MISCHIEF (1985)

Directed by: Mel Damski

Starring: Doug McKeon, Chris Nash, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, D.W. Brown, Jami Gertz, Margaret Blye, Graham Jarvis, Terry O'Quinn

100 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, nudity)

PLOT:

Nerdy Jonathan has always pined for beautiful and popular Marilyn, but she has never noticed him. Then cool, calm motorcycle-riding Gene Harbrough comes along and teaches Jonathan how to be cool and get the girl. Meanwhile, Gene crashes into Bunny, a sweet neighbor with a boyfriend who almost ran over him the first day they met. Now with everyone acquainted, will Gene get the girl of his dreams, and will Jonathan ever get a chance to score?

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50 FIRST DATES (2004)

Directed by: Peter Segal

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Dan Aykroyd, Blake Clark, Lusia Strus, Amy Hill, Pomaika'i Brown, Allen Covert, Missi Pyle, Maya Rudolph, Lynn Collins, Kevin James

99 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some crude humor, drug references)

PLOT:

Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore. Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feel the start of a serious relationship occurring. Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognize him. This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.

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THE LOOKOUT (2007)

Directed by: Scott Frank

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Bruce McGill, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham, Morgan Kelly, Aaron Berg

98 minutes

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

PLOT:

An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus, he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry.

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STAGECOACH (1939)

Directed by: John Ford
Screenplay by: Dudley Nichols
Based on the short story "The Stage to Lordsburg" by: Ernest Haycox
Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Francis Ford, Brenda Fowler, William Hopper, Duke R. Lee, Chris-Pin Martin, Vester Pegg, Jack Pennick, Joe Rickson, Elvira Rios

96 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
In 1880, a motley assortment of interesting strangers boards the Overland stagecoach from Tonto in Arizona, heading to Lordsburg in New Mexico. Among the passengers are the always inebriated frontier doctor, "Doc" Boone, Dallas, the ill-reputed dance-hall girl, Hatfield, the professional gambler, Mrs. Lucy Mallory, the wife of a cavalry officer, the whiskey salesman, Mr. Peacock, the absconding banker, Mr. Gatewood, Marshall Wilcox, and his escaped prisoner, the Ringo Kid. Inevitably, however, as the coach and six dashes through the vast plains and Geronimo's Apache-infested land, only the mighty U. S. Cavalry can save the day.

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JETHICA (2022)

Directed by: Pete Ohs
Starring: Callie Hernandez, Ashley Denise Robinson, Will Madden, Andy Faulkner, Nican Robinson, Shirley Chen, Ross Yingst

72 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
Hiding out in New Mexico after a freak accident, Elena runs into Jessica, an old friend from high school. When Jessica's stalker suddenly shows up at their door, they must seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him.

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DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)

 

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Based on the non-fiction news article "The Boys in the Bank" by: P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore
Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar, Susan Peretz, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, Carol Kane, Beulah Garrick, Sandra Kazan, Estelle Omens, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Amy Levitt, Gary Springer, John Marriott, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Dick Anthony Williams, Judith Malina, Dominic Chianese, Edwin "Chu Chu" Malave, Lionel Pina

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

PLOT:
Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny Wortzik and Sal two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Eugene Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.

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HALF-BAKED (1998)

Directed by: Tamra Davis
Starring: Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Guillermo Diaz, Rachel True, Clarence Williams III, Laura Silverman, Tommy Chong, Steven Wright, Tracy Morgan, Snoop Dogg, Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Stephen Baldwin, Willie Nelson, Bob Saget, Kevin Duhaney, Matthew Raposo, James Cooper, Michael Colton

82 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, mild violence, nudity, drug references, drug use)

PLOT:
After Kenny accidentally kills a cop's diabetic horse by feeding it the food he purchased from a munchie run, he is put in jail and is given a 1-million-dollar bail. The rest of the group must bail Kenny out before Nasty Nate gets to him. The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. They become pals with rap star Sir Smoke-A-Lot and the rivals of dealer Samson Simpson. On the side, Thurgood seeks the love of Mary Jane, an anti-pot daughter of a dealer.

