Wednesday, August 31, 2022

POLIZIOTTO SENZA PAURA - MAGNUM COP (aka FEARLESS) (1978)

 


Directed By: Stelvio Massi Story By: Fulvio Gicca-Palli  Written By: Stelvio Massi, Franz Antel & Gino Capone  Cinematography: Riccardo Pallottini  Editor: Mauro Bonanni 


Cast: Joan Collins, Maurizio Merli, Franco Ressel, Werner Pochath, Massimo Vanni, Annarita Grapputo, Alexander Trojan, Gastone Moschin

An Italian private investigator tries to get to the bottom of a suspicious kidnapping case with the help of an exotic dancer.

Saturday, August 27, 2022

QUEENPINS (2021)



Written & Directed By: Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly Cinematography: Andrew Wehde Editor: Kayla Emter 


Cast: Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Bebe Rexha, Paul Walter Hauser, Vince Vaughn, Joel McHale, Eduardo Franco, Dayo Okeniyi, Annie Mumolo, Stephen Root, Paul Rust, Timm Sharp, Nick Cassavettes, Jack Mcbrayer, Greta Oglesby

Loosely Based on a true story. A pair of housewives create a $40 million coupon scam.

Friday, August 26, 2022

LUCKY (2011)

 


Directed By: Gil Cates Jr. Written By: Kent Sublette Cinematography: Darren Genet Editor: Gregory Plotkin 

Cast: Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margaret, Jeffrey Tambor, Mimi Rogers, Allison Mackie, Tom Amendes, Adam J. Harrington 

A wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

WHEN WILL I BE LOVED (2004)

 


Written & Directed By: James Toback  Cinematography: Larry McConkey Editor: Suzy Elmiger 

Cast: Neve Campbell, Frederick Weller, Dominic Chianese, Joelle Carter, James Toback, Barry Primus, Karen Allen, Michael Mailer, Lori Singer, Mike Tyson, Damon Dash, 


Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Saturday, August 20, 2022

DEATH ON THE NILE (2022)

 


Directed By: Kenneth Branagh Written By: Michael Green  Based upon the novel by: Agatha Christie  Cinematography: Haris Zamberloukos Editor: Una Ni Dhonghalie 

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Emma Mackey, Tom Bateman, Sophie Okonedo, Rose Leslie, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adam Garcia, Michael Rouse, Alaa Safi 

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Friday, August 19, 2022

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1998)

 




Written & Directed by: Randall Wallace  Based On The Novels “Vingt Ans Apres” & “La Victome De Bragalonne” By: Alexander Dumas  Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky Editor: William Hoy


Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Godreche, Anne Parillaud, Peter Sarsgaard, Edward Atterton, Hugh Laurie, Laura Fraser, Leonor Varela 


Paris is starving, but the King of France is more interested in money and bedding women. When a young soldier dies for the sake of a shag, Aramis, Athos, and Porthos band together with a plan to replace the king. Unknown to many, there is a 2nd king, a twin, hidden at birth, then imprisoned for 6 years behind an iron mask. All that remains now is D'Artagnan, will he stand against his long-time friends, or do what is best for his country?

Thursday, August 18, 2022

CANNERY ROW (1982)

 



Written & Directed By: David S. Ward Based on the novels “Cannery Row” and “Sweet Thursday” By: John Steinbeck Cinematography: Sven Nykvist Editor: David Bretherton 


Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, M. Emmet Walsh, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, James Keane, Kathleen Doyle, Art LaFleur, John Huston 


A depressed section of Monterey, California, known as Cannery Row from its string of now-empty canning plants is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely marine biologist (and former baseball star) who supplies specimens for science labs and classrooms. Suzy is a scrappy drifter who can't even succeed as a prostitute because of her abrasive manner. When the two get together, it's fireworks, though not the romantic kind. Not to worry, everything is in the hands of Cannery Row's resident guardian angels, Mack and the boys, a band of drunken derelicts whose hearts are in the right place, even though their brains are not.

Saturday, August 13, 2022

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (2011)

 


Directed By: John Schultz  Written By: Kathy Waugh & Megan McDonald Based on the JUDY MOODY Series of book by: Megan McDonald  Cinematography: Shawn Maurer  Editor: John Pace 


Cast: Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Paris Mosteller, Janet Varney, Kristofer Winters, Jaleel White, Cameron Boyce, Garrett Ryan, Preston Bailey, Dean Cameron 

Young Judy Moody is very excited to have the most thrilling summer of her life with her brother Stink who is a huge believer in Bigfoot. Her goal is to get as many thrill points as possible for every dare she does on her list of summer dares.

Friday, August 12, 2022

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0069 - D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

 



Directed By: Simon Wincer  Written By: David Ambrose, Allan Scott & Jeffrey Ellis  Cinematography: Frank Watts 


Cast: Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Danny Corkill, Amy Linker, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, Ron Frazier, Steve Ryan, Hardy Rawls 

A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

KENNY & COMPANY (1976)

 


Written, Cinematography, Edited & Directed By: Don Coscarelli 

Cast: Don McCann, A. Michael Baldwin, Jeff Roth, Ralph Richmond, Reggie Bannister, Clay Fuster, Kenneth V. Jones 

 A coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friend as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.

Saturday, August 6, 2022

APOLLO 10 1/2: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: Richard Linklater  Cinematography: Shane F. Kelly Editor: Sandra Adair

Cast: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glenn Powell, Bill Sage, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Josh Wiggins, Natalie L’Amoreaux 


The story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives. It both captures the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and the lesser-seen bottom up perspective of what it was like from an excited kid's perspective, living near NASA but mostly watching it on TV like hundreds of millions of others. It's ultimately both an exacting re-creation of this special moment in history and a kid's fantasy about being plucked from his average life in suburbia to secretly train for a covert mission to the moon.

Friday, August 5, 2022

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)

 


Directed By: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner & Simon Wells Written By: Philip LaZebnik 


Cast: (Voices) Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Helen Mirren, James Avery, Eden Reigel 

Egyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

ANTZ (1998)

 


Directed By: Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson  Written By: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz & Todd Alcott  Editor: Stan Webb


Cast: (voices) Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtain, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover, John Mahoney, Paul Mazursky, Grant Shaud, Jim Cummings 

Z, the worker-ant strives to reconcile his own individuality with the communal work ethic of the ant colony. Falling in love with the ant-Princess Bala, Z strives to make social inroads, and then ultimately must save the ant colony from the treacherous schemings of the evil General Mandible that threaten to wipe out the entire worker population. Themes of individuality run rampant.