Thursday, April 3, 2025

ROBOCOP 2 (1990)

 




















Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan, Gabriel Damon, Felton Perry, Willard E. Pugh, Galyn Gorg, Stephen Lee, Robert DoQui, Ken Lerner, Jeff McCarthy, John Doolittle, Angie Bolling, Brandon Smith, Thomas Rosales Jr, Carl Ciarfalio, Tzi Ma, Wanda De Jesus, George Cheung, Phil Rubenstein, Michael Medeiros, Roger Aaron Brown, Mark Rolston, Gary Bullock, Linda Thompson, John Glover, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons, John Ingle, Fabiana Udenio, Barry Martin, Patricia Charbonneau, Jerry L. Nelson, Frank Miller

117 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil prototype named "RoboCop 2".

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RIDERS OF THE TIMBERLINE (1941)

 




















Directed by: Lesley Selander
Based on characters created by: Clarence E. Mulford
Starring: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Victor Jory, Eleanor Stewart, J. Farrell MacDonald, Anna Q. Nilsson, Tom Tyler, Edward Keane, Hal Taliaferro, Mickey Eissa, The Guardsmen Quartet

59 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Some Easterners intend to seize a tract of valuable timber land. Hoppy must try to stop them before they blow up a major dam.

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE (1993)

 




















Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom
Based on the novel by: Peter Hedges
Starring: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, John C. Reilly, Laura Harrington, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Kevin Tighe, Crispin Glover, Penelope Branning, Libby Villari

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

PLOT:
A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.

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THE VISITORS (1972)

 




















Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Patrick McVeyPatricia JoyceJames WoodsSteve RailsbackChico Martinez

88 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, rape)

PLOT:
Bill Schmidt and his long-term girlfriend Martha Wayne and their young son Hal live in a small Connecticut farmhouse owned by Martha's overbearing father. One snowy winter Saturday, two of Bill's ex-army buddies, Mike and Tony, arrive. A few years ago, they had all served together in Vietnam in the same platoon but later ended up on opposite sides of a court-martial. Bill has never told his girlfriend what happened in Vietnam nor at the court-martial. The story slowly unfolds. Under orders in Vietnam not to take any prisoners, and faced with potentially hostile civilians who might attack them if left behind, Mike kills a civilian after raping her. Bill testifies against him, and Mike is sent to the stockade (military prison) for two years. He is angry. There is sexual tension between Mike and Martha. The tension builds and culminates in a fight and a rape.


RUN (2020)

 




















Directed by: Aneesh Chaganty
Starring: Sarah PaulsonKiera AllenPat HealySara SohnSharon BajerTony Revolori

89 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence, scenes of terror)

PLOT:
Chloe, a teenage wheelchair user, is home schooled by her mother. However, her mother's strange behavior doesn't go unnoticed and when Chloe pries into some private papers, she discovers a Change of Name Certificate document with her mother's name, Diane Sherman, on it. When Chloe googles "Diane Sherman," the internet suddenly disconnects. Chloe becomes suspicious of all that her mother does, suspecting her of something sinister. She decides to go on the run in her wheelchair in a desperate attempt to get away from her.

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MAID TO ORDER (1987)

 




















Directed by: Amy Holden Jones
Starring: Ally SheedyBeverly D'AngeloMichael OntkeanValerie PerrineDick ShawnTom SkerrittMerry ClaytonBegoña PlazaRain PhoenixTheodore WilsonJason BegheKatey SagalVictoria CatlinKhandi AlexanderHenry WoolfRobert JaffeGeorge Chala, Sr.

93 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adutl situations)

PLOT:
The reckless Jessica Montgomery is the spoiled daughter of the wealthy millionaire Charles Montgomery, who dedicates his life to philanthropy. In order to compensate the absence of her mother, her father gave everything money can afford, but Jessie has a total lack of character. When Jessie is arrested for driving in high speed using drugs, her good father regretfully wishes he would have never had a daughter. His wishes are heard by Jessie's godmother Stella Winton and her former existence is erased from Earth. Jessie has to learn how to survive, working as a maid in the mansion of a weird couple. She becomes friend of the household staff and falls for Nick, becoming a better woman.

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TAXI DRIVER (1976)

 




















Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by: Paul Schrader
Starring: Robert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdHarvey KeitelPeter BoyleLeonard HarrisAlbert BrooksSteven PrinceHarry NorthupVictor ArgoJoe SpinellMartin Scorsese

114 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic violence)

PLOT:
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.

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ROBOCOP 2 (1990)

  Directed by: Irvin Kershner Starring: Peter Weller , Nancy Allen , Dan O'Herlihy , Belinda Bauer , Tom Noonan , Gabriel Damon , Felton...