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Detective Kitty O'Day / Private Snuffy Smith / Club Paradise
rating:2.8

Detective Kitty O'Day / Private Snuffy Smith / Club Paradise

1942Runtime:0 minutes
A memorable triple feature from Monogram Pictures. In Detective Kitty O'Day, a switchboard operator (Jean Parker) goes above and beyond the call when her boss is murdered and she sleuths things out. In Private Snuffy Smith, Snuffy (Bud Duncan) gets tired of evading the law as a moonshiner and decides to join the Army. In Club Paradise, Julie Rogers (Doris Merrick) tries to escape her confining life and hooks up with a criminal (Robert Lowery).

Directed by:

  • Edward F. Cline
  • William Beaudine
  • Christy Cabanne
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Striking Poses
    rating:2.8

    Striking Poses

    1997Runtime:0 minutes
    Life is far from picture-perfect in this thriller about an alluring paparazzo (Shannen Doherty) who, accustomed to hounding her photographic prey for the tabloid that employs her, instead finds the tables turned on her when a man (Aidan Devine) begins to stalk her. But he's messing with the wrong woman; she's determined not only to survive, but to vanquish anyone who stands in her way.

    Directed by:

  • Gail Harvey
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Horror High / Lurkers
    rating:2.8

    Horror High / Lurkers

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    In Horror High, a picked-on science student uses an experimental chemical to fuel his rage-filled killing spree. In Lurkers, a troubled woman is lured to a haunted apartment building where she suffered unspeakable horrors as a child. The first feature in this fright-full double bill stars Austin Stoker and Pat Cardi, with direction by Larry N. Stouffer; the second stars Christine Moore and Gary Warner and is directed by Roberta Findlay.

    Directed by:

  • Larry N. Stouffer
  • Roberta Findlay
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Lucky Day
    rating:2.8

    Lucky Day

    2002Runtime:0 minutes
    Money changes everything in this Mary Higgins Clark mystery movie. Soon after he wins big with the lottery, Bill Regan (Gino Marrocco) is found murdered. His best friend, Nora (Amanda Donohoe), is determined not to let the killer get away with his crime. But the trail that leads to justice isn't easy -- it's circuitous and misleading, not to mention dangerous. …

    Directed by:

  • Penelope Buitenhuis
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Show Me
    rating:2.8

    Show Me

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    When two squeegee kids (Allegra Fulton and Gabriel Hogan) confront Sarah Tabbot (Michelle Nolden) while she's stopped in her car, the slow-burning fuse is lit on a tense game of cat and mouse with the mice being the pursuers. Under duress with the street urchins in tow, Sarah continues her trip to an isolated cottage where the unlikely trio plays mind games with one another in search of some vague truth just out of reach.

    Directed by:

  • Cassandra Nicolaou
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Blood Games
    rating:2.8

    Blood Games

    1990Runtime:0 minutes
    A team of sexy female baseball players whips the local rednecks -- and things turn violent when the men refuse to pay up for losing in this campy thriller. While team manager Midnight (Ross Hagen) tries to collect the cash, the locals attack some of the babes. Soon it's an all-out war, with the hometown hicks hunting down the women, who start fighting back after a few of their teammates wind up dead.

    Directed by:

  • Tanya Rosenberg
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Ecoute le Temps
    rating:2.8

    Ecoute le Temps

    2007Runtime:0 minutes
    An unsettling atmosphere pervades in this French thriller about a sound engineer who uses the tools of her trade to investigate her mother's murder when the local police appear to be making little headway. Traveling to her mother's country home to learn more about her life, Charlotte (Émilie Dequenne) begins using her sound equipment to record events and soon realizes that her tapes are capturing sounds from the past as well as the present.

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  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Moonlight
    rating:2.7

    Moonlight

    2002Runtime:0 minutes
    After discovering a wounded Afghan boy (Hunter Bussemaker) hiding in her suburban back yard, 13-year-old Claire (Laurien Van den Broeck) gets caught up in a dangerous situation. Claire harbors the boy and nurses him back to health, and the two grow close. But the dealers who used the boy as a drug transporter want their stash back and come looking for him, forcing Claire and her new friend to make a run for it. Jemma Redgrave co-stars.

