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Tornado Range (1948) Ray Taylor, Eddie Dean, Copper the Horse, Roscoe Ates, Action, Drama, Music, Western
Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called ‘Nesters’ Read More »
The Third Contest / Mondonosuke Sanban Shobu (1965) Tetsuya Yamanouchi, Shigeru Amachi, Kanjûrô Arashi, Gannosuke Ashiya, Drama
When Mondonosuke, a young sword student has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel, he takes it upon himself to return to Edo and see if his teacher needs help. Read More »
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) Archie Mayo, Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner. Read More »
Taebek sanmaek / Taebaek Mountains (1994) Kwon-taek Im, Dong-joon Choi, Seon-kyeong Jeong, Gyeong-ho Kim, Drama, War
The story tries to describe and reveal a few generations-lasting conflicts between the haves (proprietors) and have-nots (peasants) Read More »
The Moon’s Our Home (1936) William A. Seiter, Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Charles Butterworth, Comedy
A writer and an actress meet and marry without really knowing each other–they are even unaware that both bride and groom are equally famous. Read More »
Das Stahltier / The Steel Animal (1935) Willy Zielke, Aribert Mog, Sophia Hagen, Documentary, Comedy, Drama, History
In present day Germany, by 6:30 a.m., the railway workers are waiting the opening of the factory’s door to start a new day of hard work. Read More »
Kaigenrei / Coup D’Etat (1973) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yasuo Miyake, Akiko Kurano, Biography, Drama, History
Ikka Kita is a revolutionary, who suffers when he is brought his younger brother’s clothes, still smeared with his blood. Read More »
Alice (1990) Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Read More »
The Book of Revelation (2006) Ana Kokkinos, Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
While walking to buy cigarettes, the professional dancer Daniel is abducted and raped over many days by three hooded women. Read More »
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) Alfred E. Green, Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Comedy, Mystery
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Read More »
The Small Back Room (1949) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, David Farrar, Jack Hawkins, Kathleen Byron, Drama, Romance, Thriller
The best bomb disposal officer during World War II was badly injured and is in frequent pain. Read More »
The Brasher Doubloon (1947) John Brahm, George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Philip Marlowe gets involved when limp-wristed and snidely Leslie Murdock steals a rare doubloon from his mother to give to a newsreel photographer Read More »
Men Without Women (1930) John Ford, Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Action, Drama
Aboard the U.S. submarine S13 in the China seas, Chief Torpedoman Burke goes about his duties. Read More »
Another Woman (1988) Woody Allen, Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Drama
Having recently turned fifty, Marion feels that she has led a so far blessed life. The well-respected Dean of Philosophy at a women’s college, she is currently on sabbatical to write her latest book. Read More »