THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (1987)

 




















Directed by: Herbert Ross
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Fred Gwynne, Gerry Bamman, Carol Ann Susi, Drew Snyder, Elizabeth Franz, John Capodice, Christopher Murney, Mark Margolis, Mercedes Ruehl, Christopher Durang, Bill Fagerbakke, Cindy Crawford, Bruce McGill

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

PLOT:
A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.

TRAILER:

WANTED (2008)

 

Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Based on the comic book series created and written by: Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
Starring: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Konstantin Khabensky, Marc Warren, Dato Bakhtadze, David O'Hara, Chris Pratt, Kristen Hagar, Sophiya Haque, Lorna Scott

110 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, brief nudity)

PLOT:
The anxious, clumsy and abused office clerk Wesley Allan Gibson has a hell and boring routine life: his obese boss humiliates him all the time and his girlfriend betrays him with his colleague and best friend during working period. When he meets the sexy Fox, Wesley is informed that his father was a professional killer that belonged to an ancient organization called Fraternity and killed by the skilled and powerful Cross, a hit-man that has betrayed the Fraternity. Wesley learns that his anxiety actually is a manifestation of his latent abilities and he joins the society under the command of Sloan. Trained by Fox, he changes his personality and attitude, being prepared to face the dangerous Cross and find a hidden secret.

TRAILER:

LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY (1957)

 












Directed by: Dave Fleischer

1 minute
(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
The classic theater advertisement.

ACTUAL SHORT:

MAN HUNT (1941)

 

Directed by: Fritz Lang

Based on the novel "Rogue Male" by: Geoffrey Household

Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall, Ludwig Stossel, Heather Thatcher, Frederick Worlock, Roger Imhof, Egon Brecher, Lester Matthews, Holmes Herbert, Eily Malyon, Arno Frey, Frederick Vogeding, Wilhelm von Brincken, Cyril Delevanti, Olaf Hytten

105 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

In July 1939, English big-game hunter Captain Alan Thorndike infiltrates Adolph Hitler's retreat Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps and takes aim at Hitler with his high-powered rifle. Although Thorndike had intended to carry out a "sporting stalk" only, and does not have bullets in his gun, he loads the weapon after locating the target. A German soldier surprises him, however, and his bullet goes astray. Thorndike is brought to Gestapo Major Quive-Smith, to whom he explains that he did not intend to kill Hitler. Quive-Smith does not believe him, however, and orders him to confess that his assassination attempt was at the request of the British government. Although Quive-Smith promises him freedom, Thorndike refuses to sign the prepared confession and is tortured by the Gestapo. When Thorndike still refuses to sign, Quive-Smith arranges for him to be thrown off a cliff in what will look like an accident, but he falls into a river and survives. The next day, the Gestapo searches for Thorndike but he eludes his pursuers and reaches a harbor, where he boards a boat bound for Britain. An intrepid cabin boy named Vaner hides him while one of Quive-Smith's men, Mr. Jones, boards with Thorndike's passport. Vaner keeps Thorndike hidden during the journey, but once he is ashore, Thorndike realizes that Jones and other Gestapo agents are following him, and he ducks into an apartment to escape. He appeals to the apartment's resident, a young Cockney woman named Jerry Stokes, for aid, and she helps him get to his brother's house. Thorndike's brother, Lord Gerald Risborough, is an ambassador, who warns him that the German embassy is looking for him, and that England must acquiesce if Germany demands his extradition. Thorndike vows to disappear from England, then leaves with Jerry and sleeps on her couch. The next morning, Thorndike outlines his plans and does not notice that Jerry has fallen in love with him. She pouts until he takes her to buy a pin to replace the one she lost from her tam-o'-shanter, and she chooses a large chromium arrow. Jerry then accompanies Thorndike to the office of his solicitor, Saul Farnsworthy, where he tries to give her five hundred pounds. She refuses the money, and their squabbling is cut short when an assistant announces that Quive-Smith and Jones are on their way to the office. Thorndike and Jerry escape to the Underground, where Thorndike is chased by Jones. After a fight, Jones is electrocuted on the third rail, and, because he still carries Thorndike's passport, his corpse is identified as the hunter. Realizing that the British police are now after him as well, Thorndike instructs Jerry to write to him at Lyme Regis in three weeks with any news. After a tearful farewell, Jerry returns to her apartment, where Quive-Smith is waiting for her. Three weeks later, Thorndike, who has been living in a cave in the woods, goes to the post office to pick up Jerry's letter. When he returns to his cave, Thorndike discovers that the letter is from Quive-Smith, who has followed him and blocked the cave's opening. Through a small opening, Quive-Smith hands Thorndike Jerry's tam-o'-shanter and says that she was found dead on the street after jumping out her window. Enraged by Jerry's murder, Thorndike finally admits that he did intend to kill Hitler, although he did not realize it at the time. Stalling for time, Thorndike agrees to sign the confession and constructs a bow while Quive-Smith opens the entrance to the cave. As Quive-Smith reaches for the signed confession, Thorndike shoots him with the arrow from Jerry's hat. As he dies, Quive-Smith shoots Thorndike with a pistol, but before he collapses, Thorndike destroys the confession. Months pass as Thorndike recuperates and Europe is thrown into war. Once he has recovered, Thorndike joins the RAF, and on a reconnaissance mission over Germany, bails out with a high-powered rifle, intent on fulfilling his purpose this time.

