Monday, January 6, 2025

THE DEVILS (1971)

 




















Directed by: Ken Russell
Based on the non-fiction book "The Devils in Loudun" by: Aldous Huxley
Based on the stage play by: John Whiting
Starring: Oliver ReedVanessa RedgraveDudley SuttonMax AdrianGemma JonesMurray MelvinMichael GothardGeorgina HaleBrian MurphyChristopher LogueGraham ArmitageJohn WoodvineAndrew FauldsKenneth ColleyJudith ParisCatherine WillmerIza Teller

111 minutes
(X - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, graphic nudity)

PLOT:
Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of 17th-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier, the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. So, they seek to destroy him by setting him up as a warlock in control of a devil-possessed nunnery, the Mother Superior of which is sexually obsessed with him. A mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, ready for the big trial.

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A QUESTION OF SILENCE (1982)

 




















Directed by: Marleen Gorris
Starring: Edda BarendsNelly FrijdaHenriĆ«tte TolCox HabbemaEddie BrugmanHans CroisetErik Plooyer

92 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, graphic nudity)
Country of origin: The Netherlands

PLOT:
Three women, all strangers to each other, meet in a dress boutique. One of the three is approached by the male proprietor as she is shoplifting a garment. When he approaches her the other two join her in beating the man to death. Other female shoppers ignore the whole situation and leave when the crime is complete. The court appoints a female psychiatrist to examine the women; contrary to public opinion the psychiatrist finds they are not insane but implies the rage expressed by the crime is a result of the male dominated society. An interesting study of extreme behavior. The prisoner's cells were a revelation.

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ROGUE (2007)

 




















Directed by: Greg McLean
Starring: Michael VartanRadha MitchellSam WorthingtonJohn JarrattCaroline BrazierStephen Curry, Celia IrelandDamien RichardsonRobert TaylorHeather MitchellGeoff MorrellMia WasikowskaBarry Otto

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

PLOT:
A handful of tourists looking for adventure get more than they bargained for when they cross paths with a massive man-eating beast in this thriller. Pete McKell is a writer for an American travel magazine who has been assigned to write a story about vacationing in rugged Northern Australia. Pete signs up for a cruise along a river that's home to a large crocodile population, with tough but pretty Kate Ryan serving as guide. Pete soon finds he's roughing it in the Aussie wilds with an eclectic variety of travelers, including Russell, who is dealing with the death of his wife; Simon, a tactless amateur photographer; and Allen, a member of the British upper crust making the trip with his ailing spouse and their rambunctious daughter. While Kate's former husband, who also works on the river, makes a pest of himself in the early stages of the voyage, the travelers soon find they have more to worry about when their craft is attacked by a massive 25-foot crocodile, who is just clever enough to know how to trap its prey before enjoying them for dinner.

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THREE MEN FROM TEXAS (1940)

 




















Directed by: Lesley Selander
Based on characters created by: Clarence E. Mulford
Starring: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Morris Ankrum, Morgan Wallace, Thornton Edwards, Esther Estrella, Davison Clark, Dick Curtis, George Lollier, Glenn Strange, Neyle Morrow

71 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.

THE ZOMBIE DIARIES (2006)

 




















Directed by: Kevin Gates
Starring: Russell Jones, Sophia Ellis, James Fisher, Craig Stovin, Jonnie Hurn, Anna Blades, Imogen Church, Victoria Summer, Jessica Gannon, Jonathan Ball, Alison Mollon, Kyle Sparks, Will Tosh, Eve Appley, Vicky Appley, Scott Ainslie, Leonard Fenton

81 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, zombie Gore, some nudity)

PLOT:
An unknown virus begins spreading and within weeks it engulfs the entire planet. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate the corpse until it was no longer able to support itself. Soon, the planet was infested with the undead.


COURAGE UNDER FIRE (1996)

 




















Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Denzel WashingtonMeg RyanLou Diamond PhillipsMatt DamonBronson PinchotSeth GilliamRegina TaylorMichael MoriartyZeljko IvanekScott GlennTim GuineeTim RansomSean AstinNed VaughnSean Patrick ThomasManny PerezKen JenkinsKathleen WiddoesChristina StojanovichTom SchanleyKorey ColemanDavid McSwain

116 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of war, drug references)

PLOT:
The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was rescued after it crashed in Desert Storm. It first appears that she made a spectacular rescue of a downed helicopter crew, then held her own crew together to fight off the Iraqis after her copter crashed. Lt. Colonel Serling, who is struggling with his own demons from Desert Storm, is assigned to investigate her worthiness for the Medal of Honor. But some conflicting accounts, from her crew and soldiers in the area, cause him to question whether she deserves it.

