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Movie: Last Summer

Follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre's son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin on Jan 19, 2025 - 2 comments

Movie: Body Snatchers

[TRAILER] Teenager Marti (Gabrielle Anwar) has to move to Alabama with her stepmom Carol (Meg Tilly) and half-brother Andy when her EPA agent dad Steve (Terry Kinney) is assigned to audit the chemical use at a military base. Marti befriends Jean (Christine Elise), daughter of the base's commander, General Platt (R. Lee Ermey). When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by aliens. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 2, 2025 - 2 comments

Movie: Nosferatu

[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 - 25 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 6  Season 1, Ep 6

Following his shoot-out with Bianca, the Jackal must escape his captors and regroup ahead of his hit on Ulle Dag Charles; Bianca tracks his trail of devastation through central Europe.
posted by ellieBOA on Dec 16, 2024 - 0 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 5  Season 1, Ep 5

The Jackal visits Norman with a special commission, but with Bianca also tracking Norman down, she is starting to close in on him.
posted by ellieBOA on Dec 2, 2024 - 0 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 4  Season 1, Ep 4

His vengeance fulfilled, the Jackal flees Munich and tries to quell Nuria's suspicions. Bianca follows a new lead in her hunt.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 29, 2024 - 4 comments

Movie: Street Trash

[TRAILER] A group of homeless misfits must fight for survival when they discover a plot to exterminate every homeless person in the city. A requel (sort of a remake/sort of a sequel) to the 1987 cult classic. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 20, 2024 - 10 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 3  Season 1, Ep 3

Armed with the knowledge of his wayward client's identity, the Jackal tracks him down in Munich, determined to settle the score.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 11, 2024 - 4 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 2  Season 1, Ep 2

With his previous client backing out of payment, the Jackal's reputation is on the line, and he starts to plot his revenge.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 9, 2024 - 0 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 1  Season 1, Ep 1

The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 8, 2024 - 7 comments

Movie: Fright Night

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 16, 2024 - 11 comments

Movie: Speak No Evil

[TRAILER] When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. A remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name, from the director of Eden Lake and starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler, and Aisling Franciosi. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 14, 2024 - 14 comments

Movie: The Crow

In this modern re-imagining of the 1994 cult classic, "The Crow," soulmates Eric (Bill Skarsgård) and Shelly (FKA Twigs) are brutally murdered. Given a chance to save her, Eric must sacrifice himself and traverse the worlds of the living and the dead, seeking... [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Aug 23, 2024 - 11 comments

Movie: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

[Vintage VHS Trailer] Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance (Michael J. Fox), an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow (Don Ameche), a wise golden retriever; and Sassy (Sally Field), a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry that they've been left for good, the three embark together on a treacherous and thrilling journey to find their way back home through the California wilderness. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 21, 2024 - 6 comments

Movie: King Kong

[TRAILER] Peter Jackson's expansive remake of the 1933 classic follows director Carl Denham (Jack Black) and his crew on a journey from New York City to the ominous Skull Island to film a new movie. Accompanying him are playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) and actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), who is whisked away by the monstrous ape, Kong, after they reach the island. The crew encounters dinosaurs and other creatures as they race to rescue Ann, while the actress forms a bond with her simian captor. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 15, 2024 - 15 comments

Movie: Road House

[TRAILER] Ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 21, 2024 - 12 comments

Movie: The Wicker Man

[TRAILER] A reclusive lawman (Nicolas Cage) travels to a secluded island to search for a girl who has gone missing. Once there, he discovers sinister forces at work among the island's secretive residents, including strange sexual rituals, a harvest festival and possible human sacrifice. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 12, 2023 - 15 comments

Cowboy Bebop (2021): Season 1  Books Included   Season 1, Ep 0

Full-season and cross-media discussion for the live-action Cowboy Bebop series from Netflix. "Books Included" standing in for spoilers for the anime series and movie.
posted by curious nu on Nov 23, 2021 - 39 comments

Ghosts (US): Pilot; Hello! (episodes 1 and 2)  Season 1, Ep 1

Samantha and Jay throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast -- only to find it's inhabited by the many opinionated spirits of deceased residents who now call it home. (CBS remake of the BBC original) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 8, 2021 - 3 comments

Movie: He's All That

A gender-reversed remake of "She's All That" (1999) by the same screenwriter and the director of Mean Girls. Some of the original actors have roles.
posted by zeek321 on Aug 28, 2021 - 2 comments

Movie: Castle Freak

A young woman inherits a castle from the mother she never knew. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 19, 2020 - 2 comments

Movie: Suspiria

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
posted by Strange Interlude on Nov 3, 2018 - 16 comments

Movie: A Star Is Born

From Rotten Tomatoes: Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
posted by gryphonlover on Oct 5, 2018 - 37 comments

Movie: Dirty Dancing (Remake)

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family. [more inside]
posted by jacquilynne on May 30, 2017 - 6 comments

Movie: Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

A college girl introduces her mother to her girlfriend... who happens to be a vampire. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Jun 23, 2016 - 4 comments

Roots: Night 4  Season 1, Ep 4

Part 4. After more than 20 years in England, Chicken George is given his freedom and returns to the Lea farm. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 3, 2016 - 3 comments

Roots: Night 3  Season 1, Ep 3

Part 3. As George grows to manhood, he exhibits traits of both parents. Like Tom Lea, he loves cockfighting and carousing; an accomplished trainer of gamecocks, he earns the nickname "Chicken George." [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 2, 2016 - 7 comments

Roots: Night 2  Season 1, Ep 2

Part 2. In 1775, Kunta is working on the Waller farm when he meets English Redcoats encouraging slaves to run away and join the English army. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 1, 2016 - 4 comments

Roots: Night 1  Season 1, Ep 1

In 1750 in the river region of The Gambia in West Africa, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have their first child, a son named Kunta. (Part 1 of a 4 part series) [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on May 30, 2016 - 12 comments

Mystery Science Theater 3000: ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES  Season 4, Ep 18

Badly-designed aliens invade a small town, and the adults won't believe the smoocher teens who seen 'em! It's up to them to save the world with the timely application of their car headlights. This movie is below-average in quality even by MST standards. The title, by the way, is not a typo, or at least it's not my typo. YouTube (1h32m) Premiered December 5, 1992. This movie is largely a shot-by-shot remake of Invasion of the Saucer Men! [more inside]
posted by JHarris on Feb 25, 2016 - 15 comments

Movie: We Are What We Are

The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh on Jan 31, 2015 - 4 comments

MeFi Horror Club -- We Are What We Are (2013)

A reclusive family hides very dark secrets. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh on Jan 23, 2015 - 1 comment

Movie: Annie

A young foster child (NOT an orphan!) is plucked from an oncoming car by a wealthy businessman, and both of their lives are changed. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Dec 30, 2014 - 16 comments

Jane the Virgin: Chapter One  Season 1, Ep 1

Through a series of plausible accidents, Jane gets pregnant through artificial insemination. Now she has to make some decisions. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Oct 20, 2014 - 7 comments

Movie: Maniac

When the owner of a mannequin shop helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, suppressed desires come to the surface. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 10, 2014 - 5 comments

MeFi Horror Club #13: Maniac

In this French-American remake of the 1980 cult film of the same name, Elijah Wood stars as Frank, the owner of a mannequin shop. As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, suppressed desires come to the surface. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 3, 2014 - 4 comments

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