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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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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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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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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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.

 

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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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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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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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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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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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.

 

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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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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