Wednesday, February 28, 2024

CRONOS (1992)
























Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Tamara Shanath, Margarita Isabel, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Mario Ivan Martinez, Farnesio de Bernal, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos

92 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)
Country of origin: Mexico

PLOT:
An aging antique dealer named Jesus Gris happens upon an elegant mechanized scarab. When opened, it painfully stabs whomever is holding it, but the wound brings youthful vigor and a vampire's need for blood. The device is relentlessly pursued by a dying tycoon named Dieter de la Guardia, whose nephew Angel, reluctant to see his uncle live a moment longer, must still do the old man's bidding. Meanwhile, Gris's desires endanger his own granddaughter, Aurora.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

THE PUNISHER (2004)
























Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Starring: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Roy Scheider, Laura Harring, Ben Foster, Samantha Mathis, James Carpinello, Kevin Nash, Mark Collie, Russell Andrews, Eddie Jemison, John Pinette, Rebecca Romijn

123 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, brief nudity)

PLOT:
Frank Castle is a man who has seen too much death. On his final assignment, Castle plays his undercover role perfectly, but the operation spins out of control and a young man, Bobby Saint, is inadvertently killed. Inflamed by the death of their son, the Saints are willing to risk their newfound legitimacy on a wholesale mission of blood-vengeance. Castle's worst nightmare is about to come true, as Howard Saint and his lieutenants unleash hell at the Castle family reunion. But Castle, to his everlasting torment, survives. Until this moment, he has spent his entire life adhering strictly to the law. However, experience has taught him that the law cannot adequately penalize the people who murdered his family. Drawing upon all he has learned in twenty years, Castle sets in motion a plan to punish the murderers.

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Saturday, February 24, 2024

THE VISITORS (1972)
























Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods, Steve Railsback, Chico Martinez

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

PLOT:
Bill Schmidt and his long-term girlfriend Martha Wayne and their young son Hal live in a small Connecticut farmhouse owned by Martha's overbearing father. One snowy winter Saturday, two of Bill's ex-army buddies, Mike and Tony, arrive. A few years ago, they had all served together in Vietnam in the same platoon but later ended up on opposite sides of a court-martial. Bill has never told his girlfriend what happened in Vietnam nor at the court-martial. The story slowly unfolds. Under orders in Vietnam not to take any prisoners, and faced with potentially hostile civilians who might attack them if left behind, Mike kills a civilian after raping her. Bill testifies against him, and Mike is sent to the stockade (military prison) for two years. He is angry. There is sexual tension between Mike and Martha. The tension builds and culminates in a fight and a rape.

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THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)
























Directed by: Brian De Palma
Based on the novel by: James Ellroy
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, John Kavanagh, Rachel Miner, Rose McGowan, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, Troy Evans, Anthony Russell, Pepe Serna, Angus MacInnes, Richard Brake, Victor McGuire, Gregg Henry, Jemima Rooper, William Finley, Kevin Dunn, Mia Frye, Ian McNeice, Fatso-Fasano, Claudia Katz Minnick, k.d. lang

120 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, grisly images, nudity)

PLOT:
In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, working together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress Elizabeth Short is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths.

 

Friday, February 23, 2024

CHAMPAGNE (1928)
























Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Gordon Harker, Ferdinand von Alten, Jack Trevor, Claude Hulbert, Marcel Vibert, Hannah Jones, Clifford Heatherley, Vivian Gibson, Sunday Wilshin, Phyllis Konstam, Alexander D'Arcy, Fanny Wright, Gwen Mannering

105 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover. However, Daddy has a few tricks up his sleeve.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

CRY-BABY (1990)
























Directed by: John Waters
Starring: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Polly Bergen, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Troy Donahue, Mink Stole, Joe Dallesandro, Joey Heatherton, David Nelson, Willem Dafoe, Patricia Hearst, James Intveld, Rachel Sweet, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Kim Webb, Stephen Mailer, Alan J. Wendl, Jonathan Benya, Jessica Raskin, Robert Tyree, Robert Walsh, Kelly Goldberg, Robert Marbury

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

PLOT:
In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.