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THE THICKET (2024)

 




















Directed by: Elliott Lester
Based on the novel by: Joe R. Lansdale
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Esme Creed-Miles, Levon Hawke, Andrew Schulz, James Hetfield, Leslie Grace, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Arliss Howard, Macon Blair, Ned Dennehy, David Midthunder, Ryan Robbins, Teach Grant

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

PLOT:
West Texas. A boy who, after his sister is kidnapped by a violent killer known only as Cut Throat Bill, enlists a fierce bounty hunter named Reginald Jones who becomes the leader of the group of outcasts searching for the stolen girl.

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IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (2015)

 




















Directed by: Ron Howard
Based on the non-fiction book "In the Heart of the Sea - The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" by: Nathaniel Philbrick
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whislaw, Brendan Gleeson, Michelle Fairley, Gary Beadle, Frank Dillane, Edward Ashley, Charlotte Riley, Donald Sumpter, Jamie Sives, Joseph Mawle, Paul Anderson, Luca Tosi, Sam Keeley

122 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel "Moby Dick".

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BLACK BELT JONES (1974)

 




















Directed by: Robert Clouse
Starring: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville, Alan Weeks, Andre Philippe, Vincent Barbi, Mel Novak, Malik Carter, Eddie Smith, Earl Jolly Brown, Jac Emil, Earl Maynard, Marla Gibbs, Ted Lange, Clarence Barnes, Esther Sutherland, Nate Esformes

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

PLOT:
A Mafia buy out of Papa Byrd's karate school downtown ends in his death. Byrd's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell and wants revenge. Byrd's students call on Black Belt Jones for help. Jones reluctantly teams with Sydney in many battles.

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PHFFFT (1954)

 




















Directed by: Mark Robson
Based on the stage play "Phffft - Chronicle of a Happy Divorce" by: George Axelrod
Starring: Judy HollidayJack LemmonJack CarsonKim NovakLuella GearDonald RandolphDonald CurtisAmy FreemanEddie SearlesMerry AndersMylee AndreasonSally MansfieldJoyce JamesonBess FlowersJimmie DoddShirlee AllardWendy HowardCharlotte Lawrence

88 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Robert and Nina divorce after eight years of marriage. He takes up with his womanizing Navy buddy Charlie Nelson while she looks to her interfering mother for guidance. Both start dating other people, but although they try to ignore each other whenever they accidentally meet, it is obvious the past is not dead. Then one night they find themselves in a nightclub doing the mambo together.

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ELMER GANTRY (1960)

 




















Directed by: Richard Brooks
Based on the novel by: Sinclair Lewis
Starring: Burt LancasterJean SimmonsArthur KennedyShirley JonesPatti PageDean JaggerEdward AndrewsJohn McIntireHugh MarloweJoe MarossPhilip OberBarry KelleyWendell HolmesDayton LummisMax ShowalterHarry AntrimBarbara LunaJean WillesJohn Qualen

146 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking, hard-drinking traveling salesman who always has a risquƩ story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire-and-damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his own quick wit and Bible knowledge to become an indispensable part of Sister Sharon's roadshow, but his past soon catches up with him in the form of Lulu Bains, now a prostitute. While Gantry seeks and eventually gets forgiveness from Sharon, tragedy strikes when she finally manages to get out of her revivalist tent and opens a permanent church.

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BENNY & JOON (1993)

 




















Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Starring: Johnny DeppMary Stuart MastersonAidan QuinnJulianne MooreOliver PlattCCH PounderDan HedayaJoe GrifasiWilliam H. MacyEileen RyanLiane CurtisLynette WaldenNoon OrsattiDan Kamin

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

PLOT:
In Spokane, Washington, Juniper Pearl - Joon to those that know her - is an artist. She is also a mentally challenged young woman who requires around the clock care, as she could cause harm to herself or others. Her brother Benny Pearl, who owns and operates a garage and who is her only living relative since their parents died twelve years ago in a car accident, has made the decision that she would live at home with him, in the process sacrificing being able to have a personal life of his own. He has hired full-time housekeepers to provide that care when he isn't around. However, he has exhausted the list of housekeepers, who keep quitting because Joon is too much to handle. As such, Benny makes the decision that perhaps it would be best for all concerned if Joon were to live in a group home, something he is hesitating telling her for fear of her reaction. Into their lives comes Sam, the eccentric cousin of Benny's friend Mike, who they obtained from Mike in a losing hand of poker. Among his eccentricities, Sam has a penchant for bursting into Buster Keaton-esque physical comedy routines. As Sam ultimately makes a connection with both Benny and Joon, he becomes a complicating factor in their lives as Benny evaluates Sam's fitness to handle both the good and bad of Joon.

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DEAD MAN WALKING (1995)

 




















Directed by: Tim Robbins
Based on the non-fiction book by: Helen Prejean
Starring: Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Scott Wilson, Celia Weston, Lois Smith, Jon Abrahams, Roberta Maxwell, Margo Martindale, Kevin Cooney, Clancy Brown, Michael Cullen, Peter Sarsgaard, Missy Yager, Jack Black, Barton Heyman, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Steve Boles, Shannon Proctor

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

PLOT:
Sister Helen Prejean, while comforting convicted killer Matthew Poncelet on death row, finds herself empathizing with both the killer and his victim's families.

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ASSAULT ON A QUEEN (1966)

 




















Directed by: Jack Donohue
Based on the novel by: Jack Finney
Screenplay by: Rod Serling
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Tony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Virna Lisi, Alf Kjellin, Reginald Denny, Errol John, Murray Matheson, John Warburton

106 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A motley crew of treasure hunters plan to rob the cruise-liner RMS Queen Mary, using a recovered WWII German submarine.

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Sunday, January 5, 2025

GHOSTBUSTERS - FROZEN EMPIRE (2024)

 




















Directed by: Gil Kenan
Starring: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, Logan Kim, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, William Atherton, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Emily Alyn Lind, James Acaster, Kevin Mangold, Ian Whyte, John Rothman

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

PLOT:
When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age, ruled by an army of the undead.

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GHOSTBUSTERS - AFTERLIFE (2021)

 




















Directed by: Jason Reitman
Starring: Mckenna GraceFinn WolfhardPaul RuddCarrie Coon, Logan KimCeleste O'ConnorBill MurrayDan AykroydErnie HudsonAnnie PottsSigourney WeaverBokeem WoodbineMarlon KazadiSydney Mae DiazTracy LettsJ.K. SimmonsJosh GadOlivia Wilde

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

PLOT:
After the death of their eccentric grandfather, two young adults and their mother learn that they've inherited his farmhouse and property out in the middle of rural Oklahoma. Estranged from the events in his life, the younger daughter investigates his secrets and learns that he was once a member of a legendary ghost-hunting research team known as the "Ghostbusters", which instantly piques her scientific nature. They also discover that the small town they now inhabit is near an ancient temple and that an evil that the fabled group encountered and defeated previously is looking to re-emerge and bring hell to all mankind.

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GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)

 




















Directed by: Paul Feig
Starring: Kristen WiigMelissa McCarthyKate McKinnonLeslie JonesChris HemsworthJustin KirkNeil CaseyAndy GarciaCecily StrongMichael K. WilliamsMatt WalshCharles DanceEd Begley JrBill MurrayDan AykroydErnie HudsonSigourney WeaverAnnie PottsIvan ReitmanKaran SoniBess RousEugene CorderoMilana VayntrubDave AllenSteve BannosSteve HigginsMichael McDonaldZach WoodsNate CorddryToby HussKatie DippoldSam RichardsonJessica ChaffinJamie DenboOzzy OsbourneAl RokerPat KiernanGreg KellyRosanna Scotto

116 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, some rude humor)

PLOT:
Paranormal researcher Abby Yates and physicist Erin Gilbert are trying to prove that ghosts exist in modern society. When strange apparitions appear in Manhattan, Gilbert and Yates turn to engineer Jillian Holtzmann for help. Also joining the team is Patty Tolan, a lifelong New Yorker who knows the city inside and out. Armed with proton packs and plenty of attitude, the four women prepare for an epic battle as more than 1,000 mischievous ghouls descend on Times Square.

