
Sisters Carrie and Anna Berniers have been supporting their ne’er-do-well brother Julian through various failed businesses; now, he returns home with a sudden fortune and his young bride. Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Television Spy (1939) Edward Dmytryk, William Henry, Judith Barrett, William Collier Sr., Drama, Sci-Fi

It’s 1939. The scientist Douglas Cameron invents a television device called the “Iconoscope”. With the Iconoscope television broadcasts can be send across the country. Read More »
Pursued (1947) Raoul Walsh, Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western

After his family is murdered in the 1880s, orphan Jeb Rand is raised by the Callum family on their nearby horse ranch. Read More »
Killer Shark (1950) Budd Boetticher, Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters, Adventure

A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. Read More »
The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) Irvin Berwick, Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Harmon, Horror, Sci-Fi

The monster, which looks like a nastier version of “The Creature from the Black Lagoon,” invades a sleepy lighthouse town. Read More »
Flight to Hong Kong (1956) Joseph M. Newman, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) is attracted to a pretty novelist, Pamela Vincent (Barbara Rush), who returns the attention. Read More »
The Key (1958) Carol Reed, William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Drama, Romance, War

Not well equipped with weaponry, the tugs are sitting ducks for enemy fire. As such, the crew working the tugs have precarious lives, many with deep seated emotional problems. Read More »
Les magiciens / Death Rite (1976) Claude Chabrol, Franco Nero, Stefania Sandrelli, Jean Rochefort, Drama, Thriller

While traveling to a resort in Tunisia, the magician and clairvoyant Professor Vestar befriends the idle millionaire Edouard Vangard and he offers a ride in his car. Read More »
Paradaisu byû / Paradise View (1985) Go Takamine, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Togawa, Haruomi Hosono, Arthouse, Fantasy

Reishu quits a job on a US military base; while mulling over his future he catches snakes, sticks numbers on ants and gets village girl Nabi pregnant. Read More »
La machine à découdre (1986) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Patricia Barzyk, Pierre Semmler, Comedy, Thriller

The insane Doctor Enger is obsessed with his plan to build a hospital to cure blind children. Read More »