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White Night Wedding
Jon, a middle-aged professor is going to get married tomorrow, for the second time, to one of his ex-students half his age. But it's not all roses. First, there's his cranky mother-in-law-to-be who violently opposes the marriage and who demands repayment of Jon's loan before the wedding night. Second, his plans to build a golf course on the little island of Flatey where they live aren't going at all to plan. Third, his extremely drunk best man is on the loose without any shoes and lastly, the continual presence of his emotional first wife is haunting his every move. When the guests start flocking to the island, Jon starts getting cold feet. After a very long night of drinking and thinking, will Jon be able to make it to the church on time?

- 2008
Ghost of Hidden Valley
Dawson is running rustled cattle across the abandoned Trenton ranch and has given it the reputation of a ghost ranch to keep people away. When Henty Tenton arrives from England to take over the ranch, Dawson tries to get rid of him. But Billy and Fuzzy are on hand to help Henry and it's not long before they have to go into action.

- 1946
Love for Sale
Love for Sale is a romantic comedy about Trey (Jackie Long), a twenty-something delivery guy that can't seem to catch a break. Trey's whole life is in shambles- no money for college, girls don't know he exists and his uncle's recording studio is about to be foreclosed. After a failed attempt to talk to the girl of his dreams, Kiely (Mya), Trey encounters the seductive incredibly, beautiful Katherine (Melyssa Ford) while on delivery. The older woman falls for him despite their age difference. This seemingly perfect development soon proves to just complicate Trey's life even further.

- 2008
Joe's Palace
A drama centered on the relationship between Elliot Graham (Sir Michael Gambon), a strange and wealthy Londoner, and Joe Dix (Danny Lee Wynter), a teenager who takes care of an empty house Elliot owns.

- 2007
A Lawman Is Born
The wanted outlaw Tom Mitchell has put away his guns and now works in Root's store. When Sheriff Lance is killed, Martha Lance gets Tom to take the job. He straps the guns on again but Brownlee arrives and reveals him to be a wanted man.

- 1937
Love Happens
Burke is a motivational speaker whose book about dealing with grief is a best seller. His wife died in a car accident three years ago. He's in Seattle to lead a week-long workshop on healing and to negotiate a major multi-media deal. But something's amiss: he's a closet drinker, he won't ride elevators, his moods swing, he's estranged from his wife's father, and he's very much alone. In a hotel hallway, he bumps into a woman arranging flowers, tries to chat with her, and gets the brush-off. She's Eloise, a local florist who's just broken up with a boyfriend. He's persistent and they eventually go to dinner - it goes badly. What's blocking Burke? Can the physician heal himself.

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- 2009
Sakuran
The Anti-Memoirs of a Geisha, Sakuran is a luscious visual treat and directorial debut from Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa. The tale of bad-girl courtesan Kiyoha, with a wonderfully oddball score of jazz, electro and Japanese pop and lavish costumes to boot, this film excels as a warm-hearted and original tale of one woman snarling, biting and kicking her way to the top.

- 2006
The Tuskegee Airmen
Historical drama about the first African-American pilots in the US military during World War II. In 1942, a group of college graduates are selected for training as pilots in the Army Air Corps at the Tuskegee training base. In what is billed by everyone as an experiment, the men face not only the institutionalized prejudice of their white officers, but that generally found in the US South at the time. There are clearly those who would like to see this program fail, including the Major in charge of training and a southern US Senator. However, even when they distinguish themselves in North Africa, there is an attempt to disband them forever. In the end, they served their country with distinction and bravery, flying missions in Europe include providing bomber escort for the bombing of Berlin.

- 1995
A Walk in the Sun
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to blow up a bridge next to a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers.

- 1945
The Barefoot Contessa
At Maria Vargas' funeral, several people recall who she was and the impact she had on them. Harry Dawes was a not very successful writer/director when he and movie producer Kirk Edwards scouted her at a shabby nightclub where she worked as a flamenco dancer. He convinces her to take a chance on acting and her first film is a huge hit. PR man Oscar Muldoon remembers when Maria was in court supporting her father who was accused of murdering her mother. It was Maria's testimony that got him off and she was a bigger star than ever. Alberto Bravano, one of the richest men in South America, sets his sights on Maria and she goes off with him - as much to make Edwards angry as anything - but he treats her badly. When she meets Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini they fall deeply in love. They are married but theirs is not to be a happy life.

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- 1954
The Man Behind the Gun
Posing as a schoolteacher, undercover government agent Ransome Callicut arrives in 1850's California to gather intelligence about an insurrectionist plot to have the southern part of the state secede to become a slave state. When he discovers a hidden cache of weapons, he reveals his true identity and assumes command of the local army post. Aided by sidekicks Monk Walker and Olaf Swenson he battles political assassination and other intrigues to unmask the ringleader of the plot and keep the Golden State in the Union.

