• John Francis Dillon – Behind the Mask (1932)

    1931-1940ClassicsCrimeJohn Francis DillonUSA

    Behind the Mask is a typically virile Jack Holt vehicle, with the hero at one point shooting himself in the arm to establish an alibi! Holt plays a federal agent named Hart who has himself planted in jail as a convict to get the goods on a drug syndicate. Befriending small-time gangster Henderson (Boris Karloff), Hart follows the trail of clues to unmask the head of the syndicate, who turns out to be the supposedly respectable Dr. Steiner (Edward Van Sloan). In the rip-roaring climax, Steiner prepares to perform an “operation” on Hart, gleefully informing his victim that his chances for recovery are next to nil. Because of the presence of Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan in the cast, Behind the Mask was included in Screen Gems’ “Shock Theater” TV package, even though there’s nothing really horrific in the film.Read More »

  • Peter Nestler – Fos-sur-mer (1972)

    1971-1980DocumentaryPeter NestlerSweden

    The city of Marseille, close to the estuary of the Rhône River, has long been recognized as an important transit port for all of Europe. Nestler’s film is set against the backdrop of the industrialization at Fos-sur-Mer, some 32 kilometers northwest of Marseille. It gives an account of the port’s development since the late 1960s. In addition, Fos-sur-Mer recalls the living conditions of some 7.000 laborers working on this industrial site.Read More »

  • Various – 42nd Street Forever: XXX-Treme Special Edition (2007)

    Various2001-2010EroticaExploitationUSA

    Review taken from IMDB:
    This is volume 3 of the series and continues the movie trailer montage, except it switches to covering grindhouse’s next door neighbor (namely porn).Read More »

  • Howard Hawks – Air Force (1943)

    Howard Hawks1941-1950ActionUSAWar

    On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bombers set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. One of the bombers, the Mary Ann, is commanded by ‘Irish’ Quincannon. The bombardier, Tommy McMartin, has a sister living in Hawaii and the co-pilot, Bill Williams, is sweet on her. The men are all highly professional with the exception of aerial gunner Joe Winocki, a bitter man who has every intention of leaving the Army Air Corps. They arrive at Hickam Field on the morning of December 7, just as the Japanese are attacking Pearl Harbor and other military facilities. All of the men prepare to face the enemy, including Winocki whose attitude changes quickly. The bomber and its crew will participate in many missions but not all will survive.Read More »

  • Tom Tykwer – Lola rennt AKA Run Lola Run (1998)

    Tom Tykwer1991-2000ActionGermanyThriller

    Synopsis:
    After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.Read More »

  • Kôji Shima – Yûrakuchô de aimashô AKA Chance Meeting (1958)

    Kôji Shima1951-1960DramaJapanRomance

    Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man’s foot. The man whose name is Rentaro is not amused. Just afterwards she notices that he is reading a magazine which carries her picture which he crushes and throws under his seat. One of her customers in Tokyo is a pretty girl named Kana for whom she had designed a dress which at first seems quite satisfactory. But a few days later Kana brings it back. It seems her brother thinks it terrible. But when Kana brings the dress back she meets Aya’s brother, Takeshi, with whom she becomes friendly and Takeshi gives her a new dress which he smuggles out of his sister’s office. When Aya finds Kana’s discarded dress and misses one belonging to another customer she goes to see Kana’s brother, and to her surprise finds him to be the fellow whose foot she’d stepped upon in the train…Read More »

  • Alfred Weidenmann – Kitty und die große Welt AKA Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)

    Alfred Weidenmann1951-1960ComedyGermany

    Kitty is a musician ‘s daughter ,daddy plays in the fanfare which welcomes the ministers of the foreign affairs who come for an international conference in Geneva .Read More »

  • Jack Conway & Howard Hawks & William A. Wellman – Viva Villa! (1934)

    Jack Conway1931-1940Howard HawksUSAWesternWilliam A. Wellman

    Quote:
    In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father’s death. In 1910, he befriends American reporter Johnny Sykes. Then a meeting with visionary Francisco Madero transforms Villa from an avenging bandit to a revolutionary general. To the tune of ‘La Cucaracha,’ his armies sweep Mexico. After victory, Villa’s bandit-like disregard for human life forces Madero to exile him. But Madero’s fall brings Villa back to raise the people against a new tyrant…Read More »

  • Alf Brustellin, Nicos Perakis, Edgar Reitz, Ula Stöckl – Das goldene Ding AKA The Golden Thing (1972)

    Alf Brustellin1971-1980AdventureEdgar ReitzGermanyNicos PerakisUla Stöckl

    Quote:
    Eleven-year old Jason and his companions, including Hercules and Orpheus, go with the ship “Argo” in the search for the Golden Fleece. With wit and cunning to overcome various obstacles until they reach the destination of their fantastic journey. The experiment is not only due to the popularization or naive glorification of a myth, but the search space occupied by fact that the heroes of antiquity were actually very young.Read More »

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