THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947)

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Based on the novel by: Josephine Leslie

Starring: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Natalie Wood, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Anna Lee, Robert Coote, Isobel Elsom, Victoria Horne, Whitford Kane, Stuart Holmes

104 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

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In 1900, Lucy Muir, widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling in-laws' London home to the English seaside with her adolescent daughter Anna and their long-devoted maid Martha. Despite the rental agent trying to dissuade her, Lucy decides to rent Gull Cottage at Whitecliff-by-the-Sea. She learns firsthand before she makes the decision the rental agent's hesitance is because the cottage is haunted, supposedly by its now deceased former owner, seaman Captain Daniel Gregg. After she moves in, she does meet the spirit of Captain Gregg face-to-face. Because she refuses to be scared away by his presence, the two come to an understanding, including that he will not make his presence known to Anna. As time progresses, the two develop a friendship and a bond. Despite his statements to her that she needs to live her life including finding another husband, Daniel seems not to approve of any of the men that enter her life, including the most serious, children's author Miles Fairley. Because of his feelings for her, Daniel eventually has to decide if being a part of her life is more a benefit or hindrance to her in carrying on with the living, regardless of perhaps not being able to carry out his initial goal of realizing his vision for Gull Cottage if he leaves.

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FOUR WEDDING AND A FUNERAL (1994)

 

Directed by: Mike Newell
Screenplay by: Richard Curtis
Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman, David Bower, Corin Redgrave, Rowan Atkinson, Timothy Walker, Sara Crowe, Sophie Thompson, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Robin McCaffrey, Randall Paul

117 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations)

PLOT:
In Britain, slightly bumbling and always tardy Charles and his closest group of friends seem always to be attending weddings, but are never the bride nor groom, and as such, each, with the exception of gay couple Gareth and Matthew, is looking for love. At the wedding of their friends, Angus and Laura, where Charles is acting as best man, Charles meets an American woman named Carrie. For him, it's love at first sight. She too is attracted to him. Although they spend a memorable evening together, that's all it ends up being. Over three more successive weddings - some of the brides and grooms who are very near and dear to Charles' heart - and one unfortunate funeral, Charles runs into Carrie, but something always seems to prevent the two of them from getting together. He also runs into a plethora of old girlfriends, one of whom he may believe is really the one he was meant to end up with, especially if Carrie seems to remain unobtainable. Will Charles settle for who in his heart is second best, or will fate finally bring Charles and Carrie together?

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THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES (1969)

 

Directed by: Sergei Parajanov

Starring: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Japaridze, Hovhannes Minasyan, Onik Minasyan

78 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

Country of origin: Russia

PLOT:

The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death, his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia, hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

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I COVER THE WATERFRONT (1933)

 

Directed by: James Cruze

Based on the book by: Max Miller

Starring: Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh, Maurice Black, Purnell Pratt, Harry Beresford, Wilfred Lucas

75 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Reporter Joe Miller is sure that fisherman Eli Kirk smuggles illegal Chinese immigrants into the country but can't obtain enough evidence to satisfy his editor. Chance plays into his hands in the lovely form of Kirk's daughter, Julie, whom he catches swimming in the nude and pumps for information. But she's fiercely loyal to her dad and may be too attractive for Joe's own good.

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MOVING VIOLATIONS (1985)

 




















Directed by: Neal Israel
Starring: John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, Brian Backer, Sally Kellerman, James Keach, Nedra Volz, Clara Peller, Wendie Jo Sperber, Fred Willard, Ned Eisenberg, Lisa Hart Carroll, Nadine van der Velde, Ben Mittleman, Don Cheadle, William Forward, Robert Conrad, Willard E. Pugh, Dedee Pfeiffer, Michael McManus

90 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, rude humor)

PLOT:
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean. Mistreated by inept and cruel police instructors, a smart-alecky teen leads the group in revenge against their tormentors.

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SECRET AGENT (1936)

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Based on a short story by: W. Somerset Maugham

Starring: Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Robert Young, Percy Marmont, Florence Kahn, Charles Carson, Lilli Palmer, Howard Marion-Crawford, Michael Rennie

86 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

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PHOENIX RISING (2022)

Directed by: Amy Berg

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Illma Gore, Sara Wood, Ira David Wood IV, Ira David Wood III, Dan Cleary, Sarah McNeilly, Ashley Morgan Smithline, Amanda Nguyen, Ashley Walters, Shay Franco-Clausen, Gloria Allred

2 episodes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, depictions of domestic abuse)

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Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time.

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