Saturday, April 29, 2023

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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Thursday, April 27, 2023

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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Sunday, April 16, 2023

DON'T DRINK THE WATER (1969)
























Directed by: Howard Morris
Based on the stage play by: Woody Allen
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell, Joan Delaney, Michael Constantine, Howard St. John, Danny Meehan, Richard Libertini, Avery Schreiber, Mark Gordon, Phil Leeds, Pierre Olaf, Howard Morris

100 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.

 

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

THE LAST DAYS ON MARS (2013)
























Directed by: Ruairi Robinson
Based on the short story "The Animators" by: Sydney J. Bounds
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Goran Kostic, Johnny Harris, Tom Cullen, Yusra Warsama, Olivia Williams

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

PLOT:
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he's made an historic discovery; fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up, and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster, when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they begin to realize that the life-form they have discovered is highly dangerous to all human life.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

THE DUSTWALKER (2019)
























Directed by: Sandra Sciberras
Starring: Jolene Anderson, Stef Dawson, Richard Davies, Cassandra Magrath, Talina Naviede, Harry Greenwood, Ruby Duncan, Caleb Scott, Ben Mortley, Ryan Allen, Oscar Harris, Lis Hoffman, Jackson Lucas, Shyla Vivian, Alexandra Nell, John Harvie Morris, Chloe Brown, Rayne Moses, Michael O'Brien, Russell Lambe, Sam Dudley, Joyce Penny, Nina Deasley, Andrew Bennett, Peter Barron, Ewan Scott, Oliver Wynn

95 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
In a remote town in the Australian outback, a mysterious object crashes to Earth. When a human comes in contact with the object, that person becomes lifeless and deformed. These changed humans seem interested in the town's children and kill those remaining humans who stand in their way. The town's police officers, along with a schoolteacher and a scientist, all try to keep as many children safe as possible and understand what is happening to the town. Ultimately, the Officer and her team of citizens are helped by an otherworldly force to contain the epidemic.

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STAR TREK - DISCOVERY (2017 - 2024)

  Created by: Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman Based on "Star Trek" created by: Gene Roddenberry Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug J...