Damien Thorn (Sam Neill), the Antichrist, is a dominant world financial figure as chairman of the Thorn Corporation, and is gaining political power. But there are two threats to Damien: a group of priests who have recovered seven daggers that can kill him, and the second coming of Christ. “With all the power of evil,
The only survivors of a nuclear war are residents of Australia and the crew of an American submarine that was submerged when the bombs went off. With only months left before the fallout arrives, those left try and deal with their inevitable deaths. Moira Davidson (Ava Gardner), a pleasant alcoholic, starts a relationship with the
Three sailors, Gabe (Gene Kelly), Chip (Frank Sinatra), and Ozzie (Jules Munshin), have twenty-four hours to see New York before their leave ends. Gabe becomes infatuated by Ivy (Vera-Ellen) based on her picture on a subway poster, thinking that the title “Miss Turnstiles” means that she’s a celebrity. Searching for her, the other two pick
Lagardère, an upstart duelist (Daniel Auteuil) is befriended by the Duke of Nevers (Vincent Perez), the finest swordsman in France, accompanying him to the faraway home of a lover who has produced a child, thus motivating the Duke to marry her. However, the Duke’s cousin (Fabrice Luchini) is not willing to have another heir between
A beautiful vampire (Lauren Hutton) must bite a virgin three times before Halloween. In the 1980’s she finds few options until her minions spot a high school student and ice cream truck driver (Jim Carrey) who is being frustrated by his girlfriend (Karen Kopins). Quick Review: A vacuous comedy that screams ’80s, Once Bitten is sitcom
Insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle (Jack Haley), shows up at an old mansion only to find his client-to-be is already dead. The eccentric man’s beneficiaries have gathered in the house for a reading of the will, and mistake Tuttle for a detective who has been hired to watch the body. It seems that the will has
It’s a bad, bad, bad Christmas for the Graingers. Jack (Gary Basaraba) loses his job and their house, and Ginny (Mary Steenburgen) is stuck working double shifts and hates the holiday. They have no hope. Then things really go down hill. A robbery, a car jacking, yet another job loss, and three deaths. Luckily, Ginny
Tumak (a chest-shaven Victor Mature) gets kicked out of the perpetually grumpy Rock tribe by its perpetually grumpy leader (Lon Chaney Jr.) and floats down the river to be found by the ubbermen (and women) of the shell tribe. Loana (Carole Landis), the local hotty who has invented hair care, takes a liking to this
Yumi Nakamura (Kou Shibasaki) and her friends are having a more or less pleasant evening out (that’s as good as it gets for Yumi, who has never completely recovered from her childhood abuse) when one of Yumi’s friends checks her voice mail to find she’s gotten a call from the future—from herself—indicating the time of
Laura (Belén Rueda) returns to the now-abandoned orphanage where she was raised, planning to reopen it for special needs children. The area seems to have an odd effect on her son, Simón, who picks up a lot of imaginary friends, one of whom tells him he’s adopted and HIV positive. When Simón disappears, the police suspect
Gino (Massimo Girotti), a listless wanderer, falls for the wife (Clara Calamai) of an older bar owner (Juan De Landa). When she won’t run off with him, the two murder the husband. But neither deal well with the guilt and begin to mistrust each other. A homosexual peddler and a prostitute offer Gino alternative life-paths,