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MAX PAYNE (2008)

 

Directed by: John Moore

Based on the video game series by: Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Beau Bridges, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Nelly Furtado, Kate Burton, Amaury Nolasco, Olga Kurylenko, Joel Gordon, Jamie Hector, Stephen R. Hart, Marianthi Evans, James McCaffrey

100 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug references)

PLOT:

Three years ago, NYPD detective Max Payne's wife and baby were murdered. Max gets himself transferred to the cold case office where he can continue searching for the killer who got away. He's a loner, but two people reach out to him during a fateful week: Alex, his ex-partner who may have found a clue, and BB, the security chief at the pharmaceutical company where Max's wife worked. Meanwhile, bodies are piling up, some as a result of a drug on the street that is highly addictive and, for many who take it, brings hideous hallucinations. When one of the bodies is a woman Payne was the last to see alive, her sister comes looking for him armed to the teeth; Max must move fast.

A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Based on the stage play by: Aaron Sorkin

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, J.T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr, Kiefer Sutherland, Wolfgang Bodison, James Marshall, J.A. Preston, Michael DeLorenzo, Noah Wyle, Xander Berkeley, Matt Craven, John M. Jackson, Christopher Guest, David Bowe, Joshua Malina, Harry Caesar, Arthur Senzy

138 minutes

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

PLOT:

The facts: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Gitmo as it is known - based marines Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Louden Downey assaulted Private William Santiago in the middle of the night, which included stuffing a rag into his mouth, Santiago who died shortly thereafter of respiratory complications. Special Judge Advocate Counsel Lieutenant Joanne Galloway believes Dawson and Downey were just following orders, as part of the marines' unofficial "code red" where there is self policing within the ranks, and that there was no intent of murder. Galloway, a naive lawyer who seeks fairness and justice at all cost, wants to be assigned the case but she has no trial experience. Instead, the military assigns Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee to be Dawson and Downey's counsel. Kaffee is a lightweight lawyer who also has no trial experience and has a history of taking, as Galloway refers, the path of least resistance by plea bargaining regardless of his clients' guilt/innocence and their wants. Galloway becomes co-counsel in the case. The two, with their assistant Lieutenant Sam Weinberg, have to decide what to do, not an easy task considering their differing views on law and what is best for all including themselves. They do believe Dawson and Downey's story that they were following unofficial/official code red orders, but are uncertain if their case is winnable, especially against the marine machine run by Gitmo's Colonel Nathan Jessep.

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MEGAMIND VS. THE DOOM SYNDICATE (2024)

 

Directed by: Eric Fogel

Starring: (voices) Keith Ferguson, Laura Post, Josh Brener, Maya Aoki Tuttle, Emily Tunon, Talon Warburton, Scott Adsit, Chris Sullivan, Tony Hale, Jeanine Mason, Adam Lambert, Roger Craig Smith, Todd Haberkorn, Eric Murphy, Joey Rudman, Michael Beattie, Eric Fogel

85 minutes

(TV-G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

Megamind's former villain team, The Doom Syndicate, has returned. Our newly crowned blue hero must now keep up evil appearances until he can assemble his friends to stop his former evil teammates from launching Metro City to the moon.

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MEGAMIND (2010)

 

Directed by: Tom McGrath

Starring: (voices) Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Ben Stiller, Christopher Knights, Tom McGrath, Jack Blessing, Justin Theroux, Rob Corddry

96 minutes

(PG - some language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:

After super-villain Megamind kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man, he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Titan, who instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the first time in his life.

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THE LETTER (1940)

Directed by: William Wyler

Based on the stage play by: W. Somerset Maugham

Screenplay by: Howard E. Koch

Starring: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard, Bruce Lester, Elizabeth Earl, Cecil Kellaway, Sen Yung, Doris Lloyd, Willie Fung, Tetsu Komai, Holmes Herbert, Leo White

95 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense. Her poise, graciousness and stoicism impress nearly everyone who meets her. Her husband is certainly without doubt; so is the district officer, while her lawyer's doubts may be a natural skepticism. But this is Singapore and the resentful natives will have no compunction about undermining this accused murderess. A letter in her hand turns up and may prove her undoing.

