A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. Read More »
Daily Archives: March 2, 2018
Permission to Kill (1975) Cyril Frankel, Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner, Bekim Fehmiu, Drama, Thriller
When the exiled leader of a free party decides to return to his own country, and attempts to remove the dictator currently in place there Read More »
Quiet Cool (1986) Clay Borris, James Remar, Daphne Ashbrook, Adam Coleman Howard, Action
Joe Dylanne is a plainclothes NYC cop with a badge… and a robust personality. He always resorts to unconventional methods in order to capture the city’s slickest criminals. Read More »
Miss Right (1982) Paul Williams, William Tepper, Margot Kidder, Karen Black, Comedy
After falling for Juliette, the woman of his dreams, a womanizing journalist in Rome, Italy, must dump his numerous female lovers one by one, but not all of them take it well. Read More »
The Life of Reilly (2006) Frank L. Anderson, Barry Poltermann, Charles Nelson Reilly, Documentary, Biography, Comedy
If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block Read More »
Lilly Turner (1933) William A. Wellman, Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Frank McHugh, Drama
A carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she’s pregnant. She then marries the carnival’s barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer. Read More »
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Bomba decides he wants to know more about his parents and sets out to find out what happened to them. Read More »
Cipher Bureau (1938) Charles Lamont, Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Action, Drama
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent. Read More »
Marathon (1993) Carlos Saura, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Linford Christie, Documentary, Sport
A view of the Olympic Games at Barcelona, using the marathon race as the weaving thread. Read More »
Down the Drain (1993) Shinobu Yaguchi, Noboru Iguchi, Shigeru Izumiya, Kotaro, Comedy
The protagonist, Junko, endures a long series of remarkable misfortunes that leave her at loose ends, steering the films toward the topic of modern experiences of displacement and spiritual homelessness. Read More »
Murder! (1930) Alfred Hitchcock, Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The police find the actress, Diana Baring, near the body of her friend. All the circumstantial proofs seems to point to her and, at the end of the trial, she is condemned. Read More »
At Noon (1978) Kôichi Gotô, Kenichi Kaneda, Kôji Tamura, Shinobu Yûki, Crime, Drama
Tadao returns from Tokyo to live in his home town. Living with his parents, he gets a job fixing radios and TV sets. Read More »
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) William Clemens, Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Nancy Drew and Ted Nickerson solve a murder and save two elderly ladies from losing their family home. The old mansion is complete with a moving wall and a hidden staircase. Read More »