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Lord of the Flies (1963) Peter Brook, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards

A group of young boys are stranded alone on an island. Left to fend for themselves Read More »
Hold That Ghost (1941) Arthur Lubin, Bud Abbott

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster’s will. Read More »
Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want Read More »
Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1973) Eddie Saeta, John Considine, Barry Coe, Cheryl Miller

John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered Read More »
The Pirates of Blood River (1962) John Gilling, Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee

In a village of Huguenot refugees, Jonathon Standing is exiled by his father Read More »
The Assassination Bureau (1969) Basil Dearden, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas

The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Sonya Winter Read More »
Rain (1932) Lewis Milestone, Fred Howard, Ben Hendricks Jr., William Gargan

For residents on the idyllic South Seas island of Pago Pago, life is simple until Read More »
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997) Harry Sinclair, Danielle Cormack, Joel Tobeck, Ian Hughes

Liz has missed an appointment to have an abortion. Read More »
The Bigamist (1953) Ida Lupino, Joan Fontaine, Edmund Gwenn

Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating. Read More »
The Great McGinty (1940) Preston Sturges, Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited Read More »
Christmas in July (1940) Preston Sturges, Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune Read More »
Android (1982) Aaron Lipstadt, Klaus Kinski, Don Keith Opper, Brie Howard

Eccentric scientist, Dr. Daniel, and his shy, clumsy assistant, Max Read More »
Run, Man, Run / Corri uomo corri (1968) Sergio Sollima, Tomas Milian, Donald O’Brien, Linda Veras

A knife-wielding Mexican ne’er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million Read More »
Animal Crackers (1930) Victor Heerman, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx

Captain Spaulding, the noted explorer, returns from Africa and attends a gala party held by Mrs. Rittenhouse. Read More »