Saturday, September 30, 2023

ZOMBEAVERS (2014)
























Directed by: Jordan Rubin
Starring: Rachel Melvin, Hutch Dano, Cortney Palm, Lexi Atkins, Jake Weary, Peter Gilroy, Bill Burr, Rex Linn, Brent Briscoe, Phyllis Katz, Robert R. Shafer, Chad Anderson, Fred Tatasciore, John Mayer

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

PLOT:
A fun weekend turns into madness and horror for a bunch of groupies looking for fun in a beaver infested swamp.

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KILLER CONDOM (1996)
























Directed by: Martin Walz
Based on the comic book by: Ralf Konig
Starring: Udo Samel, Peter Lohmeyer, Iris Berben, Leonard Lansink, Marc Richter, Evelyn Kunneke, Hella von Sinnen, Heribert Sasse, Meret Becker, Gerd Wameling, Henning Schluter, Ron Williams, Otto Sander, Monika Hansen, Gode Benedix, Adriana Altaras

107 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore)
Country of origin: Germany

PLOT:
In the seedy parts of New York City, gay Detective Luigi Mackeroni has been hired to investigate a series of bizarre attacks at the Hotel Quickie in which male guests have all had their penises mysteriously bitten off. While at the crime scene, he enlists the services of a gigolo named Billy and invites him up to the crime room. Before the two men engage in sex, a carnivorous living condom interrupts them and bites off Mackeroni's right testicle. Now on a personal vendetta, Mackeroni begins his lone quest to not only bring a stop to the rash of condom attacks, but also to face his true feelings toward Billy the gigolo.

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GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO (2022)
























Directed by: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Based on the children's novel by: Carlo Collodi
Starring: (voices) Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, David Bradley, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Tom Kenny

117 minutes
(PG - adult themes, violence, peril, some rude humor)

PLOT:
Determined to bring back his beloved son Carlo, Geppetto, a pained father and excellent carpenter, cuts down a tall, solitary pine tree to fashion it into a marionette: the spitting image of his lost boy. And as the compassionate Blue Fairy grants Geppetto his wish, christening the wooden creation Pinocchio, the freshly carved puppet comes to life to heal Geppetto's broken heart. However, with Benito Mussolini having Italy under his thumb, minuscule guardian Sebastian J. Cricket has his work cut out for him, keeping Pinocchio on the straight and narrow. Now, an exciting world of possibilities opens up. Will wide-eyed Pinocchio stay on the right path and become a real Italian boy?

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Friday, September 29, 2023

SIGHTSEERS (2012)
























Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies, Monica Dolan, Jonathan Aris, Richard Lumsden, Richard Glover

85 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

SCOOBY DOO! - MASK OF THE BLUE FALCON (2013)
























Directed by: Michael Goguen
Based on characters created by: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
Starring: (voices) Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Jeff Bennett, Diedrich Bader, Dee Bradley Baker, Gregg Berger, John DiMaggio, Nika Futterman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Mindy Sterling, Tara Strong, Fred Tatasciore, Billy West

78 minutes
(TV-Y7 - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
The Scooby-Doo gang meet the faded Blue Falcon lead actor at a comic book convention, as he swears revenge for being left out of Hollywood. Later, an antagonist from the actual Blue Falcon animated series, Mr. Hyde, begins terrorizing the convention, trying to stop the release of the new Falcon film.

