Monday, September 25, 2023

LITTLE GIANTS (1994)
























Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
Starring: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron, Susanna Thompson, Devon Sawa, Brian Haley, Sam Horrigan, Joe Bays, Frank Carl Fisher Jr, Mary Ellen Trainor, Courtney Peldon, Alexa Vega, Danny Pritchett, Todd Bosley, Mark Holton, Mathew McCurley, Joey Simmirin, Jon Paul Steuer, Troy Simmons, Marcus Toji, Pat Crawford Brown, Harry Shearer, Mike Zwiener, Justin Jon Ross, Travis Robertson, Janna Michaels, Austin Kottke

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

PLOT:
In Urbania, Ohio, snobby former football star Kevin O'Shea conducts try outs for the town's Peewee football team, the Urbania Cowboys, which will compete for a chance at the state peewee football playoffs. Kevin slights his younger brother, Danny, by rejecting his daughter, Becky, who is a good player. He rejected her simply because she's a girl. She and some of her friends, boys who were also rejected, get the idea to start up their own team with Danny as the coach. After Kevin tries to put a stop to that, Danny gets him to agree to a game to decide which team will represent Urbania, because each town is allowed only one team. Danny and Becky scour the town in search of willing players, and they gather a crew of kids who have limited skills and no team spirit. They luck out when Becky discovers Junior Floyd expertly passing rolls of toilet paper right into a shopping cart at the supermarket, as though he's passing a football. With Becky and Junior on board, the new team, the Giants, has a chance to make a good showing, and they begin their training. But low morale continually threatens to break up the team. A chance visit by former NFL coach John Madden and four NFL stars, Steve Entman, Bruce Smith, Emmitt Smith, and Tim Brown, leaves the team with several tips on how to create an advantage. Becky develops a crush on Junior, and she's jealous when her cheerleader cousin, Debbie, flirts with him. She decides to compete for him on equal terms, so she puts on make-up and a cheerleader outfit, joining the cheerleaders and abandoning the team. But the Cowboys will be coming into the game with a vicious new player named Spike Hammersmith. Will Becky be there for the team if they need her?

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - MUTANT MAYHEM (2023)
























Directed by: Jeff Rowe
Based on characters created by: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Starring: (voices) Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr, Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Ayo Edebiri, Jackie Chan, Maya Rudolph, John Cena, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Natasia Demetriou, Giancarlo Esposito, Ice Cube, Paul Rudd, Post Malone, Hannibal Buress, MrBeast, Derek Wilson, Lukas Williams, Michael Badalucco, Dempsey Pappion, John Capodice, Andia Winslow, Raechel Wong, David Faustino, Daniel Mastrogiorgio, Noel Gibson, Myra Owyang, Kevin Eastman, Alex Hirsch, Michael Rianda, Bobby Wagner, Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, Natalie Canizares, Kyler Spears, Jeff Rowe

99 minutes
(PG - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence, rude humor)

PLOT:
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtles set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. But they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

SAM JAY - SALUTE ME OR SHOOT ME (2023)
























Directed by: Linda Mendoza
Starring: Sam Jay

60 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Comedian Sam Jay takes the stage at Brooklyn Steel for a hilariously frank discussion on embracing our differences, relationships and more.

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NEW JACK CITY (1991)
























Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Judd Nelson, Mario Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Bill Cobbs, Allen Payne, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong, Christopher Williams, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Tracy Camilla Johns, Anthony DeSando, Nick Ashford, Thalmus Rasulala, John Aprea, Fab Five Freddy, Flavor Flav, Eek-a-Mouse, Keith Sweat

100 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, strong drug content, nudity)

PLOT:
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher.

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

INSIDE (2023)
























Directed by: Vasilis Katsoupis
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Gene Bervoets, Eliza Stuyck, Andrew Blumenthal

105 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, nude images, disturbing images)

PLOT:
With his sights set on robbing the prized possession of a famed art collector, experienced art thief Nemo breaks into a high-tech New York City penthouse. At first, everything seems to go as planned; however, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan. And when the distressing wail of the security alarm system crushes the intruder's dreams of early retirement, Nemo finds himself trapped in an impenetrable prison of concrete and glass filled with an enviable collection of multimillion-dollar works of art. Now, Nemo is on his own. As the days turn into weeks and hunger, thirst, and fatigue set in, the doomed invader must keep a clear head to keep the life-threatening situation under control and beat the odds. But the question remains. How can Nemo escape from the inside?

