HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT (2002)

Directed by: Lætitia Colombani

Starring: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carre, Clement Sibony, Sophie Guillemin

96 minutes

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

Country of origin: France

PLOT:

A young woman who is in love with a married doctor becomes dangerous when her attempts to persuade him to leave his wife are unsuccessful. However, when things are seen from his point of view, the real situation becomes clear.

 

I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (1949)

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Based on the biography "Male War Bride Trial to Army" by: Roger Charlier

Starring: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, William Neff, Eugene Gericke, Ruben Wendorf, Lester Sharpe, John Whitney, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Stevenson, Alfred Linder, David McMahon, Joe Haworth, Gil Herman, Lily Kann, Harry Lauter, Alex Gerry, Andre Charlot, Russ Conway, Mike Mahoney, William McLean, Paul Hardtmuth, Barbara Perry, William Pullen, Otto Reichow, Bill Self, John Serret, Martin Miller, William Murphy, William Yetter Jr, John Zilly, Kay Young, Robert Nichols, Eleanor Audley

105 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

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MY WRONGS #8245-8249 & 117 (2002)

Directed by: Chris Morris

Starring: Paddy Considine, Chris Morris, Miranda Pleasence

12 minutes

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

PLOT:

Disaster after disaster, an already frail man descends into madness after his talking dog announces that he is actually his defense lawyer.

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WARLOCK (1989)

Directed by: Steve Miner

Starring: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov, Kevin O'Brien, Richard Kuss, Rob Paulsen, Brandon Call

103 minutes

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

PLOT:

In Boston of 1691, a warlock is sentenced to death, but escapes magically into the future (our present), followed doggedly by the witch hunter. There he is searching for the three parts of the Devil's Bible, trailed by the witch hunter and the woman whose house he landed in. They must stop him, as the book contains the true name of God, which he can use to un-create the world.

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KNIGHT AND DAY (2010)

Directed by: James Mangold

Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Jordi Molla, Paul Dano, Falk Hentschel, Marc Blucas, Lennie Loftin, Maggie Grace, Rich Manley, Dale Dye, Celia Weston, Gal Gadot, Jack O'Connell

109 minutes

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

PLOT:

Looking forward to attending her sister April's wedding, the commitment-shy tomboy and classic cars aficionado, June Havens, catches a plane to Boston. Then, out of the blue, she crosses paths with the handsome and charming stranger with the killer sense of humor, Roy Miller, and just like that, June's life will never be the same again. Now, as the dashing man of intrigue plunges June into an excitingly risky world of high-speed car chases, deadly man-to-man fights, and lethal stray bullets, dangerous, no-nonsense adversaries are after the mismatched duo, hell-bent on retrieving a tiny state-of-the-art device that's worth millions. But, who's this Roy Miller guy? Is he truly one of the good guys? Above all, could he be the one?

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PADAM PADAM (2023)

Directed by: Sophie Muller

Starring: Kylie Minogue

3 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the pop singer's sixteenth studio album, "Tension".

MUSIC VIDEO:

 

POOKA! (2018)

Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo

Starring: Nyasha Hatendi, Latarsha Rose, Jon Daly, Dale Dickey, Jonny Berryman, Bryan Billy Boone, Caden Dragomer, Alex Jayne Go, Nicholas Sean Johnny, Diane Sellers, Cliff Weissman, Katie Wilson

83 minutes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:

A struggling actor takes on a seasonal holiday job as the mascot for the year's hottest new toy: Pooka. However, after putting the costume on, he develops two personalities - one for himself, and one for Pooka.

Part of Hulu's holiday-themed anthology series, "Into the Dark".

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ZOMBIE NIGHT (2013)

Directed by: John Gulager

Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Daryl Hannah, Alan Ruck, Rachel G. Fox, Shirley Jones, Jennifer Taylor, Daniel Ross Owen, Gibson Bobby Sjobeck, Zoe Canner, Tia Robinson, Rogelio T. Ramos, Diane Ayala Goldner, Hayley Derryberry, Destiny Hernandez, Keith Allan, Esteban Cueto, Meg Rutenberg, Jordan James Smith, Nicholas S. Williams, James Mullen Henderson, Jane Osborn, Daniel Moorehead, Bryan R. Glaser, David Hill, Diane Chambers

88 minutes

(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, zombie gore)

PLOT:

Zombies come out at night and two families must survive until morning.

