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Daily Archives: June 18, 2017
On the Edge (1986) Rob Nilsson, Bruce Dern, Bill Bailey, Pam Grier, Drama, Sport

In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race. Read More »
Papa’s Song (2000) Sander Francken, Victor Bottenbley, Virgill Ford, Tyronne Meerzorg, Drama, Thriller

Despite having enough loose ends to weave a carpet, this psychological thriller from Dutch director Sander Francken boasts an intriguing premise. Read More »
Eddie og Suzanne / Eddie and Suzanne (1975) Arild Kristo, Sverre Horge, Yvonne Sparrbåge, Per-Axel Arosenius, Crime, Drama

The former convicted Eddie from Oslo meet Suzanne, the daughter of a tyrannic Swedish police chief, in a discotheque by coincidence. Read More »
Bowery Bombshell (1946) Phil Karlson, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car Read More »
The Canterville Ghost (1944) Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod, Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien, Comedy, Fantasy

In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. Read More »
Follies in Concert (1986) Michael Houldey, Andre Gregory, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Rubin, Biography, Drama, Music, Romance, Documentary

Film of the legendary 1985 concert performance presented by the New York Philharmonic of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Read More »
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (1974) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. Read More »
Blonde Comet (1941) William Beaudine, Virginia Vale, Robert Kent, Barney Oldfield, Action, Drama, Romance, Sport

Beverly Blake, the ‘Blonde Comet,” and the daughter of a tire-manufacturer, gets behind the wheel of a race-car, and is soon tearing up the tracks and winning races in Italy Read More »
A Change of Seasons (1980) Richard Lang, Noel Black, Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek

A self-centred university lecturer thinks it quite all right that he has taken one of his students as a lover Read More »