ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (2005)

 

Directed by: Jean-Francois Richet

Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, Drea de Matteo, Brian Dennehy, Gabriel Byrne, Matt Craven, Kim Coates, Dorian Harewood, Currie Graham, Fulvio Cecere, Titus Welliver, Aisha Hinds

109 minutes

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

PLOT:

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, Officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up of cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

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BABY DOLL (1956)

 

Directed by: Elia Kazan

Based on the stage play "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" by: Tennessee Williams

Starring: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Lonny Chapman, Eades Hogue, Noah Williamson, R.G. Armstrong, Madeleine Sherwood, Rip Torn

114 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle-aged Archie Lee Meighan and 19-year-old "Baby Doll" Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but on each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her 20th birthday, which is in three days, and she's not looking forward to it. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt "baby doll" sexuality, fostering the baby-doll aspect by sleeping in a crib in their house's nursery. Baby Doll's now-deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it, he no longer has the financial means to make it what Baby Doll wants as his cotton-ginning competitor, the recently arrived Sicilian Silva Vacarro who runs the cotton plantation syndicate, has effectively put him and many others in the area out of business. The Meighans' fortunes could change after Vacarro's cotton gin burns down in a case of arson. Vacarro is certain Archie Lee is the arsonist. After meeting the Meighans and learning more about their marriage, Vacarro believes the way to get what he wants is through Baby Doll. This action begins the three-way battle of wills among Vacarro, Archie Lee, and Baby Doll.

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ANGELS IN AMERICA (2003)

 




















Directed by: Mike Nichols
Based on the stage play by: Tony Kushner
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Patrick Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker, Justin Kirk, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Shenkman, Brian Markinson, James Cromwell, Michael Gambon, Simon Callow, Robin Weigert, Melissa Wilder, Fatima Da Silva, Florence Kastriner, Howard Pinhasik, Tina Benez, Ty Copeman, Shawn Curran, John Epperson, Dhonna Harris Goodale, Adonis Kapsalis, Tony Kushner, Nehemiah Persoff, Maurice Sendak, Bill Walters, Paul Wilson, David Zayas, Flotilla Debarge, Lisa LeGuillou, Shawn Bartels, Brian Dougherty, Mary Esbjornson, Barbara Fusco, Serafina Martino, Steven Edward Moore, Christopher Schuman, Reldalee Wagner, Matthew Yohn, Sterling Brown, Elizabeth Clancy, Chris Chinn

6 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985. The Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill, Louis bolts. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, an attorney who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are in the closet, Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death. Pitt's mother and Belize, a close friend, help Prior choose. 

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BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987)

 




















Directed by: Tony Scott
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Paul Reiser, Jurgen Prochnow, Dean Stockwell, Gil Hill, Gilbert Gottfried, Brian O'Connor, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Ridgely, Alice Adair, Glenn Withrow, Tom Bower, Frank Pesce, Chris Rock, Valerie Wildman, Robert Pastorelli, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr, John Hostetter, Todd Susman, Hugh Hefner

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

PLOT:
Alex Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.

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UNRELATED (2007)

 




















Directed by: Joanna Hogg
Starring: Kathryn Worth, Tom Hiddleston, Mary Roscoe, David Rintoul, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Emma Hiddleston, Harry Kershaw, Michael Hadley

100 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug use, nudity)

PLOT:
A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.

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SECRET HONOR (1984)

 




















Directed by: Robert Altman
Starring: Philip Baker Hall

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

PLOT:
A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career, and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.

BUBBLE BEE (1949)

 

Directed by: Charles Nichols

Starring: Pluto (voices) Pinto Colvig

7 minutes

(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

Pluto is playing with a ball in the park when he mistakes a bubble gum machine for it. He tries briefly to get a gumball from the machine when a bee flies into the machine and carries a gumball off to his hive. Pluto goes after the hive and knocks it down; it's full of gumballs, which he eagerly scoops up and begins chewing. The bee returns and is understandably upset; he tracks down Pluto, but Pluto manages to defend himself with gum bubbles for quite a while. The bee manages to wrap the gum from one bubble around Pluto's legs, hobbling him. Finally, the bee flies into Pluto's mouth; Pluto blows a giant bubble around the bee.

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