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Brian’s Song

user — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Brian’s Song is a truly great film about an unlikely friendship between two football players. How they’re thrown together, and become both friends and competitors at the same time. And when one suffers an injury that could end his career, the other helps him rehabilitate – to beat him fair and square. And then, the…

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The Messiah on Mott Street / The Painted Mirror

user — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:33:00 +0000

From Rod Serling’s The Night Gallery season 2. Two unconnected stories. The Messiah on Mott Street is a truly great story. The Painted Mirror is less so. The Messiah on Mott Street The Messiah on Mott Street – A near-penniless Jew (Edward G. Robinson), determined to stay alive for his grandson, hopes the Messiah will give…

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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

user — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 02:12:23 +0000

Cornelius and Zira Escape from the Planet of the Apes, back to the past – the present day, where they’re imprisoned, then famous, then … Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) starring Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter Escape from the Planet of the Apes begins with three chimpanzees — Cornelius, Zira, Milo — escape…

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Doctor Who: The Daemons

user — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 01:32:00 +0000

Doctor Who: The Daemons (1971) starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney In Doctor Who: The Daemons, the Doctor is trying to stop an ancient evil from resurfacing on Earth. The Master impersonates a vicar and a cult leader, to gain power from that same evil … Part 1 The Doctor tries to…

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Gamera Vs. Zigra

user — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:45:00 +0000

In Gamera Vs. Zigra, an alien woman from the planet Zigra and her spaceship creates a series of earthquakes around the globe. Two children at a marine park are caught in the crossfire. And Gamera must combat the monster Zigra to save the earth. Gamera Vs. Zigra (1971) Gamera Vs. Zigra is set at Sea…

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Cold Turkey

user — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 01:37:00 +0000

Cold Turkey (1971) starring Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Bob Newhart, Tom Poston In Cold Turkey, Norman Lear makes his directorial debut with this farce about an entire town that tries to give up smoking in order to win $25 million. The basic premise of Cold Turkey is fairly simple. A fictional tobacco company offers…

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Dead Weight [Columbo]

user — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 02:46:00 +0000

Dead Weight – Columbo season 1, originally aired October 27, 1971, starring Peter Falk, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette In Dead Weight, an unreliable witness, along with the absence of a body and murder weapon, complicate a case against an American war hero (guest star Eddie Albert). Dead Weight is a very different Columbo episode. Like…

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Million Dollar Duck

user — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:48:19 +0000

The Million Dollar Duck (1971) starring Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn In The Million Dollar Duck, a lab worker (Dean Jones) takes home a laboratory animal (Charlie the duck) to prevent it from being destroyed, as a pet for his son. However, the duck’s exposure to radiation has mutated it. And it now literally…

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Hands of the Ripper

user — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 00:00:22 +0000

Hands of the Ripper (1971) starring Angharad Rees, Eric Porter Hammers Hands of the Ripper deals with the fictional story of the daughter of Jack the Ripper. Orphaned at a young age, at the age of 17 starts to be influenced by the spirit of her dead father. While a kindly psychiatrist tries to help her with…

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Dracula vs Frankenstein

user — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 02:05:49 +0000

Dracula vs Frankenstein, starring J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr. in their final film – a truly terrible film that’s only good for mocking Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971) starring J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr. Before talking about Dracula vs Frankenstein itself, I would like to point out that it was the final appearance by…

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