End Play (1976)
Following his child star and TV appearances, John Waters got a groundbreaking theatrical film debut in the 1976 thriller End Play by Tim Burstall, who…
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Deadly Messages (1985)
Knives, axes, stormy nights, and a ouija board – written by William Bleich and directed by Jack Bender, the TV movie Deadly Messages comes as…
Dead Before Dawn (1993)
It happened in 1983 in Dallas, Texas. Well-known real estate developer Robert Edelman, who was an abusive husband, got so mad at his wife Linda…
The Stalking Moon (1968)
Robert Mulligan returned with Gregory Peck to reclaim the magic of their 1962 classic To Kill a Mockingbird, this time in a western searing with…
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
If you never heard of Dian Fossey, Michael Apted’s Gorillas in the Mist makes a great introduction to her work in studying and protecting the…
Blindness (2008)
Once in a while you come across a story with unnamed characters, making them just people or representatives of the human race. Blindness by Brazilian…
SpaceCamp (1986)
When ABC Motion Pictures produced SpaceCamp, released in 1986, the nationwide fascination in America with all things space was at its peak. Alien and E.T.…
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
James Benson Nablo’s story “The Wheel Man” was adapted into the screenplay by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine for the classic noir Drive a Crooked…
The Sword of Bushido (1990)
Calling Richard Norton a martial arts legend in the action cinema will be fair to his name and talent. Of the dozens of famous kickass…
From the Hip (1987)
In Bob Clark’s character-driven courtroom dramedy From the Hip (1987), the norms of a courtroom come under the hammer – and it’s not the gavel…