FORTY GUNS (1957)

 

Directed by: Samuel Fuller

Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, Hank Worden, Jidge Carroll, Paul Dubov, Gerald Milton, Ziva Rodann, Neyle Morrow, Chuck Roberson, Chuck Hayward, Sandy Wirth, Eve Brent

80 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

An authoritarian rancher who rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new marshal arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling, brutally for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunmaker enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

REVIEW:

AKAME GA KILL! (2014)

 




















Based on the manga created by: Takahiro, Tetsuya Tashiro
Starring: (voices) Soma Saito, Corey Hartzog, Sora Amamiya, Molly Searcy, Yukari Tamura, Christina Kelly, Yu Asakawa, Allison Keith, Mamiko Noto, Jessica Boone, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tyler Galindo, Katsuyuki Konishi, David Wald, Risa Mizuno, Shelley Calene-Black, Shintaro Asanuma, Ty Mahany, Kaori Nazuka, Emily Neves, Koji Ishii, Marty Fleck, Yo Taichi, Shannon Emerick, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Rob Mungle, Satomi Akesaka, Christine Auten, Kanami Sato, Brittney Karbowski, Tsuyoshi Koyama, George Manley, Anri Katsu, Christopher Ayres, Hitomi Nabatame, Clint Bickham, Jouji Nakata, John Gremillion, Yoshimasa Hosoya, David Matranga, Ayaka Ohashi, Juliet Simmons, Kana Hanazawa, Kira Vincent-Davis, Ken Narita, Jay Hickman, Junji Majima, Chris Patton, Eiji Takemoto, John Swasey, Masami Iwasaki, Mark Mendelsohn, Kouhei Sugesawa, Kyle C. Jones, Satoshi Hino, Andrew Love, Kenji Nomura, Wendel Calvert, Aina Suzuki, Maggie Flecknoe, Eriko Matsui, Carli Mosier, Hozumi Goda, Josh Morrison, Ryohei Kimura, Adam Noble, Rintaro Nishi, Aaron Echegaray

24 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
A countryside boy named Tatsumi sets out on a journey to The Capital to make a name for himself and met a seemingly dangerous group of assassins known as Night Raid. Their adventures begin.

ANIME SERIES

TRAILER:

WONDERLAND (2003)

 

Directed by: James Cox

Starring: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Carrie Fisher, Josh Lucas, Christina Applegate, Ted Levine, Tim Blake Nelson, Janeane Garofalo, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Faizon Love, Joleigh Pulsonetti, Lisa Kudrow, M.C. Gainey, Joel Michaely, Franky G, Eric Bogosian, Paris Hilton, Scoot McNairy

104 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic violence, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the grisliest murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?

TRAILER:

SHOW DOGS (2018)

 

Directed by: Raja Gosnell

Starring: Will Arnett, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Natasha Lyonne, Jordin Sparks, Gabriel Iglesias, Shaquille O'Neal, Omar Chaparro, Stanley Tucci, Oliver Tompsett, Andy Beckwith, Kerry Shale, Bradley Gosnell, Flaminia Cinque, RuPaul Charles, Alan Cumming, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Kate Micucci, Delaney Milbourn, Stephen Hogan, Andrew Ortenberg

91 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence)

PLOT:

In a world where humans and anthropomorphic animals, e.g. talking dogs co-exist, a macho but lonely Rottweiler police dog named Max is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious dog show with his human partner Frank to stop an animal-smuggling scheme that is using the dog show as a front. When Max finds out the criminals are planning to sell Ling-Li, a baby giant panda, at the upcoming Canini Invitational dog show in Las Vegas, he's forced to go undercover as an entrant accompanied by Frank posing as his trainer.

TRAILER:

MEATBALLS PART II (1984)

 




















Directed by: Ken Wiederhorn
Starring: Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, John Mengatti, Kim Richards, Archie Hahn, Misty Rowe, John Larroquette, Paul Reubens, Joe Nipote, Jason Hervey, Ralph Seymour, Elayne Boosler, Nancy Glass, Felix Silla, Joaquin Martinez, Blackie Dammett, Donald Gibb, Jason Luque, Martin Lerman, P.J. Koster, Ellen Lichman

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

PLOT:
A group of kids attempt to save a summer camp that's a financial failure.

TRAILER:

MEATBALLS (1979)

 




















Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Sarah Torgov, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Cindy Girling, Todd Hoffman, Matt Craven, Margot Pinvidic, Norma Dell'Agnese, Chris Makepeace, Michael Kirby, Greg Swanson, Ron Barry, Paul Boyle, Vince Guerriero, James McLarty, Heather Preece, Ruth Rennie, Alison Diver, Valerie Fersht, Allan Levson, Patrick Hynes, Hadley Kay, Bill Kishonti, Peter Hume, Larry Solway

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

PLOT:
Another summer descends upon North Star summer camp, and carefree counselor Tripper leads the mediocre and mismanaged campers against their arch-rivals at the very well run and expensive neighboring camp, Mohawk.

TRAILER:

THE ONE ARMED EXECUTIONER (1981)

 

Directed by: Bobby A. Suarez

Starring: Franco Guerrero, Jody Kay, Pete Cooper, Nigel Hogge, Mike Cohen, James Gaines, Brian Smith, Leopoldo Salcedo, Joe Zucchero, Joe Sison, Odeth Khan, Danny Rojo, Joe Cunanan, Nestie Mercado, Celso Lindaya

95 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

This is the story of an Interpol agent turned restaurateur, out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. After his training, Ortega hunts down his adversaries for a final reckoning.