Vegas Vacation
Synopsis: This Time the Griswolds Are on a Roll. When Clark Griswold puts his mind to something, we soon realize he hasn’t got one. Still, nothing stops him when the […]
Tag Archives: Crime
Shadow of the Thin Man
Synopsis: A jockey who threw a race is murdered in the locker room. “My, they’re strict at this track!” Nora Charles exclaims. With that, she (Myrna Loy) and hubby Nick […]
Passenger Side
Synopsis: On the morning of his thirty-seventh birthday Michael Brown (Adam Scott) receives a telephone call from his estranged brother Tobey (Joel Bissonnette), which sends the two off on a […]
Stand by Me
Synopsis: In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends — sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough-guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O’Connell) — […]
Smokey and the Bandit
Synopsis: Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana–the closest place it can be legally sold–and […]
Rubber
Synopsis: Careful where you tread. Rubber is the story of Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert […]
Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil
Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil, by Jeff Smith 6.75 I’ve only read a little bit of ‘Bone’. I enjoyed it, but it didn’t grab me like it did some […]
Another Thin Man
Synopsis: Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They’re just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there’s a […]
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
Synopsis: In this rural comedy Pierre Cohen (Pierre Richard) is a sophisticated Parisian psychologist who travels to his brother’s farm in Britanny to save it from a hostile takeover by […]
Xing ji dun tai
Synopsis: ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it’s unlike any sci-fi flick you’ve ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, […]
After the Thin Man
Synopsis: Mr. & Mrs. Thin Man are back in their new hit! It’s New Year’s Eve, Nick and Nora Charles have returned to the West Coast, and the philandering hubby […]
There’s Something About Mary
Synopsis: Thirteen years after a humiliating high-school episode of prom datus interuptus, angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) is still crazy in love with Mary (Cameron Diaz). Hoping for a second chance […]
Raising Arizona
Synopsis: A comedy beyond belief. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman star in Ethan and Joel Coen’s acclaimed screwball love story filled with mad chases, unexpected plot twists and […]
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