Human Beasts (aka El carnaval de las bestias ) (1980) - Blu-ray w/ Paul Naschy, Eiko Nagashima, Lautaro Murúa, Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernández, Kogi Maritugu, Roxana Dupre, Pepe Ruiz and Julia Saly. Plus Luis Ciges (of course). And written and directed by Paul Naschy. Paul Naschy portrays a merce...

The Sting (1973)

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

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Matilda the Musical (2022)

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Cat People (1942)

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Finally, Motion Picture News noted that the film “just about reaches the low ebb in the tide of Wallace Reid productions,” ironically adding “Wallace doesn’t look or act himself in this picture. He lacks the old time pep and this picture shows that he was in need of his present rest.” I hope that l...

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

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Woodstock (1970)

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Dargo wrote: ↑February 8th, 2023, 3:51 pm Your thread here laffite, looks like a good place to relay the following story of a part of the road trip my wife and I undertook the week before this past Christmas of 2022.

Lovely story, Dargo. Thanks for sharing.

Missing Millions , directed by Joseph Henabery, starred Alice Brady as Mary Dawson and David Powell as Boston Blackie. The film was released in September of 1922 at six reels, and is presumed lost. One (or at least this one) is usually apt to think of Boston Blackie solely in terms of Chester Morri...

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

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At the Earth's Core (1976)

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Sophia Loren in Operation Crossbow (1965). Top billing?

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Fred Astaire

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I'm particularly fond of two films made in the 1960s: The Snake Woman (1961), directed by Sidney J. Furie; and The Reptile , directed by John Gilling. The Snake Woman opens in the 19th century, in Northumberland. The Reptile opens in the early 20th century, in Cornwall. Both films involve death by ...