Saturday Night Fever (1977, Theatrical Version)
Synopsis: John Travolta (Grease and Pulp Fiction) stars as an Italian-American kid from Brooklyn, NY, who leads an ordinary life during the week, but becomes a sensation as a dancer […]
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Strictly Ballroom (1992)
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 […]
War of the Worlds (2005)
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 […]
Strange Invaders (1983)
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 […]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Synopsis: Residents of a small California town witness the first stages of an extra-terrestrial invasion. The U.S. Armed Forces are dispatched, but the soldiers are no match for the technologically-advanced […]
John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
Synopsis: In the Antarctic, an American research team faces an extraterrestrial being that mimics the appearance of living things. Reaction & Thoughts: In my opinion, director John Carpenter (Halloween) successfully remade […]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
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 […]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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. […]
Howard Hawks’ The Thing … From Another World! (1951)
Synopsis: American scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spaceship buried in the ice. Near the crash-landing site, they find what appears to be an extraterrestrial being trapped in […]
High Noon (1952)
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 […]
Garden of Evil (1954)
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 […]
Shane (1953)
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 […]
The Virginian (1929)
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, […]
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Synopsis: Timid Paleontologist, Dr. David Huxable (Cary Grant, His Girl Friday), gets excited about the possibility that a rich philanthropist is considering donating $1 million to his pet project. However, […]
Twentieth Century (1934)
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 […]
His Girl Friday (1940)
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 […]
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Synopsis: A NY reporter, Wally Cook (Fredric March, Design for Living), falls from grace after one of his stories proves to be fake. He’s demoted to obituary editor, but Wally discovers […]
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
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 […]
Juárez (1939)
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, […]
Eyes of Fire (1983)
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 […]
Dark Victory (1939)
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 […]
