Black Girl (1972)
Synopsis: A single African-American mother (Louise Stubbs, The Landlord) and her three daughters battle each other and the elements. Reaction & Thoughts: “If she makes nothing out of it, it […]
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Synopsis: Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov, Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus) travels to an island resort to investigate the circumstances in which a diamond was given to a famous stage […]
The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
Synopsis: In 1953, an American film crew arrives in a small English village to shoot a historical drama. When a woman is poisoned at a cocktail party held in honor […]
Zardoz (1974)
Synopsis: The year is 2293. Earth’s population is divided into two fractions: “The Eternals,” a group of ritzy immortals, and “The Brutals,” a proletarian class composed of mortals. “The Brutals” […]
Flash Gordon (1980)
Synopsis: A football star (Sam J. Jones, 10) somehow finds himself travelling on a spaceship to the mysterious planet Mongo where he discovers that the planet’s ruler, Ming the Merciless […]
Gas Food Lodging (1992)
Synopsis: In a small town in New Mexico, a single mom (Brooke Adams, Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers) struggles to raise her two teen daughters (Ione Skye, Say […]
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978, TV-Mini-Series)
Synopsis: After receiving a large inheritance, an ordinary family (David Ackroyd, The Mountain Men, Joanna Miles, The Ultimate Warrior, and Rosanna Arquette, Desperately Seeking Susan) decides to leave the hectic […]
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
Synopsis: A young Native American, Jim Thorpe (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry), discovers his aptitude for sports while attending college. Thorpe’s fierce determination culminates in a historic victory at the 1912 […]
Cat’s Eye (1985)
Synopsis: A trio of creepy-funny tales are connected by a stray cat who travels from Manhattan, New York, to Wilmington, North Carolina, in search of a little girl (Drew Barrymore, […]
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Synopsis: A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes, TV’s The Love Boat) suspects that a man (John DiSanti, The Presidio) from her apartment building is a serial killer. Undeterred by the lack of […]
Hangover Square (1945)
Synopsis: In early twentieth century England, overworked composer George Harvey Bone (Laird Cregar, I Wake Up Screaming) is distraught over a sudden onset of severe blackouts. After an old merchant […]
To the Devil… a Daughter (1976)
Synopsis: An American author who specializes in the occult (Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death) tries to rescue an innocent teenage girl (Nastassja Kinski, Cat People) from the clutches of a […]
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Synopsis: A terrifying encounter with the supernatural is guaranteed to all customers who buy (or steal) items from an old antique store. Reaction & Thoughts: “… each purchase comes with […]
Time After Time (1979)
Synopsis: One night in 1893, British novelist and inventor H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange) informs a group of friends that he has built a time machine. However, one […]
Spellbound (1945)
Synopsis: Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird) is the new director of a mental hospital located in Vermont. Not soon after his arrival, Edwardes meets a psychiatrist, […]
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Synopsis: During World War II, a British soldier (Franchot Tone, Dangerous) stationed in Egypt, hides in an isolated hotel. The Germans soon arrive, and the soldier quickly assumes a false […]
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Synopsis: Tired of hustling in The Big Apple, Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle) decides to return to her hometown in Iowa. Susan doesn’t have enough money for a train […]
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
Synopsis: The year is 1912. Seven-year-old Mary (Karen Dotrice, Mary Poppins) and her veterinarian father, Dr. McDhuis (Patrick McGoohan, Braveheart), live in a tiny village in Scotland. When Mary’s beloved […]
A Man Called Peter (1955)
Synopsis: The life and career of religious icon Dr. Peter Marshall, played by Richard Todd (The Hasty Heart): from his humble beginnings in Coatbridge, Scotland, to his graduation from the […]
Death on the Nile (1978)
Synopsis: Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov, Spartacus) is enjoying a vacation on a cruise on the Nile River when one of the passengers, a loathsome American socialite, Linnet Ridgeway […]
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Synopsis: In 1935, a shady businessman (Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death) is brutally murdered aboard the legendary Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express luxury train. Famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney, Tom Jones), who […]
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
Synopsis: In 1935, Chicago, Illinois, motherless teen Natty Gann (Meredith Salenger, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon) embarks on an arduous 2,000-mile trip to reunite with her father […]
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Synopsis: In 16th-century Venice, Italy, a penniless young man, Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love), needs a large sum of money in order to marry a young heiress (Lynn Collins, […]
Diary of A Movie Maniac 