THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN (2008)

Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura

Based on the short story by: Clive Barker

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Roger Bart, Ted Raimi, Peter Jacobson, Barbara Eve Harris, Tony Curran, Stephanie Mace, NorA, Dan Callahan, Quinton Jackson, Allen Maldonado

98 minutes

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

PLOT:

The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness.

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THE WOMEN (2008)

Directed by: Diane English

Based on the play by: Clare Boothe Luce

Starring: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler, Candice Bergen, India Ennenga, Jill Flint, Ana Gasteyer, Joanna Gleason, Lynn Whitfield, Natasha Alam, Tilly Scott Pedersen, Christy Scott Cashman

114 minutes

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

PLOT:

To her New York society friends, Mary Haines is the perfect woman. She is kind, considerate, and is able to balance her work life as a designer for her father's family business with her role as loving wife of thirteen years to renowned Wall Street businessman Stephen Haines and mother to preteen Molly Haines, all the while still being able to do volunteer work. But slowly, the problems in Mary's life, which she was previously unaware of, start to show themselves. Instead of her father handing over the family business to her as she expects, he instead fires her, believing her work is not of quality since she is spreading herself too thinly over all that she does. Worse, she finds that Stephen is cheating on her with a gold-digging Saks perfume counter girl named Crystal Allen, of which her core group of friends are aware. As she still loves Stephen, Mary has to figure out what to do, with much advice from those friends and her mother, who knows more about what she's going through than Mary would have suspected. As Mary deals with this issue wallowing in her self-pity, her best friend since college, magazine editor Sylvie Fowler, is facing her own professional problems, which impact what happens to Mary. It isn't until Mary meets agent Leah Miller at a retreat that Mary begins to figure out what she truly wants in life, how to achieve it, and what part she played in the cause of her own problems, not only with Stephen.

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POSSE (1993)

 

Directed by: Mario Van Peebles

Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Billy Zane, Tone Loc, Melvin Van Peebles, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Big Daddy Kane, Reginald VelJohnson, Blair Underwood, Isaac Hayes, Charles Lane, Robert Hooks, Richard Jordan, Pam Grier, Nipsey Russell, Paul Bartel, Salli Richardson, Woody Strode, Aaron Neville, Reginald Hudlin, Warrington Hudlin, Richard Gant, Richard Edson, Stephen J. Cannell, Scott Bray, Vesta, Faizon Love, T.J. McClain

111 minutes

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

PLOT:

In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.

CLIP:

SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (2020)

Directed by: Roseanne Liang

Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Nick Robinson, Benedict Wall, Byron Coll, Joe Witkowski

83 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

On a stormy night during World War II, a female pilot with top-secret cargo talks her way on board a bomber plane about to take off. The crass all-male crew reluctantly agrees, but their suspicions about her identity and the mysterious cargo quickly grow. Just then a shadow appears in the clouds. Was it the incoming Japanese fleet or was it caused by some other sinister stowaway?

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31 (2016)

Directed by: Rob Zombie

Starring: Sheri Moon Zombie, Malcolm McDowell, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Meg Foster, Richard Brake, Jane Carr, Judy Geeson, E.G. Daily, Pancho Moler, Lew Temple, David Ury, Torsten Voges, Ginger Lynn, Tracey Walter, Daniel Roebuck, Devin Sidell, Kevin Jackson, Michael "Red Bone" Alcott, Esperanza Ibarra, Andrea Dora, Gabriel Pimentel, Jermain Hollman

102 minutes

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

PLOT:

On Halloween 1976, 8 carnies are traveling in their van through the desert on their way to their next gig. After having a bit of fun hanging out in the van, they stop for gas. They have a few creepy encounters at the gas station and head back on the road. During the night they find the road blocked by scarecrows, as they investigate, they're attacked, while some are murdered the rest are kidnapped. They awake chained up in a fancy room where 3 aristocratically dressed people tell them they have been chosen to participate in their annual game of 31. They must attempt to survive 12 hours in an underground labyrinth like factory compound known as Murderworld. The 5 carnies each armed with a weapon try to kill to stay alive while they are being hunted by clown like killers known as the Heads. Sick-Head, Psycho-Head, Schizo-Head, Sex-Head, Death-Head and Doom-Head. The 3 people running the game bet on who will survive the longest because no one has ever survived. The prize for surviving is their freedom.