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Monday, February 19, 2024

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017)
























Directed by: Bill Condon
Based on the story by: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Jolyon Coy, Hattie Morahan, Nathan Mack, Thomas Padden, Clive Rowe, Sophie Reid, Rafaëlle Cohen, Carla Nella, Jimmy Johnston, Dean Street, Alexis Loizon, Adrian Schiller, Gerard Horan, Haydn Gwynne, Michael Jibson, Ray Fearon 

129 minutes
(PG - some action violence, peril and frightening images)

PLOT:
To pay the dark price of pride for failing to look past one's superficial beauty, a mighty enchantress curses a self-absorbed and cold-hearted French prince to a life of solitude, transforming him into an appalling monster, and the castle's servants into ordinary but sentient household objects. But, as the years pass by in the desolate palace, an inadvertent mistake will condemn the kind and rebellious booklover, Belle, to imprisonment within the thick-walled fortress, as the enchanted mansion's lord desperately seeks love's warm embrace. The Beast, trembles with fear knowing that his time is short, yet hope still lies in a frail rose's last petal. Will Belle lift in time the veil that shrouds the bewitched aristocrat?

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FUNNY FACE (1957)
























Directed by: Stanley Donen
Starring: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Dovima, Jean Del Val, Virginia Gibson, Sue England, Ruta Lee, Alex Gerry, Suzy Parker, Sunny Harnett

103 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Maggie Prescott, the Editor-in-Chief of New York based Quality, a fashion magazine that sets trends i.e. leads instead of follows, has come up with her latest brainchild: to feature a model to be the Quality Woman, complete with successful Paris-based designer Paul Duval to devise a new collection inspired by her. The Quality Woman is not only to embody beauty, but also intellect. Against Maggie's initial judgment, she relents to the vision of her head photographer Dick Avery in choosing Jo Stockton rather than one of their in-house models as the Quality Woman, Jo the clerk they met in an impromptu photo shoot they did against her will in the Greenwich Village bookstore where she works. The marks against Jo are not only that she isn't a professional, but that she has what she even considers a funny looking face, something that Dick instead calls interesting. Jo, who abhors all that the world of fashion represents in she being an intellectual, ultimately agrees as the job would take her to Paris where she hopes to meet her idol, Professor Émile Flostre, the leading philosopher on the concept of empathicalism. But in Paris, the two worlds for Jo begin to collide in more ways than one, arguably the most important in she falling for Dick, his actions solely to get her to exude the emotions he wants for the photos.

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AALTRA (2004)
























Directed by: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Starring: Gustave Kervern, Benoit Delepine, Michel de Gavre, Benoit Poelvoorde, Bouli Lanners, Gerard Condejean, Isabelle Delepine

92 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)
Country of origin: Belgium

PLOT:
A harassed businessman who, frazzled by commuting to his office, is working from home against company rules. While arguing with a jobbing farmworker, whose tractor is spraying herbicide into his garden he is summoned to the office by his angry bosses. However, his car becomes stuck behind the tractor. The farmworker will not let him pass, resulting in the businessman missing the train and losing his job. Frustrated, he seeks out the farmworker and assaults him. The two wake up in hospital, having been crushed by a malfunctioning farm machine as they struggled. They are now confined to wheelchairs, and both set out for Finland to seek out the eponymous farm machine manufacturer to demand compensation.

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD (2005)
























Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Bree Turner, Angus Scrimm, John DeSantis, Ethan Embry, Heather Feeney

51 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
When Ellen's car breaks down on a deserted mountain road in the middle of nowhere, she encounters a monster-like man who is intent on killing her. Ellen will not go down without a fight and the game of cat-and-mouse soon shifts as Ellen fights back.

Part of Showtime's "Masters of Horror" anthology series.
 