    Directed by:

  • Paula van der Oest
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    The Sleep Room
    rating:2.7

    The Sleep Room

    1998Runtime:0 minutes
    Nicola Cavendish, Macha Grenon and Eric Peterson star in this spellbinding adventure tale about a little-known CIA experiment in which 150 unwitting subjects are brainwashed in a mind-control scheme that strips them of their privacy and independence. Determined to seek justice and make their anguish known, nine of the program's "graduates" conspire to take the lid off the clandestine research project and demand reparations from the government.

    Directed by:

  • Anne Wheeler
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    One Frightened Night
    rating:2.7

    One Frightened Night

    1935Runtime:0 minutes
    On the verge of bequeathing his entire fortune to his relatives and servants, millionaire Jasper (Charley Grapewin) changes his mind upon being introduced to two women, who both claim to be his one and only long-lost granddaughter. After one of the women is murdered, Jasper's guests search for the killer. Lucien Littlefield, Mary Carlisle and Regis Toomey co-star in this classic whodunit full of surprising plot twists and shocking revelations.

    Directed by:

  • Christy Cabanne
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Harm's Way
    rating:2.7

    Harm's Way

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    After escaping from an abusive home, Mavis and her daughter Victoria (Hannah Lochner) take refuge at a remote women's shelter run by Bea (Kathleen Quinlan). But as the seemingly compassionate Bea befriends Victoria, the girl begins to turn against her mother. Now, Mavis finds herself in a fight for her life in this tense thriller directed by Melanie Orr. Ingrid Kavelaars and David Sparrow co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Melanie Orr
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Oriana
    rating:2.7

    Oriana

    1985Runtime:0 minutes
    A happily married resident of France, Maria (Daniela Silverio) decides to journey back to the Venezuelan jungle locale where she spent many summers as a young child. Although her main objective is to sell the home in which she stayed, she can't help but think of her aunt Oriana (Doris Wells), a guarded woman who never ventured outside the house. As Maria recalls her younger days, she discovers a dark secret that explains her aunt's odd actions.

    Directed by:

  • Fina Torres
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    The Silence
    rating:2.7

    The Silence

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    Cop Richard Treloar (Richard Roxburgh) is recovering from an on-the-job trauma with an assignment as curator for the local police museum. While reviewing crime scene photos from the 1960s, he notices the same woman in the background of several, all seemingly unrelated. But as Treloar begins to investigate who the woman was, he discovers that some people will kill to keep the secret buried. Essie Davis co-stars in this Australian thriller.

    Directed by:

  • Cate Shortland
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Razortooth
    rating:2.7

    Razortooth

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    When four college students trek to the Everglades to conduct extra-credit research for their biology professor, they become prey to a huge man-eating eel with nasty incisors that's been terrorizing a nearby Florida community. As they try to kill the bloodthirsty beast with the help of a few local residents, the kids uncover their professor's true motive for sending them to the swamp. Patricia Harrington directs this chilling horror flick.

    Directed by:

  • Patricia Harrington
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Ah Kam
    rating:2.7

    Ah Kam

    1996Runtime:0 minutes
    In need of work after moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist (Michelle Yeoh) starts a promising career as a stuntwoman. Her bravery and athleticism make her a natural for the job, and her friendship with a supportive director named Thunderbolt (Sammo Hung) helps her feel accepted in the business. But a passionate affair with a philandering playboy ends up breaking her heart -- and unleashing her wild side.

    Directed by:

  • Ann Hui
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Zebra Lounge
    rating:2.7

    Zebra Lounge

    2001Runtime:0 minutes
    Bored with their sex life, Alan Barnet (Cameron Daddo) and his wife (Brandy Ledford) respond to a magazine ad that leads them to a swingers club, where they meet the Bauers (Stephen Baldwin and Kristy Swanson) -- a couple well-versed in making erotic fantasies come true. But what starts as a simple experiment quickly mushrooms into passion -- and obsession -- in this slick thriller directed by Kari Skogland.

    Directed by:

  • Kari Skogland
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Now and Then
    rating:3.8

    Now and Then

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • rating:3.8 3.8 Average Rating

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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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