Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
11 Minutes Ago (2007) Bob Gebert, Ian Michaels, Christina Mauro, Evan Lee Dahl, Romance, Sci-Fi
Traveling in 11-minute increments, a time-tumbler from 48 years in the future spends two years of his life weaving through a two-hour wedding reception. Read More »
My Favorite Year (1982) Richard Benjamin, Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Comedy
Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Read More »
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975) Thom Andersen, Fay Andersen, Dean Stockwell, Eadweard Muybridge, Documentary, Biography
Thom Andersen’s remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Read More »
Broadway Bad (1933) Sidney Lanfield, Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Drama
Showgirl Joan Blondell, supported by her friend Ginger Rogers, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing. Read More »
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) Alfred E. Green, Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Bette Davis, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The ten year marriage of of Caroline Van Dyke and Greg Grannard is falling apart. A young woman, Allison, plots to become his second wife. Read More »
It’s Love I’m After (1937) Archie Mayo, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Comedy
Renowned stage actors Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden are partners on and off the stage. Read More »
Havana Widows (1933) Ray Enright, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Comedy
Mae and Sadie, impecunious chorus girls, chisel some money from an admirer and head for Havana to “dig gold” among the millionaires. Read More »
The Great Man’s Lady (1942) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Drama, Romance, Western
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a ‘girl biographer’. Read More »
Guns Don’t Argue (1957) Richard C. Kahn, Bill Karn, Myron Healey, Jean Harvey, Paul Dubov, Crime, Drama
A composite of three re-edited episodes from the 1952 TV series, Gangbusters, released to theatres in 1957 as a feature film. Gang Busters (1954) was a similar effort. Read More »