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UNSTOPPABLE (2010)

Directed by: Tony Scott

Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Corrigan, Kevin Chapman, Lew Temple, T.J. Miller, Jessy Schram, David Warshofsky, Andy Umberger, Elizabeth Mathis, Meagan Tandy, Aisha Hinds, Scott A. Martin, Ryan Ahern, Jeff Wincott

98 minutes

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

PLOT:

Will Colson is starting a new job as a train conductor for the railroad. He is assigned to work with Frank Barnes a veteran train engineer. Initially there's some tension between them. Later a train that is carrying chemicals is running with no one controlling it. It is feared that if it stops or crashes into a populated area it could disastrous. Connie, an exec suggests derailing it but the man in charge refuses to do that on account of what it will cost. When attempts to stop it fail, there's fear of what they can do. But when Frank and Will have a close call with it, Frank decides to stop it themselves by coupling on to it. Will is not sure about it but sticks with Frank.

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NEKROTRONIC (2018)

Directed by: Kiah Roache-Turner

Starring: Ben O'Toole, Monica Bellucci, David Wenham, Caroline Ford, Tess Haubrich, Epine Bob Savea, Goran D. Kleut

99 minutes

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

PLOT:

A man discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons on the Internet.

REVIEW:

 

COURAGE MOUNTAIN (1990)

Directed by: Christopher Leitch

Starring: Charlie Sheen, Leslie Caron, Juliette Caton, Jan Rubes, Yorgo Voyagis, Joanna Clarke, Nicola Stapleton, Jade Magri, Kathryn Ludlow, Laura Betti

99 minutes

(PG - adult themes, adult situations, some violence)

PLOT:

In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.

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WILD THINGS (1998)

Directed by: John McNaughton

Starring: Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Carrie Snodgress, Jeff Perry, Dennis Neal, Marc Macaulay, Cory Pendergast, Toi Svane Stepp, Paulo Benedeti, Eduardo Yanez, Jennifer Taylor

108 minutes

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

PLOT:

Having recently been named educator of the year, Sam Lombardo is the well-liked guidance counselor and sailing instructor at Blue Bay High School on the Florida coast just outside Miami. The student body of the school is largely comprised of the offspring of the country club set, and while he helps any student he can, he especially tries to mentor those who are disadvantaged, such as Jimmy Leach who would not have been able to afford being in the sailing program otherwise, and tough Suzie Toller, a proverbial swamp girl who he's helped through a few scrapes with the law in the absence of any parents, Suzie living with her streetwise grandmother Ruby at an alligator sideshow zoo. Although not socioeconomically part of that country club set himself, he nonetheless has ingratiated himself within it, he having slept with a good number of the country club maidens, he currently settled into a relationship with Barbara Baxter, the well-off daughter of high-powered lawyer Tom Baxter. Sam's world comes crashing down around him when student Kelly Van Ryan, who has made it quite clear to her classmates she is sexually attracted to him and who is the daughter of one of his former bed mates, sexually provocative widow and socially powerful Sandra Van Ryan, accuses him of raping her. Already in trouble in that no one can fight and win against the Van Ryans in Blue Bay, Sam, whose career is ruined regardless of his guilt or innocence in never being able to recover from such accusations, gets into even more problems when Suzie quickly thereafter comes forward also accusing him of previously raping her, her story similar to Kelly's. The likelihood of Kelly and Suzie colluding together to manufacture similar stories is remote as it is well known that they have always detested each other. Having now become persona non grata among that country club set, Sam is forced to hire sleazy storefront lawyer Ken Bowden to defend him. Blue Bay Police Detective Ray Duquette of the Sex Crimes Division, he investigates with his partner Gloria Perez, goes against her advice and that of DA Bryce Hunter by delving into sensitive areas in believing that not all associated with the case are as they appear on the surface.

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MARIA FULL OF GRACE (2004)

Directed by: Joshua Marston

Starring: Catalina Sandrino Moreno, John Alex Toro, Johanna Andrea Mora, Virginia Ariza, Yenny Paola Vega, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobon, Patricia Rae, Rodrigo Sanchez Borhorquez, Charles Albert Patino, Wilson Guerrero, Fabricio Suarez, Mateo Suarez, Evangelina Morales, Juana Guarderas, Jaime Osorio Gomez, Victor Macias, Selenis Leyva

101 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, strong drug content)

PLOT:

María Álvarez, an independent, feisty, underpaid 17-year-old Colombian rose-packager is stuck in a tedious life and a dead-end relationship with her good-for-nothing boyfriend Juan. Things get even worse when an unexpected pregnancy and an ugly altercation with her unfair boss tempt her to accept the risky offer to become a drug mule, smuggling drugs from and as if things weren't bad enough, an unexpected pregnancy and an ugly altercation with her unfair boss will tempt María to accept the risky offer to become a drug mule, transporting drugs from Bogotá to New York City. As things rapidly spiral out of control, the option of an early retirement and a peaceful future for María and her unborn baby begins to fade away. Is there a way out of this hopeless predicament?