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THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000)
























Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, Scott Wilson, James Caan, Geoffrey Lewis, Dylan Kussman, Kristin Lehman, Mando Guerrero, Sarah Silverman

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

PLOT:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother carrying a baby for a powerful, shady man.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

THE ONE AND ONLY DICK GREGORY (2021)
























Directed by: Andre Gaines
Starring: Dick Gregory, Lillian Gregory, Robert Lipsyte, Harry Belafonte, Chris Rock, W. Kamau Bell, Wanda Sykes, Lawrence O'Donnell, Christian Gregory, Kevin Hart, Lena Waithe, Ayanna Gregory, Dave Chappelle, Rock Newman, Steve Jaffe, Edward Schmitt, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Shelia Moses, Jack Healy, John Bellamy, Joe Madison, E. Faye Williams, Greg Gregory, Yohance Gregory, Alvin Banks, Cathy Hughes, Gordon Brooks, Charlene Rogers, Reggie Toran, Paula Gregory, Rob Schneider, Zoe Marsh-Leigh, Nick Cannon

113 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, scenes of violence)

PLOT:
This revealing portrait of comedian, activist, pop-culture icon, and thought-leader Dick Gregory documents his many personal reinventions throughout the decades, from celebrity to civil rights hero and beyond, while hearing from the incredible entertainers who have been inspired by his blueprint.

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

THREE FOR THE ROAD (1987)
























Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Alan Ruck, Sally Kellerman, Blair Tefkin, Raymond J. Barry, Alexa Hamilton, Bert Remsen, James Avery, Eric Bruskotter, Jackie Stewart, J.C. Mullins, Robert Ginnaven

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

PLOT:
A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-of-control teenage daughter to an institution.

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THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939)
























Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Based on the stage play "Sucker" by: Bertram Millhauser, Beulah Marie Dix
Starring: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Pepper, May Robson, Ward Bond, William B. Davidson, Robert Gleckler, The Dead End Kids (Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Bernard Punsley)

92 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A southpaw with a distinctive boxing style, New York based Johnnie Bradfield has just won the world boxing champion title. While he, to the public, portrays himself as wholesome, doting on his mother, he, in reality, lives a hard and fast life in stark contrast to that public persona. While passed out in a drunken stupor, a reporter, poised to expose Johnnie's true lifestyle, dies in Johnnie's apartment. Knowing that he did not kill the reporter but that he is implicated in doing so, Johnnie, with a few hundred dollars of his several thousand dollars amassed wealth in his pocket, goes on the run in learning that the authorities also believe that he died in a fiery car crash. Not by plan or choice but rather circumstance and need, Johnnie, using the alias Jack Dorney, ends up at the Rafferty Date Farm in Arizona run by elderly, widowed Grandma Rafferty, whose husband, before his passing, took in a group of six reform school kids from New York City to give them a better chance at life in that reform. Despite initial animosity between Johnnie and Grandma, the six reformees and Peggy, the sister of one of the reform kids who accompanied her brother to the farm in feeling she may be a grounding influence for him, all end up having a reciprocal positive influence on the other, especially Johnnie and Peggy, who start to fall for each other. There are two problems potentially to upset Johnnie's new life. First, he may turn to the only way he knows how to earn a living, namely boxing, which may expose him as still being alive. Second, NYPD Detective Monty Phelan, whose career took a nosedive ten years prior in a grave error of judgment, believes Johnnie is indeed alive and will do anything to prove his case in needing to restore some legitimacy to his career.

ACTUAL MOVIE:


 

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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HUSH (2016)
























Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, Emma Graves

81 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of terror)

PLOT:
A deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

DONYALE LUNA - SUPERMODEL (2023)
























Directed by: Nailah Jefferson
Starring: Donyale Luna, Dream Cazzaniga, Pat Cleveland, Beverly Johnson, Constance White, Omar K. Boone, Marcella Washington, Lillian Washington, Josephine Armstrong, Sanders Bryant, David McCabe, Aurora James, Dr. Richard J. Powell, David Croland, Hamish Bowles, Gideon Lewin, Zandra Rhodes, David Bailey, Juan Fernandez, Kyle Hagler, Luigi Cazzaniga, Livia Liverani

93 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, nudity, drug references)

PLOT:
Explores the amazing life and career of Donyale Luna, as one of the first black models to appear on the cover of "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar" in Europe.

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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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IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, I LOVE YOU (2020)
























Directed by: Will McCormack, Michael Govier

12 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
In the aftermath of tragedy, two grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of their only child.

