Across llOth Street - Barry Shear handled the directing for this film. Three black men, disguised as cops have robbed the mob bank out of over $250,000. Now the cops and the mafia are in a competition to seize the thieves, and recover the money. The actors include Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Ward, and Paul Benjannin. (1972 Crime-Drama)
All About My Mother - While a woman loses her youngster, she returns to Barcelona, rekindles a dormant kinship with a transvestite friend, who unwittingly the youngster's father. Pedro Almodovar directed this movie and it is his most moving motion picture to date-more sober than most, although not without his trademark wit and differentiated by wonderful behaviors all around. Cast includes Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Antonia San Juan, Candela Pena, and Eloy Azorin. (101 minutes, 1999)
Christmas Vacation - The Griswalds have big plans for the Holidays this year. Clark has invited a bunch of the relatives over for the big merriment. Clark's labors go foolishly wrong, par for the course for a Griswald holiday.
Skyscraper Wilderness - Fred's a pilot on leave who meets photographer Leslie; Benchley's supper talk, Astaire's "One for My Infant" and "My Beaming Hour" make this work. Cast includes Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan, and Elizabeth Patterson. (103 minutes, 1937)
Young Dr. Benjamin Stone is on his way to L.A. where his dream work as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills awaits him. Attempting to circumvent a traffic jam he winds up off the beaten path in the tiny town of Grady, where he winds up crashing his car. To make things worse, it was into the town judge's fence that he crashed. Ben's sentence is 32 hours of community service at the town hospital. Serving his time, he starts to love the work, and finds himself falling in love.
Blank Check - Gangster Carl Quigley almost murders young Preston when he runs over his bicycle. Hoping to just pay the kid off, he gives him a check. The glitch is he gave Preston a blank check. Preston makes the check out for $1 million dollars and cashes it. When Quigley sees what has happened he wants his money back. Can Preston keep away from Quigley and his goons?
Bug - film version of Tracy Letts' play is tough to take seriously however not without a twist or two if you could recognize it as a stunt. This is simply bug versus man. Cast includes Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick, Jr., Lynn Collins, and Brian F. O'Byrne. (101 minutes, 2007)
My Son the Fanatic - Author Hanif Kureishi once more studies a Pakistani coming to terms with his life in England. In this case it's a taxi driver Puri who is disassociated from his spouse, and whose child is dissenting contrary to him for rationales he couldn't grasp. Cast includes Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, StelIan Skarsgard, Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel, and Bhasker Patel. (89 minutes, 1997)
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