Foster on Film

A divorced mother (Dianne Wiest) and her two sons, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim), move to the coastal town of Santa Carla, the murder capital of the country. Michael quickly becomes mixed up with a beautiful girl and a gang, led by David (Kiefer Sutherland), all of whom have strange abilities. Sam meets Edgar

In 1972, the SS Corona Queen vanished in the Bermuda Triangle, taking with it Aaron Roberts’ parents. Now, the ship has returned, a derelict. Roberts (Judd Nelson), now a paranormal investigator, and three TV tabloid reporters catch a ride to the ship with salvage agent David Shaw (Lance Henriksen) and two employees (Jeff Kober, Mark Sheppard). Of course,

Kyle (Ryan Merriman), who is unbeknownst to him, a half leprechaun on his mother’s side, has his lucky charm stolen by an evil far darrig (Timothy Omundson) who plans to use the luck to become king of all leprechauns.  Without the charm, Kyle and his family begin reverting to their faerie appearance (pointed ears, beards,

With the passage of time, the world (or just Australia) has become more desolate than in the time of the previous film, The Road Warrior.  Max, still traveling alone, is robbed, and finds his way to Barter Town where he makes a deal with Aunty Entity (Tina Turner): if he kills the muscle of a

Captain Mactaggart (Alex Mackenzie) is in danger of losing his broken-down “puffer” boat, but steps into a bit of luck when he is mistakenly hired to transport an expensive cargo for an American businessman (Paul Douglas).  When the businessman discovers what happened, he flies to meet the boat himself, and ends up taking a trip

American Jack Woods (Randy Quaid) travels to a village in Ireland to buy up property, and falls in love with local girl Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Orla Brady).  He also saves the leprechaun king,  Seamus Muldoon (Colm Meaney).  While Jack and Kathleen begin a stormy relationship, Mickey (Daniel Betts), the son of the leprechaun king, and Princess

Hoping to help her destitute family and dying brother, young, innocent, Filipino Rosa (Alessandra De Rossi) has taken a job as a maid in Singapore with the Teo family. They are kind, though Mr. Teo is distant and Mrs. Teo is domineering. Their twenty-year-old son, Ah Soon (Benny Soh) is mentally retarded and likes Rosa a bit

Aging Dame Beatrice Appleby (Athene Seyler), and her lodgers, a washed-up military officer (Terry-Thomas), a very butch etiquette instructor (Hattie Jacques), and a nervous china mender (Elspeth Duxbury), are caught in a meaningless routine until circumstances “compel” them to become fur thieves—for charity. The beautiful, ex-con housekeeper (Billie Whitelaw), the only one who knows anything about

Ladykiller Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez) is pulled into the case of the mysterious black bird by femme fatale Ruth Wonderly (NiBebe Daniels).  After his partner is murdered, he is introduced to a gang of eccentric criminals who have been searching for the statue for years: mastermind Casper Gutman (Dudley Digges), effeminate Dr. Joel Cairo (Otto

The Noir world is like ours, except the dialog is wittier, the shadows are deeper, the sins are darker, and the prize, be it treasure or the truth of human nature, is more magnificent.  You don’t get more magnificent than the Maltese falcon.

The three musketeers, Aramis (Jeremy Irons), Athos (John Malkovich), and Porthos (Gérard Depardieu), now well past their prime, plan to replace the cruel king (Leonardo DiCaprio) with his imprisoned, and unknown twin brother (also Leonardo DiCaprio), who is hidden behind an iron mask.  Opposing them is their old friend, D’Artagnan (Gabriel Byrne) who is the

Obnoxious American CEO, William Cole (Bruce Campbell), travels to Bulgaria to invest in a subway.  When he is murdered, along with his ex-KGB cab driver, Yegor, a mad scientist (Stacy Keach) and his assistant (Ted Raimi) resurrect him, using parts of the cab driver’s brain to repair Cole’s.  When Cole’s wife is also murdered, the