2024-09-20
A writer (John Cusack) who debunks paranormal occurrences finds terrifying evidence to the contrary when he checks into a reputedly haunted hotel room in this spooky adaptation of a story by Stephen King. Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Jasmine Jessica Anthony. Mikael Hafstrom directed.
Francis Ford Coppola directed this erotic and visually stunning adaptation of the vampire classic, featuring superbly stylized cinematography. Gary Oldman is deliciously evil as the bloodsucking count; Winona Ryder plays the object of his obsession; and Anthony Hopkins is the intrepid vampire hunter, Van Helsing. Keanu Reeves, Sadie Frost, Tom Waits.
Washington Irving's enduring legend gets a decidedly Gothic makeover in Tim Burton's hauntingly imaginative adaptation. Johnny Depp plays 1799 NYC policeman Ichabod Crane, who's "banished" to upstate Sleepy Hollow to investigate gruesome decapitations. And the locals are convinced that a tortured soul called the Headless Horseman is the culprit. Christina Ricci, Casper Van Dien.
Best Actor Oscar nominee Johnny Depp perfectly embodies the title role in Tim Burton's bloody well-done adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical about the vengeful owner of a tonsorial parlor that offers customers more than just a shave and a haircut. Helena Bonham Carter costars as Mrs. Lovett, who makes a killing with her new pie recipe containing a special meaty ingredient.
A writer (John Cusack) who debunks paranormal occurrences finds terrifying evidence to the contrary when he checks into a reputedly haunted hotel room in this spooky adaptation of a story by Stephen King. Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Jasmine Jessica Anthony. Mikael Hafstrom directed.
A chronicle of the plight of Jews-in-exile at the end of WWII, and activists' efforts to situate a vast number of Jews in Palestine for the purpose of influencing the U.N. vote to establish an Israeli state.
The 1968-73 TV series is stylishly updated for the 1990s, with Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps well cast as juvenile delinquents who must pay their debt to society by working as undercover officers for an LAPD detective (Dennis Farina). The plot involves the hip trio investigating a drug ring. Josh Brolin, Steve Harris, Sam McMurray, Richard Jenkins, Larry Brandenburg.
Keenen Ivory Wayans wrote, directed and stars in this parody of "blaxploitation" films, about a man avenging his brother's death.
Francis Ford Coppola directed this erotic and visually stunning adaptation of the vampire classic, featuring superbly stylized cinematography. Gary Oldman is deliciously evil as the bloodsucking count; Winona Ryder plays the object of his obsession; and Anthony Hopkins is the intrepid vampire hunter, Van Helsing. Keanu Reeves, Sadie Frost, Tom Waits.
Washington Irving's enduring legend gets a decidedly Gothic makeover in Tim Burton's hauntingly imaginative adaptation. Johnny Depp plays 1799 NYC policeman Ichabod Crane, who's "banished" to upstate Sleepy Hollow to investigate gruesome decapitations. And the locals are convinced that a tortured soul called the Headless Horseman is the culprit. Christina Ricci, Casper Van Dien.
Best Actor Oscar nominee Johnny Depp perfectly embodies the title role in Tim Burton's bloody well-done adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical about the vengeful owner of a tonsorial parlor that offers customers more than just a shave and a haircut. Helena Bonham Carter costars as Mrs. Lovett, who makes a killing with her new pie recipe containing a special meaty ingredient.
Godard's classic gets artificial respiration in Los Angeles, with Richard Gere as the strutting antihero dodging police and romancing a French student (Valerie Kaprisky). Parmental: John P. Ryan. Birnbaum: Art Metrano.