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MR. VAMPIRE III (1987)
























Directed by: Ricky Lau
Starring: Lam Ching-ying, Richard Ng, Billy Lau, David Lui, Pauline Wong, Chow Gam-kong, Tam Yat-ching, Hoh Kin-wai, Cheung Wing-cheung, Ka Lee, Baan Yun-sang, Lee Chi-git, Chu Tau, Gam Biu, Pang Yun-cheung, Siu Hung-moi, Yip So, Chun Kwai-bo, Ha Kwok-wing, Lau Fong-sai, Lam Foo-wai, Teddy Yip, Corey Yuen, Wu Ma, Sammo Hung

88 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)
Country of origin: China

PLOT:
Expelled by a band of restless ghosts in his village, Taoist Priest Mao Ming, and his two spirit companions, visit another village to seek wealth. There, Ming meets Master Gau, the "Vampire Buster," who is trying to defeat an evil Sorceress and her henchmen, whose goal is to conquer the human race. Gau also informs Ming that humans and ghosts cannot co-exist peacefully. As Ming and his ghost companions part ways, they are later attacked by the Sorceress. As a result, Ming joins forces with Gau to put a stop to the evil menace.

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Saturday, September 23, 2023

MR. VAMPIRE II (1986)
























Directed by: Ricky Lau
Starring: Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao, Moon Lee, Chung Fat, Billy Lau, Ka Lee, Agassi Wang, Cheung Wing-cheung, Hoh Kin-wai, Hon To-yue, Choi Man-gam, Bowie Wu, Wu Ma, Hsiao Ho, James Tien, Cho Tat-wah, Manfred Wong, Yuen Miu, Stanley Fung, Ban Yun-sang, Chow Gam-kong, Yiu Yau-hung, Lee Chi-git, Lam Gwok-hung, Yeung Ming

86 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)
Country of origin: China

PLOT:
Modern grave robbing "archeologists" find perfectly preserved specimens from the past of a man, a woman, and their child. Unbeknownst to the scientist and his two bumbling assistants, these are vampires immobilized only by the paper spells pasted on their foreheads. While transporting the child to a buyer, its spell blows off and the vampire child escapes and befriends some local children. Eventually, the parent vampires are also awakened and escape, but by now the local herbalist is on their trail to destroy them.

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MR. VAMPIRE (1985)
























Directed by: Ricky Lau
Starring: Ricky Hui, Moon Lee, Chin Siu-ho, Lam Ching-ying, Pauline Wong Siu-fung, Billy Lau, Huang Ha, Anthony Chan, Yuen Wah

96 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, martial arts violence, some gore)
Country or origin: China

PLOT:
The planned reburial of a town elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, targeting everyone responsible for digging the grave. A Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.

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BILLIE JEAN KING - PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER (2006)
























Directed by: Mary Carillo
Starring: Billie Jean King, Betty Moffitt, Bill Moffitt, Randy Moffitt, Chris Evert, Elton John, Larry King, Ilana Kloss, Frank Deford, Rosie Casals, Martina Navratilova

59 minutes
(TV-PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
A profile of the remarkable life and career of tennis legend Billie Jean King, both on and off the court.

 

Friday, September 22, 2023

STEPHEN KING'S IT (1990)
























Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace
Based on the novel by: Stephen King
Starring: Tim Curry, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Annette O'Toole, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Jonathan Brandis, Emily Perkins, Brandon Crane, Seth Green, Marlon Taylor, Adam Faraizl, Ben Heller, Olivia Hussey, Tony Dakota, Michael Cole, Jarred Blancard, Gabe Khouth, Chris Eastman, Peter Gordon, Moose Sadler, Sheila Moore, Michael Ryan, Frank C. Turner, Caitlin Hicks, Steven Hilton, Sheelah Megill, Noel Geer, Susan Astley, Claire Vardiel, Chelan Simmons, Merrilyn Gann, Nicola Cavendish, Venus Terzo, Terence Kelly, William B. Davis, Megan Leitch, Laura Harris, Garry Chalk, Jay Brazeau, Tom Heaton, Paul Batten, Donna Peerless, Kim Kondrashoff, Helena Yea, Charles Siegel

192 minutes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
In 1960, a group of social outcasts who are bullied by a gang of greasers led by Henry Bowers are also tormented by an evil demon who can shape-shift into a clown and feed on children's fears and kill them. After defeating the demonic clown as kids, it resurfaces thirty years later, and they must finish it off as adults once again.
 

LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS (2009)
























Directed by: Phil Claydon
Starring: Mathew Horne, James Corden, MyAnna Buring, Vera Filatova, Silvia Colloca, Paul McGann, Emer Kenny, Lucy Gaskell, Louise Dylan, Ashley Mulheron, Tiffany Mulheron, Emma Clifford, Margarita Hall, John Pierce Jones

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

PLOT:
Their women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.



 

PULP FICTION (1994)
























Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Alexis Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bronagh Gallagher, Phil LaMarr, Frank Whaley, Burr Steers, Angela Jones, Duane Whitaker, Peter Greene, Stephen Hibbert, Steve Buscemi, Kathy Griffin, Michael Gilden, Joseph Pilato, Emil Sitka, Karen Maruyama, Julia Sweeney, Lawrence Bender, Jerome Patrick Hoban, Susan Griffiths, Quentin Tarantino

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

PLOT:
Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

SOUL FOOD (1997)
























Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, Brandon Hammond, Mel Jackson, K-Ci & JoJo, Kevon Edmonds, Melvin Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

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

PLOT:
Matriarch Mama Joe has held her family together for 40 years around a Sunday dinner of soul food. When diabetes hospitalizes her, the dinners stop and tensions among her three daughters start to break the family apart. Two of the sisters feud continuously: Teri is jealous of Maxine's marriage and irritated that everyone assumes her corporate salary is open to the rest of the family's uses. Maxine resents Teri's bossiness and insensitivity to family tradition. Bird, the youngest, newly married to an ex-con, accepts a favor from an old lover that leads to her husband's arrest. Mama Joe's grandson Ahmad cooks up a scheme to bring the family together, back to the table.

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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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GRAVE ENCOUNTERS (2011)
























Directed by: The Vicious Brothers (Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz)
Starring: Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, Mackenzie Gray, Juan Riedinger, Fred Keating, Arthur Corber, Bob Rathie, Matthew K. McBride, Ben Wilkinson, Michele Cummins, Shawn Macdonald, Max Train, Marita Eason

95 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense scenes of terror)

PLOT:
Lance Preston and the crew of "Grave Encounters", a ghost-hunting reality television show, are shooting an episode inside the abandoned Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, where unexplained phenomena have been reported for years. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night and begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted - it is alive - and it has no intention of ever letting them leave. They find themselves lost in a labyrinth maze of endless hallways and corridors, terrorized by the ghosts of the former patients. They soon begin to question their own sanity, slipping deeper and deeper into the depths of madness, ultimately discovering the truth behind the hospital's dark past...and taping what turns out to be their final episode.

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Monday, September 18, 2023

DAPHNE AND VELMA (2018)
























Directed by: Suzi Yoonessi
Starring: Sarah Jeffery, Sarah Gilman, Vanessa Marano, Brian Stepanek, Nadine Ellis, Arden Myrin, Brooks Forester, Lucius Baston, Courtney Dietz, Stephen Ruffin, Fray Forde, Evan Castelloe, Daniel Salyers, Adam Faison, Jessica Goei, Mickie Pollock, Tucker Halbrooks

75 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Before their eventual team-up with Scooby-Doo and the gang, bright and optimistic Daphne and whip-smart and analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online - until now. Daphne has just transferred to Velma's school, Ridge Valley High, an incredible tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school's benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear - only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.