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GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989)

 




















Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill MurrayDan AykroydHarold RamisSigourney WeaverRick MoranisErnie HudsonAnnie PottsPeter MacNicolKurt FullerDavid MarguliesHarris YulinJanet MargolinWilliam T. DeutschendorfHank J. DeutschendorfWilhelm von HomburgBrian Doyle-MurrayMary Ellen TrainorCheech MarinPhilip Baker HallBobby BrownBen SteinLouise TroyKevin DunnChloe Webb

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

PLOT:
Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with marshmallow, the once-famous band of spirit-hunters find themselves struggling to keep afloat, working odd jobs. However, when Dana Barrett and her baby, Oscar, have yet another terrifying encounter with the paranormal, it's up to Peter Venkman and his fearless team of supernatural crime-fighters to save the day. Now, once more, humanity is in danger, as rivers of slimy psycho-reactive ectoplasm, and the dreadful manifestation of the evil sixteenth-century tyrant, Vigo the Carpathian, threaten to plunge the entire city into darkness unless the selfless Ghostbusters take action. Can they save the world for the second time?

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GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

 




















Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill MurrayDan AykroydHarold RamisSigourney WeaverRick MoranisErnie HudsonAnnie PottsWilliam AthertonDavid MarguliesMichael EnsignSlavitza JovanRuth Hale OliverAlice DrummondJennifer RunyonSteven TashKymberly HerrinTimothy CarhartReginald VelJohnsonRoger GrimsbyLarry KingJoe FranklinCasey Kasem

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

PLOT:
After delving into the supernatural one time too many, the scientists and ambitious paranormal researchers, Dr Peter Venkman, Dr Raymond Stantz, and Dr Egon Spengler, find themselves out of work. Intent on proving everyone wrong, the team comes up with "Ghostbusters", a paranormal search-and-destroy service, targeting the Big Apple's rogue spirits, until they come face-to-face with the ancient shape-shifting demon, Gozer the Destructor. Now, the possessed former client, Dana Barrett, and her love-smitten neighbour, Louis Tully, are up to something, eager to usher in a new era of evil. For the first time in their career, the Ghostbusters are on to something big; however, do they have what it takes to thwart the interdimensional entity's malevolent plans?

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THE PLAYER (1992)

 




















Directed by: Robert Altman
Based on the novel by: Michael Tolkin
Starring: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Richard E. Grant, Sydney Pollack, Lyle Lovett, Dina Merrill, Gina Gershon, Angela Hall, Jeremy Piven, Scott Glenn, Rene Auberjonois, Cher, Robert Carradine, Jeff Goldblum, Andie MacDowell, Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Burt Reynolds, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Nick Nolte, Peter Falk, Harry Belafonte, Anjelica Huston, Brian Tochi, Robert Wagner, Teri Garr

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

PLOT:
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?

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DEAD DUDES IN THE HOUSE (1989)

 




















Directed by: James Riffel
Starring: James Griffin, John Dayton Cerna, Sarah Newhouse, Douglas Gibson, Victor Verhaeghe, Mark Zobian, Naomi Kooker, Eugene Sautner, Rob Moretti, Darrell Gibson, Pam Lewis

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

PLOT:
A group of teenagers decide to renovate an old, seemingly abandoned house, unaware that the house is occupied by a murderous old woman and her sultry daughter.

Also known as "The House on Tombstone Hill" and "The Dead Come Home".


ADRIAN STREET - IMAGINE WHAT I COULD DO TO YOU (2019)

 












Produced by: World Wrestling Entertainment
Starring: Adrian StreetJohnny SaintRobbie BrooksideMark AndrewsWilliam RegalFlash Morgan WebsterMiss LindaBrian "Road Dogg" JamesTerry TaylorMark Dallas

20 minutes
(TV-PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sports violence)

PLOT:
Profile of legendary professional wrestler Adrian Street, whose flamboyant costumes and unorthodox mannerisms in and out of the wrestling ring made him one of the most unforgettable individuals in the world of sports entertainment.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022 - 2023)

 




















