Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. Read More »
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Blood Bath (1976) Joel M. Reed, Harve Presnell, Jack Somack, Curt Dawson
This horror anthology contains four spooky tales of the supernatural told around the dinner table by the actors and the director of a horror movie. Read More »
Zardoz (1974) John Boorman, Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman
In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. Read More »
Island of Terror (1966) Terence Fisher, Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray
A small, isolated island community’s terrorised from a horde of creeping Read More »
Blue Thunder (1983) John Badham, Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Read More »
The Gang’s All Here (1943) Busby Berkeley, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she’s starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific. Read More »
Border Incident (1949) Anthony Mann, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Read More »
Trixie (2000) Alan Rudolph, Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte
Emily Watson stars as Trixie, an eccentric woman who aspires to quit her job as a security guard and become a private detective. However, comedy intervenes and the mess begins…
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