An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Read More »
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It’s the Old Army Game (1926) A. Edward Sutherland, W.C. Fields, Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring
Elmer Pettywillie is the owner of a small drug store in Florida, and Mildred Marshall is his clerk. Read More »
The Witch’s Mirror (1962) El espejo de la bruja
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch’s mirror to take her revenge. Read More »
A Modern Musketeer (1917) Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Kathleen Kirkham
Ned Thacker, through prenatal suggestion, is born in Kansas with the spirit of D’Artagnan Read More »
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) Karel Reisz, David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens
Morgan Delt is a failed and irresponsible left-wing artist whose Communist parents Read More »
Robot Jox (1989) Stuart Gordon, Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo
It is post-World War III. War is outlawed. In its place, are matches between large Robots called Robot Jox. Read More »
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Stephen Frears, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont Read More »
The Prince of Tides (1991) Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner
The Wingo family is from South Carolina, they growing up in a house on a tidal plain. Read More »
Play for Today: Nuts in May (1976) Mike Leigh, Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Anthony O’Donnell
Their Morris packed to the gills, the punctilious Keith and the more spontaneous Candice-Marie arrive at a Dorset Read More »
A Touch of Zen / Xia nü (1971) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted. Read More »