ACTUAL MOVIE:

MOVIE 43 (2013)

 

Directed by: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Will Graham, Jonathan van Tulleken, Steve Baker, Damon Escott, Peter Farrelly

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Seth MacFarlane, Leslie Bibb, Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Justin Long, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Julianne Moore, Tony Shalhoub, Bob Odenkirk, Anton Yelchin, Shane Jacobson, Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Common, Charlie Saxton, Will Sasso, Odessa Rae, Mike Meldman, Mark L. Young, Adam Cagley, Devin Eash, Fisher Stevens, Tim Chou, James Hsu, Nate Hartley, Liz Carey, Beth Littleford, Roy Jenkins, Rocky Russo, Anna Madigan, Julie Claire, Katie Finneran, Jeremy Allen White, Alex Cranmer, Julie Ann Emery, J.B. Smoove, Jarrad Paul, Maria Arce, Aaron LaPlante, Kieran Culkin, Arthur French, Brooke Davis, Josh Shuman, Jack McBrayer, Aasif Mandvi, Darby Lynn Totten, Marc Ambrose, Cathy Cliften, Cherina Monteniques, Zach Lasry, Bobby Cannavale, John Hodgman, Will Carlough, Katrina Bowden, Jimmy Bennett, Patrick Warburton, Matt Walsh, Esti Ginzburg, Stephen Merchant, Sayed Badreya, Nicole "Snooki" LaValle, Caryl West, Ricki Noel Lander, Paloma Felisberto, Jasper Grey, Benny Harris, Zen Gesner, Aaron Jennings, Corey Brewer, Jared Dudley, Larry Sanders, Jay Ellis, Brian Flaccus, Brett Davern, Evan Dumouchel, Sean Rosales, Logan Holladay, Mandy Kowalski, Eric Stuart, Emily Alyn Lind, Michelle Gunn, Christina Linhardt, Jordanna Taylor, Maria Volk, Christopher Kirby

98 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, graphic nudity, crude sexual humor)

PLOT:

Ineffectual, 'has-been' filmmaker swindles his way into an interview with a film executive in order to pitch an outrageous and controversial comedy manuscript. After pitching the first of his thirteen offbeat fables, the dejected artist forces the rest of his disjointed allegory on the executive at gunpoint. He tells stories of a woman on a blind date with a man who has testicles growing from his neck, in another a smitten woman offers her neck to her boyfriend to 'poop' on -as a sign of commitment and love. In yet another two parents take home-schooling to a whole new level of indecency, striving to give their isolated teenage son all the 'regular' torment and humiliation of puberty by bullying, peer-pressuring and even seducing him themselves. An off-beat, elephant-in-the-room type film.

A PERFECT WORLD (1993)

 

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, T.J. Lowther, Laura Dern, Keith Szarabajka, Leo Burmester, Bruce McGill, Paul Hewitt, Bradley Whitford, Ray McKinnon, Mary Alice, Wayne Dehart, Linda Hart, Cameron Finley, Gil Glasgow, Marco Perella

138 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A man escapes from a prison with his partner who he does not like. After escaping, they kidnap a little boy. It is not a simple kidnapping story as people expect with violence and blood. This man, as he describes himself, is not a good guy, but not the worst either. The boy, living with his mom and two sisters, follows their family's religion, Jehovah's Witnesses, which forbids him from celebrating Halloween and Christmas. The man gives the boy opportunities to play the games that he wants to, tells him what is wrong and what is right, and asks him to be independent and make his own choices.

TRAILER:

VENOM (2018)

 




















Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Reid Scott, Scott Haze, Jenny Slate, Melora Walters, Chris O'Hara, Sam Medina, Peggy Lu, Michelle Lee, Sope Aluko, Wayne Pere, Scott Deckert, Emilio Rivera, Ron Cephas Jones, Stan Lee, Woody Harrelson

112 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes liking to Earth and decides to protect it, particularly against other more warbound of its species.

TRAILER: