Saturday, June 17, 2023

MORGAN STEWART'S COMING HOME (1987)
























Directed by: Alan Smithee (Paul Aaron, Terry Winsor)
Starring: Jon Cryer, Viveka Davis, Paul Gleason, Nicholas Pryor, Lynn Redgrave

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

PLOT:
Morgan Stewart is the son of a Republican senator from Virginia who has spent most of his life away at boarding school. An eccentric boy who is a fan of horror films and school dances, his personality does not fit in with the carefully calculated conservative image his mother has designed for their family. He is brought home to help with his father's campaign for re-election as Senator, and immediately butts heads with his parents, refusing to be the "Cardboard Cutout" they demand. Threatened with military school, Morgan discovers that his top advisors are setting the family up to take the fall for their crimes. With the help of a zany new girlfriend he manages to save the day, and loosen up his family in the process.

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Sunday, June 11, 2023

THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956)
























Directed by: David Miller
Based on the stage play "The Women" by: Clare Boothe Luce
Starring: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Jeff Richards, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, Sam Levene, Bill Goodwin, Alice Pearce, Barbara Jo Allen, Sandy Descher, Carolyn Jones, Alan Marshal, Jonathan Hole, Harry James, Art Mooney, Dick Shawn, Jim Backus, Barrie Chase, Gordon Richards, Dean Jones, Leslie Parrish, Juanita Moore, Dolores Fuller

117 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, discovers that her husband, theater producer Steven, is having an affair with showgirl Crystal Allen. Kay is the last to find out among her circle of gossiping girlfriends. Kay travels to Reno to divorce from Steve who then marries Crystal, but when Kay learns that Crystal is not faithful to Steve, she starts fighting to win her ex-husband back.

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Saturday, June 10, 2023

MISS MEADOWS (2014)
























Directed by: Karen Leigh Hopkins
Starring: Katie Holmes, James Badge Dale, Callan Mulvey, Stephen Bishop, Ava Kolker, Graham Beckel, Kate Kinder, James Landry Hebert, James Keane, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart

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

PLOT:
Prim schoolteacher Miss Meadows is not entirely what she appears. Well-mannered, sweet, and caring, yes, but underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides the soul of a vigilante, taking it upon herself to right the wrongs in this cruel world by whatever means necessary. Things get complicated, however, when Miss Meadows gets romantically entangled with the town sheriff and her steadfast moral compass is thrown off, begging the question: "Who is the real Miss Meadows and what is she hiding?"

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Saturday, June 3, 2023

McHALE'S NAVY (1997)
























Directed by: Bryan Spicer
Based on the television series created by: Edward Montagne
Starring: Tom Arnold, Tim Curry, Ernest Borgnine, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing, David Alan Grier, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Brian Haley, Danton Stone, Henry Cho, Tommy Chong

108 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence)

PLOT:
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladakov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladakov out of business.

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Friday, June 2, 2023

BOOGEYMAN (2005)
























Directed by: Stephen Kay
Starring: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Tory Mussett, Charles Mesure, Lucy Lawless, Andrew Glover, Phil Gordon, Jennifer Rucker, Scott Wills, Michael Saccente, Louise Wallace, Aaron Murphy, Brenda Simmons, Josie Tweed, Ian Campbell, Robyn Malcolm, Olivia Tennet, Edward Campbell, Andrew Eggleton

89 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of terror, partial nudity)

PLOT:
On the surface, Tim is a seemingly normal, twenty-something guy. He's got a decent job and is moving fast in his relationship with his girlfriend Jessica. But an intense, paralyzing fear that has been terrifying him since childhood is tearing him apart. And it's getting worse every day. When Tim was eight, something devastating happened. Each night his dad would put him to sleep with a bedtime story. Many of these stories teetered on the brink of horror, much to his mom's chagrin, but Tim and his father made sure his bedroom was safe when the lights finally went out. Until that one fateful night. When Tim is forced to move outside his comfort zone on a Thanksgiving trip to Jessica's parents, he leaves this protected world and things begin to fall apart.

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1966)
























Directed by: Richard Lester
Based on the stage play by: Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart
Music and lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Starring: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford, Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, Annette Andre, Patricia Jessel, Leon Greene, Pamela Brown, Inga Neilsen, Beatrix Lehmann, Alfie Bass, Roy Kinnear, Bill Kerr, Lucienne Bridou, Helen Funai, Jon Pertwee, Janet Webb, Peter Butterworth, Frank Thornton, Ingrid Pitt

99 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Pseudolus, the laziest slave in Rome, has one wish: to purchase his freedom. When his master and mistress leave for the day, he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Marcus Lycus, a slave dealer specializing in beautiful women. Pseudolus concocts a deal in which he will be freed if he can procure the girl for young Hero. Of course, it can't be that simple, and everything begins to go wrong.

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SARAH SILVERMAN - SOMEONE YOU LOVE (2023)
























Directed by: Jonathan Krisel
Starring: Sarah Silverman

57 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Follows Sarah Silverman, New England's native, showcasing her fearless chutzpah.

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (2013 - 2019)

  Created by: Jenji Kohan Based on the memoirs "Orange is the New Black - My Year in a Women's Prison" by: Piper Kerman Starri...