American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Read More »
Daily Archives: September 5, 2017
The Story of Molly X (1949) Crane Wilbur, June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Molly’s husband Rick was a gang leader somewhere in the middle west. When he’s shot, the tough woman moves to S.F. with a couple of the gang to start anew. Read More »
Christopher Strong (1933) Dorothy Arzner, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Drama, Romance
At a party for Bright Young Things, a “treasure hunt” for attractive yet virtuous people nets Sir Christopher Strong, M.P., and Lady Cynthia Darrington, dashing aviatrix. Read More »
The Las Vegas Story (1952) Robert Stevenson, Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Investment broker Lloyd Rollins, insisting to his wife Linda that they stop at Las Vegas on their trip from Boston, begins to gamble heavily. Read More »
Shame (1988) Steve Jodrell, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Bill McCluskey, Drama
Asta Cadell, a lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks down and shacks up with Tim Curtis Read More »
Ausente / Absent (2011) Marco Berger, Carlos Echevarría, Javier De Pietro, Antonella Costa, Drama, Thriller
Martin, a young Argentine student, is exploring the reactions of his sports coach, Sebastian, while vying for his love and affection. Read More »
Istanbul (1985) Marc Didden, Brad Dourif, Dominique Deruddere, Ingrid De Vos, Thriller, Drama
Willy, a student, quits his vacationjob to go to Istanbul with the sinister yet facinating Klamski. Read More »
The Madmen of Mandoras (1963) David Bradley, Walter Stocker, Audrey Caire, Carlos Rivas, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler’s brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a machine. Read More »
Shukuzu (1953) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Sumiko Hidaka, Isuzu Yamada, Drama
Ginko, the daughter of a poor shoemaker Ginzo, a child was sold to a geisha. From a student she became a real geisha and made her debut under the name of “Peony”. Read More »
Johanna (2005) Kornél Mundruczó, Orsolya Tóth, Eszter Wierdl, Zsolt Trill, Drama
Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death’s doorstep. Read More »
Survivor (1987) Michael Shackleton, Christopher Mayer, Richard Moll, Sue Kiel, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Returning from outer space, an astronaut calling himself “The Survivor” finds a nuclear war has left the Earth as a desert wasteland. Read More »
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Norman Jewison, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Crime, Drama, Romance
Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Read More »
Hirttämättömät / The Unhanged (1971) Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Spede Pasanen, Western, Comedy
Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. Read More »
Imperial Navy (1981) Shûe Matsubayashi, Susumu Fujita, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Akihiko Hirata, Drama, War
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan’s greatest flagship during the Second World War. Read More »
Things to Come (1936) William Cameron Menzies, Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Read More »