Monday, August 25, 2025

THE STEEL HELMET (1951)

 




















Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Gene EvansRobert HuttonSteve BrodieJames EdwardsRichard LooSid MeltonRichard MonahanWilliam ChunHarold FongNeyle Morrow, Lynn Stalmaster

85 minutes
(NR - adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A hard-bitten, cynical veteran sergeant, the lone survivor of an ambushed patrol, joins up with a South Korean orphan, a black medic, a Japanese-American, a former conscientious objector, and other ragtag stragglers and leads them to an abandoned Buddhist temple. They resist the efforts of a captured North Korean major to divide them along ethnic lines and use their strategically important location to direct American artillery fire onto Communist positions.

MOM AND DAD (2017)

 




















Directed by: Brian Taylor
Starring: Nicolas CageSelma BlairAnne WintersZackary ArthurRobert T. CunninghamOlivia CrocicchiaRachel MelvinJoseph D. ReitmanSamantha LemoleMarilyn Dodds FrankMehmet OzLance Henriksen

83 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, gore, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
Something terrible is definitely happening in the a peaceful suburban community as, day by day, former caring parents mysteriously turn into ravenous carriers of an unfathomable pandemic that targets their offspring. Suddenly, like every son and daughter in the entire nation, teenage Carly and Josh Ryan must run for their lives, as the rage-filled murderous intent is as unstoppable as it is inexplicable. Before long, the Ryans' usual simmering familial tensions take on a completely different meaning. Kids, stop hiding. Mom and Dad love you so much.

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THE SLUGGER'S WIFE (1985)

 




















Directed by: Hal Ashby
Screenplay by: Neil Simon
Starring: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks, Martin Ritt, Lisa Langlois, Loudon Wainwright III, Georgann Johnson, Danny Tucker, Lynn Whitfield

105 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
A major league star who is on the verge of breaking a record, meets a singer and they get married, but they have different goals, so they separate, jeopardizing his opportunity in sports and the possibility of making up with his wife.

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

SEX DRIVE (2008)

 




















Directed by: Sean Anders
Based on the novel "All the Way" by: Andy Behrens
Starring: Josh ZuckermanAmanda CrewClark DukeSeth GreenJames MarsdenKatrina BowdenAlice GreczynMichael CudlitzDave SheridanDavid KoechnerMark L. YoungCharlie McDermottCole PetersenAllison WeissmanAndrea AndersJose DuarteKim OstrenkoBrett RiceSusie AbromeitBrian PosehnJohn Ross BowieSasha RamosJessica JustCaley HayesKyle GassFall Out Boy (Patrick StumpPete WentzAndy HurleyJoe Trohman)

109 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, nudity, drug use, crude sexual humor)

PLOT:
Ian, a high-school senior in suburban Chicago, is plagued by being a virgin. Online he's inflated his resume, met Ms. Tasty, and agreed to drive to Knoxville, where she promises sex. He steals his homophobic macho brother's GTO and heads south with his two best friends, Lance and Felicia. Every young woman who meets Lance, including Felicia, is attracted to him as he practices his aptly learned "Pick-Up Artist" skills. Ian, on the other hand, is a decent guy who wouldn't mind if his friendship with Felicia became a romance. By the time they get to Knoxville, they have encountered a jealous boyfriend, a menacing hitchhiker, jailbirds, carjackers, an Amish community, and Ian's better judgment.


BORDER PATROL (1943)

 




















Directed by: Lesley Selander
Based on characters created by: Clarence E. Mulford
Starring: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Robert Mitchum, George Reeves, Russell Simpson, Claudia Drake, Duncan Renaldo, Pierce Lyden, Cliff Parkinson

64 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Texas Rangers Hoppy, California and Johnny discover that kidnapped Mexicans are being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, where they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.

DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

 




















Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Based on the stage play by: Alfred Uhry
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Crystal R. Fox

99 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.

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THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY (1937)

 




















Directed by: Alfred E. Green
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, C. Aubrey Smith, Ronald Sinclair, Forrester Harvey, Charles D. Brown, Frankie Darro, Henry Kolker, Helen Troy, Francis X. Bushman, Robert Homans

80 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A cocky young jockey who gets mixed up with some crooked gamblers befriends an English lad with a fast horse and the niece of a woman who runs a boarding house for jockeys.

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THE STEEL HELMET (1951)

  Directed by:  Samuel Fuller Starring:  Gene Evans ,  Robert Hutton ,  Steve Brodie ,  James Edwards ,  Richard Loo ,  Sid Melton ,  Richar...