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The Dark Mirror (1946)Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 |
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A man is murdered, and several witnesses can place Ruth Collins at the scene of the crime. But Ruth has a twin sister, Terry, who has been diagnosed as a psychotic. When Ruth falls for the psychiatrist who evaluates the two sisters, will Terry strike again? |
The Professionals (1966)Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 |
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Wealthy J.W. Grant hires Henry Fardan, Jake Sharp, Hans Ehrengard, and Bill Dolworth, each a specialist in his own field, to go into Mexico to bring back his wife, who has been kidnapped by the revolutionary Raza. Fardan and Dolworth, old comrades of Raza’s, know both the territory and their foe, but a surprise awaits when they locate the captive Mrs. Grant. |
Titanic (1953)Saturday, February 27th, 2010 |
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Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America. Her husband Richard also arranges passage on the doomed luxury liner in order to let him have custody of their two children. Their problems soon seem minor when the ship hits an iceberg. |
The Virginian (1946)Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 |
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Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the “Virginian,” who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers…then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life. |
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 |
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A gang of claim jumpers is infesting the territory, gaining ownership of undermanned mining operations through extortion…and leaving no live witnesses. But one victim, quick-drawing gambler Luke Cromwell, escapes. Meanwhille, Marshal Lightnin’ Tyrone is also after the gang; recovering from one raid, he meets femme fatale Opal Lacy, who may not be healthy for him to know. When Luke, now calling himself the Silver Kid, joins forces with Marshal Tyrone, the gang had better watch out …unless something drives a wedge between the new allies. |
That Darn Cat! (1965)Friday, February 19th, 2010 |
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A young woman with an active imagination contacts the FBI when her cat DC (Darn Cat) comes home wearing a wristwatch. She’s convinced its the tip-off to crack a bank robbery and kidnapping case that has the authorities baffled. An allergic agent is assigned to “tail” the cat to find the hostage, and laugh (and romance) follows. Search keywords |
Sabrina (1954)Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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Linus and Davis Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work — busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play — technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but David hardly notices her — “doesn’t even know I exist” — until she goes away to Paris for two years, and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds that she has captured David’s attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her. |
Cinderella (1950)Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella’s father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history. |
Anastasia (1997)Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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Anastasia, the daughter of the last Russian czar, is at a party, when Rasputin, an evil monk, declares a curse on the Romanov family. Anastasia and her grandmother escape with the help of a young kitchen boy Dimitri, but Anastasia falls, hits her head, and loses her memory. Ten years later, Anya (Anastasia) leaves the orphanage where she grew up, and goes to St. Petersburg with her puppy fried Pooka. There she meets a grown-up Dimitri, and his friend, Vladimir, who are holding auditions, for an “Anastasia” to fool the empress, and get a lot of money. They choose Anya, and take her to Paris. Rasputin, who has died, uses minions to try and kill Anya, failing twice. During the course of all these events, Dimitri and Anya fall in love. |
How to Steal a Million (1966)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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Charles Bonnet (Hugh Griffith)is a greedy, money hungry man who gets his money from art forgery. His most precious art is the “Cellini Venus” statue which would be worth about a million bucks if it wasnt fake. His daughter, Nicole (Audrey Hepburn) knows about his crimes, but always keeps quiet about it. One day, Charles’ stupidity gets to him and he lends the fake Venus to a museam. The museam people, (thinking it’s real) get ecstatic. But, Charles soon finds out that the museam people are gonna check the Venus, just to see if its real. Charles goes crazy and starts worrying. Now, Nicole has to team up with Simon Dermott (Peter O’Toole), a handsome cat burgler and try to steal the Venus from the museam and get rid of it before the people find out its fake, and before Nicole and Simon fall deeply in love. |
Spellbound (1945)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwards, a famous psychiatrist. Edwards arrives and is immediately attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen. However, it soon becomes apparent that Dr. Edwards is in fact a paranoid amnesiac imposter. He goes on the run with Constance who tries to help his condition and solve the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwards. |
The Robe (1953)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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Ben-Hur (1959)Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 |
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Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah’s house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge. |
Operation Petticoat (1959)Monday, February 15th, 2010 |
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A submarine newly commissioned is damaged in the opening days of WW II. A captain, looking for a command insists he can get it to a dockyard and captain it. Going slowly to this site, they find a stranded group of Army nurses and must take them aboard. How bad can it get? Trying to get a primer coat on the sub, they have to mix white and red in order to have enough. When forced to flee the dock during an air attack, they find themselves with the world’s only Pink submarine, still with 5 women in the tight quarters of a submarine. |
King of the Streets (2009)Monday, February 8th, 2010 |
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Rey is a small time drug dealer waiting for a chance to make it in a big way. He is in love with a prostitute, together they share their ups and downs expecting to one day get out of their miserable lives. They continue to struggle until one day they come across an opportunity of a lifetime. |
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)Thursday, January 21st, 2010 |
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Il cinema come sollievo dell’anima ! Convinto che in un periodo difficile si debbano girare soltanto film drammatici, un giovane regista cinematografico, durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, decide di girare un film ispirato alla vita dei senzatetto, lui che è abituato a girare sempre commedie. Travestitosi da barbone, inizia a frequentare i quartieri più poveri della città per cercare di conoscere gli ambienti e le persone di cui vorrebbe parlare. Con l’aiuto di una aspirante attrice riesce fare delle esperienze ’sul campo’. Dopo varie peripezie, si trova coinvolto in un errore giudiziario ed è condannato ai lavori forzati. Cerca di svelare la propria identità, ma non viene creduto. Durante la permanenza in carcere si rende conto che i detenuti trovano sollievo alla sofferenza di essere rinchiusi solo guardando film di cartoni animati. Alla fine viene riconosciuta la sua innocenza e viene rilasciato. Questa esperienza gli servirà molto per capire che in momenti difficili l’essere umano ha bisogno di gioia e, quindi, decide di tornare alle sue commedie. Search keywords |
Our Daily Bread (1934)Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 |
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John and Mary sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community – a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships – drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law – but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia. |
Battle of the Bulge (1965)Monday, January 11th, 2010 |
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Fictionalized account of the battle of the Ardennes in December 1944. An intelligence officer, Lt. Col. Dan Riley, is convinced that the Germans are amassing tanks and troops for an attack but he can’t get anyone to believe him. When the attack is finally launched, he correctly deduces that a shortage of petrol will lead the tanks to a massive Allied fuel depot. Along the way, we encounter a number of characters including a green Lieutenant in his first battle, the grizzled American tank commander who is worried about his black market operation and a group of German soldiers posing as American MP’s. Search keywords |
The Abominable Snowman (1957)Monday, January 11th, 2010 |
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At a remote lhamasery in the Himalayas, scientist John Rollason studies rare mountain herbs with the help of his wife Helen, and associate Peter, while awaiting the arrival of an American named Tom Friend. Over Helen’s objections and warnings by the High Lhama, he sets out with Friend on an expedition to find the elusive Yeti, accompanied by another American named Shelley and a young Scotsman, McNee, who claims to have seen the thing. Footprints are found in the snows and McNee seems queerly affected the closer they get to their quarry’s likely habitat but the biggest shock to Rollason is discovering Friend is a showman who only intends to exploit their find, with Shelley his gamehunter-marksman. The conflict between science and commercialism only increases when an enormous anthropoid is shot, and the horror only increases as the party realizes the other Yeti intend to retrieve their fallen comrade and have powers to do so which seem extra-human… |



















