SONNY BOY (1989)

 

Directed by: Robert Martin Carroll

Starring: David Carradine, Michael Boston, Brad Dourif, Paul L. Smith, Conrad Janis, Sydney Lassick, Alexandra Powers, Steve Carlisle, Savina Gersak, Steve Ingrassia, Stephen Lee Davis, Robert Broyles, Jeff Bergquist, Dalene Young, Christopher Bradley

96 minutes

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

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In 1970, Harmony, a small town in New Mexico, is run by a small-time crime boss named Slue, who accepts the delivery of a Lincoln Continental car stolen by his henchmen Weasel, who brings it after killing a couple who was travelling with their child. When the crime boss finds the couple's baby in the backseat he wants to kill him, but he is stopped by his transvestite “wife”, Pearl. Slue decides to keep the baby - which Pearl names “Sonny Boy” - but he cuts out the boy’s tongue and raises him as a mute accomplice in their crimes, training and treating him like a wild dog, and sending Sonny Boy to kill anyone who wants to steal from or opposes Slue's grip over the town. When the grown Sonny Boy escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.

BAKERY IN BROOKLYN (2016)

 




















Directed by: Gustavo Ron
Starring: Aimee Teegarden, Krysta Rodriguez, Griffin Newman, Ernie Sabella, Blanca Suarez, Ward Horton, Aitor Luna, Anthony Chisolm, Linda Lavin, Josh Pais

100 minutes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Two cousins, two kinds of thinking, and a bakery to save.

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CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

 




















Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron
Based on the novel by: P.D. James
Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, Charlie Hunnam, Peter Mullan, Oana Pellea, Danny Huston, Paul Sharma, Jacek Koman, Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi, Ed Westwick

109 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity)

PLOT:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

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SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012)

 




















Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Zeljko Ivanek, Harry Dean Stanton, Brendan Sexton III, Gabourey Sidibe, Linda Bright Clay, Amanda Warren, Long Nguyen, James Hebert, Christine Marzano, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlberg, Helena Mattsson

110 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity, some drug use)

PLOT:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

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THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)

 




















Directed by: Luc Besson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr, Lee Evans, Charlie Creed-Miles, Tricky, John Neville, John Bluthal, Maïwenn Le Besco, Stacey McKenzie

126 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect the humans with four stones of the four elements: fire, water, Earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando Major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish her mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones.

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CACTUS FLOWER (1969)

 




















Directed by: Gene Saks
Screenplay by: I.A.L. Diamond
Based on the stage play by: Abe Burrows
Starring: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston, Rick Lenz, Vito Scotti, Irene Hervey, Eve Bruce, Irwin Charone, Matthew Saks

103 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Toni Simmons believes that the only reason her married lover won't leave his wife is because of the children. Actually, her lover, dentist Julian Winston, doesn't have any children. In fact, he doesn't even have a wife--he just tells women he does to avoid getting involved. When Julian does decide to take the plunge with Toni, she insists on meeting the first wife and Julian enlists the aid of his long-time nurse/receptionist Stephanie Dickinson to play the part.

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NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD - THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION! (2008)

 




















Directed by: Mark Hartley
Starring: Philip Adams, Glory Annen, Christine Amor, Victoria Anoux, Briony Behets, Steve Bisley, Jamie Blanks, Graeme Blundell, Russell Boyd, Richard Brennan, Tom Burstall, Dan Burstall, Robin Copping, Barry Crocker, Lynette Curran, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cassandra Delaney, Everett De Roche, Ross Dimsey, David Eggby, Bob Ellis, Alan Finney, Richard Franklin, Belinda Giblin, Rebecca Gilling, Antony I. Ginnane, Deborah Gray, David Hannay, Gregory Harrison, Rod Hay, Sandy Harbutt, Rod Hardy, Carla Hoogeveen, Alan Hopgood, Dennis Hopper, John-Michael Howson, Barry Humphries, John Jarratt, Barry Jones, Brian Jones, Stacy Keach, Ted Kotcheff, John D. Lamond, Nina Landis, George Lazenby, Chris Lofven, Greg Lynch, William Margold, Ross Matthews, Donald McAlpine, Bob McCarron, Hal McElroy, Greg McLean, Gus Mercurio, George Miller, Vincent Monton, Philippe Mora, Judy Morris, Russell Mulcahy, Rod Mullinar, Grant Page, Susan Penhaligon, Steve Railsback, Candy Raymond, Cheryl Rixon, Joanne Samuel, Fred Schepisi, John Seale, Ken Shorter, Lynda Stoner, Quentin Tarantino, Henry Thomas, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Trenchard-Smith, Jack Thompson, Roger Ward, James Wan, Garry Wapshott, John Waters, Leigh Whannell, Tony Williams, David Williamson, Simon Wincer, Arna-Maria Winchester, Uri Windt, Norman Yemm, Susannah York, Bruce Beresford, Wendy Hughes, Rod Taylor

103 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity, gore)

PLOT:
The story of the Australian exploitation genre cinema of 1970s and 80s.

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