Ghoulies (1985)Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 |
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A young man and his girlfriend move into thre man’s old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons. |
Ghoulies (1985)Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 |
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A young man and his girlfriend move into thre man’s old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons. |
Just Before Dawn (1981)Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 |
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Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start disappearing one by one. If that sounds too run-of-the-mill, there’s a genuinely shocking plot twist half-way through… |
Let It Ride (1989)Thursday, January 24th, 2008 |
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An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can’t lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day. |
Rain Man (1988)Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 |
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Charley is a hustler. He’s been on his own long enough to know how to work people and situations. He finds that the father who threw him out as a teen ager has died. He’s left him a now antique convertible and something more important, a previously unknown brother, Raymond. Raymond is Autistic, but is able to calculate complicated mathematical problems in his head with great speed and accuracy. Their father has left his fortune to Raymond who doesn’t even understand what money is for. Charley is enraged by what has happened and by his father keeping Raymond’s existence from him for his entire life. He kidnaps Raymond from his residential home but then finds that Raymond will only fly Qantas. The two begin a long road trip that will lead them to an understanding of each other. |
Empire of the Sun (1987)Monday, February 12th, 2007 |
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An aristocratic British youth is seperated from his family at the start of World War II after the Japanese Army invades British controlled areas of China. Reduced to living on the street and fighting for food, the youth is eventually interned in a Japanese POW camp for British civilians. Here, admiration quickly develops both for captured American pilots and the Japanese themselves. When the war ends, the boy torn from everything he knew attempts to again find his parents. |