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Wonderful Life (1964) Sidney J. Furie, Cliff Richard, Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire, Musical, Romance
A group of (literally) drifting popsters find themselves involved in a grim sand-and-sandals desert movie. They reckon a few song-and-dance numbers would liven things up. Read More »
The Running Man (1963) Carol Reed, Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hard up and with a grudge against insurance companies, Rex Black feigns his death and meets up with his wife and the money in Malaga when things seemed to have quietened down. Read More »
It Happened in Flatbush (1942) Ray McCarey, Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood, Comedy, Sport
It Happened in Flatbush is a likable baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers’ pennant win. Read More »
The Space Children (1958) Jack Arnold, Michel Ray, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Sci-Fi
A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. Read More »
Suddenly (1954) Lewis Allen, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them. Read More »
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) Philippe Mora, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Documentary
A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman. Read More »
Cruising (1980) William Friedkin, Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York’s S&M and leather districts. Read More »
The Brink’s Job (1978) William Friedkin, Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
After a long spate of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink’s security transports, taking $30,000. Read More »
Incognito (1997) John Badham, Jason Patric, Irène Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Crime, Thriller
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris Read More »
Mania (1971) Orita De Chadwick, Rick Helm, Hal Nosek, Horror, Adult
A psycho murders young wayward coeds at an exclusive all girls boarding school. Read More »
Private Eyes (1953) Edward Bernds, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When Sach is hit on the nose by Herbie, Sach develops a mystic-mind power. This prompts Slip, Chuck, Butch and Louie to buy the Eagle Eye Detective Agency…using, of course, Louie’s money. Read More »
The Birdmen (1971) Philip Leacock, Doug McClure, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Basehart, Drama, History, War
During World War II, American soldier Harry Cook is sent to Norway to aid in the defection of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Read More »
Topper (1937) Norman Z. McLeod, Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The funloving Kerbys, stockholders in the bank of which henpecked, stuffy Cosmo Topper is president, drive recklessly once too often and become ghosts. Read More »
Never Say Die (1939) Elliott Nugent, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Andy Devine, Comedy
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Read More »