“Norah, don’t you see? I’m with you everywhere…”
Synopsis:
A disturbed busboy (Sal Mineo) makes anonymous phone calls to his d.j. co-worker Norah (Juliet Prowse); meanwhile, Norah’s case is investigated by an eager police detective (Jan Murray) who specializes in sexual perverts.
Genres:
Detectives and Private Eyes
Obsessive Love
Peeping Toms
Review:
Joseph Cates’ atmospheric b&w stalker film features [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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“I’m not interested in profit. I’m interested in the bank – in the depositers; they’re my friends. They’re looking to me for protection, and I’m not walking out on them!”
Synopsis:
Warm-hearted banker Thomas Dickson (Walter Huston) is pressured by his Board of Directors to stop giving loans so freely, but he refuses on principle. When one [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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“One, two, three! And-I-don’t-even-miss-her, two, three!”
Synopsis:
After breaking up with his beautiful girlfriend Mary (Kathryn Harrold) for the umpteenth time, self-absorbed Hollywood editor Robert Cole (Albert Brooks) wallows in self-pity before trying to woo Mary back.
Genres:
Dating
Los Angeles
Romantic Comedy
Winning Him/Her Back
Response to Peary’s Review:
Critical opinions (see links below) seem squarely divided on [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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“Once in a while, when I stop fighting it, I get a flash of – I’d guess you’d call it philosophy. Suddenly I realize that what really matters isn’t how long we live, but how.”
Synopsis:
When Mary Scott (Margaret Sullavan) discovers she only has a few months left to live, she decides to keep it a [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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“There are enough decent men here to wipe Fourteenth Street off the map – if you’ll tell ‘em to!”
Synopsis:
A lawyer (John McIntire), his son (Richard Kiley), and other concerned citizens fight back against the insidious corruption in their Southern town.
Genres:
Assassination
Collective Activism
Corruption
Deep South
Review:
Based on a true story, this gritty docudrama depicts [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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“I knew that sooner or later you’d be taking that little girl off alone…”
Synopsis:
A man (Stuart Whitman) imprisoned for intent to molest a ten-year-old girl tries to start a new life for himself, with the help of his psychiatrist (Rod Steiger). Things seems to be looking up for him when he secures a good job [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2007 by admin
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“I’m pregnant, and I have to go to the city to have an abortion. It’s not my husband’s baby, and he doesn’t know!”
Synopsis:
When Bonnie (Annie Potts) finds out she’s pregnant by someone other than her husband (Robert Carradine), she heads to the big city to have an abortion. Along the way, she meets an eccentric [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2007 by admin
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“I’m so far out already, I’m on another planet!”
Synopsis:
A platinum blonde (Mamie Van Doren) with an IQ of 268 faces prejudice, lust, and jealousy when she begins her new job as head of a college science department.
Genres:
College
Comedy
Robots
Teachers
Review:
From the opening strains of its title song — “Sexpot goes to co-llege!” chants [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2007 by admin
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“Help me – I don’t want to be half a woman!”
Synopsis:
Four suburban women – a frigid widow (Jane Fonda), a sexually active divorcee (Claire Bloom), an aspiring sculptress (Glynis Johns), and an adulterous housewife (Shelly Winters) – find themselves questioning their sexual practices when they participate in a Kinsey-esque survey.
Genres:
Ensemble Cast
George Cukor Films
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Posted on February 21st, 2007 by admin
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Synopsis:
A mad scientist (Marcel Marceau) teaches a deaf-mute puppeteer named Malcolm Shanks (also Marceau) how to revive and manipulate the dead.
Genres:
Deafness
Horror
Mad Doctors and Scientists
Puppets and Ventriloquism
William Castle Films
Zombies
Review:
This odd curio — William Castle’s final directorial effort, and Marcel Marceau’s lone starring role — is a disappointment with patches [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2007 by admin
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