A woman goes to a sideshow fortune-teller to have her fortune told, and is astonished when the man looks into his crystal ball and goes into great detail about events in her past that few people ever knew about. Read More »
Daily Archives: June 16, 2017
Il Colosso di Rodi / The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) Sergio Leone, Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Adventure, Drama, History
A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor Read More »
Palio (1932) Alessandro Blasetti, Leda Gloria, Laura Nucci, Guido Celano, Drama
It seems that Zarre (Guido Celano), the man chosen to be the jockey for the Lupa contrada, and fiance’ to Fiora (Leda Gloria), becomes enamored of a cafe’ chanteuse. Read More »
The Boost (1988) Harold Becker, James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Drama, Romance
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. Read More »
The Equinox…A Journey Into The Supernatural (1967) Jack Woods, Mark Thomas McGee, Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner, Horror, Adventure, Mystery
Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor. Read More »
The Champ (1979) Franco Zeffirelli, Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Drama, Sport
Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J. Read More »
The Juggler (1953) Edward Dmytryk, Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Drama, History, War
Hans Muller is a Jewish refugee from Germany. Relocating to Israel after World War II, he can not overcome the psychological effects of the war. Read More »
Hard to Handle (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Comedy, Romance
Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. Read More »
Heart of the Rockies (1951) William Witney, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Penny Edwards, Western
Roy Rogers, a highway engineer, strongly favors a youth-rehabilitation camp sponsored by retired State Prison Warden Parker where young first-offenders can be reformed without being exposed to penitentiary life. Read More »
Cuadecuc, vampir (1971) Pere Portabella, Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Soledad Miranda, Documentary, Horror
An experimental film using the stock footage of Jeas Franco’s Count Dracula with an atmospheric sound track to create a subversive experience. Read More »
Charade (1963) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Regina Lampert, a Paris based American, has decided to divorce her Swiss husband, Charles Lampert, because of the secrets and lies that have pervaded their marriage Read More »
Mabo (2012) Rachel Perkins, Jimi Bani, Deborah Mailman, Ewen Leslie, Biography, Drama
Mabo tells the story of one of Australia’s national heroes – Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at age 15 Read More »
Anahy de las Misiones (1997) Sérgio Silva, Araci Esteves, Marcos Palmeira, Dira Paes, Drama, War
Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead. Read More »
The Good Companions (1933) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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Calm Yourself (1935) George B. Seitz, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Comedy, Romance
Advertising executive Preston ‘Pat’ Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he offends his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Read More »