Kindly but repressed school teacher Caroline Trewella (Glynis Johns) takes a trip to Cornwall to see the house she has inherited. It sits on top of a sea cave where a pair of mermaids frolic. The brighter of the two, Miranda (also Glynis Johns) shares a grandfather with Carolineâthe two are doublesâand persuades her to
Jigoku {Hell} (1960)
Graduate student ShirĂ´ is a passenger in a car driven by his wild and apparently supernatural âfriendâ Tamura when it hits and kills a local thug. Tamura doesnât care but ShirĂ´ gets very upset. Eventually ShirĂ´ decides to turn himself in to the police, but the taxi crashes on route (most likely due to Tamuraâs
The Ghoul (1932)
Geostorm (2017)
Several years after the âDutch Boyâ weather control system saved millions of people by stopping massive storms caused by global warming, a village in Afghanistan is flash frozen. The Dutch Boy system is at fault and the only person who can save the day is Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler), the troubled scientist who built the
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
This film has a vast advantage over the other two prequel films: it has parallel stories. The Anakin stuff is again pretty bad, with Christensen putting in a career-mutilating performance as he and Natalie Portman utter uncomfortable âromanticâ dialog. But with this film, if we removed the bad material, thereâs still something left. Obi-Wan has
Happy Death Day (2017)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
The Original Series crew reunites to stop an all-powerful alien spacecraft headed for Earth. Kirk has weaseled his way back onto the bridge, demoting its new Captain, Decker. Along for the ride is new navigator Lieutenant Ilia, an empath, who has a romantic history with Decker. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the most cinematic
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
The world is running out of energy. The only chance of saving civilization is a super-particle accelerator energy experiment being carried out on a space station. The multinational crew consists of Captain Kiel (David Oyelowo), Hamilton (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), Schmidt (Daniel BrĂźhl), Monk (John Ortiz), Mundy (Chris OâDowd), Volkov (Aksel Hennie) and Tam (Ziyi Zhang). After
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
A meteor shower brings the Legion to Earth: large insects along with a single true giant. They build nests, that when complete, launch a pod into space to further spread the speciesâthe launch destroying everything in a six kilometer area. Colonel Watarase is on the case, leading soldiers against the bugs. Heâs aided by Midori
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Newly elected President Judson Hammond (Walter Huston) is a typical weak and corrupt politician of the early 1930s. He has no plans to do anything, just like his predecessor, so the depression will continue and crime will run rampant. Working for him is his non-corrupt secretary, Beekman (Franchot Tone) and his mistress, Pendola (Karen Morley).
The Killing (1956)
Johnny (Sterling Hayden) is the mastermind of a horse track heist. The others in the gangâall men who are desperate for cashâknow only part of the plan. They include the track bartender (Joe Sawyer), a financer (Jay C. Flippen), a policeman (Ted DeCorsia), and a track clerk (Elisha Cook). The clerkâs wife (Marie Windsor) gets
The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)
Student researchers Elvira (Gaby Fuchs) and Genevieve (Barbara Capell) travel to the likely location of the tomb of the evil Countess Wandessa (Patty Shepard), who folktales peg as a vampire. When their car breaks down, they are taken in by Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy), who is the only person around for twenty miles. He too