The Heartbreak Kid
From one Jewish movie to another, The Heartbreak Kid follows the nebbish Lenny (Charles Grodin) who meets the WASPy Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) while on his honeymoon. I told you it […]
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Bee Movie
A bee (Jerry Seinfeld), destined to slave in a honey factory for eternity, breaks free and discovers the precious golden goo is being sold to humans en masse and resolves […]
A Man for All Seasons
This is the story of Sir Thomas More (Paul Schofield), who succeeds Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles) as King Henry VIII’s (Robert Shaw) Lord Chancellor. When Henry seeks to leave the […]
Deep Red
A pianist (David Hemmings) witnesses a brutal murder in 1975 giallo Deep Red, which would technically make orange. Directed by Dario Argento with another progtastic score by Goblin, Deep Red […]
Caravaggio
Caravaggio is an art movie in every sense of the term, following the famous painter as he creates his vivid chiaroscuro masterpieces, and uncovering the emotional states that led to […]
Frankenhooker
The oldest sci-fi novel meets the oldest profession in this 1990 horror/comedy about amateur scientist Jeffrey Franken (James Lorinz) rebuilding his dead girlfriend (Patty Mullen) after she is killed in […]
All I Desire
The premise of 1953 romantic drama All I Desire is almost Showgirls in reverse; Naomi Murdoch (not quite Nomi Malone but close enough) is a faded actress who travels from […]
Behind the Curve
This brilliantly titled Netflix documentary is about the growing trend for flat eartherism, a belief which has found new life in a growing movement of 21st century empiricists who don’t […]
Sexy Beast
An ex-pat ex-con (Ray Winstone) has his retirement interrupted by his psychotic boss (Ben Kingsley) who arrives in Spain with all the charm and composure of an English person arriving […]
Stir Crazy
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor play Flip and Harry, a pair of friends from New York who get fired on the same day and decide to head to California. But […]
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