Butterflies are Free (1972)
Synopsis: Against the wishes of his domineering mother (Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed), a blind young man, Don (Edward Albert, 40 Carats), leases an apartment in downtown San Francisco. He […]
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The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Synopsis: Ex-dancer Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty) lives with her daughter (Quinn Cummings, TV’s Family) and boyfriend in a New York apartment. After the boyfriend suddenly takes off, Paula […]
Explorers (1985)
Synopsis: In a small town, three friends — brainy Wolfgan (River Phoenix, Stand by Me), sci-fi geek Ben (Ethan Hawke, Boyhood) and blue-collar cynic Darren (Jason Presson, Lady in White) […]
Black Sunday (1977)
Synopsis: Dahlia Iyad (Marthe Keller, Marathon Man) is a Palestinian agent who has enlisted a wacky Vietnam veteran Michael Lander (Bruce Dern, Nebraska) to help her place a bomb inside […]
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
Synopsis: Socialite Caroline Van Dyke (Ruth Chatterton, Dodsworth) has everything she ever wanted: friends, money and a good husband. However, when she finds out that her hubby (John Miljan, The […]
Breaking Away (1979)
Synopsis: In Bloomington, Indiana, a group of young blue-collar friends (Dennis Christopher, Chariots of Fire, Dennis Quaid, The Day After Tomorrow, Daniel Stern, Home Alone, Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children) […]
More American Graffiti (1979)
Synopsis: The teenagers from American Graffiti are back. Now, a little older but not much wiser, these youngsters struggle to find their purpose in life. Reaction & Thoughts: “We’re gonna open […]
So Big! (1932)
Synopsis: In the late 19th century, a young woman, Selina (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity), finds herself penniless after the sudden death of her beloved father (Robert Warwick, Sullivan’s Travels). Selina […]
American Graffiti (1973, Director’s Cut)
Synopsis: In 1962, a group of teenagers spends the last night of their summer vacation “cruising” the streets of their small town in Modesto, California. The youngsters, most of them […]
The Goonies (1985)
Synopsis: “The Goonies” is the name of a group of kids (Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings, Jeff Cohen, This is a Business, Corey Feldman, Friday the 13: The […]
The Man Who Played God (1932)
Synopsis: A famous concert pianist, Montgomery Royle (George Arliss, Disraeli), loses his hearing after an assassination attempt on one of his guests. The bitter Royle retires, and even contemplates suicide. […]
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Synopsis: Bob Weston (Tony Curtis, Spartacus) is the managing editor of a sleazy magazine. After writing a hit piece on Dr. Brown (Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass) and her […]
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Synopsis: Nancy Thompson’s Elm Street house is now occupied by a teenager, Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton, Anna to the Infinite Power), and his family. Jesse immediately begins having strange nightmares […]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Synopsis: The Brothers Grimm’s 1812 immortal fairy tale, which revolves around a princess, an evil witch and seven dwarfs, gets the royal treatment from Walt Disney. Reaction & Thoughts: “Magic […]
Hell’s House (1932)
Synopsis: Recently orphaned teenager, Jimmy Mason (Junior Durkin, Little Men), comes to live with his uncle and aunt in the big city. The naive young man immediately gets in trouble […]
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Synopsis: A teenager, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp, Shocker), and her high school friends are having nightmares about a disfigured psychopath named Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund, Behind the Mask: The Rise of […]
Way Back Home (1931)
Synopsis: In a small rural town in Maine, Pastor Seth Parker (Phillips H. Lord, Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard) is famous for helping the needy. Parker focuses mostly on the problems […]
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Synopsis: Novelist Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) leads a quiet life with his second wife (Constance Cummings, Remember Last Night?) in the English countryside. One night, […]
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Synopsis: During WWI, an ex-chorus girl, played by Mae Clarke (The Public Enemy), turns to the streets as work becomes scarce. She falls in love with a young soldier, played by […]
This Happy Breed (1944)
Synopsis: This Happy Breed depicts twenty years of British history through the eyes of an ordinary working class family. The story begins in 1919 (the end of World War I) and […]
The Bad Sister (1931)
Synopsis: An ambitious young woman, Marianne Madison (Sidney Fox, Call it Murder), is desperate to escape her boring small hometown in middle America. After falling in love with a travelling […]
In Which We Serve (1942)
Synopsis: This is the story of the British warship HMS Torrin, commanded by Captain Kinross (Noel Coward, The Italian Job), and its exploits during World War II. Flashbacks reveal personal details […]
Diary of A Movie Maniac 