Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Read More »
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Man Called Invincible (1973) Giuliano Carnimeo, George Hilton, Cris Huerta, Ida Galli, Comedy, Western
A gunman and his sheriff companion are hired to deliver a million dollars in gold by traveling through gang-infested lands, while in disguise. Read More »
The Food of the Gods (1976) Bert I. Gordon, Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Read More »
Of Human Bondage (1934) John Cromwell, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee, Drama, Romance
Abandoning artistic ambitions, sensitive and club-footed Philip Carey enrolls in medical school and falls in love with a waitress Mildred Rogers. Read More »
Larceny (1948) George Sherman, John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she’s received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead. Read More »
A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Zoltan Korda, Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Drama, Mystery, Film-Noir
Country squire Henry Maurier is patient with his wife Emily, a neurotic invalid, but her brother surprises Henry with his young mistress Doris. Read More »
American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984) James Benning, Documentary
American Dreams is chock full of concrete, discrete elements that comprise an American iconography of the past three decades. Read More »
J.D.’s Revenge (1976) Arthur Marks, Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Action, Horror, Thriller
A docile black law student is possessed by a 1940’s mobster in mid-70’s New Orleans. The mobster seeks revenge upon the people who killed him and his sister. Read More »
Cohen and Tate (1988) Eric Red, Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Crime, Thriller
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other’s throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Read More »
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) Joseph M. Newman, Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Miriam Hopkins, Western
A murderous western outlaw, his wife, a disgraced gambler and a faded dance hall floozie and a few other socially undesirable characters are trapped in a snowbound mountain cabin. Read More »