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As neon lights bathe Times Square in a glamorous glow that hides its seediness in the shadows, a slick press agent, with a high-piled pompadour, sharks his way through the night. His nocturnal prowl leads him to the table of a gossip columnist who holds the fates of senators and stars in his hands. The […]

“There’s more to life than a little bit of money you know. Don’t you know that?” A very pregnant police chief, at the wheel of her cruiser, expresses her exasperation with the sullen and silent psychopath in her back seat. “And here ya are, and it’s a beautiful day,” she continues, unironically gesturing at the […]

Two veteran CIA subcontractors pull off the dangerous job of a recovering an asset and transporting him to a safehouse. The two men trade jokes with the weary humor of a couple of professionals with years of well-worn experience. They are men who operate in a world where no one can be trusted and yet […]

A worldly, dark-haired, and attractive woman is sent to pick up a tall handsome stranger arriving by train.  They meet cute and flirt lightly back and forth before climbing together into her horse-drawn buggy.  With a crack of her whip, they take off on their way to his destination in this strange land.  The woman […]

The setting is the South Pacific during World War II. An American submarine tracks an enemy convoy along a deadly stretch known as the Bungo Straights. The captain, a grizzled Navy veteran, stands on the conning tower. He eyes his quarry through his binoculars with a palpable obsession. He barks orders to the bridge to […]

Two lonely people lead parallel lives mirrored in a pair of low-rent apartments. He, a boxer, prepares for a prize fight against his next opponent.  She, a taxi-dancer, readies herself for a night of fending off a different type of contender. As they dress, they steal glances at each other across a courtyard just too […]

“Salvador” (1986), directed by Oliver Stone, featured May & June (2022) on MGM HD, kicked off a string of hits for the director that would establish his reputation as one of the most provocative directors of his era. The movie, also co-written by Stone, dealt with themes that continue to weave through the tapestry of […]

The image is iconic: a country preacher leans against a baluster, the word LOVE tattooed on his right hand, the word HATE on his left; his expression a paradox of friendly menace. He proceeds to wrestle his hands together in a demonstration of man’s eternal struggle. The preacher is the great Robert Mitchum, and the […]

The Emperor Ming: “Klytus, I’m bored. What plaything can you offer me today?”  Klytus: “An obscure body in the S-K System, Your Majesty.  The Inhabitants refer to it as the planet… “Earth.”  The Emperor Ming: “How peaceful it looks… I like to play with a thing for a while before annihilation!” Evil intergalactic warlord, Emperor […]

It’s Christmas, 1984 and the world is celebrating as the Earth passes through the tail of a comet for the first time in sixty-five million years. Unfortunately, this once-in-a-lifetime event turns into an end-of-a-lifetime disaster when the comet’s dust eradicates all living things. Except for a lucky few survivors, those who weren’t killed immediately are […]