A nuclear bomb test in the arctic (ummmm…in the arctic? Why are they testing a bomb in the arctic?), awakens a dinosaur that’s been frozen for a hundred million years. Nuclear physicist Tom Nesbitt (Paul Christian) sees the creature, but no one believes him. When several ships are sunk, paleontologist Thurgood Elson (Cecil Kellaway) and his beautiful assistant
Henry and Ann Bergner (Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker), who have just committed suicide, find themselves on a ship. They are joined by a group of people killed in an air raid, including an unhappy newspaperman (John Garfield). Only the suicides understand that they are dead and they are warned by Scrubby (Edmund Gwenn), the steward,
Lady Althea (Joyce Taylor) travels to greet her fiancée, Duke Eduardo (Mark Damon) only to find he has been cursed to turn into a beast at night. The Duke, with the help of Baron Orsini, Althea, and her father, must find a cure for his condition before Prince Bruno (Michael Pate) reveals the secret and takes
Beavis and Butt-head (voice: Mike Judge) watch some videos, read a few letters, and star in two shorts: Huh-Huh-Humbug! and It’s A Miserable Life. In the first, Beavis fantasizes he’s the manager at a burger joint and is visited by three ghosts. In the second, Butt-head is shown what the world would be like if
A WWII submarine being hunted by a German ship picks up three survivors from a torpedoed hospital ship, one, a woman. The crew is on edge, the new captain too extreme, and voices and strange occurrences begin to haunt the boat. Quick Review: With Pitch Black and Below, David Twohy has become the modern master
A young woman, Liza Merril (Catriona MacColl), inherits a broken-down hotel in New Orleans that has a troubled past. It is built over a gateway to hell, and when the gate is opened, the dead will walk the Earth. With people dying in mysterious ways, Emily (Cinzia Monreale), a blind woman with her own secrets, warns Lisa
In this second sequel to Re-Animator, Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), in jail since the last film, is still secretly carrying out his research. He believes he has found a way to return reason to the corpses he re-animates. When a new prison doctor (Jason Barry) brings some of West’s old reagent into the prison, it’s time to
Against the advice of her father, Nigel Bigelow (Michael Caine), Isabel (Nicole Kidman) decides to give up witchcraft and live as a human. At the same time, obnoxious, failing, film actor Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) agrees to take the part of Darrin in the TV remake of Bewitched, demanding that an unknown be cast as his
Three old men (Charles Winninger, C. Aubrey Smith and Harry Carey), with nothing to do for Christmas, toss three wallets into the snow, hoping that whoever finds them will return them and stay for dinner. It works in two cases, reeling in a young girl and a down-on-his-luck Texan (Richard Carlson) who find each other
There is evil in the world, but the reason is the corporate state, which is the clock that counts out the hours of our lives. If we can just break away from that big clock, everything will work out. This is Film Noir-light with a big dose of social commentary.
In London, General Sternwood (James Stewart) hires American expatriate detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to deal with blackmail threats. However, what he really wants is for Marlowe to uncover what happened to his missing son-in-law. Marlowe finds that both the blackmail and the disappearance are tied up with Sternwood’s wild daughters, Charlotte (Sarah Miles) and Camilla (Candy
This is a review of a “Fan Edit,” and is intended for people who are familiar with the “original” studio cut(s). I may reveal details of that version, including twists and the ending. Perfection. I’d say “brilliant,” but it really isn’t; it’s obvious. “Brilliant” should be reserved for things that everyone and his uncle couldn’t