Created by: David Jenkins
Starring: Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Nathan Foad, Vico Ortiz, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Rory Kinnear, Con O'Neill, Guz Khan, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, Claudia O'Doherty, Boris McGiver, William Barber-Holler, Eden Grace Redfield, Michael Patrick Crane, Connor Barrett, Leslie Jones, Fred Armisen, Madeleine Sami, Ruibo Qian, Anapela Polataivao, Erroll Shand, Gary Farmer, Benton Jennings, Nick Kroll, Kristen Schaal, Brian Gattas, Yvonne Zima, Angus Sampson, Simone Kessell, Damien Gerard, Selenis Leyva, Will Arnett, Kristen Johnston, Tim Heidecker, Mark Mitchinson, Maaka Pohatu, Rachel House, Minnie Driver, Bronson Pinchot, Josie Whittlesey, Ted Heyck, Pedro Lopez, Theo Darby, David Jenkins, Asher Bishop, Iain Morris, Luke Marinkovich, Francesco Toby, Daniel Olson, Jamie Nations, Toneey Acevedo, Arthur RedCloud, HoNu Asuncion, Michael Heidemann, Christopher Corbin, Dan Considine, Pingi Moli, Ronnie Clark, Carlos Arellano, Nacho Vigalondo, Pancho Cardena, Marcelo Olivas, Arthur Joseph, Roslyn Gentle, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Nico Galan, Sergio Lanza, Jeff Lorch, Mateo Gallegos, Hugo Pierre Martin, Devon Stewart, Christian Lagadec, Cornelius Peter, Ted Barton, Jenna Carley, Edward Fletcher, Maarten Simons, Jordan Feldman, Nancy Lantis, Pete Gardner, Noah James Butler, Jonathan Medina, Allyson Juliette, Enrique Renaldo, Fernando Frias, James Barrington, David Piggott, Ian Alda, Mark Prendergast, Ashna Sharan, Dominic Burgess, Adam Stein, Rawle D. Lewis, Joberde Metellus, Geoff Dolan, David Perrett, Amanda Grace Leo, Teresa Lee, Kate Fu, Ma'aola Faasavala, Lily Riley, Daniel Fernandez, Alessio Vannozzi, Brett O'Gorman, Adam Brookfield, George Maunsell, Lee Tuson, TK Waititi, Matewa Kiritapu Waititi, Tim Dennis, TJ Snow, Jennifer Onyeiwu, Shayne Martin, Grant Lobban, Jonny McBride, Aaron Richardson, Colm Woulfe, Flynn Chandra, Cohen Holloway, Joe Valentine, Stephen Papps, Jaden McLeod, Rob McKenzie, Paul Williams, Louis Flavell-Birch, Ben Ellington, Zach Douglas, Matthew J. Smith, Alex J. Sherman

18 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
The year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.

season 1 - 
Aristocrat-turned-pirate-captain Stede Bonnet is put to the test when his crew encounters a British naval vessel. Stede battles feelings of guilt while hunting for missing hostages. Lucius makes a surprising discovery. Stede (aka The Gentleman Pirate) conducts business in the Republic of Pirates. Oluwande and Jim face their past. As the threat of attack looms, Blackbeard and Stede finally meet. Jim fields questions from an overly curious crew. Blackbeard and Stede attend a fancy party. Oluwande and Frenchie embrace false identities. Izzy and Lucius go head-to-head. Stede and crew stage a spectacle. Blackbeard struggles to carry out his plan. A trip to St. Augustine reveals more about Jim's past. Stede leads Blackbeard on an adventure. Blackbeard's old friend Calico Jack appears on the Revenge. Soon his presence starts to cause friction between Stede and Blackbeard. Captured and facing trial, Stede and Blackbeard face tough choices and an uncertain future. While Stede attempts to reenter his old life, Blackbeard tends to a wounded heart.

season 2 - 
While Stede adjusts to his new normal, a heartbroken Blackbeard fills the void with daily raids, sparking concern amongst Izzy and the crew. Aboard Zheng's ship, Stede, Olu and Black Pete have surprising revelations while Blackbeard's crew plots their revenge. While the Revenge crew gleefully reunites under Zheng's reign, Stede attempts to bring back Blackbeard, who must face his own difficult truths. After he's banished from the Revenge, Blackbeard unwittingly receives relationship advice from some dysfunctional old friends. As Blackbeard remains plagued by the distrust of his crew, Izzy schools Stede on how to be an effective captain. While the crew celebrates Calypso's birthday, Blackbeard faces a violent party-crasher seeking revenge. As Blackbeard reevaluates his life, Stede reveals in his newfound infamy. With some help from Jim, Oluwande reunites with a hesitant Zheng. Stede, Zheng, Spanish Jackie and the rest of the Revenge crew team up to take down a nefarious common enemy threatening the world of piracy.

