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Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)
Peter Lorre starred as "international policeman" Kenturo Moto in a series of eight B-films between 1937 and 1939. In number six, "Mr. Moto's Last Warning," our hero tries to stop a plot to cause a war between Britain and France over the Suez Canal. [..]
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Alfred Hitchcock's worst film of all time is undoubtedly "Jamaica Inn." It is the story of a gang of criminals who cause shipwrecks off of the Cornwall coast by putting out warning beacons and then killing the crew and raiding the ships. The entire [..]
Wuthering Heights (1939)
"Wuthering Heights" is the classic Gothic romantic drama centering on the tragic love between Heathcliff and Cathy. Director William Wyler ("Dodsworth" 1936) created a tasteful adaptation of the 1847 novel of the same name by Emily Bronte. The superb screenplay was written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. [..]
Mickey 17 (2025)
"Mickey 17" is a science fiction black comedy film set in the year 2054 about a disposable employee selected to colonize an ice planet. Due to the dangerous nature of the work, he continually dies and his clone takes over where the previous Mickey left off. [..]
Dodge City (1939)
"Dodge City" is a classic western drama where Errol Flynn plays a Texas cattle agent who takes over the job of sheriff in an extremely lawless town called Dodge City, Kansas. He must content with cattle barons and townsfolk alike who are used to doing as they please [..]
The Alto Knights (2025)
"The Alto Knights" is a crime drama biography film about two 1950's Mafia bosses who go from friends to foes as they fight for control of New York City's gangster kingdom. Director Barry Levinson ("Good Morning, Vietnam" 1987) put forth a worthy effort in creating [..]
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
"The Day the Earth Caught Fire" is a British science fiction disaster movie about simultaneous American and Soviet nuclear detonations which have drastically altered the earth's rotation. Earth quakes, fires, and disease ravages the earth's population even as authorities attempt to put the planet back on its axis. [..]
12 Monkeys (1995)
"12 Monkeys" is a science fiction film telling the story of a man sent back in time from 2035 to 1996 to locate the origin of a man-made virus which wiped out most of the human race. He soon discovers he is in a time loop. [..]
Top Hat (1935)
"Top Hat" is a memorable Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film where he plays a dancer who falls in love with her, while she mistakes him for a man who is married to her good friend. This musical is also a classic screwball comedy, well directed by Mark [..]
Gringo (2018)
"Gringo" is the comedy-drama film about an American businessman who travels to Mexico for business and suddenly finds himself in trouble with drug dealers and black ops personnel. He calls his bosses and claims to be kidnapped for a ransom of five million dollars. [..]