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I AM CURIOUS (BLUE) (1968)

Directed by: Vilgot Sjoman
Starring: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjoman, Maj Hulten, Borje Ahlstedt, Bertil Wikstrom, Sonja Lindgren, Gunnel Brostrom, Hans Hellberg, Bim Vreeswijk, Peter Lindgren, Gudrun Ostbye, Ulla Lyttkens, Magnus Nilsson, Gun Jonsson, Pierre Franckel, Hanne Sandemose, Frej Lindqvist, Marie Goranzon

107 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic nudity)
Country of origin: Sweden

PLOT:
Filmmaker Vilgot Sjoman is making a movie with twenthy-two-year old drama student and his sometimes sexual partner Lena Nyman. Under the guise of the "Nyman Institute", Lena surveya a broad spectrum of Swedes on issues including sex, sexual pursuit, the class system and the role of meritocracy in it, the prison system, and religion in her quest for social justice. Having grown up with her divorced father, Vilgot sends her on a quest for her long lost mother, who Lena has heard has remarried with a young son who she's never met. That quest turns into a further want for social justice and a sexual awakening in meeting others along the way. This trip takes her away from who is her new love, Borje Ahlstedt, Vilgot telling the real life Borje that there will be consequences to their sexual union.
 

I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW) (1967)

 




















Directed by: Vilgot Sjoman
Starring: Vilgot Sjoman, Lena Nyman, Borje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren, Chris Wahlstrom, Marie Goranzon, Magnus Nilsson, Ulla Lyttkens, Anders Ek, Holger Lowenadler, Bertil Norstrom, Dora Soderberg, Ollegard Wellton, Sven Wollter, Olof Palme, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Martin Luther King Jr.

122 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic nudity)
Country of origin: Sweden

PLOT:
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other.

WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996)

Directed by: Leon Gast

Starring: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown, B.B. King, Mobutu Sese Seko, Spike Lee, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Thomas Hauser, Malick Bowens, Lloyd Price, The Spinners, The Crusaders, Drew Bundini Brown, Miriam Makeba

89 minutes

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

PLOT:

It's 1974, Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a backer in Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator of Zaire and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set. A musical festival, featuring the America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King, is also planned.

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NOISES OFF (1992)

Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich

Based on the stage play by: Michael Frayn

Starring: Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicollette Sheridan, Julie Hagerty, Mark Linn-Baker, Denholm Elliott

103 minutes

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

PLOT:

Lloyd Fellowes, the director of an eccentric theatre company, is desperately trying to get his production together, despite the worst efforts of the cast, crew, and Lady Luck. We follow the production from final rehearsals through opening night, and onto the tour. As with any group of actors forced to work closely together for any great length of time, romances and arguments are bound to break out. Quite often, what's happening on stage is nothing compared to what's happening backstage.

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SLAY (2024)

Directed by: Jem Garrard

Starring: Heidi N Closet, Trinity the Tuck, Crystal Methyd, Cara Melle, Donia Kash, Neil Sandilands, Gabriel Harry Meltz, Daniel Janks, Robyn Scott, Warrick Grier, Shane John Kruger, Joe Vaz, Richard Wright-Firth, Gustav Rossouw, Bester Wian

98 minutes

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

PLOT:

After a booking mistake, four drag queens find themselves performing for a mostly unwelcoming crowd, but when vampires attack, the crowd looks to the queens to save the day. 

SPARTACUS (1960)

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Based on the novel by: Howard Fast

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, John Dall, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco, Paul Lambert, Robert J. Wilke, Nicholas Dennis, John Hoyt, Frederic Worlock, Gil Perkins, Cliff Lyons

197 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

In 73 B.C., a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus (Sir Peter Ustinov). The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousands of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south. The Roman Senator Gracchus (Charles Laughton) schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus (John Dall), Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus (Sir Laurence Olivier) is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome.

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THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974)

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Based on the novel by: Loren Singer

Starring: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn, Kelly Thordsen, Jim Davis, Bill McKinney, Stacy Keach Sr, Anthony Zerbe, William Jordan, Edward Winter, Chuck Waters, Earl Hindman, William Joyce, Jo Ann Harris, Doria Cook-Nelson, Ford Rainey, Richard Bull

102 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work to colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth.

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THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (1991)

Directed by: John Bailey
Based on the one-woman play by: Jane Wagner
Starring: Lily Tomlin

120 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes)

PLOT:
Multi-talented comedienne and writer Lily Tomlin performs as several personas in this thought-provoking and entertaining film version of her hit Broadway one-woman show.

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