This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Read More »
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A Strange Adventure (1956) William Witney, Joan Evans, Ben Cooper, Marla English
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder Read More »
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery
Minnie breaks up with her married boyfriend and becomes disillusioned. Read More »
White Zombie (1932) Victor Halperin, Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Read More »
One from the Heart (1981) Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia
Hank and Frannie don’t seem to be able to live together anymore. Read More »
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) Jonathan Kaplan, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Read More »
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) Terence Davies, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley
Davies’ film is divided into three segments entitled “Children”, “Madonna and Child”, and “Death and Transfiguartion”. Read More »
Petey Wheatstraw (1977) Cliff Roquemore, Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels
Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil’s son-in-law. Read More »
Sleepaway Camp (1983) Robert Hiltzik, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields
After a horrible boating accident kills her family, Angela, a shy and sullen young girl Read More »
Laura (1944) Otto Preminger, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
Detective Lieutenant Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the killing of Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) Read More »