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

OLD PEOPLE (2022)

 




















Directed by: Andy Fetscher
Starring: Melika ForoutanStephan LucaPaul Fabnacht, Maxine KazisGerhard BosBianca NawrathOtto Emil KochAnna UnterbergerRichard ManualpillaiLouie BettonEveline HallMarcin RogozinskiMarvin SchulzeDaniela GalboAdolfo Assor

101 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some gore)
Country of origin: Germany

PLOT:
A woman travels home with her two kids for her sister's wedding but finds herself defending her family against blood-seeking pensioners.

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HOMER AND EDDIE (1989)

 




















Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Belushi, Karen Black, Anne Ramsey, Beah Richards, John Waters, Mickey Jones, Tad Horino, Vincent Schiavelli, Fritz Feld, Tracey Walter, Barbara Pilavin, Angelo Bertolini, Nick LaTour, Angelyne

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

PLOT:
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

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UNCOMMON VALOR (1983)

 




















Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Story by: Wings Hauser
Starring: Gene HackmanFred WardReb BrownRandall "Tex" CobbRobert StackPatrick SwayzeHarold SylvesterTim ThomersonKwan Hi LimLau Nga LaiGail StricklandJerry KempCharles AidmanDebi ParkerJane KaczmarekMichael DudikoffConstance ForslundTodd AllenDon MantoothTad HorinoGloria StroockJan TriskaBarret OliverKelly YunkermannJerry Supiran

105 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of war)

PLOT:
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese. Led by his father (a retired Marine Colonel) and supported by a rich businessman whose son is also a P.O.W., the group engages in a dangerous and violent adventure trying to rescue the P.O.W.s, and at the same time, re-direct their lives.

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SMALL WONDER (1985 - 1989)

 




















Created by: Howard Leeds
Starring: Tiffany BrissetteJerry SupiranDick ChristieMarla PenningtonEmily SchulmanEdie McClurgWilliam BogertAlice GhostleyPaul C. ScottLihann JonesDaryl BartleyOlive DunbarMickey MortonDavid GlasserRobert JayneBrent ChalemBryan PriceMichael BacallMadelyn CainRichard ErdmanKelly BrittElliott ReidHal RayleHoward PlattJoey TushnetErica SwitzerBennett OhtaWilliam CortDaniel LeslieDanny WellsBrad Blaisdell, Ken BerrySidney MillerHelen MalloryJack ManningPeggy ConverseAdam RichGino ConfortiLe TariJo Marie PaytonFoster BrooksMario MachadoJohn DavidsonLeslie BegaTony MaxVeronica ReddBobby HerbeckEnid KentEmily MoultrieRudy ChallengerGeorge MurdockBasil HoffmanDouglas EmersonNorman AldenJoan RobertsBruce MorganSarah MarshallBrian MooreBrian Austin GreenNeo EdmundChris HebertLouis QuinnAlissa WrightLivia GiniseVera DaehlinMilton JamesBea HagenJack FletcherBill HandyMargie EvansJesse VenturaPat MusickLeonard LightfootLee DelanoJesse WhiteReuven Bar-YotamJack GrinnageCynthia FrostLou CarryJoe LakeDavid MosesTiffany ReinboltPhyllis St. JamesSteve FrankenJason HorstAlyson CroftTed PitsisLucy Lee FlippenSteve PalkoPhilip TanziniPeggy MarchScooter StevensDonald CraigTom AmundsenDon SparksDavid RuprechtBrett JohnsonJennifer LessMillie BaronMark BurkeBilly BraverDoug CoxKelley Jean BrowerKelbi FolkersonGary HollisHelen Page CampMichael PorterAnnie O'DonnellReno GoodaleDoris HessSheila LarkenBenji SchulmanRyan BollmanBob AriJakub DurkothAngus DuncanKip KingLyle AlzadoKeone YoungGiuseppe FrancoSande HarrisLark VoorhiesRyan TonetLarry McKinneyBenjamin LumDanny GellisDevon OdessaKathy GiebJulie ThomsonRoger HewlettCharles LuciaJason ClayDomenick AllenTina AndrewsArt LinkletterHenry W. LasterChris DefonteMelanie VinczGeoff EdwardsJames MacKrellDick PattersonAnita DanglerMarcia WallaceShonda WhippleF.J. O'NeilEdward DuorteDick WilsonCooper NealLinda LutzLou CutellDavid HallRay ErlenbornTom HolidayZiggy SeigelCharley J. GarrettAndrae AshmanBill FrischmannRay VictorRicky SupiranFredd WayneAmber SusaTrey ParkerClyde Kusatsu