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NOISE (2007)

Directed by: Matthew Saville

Starring: Brendan Cowell, Henry Nixon, Luke Elliot, Katie Wall, Maia Thomas, Nicholas Ball, Fiona Macleod, Simon Laherty

108 minutes

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

PLOT:

The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the noises in his head while all around him deal with the after burn of the crime.

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PROTOCOL (1984)

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Screenplay by: Buck Henry

Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland, Cliff DeYoung, Keith Szarabajka, Ed Begley Jr, James Staley, Kenneth Mars, Jean Smart, Maria O'Brien, Joel Brooks, Richard Hamilton, Grainger Hines, Kenneth McMillan, Tom Spratley, Roger Til

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

The US needs to convince the visiting emir Khala'ad of Othar to allow an American military base in his strategic realm. Clueless nightclub waitress Sunny Ann Davis accidentally spots and stops a terrorist shooting at the president and his royal guest. Her naive comments charm the press, so the State Department recruits her for its Protocol. She falls in love with charming Middle East desk chief Michael Ransome, who resigns rather than help trick her into a 'contact mission' to Othar, where the emir's plan with her unexpectedly stirs a revolution.

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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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PRETTY IN PINK (1986)

Directed by: Howard Deutch

Screenplay by: John Hughes

Starring: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Harry Dean Stanton, Kate Vernon, Andrew Dice Clay, Kristy Swanson, Alexa Kenin, Dweezil Zappa, Gina Gershon, Margaret Colin, Maggie Roswell, Christian Jacobs

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

For years, Duckie has been trying to summon up the courage to confess his secret love to his best friend and equally unpopular high-school senior, Andie; however, in vain. But, before long, things will take a turn for the unexpected, when the rich boy and Andie's long-time crush, Blane, takes an interest in her: the awkward girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Now, Andie's already complicated world is turned upside down--and as if that weren't enough--the day of the long-awaited prom rapidly approaches, and Blane's snob friends look down on Andie. Blane seems to genuinely like Andie. What is the color of teenage love's very first kiss?

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A.W. - A PORTRAIT OF APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL (2018)

Directed by: Connor Jessup

Starring: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Connor Jessup

47 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes)

PLOT:

A portrait of independent Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, as interviewed and filmed by actor Connor Jessup.

 

YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG (1955)

Directed by: Norman Taurog

Starring: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Diana Lynn, Nina Foch, Raymond Burr, Mitzi McCall, Margery Maude, Tommy Ivo, Nancy Kulp, Whitey Haupt, Veda Ann Borg, Emory Parnell, Milton Frome, Bobby Barber, James Burke, Hans Conried, Robert Carson, Franklyn Farnum, Bess Flowers, Tor Johnson, Hank Mann, Peggy Moffitt, Paul Newlan, Isabel Randolph, Dick Simmons

102 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Wilbur is a young man whose dream is to become a great barber, but for now, he's working just as an assistant, at a hotel's barber shop. When one day he gets involved (by mistake) in some big robbery, he is forced to disguise himself as a 12-year-old boy, so that he can get away from his persecutor.

TRAILER:

 

NEXT STOP MURDER (2010)

Directed by: John Murlowski

Starring: Brigid Brannagh, Allison Lange, Brian Krause, Rosa Blasi, Joe Regalbuto, Lin Shaye, Charlie Stewart, Jordan Baker, Kevin Kilner, Ian Duncan, Gary Weeks, Heather Ballentine

90 minutes

(TV-PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

A woman discusses her family problems with a stranger she meets on a bus but is horrified when her confidante suggests each of them kill the person making the other's life difficult.

TRAILER:

HOLLYWOODLAND (2006)

 

Directed by: Allen Coulter

Starring: Ben Affleck, Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney, Kathleen Robertson, Lois Smith, Larry Cedar, Caroline Dhavernas, Kevin Hare, Molly Parker, Zach Mills, Neil Crone, Seamus Dever, Gareth Williams, Dash Mihok, Veronica Watt, Todd Grinnell, Joe Spano, Jeffrey DeMunn

127 minutes

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

PLOT:

Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor George Reeves. Reeves was best known for his title role in "Adventures of Superman" (1952), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959, death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager E.J. Mannix, Toni Mannix, with whom Reeves was having a relatively open and gift-lucrative affair (she bought him that house), and Reeves' fiancée at the time of his death, Lenore Lemmon, an aspiring actress who some felt didn't love Reeves (or vice versa). As Simo proceeds with his high-profile investigation, he learns that someone doesn't want him snooping around. Through the process, Simo evaluates his own professional and personal life, the latter of which includes a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and son.

