Rent It The Movie: In River's Edge , a clique of disaffected kids in small town '80s California don't know how to react when one of their peers is coldly murdered by another in their group. As the gravity of the situation dawns on them, their reactions range from a total freakout to wondering why the death of a TV character made them cry – where an actual death involving their close friend …
Skip It THE MOVIE: The slang term “23 skidoo” is a reference to making a fast getaway, of getting out while the getting is good. If only someone had walked onto the set of Otto Preminger's 1968 generation-gap comedy Skidoo and shouted “23 skidoo!” just before cameras rolled. Had cast and crew scattered, never to return, a lot of veteran performers could have saved themselves some embarrassment …
Recommended The Movie: Directed by Lewis Allen in 1951, Appointment With Danger stars genre stalwart Alan Ladd in what would wind up being his farewell to film noir.' Ladd plays Al Goddard, a United States Postal Inspector with an unusually suspicious mind that, quite frankly, tends to serve him well in his position. He's a Chicago based worker who is asked to head to Gary, Indiana to …
Highly Recommended The Movie: Coming Home is proof that, then and now, attempting to return to normal life after combat duty is pure hell. As one of the few feature films to go into the psychological toll of returning war vets, the 1978 Vietnam War-era drama ended up as the most acclaimed work from maverick director Hal Ashby ( Harold and Maude ; Shampoo ).
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Director Brad Anderson's ( The Machinist , The Call ) clumsily titled Stonehearst Asylum is based on Edgar Allen Poe's short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.” Short stories tend to make narratively challenged feature films, and Anderson draws out the material to a very long 112 minutes. The …
The Top 5 grossing movies this weekend are expected to be led once again by “Guardians of the Galaxy,†followed very closely by newcomer “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.â€
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