C.H.U.D. (1984)

C.H.U.D. (1984)

[4] A photographer (John Heard) and a soup kitchen owner (Daniel Stern) discover that the city's homeless population, particularly those who live in the underground tunnels, are disappearing. They can't get law enforcement to care, however, until a few above-ground…
Rock & Rule (1983)

Rock & Rule (1983)

[4] In this animated rock musical out of Canada, a waning pop star named Mok seeks to summon a demon for his own nefarious gain. But to do so, he must find a voice powerful enough to open the gateway…
Summer Lovers (1982)

Summer Lovers (1982)

[6] Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah play a young American couple vacationing in the Greek Islands whose relationship hits a rough patch when Gallagher takes a shine to a French archaeologist (Valérie Quennessen). But guilt and jealousy give way to…
Incubus (1981)

Incubus (1981)

[7] John Cassavetes (Rosemary's Baby, Love Streams) stars in this odd horror film about a boy whose recurring nightmare seems to coincide with a string of rapes and murders in a small New England town. Cassavetes plays a doctor who…
Airplane! (1980)

Airplane! (1980)

[6] On a continental flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, everyone who ate the fish dinner becomes gravely ill, including the entire cockpit crew. It's up to a traumatized war pilot (Robert Hays) and a bumbling ground team (including Robert…
Humongous (1982)

Humongous (1982)

[6] A group of teens crash a boat on a small island where they're terrorized by a deformed giant, the product of a rape whose isolationist mother taught him to fear the outside world. Humongous borrows heavily from Friday the…
Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella (1950)

[3] I'm a fan of many Disney animated features, but I find Cinderella to be one of the company's stinkers. My problems are largely conceptual. I'm simply not a fan of a heroine who's not strong or clever enough to…
Heroes for Sale (1933)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

[7] Heroes for Sale follows Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess) through a near-death experience on the World War I battle front to a resulting morphine addiction upon his return to America. We see him lose his job and get rehabilitated, only…
The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

[5] In the second of Universal's Mummy series, two American archaeologists partner with a wealthy magician and his daughter to find the hidden Tomb of Ananka in Egypt. Their quest is hampered by a secret organization determined to protect the…
Soapdish (1991)

Soapdish (1991)

[8] Sally Field leads a spectacular ensemble in Soapdish, a comedy that lampoons daytime TV melodramas, or 'soap operas'. Field plays an insecure soap star who fears her career may begin to wane as she enters middle-age. Little does she…