CLIP:

VEGAS IN SPACE (1991)

Directed by: Phillip R. Ford

Starring: Doris Fish, Tippi, Miss X, Ramona Fischer, Lori Naslund, Ginger Quest, Timmy Spence, Freida Lay, Arturo Galster, Silvana Nova, Sandelle Kincaid, Tommy Pace, Jennifer Blowdryer, John Canalli, Janice Sukaitis, Jeanette Szudy, Ida Lee, Tracy Hughes, Susan Strong, Matthew Barton, Daniel Crone, Norman Schrader, Susan Kay, Lisa Michelle Axelrod, Phillip R. Ford

85 minutes

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

PLOT:

Captain Dan Tracey and his two lieutenants are ordered to investigate trouble on the resort planet Clitoris, a pleasure world filled with shopping and gambling where, according to the Articles of the Venus Convention, only women are allowed. A variety of problems are occurring on the planet; most notably, several important pieces of Girlinium have been stolen from the Empress Nueva Gabor. Girlinium, as explained by the empress, is a very rare gem found only in the caverns of the fourth moon of Girlina, a distant planet. It is used by the empress to help the planet maintain its delicate orbit surrounding its sun. The stolen pieces must be found, or the planet will fall into ruin as evidenced by increasingly violent earthquakes. The captain and his men, in order to remain undercover, become women via sex reversal pills and pose as showgirls from Earth performing a mid-20th century lounge act for the empress' annual off-world slumber party while investigating the crime.

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NINE IN THE AFTERNOON (2008)

Directed by: Shane Drake

Starring: Panic at the Disco (Brendon Urie)

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the American rock band's second studio album, "Pretty. Odd.".

MUSIC VIDEO:

 

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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THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967)

Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman

Based on the novel by: Rudyard Kipling

Starring: (voices) Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley, Bruce Reitherman, Verna Felton, Clint Howard, Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson, Darleen Carr, Leo De Lyon, Hal Smith, Ralph Wright, Digby Wolfe, Bill Skiles, Pete Henderson, John Abbott, Ben Wright

78 minutes

(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

Abandoned after an accident, baby Mowgli is taken and raised by a family of wolves. As the boy grows older, the wise panther Bagheera realizes he must be returned to his own kind in the nearby man-village. Baloo the bear, however, thinks differently, taking the young Mowgli under his wing and teaching him that living in the jungle is the best life there is. Bagheera realizes that Mowgli is in danger, particularly from Shere Khan the tiger who hates all people. When Baloo finally comes around, Mowgli runs off into the jungle where he survives a second encounter with Kaa the snake and finally, with Shere Khan. It's the sight of a pretty girl, however, that draws Mowgli to the nearby man-village and stay there.

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SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (1987)

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring: Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, John Rubinstein, Andreas Katsulas, Tony Di Benedetto, Jim Moriarty, Mark Moses, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Harley Cross

106 minutes

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

PLOT:

Claire Gregory has accidentally witnessed a murderer committing his crime. Fortunately, she manages to escape, and New York cop Mike Keegan is assigned to protect Claire. He risks his job and his marriage when he falls in love with Claire. Will he find the murderer, and will he save his marriage?

 

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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ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968)

Directed by: John Sturges

Based on the novel by: Alistair MacLean

Starring: Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Ted Hartley, Murray Rose, Ron Masak, Sherwood Price, Lee Stanley, Joseph Bernard

148 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed.

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THE SCARLET LETTER (1926)

Directed by: Victor Sjöström

Based on the novel by: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Starring: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, William H. Tooker, Marcelle Corday, Fred Herzog, Jules Cowles, Mary Hawes, Joyce Coad, James A. Marcus, Nora Cecil, Iron Eyes Cody, Dorothy Gray, Margaret Mann, Polly Moran, Chief Yowlachie, May Boley

115 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne is punished for playing on the Sabbath day, but kind minister Arthur Dimmesdale takes pity on her. The two fall in love, but their relationship cannot be: Hester is already married to Roger Prynne, a physician who has been missing for seven years. Dimmesdale must go away to England; when he returns, he finds Hester pregnant with their child and the focus of the town's censure. In a humiliating public ceremony, she is forced to don the scarlet letter A--for adultery--and wear it for the rest of her life. The church fathers encourage Dimmesdale to demand that Hester name the person with whom she sinned.

ACTUAL MOVIE:

 

JOAN CRAWFORD - THE ULTIMATE MOVIE STAR (2002)

Directed by: Peter Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Anjelica Huston

Starring: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Charles Busch, Ben Cooper, Christina Crawford, Judy Geeson, Virginia Grey, Herbert Kenwith, Anna Lee, Dickie Moore, Margaret O'Brien, Anita Page, Betsy Palmer, Cliff Robertson, Peter Rogers, Vincent Sherman, Karen Swenson, Carleton Varney, Bob Thomas, Liz Smith

87 minutes

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

PLOT:

In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, it is learned why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as the "Mommie Dearest" caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silent movies to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.

 

AMERICAN ULTRA (2015)

Directed by: Nima Nourizadeh

Screenplay by: Max Landis

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Tony Hale, Lavell Crawford, Stuart Greer, Monique Ganderton

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

Small-town stoner Mike Howell spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn't know is that he was trained by the CIA to be a lethal killing machine. When the agency targets him for termination, his former handler activates his latent skills, turning the mild-mannered slacker into a deadly weapon. Now, the utterly surprised Mike must use his newfound abilities to save himself and his girlfriend from getting wasted by the failed test subjects that are sent after him by the CIA.

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998)

Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron

Based on the novel by: Charles Dickens

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper, Hank Azaria, Josh Mostel, Kim Dickens, Nell Campbell, Gabriel Mann, Stephen Spinella, Jeremy James Kissner, Raquel Beaudene

111 minutes

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

PLOT:

Twenty-something Finnegan Bell, a commercial fisher on his "Uncle" Joe's boat on the Florida Gulf coast, has always had an affinity for and talent as an artist, although he has not created any art in many years. He was largely raised by Joe, his older sister Maggie's boyfriend, after his parents died, and subsequently Maggie ran off without a word. As a child, Finn was "hired" by the wealthiest woman in the region, older Ms. Dinsmoor, who was seen as a bit of an eccentric, to be the weekly playmate to her niece, Estella, largely as her dance partner. This task was despite Estella not showing Finn any interest initially. Regardless, Finn has always loved Estella, that love which exists to this day, despite he not having seen her since she left without a word to attend school when she was in her late teens. Despite never having sold any art or pursued it as a career, Finn is approached by lawyer Jerry Ragno, telling him that an unnamed benefactor would like him to go to New York to paint for a one-man show at a prestigious gallery. Finn assumes it is Ms. Dinsmoor, who has set up this commission so that he can once again pursue Estella, who is now living there. In accepting the commission, Finn will learn after all these years if things have changed since childhood, including if both Ms. Dinsmoor and Estella can and will manipulate the situation for their own purposes. An incident from Finn's past will catch up with him in New York and will provide him with a clearer perspective of how he got to where he is.

CLIP:

 

WE ARE MARSHALL (2006)

Directed by: McG

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Robert Patrick, Anthony Mackie, Ian McShane, Kate Mara, January Jones, Brian Geraghty, Arlen Escarpeta, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Mike Pniewski, Sonny Perdue

131 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, a crash scene)

PLOT:

In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fiancée of a player who died find strength to move on. Can Marshall win even one game in 1971?

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NOT READY TO MAKE NICE (2006)

Directed by: Sophie Muller

Starring: The Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, Emily Robison)

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the American country music trio's seventh studio album, "Taking the Long Way".

MUSIC VIDEO:

 

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920)

Directed by: Robert Wiene

Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinz v. Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger

74 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

Country of origin: Germany

PLOT:

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep. When Alan asks Cesare about his future, Cesare answers that he will die before dawn. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari. The following night Cesare is going to stab Jane in her bed, but softens when he sees the beautiful woman, and instead of committing another murder, he abducts her. Jane's father awakens because of the noise, and he and some servants follow the fleeing Cesare. When Cesare cannot outrun his pursuers anymore, he gently places Jane down on the ground, and runs away. Francis and the police investigate the caravan of Dr. Caligari, but the doctor succeeds in slipping away. Francis pursues the fleeing Dr. Caligari and sees him disappear into a madhouse. Francis enters the madhouse, where he is sure he will find the truth behind all these mysterious events.

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