 

JOHN MULANEY - BABY J (2023)

Directed by: Alex Timbers

Starring: John Mulaney

80 minutes

(TV-MA - explicit language, drug references)

PLOT:

A chaotic intervention. An action packed stay in rehab. After a weird couple of years, John Mulaney comes out swinging in his return to the stage.

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THE HARRISVILLE HAUNTING - THE REAL CONJURING HOUSE (2022)

Directed by: Matt Benton

Starring: Matt Benton, Joe Vitale, Bill Cook, Eric Conner, Kenny Biddle, Cory Heinzen, Jennifer Heinzen, John Huntington, Carl Johnson, Keith Johnson, Andrea Perron, Carolyn Perron

126 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, intense scenes of terror)

PLOT:

Four paranormal researchers and YouTubers document the paranormal claims of the former Arnold family farmhouse built in 1736. Now known as the Harrisville Farmhouse and the inspiration for the well-known movie "The Conjuring". Are the extreme Paranormal claims from the film real? Come along with researchers Matt Benton, Joe Vitale, Bill Cook, and Eric Conner as they delve into this mysterious haunting and share their incredible findings and evidence.

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WHITE HOUSE DOWN (2013)

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, James Woods, Nicolas Wright, Jimmi Simpson, Michael Murphy, Rachelle Lefevre, Lance Reddick, Matt Craven, Jake Weber, Peter Jacobson, Garcelle Beauvais, Kevin Rankin, Barbara Williams, Falk Hentschel, Jackie Geary, Andrew Simms, Vincent Leclerc, Anthony Lemke, Kyle Gatehouse, Patrick Sabongui

131 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

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ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE (2007)

Directed by: Jamie Babbit

Starring: Melonie Diaz, Nicole Vicius, Deak Evgenikos, Carly Pope, Lauren Mollica, Melanie Mayron, Daniel Sea, Mircea Monroe, Guinevere Turner, Jenny Shimizu, Leslie Grossman, Jimmi Simpson, Joel Michaely, M.C. Brennan, Collette Divine, Bruce Cronander, Camila Grey, Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, David Barr Kirtley

87 minutes

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

PLOT:

Anna is a young lesbian high school graduate who still lives with her parents, and works as a receptionist in a plastic surgeon's office. She embarks on a wild ride when she hooks up with a cadre of ultra-radical feminist lesbians hell-bent on raising hell. But things get even more complicated when Anna falls in love with Sadie, the radical group's leader who's already involved with an older woman named Courtney.

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PETER PAN (1953)

Directed by: Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson

Based on the play "Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" by: James M. Barrie

Starring: (voices) Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, Candy Candido, Stuffy Singer, Robert Ellis, Johnny McGovern, Tony Butala, June Foray, Connie Hilton, Karen Kester, Margaret Kerry, The Mellomen (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Bob Stevens, Max Smith)

77 minutes

(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

Siblings Wendy, John, and Michael Darling are visited by Peter Pan. With the help of his tiny friend, the fairy Tinkerbell, Peter takes the three children on a magical flight to Never Land. This enchanted island is home to Peter, Tink, the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and her Native American nation, and the scheming Captain Hook who is as intent on defeating Peter Pan as he is from escaping the tick-tocking crocodile that once ate a hand of his that Peter Pan cut off--and loved the taste of so much.

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NEWSIES (1992)

Directed by: Kenny Ortega

Starring: Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret, Robert Duvall, David Moscow, Max Casella, Dominic Lucero, Luke Edwards, Ele Keats, Aaron Lohr, Trey Parker, Michael A. Goorjian, Gabriel Damon, Marty Belafsky, Jeffrey DeMunn, Deborra-Lee Furness, Kevin Tighe, Michael Lerner, Shon Greenblatt, David Sheinkopf, Charles Cioffi, William Boyett, Marc Lawrence, Arvie Lowe Jr, Scott Caudill

121 minutes

(PG - mild violence)

PLOT:

July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly organizes a newsboys' strike. With David Jacobs as the brains of the new union, and Jack as the voice, the weak and oppressed found the strength to band together and challenge the powerful.