96 episodes
(TV-PG - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Genius United Robotronics cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson, brings home for assembly and long-term field beta testing Vicki, or V.I.C.I. (Voice Input Child Identicant): a secretly constructed robotic domestic aide in the form of a 10-year-old girl, to whom housewife Joan takes a shine while 10-year-old son Jamie instantly takes advantage of Vicki as a maid to clean his room and do his homework.

season 1 -
Nosy neighbors, the Brindles, invite themselves over for dinner due to a power outage at their house. Naturally, Vicky tickles their curiosity, leading them to ask several questions that the Lawsons have no answers for. Can the Lawsons keep Vicky from blowing the evening - and her cover? In need of a sitter for son Jamie, Ted and Joan decide to give Vicky the job for the evening. But can Jamie be trusted to not take advantage of a useful robot? And is Vicky ready to be a sitter? When Jamie's classmate Warren stops by the house, he becomes smitten with Vicky. But when Jamie tries to interfere in the relationship by programming Vicky with insults, Warren's feelings are hurt. Feeling neglected due to his parents' preoccupation with Vicky, Jamie decides to run away. But when he uses Vicky to avoid contact with his parents, the family gets a scare. Jamie turns into a dictator when he puts himself in charge of his school project. But best friend Reggie and Jamie's parents won't let him continue without being taught a lesson in etiquette. Jamie's parents don't believe him when he says that Harriet's cousin was the one who broke a teapot. Leave it to the robot and her tape recorder to save the day the Jamie. When a bully extorts Jamie's Fearless Five Club for a daily dollar, Jamie ends up with a black eye. Lucky for him and the club, Vicky is tougher than any bully. Jamie uses Vicky's new read-and-scan computer program to do his school reports for him. She does such a good job, though, that his teacher wants to move Jamie to the honors class. But when his parents find out, they give him the chance to come clean on his own. When nosy Mrs. Brindle reports the Lawsons to child services for not having Vicky enrolled in school, the Lawsons rush to forge adoption papers. But their plan gets complicated when a doctor's exam is required - on their robot. Ms. Fernwald of Child Services forces the Lawsons to hire a tutor for Vicky. But when the tutor gets too excited about Vicky's super memory, Ted gets worried and comes up with an idea for a replacement teacher. Ted loses a promotion to Brindle, but the worst is yet to come. Vicki goes to play with Harriet and she teaches her how to demand things from parents. This impacts Vicki's internal circuit and creates a problem for the Lawsons. Jamie learns about business when he sells burritos. Ted and a group of kids get lost while camping. To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy. Brandon steps in for Ted Jamie's school picnic. Two electronics engineers plan to steal Vicki. A takeover threatens Ted's job and family finances. Ted's plan for physical fitness backfires. Ted pushes Jamie to try out for the football team. An aging entertainer says Vicki is his daughter. Jamie attempts to educate his dad in the ways of love. Grandma and Grandpa Lawson learn about Vicki.

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Jamie and Reggie, learns a sobering lesson by, smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco to elevate their freshman status in junior high. Jamie tries to buy the love of a pretty classmate. Joan becomes substitute teacher in Jamie's class. Jamie takes a bribe while playing a judge in school. Joan contacts a local news channel about doing a story on the homeless in an effort to raise awareness for those who are as Joanie would put it residentially handicapped. After running an errand for their parents, Jamie and Vicki find a homeless man sleeping in an alley who introduces himself as Roland Cardwell. Jamie quickly finds a role model in the self proclaimed professional vagabond and invites him to stay in their home. After witnessing his admiration, Joan and Ted frantically think of ways to change Jamie's preconception of how easy the life of a homeless man is. However, when Roland goes missing they find their job is much easier than predicted. The family revisits the shady alley in which they had originally found him in and Jamie finds that the lifestyle isn't nearly as glamorous as he had previously thought. A con man sells Jamie and Vicki stolen merchandise that doesn't work. Jamie falls for Harriet's 16-year-old cousin. Jamie has a dream that he's the boss of his parents. Jamie is assigned to tutor a girl who stutters. The Brindles involve the Lawson's in their squabble. Vicki is caught shoplifting. Jamie learns the value of family on Thanksgiving. After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch. Ted is offered a new job in Massachusetts. Ted tells a lie so that Jamie will be proud of him. Jamie reprograms Vicki to please his friends. Jamie starts a dating service to pay for a bicycle. Against Ted's wishes, Joan enlist Vicki into the "Little Miss Shopping Mall" Beauty Pageant. After finding out that Harriet is also in the pageant, Ted changes his mind. Jamie pretends Vicki is a boy so she can play baseball. Joan's high-school friend is not what Ted expects. Pro-wrestler, Jesse Ventura, is invited to the Lawson house for dinner. He has a surprise for Ted, as years before he was the nerdy little kid named Wally who Ted teased in college. Vicki becomes jealous of an electronic cat. Vicki turns out to be a wizard at car repairs. The Lawsons decide to renew their wedding vows.