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THE STANDOFF (2016)
























Directed by: Ilyssa Goodman
Starring: Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan, Regan Burns, Alex Wolff, Sydney Park, McKaley Miller, Audrey Whitby, Chandler Massey, Vanessa Merrell, Veronica Merrell, Julian Works, Stony Blyden, Daniel Vasquez, Timothy Granaderos, Howard Cai, Ciara Hanna, Radek Lord, Drew Dammron

90 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some rude humor)

PLOT:
They can barely stand each other, but can they stand next to each other for three days, without sleep, for the chance to win the car of their dreams?

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THE CURE (1917)
























Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, John Rand, James T. Kelley, Albert Austin, Frank J. Coleman

31 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

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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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THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (1972)
























Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Scatman Crothers, Julia Anne Robinson, Charles LaVine, Arnold Williams, John Ryan, Sully Boyar, Josh Mostel, William Pabst

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

PLOT:
David Staebler, who suffers from chronic depression, is a Philadelphia-based late night radio host, his program on which he waxes philosophically about his less than satisfying life. Many of those stories revolve around his relationship with his two-year older brother, Jason Staebler, who is always out for the big score, and living with their grandfather. After not hearing from Jason in one and a half years, David receives what is an urgent telephone call from him, Jason who wants David to act as the intermediary with one of Jason's associates, Lewis, to bail him out of jail in Atlantic City, where he is charged with a felony. Although David doesn't speak directly to Lewis as Jason had instructed, Lewis does bail him out of jail. David learns that Jason is living in Atlantic City, running one of Lewis' third-rate resort hotels. Jason lives in the hotel in one of the small suites with his girlfriend, Sally, an aging and fading ex-beauty queen who clings to that past as her sole identity. Also living with them is Sally's younger longtime companion Jessica, to who Sally tries to pass along her beauty queen identity. Sally and Jessica's relationship is more than meets the eye. For as long as David stays in Atlantic City, Jessica is his implied companion. Using his connections through Lewis, Jason says that he is working on a developing his own resort casino in Hawaii, and wants David to come along with him, Sally and Jessica. Deep in his heart, David knows that Hawaii is just another of Jason's pipe dreams, just like all the other times he has made such proclamations. Regardless, David stays in Atlantic City for the two brothers to reconnect. However, this life cannot last forever, based partly on the several houses of cards on which Jason is living, one of which is destined to crumble around him.

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FOR KEEPS (1988)
























Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Conchata Ferrell, Sharon Brown, John Zarchen, Pauly Shore, Michelle Downey, Patricia Barry, Janet MacLachlan, Jaclyn-Rose Lester, Matthew Licht, Renee Estevez, Darcy DeMoss, Alex Trebek

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

PLOT:
Darcy, editor at her high school paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. Neither Darcy's mother, who was left by her husband and had to bring up Darcy alone, nor Stan's Catholic parents are very supportive and urge them to have an abortion or give up for adoption respectively. However, Darcy's and Stan's love is so intense, they could imagine having a baby, but this would mean to give up their college careers.

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

BOB THE DRAG QUEEN - WOKE MAN IN A DRESS (2023)
























Starring: Bob the Drag Queen (Caldwell Tidicue)

74 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Follows Bob the Drag Queen as he describes his upbringing as a Black LGBT person in the deep south.

 

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)
























Directed by: Bill Melendez
Based on characters created by: Charles M. Schulz
Starring: (voices) Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Tracy Stratford, Cathy Steinberg, Chris Doran, Geoffrey Orstein, Sally Dryer, Anne Altieri, Bill Melendez, Karen Mendelson

25 minutes
(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus.
 

PARIAH (2011)
























Directed by: Dee Rees
Starring: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Pernell Walker, Sahra Mellesse

86 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, some violence, drug use)

PLOT:
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

TRAILER:


 

THE MIDDLE (2009 - 2018) draft

Created by: Eileen Heisler , DeAnn Heline Starring: Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Kattan...