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The Second Civil War
Is satire obsolete? Our appalling present political reality has surpassed some of the wildest jokes in director Joe Dante's 'exaggerated, outrageous' 1997…
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Father of the Bride
This is one of Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor's best, written and directed by the classy MGM team of director Vincente Minnelli…
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Cutter’s Way
"Sorry, I just slashed my wrists." "Well, tape 'em!" This is the aftermath of the '60s protest movement. Ivan Passer's riveting murder…
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Dillinger
Guns! Guns! Guns! John Milius' rootin' tootin' bio of the most famous of the '30s bandits has plenty of good things to…
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Try and Get Me!
This noir hits with the force of a blast furnace -- Cy Endfield's wrenching tale of social neglect and injustice will tie…
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The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates
Take a look at the roots of American campaign image consciousness, and the then-new techniques of cinéma vérité to bring a new…
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The Gallant Hours
Director Robert Montgomery's last feature is a war movie like no other, a study in leadership and command with no combat scenes.…
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The City of the Dead
This horror almost-classic has Christopher Lee and great atmosphere. Keep a sharp lookout for All Them Witches: they're not easy to spot...…
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Exodus
"This land is mine, God made this land for me." Those are just song lyrics, while Otto Preminger's politically daring 70mm mega-production…
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Suspicion
Alfred Hitchcock assembles all the right elements for this respected mystery thriller. Joan Fontaine is concerned that her new hubby Cary Grant…
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Blue Denim
Hollywood tackles the big issues! This adapted play about an unwanted teen pregnancy is actually quite good, thanks to fine performances by…
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Panic in Year Zero!
Hey, we're having a NUCLEAR family crisis, so load up your shotgun, grab the grenades and head for the hills, stealing what…
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The Stuff
Forget Caltiki and forget The Blob: 'The Stuff' doesn't eat you, you eat it! Larry Cohen takes a page from Professor Quatermass…
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Alexander the Great
Tired of stupid sword 'n' sandal costume pictures? Robert Rossen's all-star bio-epic of the charter founder of the Masons is a superior…
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Journey to the Seventh Planet
What horrors will we find on the planet Yoo-rah-nuss? A cyclopean dinosaur? Nasty spider monsters? A megalomaniac cerebellum that can turn our…
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“Manos” The Hands of Fate
Auteur Harold 'P.' Warren puts the Pee back in showmanship! After seeing this frightless Texan fright show you'll want to nominate Ed…
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The Purple Plain
Fans of this show know it as the It's a Wonderful Life of war movies, an intensely moving tale that restores feeling…
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Brooklyn
The story of a brave, innocent immigrant gets a glorious re-telling. Never fear, for this emotional but unsentimental tale of an Irish…
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Anastasia
That scarlet woman Ingrid is back from exile, and hypocritical Hollywood is not complaining -- Anatole Litvak and Arthur Laurents make an…
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Susan Slept Here
All hail Frank Tashlin! America's subversive secret weapon of the 1950s made incredible adult live-action cartoon movies that satirized all the sex…
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Dreams Rewired
Looking for a visionary and poetic film with something relevant to say about the ongoing personal tech revolution? Brilliant vintage film clips,…
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The Hateful Eight
Did Quentin Tarantino stumble this time out? His tale of western killers sharing a snowbound cabin builds almost zero suspense, and the…
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A Brighter Summer Day
Superb filmmaking! Edward Yang's chronicle of the children of Chinese exiles in Taiwan follows one teen's strange story of accidental delinquency, muted…
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Kill Me Again
Two guys, some guns, a suitcase full of cash and the open road: what could go wrong? Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen…
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Vessel
Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomberts built a reproductive clinic on a ship, sailed it to countries where abortion is outlawed -- Ireland, Poland,…
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The Manchurian Candidate
It's the classic paranoid conspiracy that won't go away... and that seems more possible with every passing year. Laurence Harvey is a…