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GLEN OR GLENDA (1953)

Directed by: Ed Wood

Starring: Ed Wood, Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi, Timothy Farrell, Tommy Haynes, Lyle Talbot, Charlie Crafts, Conrad Brooks, William A. deOrgler

71 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

When a police inspector discovers a known transvestite's suicide, he seeks enlightenment from a psychiatrist familiar with the phenomenon. The psychiatrist tells him the story of Glen, who must try to find a way to tell his fiancée Barbara of his desire to wear her angora sweater; and the story of Alan, who decides to physically become a female via surgery. Throughout the film a scientist inanely babbles about life and death in order to somehow elucidate the story.

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THE APARTMENT (1960)

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, David White, Hope Holiday, Edie Adams, Joan Shawlee, Naomi Stevens, Johnny Seven, Joyce Jameson, Hal Smith

125 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

As of November 1, 1959, mild mannered C.C. Baxter has been working at Consolidated Life, an insurance company, for close to four years, and is one of close to thirty-two thousand employees located in their Manhattan head office. To distinguish himself from all the other lowly cogs in the company in the hopes of moving up the corporate ladder, he often works late, but only because he can't get into his apartment, located off of Central Park West, since he has provided it to a handful of company executives - Mssrs. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger - on a rotating basis for their extramarital liaisons in return for a good word to the personnel director, Jeff D. Sheldrake. When Baxter is called into Sheldrake's office for the first time, he learns that it isn't just to be promoted as he expects, but also to add married Sheldrake to the list to who he will lend his apartment. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger are now feeling neglected as Baxter no longer needs their assistance in moving up.

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WITCHFINDER GENERAL (1968)

Directed by: Michael Reeves

Based on the novel by: Roland Bassett
Starring: Vincent Price, Patrick Wymark, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell, Rupert Davies, Wilfrid Brambell, Nicky Henson, Tony Selby, Bernard Kay, Godfrey James, Michael Beint, John Trenaman, Bill Maxwell, Paul Ferris, Maggie Kimberly, Margaret Nolan

86 minutes

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

PLOT:

England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from "witches" in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors. When Hopkins persecutes a priest, he incurs the wrath of Richard Marshall, who is engaged to the priest's niece. Risking treason by leaving his military duties, Marshall relentlessly pursues the evil Hopkins and his minion Stearne.

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BAD DREAMS (1988)

Directed by: Andrew Fleming

Starring: Jennifer Rubin, Richard Lynch, Bruce Abbott, E.G. Daily, Dean Cameron, Harris Yulin, Susan Barnes, John Scott Clough, Damita Jo Freeman, Louis Giambalvo, Susan Ruttan, Sy Richardson, Missy Francis, Sheila Scott-Wilkenson, Ben Kronen

84 minutes

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

PLOT:

In the mid-'70s, a cult group called Unity Field commits mass suicide, but a young girl survives. After being in a coma for thirteen years she wakes up in a psyche ward, not remembering the incident. The psychiatrist tries to help her remember, but she begins seeing the leader of the cult talking to her from the grave, and the other members of her therapy group begin to commit suicide around her. Or is it suicide?

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FRONTIER PSYCHIATRIST (2000)

Directed by: Tom Kuntz, Mike Maguire

Starring: The Avalanches

5 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the Australian electronic music group's debut album, "Since I Left You".

MUSIC VIDEO:

 

MISHIMA - A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985)

Directed by: Paul Schrader

Starring: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Naoko Otani, Haruko Kato, Yuki Kitazume, Kyuzo Kobayashi, Alan Mark Poul, Roy Scheider, Paul Jasmin, Yasosuke Bando, Koichi Sato, Hisako Manda, Chishu Ryu, Naomi Oki, Miki Takakura, Kenji Sawada, Reisen Lee, Setsuko Karasuma, Sachiko Hidari, Tadanori Yokoo, Yasuaki Kurata, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Katsuno, Jun Negami, Hiroki Ida, Naoya Makoto, Ryo Ikebe

120 minutes

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

PLOT:

A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese author Yukio Mishima. Three of the segments parallel events in Mishima's life with his novels ("The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", "Kyoko's House", and "Runaway Horses"), while the fourth depicts the actual events of the 25th Nov. 1970, "The Last Day".

