Made-for-TV movie, tells the true story of the Great Wallendas, a family of circus acrobats Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Polyester (1981) John Waters, Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
Francine Fishpaw is an upper middle class suburban housewife in Baltimore. Read More »
Tokyo Joe (1949) Stuart Heisler, Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe’s, and deserted his wife Trina. Read More »
Silver Streak (1976) Arthur Hiller, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. Read More »
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) John H. Auer, Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye
Dr. Crespi has a festering hatred for Dr. Stephen Ross, the man who married his ex-sweetheart. Read More »
Slaughters Big Rip-Off (1973) Gordon Douglas, Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff Read More »
Zulu Dawn (1979) Douglas Hickox, Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott
In 1879 South Africa, the administrators of the British Cape Colony have designs to eliminate the Zulus as a hindrance to their colonial economy. Read More »
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Ken Burns, Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson
The story of Jack Johnson is huge. The first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908 to 1915, he was rowdy, smart, rebellious, and proud. Read More »
Our Song (2000) Jim McKay, Kerry Washington, Anna Simpson, Melissa Martinez
Focusing on the bonding between three female (an African American female, a half African American half Latino American female Read More »
Unhook the Stars (1996) Nick Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu
Mildred is a widow who discovers a whole new world when her grown children move away. Read More »