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Daily Archives: April 16, 2020
The Escape AKA Quod erat demonstrandum (2013) Andrei Gruzsniczki, Sorin Leoveanu, Ofelia Popii, Florin Piersic Jr.
In mid-’80s Romania, a gifted mathematician is under investigation for plans to publish a new theorem by smuggling it overseas. Read More »
Cymbeline (1982) Elijah Moshinsky, Richard Johnson, Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. Read More »
Smartest Girl in Town (1936) Joseph Santley, Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Helen Broderick
Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she’s determined to marry a rich man. Read More »
The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947) Lambert Hillyer, Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins
Jewel thieves, operating under the guises of a Duke and a Duchess, hire the Ace Detective Agency Read More »
The Long and the Short and the Tall AKA Jungle Fighters (1961) Leslie Norman, Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris
A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises Read More »
Kill Cruise AKA Der Skipper (1990) Peter Keglevic, Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley
A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Read More »
Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness AKA Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (1965) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoki Sugiura
Shin’Ichi returns home to visit his mother’s grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. Read More »
A Herança (1970) Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, David Cardoso, Bárbara Fazio, Rosalvo Caçador
Transposition of the classical play “Hamlet” to the Brazilian rural scenery. Read More »
Derby Day (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »