DEAD OF NIGHT

DEAD OF NIGHT (directors: Alberto Cavalcanti (segment "Christmas Party"/segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"), Charles Crichton (segment "Golfing Story"), Basil Dearden (segment "Hearse Driver"/segment "Linking Narrative"), Robert Hamer (segment "The Haunted Mirror");…

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RED SPARROW

RED SPARROW (director: Francis Lawrence; screenwriters: book by Jason Matthews/Justin Haythe; cinematographer: Jo Willems; editor: Alan Edward Bell; music: James Newton Howard; cast: Jennifer Lawrence (Dominika Egorova), Joel Edgerton (Nate…

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DEATH RACE 2000

DEATH RACE 2000 (director: Paul Bartel; screenwriters: Robert Thorn/Charles Griffith/novel by Ib Melchior; cast: David Carradine (Frankenstein), Louisa Moritz (Myra, Mary Woronov (Calamity Jane): Runtime 78; mpaa rating R; New…

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DEEP CRIMSON

  DEEP CRIMSON (PROFUNDO CARMESI) (director: Arturo Ripstein; screenwriter: Alicia Paz Garciadiego; cinematographer: Guillermo Granillo; editor: Raphael Catanedo: cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho (Nicolas Estrella), Regina Orozco (Coral Fabre), Marisa Paredes…

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RENT

RENT (director: Chris Columbus; screenwriters: Stephen Chbosky/musical book music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson; cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt ; editor: Richard Pearson; music: Jonathan Larson; cast: Rosario Dawson (Mimi Marquez), Taye…

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RETREAT, HELL!

RETREAT, HELL!(aka: YOU CAN'T STOP THE MARINES) (director: Joseph H. Lewis; screenwriters: Milton Sperling/Ted Sherdeman; cinematographer: Warren Lynch; editor: Folmar Blangsted; music: William Lava; cast: Frank Lovejoy (Lt. Col. Steve…

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