THE MECHANICAL MONSTERS (1941)

 















Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Based on characters appearing in DC Comics
Starring: (voices) Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck

9 minutes
(NR - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.

ACTUAL SHORT:

SUPERMAN (1941)

 















Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Based on characters appearing in DC Comics
Starring: (voices) Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa, Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck

10 minutes
(NR - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
The Man of Steel fights a mad scientist who is destroying Metropolis with an energy cannon.

The first in a series of seventeen shorts.

Also known as "The Mad Scientist".

ACTUAL SHORT:

SUBURBIA (1996)

 

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Based on the stage play by: Eric Bogosian

Starring: Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt, Ajay Naidu, Parker Posey, Giovanni Ribisi, Samia Shoaib, Dina Spybey, Steve Zahn

120 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, brief graphic nudity, drug references)

PLOT:

Five young losers spend their days and nights wasting their lives away, hanging out in parking lots and occasionally mentioning that they might want to make something of themselves... someday. On this particular night, they are visited by an old high school friend who has escaped their suburban town to become a pop star.

TRAILER:

SECRETARIAT (2010)

 




















Directed by: Randall Wallace
Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly, Scott Glenn, Nelsan Ellis, Margo Martindale, Dylan Baker, AJ Michalka, Drew Roy, Graham McTavish, Fred Dalton Thompson, Eric Lange, Nestor Serrano, Otto Thorwarth, Carissa Capobianco, Stephen Stanton, Sean Michael Cunningham, Jacob Rhodes, Penny Chenery

123 minutes
(PG - mild brief language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shut but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.

TRAILER:

O (2001)

 




















Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson
Based on the stage play "Othello" by: William Shakespeare
Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett, Elden Henson, Andrew Keegan, Rain Phoenix, Anthony Johnson, John Heard, Martin Sheen, Rachel Shumate

94 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:
Odin James is the black star of the basketball team at an otherwise white boarding school. He is headed for the big time in his sport and is in love with Desi, the most popular girl in school. Meanwhile, Hugo is the coach's son, but he is outshone on the court by Odin, and his father says he thinks of Odin as a son as well. Hugo's feelings of envy and neglect lead him to construct a plot to make Odin doubt Desi's love for him, a plot which Hugo is willing to take to its most extreme consequences.

TRAILER:

CURIOUS GEORGE - A HALLOWEEN BOO FEST (2013)

 




















Directed by: Scott Heming, Jeff McGrath, Andrei Svisloteski
Based on characters created by: Margret Rey, H.A. Rey
Starring: (voices) Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Rino Romano, Carlos Alazraqui, Jim Cummings, Lara Jill Miller, Annie Mumolo, Cree Summer, Kath Soucie

58 minutes
(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Autumn is here, bringing colorful leaves, hay rides, pumpkin patches and the annual Boo Festival. After hearing about a legendary scarecrow who steals hats, George and his friends set out to find him. By the time George gets to the festival, he realizes that it's not always easy to pick the perfect pumpkin and that winning the prize for best costume may be as difficult as catching the mysterious scarecrow.

ACTUAL MOVIE:

FOR LOVE OR MONEY (1993)

 

Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle Anwar, Anthony Higgins, Bob Balaban, Michael Tucker, Fyvush Finkel, Dan Hedaya, Isaac Mizrahi, Mike G, Saverio Guerra, Daniel Hagen, La Chanze, Paula Lawrence, Donna Mitchell, Debra Monk, Harry Bugin, Udo Kier

96 minutes

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

PLOT:

Doug is a young man who works all day as a concierge at a luxurious hotel, saving money to make his own business. Unfortunately, when he finds the financial supporter he needs, he discovers that his "savior" is having an affair with the woman he loves. Now, he must choose between money and love.

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