Posts Tagged ‘cult-favorite’

The Nutty Professor (1963)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Stella Stevens | Del Moore | Kathleen Freeman | Med Flory | Norman Alden | Howard Morris | Elvia Allman | Milton Frome | Buddy Lester | Marvin Kaplan | David Landfield | Skip Ward | Julie Parrish | Henry Gibson
Directors: Jerry Lewis
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Julius Kelp is an ugly chemistry teacher with no personal life. One day he creates something incredible! An elixir that transforms him into a totally different man, Buddy Love. He is very successful with women, and one of his students (Stella Purdy) falls in love with him. Of course nobody knows that this charming, cool guy is in fact Julius Kelp. Everyone is very excited with Buddy, but there is a problem. The elixir’s effect doesn’t last very long…

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Laurence Olivier | Claire Bloom | Maggie Smith | Ursula Andress | Jack Gwillim | Susan Fleetwood | Pat Roach | Harry Hamlin | Judi Bowker | Burgess Meredith | Siân Phillips | Flora Robson | Anna Manahan | Freda Jackson | Tim Pigott-Smith
Directors: Desmond Davis
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By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess’s former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.

Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Christina Applegate | Joanna Cassidy | John Getz | Josh Charles | Keith Coogan | Concetta Tomei | David Duchovny | Kimmy Robertson | Jayne Brook | Eda Reiss Merin | Robert Hy Gorman | Danielle Harris | Christopher Pettiet | Chris Claridge | Jeff Bollow
Directors: Stephen Herek
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The misadventures of five siblings, whose mother goes off on a two month vacation, leaving them under the care of a geriatric babysitter. The babysitter dies, and the fun begins. The oldest sibling, Sue Ellen, is left to fend for her younger siblings, who fight her every step of the way.

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Karen Black | Billy Green Bush | Fannie Flagg | Sally Struthers | Marlena MacGuire | Richard Stahl | Lois Smith | Helena Kallianiotes | Toni Basil | Lorna Thayer | Susan Anspach | Ralph Waite | William Challee | John P. Ryan
Directors: Bob Rafelson
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Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) comes from a well-bred family of musicians, and once showed great promise as a concert pianist. By nature a restless, angry individual, Bobby left his family and his music when he could no longer endure the dull, cloistered routine of daily practice. He took to the road, wanting to “see the world,” and hopefully find something or someone to quell his inner turmoil. He has settled in a small town as an oil rigger, where his life consists of going to work, arguing with his dimwitted but loving girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black), and bowling every night with his friend Elton (Billy “Green” Bush). Not surprisingly, this routine begins to disgust Bobby and, fed up, he decides to travel to Puget Sound, Washington to pay his family a visit. Leaving Rayette at a nearby motel, Bobby goes home and is reunited with his family.

Tremors (1990)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Bacon | Fred Ward | Finn Carter | Michael Gross | Reba McEntire | Robert Jayne | Charlotte Stewart | Tony Genaro | Ariana Richards | Richard Marcus | Victor Wong | Sunshine Parker | Michael Dan Wagner | Conrad Bachmann | Bibi Besch
Directors: Ron Underwood
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Val (’Kevin Bacon’ (qv)) and Earl (’Fred Ward (I)’ (qv)) plan to put behind their days as handymen in a small dust bowl town called Perfection. Before they can get to civilization though, they encounter numerous victims of monsters that burrow through the ground. Soon the whole town is camped out on their roofs as Val and Earl lead them to safety.

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Ernest Borgnine | Robert Ryan | Edmond O'Brien | Warren Oates | Jaime Sánchez | Ben Johnson | Emilio Fernández | Strother Martin | L. Q. Jones | Albert Dekker | Bo Hopkins | Dub Taylor | Paul Harper | Jorge Russek
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

The Thing (1982)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Wilford Brimley | T.K. Carter | David Clennon | Keith David | Richard A. Dysart | Charles Hallahan | Peter Maloney | Richard Masur | Donald Moffat | Joel Polis | Thomas G. Waites | Norbert Weisser | Larry J. Franco | Nate Irwin
Directors: John Carpenter
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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don’t know who may already have been taken over.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: John Cleese | Alan Rickman | Rupert Grint | Emma Watson | Daniel Radcliffe | Maggie Smith | Robbie Coltrane | Saunders Triplets | Richard Harris | Fiona Shaw | Harry Melling | Richard Griffiths | Derek Deadman | Ian Hart | Ben Borowiecki | Warwick Davis | Verne Troyer | John Hurt | Richard Bremmer
Directors: Chris Columbus
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

Chasing Amy (1997)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ethan Suplee | Ben Affleck | Scott Mosier | Jason Lee | Jason Mewes | Casey Affleck | Kevin Smith | Dwight Ewell | Joey Lauren Adams | Guinevere Turner | Carmen Lee | Brian O'Halloran | Matt Damon | Alexander Goebbel | Tony Torn | Rebecca Waxman | Paris Petrick
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Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything’s going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she’s a lesbian.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Broderick | Alan Ruck | Mia Sara | Jeffrey Jones | Jennifer Grey | Cindy Pickett | Lyman Ward | Edie McClurg | Charlie Sheen | Ben Stein | Del Close | Virginia Capers | Richard Edson | Larry Flash Jenkins | Kristy Swanson
Directors: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he’s got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron’s father’s precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris’s agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.