2024-09-27
The one-two knockout punch of Will Smith as Muhammad Ali and Jon Voight as Howard Cosell (both received Oscar nominations) drives this triumphant sports bio. Smith perfectly embodies the former heavyweight champ and director Michael Mann does an outstanding job capturing the action in the ring. Jamie Foxx, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver. (Repeat).
In this intense thrill ride, a lone-wolf Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway wheelman races to save his pretty neighbor and her young son after he angers L.A.'s most-feared criminal kingpin during a botched heist. (Repeat).
Steven Seagal stars in this action-packed thriller about a secret government operative who tries to recover a stolen stealth bomber before it falls into the hands of terrorists bent on loading it with warheads containing bioweapons. Steve Toussaint, Angus MacInnes, Mark Bazeley. Directed by Michael Keusch.
Special effects key this movie about a comet on a collision course with Phoenix. Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes. Jennifer: Joanna Miles. Paul: Lloyd Bochner. Stan: Merlin Olsen. President: Andrew Duggan. Carol: Maggie Wellman. Governor: Nicolas Coster. Lustus: William Bogert. Directed by Jerry Jameson. (Repeat).
Ray Harryhausen special effects drive this creature feature about a spaceship that crash-lands off the coast of Italy and unleashes a monster from Venus that terrorizes Rome (with a climactic scene set in the Colosseum). Harryhausen has a cameo as a guy feeding an elephant. (Repeat).
After a series of flying-saucer sightings, scientists discover mysterious forces are interfering with space experiments and threatening to destroy Washington, D.C. (Repeat).
The myth-adventures of Greek hero Jason and his quest to find the Golden Fleece are highlighted by his battles with various monstrous creatures, including a 100-foot bronze god, bat-like Harpies, a seven-headed Hydra and an army of skeleton warriors. (Repeat).
Jules Verne's tale of Union soldiers transported by balloon to a South Sea island. Michael Craig. Lady Fairchild: Joan Greenwood. Brown: Michael Callan. Spilett: Gary Merrill. Nemo: Herbert Lom. Elena: Beth Rogan. Tom: Nigel Green. Excellent special effects by Ray Harryhausen. Cy Endfield directed. (Repeat).
Thriller about a giant octopus in San Francisco Bay. Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue. John: Donald Curtis. Adm. Burns: Ian Keith. Adm. Norman: Dean Maddox Jr. Griff: Chuck Griffiths. Bill: Harry Lauter. Directed by Robert Gordon. (Repeat).
The Arabian Nights hero battles horrifying monsters (courtesy of special-effects man Ray Harryhausen) on a quest to acquire the egg of a mythical bird that is needed to return a shrunken princess to normal size. (Repeat).
The second of special-effects master Ray Harryhausen's three Sinbad epics finds the titular hero and his crew on a quest for a magical golden tablet, while battling a fiendish wizard and his many menacing monsters, including a six-armed statue that comes to life, a one-eyed centaur and a flying griffin. (Repeat).
Patrick Wayne is that legendary adventurer in this tale of derring-do highlighted by Ray Harryhausen's animated monsters and the scenery of Malta, Spain and Jordan. Taryn Power. Zenobia: Margaret Whiting. Farah: Jane Seymour. Melanthius: Patrick Troughton. Rafi: Kurt Christian. Kassim: Damien Thomas. Sam Wanamaker directed. (Repeat).