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Reporters Jamie and Reggie learn to check facts. Vicki saves Harriet from drowning in the pool. Jamie takes the blame for a theft to protect a girl. The boss's daughter sets her sights on Jamie. Jamie and Vicki help the police catch a drug dealer. Jamie befriends a deaf boy for the wrong reasons. To win a promotion over Brandon's boss fawning, Ted decides to reveal Vicki's robot secret to his boss at a company picnic unaware that Brandon is out to sabotage Ted's effort. An electrocuted Vicki behaves as though possessed. Ted builds a more advanced robot, but his plans to scrap Vicki are halted when the new model refuses to obey orders. Vicki is asked to appear in a cereal commercial. Vicki literally balloons after Ted unwittingly upgrades her energy-supplementing polynucleotide processor with an appetite, which creates excess digestive gases and causes her a date issue for the school dance. Harriet, Jamie and Vicki foil a bank robber. The Lawsons perform at a lodge fund-raiser. Vicki gives a bank computer data that Ted is dead. The Lawsons plot to convince the Brindles to move. Vicki accidentally sells the Lawson's house. Jamie stages a play to help a boy cope with leukemia. Vicki competes with a Soviet robot. Due to Vicki's mishandling of terms, Child Services Officer Mrs. Fernwald thinks Ted is an alcoholic and threatens to take Vicki away unless he joins AA. Vicki imitates Lyle Alzado to help auditioning Jamie. Jamie forms a rock band and Ida Mae has amnesia. Jamie avoids reading a book for a school assignment. Brandon claims injury from Vicki's Heimlich maneuver. Jamie starts an answering service for his friends.

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The men and women camp separately. Jamie, Vicki and Harriet have multiple dates. Jamie and Vicki join a gang. A burglar strikes the Lawsons at a health resort. The Lawsons' plane is hijacked. Vicki falls in love with a computer program. A teenage sheik wants Vicki for his bride. The Lawsons and Brindles compete on a game show. Brandon sees Vicki's hologram of an alien spaceship. Joan's father dates Ida Mae. Vicki leaks nitrous oxide; Jamie teaches for a week. There's a dance at Jamie's school wherein the girls get to ask the boys out. Jamie's hoping that a girl he likes will ask him. But Harriet is chasing Jamie trying to get him to bring her to the dance. Eventually she does so to get out of it, he tries to get enough demerits so that he would be grounded and can't go. Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall -- and its owner's $60 shirt. Vicki and Jamie invent a cleaning solution. Jamie produces a radio play about World War II. Jamie starts up a singing-telegram business. L.E.S. is back, and despite Ted's assurances that the rogue A.I. program has been rendered harmless, it comes back in a big way by possessing Vicki's body as its own. Ted's robot, Vanessa, wreaks havoc in Hollywood. To land a new promotion with the boss, Mr. Jennings. Ted invites him over for dinner and a playful game of pool until Jennings starts betting the shirt off his back and a lot more playing against Vicki. When Ted installs a new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linguistic Analytical Sequencer) into Vicki it enables her to understand any language including even animals, like the bosses' dog. Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair. A gossip reporter reveals Vicki's secret. Ted's union strike inspires the whole family. Her sight failing, Vicki cannot identify bike thieves. Joan poses as Mrs. Brindle to impress a businessman.

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THE DEVILS (1971)

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