Nemesis is better than it has any right to be. This is faint praise as it shouldn’t be any good at all. That it is watchable (on free cable—it is not worth actually paying for) is a miracle. There were no good decisions made in constructing this film: An unemotional and unnecessary wedding scene. Yet
Black Narcissus (1947)
Five nuns are sent into the Himalayas to turn an ex-pleasure palace into a nunnery. A previous attempt to make it a monastery had failed for unstated reasons. Youthful and arrogant Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) is made mother superior. She is given: Sister Philippa (Flora Robson), to run the garden; Sister Honey (Jenny Laird), because
Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Gamera is just wandering around in outer space, which is something he does now, when he runs into hostile aliens in a collection of beach balls. He destroys the balls after they have radioed home for reinforcements. On Earth, two Kennys, one Japanese and one American, are at some kind of international boy scout camp.
The Death of Superman (2018)
Clark Kent (Jerry O’Connell) is worried about his relationship with Lois Lane (Rebecca Romijn), and vise versa, as his secret identity is getting in the way. Meanwhile, Lex Luther (Rainn Willson) has discovered a strange object hurtling toward Earth and he speculates that this may be his way to get back at Superman. The object
King Solomon’s Mines
King Solomon’s Mines (1937) King Solomon’s Mines (1950) King Solomon’s Mines (1985) Allan Quartermain, the great white hunter, finds himself, against his better judgment, as the guide for a rescue party into “uncharted” Africa. Their destination is the diamond mines of King Solomon, an old wives’ tale. Along the way they pick up an unusual
The Predator (2018)
Mad Love (1935)
Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre), perhaps the greatest surgeon in France, is obsessed with goth actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake). Her husband (Colin Clive), a concert pianist, has his hands mangled in a train wreck and although Yvonne is frightened by Gogol, goes to him to try and save her husband’s hands. That’s impossible, so Gogol transplants the
The War in Space (1977)
In the future of 1988, Aliens from Venus attack the Earth. Heroic Miyoshi returns from America with a request from the UN for Prof Takigawa: finish the construction of the submarain-like spaceship Gohten. Takigawa had stopped construction either because all the good crew had left the project, or out of spite because Miyoshi blew off
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) carouses with Prince Hal (Keith Baxter) and several unscrupulous characters, often in the bawdy house of Mistress Quickly (Margaret Rutherford), much to the displeasure of King Henry IV (John Gielgud). However a civil war and the king’s failing health will change the prince and his relationship with Falstaff. The idea
Svengali (1931)
Svengali (John Barrymore) is a talented musician living in an artists community that include his follower Gecko (Luis Alberni), and painters The Laird (Donald Crisp), Taffy (Lumsden Hare), and Billee (Bramwell Fletcher). He’s also a cad, who uses his charisma and hypnotic powers to gain what he wants, and in one case, to cause a
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Baskerville family has been cursed for centuries by a hound from Hell due to the sadistic behavior of an ancestor. Recently, Sir Charles Baskerville had died of fright out on the moor. The grouchy Dr Mortimer (Francis De Wolff), a believer in the supernatural, requests the aid of Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr.