Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. Read More »
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Girl with Green Eyes (1964) Desmond Davis, Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave
An awkward young Irish farm girl Kate Brady moves to Dublin and shares a room with funny Read More »
River of Grass (1994) Kelly Reichardt, Lisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell
Near the Everglades, the “river of grass,” lives Cozy (named for her father’s favorite drummer), lonely, in a loveless marriage, ignoring her kids. Read More »
The House on 92nd Street (1945) Henry Hathaway, William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso
Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. Read More »
Blood Bath (1976) Joel M. Reed, Harve Presnell, Jack Somack, Curt Dawson
This horror anthology contains four spooky tales of the supernatural told around the dinner table by the actors and the director of a horror movie. Read More »
Zardoz (1974) John Boorman, Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman
In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. Read More »
Island of Terror (1966) Terence Fisher, Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray
A small, isolated island community’s terrorised from a horde of creeping Read More »
Blue Thunder (1983) John Badham, Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Read More »
The Gang’s All Here (1943) Busby Berkeley, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she’s starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific. Read More »
Border Incident (1949) Anthony Mann, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Read More »