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REEFER MADNESS (1936)

Directed by: Louis J. Gasnier

Starring: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White, Carleton Young, Warren McCollum, Pat Royale, Josef Forte, Harry Harvey Jr, Richard Alexander, Lester Dorr, Edward LeSaint, Forrest Taylor

68 minutes

(NR - adult themes, adult situations, drug use)

PLOT:

The authorities are concerned over rampant narcotic use overtaking the community. They are especially worried about marijuana, both because it grows wild and thus is difficult to control, but also because of its effect, which includes possible insanity leading to dangerous behavior. One of those concerned is high-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll, who doesn't like how it's affecting the student at his school. Meanwhile, Jack Perry and Mae Coleman are marijuana pushers who host marijuana parties on behalf of their boss. Mae prefers to push to adults, but Jack has no problem getting teenagers hooked. Good kids and high-school sweethearts Bill Harper and Mary Lane have no idea of the nature of the parties in Mae's apartment, although some in their social circle, including Mary's brother Jimmy Lane, frequent those parties. A series of events leads Bill and Mary to Mae's apartment, which results in two tragic events, both the consequences marijuana use. The lives of those involved, both the guilty and the innocent, are forever altered because of the scourge called marijuana.

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FEAR (1996)

Directed by: James Foley

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman, Gary Riley, Jed Rees, Todd Caldecott, Andrew Airlie, Christopher Gray, Tracy Fraim, Jason Kristofer, Gerry Bean, David Fredericks

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

Nicole walker is the average 16-year-old girl; wants to have fun, and dreams of her Prince Charming. When she and her best friend Margot appear at a party, she meets older bad boy David. Everything seems to be going so well and Nicole and David become a couple. Nicole's family like David and she decides she loves him enough to give herself to him one night after a date. However, as soon as they became official, David has become a possessive and jealous boyfriend. He even beats up one of Nicole's close male friends when he is seen giving her a hug at the end of school. After this dark event Nicole never wants to see David again but he tries his hardest to make sure Nicole will take him back. Soon enough she forgives him, and things seem to be going well again until a sick situation involving Nicole's best friend Margot turns to her and David breaking up again. This time David is not taking any chances with not being with Nicole so him and his friends go into her family home and attempt to take Nicole. Will David get Nicole or will she and her family hold back and get rid of David's sick craving for Nicole?

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THE LOST CITY (2022)

Directed by: Adam Nee, Aaron Nee

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt, Hector Anibal, Thomas Forbes-Johnson, Oscar Nunez, Patti Harrison, Bowen Yang, Joan Pringle, Raymond Lee, Adam Nee, Stephen Lang

112 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.

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THE B.R.A.T. PATROL (1986)

Directed by: Mollie Miller

Starring: Sean Astin, Tim Thomerson, Jason Presson, Joe Wright, Dustin Berkovitz, Dylan Kussman, Nia Long, Brian Keith, Stephen Lee, John Quade, Billy Jacoby, Greg Finley, John H. Francis, Ira Heiden, Anne C. Larson, John Putch, Daniel Riordan

95 minutes

(TV-G - mild violence)

PLOT:

A group of military brats uncovers a plot to steal base equipment.

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HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID (1992)

Directed by: Randal Kleiser

Starring: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, Keri Russell, Lloyd Bridges, John Shea, Ron Canada, Michael Milhoan, Gregory Sierra, Leslie Neale, Linda Carlson, Julia Sweeney, Daniel Shalikar, Joshua Shaliker

89 minutes

(PG - scenes of peril)

PLOT:

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make them grow. As in the first one, it isn't quite accurate. But when he brings his sons, Nick and Adam, to see it, it starts working unexpectedly. And when Adam comes right up to it, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny. Now, whenever he comes near anything electrical, it causes him to grow. He soon reaches a height of 112 feet. And he is now walking through Las Vegas which he thinks is one big playland.

