THE THING WITH TWO HEADS (1972)

 

Directed by: Lee Frost

Starring: Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Kathy Baumann, Chelsea Brown, John Dullaghan, John Bliss, Jane Kellem, Rod Steele, Lee Frost, Wes Bishop, Jerry Butler, Rick Baker

90 minutes

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

PLOT:

A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row.

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BRING IT ON - ALL OR NOTHING (2006)

 




















Directed by: Steve Rash
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Solange Knowles, Jake McDorman, Gus Carr, Marcy Rylan, Giovannie Samuels, Francia Raisa, Gary Leroi Gray, Cindy Chiu, Danielle Savre, Jessica Fife, Kiersten Warren, Eric Bruskotter, Swin Cash, Kaliyah Warren, JoJo Wright, Conni Marie Brazelton, Tony Gonzalez, Rihanna

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

PLOT:
A transfer student to a rough high school tries joining the cheer-leading squad and she not only faces off against the head cheerleader, but against her former school in preparation for a cheer-off competition. 

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A MADEA CHRISTMAS (2013)

 




















Directed by: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, Anna Maria Horsford, Kathy Najimy, Larry the Cable Guy, Chad Michael Murray, Alicia Witt, JR Lemon, Lisa Whelchel, Noah Urrea, Ashlee Heath, Caroline Kennedy, Steve Boles, Kimberly "Sweet Brown" Wilkins, Antoine Dodson, Jonathan Chase, Vickie Eng, Daniel Mann

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

PLOT:
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit in a rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.

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A LOW DOWN DIRTY SHAME (1994)

 

Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jada Pinkett, Salli Richardson, Charles S. Dutton, Andrew Divoff, Chris Spencer, Corwin Hawkins, Don Diamont, Gary Cervantes, Gregory Sierra, Andrew Shaifer, Kim Wayans, Rene Hicks

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

PLOT:
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.

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CRAWLERS (2020)

Directed by: Brandon Zuck
Starring: Giorgia Whigham, Pepi Sonuga, Cameron Fuller, Olivia Liang, Jude Demorest, Zachary Roozen, David Carzell, Virginia Louise Smith

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

PLOT:
On Saint Patrick's Day, after a night of wild parties and drunken revelry, three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-switching aliens.

Part of Hulu's holiday-themed "Into the Dark" anthology series.

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SANTA CLAUS - THE MOVIE (1985)

 

Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Starring: Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell, Jeffrey Kramer, Christian Fitzpatrick, Carrie Kei Heim, John Barrard, Anthony O'Donnell, Aimee Delamain, Dorothea Phillips, John Hallam, Judith Morse, Jerry Harte

108 minutes
(PG - some language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
This is the story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves in the North Pole and becomes Santa Claus. But when Santa's eager-to-please elf Patch leaves the North Pole for the big streets of New York City, he becomes mixed up with a dastardly toy tycoon's plan to take over Christmas. And so begins Santa's adventure - to rescue his faithful elf and to save Christmas for all the children of the world!

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MERRILY WE GO TO HELL (1932)

 

Directed by: Dorothy Arzner
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, George Irving, Esther Howard, Florence Britton, Charles Coleman, Cary Grant, Kent Taylor, Robert Greig, Theresa Harris

88 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentiss. Unfortunately, their wedded bliss is interrupted when Jerry's play becomes a hit, and he hooks up with the wrong woman from his past. Joan decides that turn-about is fair play and she picks another man to escort her around to various parties around New York. Eventually Jerry quits drinking and sends his girlfriend packing, just in time for Joan to take him back.