A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they’re kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. Read More »
Daily Archives: September 1, 2018
Brenda Starr (1989) Robert Ellis Miller, Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, Tony Peck
Mike is a struggling artist who draws the ‘Brenda Starr’ strip for the papers. When Brenda comes to life in the strip and sees how unappreciated she is by Mike, she leaves the strip. Read More »
In the Name of the Italian People (1971) Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. Read More »
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) Takashi Miike, Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda
A pioneer of a man convinces his family to take advantage of news of a road soon to be built through an area of the country that can be had for next to nothing. Read More »
It Happened in Hollywood (1937) Harry Lachman, Richard Dix, Fay Wray, Victor Kilian
While hospitalized young Billy meets his silent movie idol Tim Bart but then the talkies came, destroying Bart’s career. Read More »
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) Joseph Kane, John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut
Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Read More »
Born to Be Bad (1934) Lowell Sherman, Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk
Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Read More »
Sombrero (1953) Norman Foster, Ricardo Montalban, Pier Angeli, Vittorio Gassman
Adapted from the book, “Mexican Village,” by Josefina Niggli, the film tells three interwoven love stories against the background of a feud between two villages. Read More »
Limpiegato (1960) Gianni Puccini, Nino Manfredi, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Anna Maria Ferrero
Nando is employed by a large company. Life takes place in the home, where he lives with his sister, and the office, where he does a job that leaves him totally dissatisfied. Read More »