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HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS (1989)

Directed by: Joe Johnston

Starring: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jared Rushton, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, Carl Steven, Mark L. Taylor, Kimmy Robertson, Lou Cutell, Laura Waterbury, Trevor Galtress, Martin Aylett, Janet Sunderland, Craig Richard Nelson, Frank Welker

93 minutes

(PG - scenes of peril)

PLOT:

On the brink of perfecting his state-of-the-art matter-shrinking machine, the suburban paterfamilias and indefatigable inventor, Professor Wayne Szalinski, realizes that his device truly works, when it zaps both his kids and next-door neighbors' sons. Now, to return to the relative safety of their home while being reduced to a mere quarter-inch size, they must venture out into the dense and perilous landscapes of their now-immense backyard--a hostile environment where nearly everything spells trouble. Can they exit the green maze of grass in one piece?

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I, FRANKENSTEIN (2014)

Directed by: Stuart Beattie

Based on the graphic novel by: Kevin Grevioux

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Socratis Otto, Kevin Grevioux, Goran D. Kleut, Steve Mouzakis, Mahesh Jadu, Caitlin Stasey, Chris Pang, Deniz Akdeniz, Nicholas Bell, Bruce Spence, Aden Young

92 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

Dr Victor Frankenstein freezes to death and his creature buries him at his family's cemetery. He is attacked by demons, but he kills one of them and Gargoyles save him and take him to a Cathedral where the Gargoyles Order gathers. The Queen of the Gargoyles, Leonore, keeps Dr. Frankenstein's journal together with the treasures of the Order, names the creature Adam, and explains to him that there is an ancient war between the Gargoyles that are angels and demons under the command of Prince Naberius. She also invites Adam to join the Gargoyles in the war against demons, but Adam prefers to isolate in a remote place. 200 years later, Adam returns and finds a modern society. Soon he learns that Naberius has the intention of creating an army of soulless corpses to be possessed by demons. The scientist Terra is researching a process to create life and Naberius is seeking Dr Frankenstein's journal to help Terra and raise his army.

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AMERICAN GOTHIC (1988)

Directed by: John Hough

Starring: Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright, Michael J. Pollard, William Hootkins, Mark Erickson, Caroline Barclay, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Fiona Hutchison, Stephen Shellen

89 minutes

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

PLOT:

When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.

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DOOR MOUSE (2022)

Directed by: Avan Jogia

Starring: Hayley Law, Famke Janssen, Keith Powers, Donal Logue, Nhi Do, Landon Liboiron, Elizabeth Saunders, Emma Campbell, Leo Choy, Michela Cannon, Gabriel Carter, Dylan Cook, Latoya Webb, Darren W. Marynuk

97 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, drug references)

PLOT:

A comic-book creator working at a burlesque club enlists the help of a colleague to figure out what's behind the disappearances of young women in their circle in this oddball neo-noir.

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SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (1998)

Directed by: Tamara Jenkins

Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, David Krumholtz, Kevin Corrigan, Jessica Walter, Carl Reiner, Eli Marienthal, Rita Moreno, Mena Suvari

91 minutes

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

PLOT:

Vivian's family are penniless nomads, moving from one cheap flat to another in Beverly Hills so she and her brothers can attend the city's schools. Uncle Mickey sends them money to survive. When Mickey's daughter Rita runs away from an asylum, Vivian's dad offers shelter to her if Mickey will pay for a plush flat. Vivian must babysit her adult cousin, making sure she gets to nursing school and avoids pills and booze. But Vivian has her own problems: she's curious about sex, likes an older neighbor kid, has inherited her mother's ample breasts, and wants a family that doesn't embarrass her. Can she help Rita, keep Uncle Mickey happy, and feel OK about her body and her family?

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RUMOR HAS IT... (2005)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Jenkins, Mena Suvari, Christopher McDonald, Steve Sandvoss, Mike Vogel, Kathy Bates, George Hamilton

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. However, Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl may not be her biological father. As more clues from family point toward a suspect - successful author Beau Burroughs - she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one-night stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff.

