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Monthly Archives: February 2020
The Oklahoma Kid (1939) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane
McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land Read More »
Submarine Seahawk (1958) Spencer Gordon Bennet, John Bentley, Brett Halsey, Wayne Heffley
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine Read More »
The Dresser (1983) Peter Yates, Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand, the dresser, Norman (Sir Tom Courtenay) Read More »
Storm Over the Pacific AKA Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi (1960) Shûe Matsubayashi, Hugo Grimaldi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan’s Naval Air Force. Read More »
Love Me Tender (1956) Robert D. Webb, Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley
Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. Read More »
The Creature AKA La criatura (1977) Eloy de la Iglesia, Ana Belén, Juan Diego, Claudia Gravy
A respectable couple who have been married for several years are overjoyed when the wife unexpectedly gets pregnant. Read More »
Electric Shadows AKA Meng ying tong nian (2004) Jiang Xiao, Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Read More »
Crossing the Line AKA Il passaggio della linea (2007) Pietro Marcello, Arturo Nicolodi, Ciro Esposito, Pasquale Ottaviano
A journey through Italian landscapes as seen through the windows of several long-distance express trains. Read More »
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) Tim Burton, Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton
The cartoonish and childish character Pee-wee Herman goes on a big adventure for the first time Read More »
The Quarrel (1991) Eli Cohen, R.H. Thomson, Saul Rubinek, Merlee Shapiro
Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion Read More »
Love Is Colder Than Death AKA Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake
Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress Read More »
The Large Rope (1953) Wolf Rilla, Donald Houston, Robert Brown, Susan Shaw
After being framed for a murder he didn’t commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time Read More »
Black Dossier AKA Le dossier noir (1955) André Cayatte, Antoine Balpêtré, Bernard Blier, Jean-Marc Bory
Jacques Arnaud arrives in a small town somewhere in the province. Read More »
Mad Dog Time (1996) Larry Bishop, Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss
Mob boss Vic returns to business from madhouse. Meanwhile his best Read More »