2024-09-26
A boxer at the end of his career has never taken a dive but is pressured to do so by his sleazy manager, who has bet against him in an upcoming bout.
In this powerful drama, a novelist has her contented small-town life upended when she discovers that her eldest daughter has dropped out of college and is inexplicably living on the streets and holding a cardboard sign that says only "GOODNESS." She attempts to help her daughter out of this mysterious crisis while maintaining her professional standing, with mixed results.
Set during a weekend at the cottage, the gang reunites for their annual lakeside romp. A break-up, a new job, and a fracture prevented them from getting together last year and they're trying to patch the tear in their proverbial jeans.
Director John Huston's realistic study of small-time boxers and their women. Billy: Stacy Keach. Ernie: Jeff Bridges. Oma: Susan Tyrrell. Faye: Candy Clark. Ruben: Nicholas Colasanto. Babe: Art Aragon. Earl: Curtis Cokes. Wes: Bill Walker. Lucero: Sixto Rodriguez.
In his final film, Humphrey Bogart is the main event as a former sportswriter who takes it upon himself to clean up boxing. This powerful exposé costars Rod Steiger as the corrupt, fight-fixing manager of an up-and-coming Argentinian contender. Based on Budd Schulberg's hard-hitting novel. Features cameos by real-life prizefighters Jersey Joe Walcott and Max Baer. Jan Sterling.
An insect scientist is horrified to discover that benign bees are cross-breeding with vicious South American strains and planning a takeover of Houston.
A passenger ship is capsized by a tidal wave, and a handful of survivors must navigate the innards of the vessel to find safety while awaiting rescue. The film's theme song, "The Morning After," sung by Maureen McGovern, earned an Oscar.
A fanatical U.S. general launches a nuclear attack on Russia during the Cold War, but the President and his advisors are shocked to learn that the Russians have technology that will destroy the world in the event of an attack on them.
A sadistic teen is incarcerated for killing a woman, and in order to gain his freedom, he agrees to participate in a behavior-modification program that works, leaving him helpless against his former victims.
A world of authority is pitted against a world of truth and vision, where revolution is the only viable answer and where the past must free the future.
Set during a weekend at the cottage, the gang reunites for their annual lakeside romp. A break-up, a new job, and a fracture prevented them from getting together last year and they're trying to patch the tear in their proverbial jeans.
Aspiring poet Joanna takes a job at a literary agency to pay her bills. Yet when she is tasked with managing the work of the notoriously introverted writer J.D. Salinger, she becomes embroiled in his affairs, losing sight of her dreams in the process. Based on the novel by Joanna Rakoff.
As the first human prepares to touch down on Mars, a charismatic Montreal musician enters into a tempestuous love triangle.