
Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother’s legacy and use the money to buy a business. Read More »
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Willard (1971) Daniel Mann, Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Sondra Locke, Horror, Sci-Fi

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. Read More »
Homo faber / Voyager (1991) Volker Schlöndorff, Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa, Drama, Romance, Art-house

Having recently survived a plane crash, American engineer Walter Faber (Sam Shepard) decides to forgo flying and cross the Atlantic Ocean via ship. Read More »
The Web (1947) Michael Gordon, Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Read More »
Wild Horse Stampede (1943) Alan James, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Betty Miles, Western

“Trail blazers” Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson help out inexperienced sheriff Bob Tyler as smarmy town boss Carson Read More »
Downhill Racer (1969) Michael Ritchie, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Drama, Sport

David Chappellet is a mean-spirited skier, who profits from another skier’s injury to gain a spot on the American Olympic team. Read More »
Dutchman (1967) Anthony Harvey, Shirley Knight, Al Freeman Jr., Frank Lieberman, Drama

A sinister, neurotic white girl Lula, with the provocation of her lovely, half-naked body and of her startlingly lascivious speech Read More »
Johnny Be Good (1988) Bud S. Smith, Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Comedy, Sport

It’s recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America’s hottest young football prospect. Read More »
Fires Were Started (1943) Humphrey Jennings, Philip Dickson, George Gravett, Fred Griffiths, Drama, War

A new man joins the civilian firefighters at a London unit during the Second World War. Read More »
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) Charles Reisner, Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Musical

Conrad Nagel, representing the Hollywood movie community, and Jack Benny, representing the Broadway stage community, act as the interlocutors of a musical comedy revue. Read More »