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

TIN MEN (1987)
























Directed by: Barry Levinson
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle, Stanley Brock, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby, J.T. Walsh, Richard Portnow, Matt Craven, Alan Blumenfeld, Brad Sullivan, Michael Tucker, Deirdre O'Connell

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

PLOT:
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

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SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT (1995)
























Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom
Screenplay by: Callie Khouri
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Aull, Brett Cullen, Muse Watson

105 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Grace discovers that her husband, Eddie, is having an affair with another woman. After a wildly public confrontation with Eddie and his mistress, Grace packs up their daughter and returns home to her parents' horse farm to regroup. To her surprise and dismay, everyone around her is still mired in old fashioned ideals and believes she should forgive and forget Eddie's indiscretion. Her sister, Emma Rae, who is furious at Eddie and lets him know it, is also unwilling to let Grace pretend this has come out of nowhere, or that she did not make choices that led to her current predicament. Eddie, too, confronts Grace about her withdrawal from their life, and his feelings of abandonment after what started out as an affectionate, loving marriage. Her father feels the whole affair is dragging focus from an upcoming horse-jumping competition, but he and Grace's mother, Georgia, face their own set of problems with fidelity.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR - MEET THE BLACKS 2 (2021)
























Directed by: Deon Taylor
Starring: Mike Epps, Katt Williams, Zulay Henao, Bresha Webb, Lil Duval, Tyrin Turner, Snoop Dogg, Michael Blackson, Alex Henderson, Rick Ross, Andrew Bachelor, Gary Owen, Matt Barnes, Tony Todd, Cory "Zooman" Miller, Jena Fromes, Shamea Morton, Sisse Marie, Clifton Powell, Johann Sebastian, Tim Johnson Jr, Milan TaylorDanny Trejo

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

PLOT:
After surviving the events of what transpired in California and becoming an author, Carl Black moves his family back to his childhood home in Atlanta, where he hopes to continue working on his new book. There, the Blacks encounter their mysterious new next-door neighbor, Dr. Mamuwalde, a pimp whom Carl suspects is a vampire trying to take his family.

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MEET THE BLACKS (2016)
























Directed by: Deon Taylor
Starring: Mike Epps, Gary Owen, Zulay Henao, Bresha Webb, Lil Duval, Paul Mooney, Charlie Murphy, Phil Austin, King Bach, Lavell Crawford, DeRay Davis, Kate Enggren, Alex Henderson, George Lopez, Mike Tyson, Shawn Kavanaugh, Perez Hilton, Michael Blackson, Tameka Cottle, Kathrien Ahn, Tyrin Turner, Snoop Dogg

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

PLOT:
The Black family is getting out of Chicago in hopes of a better life. After Carl Black comes into some unexpected funds, he takes his family and leaves the hustling lifestyle behind for something better. Carl, his new wife Lorena, son Carl Jr., daughter Allie Black and cousin Cronut pack up and move to Beverly Hills. Turns out, Carl couldn't have picked a worse time to move. They arrive right around the time of the annual purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours.

 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ATTACK OF THE 5' 2" WOMEN (1994)
























Directed by: Julie Brown, Richard Wenk
Starring: Julie Brown, Khrystyne Haje, Sam McMurray, Adam Storke, Stanley DeSantis, Peter DeLuise, Anne De Salvo, Eric "Spanky" Edwards, John Robert Hoffman, Stella Stevens, Dick Miller, Stacey Travis, Lisa Arch, Priscilla Barnes, Bridget Sienna, Lauren Tewes, Liz Torres, Nichala "Jazzmun" Crayton, Lilyan ChauvinJennifer Butt, Margaret Cho, Jodi Carlisle, Tom Kenny, Sydney Lassick, Vicki Lawrence, Rick Overton

82 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, crude sexual humor)

PLOT:
Spoof-meister, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante debacles.

 

Monday, September 11, 2023

THE CRIMSON RIVERS (2000)
























Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier Flamand, Laurent Lafitte, Francois Levantal, Francine Berge, Philippe Nahon

106 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, disturbing images)
Country of origin: France

PLOT:
Parisian murder detective commissioner Pierre Niemans is called to Guernon, a self-sufficient, prestigious university in a mountain valley, to investigate the murder on 32-year old professor and librarian Rémy Caillois, whose corpse was found 50 meters high on a steep mountain side, naked, horribly covered in bruises and bleeding wounds, the result of some five hours of bestial torture including quasi-surgical amputation of hands cauterized to prevent bleeding to death- and eyes. Guernon is a closed society of virtually incestuous scientists, de facto succeeding to their parents' posts; the eye-doctor, formerly on the staff, says hereditary genetic diseases are the price of such elitism, but in recent years spread to the simple farming families. Inspector Max Kerkerian examines two crimes in the town: a school break-in with theft of old photos and archive papers as well as a graveyard desecration of Judith Herault, the daughter of local nun Andrée, who lives in a dark cell for 15 years and mumbles the demons who made an attempt of both of their lives have returned to prevent the child endanger their secret. As both police investigations continue, the loner sleuths meet; secrets and other corpses are found, till it all ties together.

 

ILS (THEM) (2006)
























Directed by: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Starring: Olivia Bonamy, Michael Cohen, Adriana Mocca, Maria Roman, Camelia Maxim

74 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of terror)
Country of origin: France

PLOT:
Clémentine, a teacher in a French School in Bucharest, lives with her husband, Lucas, in a remote real estate in Snagov. During the night, Clémentine is woken by weird noises outside their house, and Lucas sees their car being stolen. The lights are turned off, the phones are disconnected and they see that they are no longer alone. When weird lights appear outside, they hide in the cellar and try to ask for help from what could be a dreadful night of pure terror.