THE WICKER MAN (1973)
























Directed by: Robin Hardy
Starring: Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, Lesley Mackie, Lindsay Kemp, Ian Campbell, Russell Waters, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunter, Jennifer Martin, Donald Eccles, Walter Carr, Roy Boyd, Peter Brewis, Geraldine Cowper, John Young, Myra Forsyth, Alison Hughes, Barbara Rafferty, John Sharp, John Hallam, Tony Roper

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

PLOT:
On Sunday, April 29, 1973, Sergeant Neil Howie with the West Highland Constabulary flies solo to Summerisle off the coast of Scotland. He is there to follow up on a letter addressed specifically to him from an anonymous source on Summerisle reporting that a twelve-year-old girl who lives on the island, Rowan Morrison, the daughter of May Morrison, has long been missing. The correspondence includes a photograph of Rowan. Upon his arrival on Summerisle, Howie finds that the locals are a seemingly simple-minded lot who provide little information beyond the fact that they know of no Rowan Morrison and do not know the girl in the photo. Mrs. Morrison admits to having a daughter, seven-year-old Myrtle, but no Rowan. As Howie speaks to more and more people, he begins to believe that Rowan does or did live on the island, but that the locals are hiding their knowledge of her. He also begins to see that the locals all have pagan beliefs, their "religion" which centers on procreation as the source of life. That procreation does not necessarily need to be within marriage, and openly flaunts the act of sex, both in private and in public. These beliefs do not sit well against Howie's strict Christian morals, he who regularly attends church, prays, and accepts communion. Everything that happens on the island seems to be dictated by Lord Summerisle, whose ancestors bought the island generations ago. Howie begins to believe that Rowan was murdered, she a sacrifice by the islanders to their higher power to ensure a bountiful apple crop - the main crop of the island - which did not materialize last season. With May Day approaching, Howie not only tries to find out if Rowan was indeed murdered/sacrificed, which includes trying to locate her body, but if there will be another sacrifice on this important day within the cycle of life.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

THE MECHANIC (2011)



















Directed by: Simon West
Starring: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, James Logan, Mini Anden, Jeff Chase, Christa Campbell, John McConnell, Stuart Greer, Lance E. Nichols, J.D. Evermore, David Leitch, Mark Nutter, Lara Grice, Ada Michelle Loridans, Katarzyna Wolejnio, Eddie J. Fernandez, Joshua Bridgewater

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

PLOT:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.

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MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)
























Directed by: George Mihalka
Starring: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck, Cynthia Dale, Don Francks, Keith Knight, Alf Humphreys, Terry Waterland, Thomas Kovacs, Helene Udy, Rob Stein, Patricia Hamilton, Gina Dick, Larry Reynolds, Jim Murchison, Carl Marotte, Jack Van Evera, Peter Cowper, Jeff Banks

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

PLOT:
Valentine's Day is coming around and the young people of the small mining town of Valentine's Bluffs are organising a party. A few decades earlier an explosion at the mine trapped six miners underground. One, Harry Warden, survived, though in a deranged state. Warden is sent to a mental hospital but escapes and murders those he deems responsible for the mine accident. Now people are being brutally murdered again, and the townsfolk suspect that it is the work of Harry Warden.

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BLENDED (2014)
























Directed by: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Terry Crews, Joel McHale, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon, Shaquille O'Neal, Dale Steyn, Braxton Beckham, Kyle Red Silverstein, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jessica Lowe, Zak Henri, Jackie Sandler, Jared Sandler, Abdoulaye N'Gom, Dan Patrick, Lauren Lapkus, Mary Pat Gleason, Allen Covert, Alexis Arquette, Judith Sandler, Jacqueline Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Sadie Sandler

117 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, crude and sexual humor)

PLOT:
Lauren and Jim are two single parents just looking for love. In the wake of a blind date that turns disastrous, both agree that they're better off single. Just when Lauren and Jim thought they would never see each other again, however, their two families end up at the same African safari resort for spring break. Could it possibly be that their relationship is so crazy it just might work?

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

THE JACKET (2005)
























Directed by: John Maybury
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro, Daniel Craig, Steven Mackintosh, Brendan Coyle, Mackenzie Phillips, Jason Lewis, Richard Dillane, Jonah Lotan, Angel Coulby, Paul Birchard, Nigel Whitmey, Ian Porter, Anthony Edridge, Kerry Shale, Angus MacInnes, Laura Marano, Richard Durden, Tristan Gemmill, Colin Stinton, Tara Summers, Angelo Andreou, Teresa Gallagher, Anne Kidd, Charneh Demir, Frances Brady-Stewart, Lolly Susi, Garrick Hagon, Derek "Fish" Dick

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

PLOT:
Gulf War veteran Jack Starks, having suffered a near-death experience while on active service, returns to Vermont in 1992, suffering from periods of amnesia. Back in the United States where he is blamed for the death of a policeman, and incarcerated in a hospital for the criminally insane. Subject to experimental treatments there, which involve him being shut inside a morgue casket while tied in a straitjacket, he eventually learns to travel through time and is able to offer help to various people.

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KATT WILLIAMS - WORLD WAR III (2022)
























Directed by: Katt Williams
Starring: Katt Williams

59 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Katt Williams riffs on truth, lies, chicken wing shortages and the war on drugs in this electrifying stand-up special filmed in Las Vegas.

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DICKS - THE MUSICAL (2023)
























Directed by: Larry Charles
Based on the off-Broadway musical "Fucking Identical Twins" by: Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson
Starring: Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang, Megan Thee Stallion, Tom Kenny, Frank Todaro, Sonya Eddy, Danielle Perez, Nick Offerman, D'Arcy Carden, Amy Jo Jackson, Blake Daniel, Oscar Montoya

86 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, crude sexual humor, nudity)

PLOT:
A pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.


 

Saturday, February 10, 2024

MAN BITES DOG (1992)
























Directed by: Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde
Starring: Benoit Poelvoorde, Valerie Parent, Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Jean-Marc Chenut, Alain Oppezzi, Vincent Tavier

95 minutes
(NC-17 - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, disturbing images)
Country of origin: Belguim

PLOT:
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter.

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Friday, February 9, 2024

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2011)
























Directed by: John Madden
Based on the novel "These Foolish Things" by: Deborah Moggach
Starring: Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Tina Desai, Lillete Dubey, Diana Hardcastle, Sid Makkar, Seema Azmi, Paul Bhattacharjee, Rajendra Gupta, Neena Kulkarni, Liza Tarbuck, Denzil Smith, Honey Chhaya, Bhuvnesh Shetty

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

PLOT:
Seven elderly Britons, for a variety of reasons, respond to an online ad and travel to Jaipur, India, where they find run-down hotel with a young, exuberant, and optimistic host. Evelyn Greenslade, newly widowed, wants a low-cost experience, Graham Dashwood seeks a long-ago love, Douglas Ainslie and Jean Ainslie have lost their pension in a family investment, Muriel Donnelly needs cheap hip surgery, Madge Hardcastle seeks a rich husband, and Norman Cousins is chasing women. India affects each in different ways, enchanting Douglas and Evelyn while driving Jean deeper into bitterness. Their host, young Sonny, has dreams but little cash or skill; he also has a girlfriend whom his mother dismisses. Stories cross and discoveries await each one.

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HERO (2002)
























Directed by: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen, Chen Daoming

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

PLOT:
In feudal China, the King of Qin is waging a bloody campaign to conquer the entire land. He has been made a target of three dangerous assassins: spear-wielding Sky, and the lovers Broken Sword and Flying Snow. One day word comes that he has nothing left to fear; a prefect known only as Nameless has killed all three assassins. Nameless is called to the palace and asked to recount the tale of how he accomplished this amazing feat. After he tells his story, however, the King notices some flaws in it.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

HEATHERS (1988)
























Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Penelope Milford, Glenn Shadix, Lance Fenton, Patrick Labyorteaux, Jeremy Applegate, Jon Matthews, Renee Estevez, Carrie Lynn, Phill Lewis

