Posts Tagged ‘cult-favorite’



Hair (1979)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA | West Germany
Actors: Savage, John | Williams, Treat | D'Angelo, Beverly | Golden, Annie | Wright, Dorsey | Dacus, Don | Barnes, Cheryl | Bright, Richard | Nicholas, Ray | Rae, Charlotte | Chapin, Miles | Tailer, Fern | Denny, Charles | Meckler, Herman | Breen, Agness
Directors: Forman, Milos
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This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war.

Long Good Friday, The (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Freeman, Paul | Dolan, Leo | McNally, Kevin | Love, Patti | Moriarty, P.H. | Thompson, Derek | Marshall, Bryan | Hoskins, Bob | Mirren, Helen | Head, Ruby | Cork, Charles | Pierre, Olivier | Brosnan, Pierce | O'Malley, Daragh | King, Dave
Directors: Mackenzie, John
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Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.

Swamp Thing (1982)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Jourdan, Louis | Adrienne Barbeau | Wise, Ray | Hess, David | Worth, Nicholas | Knight, Don | Ruban, Al | Durock, Dick | Bates, Ben | Brown, Nannette | Batts, Reggie | Craven, Mimi | Price, Karen | Erickson, Bill | Gottesfeld, Dov
Directors: Craven, Wes
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Dr. Alec Holland, hidden away in the depths of a murky swamp, is trying to create a new species - a combination of animal and plant capable of adapting and thriving in the harshest conditions. Unfortunately he becomes subject of his own creation and is transformed . . . Arcane, desperate for the formula attempts to capture the Swamp Thing. An explosive chase ensues that ultimately ends with a confrontation between Holland and a changed Arcane . . .

Suspiria (1977)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Harper, Jessica | Casini, Stefania | Bucci, Flavio | Miguel Bosé | Magnolfi, Barbara | Javicoli, Susanna | Axén, Eva | Schündler, Rudolf | Kier, Udo | Valli, Alida | Bennett, Joan | Horowitz, Margherita | Mariani, Jacopo | Mingozzi, Fulvio | Scagnetti, Franca
Directors: Argento, Dario
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A young American dancer travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. As she arrives, the camera turns to another young woman, who appears to be fleeing from the school. She returns to her apartment where she is gruesomely murdered by a hideous creature. Meanwhile, the young American is trying to settle in at the ballet school, but hears strange noises and is troubled by bizarre occurrences. She eventually discovers that the school is merely a front for a much more sinister organization.

Out of the Past (1947)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Mitchum, Robert | Greer, Jane | Douglas, Kirk | Fleming, Rhonda | Webb, Richard | Brodie, Steve | Huston, Virginia | Valentine, Paul | Moore, Dickie | Niles, Ken | Benedict, Brooks | Blake, Oliver | Blanco, Eumenio | Bly, Wesley | Brill, Hubert
Directors: Tourneur, Jacques
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For the last three years, Jeff Bailey has been laying low and trying to live a normal life. He’s been running his own gas station but prior to that, had been a pretty good private detective. His last job had been for a gangster, Whit Sterling, who him to find Kathy Moffat, who just happens to have shot him, and recover the $40,000 she stole. Jeff found her in Mexico but fell in love with her. She eventually ran out on him and he decided it might be better if he found a new line of work. When one of Sterling’s henchmen happens to see him pumping gas, he’s summoned to the gangster’s Lake Tahoe estate. Sterling’s offer is quite simple: recover some incriminating tax files and all will be forgotten. Jeff soon realizes however that he’s being set up and framed for murder.

Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Haze, Jonathan | Joseph, Jackie | Welles, Mel | Miller, Dick | Vail, Myrtle | Kupcinet, Karyn | Michaels, Toby | Wendorff, Leola | Storey, Lynn | Campo, Wally | Warford, Jack | Welles, Meri | Shaner, John Herman | Nicholson, Jack
Directors: Corman, Roger
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Classic black comedy about young schnook who develops a bloodthirsty plant and is forced to kill in order to feed it. The basis for the later hit stage musical.

Caddyshack (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Chase, Chevy | Dangerfield, Rodney | Knight, Ted | O'Keefe, Michael | Murray, Bill | Holcomb, Sarah | Colomby, Scott | Morgan, Cindy | Resin, Dan | Wilcoxon, Henry | Aiken, Elaine | Salmi, Albert | Ryerson, Ann | Doyle-Murray, Brian | Mitchell, Hamilton
Directors: Ramis, Harold
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A millionaire wants to turn a golf course into a new property development, but the president of the golf club doesn’t like the idea. This is the basic ‘plot’ which hides behind the many antics of the employees and players on the golf course.

Charley Varrick (1973)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthau, Walter | Baker, Joe Don | Farr, Felicia | Robinson, Andrew | North, Sheree | Fell, Norman | Fong, Benson | Parfrey, Woodrow | Schallert, William | Scott, Jacqueline | Bennett, Marjorie | Diaz, Rudy | Chester, Colby | Briggs, Charlie | Garcia, Priscilla
Directors: Siegel, Don
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Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very LARGE amount of money. Quickly figuring out that the money belongs to the MOB, they must now come up with a plan to throw the MOB off their trail.

Raging Bull (1980)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Moriarty, Cathy | Pesci, Joe | Vincent, Frank | Colasanto, Nicholas | Saldana, Theresa | Gallo, Mario | Adonis, Frank | Bono, Joseph | Topham, Frank | Flax, Lori Anne | Scorsese, Charles | Dunphy, Don | Hanrahan, Bill | Bennett, Rita
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Chinatown (1974)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Dunaway, Faye | Huston, John | Lopez, Perry | Hillerman, John | Zwerling, Darrell | Ladd, Diane | Jenson, Roy | Bakalyan, Richard | Mantell, Joe | Glover, Bruce | Hinds, Nandu | O'Rear, James | Hong, James
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn’t drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder.