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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Father (1990) John Power, Max von Sydow, Carol Drinkwater, Julia Blake
On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family. Read More »
Meet Me on Broadway (1946) Leigh Jason, Marjorie Reynolds, Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg
Believing that he can produce better Broadway shows without the hindrance of his producer, Eddie Dolan quits the musical he is directing Read More »
Dangerous When Wet (1953) Charles Walters, Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. Read More »
Are We Men or Corporals? AKA Siamo uomini o caporali (1955) Camillo Mastrocinque, Totò, Paolo Stoppa, Fiorella Mari
Corporals are the powers that be, the Man, the Totalitarian creeps, the Bureaucratic bosses and bullies Read More »
The Texas Rangers (1936) King Vidor, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker
Jim Hawkins and Wahoo Jones are stagecoach robbers who head to Texas to find Sam McGee, their partner. Read More »
Hate Thy Neighbor AKA Odia il prossimo tuo (1968) Ferdinando Baldi, Spiros Focás, George Eastman, Nicoletta Machiavelli
Ken wants justice for his brother Bill, who was killed by a notorious gunman named Stevens for a goldmine map. Read More »
The Wild Bunch (1969) Sam Peckinpah, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan
“If they move, kill ’em!” Beginning and ending with two of the bloodiest battles in screen history Read More »
Mississippi Gambler (1942) John Rawlins, Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel
A journalist finds out, a farm proprietor he meets would be a gangster that the authorities is searching for, who’s shifted his face with plastic surgery. Read More »
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967) Roger Corman, Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city’s boss of organised crime. Read More »
Men From the Gutter AKA An qu (1983) Ngai Choi Lam, Jason Pai Piao, Yung Wang, Meng Lo
From its evocative title to its gritty filming to its gutsy plot, this sizzling crime thriller struck a chord with international audiences. Read More »
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Basil Dearden, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford
Jean (Virginia McKenna) and Matt (Bill Travers) are a struggling married couple, with Matt trying to scrape out a living as a writer. Read More »
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) Dan Milner, Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
An unusual radioactive rock on the sea bottom mutates the ocean life into a horrible monster. Read More »
Black Beauty (1971) James Hill, Mark Lester, Walter Slezak, Peter Lee Lawrence
When farmer Evan’s mare has a fine son, he promises the black stallion to his son Joe. The youngster enjoy growing up as playmates. Read More »
Yumechiyo’s Diary AKA Yumechiyo nikki (1985) Kirirô Urayama, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Kirin Kiki
Yumechiyo Nikki is the story of a woman who is suffering from leukemia, the result of exposure to the atomic blast when she was still unborn. Read More »