
Allan Gray arrives late in the evening to a secluded riverside inn in the hamlet of Courtempierre. An old man enters his room, puts a sealed parcel on the table, blurts out that some woman mustn’t die, and disappears. Read More »
La mano de un hombre muerto / The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962) Jesús Franco, Ana Castor, Howard Vernon, Paula Martel, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the Austrian Alpine town of Holfen, a young woman is found murdered. Theo and Hansel, two wood-cutters, stop off at a bar where they tell Dr. Kalman, an academic studying local folk tales Read More »
Deadly Sins (1995) Michael Robison, David Keith, Alyssa Milano, Terry David Mulligan, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

New area deputy Jack Gales arrives on the island to find that a girl at the local Catholic girls’ school has been found dead. Read More »
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) Harold S. Bucquet, Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, Drama

Dr. Gillespie’s cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of hysterical blindness. She’s also the daughter of a millionaire who could help the hospital. Read More »
The Killing Machine (1975) Noribumi Suzuki, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Makoto Satô, Action, Drama

Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as “Mr Soh”, who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation. Read More »
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) Yong-Kyun Bae, Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Drama

Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment – Hyegok calls him Kibong! Read More »
Strange Intruder (1956) Irving Rapper, Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Mimi Gibson, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

During the Korean War, a soldier promises his dying buddy that he’ll look after the man’s family when he gets home. He winds up getting more than he bargained for. Read More »
The Kid Brother (1927) Ted Wilde, Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

The most important family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. Read More »
Scarlet Négligée (1968) Ron Scott, Byron Lord, Shirley Boyd, Nancy Reeves, Crime, Romance

Three robbers hide out in a brothel. Read More »
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Sidney Lumet, Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Having sorted a matter out in the Middle East, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is returning to England aboard the Orient Express. Read More »