Thursday, August 31, 2023

CON AIR (1997)
























Directed by: Simon West
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Dave Chappelle, Rachel Ticotin, Danny Trejo, Monica Potter, M.C. Gainey, John Roselius, Renoly Santiago, Jesse Borrego, Nick Chinlund, Angela Featherstone, Jose Zuniga, Landry Allbright, Steve Eastin, Kevin Gage, Ty Granderson, Emilio Rivera, Doug Hutchison, Jeris Lee Poindexter, David Ramsey, Conrad Goode, John Diehl, Don S. Davis, Powers Boothe

115 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Cameron Poe, a highly decorated Army Ranger, comes home to Alabama to his wife Tricia, only to run into a few drunken regulars at the bar where she works. Cameron accidentally kills one of the drunks and is sent to a federal penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter for seven years. He becomes eligible for parole and can now go home to his wife and daughter. Unfortunately, Cameron has to share a prison airplane with some of the country's most dangerous criminals, who take control of the plane and are now planning to escape the country. Cameron has to find a way to stop them while playing along. Meanwhile, United States Marshal Vince Larkin is trying to help Cameron get free and stop the criminals, led by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom.

 

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD (2021)
























Directed by: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant, Frank Grillo, Tom Hopper, Kristofer Kamiyasu, Caroline Goodall, Alice McMillan, Gabriella Wright, Dragan Micanovic, Rebecca Front, Blake Ritson, Miltos Yerolemou, Ivor Bagaric

100 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
The world's most lethal odd couple - bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid - are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

MARTY (1955)
























Directed by: Delbert Mann
Screenplay by: Paddy Chayefsky
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, Frank Sutton

90 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother, the only child still unmarried, 34 year old socially awkward Bronx butcher Marty faces middle age with no prospects of marriage, and he faces permanent bachelorhood. But when he is goaded by his mother into going to the Stardust Ballroom one Saturday night, Marty unexpectedly meets Clara, a lonely teacher. Suddenly, Marty's future seems bright.

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Monday, August 28, 2023

THE ROLLING STONES: SOME GIRLS - LIVE IN TEXAS '78 (2011)
























Directed by: Lynn Leneau Calmes
Starring: The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts), Ian Stewart, Ian McLagan, Doug Kershaw

82 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes)

PLOT:
The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year's "Some Girls" album is considered by some fans to be one of their very best. The tour took a back to basics' approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront and little or no staging. This is undeniably the Rolling Stones at the peak of their form.

 

THE OTHER GUYS (2010)
























Directed by: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Lindsay Sloane, Natalie Zea, Rob Riggle, Damon Wayans Jr, Viola Harris, Rob Huebel, Brett Gelman, Bobby Cannavale, Andy Buckley, Ben Schwartz, Adam McKay, Zach Woods, Chris Gethard, Zoe Lister-Jones, Michael Delaney, Tess Kartel, Anne Heche, Horatio Sanz, Thomas Middleditch, Derek Jeter, Brooke Shields, Rosie Perez, Tracy Morgan, Monty Sopp, Brian "Road Dogg" James, Josef Sommer, Ice-T

107 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, crude humor, drug references)

PLOT:
Terry Hoitz's past mistakes in the line of duty and Allen Gamble's reluctance to take risks have landed them the roles of the "Other Guys", disgraced New York City police detectives relegated to filling out paperwork for cocky hero cops Danson and Highsmith. The mismatched duo must look past their differences when they take on a high-profile investigation of shady capitalist David Ershon and attempt to fill the shoes of the notoriously reckless officers they idolize.

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Sunday, August 27, 2023

BULL DURHAM (1988)
























Directed by: Ron Shelton
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Robert Wuhl, Trey Wilson, William O'Leary, David Neidorf, Jenny Robertson, Danny Gans, Tom Silardi, Rick Marzan, Lloyd Williams, Max Patkin

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

PLOT:
It's the start of the minor league baseball season, and Annie Savoy, for who baseball is *the* religion, is going through the annual process of choosing the one player on her home team of the Durham Bulls of the Carolina League, he who she will take under her wings, sexual and otherwise, solely for the season, and who has always gone on to have his best year as a player. She has narrowed her choice to two recent acquires: Ebby Calvin LaLoosh, the wild neophyte pitcher with a wicked fastball - the pitch on which he solely relies - but can't aim, the more he thinks about it, the more erratic the pitch gets, while he doesn't appreciate anyone criticizing him or it in believing he knows best in his lack of self-awareness; and catcher Crash Davis, the veteran who has been around the minor leagues for twelve years and who was brought in solely to harness and reign in Ebby's power. While Ebby would gladly accept Annie's offer in seeing sex as an inherent part of his being, Crash, who is as philosophical in being a thinker as he is athletic, takes himself out of the running - the first player ever to do so - as, although attracted to her, does not see sex as the "game" she seems to treat it, especially as he knows he is nearing the end of his baseball playing career. Part of Annie's initial transformation of Ebby is to give him that nickname he sorely wants - Nuke - to match his pitches. Thus begins Annie, Crash and Nuke's three-way season-long relationship as they evolve because of it as baseball, sexual and human beings.

