Sunday, December 29, 2024

SLEEPOVER (2004)

 




















Directed by: Joe Nussbaum
Starring: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sara Paxton, Brie Larson, Steve Carell, Jeff Garlin, Scout Taylor-Compton, Kallie Flynn Childress, Sam Huntington, Sean Faris, Evan Peters, Ryan Slattery, Johnny Sneed, Douglas Smith, Katija Pevec, Eileen April Boylan, Thad Luckinbill, Alice Greczyn, Shane Hunter, Hunter Parrish, Max Van Ville, Summer Glau

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

PLOT:
On the last day of 8th grade before their freshman year in high school, Julie has a slumber party with three best friends: Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy; and they have the time of their lives. To win the legendary high-school lunch spot by the fountain, they must win an all-night scavenger hunt against their popular-girl rivals. Unfortunately, Julie's mom has firm rules about the party. First rule: Don't leave the house. But Julie and her friends won't let a little thing like parental authority stand in the way of social domination, and they sneak out of the house, steal a car, snatch a cute boy's boxer shorts, crash a high-school dance, and torment an egomaniac security guard. Along the way, some of the girls might just find love. Because anything is possible at Julie's sleepover.

TRAILER:



OCTOPUSSY (1983)

 




















Directed by: John Glen
Based on characters created by: Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj, David Meyer, Douglas Wilmer, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Geoffrey Keen, Albert Moses, Bruce Boa, Michaela Clavell, Paul Hardwick, Andy Bradford, Dermot Crowley, Peter Porteous, Eva Rueber-Staier, Jeremy Bulloch, Richard LeParmentier

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

PLOT:
James Bond's next mission sends him to the circus. A British Agent was murdered and found holding onto a priceless Fabergé egg. Kamal Kahn buys the egg at an auction, but Bond becomes suspicious when Kahn meets up with Russian General Orlov. Bond soon finds out that Kahn's and Orlov's plan is to blow-up a nuclear device on a U.S. Air Force Base. Bond teams up with a circus group, which are headed by the beautiful Octopussy, who is also close friend of Kahn.

SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (1982)

 




















Directed by: George T. Nierenberg
Starring: Thomas A. Dorsey, "Mother" Willie Mae Ford Smith, Delois Barrett Campbell, Billie Barrett GreenBay, Rodessa Barrett Porter, Zella Jackson Price, Edgar O'Neal, Edward O'Neal

101 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement's pioneering forces, Thomas A. Dorsey and Willie May Ford Smith.

TRAILER:



Saturday, December 28, 2024

DOCTOR JEKYLL (2023)

 




















Directed by: Joe Stephenson
Based on the novel "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Starring: Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Robyn Cara, Jonathan Hyde, Morgan Watkins, Simon Callow, Tony Jayawardena

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

PLOT:
Dr. Nina Jekyll made herself a fortune in the pharmaceutical industry, rubbing shoulders with the elite and becoming a household name. But her success came at a cost, and after a scandal forced her out of the spotlight she now lives in seclusion with her demons. In need of an assistant, Jekyll hires Rob, an ex-con straight out of rehab, trying to get back on his feet. However, it soon becomes clear that there are evil forces at play, and Rob's wits are tested in a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious and manipulative entity.

TRAILER:



STAGECOACH WAR (1940)

 




















Directed by: Lesley Selander
Based on characters created by: Clarence E. Mulford
Starring: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Julie Carter, Harvey Stephens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Rad Robinson, Eddy Waller, Frank Lackteen, Jack Rockwell, Eddie Dean, The King's Men

63 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
After a gang of outlaws hold up Chapman's stage, Speedy finds a horseshoe nearby belonging to one of Holt's horses. Chapman and Holt are enemies vying for the mail contract. But when Holt admits he won the stagecoach race unfairly, Hoppy figures Holt's stable man Twister is the informant and sets a trap for the outlaws.

RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR (1976)

 




















Directed by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Starring: (voices) Billie Mae Richards, Red Skelton, Morey Amsterdam, Frank Gorshin, Paul Frees, Don Messick, Harold Peary, Iris Rainer

50 minutes
(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)

 




















Directed by: Brian Henson
Based on the novel "A Christmas Carol" by: Charles Dickens
Starring: Michael Caine, Steven Mackintosh, Meredith Braun, Robin Weaver, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, David Rudman, Louise Gold, Karen Prell, Rob Tygner, William Todd Jones, Donald Austen, Mike Quinn, Jessica Fox, David Shaw Parker, The Great Gonzo, Rizzo the Rat, Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Statler, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Zoot, Animal, Bean Bunny, Lips, Sam the Eagle, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Julius Strangepork, The Swedish Chef, Wander McMooch

86 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
The Muppets put their spin on the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elder, Christmas-hating miser who is visited by spirits who foretell his future and share secrets from his past and present, which help change his views on life.

TRAILER:



LEON, THE PROFESSIONAL (1994)

  Directed by: Luc Besson Starring: Jean Reno , Gary Oldman , Natalie Portman , Danny Aiello , Michael Badalucco , Ellen Greene , Peter Appe...