Plot: Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new “kingpin” himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife are Joe’s murder victims.Read More »
Allied prisoners – British, Dutch, French and Polish – pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as “Colditz”.Read More »
A young woman living in L.A. goes back to her family’s homestead way up in the mountains for a family reunion. At first put off by her relatives’ hillbilly ways, she soon decides to let her hair down and join in the fun. Before she leaves she invites them all to stop by her place in Los Angeles if they’re ever in the area. They soon are, and they doRead More »
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Eager to satiate his sexual appetite, fat slob Caesar sends Marc Antony to bring THE NOTORIOUS CLEOPATRA back to Rome. But though he’s ordered to keep his hands to himself, Antony quickly falls under the Queen’s spell (no surprise since she’s played by the black and beautiful Sonora), which leads to a virgin sacrifice, an Egyptian orgy, the Ides of March, a shocker of an ending, and a complete skewering of history in this wacky Harry Novak sex comedy which won’t be playing on the History Channel anytime soon!Read More »
Mark, a young photographer, travels to Hollywood hoping to make it as a cameraman in the movie business. Unfortunately, the only jobs he can find are shooting porn “loops” for a sleazy producer. Depressed and increasingly delusional, he begins to take out his frustrations on pretty young women he meets–by strangling them.Read More »
A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.Read More »
HIGH SCHOOL II is a film about Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a successful alternative high school in New York’s Spanish Harlem, 85-95% of whose graduates go on to four year colleges. The film illustrates the school’s emphasis on the “Habits of Mind” program (weighing evidence; awareness of multiple points of view; seeing connections and relationships; speculating on possibilities; and assessing values.) Sequences illustrating the school’s approach to learning include: classroom activities in the humanities and sciences; family conferences; discussions of race, class, and gender; faculty meetings; disciplinary problems; sex education; conflict resolution by students; and student council meetings.Read More »
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A killer is stalking top class prostitute Amanda Heather. Two of her co-workers are murdered after visiting a client and Detective Ambrose Hart is brought in. He feels that the cases are linked and that Amanda is also in danger. However, Amanda has no use for police and will not cooperate with him. Finally his charms get her to agree to work together to get the murderer, Unfortunately, when Amanda finally confronts the culprit, the detective has been delayed. Thus Amanda must deal with the murderer herself.Read More »