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THE HITCHER (2007)
























Directed by: Dave Meyers
Starring: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Skip O'Brien, Travis Schuldt, Danny Bolero, Lauren Cohn, Yara Martinez, Jeffrey Hutchinson

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

PLOT:
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim succeeds to throw him out of the car on the road. On the next morning, the young couple sees John in another car with a family, and while trying to advise the driver that the man is dangerous, they have an accident. While walking on the road, they find the whole family stabbed in the car, and John sees that the driver is still alive. He drives to a restaurant seeking for help, but the police blame Jim and Grace to the murder and send them to the police station. However, John kills the policemen and pursues the couple, playing a tragic and violent mouse and cat game with Grace and Jim.

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

NOTHING SACRED (1937)
























Directed by: William A. Wellman
Based on the story "Letter to the Editor" by: James H. Street
Starring: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman, Frank Fay, Troy Brown, Maxie Rosenbloom, Margaret Hamilton, Hattie McDaniel, Olin Howland, Raymond Scott, John Qualen, George Chandler

77 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont receives the news that her terminal case of radium poisoning from a workplace incident was a complete misdiagnosis with mixed emotions. She is happy not to be dying, but she, who has never traveled the world, was going to use the money paid to her by her factory to go to New York in style. She believes her dreams can still be realized when Wally Cook arrives in town. He is a New York reporter with the Morning Star newspaper. He believes that Hazel's valiant struggle concerning her impending death is just the type of story he needs to resurrect his name within reporting circles after a recent story he wrote led to scandal and a major demotion at the newspaper. He proposes to take Hazel to New York both to report on her story but also to provide her with a grand farewell to life. She accepts. Wally's story results in Hazel becoming the toast of New York. In spending time together, Wally and Hazel fall in love. Hazel not only has to figure out what to do about her relationship with Wally, but also how to conclude her now very public story, which all of New York expects will be a public and imminent death. Others, however, may conclude the story for her.

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE (1997)
























Directed by: Sam Weisman
Based on the animated series created by: Jay Ward, Bill Scott
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree, Greg Cruttwell, Abraham Benrubi, John Bennett Perry, Holland Taylor, Kelly Miracco, Abdoulaye N'Gom, Michael Chinyamurindi, Lydell M. Cheshier, Willie L. Brown Jr, Lauren Bowles, Afton Smith, Samantha Harris, Noah John Cardoza (voices) John Cleese, Keith Scott, Frank Welker, Tress MacNeille

92 minutes
(PG - crude humor, mild action)

PLOT:
This is the story of a baby named George, who got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Life in the jungle is pretty sweet for George, until a beautiful, blonde American heiress, named Ursula Stanhope has traveled to Bukuvu from San Francisco is search of adventure. Her intended, Lyle Van de Groot, pursues her in hopes of capturing the legendary White Ape who is supposed to exist in the mountains. Ultimately, a romance blooms between Ursula and George, an extremely clumsy gorilla boy raised by an erudite ape. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA in San Fransisco. Meanwhile, Lyle and his devious trackers pursue schemes of their own to kidnap George's elephant "doggie."

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THE BLACK DEMON (2023)
























Directed by: Adrian Grunberg
Starring: Josh Lucas, Fernanda Urrejola, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Venus Ariel, Carlos Solorzano, Jorge A. Jimenez, Raul Mendez, Hector Jimenez, Edgar Flores, Omar Chaparro

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

PLOT:
Paul Sturges takes his family on a trip to Mexico to inspect an oil rig his company owns. Once they get out there, he finds the place almost abandoned with only a few terrified workers left who tell him that the rig has been repeatedly attacked by a monstrous shark that is part of a Mexican legend. With the rig sinking into the water and the shark hunting them, he must find a way to get his family to safety and stay alive.

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Monday, August 21, 2023

DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD (1991)
























Directed by: Stephen Herek
Starring: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Josh Charles, Keith Coogan, John Getz, Concetta Tomei, Robert Hy Gorman, Danielle Harris, Christopher Pettiet, David Duchovny, Kimmy Robertson, Jayne Brook, Eda Reiss Merin, Sydney LassickChris Claridge, Jeff Bollow, Michael Kopelow, Alejandro Quezada, Wendy Brainard, Sara Buxton, Kawena Charlot, Laurie Morrison, Deborah Tucker, Frank Dent, Bryan Clark, E.E. Bell, Robert F. Newmyer, Dan Castellaneta

102 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, brief drug use)

PLOT:
When a single mother goes away for the summer, the kids are at first delighted, but then they find out that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary, only to discover that all their summer-expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work.

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Sunday, August 20, 2023

PARASITE (1982)
























Directed by: Charles Band
Starring: Demi Moore, Robert Glaudini, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, Al Fann, Scott ThomsonCherie Currie, Tom Villard, Vivian Blaine, Freddy Moore, Cheryl Smith, Joanelle Romero

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

PLOT:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.

 

Saturday, August 19, 2023

LILA & EVE (2015)
























Directed by: Charles Stone III
Starring: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham, Chris Chalk, Julius Tennon, Andre Royo, Aml Ameen, Yolonda Ross, Diarra Kilpatrick, Ron Caldwell, Michole Briana White, Germaine Brooks, Quinton Garvin, Teddy Williams, Gino Vento, David De Vries, Will Brittain, Rey Hernandez

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

PLOT:
Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son's murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son's killers. They soon embark on a journey of revenge, but also recovery.

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

2001 MANIACS - FIELD OF SCREAMS (2010)
























Directed by: Tim Sullivan
Starring: Bill Moseley, Trevor Wright, Lin Shaye, Christa Campbell, Ahmed Best, Adam Robitel, Nivek Ogre, Andrea Leon, Katy Johnson Evans, Asa Hope, Alex Luria, Larayia Gaston, Miles Dougal, Jordan Yale Levine, Alana Curry, Ryan Fleming, Christopher McDaniel, Clifford Allen Wagner, Nicole Rae, Charlie Parrish

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

PLOT:
When this year's round of unsuspecting Northerners fails to show up for their annual Guts N’ Glory Jubilee because the Feds are investigating the disappearances of Northerners over the years, the residents of Pleasant Valley take their twisted carnival on the road and head to Iowa, where they encounter spoiled heiresses, Rome and Tina Sheraton, and the cast and crew of their "Road Rascals" reality show. They begin killing the cast and crew.

 

2001 MANIACS (2005)
























Directed by: Tim Sullivan
Starring: Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, Matthew Carey, Marla Malcolm, Gina Marie Heekin, Brian Gross, Mushond Lee, Bianca Smith, Brendan McCarthy, Adam Robitel, Christa Campbell, Wendy Kremer, Cristin Michele, Kodi Kitchen, Ryan Fleming, Eli Roth, Bill McKinney, Kane Hodder, Peter Stormare

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

PLOT:
While traveling on vacation to Florida, the college friends Anderson Lee, Cory Jones and Nelson Elliot meet the gorgeous Joey and Kat in a gas station traveling with their gay friend Ricky to the same location. Anderson gives his phone number to Joey in Florida. The teenagers decide to take a shortcut and they find a detour through an old road leading to the Southern town of Pleasant Valley. They are welcomed by the local Mayor Buckman as guests of honor together with Joey, Kat, Ricky and the Afro-American biker Malcolm and his Chinese girlfriend Leah and invited to stay for their Guts and Glory Jubilee with free lodging, meals and booze at Granny Boone's hotel, and dancing, games and a mouth-watering barbecue in the climax of the jubilee. The group accepts the invitation but sooner they find who will supply the meat for the feast.

 

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

FEARLESS (1993)
























Directed by: Peter Weir
Based on the novel by: Rafael Yglesias
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, John Turturro, Tom Hulce, Benicio del Toro, Deirdre O'Connell, John de Lancie, Debra Monk, William Newman

122 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, scenes of disaster)

PLOT:
After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.

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Sunday, August 13, 2023

WHOOPI GOLDBERG - FONTAINE...WHY AM I STRAIGHT? (1988)
























Directed by: Steven J. Santos
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Idol

50 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Actress Whoopi Goldberg performs her sold-out one-woman show in front of a live New York audience.