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

PLOT:
Like it or not, Heather Chandler's group--a team of three affluent, stylish, and snobbish young divas sharing the same first name--is the most popular and feared clique in all of Westerburg High School. But enough is enough--now hesitant supporter Veronica Sawyer wants out, despising herself for hanging out with the trio of socially sadistic Heathers. Then, mysterious and effortlessly charming newcomer Jason Dean enters the picture, and just like that, Veronica joins forces with him to appease her newfound conscience and teach the pretty tyrants a lesson. However, there's no such thing as a foolproof plan--at first, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. And now there's no turning back. What happens if killer passion ruins everything?

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Monday, February 5, 2024

EATING RAOUL (1982)
























Directed by: Paul Bartel
Starring: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr, Buck Henry, Susan Saiger, Richard Paul, "The Real" Don Steele, Edie McClurg, John Shearin, Darcy Pulliam, Hamilton Camp, Allan Rich, John Paragon

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

PLOT:
When a Paul enters his apartment to find Mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement (and thinks that Mary is just playing hard to get) he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. Their dreams of running a small resturant seem to be in jeopardy until they decide to dispose of the body, keep the wallet, and to advertise for other sexually oriented visitors who are summarily killed, bagged, robbed and disposed of. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action.

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
























Directed by: William Wyler
Story by: Dalton Trumbo
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings, Tullio Carminati, Paolo Carlini, Claudio Ermelli, Paola Borboni, Alfredo Rizzo, Laura Solari, Gorella Gori, Hans Hinrich

118 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Joe Bradley is a reporter for the American News Service in Rome, a job he doesn't much like as he would rather work for what he considers a real news agency back in the States. He is on the verge of getting fired when he, sleeping in and getting caught in a lie by his boss Hennessy, misses an interview with HRH Princess Ann, who is on a goodwill tour of Europe, Rome only her latest stop. However, he thinks he may have stumbled upon a huge scoop. Princess Ann has officially called off all her Rome engagements due to illness. In reality, he recognizes the photograph of her as being the young well but simply dressed drunk woman he rescued off the street last night (as he didn't want to turn her into the police for being a vagrant), and who is still in his small studio apartment sleeping off her hangover. What Joe doesn't know is that she is really sleeping off the effects of a sedative given to her by her doctor to calm her down after an anxiety attack, that anxiety because she hates her regimented life where she has no freedom and must always do and say the politically correct things, not what is truly on her mind or in her heart. In wanting just a little freedom, she seized upon a chance opportunity to escape from the royal palace where she was staying, albeit with no money in her pockets. Joe believes he can get an exclusive interview with her without she even knowing that he's a reporter or that he's interviewing her. As Joe accompanies "Anya Smith" - her name as she tells him in trying to hide her true identity - around Rome on her incognito day of freedom somewhat unaware that the secret service is searching for her, along for the ride is Joe's photographer friend, Irving Radovich, who Joe has tasked with clandestinely taking photographs of her, those photos to accompany the story. As the day progresses, Joe and Ann slowly start to fall for each other. Their feelings for each other affect what both decide to do, Ann with regard to her royal duties, Joe with regard to the story, and both with regard to if there is a future for them together.

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Saturday, February 3, 2024

THE GREEN ROOM WITH PAUL PROVENZA (2010 - 2011)
























Created by: Paul Provenza
Hosted by: Paul Provenza
Guests: Drew Carey, Reginald D. Hunter, Eddie Izzard, Larry Miller, Sandra Bernhard, Patrice O'Neal, Roseanne Barr, Bob Saget, Brendon Burns, Andy Dick, Dana Gould, Andy Kindler, Jim Jefferies, Paul Mooney, Rain Pryor, Bobby Slayton, Robert Klein, Rick Overton, Jonathan Winters, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Tom Smothers, Judd Apatow, Bo Burnham, Marc Maron, Ray Romano, Garry Shandling, Franklyn Ajaye, Kathy Griffin, Greg Proops, Richard Belzer, Janeane Garofalo, Dave Attell, Doug Stanhope, Glenn Wool, Lewis Black, Ron White, Kathleen Madigan, Jamie Kilstein, Margaret Cho, Richard Lewis, Jeff Ross, Kumail Nanjiani, Tommy Chong, Joe Rogan, Rick Shapiro, Eddie Ifft, Bill Burr, Russell Peters, Colin Quinn, Caroline Rhea, Lizz Winstead, Jimmy Carr, Judah Friedlander, Chris Hardwick, Tim Minchin, Lee Camp, Ben Ellwood, David Feldman, Dan Pasternack, Ron Jeremy, Dylan Brody, Emory Emory, Matt Kirshen, Allison Kilkenny, Daryl Wright, Kevin Booth, Arj Barker, Hannibal Buress, Troy Conrad, Robert Kelly, Eugene Mirman, Jay Oakerson, Shane Mauss, Anthony Jeselnik, Tony Clifton, Ted Bender

14 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug use)

PLOT:
Comedians sit around talking about comedy and world issues with host, Paul Provenza.
 

BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE (1999)
























Directed by: Anne Wheeler
Starring: Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Peter Outerbridge, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Wendy Crewson, Kevin Mundy, Marya Delver, Tony Nappo, Jay Brazeau, Beatrice Zeilinger, Veena Sood

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

PLOT:
Two attractive young lesbians, Maggie and Kim, meet in Vancouver, develop a passionate romance, and move in together. Meanwhile, Maggie's well-meaning but naive mother Lila gets divorced and decides to move to Vancouver and join the household. Soon after, Lila is befriended by Judy, a transsexual about to undergo a sex-change operation. Complications ensue as the conservative Lila learns the truth about Maggie, Judy, and their diverse group of friends.

 

Friday, February 2, 2024

BENNY & JOON (1993)
























Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Starring: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, CCH Pounder, Dan Hedaya, Joe Grifasi, William H. Macy, Eileen Ryan, Liane Curtis, Lynette Walden, Noon Orsatti, Dan Kamin

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

PLOT:
In Spokane, Washington, Juniper Pearl - Joon to those that know her - is an artist. She is also a mentally challenged young woman who requires around the clock care, as she could cause harm to herself or others. Her brother Benny Pearl, who owns and operates a garage and who is her only living relative since their parents died twelve years ago in a car accident, has made the decision that she would live at home with him, in the process sacrificing being able to have a personal life of his own. He has hired full-time housekeepers to provide that care when he isn't around. However, he has exhausted the list of housekeepers, who keep quitting because Joon is too much to handle. As such, Benny makes the decision that perhaps it would be best for all concerned if Joon were to live in a group home, something he is hesitating telling her for fear of her reaction. Into their lives comes Sam, the eccentric cousin of Benny's friend Mike, who they obtained from Mike in a losing hand of poker. Among his eccentricities, Sam has a penchant for bursting into Buster Keaton-esque physical comedy routines. As Sam ultimately makes a connection with both Benny and Joon, he becomes a complicating factor in their lives as Benny evaluates Sam's fitness to handle both the good and bad of Joon.

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SNATCH (2000)
























Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Benicio Del Toro, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ade, Rade Šerbedžija, Vinnie Jones, Adam Fogerty, Mike Reid, Nicola Collins, Teena Collins, Sorcha Cusack, Jason Flemyng, Goldie, Velibor Topic, Sam Douglas, Ewen Bremner, Andy Beckwith, Dave Legeno, William Beck

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

PLOT:
Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Mickey, who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off of Travellers. They then try to convince Mickey not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris the Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog.

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
























Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Steve Coogan, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Marianne Faithfull, Mary Nighy, Jamie Dornan, Al Weaver, Sarah Adler, Sebastian Armesto, Clementine Poidatz, Celine Sallette, Aurore Clement, Guillaume Gallienne, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Tom Hardy, James Lance, Mathieu Amalric, Joseph Malerba, Andre Oumansky

123 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, partial nudity)

PLOT:
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

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