Gambler Ron Lewis wins the jackpot but is ambushed later on the street outside. Read More »
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Peyton Place (1957) Mark Robson, Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan
It’s the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule Read More »
Excalibur (1981) John Boorman, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay
The myth of King Arthur (Nigel Terry) brought once again to the screen. Read More »
Bed and Sofa AKA Tretya meshchanskaya (1927) Abram Room, Vladimir Fogel, Nikolay Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova
A married couple have a small apartment in Moscow. Read More »
Where Are My Children? (1916) Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber, Tyrone Power Sr., Mrs. Tyrone Power, Marie Walcamp
While prosecuting a physician for the death of a client after an abortion Read More »
Fallen Angel (1945) Otto Preminger, Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell
Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), thrown off a bus for not having the fare, begins to frequent a diner called “Pop’s Eats” Read More »
Hamlet (1996) Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi
Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father’s Read More »
They Live by Night (1948) Nicholas Ray, Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
Chickamaw, T-Dub and Bowie have just escaped from prison. While Chickamaw and T-Dub are hardened criminals Read More »
The Kiss of Death (1977) Mike Leigh, David Threlfall, John Wheatley, Kay Adshead
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker’s assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie Read More »
Melvin and Howard (1980) Jonathan Demme, Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Cheshire
This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin E. Dummar. Read More »
The Last Hurrah (1958) John Ford, Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster
An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Read More »
It’s the Old Army Game (1926) A. Edward Sutherland, W.C. Fields, Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring
Elmer Pettywillie is the owner of a small drug store in Florida, and Mildred Marshall is his clerk. Read More »
The Witch’s Mirror AKA El espejo de la bruja (1962) Chano Urueta, Rosita Arenas, Armando Calvo, Isabela Corona
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch’s mirror to take her revenge. Read More »
A Modern Musketeer (1917) Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Kathleen Kirkham
Ned Thacker, through prenatal suggestion, is born in Kansas with the spirit of D’Artagnan Read More »
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) Karel Reisz, David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens
Morgan Delt is a failed and irresponsible left-wing artist whose Communist parents Read More »