Sep 14
Plot:
Years have passed since Ted Striker heroically saved many lives by avoiding a plane crash. Working as a test pilot for a new Lunar Shuttle, he gets innocently sent into a mental ward after a crash of the badly constructed, computer-navigated spaceship. When he hears that the exactly same type of shuttle is scheduled for a moon flight soon, he breaks out to hinder the launch. Aboard, Ted finds his ex-ex Elaine Dickinson working as stewardess again and her fiancé Simon, a member of the committee that wants the Mayflower I to be launched. In flight, the ship’s computer ROK 9000 takes control, killing the crew. Ted and Elaine manage to switch it off, and now it is up to Ted again to save the passengers’ lives - if there only wouldn’t be these flashbacks to the war and these people who know Ted and have no faith in his abilities at all.
IMDB rating: 5.70 out of 10.0 (7554 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
airplane,
asteroid,
aviation,
bomb,
commodore-computer,
computer,
courtroom,
disaster,
flashback-sequence,
flashback-within-flashback,
impotence,
mental-institution,
psychiatrist,
Romance,
second-part,
self-referential,
sequel,
sequel-mentioned-during-end-credits,
space-shuttle,
spoof,
surprise-after-end-credits,
timebomb
Sep 13
Plot:
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
IMDB rating: 6.80 out of 10.0 (12614 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
alcoholic,
alcoholism,
bar,
bartender,
bisexual,
blockbuster,
buddy-comedy,
buddy-cop,
bus,
chase,
convertible,
convict,
convicted-felon,
cop-killing,
dysfunctional-relationship,
escapee,
fight-scene,
fistfight,
gay-slur,
gun,
hostage,
jail-break,
kidnapping,
lesbian,
lesbian-slur,
machismo,
murder,
nightclub,
number-in-title,
obscene-finger-gesture,
police,
prostitution,
racial-overtones,
racial-slur,
racism,
redneck,
san-francisco-california,
subway,
thrown-through-window,
title-spoken-by-character,
tough-guy,
vulgarity
Sep 13
Plot:
A barbarian trained in the arts of war joins with thieves in a quest to solve the riddle of steel and find the sorcerer responsible for the genocide of his people in this faithful adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery adventures. This film briefly sparked a wave of fantasy films including the sequel, Conan the Destroyer, in the early 80s.
IMDB rating: 6.60 out of 10.0 (21153 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
animal-killing,
archer,
arena,
bad-girl,
barbarian,
based-on-pulp-magazine,
battle,
big-tower,
black-magic,
blood,
bow-and-arrow,
breasts,
camel,
cannibal,
cannibal-cult,
cannibalism,
character-name-in-title,
christ-allegory,
controversial,
crucifixion,
cult,
cult-favorite,
death,
death-of-loved-one,
decapitation,
desert,
epic,
evil-man,
evil-power,
fall-from-height,
famous-score,
female-frontal-nudity,
female-nudity,
femme-fatale,
fight,
final-battle,
friendship,
funeral,
funeral-pyre,
ghost,
giant-snake,
gladiator,
good-versus-evil,
gore,
harem,
head-on-stake,
heroism,
impalement,
katana-sword,
king,
magic,
man-beast,
martial-arts,
master,
megalomaniac,
megalomanical,
mutilation,
orgy,
part-animated,
person-on-fire,
poetic-justice,
premarital-sex,
princess,
revenge,
runaway,
sacrifice,
samurai,
sea,
serpent,
severed-head,
shot-in-the-head,
slavery,
sorcerer,
stabbed-in-the-chest,
stabbed-in-the-mouth,
stabbed-to-death,
sword,
sword-and-sandal,
sword-and-sorcery,
sword-fight,
thief,
throat-slitting,
torture,
town,
tragedy,
warrior,
warrior-race,
warrior-woman,
witch,
witchcraft,
wizard,
wolf
Sep 12
Plot:
While visiting the Earth at Night, a group of alien botanists is discovered and disturbed by an approaching human task force. Because of the more than hasty take-off, one of the visitors is left behind. The little alien finds himself all alone on a very strange planet. Fortunately, the extra-terrestrial soon finds a friend and emotional companion in 10-year-old Elliot, who discovered him looking for food in his family’s garden shed. While E.T. slowly gets acquainted with Elliot’s brother Michael, his sister Gertie as well as with Earth customs, members of the task force work day and night to track down the whereabouts of Earth’s first visitor from Outer Space. The wish to go home again is strong in E.T., and after being able to communicate with Elliot and the others, E.T. starts building an improvised device to send a message home for his folks to come and pick him up. But before long, E.T. gets seriously sick, and because of his special connection to Elliot, the young boy suffers, too. The situation gets critical when the task force finally intervenes. By then, all help may already be too late, and there’s no alien spaceship in sight.
IMDB rating: 7.80 out of 10.0 (50014 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
absent-father,
action-figure,
alien,
alien-contact,
auto-theft,
baseball,
beer,
bicycle,
blockbuster,
brother-brother-relationship,
brother-sister-relationship,
california,
candy,
car-bicycle-chase,
car-chase,
cardiopulmonary-resuscitation,
chase,
child-driving-car,
children,
christ-allegory,
closet,
construction-site,
death,
defibrillation,
disguise,
dog,
drunk,
dungeons-and-dragons,
expedition,
extraterrestrial,
fairy-tale,
fake-illness,
family,
famous-entrance,
famous-score,
flower,
flying,
forest,
frog,
gay-slur,
government-agent,
halloween,
healing,
healing-gift,
heart,
hiding-in-closet,
hoodie,
imagination,
invention,
kids-and-family,
kiss,
levitation,
love,
marital-separation,
mimicry,
miracle,
missing-child,
moon,
neighbor,
pizza,
playground,
potted-plant,
product-placement,
quarantine,
rainbow,
reanimation,
refrigerator,
resurrection,
roadblock,
running,
school,
school-bus,
scream,
search-team,
sick-child,
single-mother,
spacecraft,
spacesuit,
storm-drain,
stranded,
stuffed-animal,
suburbia,
telepathy,
tool-shed,
transmitter,
vulgarity,
yelling
Sep 12
Plot:
Michael Dorsey is desperate; he can’t find a job. That is, until he gets a female role in a soap opera and becomes very famous. Of course, nobody knows that this new television star is a man… But, after a while, he falls in love with the leading actress of the series, and here is the big problem: how can he express his feelings, since she thinks that Michael is a woman?
IMDB rating: 7.40 out of 10.0 (15499 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
acting-class,
actor,
actress,
audition,
autograph,
bar,
birthday-party,
blockbuster,
cross-dressing,
cult-comedy,
farce,
farm,
father-daughter-relationship,
female-impersonator,
gender-disguise,
live-television,
love-triangle,
marriage-proposal,
milking,
new-york-city,
profanity,
restaurant,
roommate,
serenade,
single-mother,
soap-opera,
television,
theater,
theatrical-agent,
tv-show-in-film,
unemployment,
unwanted-kiss,
widower,
womanizer