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

SPAWN OF THE SLITHIS (1978)
























Directed by: Stephen Traxler
Starring: Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Dennis Lee Falt, Mello Alexandria, Win Condict, Rocky Fumarelli, John Hatfield, Hy Pike, Daphnae Cohen, Steven J. Hoag, Wendy Rastattar, Don Cummins

86 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.

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Monday, September 4, 2023

RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR (2006)
























Directed by: Chris Gorak
Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Will McCormack, Jon Huertas, Jenny O'Hara, Scotty Noyd Jr, Max Kasch, Tony Perez, Hector Luis Bustamante

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

PLOT:
After Lexi leaves home to visit Central LA, there's a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs. After the attack, her musician husband, Brad, fails to find her and reluctantly seals himself inside his house. He will have to deal with this decision in the days to come.

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MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992)
























Directed by: John Carpenter
Based on the novel by: H.F. Saint
Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Norton, Pat Skipper, Paul Perri, Richard Epcar, Steven Barr, Gregory Paul Martin, Patricia Heaton, Barry Kivel, Donald Li, Rosalind Chao, Jay Gerber, Shay Duffin, Edmund L. Shaff, Sam Anderson, Elaine Corral, Ellen Albertini Dow, Jonathan Wigan, I.M. Hobson, Rip Haight, Aaron Lustig

99 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
Nick Halloway is made invisible during an accident. When Jenkins finds out about Nick, he set out to recruit him into the world of espionage, seeing the potential for an invisible CIA agent. When Alice Monroe falls in love with Nick, they are forced to flee the attentions of Jenkins. Nick also has the problem of living invisibly whilst trying to find a cure.

 

Sunday, September 3, 2023

HAPPIER THAN EVER - A LOVE LETTER TO LOS ANGELES (2021)
























Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Patrick Osborne
Starring: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Romero Lubambo, Andrew Marshall, Brady Heiser, The Los Angeles Children's Choir, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

65 minutes
(TV-14 - strong language, adult themes)

PLOT:
Grammy Award-winning and chart-topping artist Billie Eilish will make her Disney+ debut a cinematic concert experience.

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DEAD AGAIN (1991)
























Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi, Hanna Schygulla, Wayne Knight, Robin Williams, Campbell Scott, Jo Anderson, Lois Hall, Richard Easton, Gregor Hesse, Obba Babatunde, Vasek Simek, Christine Ebersole, Raymond Cruz, Miriam Margolyes

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

PLOT:
Mike Church is a Los Angeles private detective who specializes in finding missing people. He takes on the case of a mute woman named Grace, who is suffering from a total amnesia and doesn't even know her name. She keeps having nightmares involving the murder of a pianist named Margaret Strauss by her husband, Roman, in 1949. In an attempt to solve the mystery about her identity and her nightmares, Mike accepts the help of antiquary Franklyn Madson, who arrives to offer his services as a hypnotist. The hypnosis sessions soon begin to reveal some surprises.

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Saturday, September 2, 2023

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985)
























Directed by: Stephen Frears
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf, Souad Faress, Richard Graham, Shirley Anne Field, Stephen Marcus

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

PLOT:
Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right-hand man, Salim, have a number of small businesses and they do whatever they need to make money, even if the activities are illegal. As such, Nasser and his immediate family live more than a comfortable lifestyle, and he flaunts his riches whenever he can. Meanwhile, his brother, alcoholic Ali, once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a seedy flat with his son, Omar. Ali's life in London is not as lucrative in part because of his left leaning politics, which does not mesh with the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a job doing menial labor. But Omar, with bigger plans, talks Nasser into letting him manage Nasser's run-down laundrette. Omar seizes what he sees as an opportunity to make the laundrette a success, and employs an old friend, Johnny - who has been most recently running around with a gang of white punks - to help him. Johnny and Omar have a special relationship, but one that has gone through its ups and downs, the downs fostered by anti-immigration sentiments of white England. Omar and Johnny each have to evaluate if their ideals of success are worth it at all costs.

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Friday, September 1, 2023

MANEATER (2022)
























Directed by: Justin Lee
Starring: Nicky Whelan, Shane West, Trace Adkins, Branscombe Richmond, Jeff Fahey, Porscha Coleman, Zoe Cipres, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Alex Farnham, Ed Morrone, Kaley Bowler, Randall J. Bacon, Tracy Bennett, Ray FiteKim DeLonghi

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

PLOT:
What better place to drown your sorrows than an idyllic island paradise? That was the idea when Jesse's friends convinced her to not let a broken engagement stand in the way of enjoying her prepaid honeymoon. Their sorrows weren't the only thing going to drown on their trip especially with a man-eating shark swimming just below the surface.

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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...