A young gangster in 1920’s New York quickly rises through the ranks of the mob Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2020
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion (2003) Takashi Miike, Naomi Akimoto, Narimi Arimori, Tatsuya Fuji
A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss. Read More »
No Tomorrow (1999) Master P, Gary Busey, Gary Daniels
A major arms deal is going down, and 3 separate characters are desperately trying to get in on it. Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, Howard Hawks, Marilyn Monroe
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks Read More »
City After Dark (1980) Ishmael Bernal, Charito Solis, Alma Moreno, Lorna Tolentino
The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Read More »
Anger of the Gods AKA La colère des dieux (2003) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Omar Ouedraogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Ina Cissé
A king’s son takes over when his father dies. Read More »
After the Waterfall (2010) Simone Horrocks, Dan Broad, Paul Gittins, Vicky Haughton
A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. Read More »
Jack of Diamonds (1967) Don Taylor, George Hamilton, Joseph Cotten, Marie Laforêt
The protege of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal Read More »
Canyon River (1956) Harmon Jones, George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter Graves
A Wyoming rancher and his foreman journey to Oregon to get breeding cattle Read More »
Slave Trade in the World Today AKA Le schiave esistono ancora (1964) Maleno Malenotti, Roberto Malenotti, Robert Lamoureux, Robin Maugham, Allen Swift
The film documents modern slave trade through a number of Arabian and African countries, under muslim rule. Read More »
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004) Joanna Kerns, Alan Thicke, Kirk Cameron
The Seaver parents try to sell their house to retire but Mike and his sister Carol Read More »
You Can’t Get Away with Murder (1939) Lewis Seiler, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie’s sister Madge’s Read More »
Les Misérables (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke
This is by far the best version of Les Misérables ever made in my opinion and the critics. Read More »
The Wall AKA Duvar (1983) Yilmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »
The White Viking AKA Hvíti víkingurinn (1991) Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Gotti Sigurdarson, Maria Bonnevie, Sveinn M. Eiðsson
Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla Read More »