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Based on the stage play by: Joseph Jefferson Farjeon
Starring: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop, Barry Jones, Ann Casson, Henry Caine, Garry Marsh

64 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Detective Gilbert is searching for a necklace robbed by a gang of thieves. In the beginning, the gang is in a house in London, then they are running away from police. It will not be easy for the detective to recover the jewel.

 

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

SHIVERS (1975)
























Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry, Barbara Steele, Joe Silver, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Boldero, Camil Ducharme, Hanka Posnanska, Wally Martin, Vlasta Vrana, Silvie Debois

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

PLOT:
A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs, and then kills himself. While investigating, a doctor discovers that the scientist was doing experiments on the use of genetically engineered parasites as organ transplants. Soon, other people in the complex begin showing signs of carrying the parasites, spreading the things through wanton orgiastic abandon, and the complex begins suffering an attrition problem.

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THE MIDDLE (2009 - 2018) draft

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