Here’s a National Geographic style documentary that’s alternately exploitive and informative. Read More »
Adventure
Destination Tokyo (1943) Delmer Daves, Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale
Made during World War II, this chronicles a voyage of a U.S. submarine on a secret mission to the very shores of Japan. Read More »
Princess of the Nile (1954) Harmon Jones, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie
1249 A.D. Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors Read More »
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) Michael Anderson, Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what’s sinking ships all over the ocean. Read More »
The Dogs of War (1980) John Irvin, Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely
Jamie Shannon is a soldier of fortune — a mercenary who will stage a coup or a revolution for the right price. Read More »
His Majesty O’Keefe (1954) Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell
In 1870, Yankee sea captain O’Keefe finds himself stranded after a mutiny on the Micronesian island of Yap Read More »
Fighting Coast Guard (1951) Joseph Kane, Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines
Bill Rourk, an ex-Coast Guard crew chief, is tricked into volunteering for the Coact Guard Officer’s Training School Read More »
The Last Valley (1971) James Clavell, Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Read More »
Mark of the Scorpion (1986) Massimo Pirri, Andy J. Forest, Danilo Mattei, Milly D’Abbraccio
Phil Stone, leader and only survivor of “The Scorpions” is desperately in need of money. Read More »
Dakota (1974) Wim Verstappen, Kees Brusse, Monique van de Ven, Willeke van Ammelrooy
A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his DC3/Dakota plane in the air. Read More »
Man-Thing (2005) Brett Leonard, Jack Thompson, Matthew Le Nevez, Steve Bastoni
When a greedy oil baron sets his sights on drilling in a Louisiana swamp, a monstrous creature is awakened. Read More »
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) Nathan Juran, John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller
Gor, a powerful criminal brain from the planet Arous, assumes the body of scientist Steve March. Read More »
Cavalry Charge (1964) Ramón Torrado, Alan Scott, Frank Latimore, Diana Lorys
Paul, a Mountie, has been expelled from Fort Calgary for having an affair with the Major’s fiancée. Read More »
Le Mans (1971) Lee H. Katzin, Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen
Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world’s hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. Read More »
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki
During the Second World War, Takeichi Matsuo had participated in hiding a huge cache of gold in the Phillippine mountains. Read More »