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Saturday Night Fever (1977, Director’s Cut)

April 29, 2015by Eric Binford 7 Comments

Synopsis: John Travolta (Grease and Pulp Fiction) plays an Italian-American young man from Brooklyn, New York, who leads an ordinary life during the week, but becomes a sensation as a […]

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1977

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

April 28, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio, Exit to Eden) is a professional ballroom dancer who has been trained all his life to win the prestigious Pan Pacific Grand Prix trophy in […]

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1992

War of the Worlds (2005)

April 27, 2015by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: An average blue-collar single father (Tom Cruise, Top Gun), and his two children (Dakota Fanning, Man on Fire, and Justin Chatwin, Taking Lives), struggle to survive amidst a devastating […]

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2005

Strange Invaders (1983)

April 26, 2015by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: Professor Bigelow (Paul Le Mat, American Graffiti) follows his estranged ex-wife (Diana Scarwid, Mommie Dearest) to her hometown of Centerville, Illinois, after she abandons their daughter without giving any […]

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1983

The War of the Worlds (1953)

April 25, 2015by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: Residents of a small California town witness the first stages of a brutal extra-terrestrial invasion. The U.S. Armed Forces are dispatched, but the soldiers are no match for the […]

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1953

The Thing (1982)

April 23, 2015by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis: In an isolated research station in Antarctica, a small group of American scientists and workers fight for their lives after they encounter a deadly extraterrestrial shapeshifting creature that takes […]

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1982

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

April 22, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: Donald Sutherland (Ordinary People) plays a Californian Public Health Inspector who suspects that people around him are being replaced by inert duplicates. Reaction & Thoughts: Film remakes are usually considered […]

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1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

April 21, 2015by Eric Binford 22 Comments

Synopsis: In a small Californian town, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy, Innerspace) is confused by a common complaint among his patients: they insist that their relatives and friends are impostors. […]

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1956

The Thing from Another World (1951)

April 20, 2015by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis: An Arctic research team discovers a spaceship buried in the ice. Near the crash landing site, the scientists find what appears to be an alien being trapped in the […]

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1951

High Noon (1952)

April 17, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: On the day of his wedding and last day as the town’s top lawman, Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper, Sergeant York) finds out that a man he helped put in […]

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1952

Garden of Evil (1954)

April 15, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: In a Mexican village, a woman (Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!) hires a group of men (Gary Cooper, High Noon, Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death, Cameron Mitchell, House […]

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1954

Shane (1953)

April 14, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the 19th century, lonesome cowboy Shane (Alan Ladd, This Gun for Hire) befriends rancher Joe Starrett (Van Heflin, Airport) and his family. Joe offers Shane a job at […]

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1953

The Virginian (1929)

April 13, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: A cowhand, ‘The Virginian’ (Gary Cooper, High Noon), and his best friend, Steve (Richard Arlen, Wings), vie for the affections of the newly-arrived school teacher, Molly Wood (Mary Brian, […]

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1929

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

April 11, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: A mild-mannered paleontologist, Dr. David Huxable (Cary Grant, His Girl Friday), gets excited about the possibility that a wealthy philanthropist is considering donating a large sum of money to […]

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1938

Twentieth Century (1934)

April 10, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: Broadway legend, Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore, Grand Hotel), makes a big star out of unknown actress, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard, Nothing Sacred). They fall (madly) in love with each […]

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1934

His Girl Friday (1940)

April 8, 2015by Eric Binford 10 Comments

Synopsis: When a newspaper editor, Walter Burns (Cary Grant, The Philadelphia Story), finds out that his ex-wife, and ace reporter, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame), is retiring to marry […]

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1940

Nothing Sacred (1937)

April 7, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: A disgraced New York reporter (Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives) uses a Vermont woman (Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey) with a terminal disease to save his […]

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1937

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

April 6, 2015by Eric Binford 1 Comment

Synopsis: Lavish, meticulous retelling of the life of Jesus Christ — from birth to crucifixion to resurrection. Reaction & Thoughts: “Truly, this man was the son of God.” Though touted […]

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1965

Juárez (1939)

April 4, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: In 1864, Napoleon III (Claude Rains, Casablanca) of France seizes control of Mexico and establishes a monarchy with the help of puppet leader Archduke Maximilian of Austria (Brian Aherne, […]

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1939

Eyes of Fire (1983)

April 3, 2015by Eric Binford 1 Comment

Synopsis: It’s 1750 and the American colonies are at war with France. Amidst the chaos and confusion of the colonial wars, a religious sect, headed by a disgraced preacher (Dennis […]

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1983

Dark Victory (1939)

April 2, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is the prototypical trust-fund-baby who parties hard and loves to do reckless things. When Judith is told that she has a brain tumor, her doctor, Frederick […]

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1939

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