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The Reptile (1966)

[4] People are dying from large snake bites to the neck in this sub-par monster movie from Britain's Hammer Films. Noel Willman stars as a doctor who's very protective of his daughter, a young woman who tends to go missing…
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June 9, 2026

Being There (1979)

[3] Pre-dating Forrest Gump by fifteen years is Being There, another movie about a simple-minded idiot who lucks his way into the good graces of society. Peter Sellers stars as Chauncey Gardiner, a gardener and avid TV watcher who is…
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June 8, 2026

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1948)

[5] Cary Grant is playboy artist who attracts the unwanted attention of a lusty seventeen-year-old (Shirley Temple) after giving a lecture at her school. The girl's sister, played by Myrna Loy, uses her position as a judge of the courts…
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June 7, 2026

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

[9] Ten years after Night of the Living Dead, which pretty much invented zombies as we now know them, George Romero went back to the well and made a sequel that I like even better. As the dead rise to…
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June 7, 2026

Sea of Love (1989)

[7] Al Pacino stars as a New York detective working with John Goodman to solve a series of murders -- all men shot in the back of the head, face down on their beds, presumably by a woman out for…
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June 7, 2026

Goodfellas (1990)

[8] Director Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets, Raging Bull) returns to the gangster subgenre that made him a household name. Goodfellas is based on the true story of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth who quit his primary education to start working…
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June 6, 2026

Masters of the Universe (2026)

[4] Director Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) accepts a daunting high wire act with this comedy/fantasy film based on the He-Man '80s cartoon series and toy line. How do you make goofy cartoon for boys into an…
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June 5, 2026
Film Collections
James Bond
Hammer Films
Disney Animation

New Releases

  • Masters of the Universe (2026)
  • Backrooms (2026)
  • The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
  • The Sheep Detectives (2026)
  • Wuthering Heights (2026)

Westerns

  • Young Guns (1988)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • Union Pacific (1939)
  • Maverick (1994)
  • Wild Rovers (1971)

Atomic Terror!

  • X… The Unknown (1956)
  • The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
  • Revenge of the Creature (1955)
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
  • These Are the Damned (1962)
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