Tuesday, May 3, 2022

SUBSPECIES (1991)
























Directed by: Ted Nicolaou
Starring: Michael Watson, Laura Tate, Anders Hove, Michelle McBride, Irina Movila, Ivan J. Rado, Mara Grigore, Adrian Vâlcu, Angus Scrimm

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

PLOT:
The evil vampire villain Radu returns to his hometown Prejnar, after spending years in exile. He steals the precious blood stone which is said to be bleeding from all saints, from his father and kills him. Meanwhile two American schoolgirls team up with a local girl for work on Romanian culture. Radu becomes attracted to them but runs into trouble when his brother Stephan helps the girls.

 

THE OUTFIT (2022)

























Directed by: Graham Moore
Starring: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O'Brien, Simon Russell Beale, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Alan Mehdizadeh

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

PLOT:
Leonard, a master English tailor who's ended up in Chicago, operates a corner tailor shop with his assistant where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters. One night, two killers knock on his door in need of a favor - And Leonard is thrust onto the board in a deadly game of deception and murder.

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Monday, May 2, 2022

RESURRECTION (1980)


 

















Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Clifford David, Pamela Payton-WrightLois Smith, Eva Le Gallienne, Richard Hamilton, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sylvia Walden, Lane Smith, Carlin Glynn, Penelope Allen, Ebbe Roe Smith, Trazana BeverleyJohn Tillinger, Ralph Roberts, George Sperdakos, Bernard Behrens, James Blendick, Vernon WeddleMadeleine Sherwood

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

PLOT:
Edna Mae survives a car accident that kills her husband and nearly kills her but her brief out of body experience gives her the power to heal people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.

Saturday, April 30, 2022

THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES OF UNICO (1981)
























Directed by: Toshio Hirata, Osamu Tezuka
Starring: (voices) Katsue Miwa, Ryouko Kitamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama, Junko Hori, Makio Inoue, Iruka, Taeko Nakanishi, Chieko Baisho, Ardwright Chamberlain, Louise Chamis, Cheryl Chase, Ron Gans, Barbara Goodson, J.C. Henning, Diane Lander, Robin Levenson, Dave Mallow, Jan Rabson, Michael Sorich

90 minutes
(TV-PG - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
When Unico, a young unicorn, is taken from his family by evil gods, his powers of joy and happiness are put to the test. Can Unico's power triumph the darkness?

ANIME FEATURE

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EVOLUTION (2001)
























Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Ethan Suplee, Michael Bower, Pat Kilbane, Ty Burrell, Dan Aykroyd, Katharine Towne, Gregory Itzin, Ashley Clark, Stephanie Hodge, Kyle Gass, Sarah Silverman, Richard Moll, Tom Davis, Jerry Trainor, Miriam Flynn, Mary Pat Gleason, Steven Gilborn, John Cho

101 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, some rude humor)

PLOT:
When a meteorite falls to Earth two college professors, Dr. Ira Kane and Prof. Harry Phineas Block, are assigned the job of checking the site out. At the site, they discover organisms not of this planet. Soon the site is taken over by the government, forcing Ira and Harry to the side. As the new life-forms begin to evolve and start to get more and more dangerous, it's up to the two professors to save the planet.

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

LOVE CRIMES OF KABUL (2011)
























Directed by: Tanaz Eshaghian

71 minutes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)
Country of origin: Afghanistan

PLOT:
An intimate portrait of three young Afghani women accused of committing "moral crimes" such as premarital sex and running away from home. As we follow them from prison to trial, we discover the pressures and paradoxes that women in Afghanistan face today and the dangerous consequences when they refuse to fit in.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

CHAMPAIGN ILL (2018)
























Created by: Jordan Cahan, David Caspe, Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman
Starring: Adam Pally, Sam Richardson, Keith David, Allyce Beasley, Curtis Armstrong, Sabrina Revelle, Danielle Schneider, Jay Pharoah, Neil Casey, Rich Sommer, Rhonda Dents, Adriyan Rae, Thomas Barbusca, Matt Walsh, Drew Scheid, Jennifer "Ms. Fer" Russell, Adena Brumer, Lacey Coan, Brian Kayode-Patrick Johnson, Michael Pierino Miller, Andre Parr, Jasun Jabbar Wardlow Jr, Athena Akers, David Dunston, Marc Gowan, Casey Wilson, Nick Arapoglou, Elle Graham, Liz McGeever, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Matt Borlenghi, Johnnie Gordon, Amy Parrish, Allyssa Brooke, Danny Kang, Uriah Love, Agnes Mayasari, Deacon Randle, Sara Torres, Kate Adair, JinYoung Choi, Ashlee Heath, Andre Ing, Benjamin Keepers, Fernando Martinez, Davvy Glab, Sarah Hudson, Sam Lukowski, Amber Neukum, Nirvi Shah, Danielle Uhlarik, Jack Alcott, Mike Benitez

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

PLOT:
After the death of their best friend, a wildly famous rap icon, Alf and Ronnie lose their lavish lifestyle and are forced to return home to Champaign, Illinois in order to get back what they have left of what used to be their promising futures after school.

 

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (2013 - 2019)

  Created by: Jenji Kohan Based on the memoirs "Orange is the New Black - My Year in a Women's Prison" by: Piper Kerman Starri...