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An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Jan 30, 2024 - 3 comments

Three years after the accidental death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiance Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 1, 2022 - 2 comments

When a research ship is sent to explore an island thought to be rich in oil, paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) sneaks aboard, having heard strange rumors about the island. En route, the crew rescues Dwan (Jessica Lange), the sole survivor of a shipwreck. When they arrive, they find native people living in fear of a monster called Kong. The natives kidnap Dwan and sacrifice her to what turns out to be an enormous ape. Dwan is eventually rescued, and the ape captured for a gala exhibit. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 2, 2022 - 10 comments

Chase is forced to face the consequences for his past choices. Harper learns an impossible truth. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jul 22, 2022 - 2 comments

Chase and Zoe enter the lion's den; as Harper ends one partnership, another begins.
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jul 15, 2022 - 3 comments

Chase and Harper face decisive tests; Zoe finds a new path forward as old stories resurface.
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jul 8, 2022 - 9 comments

Both Chase and Harper try to move forward with their plans, but their choices backfire.
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jul 1, 2022 - 7 comments

Forced to flee, Chase finally tells Zoe the truth about his past, but it might be too late.
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jun 25, 2022 - 14 comments

Chase finds a temporary hideout, but Harold Harper and the authorities are still after him. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jun 24, 2022 - 8 comments

A former CIA officer, who's living off the grid, finds himself on the run from people who want to kill him. Starring Jeff Bridges (whose cancer and subsequent life-threatening bout with COVID shut down production for a long time), John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman, and Alia Shawkat, and airing on FX in the US. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Jun 24, 2022 - 4 comments

Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is tapped by the President (Jeff Bridges) to be the first woman as Vice President. But first she must run the gauntlet of her confirmation hearing, led by Republican Congressman Sheldon Runyon (Gary Oldman). Will the GOP sabotage her career with scandal and innuendo? [more inside]
posted by Monochrome on Oct 31, 2020 - 4 comments

Circa 1969, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one night, everyone will show their true colors - before everything goes to hell.
posted by guiseroom on Jan 3, 2019 - 31 comments

A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer. [more inside]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs on Oct 20, 2018 - 8 comments

Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
posted by ellieBOA on Jun 16, 2018 - 1 comment

In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on May 11, 2018 - 5 comments

Stay Hungry is a 1976 dramatic comedy film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines. The story centers on a young Birmingham, Alabama, scion, played by Jeff Bridges, who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to close the deal, he needs to buy a gym building to complete a multi-parcel lot. When he visits the gym, however, he finds himself romantically interested in the receptionist (Sally Field) and drawn to the carefree lifestyle of the Austrian body builder "Joe Santo" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who is training there for the Mr. Universe competition. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Jan 26, 2018 - 2 comments

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, genius-playboy-philanthropist-billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight escape.
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 27, 2016 - 21 comments

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Apr 11, 2016 - 2 comments

The son of a virtual world designer (Jeff Bridges) goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
posted by grouse on Mar 21, 2016 - 19 comments

A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake. [more inside]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle on Dec 23, 2014 - 13 comments

The Newsroom's third (and final) season opens with a story based around the Boston Marathon bombing coverage. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 10, 2014 - 4 comments

The hilariously twisted comedy-thriller stars Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Julianne Moore. Join the "Dude" and his bowling buddies on their journey that blends unforgettable characters, kidnapping, a case of mistaken identity and White Russians. Enter the visually unique and entertaining world from the creative minds of the Coen brothers and remember: the Dude abides. [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Jul 14, 2014 - 61 comments