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Tag Archives: USA
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) S. Sylvan Simon, Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Fantasy, Comedy
Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
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The Scarlet Empress (1934) Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Drama, History, Romance
Young Princess Sophia of Germany is taken to Russia to marry the half-wit Grand Duke Peter, son of the Empress. Read More »
Love Thy Neighbor (1940) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Comedy, Musical
Jack Benny is preparing his New Year’s Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Read More »
Five of a Kind (1938) Herbert I. Leeds, The Dionne Quintuplets, Yvonne Dionne, Cecile Dionne, Comedy, Drama
Hot on the trail of a missing heiress, ace New York reporter Duke Lester outwits his rival, Christine Nelson, and causes her to lose her job. Read More »
Back to School (1986) Alan Metter, Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Millionaire businessman Thornton Melon is upset when his son Jason announces that he is not sure about going to college. Read More »
The Moderns (1988) Alan Rudolph, Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Wallace Shawn, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. Read More »
My Own Private Idaho (1991) Gus Van Sant, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, Drama
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Read More »
Zachariah (1971) George Englund, John Rubinstein, Patricia Quinn, Don Johnson, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. Read More »
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989) J. Lee Thompson, Charles Bronson, Juan Fernández, Perry Lopez, Action, Crime, Drama
A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
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Superdad (1973) Vincent McEveety, Bob Crane, Kurt Russell, Barbara Rush, Comedy, Family
Charlie McCready is a worried father. His daughter, Wendy will be attending college in the fall, and he feels the crowd she’s hanging out with has no ambition, especially her boyfriend, Bart. Read More »
Hidalgo (2004) Joe Johnston, Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Action, Adventure, Western
Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire – a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert – was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred Read More »
Cloak and Dagger (1984) Richard Franklin, Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Action, Adventure, Crime
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father doesn’t spend nearly enough time with him. Read More »
Tower Of London (1939) Rowland V. Lee, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O’Neil, Drama, History
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. Read More »
Sea of Love (1989) Harold Becker, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Troubled New York City detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) investigates a serial killer who finds victims using personal ads in a magazine and leaves the song “Sea of Love” playing at his crime scenes. With the help of his partner, Sherman Touhey (John Goodman), Frank concocts a plan to find the killer using his own personal ads. But when Frank falls for one of his chief suspects, Helen Cruger (Ellen Barkin), he struggles to reconcile his personal life and his professional duty.
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