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Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never encountered someone like John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of young sisters. Coffey had the size and strength to kill anyone, but not the demeanor. Beyond his simple, naïve nature and a deathly fear of the dark, Coffey seemed to possess a prodigious, supernatural gift. Paul began to question whether Coffey was truly guilty of murdering the two girls. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 13, 2022 - 7 comments

Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) seem to finally be on the right track in their complicated relationship, but trouble looms for the superhero and his lover. Peter's Spider-Man suit turns black and takes control of him, not only giving Peter enhanced power but also bringing out the dark side of his personality. Peter must overcome the suit's influence as two supervillains, Sandman and Venom, rise up to destroy him and all those he holds dear. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 18, 2022 - 5 comments

In the 1920s, actor George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a bona fide matinee idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingenue named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) and, what's more, it seems Peppy feels the same way. But George is reluctant to cheat on his wife with the beautiful young actress. The growing popularity of sound in movies further separates the potential lovers, as George's career begins to fade while Peppy's star rises. A loving tribute to silent film. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 16, 2022 - 3 comments

When Babe accidentally puts farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) in traction, the debtors come looking for their payments. In order to pay their debt, Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) sends Babe off across the ocean to the city to demonstrate his talents as a sheep herder. Along with his friends, Babe meets a lot of new friends and gets into new adventures. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 30, 2022 - 9 comments

Montana, Thursday, April 5, 2063. A crass inventor's hedonistic life goals are threatened by his own battle with alcohol…and his new friends' battle with cyborgs from the future. [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Oct 6, 2021 - 25 comments

Radio and theater wunderkind Orson Welles (Liev Schrieber) takes on the world of film, producing what may be his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 25, 2021 - 4 comments

At Angosia III, a world applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise encounters a dark secret that the Angosians have tried to sweep under the Roga. [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Oct 23, 2020 - 12 comments

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 10, 2018 - 15 comments

That'll do, pig. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 8, 2018 - 7 comments

Lenny debates abortion and shares a very special memory with Spencer; Gutierrez drinks vodka, goes ice skating, and sits in the last car on the train to JFK. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Feb 14, 2017 - 8 comments

Pope Pius XIII faces several crises, and attempts to solve them with a trip! [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Feb 6, 2017 - 8 comments

Cardinal Voiello schemes, and frets. Cardinal Dussolier goes to an absurd party, and goes swimming. Cardinal Spencer expounds on Lenny's plan, and makes a speech. Sister Mary visits the jungle and prays. Pope Pius XIII gets an astonishing gift [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Feb 5, 2017 - 7 comments

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Apr 8, 2016 - 13 comments