- 1953
Crashin' Broadway
Cowboy star Rex Bell temporarily leaves the wide open spaces to conduct business in New York City and to woo Doris Hil. While he's there, Bell runs afoul of gangsters, who prove to be no match for him.

- 1933
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
The Daleks' fiendish plot in 2150 against Earth and its people is foiled when Dr. Who and friends arrive from the 20th century and figure it out.

- 1966
Damaged Lives
An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.

- 1933
Death Rides the Range
This film finds Ken Baxter and his two pals, Pancho and Panhandle, finding Professor Wahl, injured and wandering on the range.

- 1939
The Law Rides Again
US government agents Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson, aka "The Trail Blazers", make a deal with captured outlaw Duke Dillon to catch crooked Indian agent John Hampton, who has been using his authority to steal from the local tribe. Dillon double-crosses the inept and lethargic heroes, making it difficult for them to carry out their mission.

- 1943
North of Vortex
A gay poet heads west from New York City in his convertible. He picks up a muscular sailor who's bisexual; then Jackie, a waitress at a diner, joins them. Jackie is attracted to the poet who rebuffs her romantic gestures; rejection fuels her continued interest in him. The sailor and the poet are bonded by sex, but the sailor's frank advances to Jackie make him uninteresting to her. The sailor can get violent, the poet is passive, Jackie is glamorous and detached. The landscape changes, they stop in cities and in the desert. They reach a lake. Who will be left out of a final pairing?

- 1991
Good Morning
This movie takes a look at a Westernized suburban area in Japan in the late '50s. It focuses mainly on the daily lives of a small community and the way its members interact. It also demonstrates the power of oral communication and the way in which small talk acts as a lubricant for our daily lives.

- Metascore87
- 1959
Port of Hate
A group of American adventurers discover a bed of black pearls off a South Pacific island. When one of them is shot dead, a young girl in the group is accused of the crime.

- 1939
Skull and Crown
Bob Franklin, Border Patrolman on the Mexican border, is preparing for his sister Barbara's homecoming from a fashionable school; his dog Rinty is even gathering flowers in anticipation of her arrival. Border Patrolman Ed drops by to tell Bob that notorious smuggler Zorro has just crossed the line with a cargo of contraband. Leaving Rinty at the railroad station at the wheel of his car with a note of regret for Barbara, Bob and Ed hit the trail to catch Zorro. They capture the truck and its driver, Matt Brent, but Zorro escapes on foot. Meanwhile, Barbara has arrived and taken herself and Rinty to Bob's cabin, and Zorro shows up, decides that driving is better than walking, and enters the cabin bent on getting the keys. Rinty valiantly defends Barbara, but Zorro stuns him and murders her. Bob arrives and, unaware that Rinty put up a good fight before being knocked out, kicks him out of the cabin in contempt and anger. Bob resigns from the service and, masquerading as a smuggler named Rocky Morgan and friend of the captured Matt, he goes to "Skull and Crown", a fashionable resort owned by John Norton, whom Zorro and his gang are holding hostage there along with his daughter Ann, while they themselves enjoy the resort. Faithful Rinty has not renounced his devotion to Bob; having followed him there, he's promptly captured. Henchman Jennings, who was with Zorro at the cabin and recognizes the dog, and knowing that Rinty will go to his master, lines up all the gang including the newly-inducted Bob, with instructions to another henchmen--evidently the only one he trusted--to shoot down the first man the dog recognizes. Having seen this before (or been told about it by Rin-Tin-Tin the Elder), snubs everybody, especially Bob. Meanwhile, the Border Patrol has purposely released Matt in order to follow him to the hideout, but they lose him and Matt shows up and blows the whistle on Bob. Imprisioned, Bob awaits Zorro's arrival, as Zorro has a rule against killing anybody when he isn't around to take part. Worst of all, Rinty is all tied up and can't help his master.

- 1935
Wild Gypsies
A group of gypsies vow vengeance on a runaway who murdered one of their own. Lust and intrigue run throughout the story about the mysterious and wild life of the wandering gypsies.

- 1969
Beau Revel
Lawrence Revel, celebrated in society circles for his success with women, is devoted to his son Dick and objects to his marrying Nellie, a cabaret dancer. To prove her unworthiness, Beau asks his son not to see her for 2 weeks. Unwittingly, Beau falls in love with the girl, but his attentions are refused. When Nellie's brother gets involved with the law, she seeks Beau's aid, but Dick arrives and a stormy scene ensues. Following his son's reproach, Beau leaps from the window to his death, and Dick seeks Nellie's forgiveness.

- 1921
Between Men
When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George. Some twenty years later Johnny sets out to find Sir George's missing granddaughter. He finds her and also finds Rand, but neither of the two men realize they are father and son.

- 1935
The Border Legion
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the Border Legion. When the gang's boss is wounded, they kidnap Kells and force him to remove the bullet. Not allowed to leave and being a wanted man, he joins the gang. Now wanted as a gang member also, he nevertheless plans a raid that will lead the entire gang into a trap.

- 1940