Maximus, a small-time music hall mind reader, has frightening flashes of precognition Read More »
The Oyster Princess AKA Die Austernprinzessin (1919) Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke
Oyster-king Quaker cannot be impressed anymore. He is so rich that he even has a special butler holding his cigar while he is smoking. Read More »
From Riches to Rags AKA Qian zuo guai (1980) John Woo, Ricky Hui, Qiqi Chen, Ka Yik
A doofus wins the lottery. He and his best friend live it up until a fortune teller tells him that he’s going to die. Read More »
Mother, Jugs and Speed (1976) Peter Yates, Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel
Los Angeles: A new law says that the first ambulance that arrives at an accident obtains the contract to transport the injured person. Read More »
Poongsan AKA Poong-san-gae (2011) Jai-hong Juhn, Kye Sang Yoon, Jong-soo Kim, Han Gi-Joong
Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. Read More »
The Magnetic Monster (1953) Curt Siodmak, Herbert L. Strock, Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron
Working for O.S.I., the Office of Scientific Investigation, A-Man agent Jeffrey Stewart Read More »
At the Circus (1939) Edward Buzzell, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Read More »
Bravissimo (1955) Luigi Filippo D’Amico, Alberto Sordi, Giancarlo Zarfati, Patrizia Della Rovere
The substitute teacher Impallato discovers a student with exceptional characteristics for the lyrical song and exploits it for fame and wealth. Read More »
Who’s Got the Black Box AKA La route de Corinthe (1967) Claude Chabrol, Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Christian Marquand
When US radar installations in Greece are jammed and an undercover NATO security man is killed Read More »
Cutting it Short AKA Postriziny (1981) Jirí Menzel, Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík
Short Cut is a comedy revealed more in the acting and witty dialogue than in the simple premise of the story itself Read More »