The chilling tale of a high-rolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on his “generosity”. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Black Stallion (1979) Carroll Ballard, Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Adventure, Family, Sport
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. Read More »
A Time of Destiny (1988) Gregory Nava, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Drama, War
Josie elopes with Jack against her father’s wishes. Her father follows her to the hotel where they are staying and forces Josie to go with him. Read More »
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) F.W. Murnau, Anne Chevalier, Matahi, Hitu, Drama, Romance, Adventure
In his final film, F.W. Murnau presents the tale of two young lovers on the idyllic island of Bora Bora in the South Pacific. Read More »
Summer Heat (1987) Michie Gleason, Lori Singer, Anthony Edwards, Bruce Abbott, Drama
Feeling lonely and neglected by her overworked husband, Roxy, a Depression-era farm wife, is drawn into an ill-advised affair with Jack, their hired hand. Read More »
Washington Square (1997) Agnieszka Holland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Drama, Romance
Set in 1870’s New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father Read More »
Three Secrets (1950) Robert Wise, Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Drama
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. Read More »
Some Came Running (1958) Vincente Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Drama, Romance
In the post-war, the alcoholic and bitter veteran military and former writer Dave Hirsch returns from Chicago to his hometown Parkman, Indiana. Read More »
Return to Oz (1985) Walter Murch, Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Dorothy Gale has recently come home to Kansas from the Land of Oz is now almost back to perfect health since the incident of the tornado, only she cannot get that wonderful place out of her head. Read More »
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) Arthur Hiller, Lee Remick, James Garner, Phil Harris, Comedy
Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas where his oil wells are drying up and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. Read More »