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Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and turbulent relationship of Joseph and Sarah, with Joseph's best friend Frank trying hard to cope with letting the love of his life marry his best friend. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 20, 2024 - 8 comments

[TRAILER] After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsay insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 8, 2023 - 11 comments

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 24, 2023 - 21 comments

It is the first year of Germany's occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), a German actress and undercover agent, to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. Their fates converge with theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), who seeks to avenge the Nazis' execution of her family. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 30, 2022 - 27 comments

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. [more inside]
posted by I_Love_Bananas on Jul 8, 2019 - 66 comments

After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. [more inside]
posted by infinitewindow on May 29, 2016 - 16 comments

Heist Movie Club debuts with 1992's Reservoir Dogs. [more inside]
posted by infinitewindow on May 23, 2016 - 4 comments

Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans. [more inside]
posted by valkane on Apr 4, 2016 - 38 comments

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, at time when Quentin Tarantino was still cool, George Clooney wasn't an established star, and Danny Trejo was just "oh yeah that guy!" Bloody mayhem ensues. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 21, 2016 - 17 comments

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 8, 2016 - 22 comments