The insane Doctor Enger is obsessed with his plan to build a hospital to cure blind children. Read More »
Daily Archives: November 5, 2017
Mr. Vampire (1985) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A ghost sucks the life-force out of a one of Uncle Nine’s student. The other is slowly turned into a vampire. Read More »
Why Worry? (1923) Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Harold Van Pelham (Lloyd) is a hypochondriac, rich businessman who sails to the tropics for his ‘health.’ Instead of the peace and seclusion he is seeking, he finds himself in the middle of a revolution. Read More »
Heroic Trio 2 – Executioners (1993) Siu-Tung Ching, Johnnie To, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Set some time after the original ‘Heroic Trio’ the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. Read More »
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978) José Mojica Marins, Jorge Peres, Magna Miller, Horror
A psychiatric doctor is driven insane plagued by nightmarish visions of Zé do Caixão’s (Coffin Joe) subterranean world of bizarre horror. Read More »
Dark Delusion (1947) Willis Goldbeck, Lionel Barrymore, James Craig, Lucille Bremer, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Leonard Gillespie, for several reasons and not all medically related, asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt, to go to a small town and replace a local doctor while he is on vacation. Read More »
Comanche (1956) George Sherman, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Romance, Western
Indian scout Jim Read is picked by his commander to set up a meeting between Comanche Chief Quanah Parker and a representative from Washington to negotiate a peace treaty. Read More »
Eroica (1958) Andrzej Munk, Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Ignacy Machowski, Comedy, Drama, War
Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, “Scherzo alla polacca”, a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. Read More »
Heroic Trio (1993) Johnnie To, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Action, Fantasy
The all-female Heroic Trio are Tung (Wonder Woman), Chat (Thief Catcher), a mercenary, and Ching (Invisible Woman). Read More »
Shen nu / The Goddess (1934) Yonggang Wu, Lingyu Ruan, Tian Jian, Zhizhi Zhang, Drama
An unnamed devoted mother sells herself by night on the streets of Shanghai in order to support herself and her infant son. Read More »