Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with ‘Julie Andrews’, acting, singing and dancing. Read More »
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Arizona Dream (1993) Emir Kusturica, Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Read More »
Pin Up Girl (1944) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Read More »
Fresh Kill (1988) Joseph Merhi, Pamela Dixon, Jody Jaress, Flint Keller
Leona and Allen unintentionally kill two offenders who have in their wake a lot of “friends”. Read More »
Epitaph (1987) Joseph Merhi, Natasha Pavlovich, Delores Nascar, Jimmy Williams
A family must keep moving from town to town because the mother is a psychotic axe murderer who keeps flipping out and murdering people. Read More »
The Big Punch (1948) Sherry Shourds, Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae
A boxer turned minister offers shelter to a tank fighter framed for killing a policeman. Read More »
Paid to Love (1927) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank’s money and shore up the country’s weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Read More »
Travis McGee (1983) Andrew V. McLaglen, Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin
Travis McGee is a world-weary private investigator trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation Read More »
Fig Leaves (1926) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver
In the modern day (1920s) story, Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. Read More »
Buried Alive II (1997) Tim Matheson, Ally Sheedy, Stephen Caffrey, Tracey Needham
Clint Goodman, the man whose wife and lover tried to get rid of him by giving him a toxin that made him appear to be dead but wasn’t. Read More »