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Monthly Archives: February 2021
The Hoodlum Priest (1961) Irvin Kershner, Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood
Based on the true-life story of a St. Louis priest who devoted his life to helping criminals and prisoners turn their lives around. Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson
Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. Read More »
The Wild Wild Rose AKA Ye mei gui zhi lian (1960) Tian-Lin Wang, Grace Chang, Yang Chang, Po-Chien Chin
Grace Chang seduces as Hong Kong’s most sensual Carmen ever. Read More »
Quiz Show (1994) Robert Redford, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. Read More »
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
Man or Gun (1958) Albert C. Gannaway, Macdonald Carey, Audrey Totter, James Craig
A gun-slinging drifter, armed with a legendary pistol, saves a town from the greedy clutches of an evil family. Read More »
Red Surf (1989) H. Gordon Boos, George Clooney, Doug Savant, Dedee Pfeiffer
Remar and Attila are a couple of surfers who also deal drugs to make a living. Read More »
Michael (2011) Markus Schleinzer, Kathrin Resetarits, Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement. Read More »
Give Us This Night (1936) Alexander Hall, Jan Kiepura, Gladys Swarthout, Philip Merivale
Antonio, a singing Neapolitan fisherman who loves opera, is in trouble after throwing some eggs at a bad tenor. Read More »