The Hard Road (1970)

A cautionary tale. At 17, Sherman Oaks high schooler Pam Banner has a baby out of wedlock. The baby is adopted, but Pam's too embarrassed to go back to school, so her dad gets her a job as the receptionist for a talent agent. A rock star takes her to a party, seduces and abandons her; that starts a spiral of partying, free love, and drug use. Pam becomes friends with Jeannie, a hooker who supports Jimmy, a useless druggie. Soon the three of them are living together, and Jimmy seems appealing to Pam. She's missing work more and more often, Jeannie wants out of the life, Jimmy is going throu

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Drama,

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Candy (1968)

In 1969, Christian Marquand directed this all-star adaptation of Terry Southern's novel of the same name, Candy. Southern had a string of hits around this time, including The Magic Christian, Barbarella and of course Easy Rider, all of which were obviously turned into feature films. But Candy? The big screen version of Candy is something special indeed… Candy Christian (Ewa Aulin) is a beautiful who spends her days attending high school. She lives at home with her father, a history teacher (John Astin). Candy's life takes an unusual turn when a Welsh poet with a taste for hooch named McPh

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Drama,

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Massacre Mafia Style (1978)

For longtime fans of Grindhouse cinema, the trailer for Duke Mitchell's Massacre Mafia Style is a real beloved treasure. Speaking personally, I can say that ever since I first saw it, it's been one of my all time favorites. One thing I always wanted to know after seeing it was whether the actual film lived up to the trailers iconic outrageousness. Well, after viewing the film now for the first time (thanks to a friend sending me a DVD-R copy of it), I am very happy to say that Massacre Mafia Style (aka The Executioner) is a really solid, entertaining, emotional low-budget mafia film. The m

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1978, Crime, Drama, Italy, Suspence, Thriller,

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Running Hot / Hot Target (DVD)

Its the Dangeorus Beauties Doule bill! Both for the first time digitally remastered from the original vault elements! First up, RUNNING HOT (1984)! Acclaimed actor Eric Stoltz (Mask, Pulp Fiction) stars in this volatile tale of star-crossed lovers in a last ditch escape from the law. A stripper (Monica Carrico) watches the trial of a younger man (Stoltz) accused of murdering his father. As she falls in love with his tragic image, she writes love letters to him in prison. When the object of her obsession shows up at her doorstep, having made a bloody escape, she joins him in a perilous, pa

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1984, Crime, Drama, DVD, Films, Reviews, Thriller,

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Death Row Girls (Unrated DVD)

A man made hell turns into an earthly inferno as a female inmate in Japan's most notorious maximum-security prison wages a violent bid to survive while taking out as many of her captors as humanly possible. It's called The Island, and it's an inescapable penitentiary populated by the most savage female criminals in all of Japan. But this isn't your typical prison, because once you go in, you never get out alive. Inmate 1316 is about to find out this grim truth the hard way, and she won't take the news lying down. Now, amidst a terrifying world of secret graveyards and mass executions, 1316

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Action, Adult, Asian, Drama, DVD,

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Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series (40 Disc DVD Box Set)

Kick back and get comfortable with a laugh-filled, heaping of classic Mayberry DVD. The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Series 40-disc set includes all 249 episodes from the series' eight top-rated seasons on CBS. Starring Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife, Ron Howard as Opie and Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee, you'll enjoy down-home humor, comic escapades and a stellar cast of the most beloved comedies in the history of television. SPECIAL FEATURES: • "Danny Meets Andy Griffith: from season 7 of the television series Make Room for Daddy, also known

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Comedy, Drama, TV,

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Deadlier Than the Male (1967)

British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings. Classy production, solid plot, witty dialog, believable characters. When watching this film, one does not say, "Oh yeah, a 60's Bond take-off", as one does when watching perhaps "Our Man Flint" or "In Like Flint". Richard Johnson's Hugh Drummond is smooth, handsome and resourceful without being obnoxious or larger than life. Steve Carlson's Robert Drummond provides youthful energy without becoming a foil. Elke Sommer's Irma Eckman is irresistably gorgeous, intelligent, eloquent

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Adventure, Crime, Drama, Eurospy,

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Eyes Without A Face (1962)

At the very end of last year’s critical/cinephile favorite Holy Motors, there’s an inexplicable moment (within the context of the narrative, though the whole movie is pretty inexplicable) in which Edith Scob, playing the limo driver who’s been conveying Denis Lavant from one bizarre “appointment” to another, dons a blank-faced, alabaster mask and tells someone she’s coming home. That creepy mask pays homage to Scob’s role, over half a century earlier, in Georges Franju’s Eyes Without A Face,a singularly disturbing horror film that inspired everything from Michael Myers’ featureless mug in

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1962, Drama, Films, Horror, Reviews,

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Wild River 1960

With a touch of humanism and social conviction Wild River focuses on a TVA dam project that will evict a family (matriarch Van Fleet) and her significant number of black employees. Lee Remick, as well as being jaw-dropping stunning as a country lass, is a widowed daughter of said family and graces the screen with another of her magnificent performances. Montgomery Clift's character, Chuck Glover, has the unenviable job as the ministry employee who must shoo the tenants to vacate. Monty and Remick establish a relationship which helps convert Cliff to the side of the righteous. Kazan's build

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1960, Drama, History, Romance,

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Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde (2003)

Dr. Jackie Stevenson is a Los Angeles based therapist and scientist who tries to invent a serum to separate the pure from the lustful side of the female psychosis. After she has an unsuccessful experiment with a female client named Martine, which drove her patient to insanity and to a mental hospital, Jackie tries part of the serum on herself and becomes her lustful alter ego Heidi Hyde; a voracious lesbian who prowls the streets of L.A. after dark looking for carnal pleasures. Things get more weird when "Heidi" picks up a young prostitute named Dawn for a one-night stand, and who begins t

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Drama, Erotic, Horror, Sci-Fi, Softcore,

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Handgun

Year: 1984 Duration: 01:39:23 Directed by: Tony Garnett Actors: Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys, Helena Humann Language: English Country: UK Also known as: Deep in the Heart, Kathleen, Handgun – Der Waffennarr Description:  This is a real gem that not only supplies the cheap thrills we’ve grown accustomed to with this genre but also raises some very thought provoking arguments for and against gun control. Karen Young is simply superb as the vengeance seeking Kathleen though she is far too smart and resourceful to simply be labelled “the victim” in this film. Her acting is e

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Crime, Drama,

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Cola, Candy, Chocolate

Year:  1979 Duration: 01:18:00 Directed by: Sigi Rothemund (as Siggi Götz) Actors:  Olivia Pascal, Philippe Ricci, Christine Zierl Language: German Country: West Germany Also known as: Drei kesse Bienen auf den Philippinen, Forviklinger i Sydhavet Description: A slapstick German comedy about a young woman, Gaby, who takes a trip to the Philippines after a fight with her boyfriend. On the way there, she meets Andreas and his girlfriend and becomes enthralled with Andreas, even though he is on his way to marry his girlfriend. All sorts of mishaps occur on the trip. A zany bunch of

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Comedy, Drama,

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