ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932)

 

Directed by: Tay Garnett

Starring: William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Warren Hymer, Frederick Burton, Douglas Gerrard, Herbert Mundin, Roscoe Karns, Dewey Robinson, Stanley Fields, Willie Fung

68 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

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Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. On board, Dan romances Joan Ames, a terminally ill socialite. She is unaware that his ultimate destination is San Quentin. Both realize that their time together is fleeting so they make a pact to meet at a Mexican night club on New Years Eve. When they part in San Francisco they know that the odds are against them.

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FAME (1980)

 




















Directed by: Alan Parker
Starring: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Steve Inwood, Paul McCrane, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Barry Miller, Jim Moody, Gene Anthony Ray, Maureen Teefy, Debbie Allen, Richard Belzer, Bill Britten, Isaac Mizrahi, Sal Piro, Michael DeLorenzo, Meg Tilly

133 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Four teenagers must prove their mettle as they begin their journey at the New York High School of Performing Arts. They must navigate through heartbreak, school work, adolescence and challenges.

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THE FURIES (1950)

 

Directed by: Anthony Mann
Based on the novel by: Niven Busch

Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, Beulah Bondi, Albert Dekker, John Bromfield, Wallace Ford, Blanche Yurka, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Ferguson, Charles Evans, Movita Castaneda, Craig Kelly, Myrna Dell

109 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

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In the 1870s New Mexico territory, T.C. Jeffords is a cattle baron who built his ranch, The Furies, from scratch. He borrows from banks, pays hired hands with his own scrip ("T.C.s"), and carries on low-level warfare with the Mexicans who settled the land but are now considered squatters. He has enemies, including Rip Darrow, a saloon owner from whose father T.C. took land. His headstrong daughter Vance has a lifelong friend in one of the Mexicans, her heart set on Rip, and dad's promise that she will run The Furies someday. Her hopes are smashed by Rip's revenge, a gold-digger who turns T.C.'s head, and T.C.'s own murderous imperialism. Is Vance to be cursed by fury and hatred?

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BEHIND THE MASK - THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (2006)

 




















Directed by: Scott Glosserman
Starring: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubenstein, Robert Englund, Kate Lang Johnson, Ben Pace, Britain Spellings, Krissy Carlson, Bridgett Newton, Hart Turner, Travis Zariwny, Teo Gomez, Matt Bolt, Jenafer Brown, Kane Hodder

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

PLOT:
The next great killer and psychopath has given a documentary film crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the quiet town of Glen Echo.

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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

 

Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Screenplay by: John Hughes
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Johnny Galecki, Juliette Lewis, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Diane Ladd, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Guest, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Brian Doyle-Murray, Natalia Nogulich, Cody Burger, Sam McMurray, Nicolette Scorsese, Alexander Folk, Doug Llewelyn

97 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, rude humor)

PLOT:
Clark Wilhelm Griswold wants to have a special "Griswold Family Christmas", and after months of careful planning he invites both of his parents, both of his wife, Ellen's parents even his uncle Louis and his senile aunt Bethany. Clark even prepares his house for Christmas with over 20,000 lights and a tree. As Christmas eve comes, Clark will soon realize that a series of unfortunate events will start to unravel for him. Can Clark keep it together and understand the true meaning of Christmas?

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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATION (1985)

 

Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, Eric Idle, John Astin, Paul Bartel, Maureen Lipman, Willy Millowitsch, Mel Smith, Moon Unit Zappa, Cynthia Szigeti, Malcolm Danare, Kevi Kendall, William Zabka, Gary Owens, Sheila Kennedy, Jeannette Charles, Julie Wooldridge, Peter Hugo, Robbie Coltrane, Paul McDowell, Ballard Berkeley, Derek Deadman, Jacques Herlin, Sylvie Badalati, Erika Wackermagel, Claudia Neidig, Massimo Sarchielli

94 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, rude humor)

PLOT:
After surviving the Wally World expedition, the Griswolds embark on a fascinating, worry-free, all-expenses-paid trip to cosmopolitan Europe, courtesy of the popular TV game show, Pig in a Poke. This time, the merry holidaymaker, Clark Griswold, his wife, Ellen, and their teenage children, Audrey and Rusty, find themselves in a race against the clock, trying to see as many sights as possible in London, Paris, Germany, and Rome. Once more, disaster follows, as British driving idiosyncrasies, unforgivable fashion crimes in the City of Lights, a daunting language barrier in a Bavarian village, and a brush with the law in Rome stand in the way of happiness. Can the Griswolds survive their European vacation or, more importantly, can Europe survive the Griswolds?

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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983)

 

Directed by: Harold Ramis
Screenplay by: John Hughes
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Eddie Bracken, Brian Boyle-Murray, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Eugene Levy, Frank McRae, Jane Krakowski, John P. Navin Jr, Violet Ramis, Mickey Jones, John Diehl, James Staley, Popeye the Dog

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

PLOT:
Having it all planned down to the last detail, the American, well-meaning paterfamilias, Clark Griswold, and his supportive wife, Ellen, take their two teenage children, Rusty and Audrey, on a cross-country trip from the suburbs of Chicago, all the way to sunny California's Walley World amusement park. However, anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and before long, Ellen's cousin, Catherine, and her husband, Eddie, enter the picture, and Clark is on the verge of blowing a gasket. Now, Roy Walley's wonderful park seems so far away, and even though the prospect of a clandestine meeting with the alluring blonde in a fast, 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi sounds tempting, Clark must do the right thing, and find the promised land. How hard can it be to have the perfect vacation?

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