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TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022)

Directed by: Ruben Östlund

Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Buric, Iris Berben, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Amanda Walker, Oliver Ford Davies, Sunnyi Melles, Alicia Eriksson, Timoleon Gketsos, Carolina Gynning, Ralph Schicha, Arvin Kananian, Woody Harrelson

147 minutes

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

PLOT:

Having to learn to live with his bruised male pride after a disastrous career-defining audition, young fashion model Carl has an all-night row with his successful influencer model/girlfriend, Yaya. But with money remaining a touchy subject, Carl is fighting a losing battle. As a result, insecurities, fragile egos, artful manipulation, and silent gender expectations shed light on every nook and cranny of their modern relationship. Then, politeness eventually prevails, and Yaya takes Carl on a sun-kissed luxury cruise to rub shoulders with the ultra-rich. But life isn't Instagram. And before long, a raging tempest violently rocks the multimillion-dollar yacht back and forth like a see-saw, getting the best of plutocrats and workers alike. Now, let's see who has the upper hand. Will the dazed passengers ever escape the triangle of sadness?

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THE HUMAN CONDITION III - A SOLDIER'S PRAYER (1961)

Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi

Based on the novel by: Junpei Gomikawa

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yusuke Kawazu, Chishu Ryu, Taketoshi Naito, Kyoko Kishida, Ed Keene, Ronald Self, Nobuo Kaneko, Kazuo Kitamura, Toshio Takahara, Kin Sugai, Hideko Takamine

190 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians in the last episode, Kaji, the Japanese soldier and humanistic protagonist, leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines. Ultimately, he finds himself in the exact opposite position he held in the first episode: Then a labor manager, Kaji is now a prisoner of war, forced to work for the Russians, who do not seem to hold to the Communist ideals in which Kaji himself had put his faith.

 

THE HUMAN CONDITION II - THE ROAD TO ETERNITY (1959)

Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi

Based on the novel by: Junpei Gomikawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Keiji Sada, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara, Michiro Minami, Kei Sato, Kunie Tanaka, Ryohei Uchida, Shobun Inoue, Taketoshi Naito, Yusuke Kawazu, Susumu Fujita, Minoru Chiaki, Shoji Yasui, Fumio Watanabe, Jun Hamamura, Akiji Kobayashi, Hisashi Igawa

181 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army; he revolts against the abusive treatment spent to the recruit Obara that commits suicide; he also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border; and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

 

THE HUMAN CONDITION I - NO GREATER LOVE (1959)

Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi

Based on the novel by: Junpei Gomikawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, So Yamamura, Keiji Sada, Koji Nanbara, Akira Ishihama, Koji Mitsui, Seiji Miyaguchi, Eitaro Ozawa, Toru Abe, Junkichi Orimoto, Masao Mishima, Kyu Sazanka

206 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:

In the World War II, the pacifist and humanist Japanese Kaji accepts to travel with his wife Michiko to the tiny Manchurian village Loh Hu Liong to work as supervisor in an iron ore mine to avoid to be summoned to the military service. Kaji works with Okishima and he implements a better treatment to the laborers and improves the mine production. When the feared Kempetai (The "Military Police Corps", the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945) brings six hundred Chinese POWs to the mine, Kaji negotiates with their leaders expecting them to control their comrades. However, the methods of Kaji upset the corrupt system in the site, and the foreman Furuya plots a scheme to use the naive Chen to turn off the electrical power of the barbwire fences to allow the prisoners to escape. When seven prisoners are falsely accused of an attempt of fleeing, a cruel Kempetai sergeant uses his sword to behead the prisoners. When Kaji protests, the POWs react sparing the lives of four prisoners, but Kaji is arrested and tortured. When he is released, he is summoned to join the army and accused of being Red.

ACTUAL MOVIE:

BLUE MONKEY (1987)

Directed by: William Fruet

Starring: Steve Railsback, Gwynyth Walsh, Susan Anspach, John Vernon, Don Lake, Sandy Webster, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Peter Van Wart, Stuart Stone, Marsha Moreau, Sarah Polley, Joy Coghill, Cynthia Belliveau, Philip Akin, Joe Flaherty, Robin Duke, Dan Latt, Michael J. Reynolds, Ivan E. Roth

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacterium, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the hospitals abandoned wing.

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