Babylon 5
If you are a fan of scifi, or if you grew up watching scifi. you will love Babylon 5. Babylon… read more Babylon 5
The Scent of a Woman
The scent of a woman is a classic vintage film which is another great for the Thanksgiving weekend. Based on… read more The Scent of a Woman
Planes Trains and Automobiles
As Thanksgiving approaches I think that this movie is wholly appropriate. A hilarious comedy directed by John Hughes that pairs… read more Planes Trains and Automobiles
Meatballs
Bill Murray stars in Meatballs, a quirky comedy taking place at a summer camp, that launched the careers of both… read more Meatballs
The Exorcist
When it comes to scary films, the Exorcist tapped into forbidden places within the human psyche. The movie suggests that… read more The Exorcist
On the Waterfront
Sweeping the Oscars with 8 awards, On the Waterfront is a classic film which tells the story of corruption, misplaced… read more On the Waterfront
The day the earth stood still
The day the earth stood still was made back in the days of Black and White film-making, back when the… read more The day the earth stood still
It came from outer space
It Came from Outer Space is a sci-fi that was originally created to feature 3D technologies, using the glasses, even… read more It came from outer space
The man who would be king
he story is set in the 1880s, starting off in India. Christopher Plummer plays Kipling, who narrates the story as it unfolds. But he remains in India and does not partake in the adventure, which takes it’s main characters, two scoundrels with great ambition cross the lands, beyond the Khyber
Corvette Summer
coming of age movie about a gear-head who falls in love while chasing down a stolen Corvette that he helped restore. This movie captures the 70s, fashion, freedoms, easy-living.
Carrie
The first cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Carrie’s naivety becomes apparent when at 16 she is panicked by her first menstrual flow. Her menarche is also the awakening of telekinetic powers, which manifest initially with her exploding the light bulbs to avoid prying eyes in the school locker area.
Halloween
This is perhaps the best of all the suspense Halloween horror/slasher films one could hope to see. Although there were… read more Halloween
The AmityVille Horror
Based on a best seller novel of the same name,The AmityVille Horror, this 1979 movie stars Margot Kidder (Superman) and James Brolin. The story follows a family who purchased the home of an extreme crime scene 13 months after Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. killed both his parents, two brother and two sisters with a shot gun in the house.
The Serpent and the rainbow
This is another Wes Craven film, but the Serpent and the rainbow is shot with such surprising realism that you can forget at times you are watching a film and think you are watching a documentary or recreation of real life story
When a stranger calls
The movie begins with Jill Johnson played by Carol Kane babysitting for a local Dr. and his wife. After the kids are asleep and she is waiting for the parents to return, she starts to get phone calls asking her if she has checked on the children. She has heard nothing from them and figured that it is just a prank call. But the calls continue and increase in frequency so she calls the police, who discover that the calls are originating from within the home. The children were murdered shortly after Jill arrived to babysit.
Young Frankenstein
This is the story of a lecturing Dr. Frankenstein, named Frederick who is grandson to the infamous lunatic Dr. Frankenstein. (Part of the reason for making this film in black in white is to capture another epoch more realistically for 1970s audiences). Frederick, changes his name’s pronunciation in order to distance himself from his infamous relative.