 

BERNIE (2011)
























Directed by: Richard Linklater
Based on the article "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas" by: Skip Hollandsworth
Starring: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux, Rick Dial, Brandon Smith, Larry Jack Dotson, Merrilee McCommas, Mathew Greer, Gabriel Luna, Kay Epperson, Sonny Carl Davis

99 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, Texas, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town's most beloved residents. He taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir and was always willing to lend a helping hand. Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nugent, an affluent widow who was as well known for her sour attitude as her fortune. Bernie frequently traveled with Marjorie and even managed her banking affairs. Marjorie quickly became fully dependent on Bernie and his generosity and Bernie struggled to meet her increasing demands. Bernie continued to handle her affairs, and the townspeople went months without seeing Marjorie.

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Saturday, August 12, 2023

ZOM 100 - BUCKET LIST OF THE DEAD (2023)


 





















Directed by: Yusuke Ishida
Based on the manga by: Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata
Starring: Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntaro Yanagi, Kazuki Kitamura, Yui Ichikawa, Mayo Kawasaki, Akari Hayami, Miwako Kakei, Kurumi Nakata, Doronzu Ishimoto, Mukau Nakamura, Shota Taniguchi

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

PLOT:
Akira Tendo, a 24-year-old office worker of ZLM, discovers himself trapped in a routine and meaningless life. He lacks drive and motivation since he is disenchanted with his career; however, when a zombie apocalypse caused by experimental bio weaponry unexpectedly strikes Tokyo, everything is turned upside down. Instead of succumbing to dread, Akira sees this as an opportunity to experience life to the fullest rather than settle for his humdrum existence. He decides to create a bucket list of everything he wants to do before dying in order to not only experience it firsthand but also to show that he is still alive and well. This decision is made with a newfound sense of purpose. With the happy company of his friend, Kencho, Akira embarks on a number of exciting and frequently bizarre excursions throughout the zombie-infested city. Their pranks range from simple pleasures like eating at expensive restaurants for free to more extravagant pursuits like going on roller coasters and visiting haunted houses. Akira and Kencho come across other survivors who have their own motivations for surviving as they make their way through the dangerous streets swarming with flesh-eating zombies. Along the journey, they forge odd alliances, face their own anxieties, and learn the importance of friendship and the human spirit's ability to persevere in the face of difficulty.

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

SILVER BULLET (1985)


 





















Directed by: Daniel Attias, Don Coscarelli
Based on the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" by: Stephen King
Starring: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Terry O'Quinn, Lawrence Tierney, Bill Smitrovich, Kent Broadhurst, David Hart, James Gammon, Robin Groves, Leon Russom, Heather Simmons, James A. Baffico, William Newman, Joe Wright, Tovah Feldshuh

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

PLOT:
The small town of Tarker's Mills was a place that was very peaceful, where nothing extraordinary ever happened until one night when murders began. The townspeople believe it's some maniacal killer on the loose whom they intend to hunt down. Marty, a young handicapped boy, believes the killer is no man at all, but a werewolf. After a run-in with the werewolf, Marty and his sister Jane hunt all over town for the man who is the werewolf.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

PARANORMAN (2012)
























Directed by: Sam Fell, Chris Butler
Starring: (voices) Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, John Goodman, Austin Dickey, Hannah Noyes, Ariel Winter, Jared Dines, Bridget Hoffman, Scott Menville, David Cowgill, Wendy Hoffman, Jeremy Shada, Emily Hahn, Jack Blessing, Kirk Baily, Cam Clarke, Lara Cody, Eddie Frierson, Rif Hutton, Edie Mirman, David Zyler

92 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence, rude humor)

PLOT:
In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ritual he must take up to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch it condemned centuries ago. Eventually, Norman decides to cooperate, but things don't go according to plan. Now, a magic storm of the witch threatens Blithe Hollow as the accursed dead rise. Together with unexpected new companions, Norman struggles to save his town, only to discover the horrific truth of the curse. With that insight, Norman must resolve the crisis for good as only he can.

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

RAISING CAIN (1992)
























Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Teri Austin, Gabrielle Carteris, Barton Heyman, Amanda Pombo, Kathleen Callan, Geoff Callan

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

PLOT:
Jenny Nix, wife of eminent child psychologist Carter Nix, becomes increasingly concerned about her husband's seemingly obsessive concern over the upbringing of their daughter. Her own adulterous affair with an old flame, however, causes her to neglect her motherly duties until a spate of local kidnappings forces her to accept the possibility that he may be trying to recreate the twisted mind-control experiments of his discredited psychologist father.

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Monday, August 7, 2023

A BUG'S LIFE (1998)
























Directed by: John Lasseter
Starring: (voices) Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, Denis Leary, Jonathan Harris, Madeline Kahn, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McShane, John Ratzenberger, Brad Garrett, Roddy McDowall, Edie McClurg, Alex Rocco, David Ossman, David L. Lander, Rodger Bumpass, Ashley Tisdale, Jan Rabson, Carlos Alazraqui, Bob Bergen, Jack Angel

95 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
At an annual pace, a huge colony of ants is forced to collect every piece of food that grows on their island for a group of menacing grasshoppers. But that all changes when a misfit inventor ant named Flik accidentally knocks over the offering pile thus forcing the grasshoppers' devious leader Hopper to force the ants to redo their gathering of food. Despite the fact that his friends don't believe him and desperate to help save the colony, Flik volunteers to go out into the world and search for a group of 'warrior' bugs. Instead, what he got was a talented group of circus performers. But when the grasshoppers return and take control of the island, Flik must prove himself a true hero before it's too late.

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Sunday, August 6, 2023

RIVER WILD (2023)
























Directed by: Ben Ketai
Starring: Leighton Meester, Taran Killam, Adam Brody, Olivia Swann, Eve Connolly, Matt Devere, Nick Wittman, Courtney Chen, Kiel Kennedy

91 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
Estranged brother and sister Gray and Joey Reese, embark on a whitewater rafting trip amongst tourists with their childhood friend named Trevor. Along the river, the events quickly turn from exciting to terrifying, as the group finds themselves trapped alongside a killer who is intent to sabotage the trip while keeping secrets from the past from being revealed. Joey must overcome her fears and work with her brother Gray to survive to the end of the river, before it's too late.

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THE FALLEN IDOL (1948)
























Directed by: Carol Reed
Based on the short story "The Basement Room" by: Graham Greene
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald, Dandy Nichols, Joan Young, Karel Stepanek, Gerard Heinz, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Geoffrey Keen, Bernard Lee, John Ruddock, Hay Petrie, Dora Bryan, George Woodbridge

95 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Philippe, an ambassador's son and good friend of Baines, major domo of the embassy, is confused by the complexities and evasions of adult life. He tries to keep secrets but ends up telling them. He lies to protect his friends, even though he knows he should tell the truth. Confusion reigns when Baines is suspected of murdering his wife and Philippe flips back and forth with the police.

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Saturday, August 5, 2023

NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
























Directed by: Clarence Brown
Based on the novel by: Enid Bagnold
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, Terry Kilburn, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Arthur Treacher, Norma Varden, Arthur Shields, Aubrey Mather, Alec Craig, Eugene Loring, Jane Isbell, Matthew Boulton, Gordon Richards, Barry Macollum, Gerald Oliver Smith, Harry Allen, Mona Freeman

123 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event.

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TRANSPORTER 2 (2005)
























Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassmann, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Francois Berleand, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng, Hunter Clary, Keith David, Shannon Briggs, Jeff Chase, AnnaLynne McCord, Tim Ware, Marc Macaulay, Marty Wright, Raymond Tong

88 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Frank Martin is the best in the business. The ex-Special Forces operative hires himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise. Very simple, he delivers, no questions asked. Frank has relocated from the French Mediterranean to Miami, Florida, where as a favor to a friend, Frank is driving for the wealthy Billings family. There's very little that can surprise The Transporter, but young Jack Billings has done just that; Frank has unexpectedly bonded with Jack, age 6, who he drives to and from school. But when Jack is kidnapped, Frank must use his battle-tested combat skills to retrieve the boy and thwart the kidnappers' master plan to release a virus that will kill anyone with whom it comes in contact.

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THE TRANSPORTER (2002)
























Directed by: Cory Yuen
Starring: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Francois Berleand, Matt Schulze, Ric Young

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

PLOT:
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise--from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW, Frank adheres to a strict set of rules, which he never breaks. Rule One: Never change the deal. Rule Two: No names--Frank doesn't want to know whom he's working for, or what he's transporting. Rule Three: never look in the package. Frank's newest transport seems no different from the countless ones he's done in the past. He's been hired by an American known only as "Wall Street" to make a delivery; but when Frank stops along the route, he notices his package is moving. Violating Rule Three, Frank looks inside the bag, finding its contents to be a beautiful, gagged woman. Frank's steadfast adherence to his other two rules--which make up his basic code of survival--also quickly fails, hurtling him and his new companion on a road leading to shocking secrets, deadly complications, and the last thing that Frank ever expected to come to believe: that rules are made to be broken.

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WHO'S THE BOSS? (1984 - 1992)

  Created by: Martin Cohan, Blake Hunter Starring: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, Katherine Helmond Ian Abercrombi...