Eli (Daniel Cerny) and Joshua (Ron Melendez), two orphans from Gatlin, Nebraska, are taken in by a Chicago couple. While Joshua adapts to city life, Eli plants corn in an abandoned factory and soon has the local teens joining the cult of “He Who Walks Behind the Rows.” Those wild, Amish-dressing kids are back with
IQ tests show six fatherless children, all the same age but of different races and countries, have intellects far greater than other humans. The interest of two scientists, a psychologist (Ian Hendry) and a geneticist (Alan Badel), makes the various governments aware of their super-children. Before each country can use its child to gain an
It’s 2027, and the last baby was born over eighteen years ago. The infertility of the human race has caused most societies to crumble, with violent anarchy the rule. Britain survives under a fascist government that cruelly carries out its no-immigration policy. Theo (Clive Owen), an apathetic, alcoholic, office worker, is brought into the fray
Two teens, Cindy and Lucy (Ami Dolenz, Maya McLaughlin), accidentally wake a vampire who starts converting the residents of the backwoods town of Allburg. A love-struck Priest discovers his dead brother’s wife (Karen Black) and Cindy have become vampires and restrains them. He recruits his old friend, Mark (Peter DeLuise), to see what caused the
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen), known for his cruelty, particularly to his employee, Bob Cratchit (Gene Lockhart), is visited by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and learns the meaning of Christmas. This MGM, high-gloss version of the Dickens classic is a long way from its weak, 1935 predecessor. What a difference three
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim), is visited by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and learns the meaning of Christmas. This British, B&W version of the well-known story is generally considered to be the finest version by critics and viewers alike, and I agree. If you’re reading this, chances are you are well
Another version of the Dickens’ story in which cruel Ebenezer Scrooge (Patrick Stewart) learns the meaning of Christmas from three spirits. Quick Review: A garden-variety re-telling of A Christmas Carol, there are no huge mistakes, but also nothing to make it more than average. The sets look a bit too much like a sound stage,
A musical version of the traditional Christmas story where old humbug Ebenezer Scrooge (Kelsey Grammer) learns the true meaning of Christmas from three spirits. Quick Review: With so many version of A Christmas Carol to choose from, I can be discriminating. There’s always another to switch to, and I suggest doing so when this is on.
Four old friends (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman) have a secret, and when the son of one them (Craig Wasson) meets a beautiful, but strange woman (Alice Krige), death soon follows. It’s up to the son to uncover what happened years ago before the beautiful ghost takes her revenge. A sad
Magazine publisher Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet) arranges for a war hero to stay at his food columnist’s farm in Connecticut during Christmas. The problem is that the columnist, Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck), doesn’t have a farm, or know how to cook. Quick Review: A combination farce and romance with a little wartime patriotism, Christmas in Connecticut
With their daughter, Blair, planning to be gone for the Holidays, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis) decide to skip Christmas and go on a cruise. However, the neighbors, led by the dictatorial Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) are upset by this lack of tradition and start protests. When Blair calls on Christmas
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) plans an extravagant family Christmas for his wife (Beverly D’Angelo), kids (Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki), parents (John Randolph, Diane Ladd), and in-laws (E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts). But Griswold vacations never go as planned, and one disaster after another occurs, including the arrival of redneck Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid). The word that