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[TRAILER] In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom. This post is for the 1984 adaptation by the late David Lynch. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 16, 2025 - 35 comments

Genial shopkeeper Philip (Charles Laughton) endures constant abuse from his quarrelsome wife Cora (Rosalind Ivan) while secretly yearning for a pretty young stenographer (Ella Raines). When Cora turns up dead and it looks like Philip might be behind it, a ruthless blackmailer (Henry Daniell) and a low-key detective (Stanley Ridges) both turn their attention on the shopkeeper. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 15, 2025 - 3 comments

[TRAILER] A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily Rose Depp) and the terrifying vampire (Bill Skarsgård) infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 26, 2024 - 24 comments

[TRAILER] Ten months after the small California town of Midwich was struck by a mysterious event during which everyone in the village fell unconscious at once, 10 local women give birth on the same day. As the unsettlingly calm and unemotional children grow at an abnormally fast rate, it becomes clear that they can read adults' minds and force people to harm themselves. Local doctor Alan Chaffee (Christopher Reeve) and federal agent Susan Verner (Kirstie Alley) must team up to battle the alien children. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 20, 2024 - 3 comments

[TRAILER] Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 10, 2024 - 3 comments

[TRAILER] When Detroit autoworkers Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto) decide to rob their own union, they are initially disappointed by the relatively small haul. However, upon closer inspection, the three amateur thieves discover that they have made off with something potentially much more valuable than money: the union's ledger, filled with bogus figures and links to organized crime. Should they blackmail the union or go to the authorities? [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 10, 2024 - 10 comments

[TRAILER] The town of Bottleneck is ruled by corrupt and power-hungry saloon owner Kent (Brian Donlevy) who names the town drunk, Dimsdale (Charles Winninger), as sheriff. Dimsdale's old friend lawman Tom Destry sends his daring son Tom Destry Jr. (James Stewart) to Bottleneck to save the day. Frenchy (Marlene Dietrich), a saloon girl who is initially one of Kent’s followers, saves Destry’s life and becomes romantically involved with him. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 23, 2024 - 5 comments

[TRAILER] After a group of criminals (Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand) kidnap the ballerina daughter (Alisha Weir) of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that what they're locked inside with is no normal little girl. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 19, 2024 - 14 comments

When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better. [more inside]
posted by zinon on Nov 13, 2018 - 12 comments