Tag Archives: television

Poltergeist

IMDB Rating: 7.40
22448 votes

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While living an an average family house in a pleasant neighborhood, the youngest daughter of the Freeling family, Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke), seems to be connecting with the supernatural through a dead channel on the televison. It is not for long when the mysterious beings enter the house's walls. At first seeming like harmless ghosts, they play tricks and amuse the family, but they take a nasty turn- they horrify the family to death with angry trees and murderous dolls, and finally abduct Carol Anne into her bedroom closet, which seems like the entrance to the other side.
Actors
Steve FreelingCraig T. Nelson
Diane FreelingJoBeth Williams
Dr. LeshBeatrice Straight
Also posted in 1982, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Drive Thru

IMDB Rating: 4.70
695 votes

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Mackenzie Carpenter, a gorgeous 17-year-old girl who would kick your ass for saying so, thinks her biggest problem is dying of boredom in the bucolic wasteland of Orange County...that is until her classmates start dying of massive blood loss and Horny The Clown begins madly stalking her with cryptic messages hidden in 70's kitsch toys. It isn't until Mac discovers her unbelievable connection to Horny and his victims that she realizes, if she's gonna live to see 18, she must come face to face with the killer clown in the bloodiest week Blanca Carne, California has ever known.
Actors
Mackenzie CarpenterLeighton Meester
Fisher KentNicholas D'Agosto
Horny the ClownVan De La Plante
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Horror | Comments (0)

Chasing Amy

IMDB Rating: 7.50
50813 votes

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Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Actors
FanEthan Suplee
Holden McNeilBen Affleck
CollectorScott Mosier
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

L.A. Story

IMDB Rating: 6.60
11398 votes

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In this spin on the traditional romantic comedy, Harris K. Tellemacher, a Shakespeare-quoting, Los Angeles TV weatherman is looking for something meaningful for his life. The Los Angeles Freeway sign informs him that the weather will change his life in two ways, and Harris begins to search for the meaning behind that message.
Actors
Harris K. TelemacherSteve Martin
Roland MackeyRichard E. Grant
Frank SwanKevin Pollak
Also posted in 1991, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Sunshine Boys

IMDB Rating: 7.00
1576 votes

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Al Lewis and Willy Clark were once a popular vaudeville comedy team called Lewis and Clark, also known as The Sunshine Boys. After forty-three years as a team, they parted company over eleven years prior on not too friendly terms as Willy wanted to continue his career whereas Al wanted to retire. They have not spoken since. Willy's nephew, Ben - a talent agent - has been trying to find acting jobs for his uncle since with little success as Willy's age and declining ability is showing. But a lucrative opportunity comes up when one of the major networks is producing and airing a special on the history of comedy, and want The Sunshine Boys to appear. Ben has to try and convince the comedy team to reunite for just this one gig. Ben has to try and manage the individual quirks and personalities of each of The Sunshine Boys while putting on a good face to the network that there is harmony within The Sunshine Boys comedy team. Ben also has to manage the lives of two men in the twilight of their lives.
Actors
Willy ClarkWalter Matthau
Al LewisGeorge Burns
Ben ClarkRichard Benjamin
Also posted in 1975, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Funny Games U.S.

IMDB Rating: 6.80
4190 votes

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In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class housewife Anna tells the story of how she and her husband George and their 10-year-old son Georgie submitted both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their weekend vacation retreat near a lake.
Actors
GeorgeTim Roth
PaulMichael Pitt
PeterBrady Corbet
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Galaxy Quest

IMDB Rating: 7.20
39842 votes

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Eighteen years after their sci-fi adventure show "Galaxy Quest" was canceled, actors Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco, Alexander Dane, Tommy Webber, and Fred Kwan are making appearances at sci-fi conventions and store openings in costume and character. They're wallowing in despair and at each other's throats until aliens known as Thermians arrive and, having mistaken the show for fact and consequently modeling their entire culture around it, take them into space to save them from the genocidal General Sarris and his armada.
Actors
Enrico Colantoni
Robin Sachs
Daryl Mitchell
Also posted in 1999, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Strange Wilderness

IMDB Rating: 5.30
2640 votes

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With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot.
Actors
ConservationistJake Abel
Hispanic Man #1Kevin Alejandro
Bill CalhounJoe Don Baker
Also posted in 2007, Comedy | Comments (0)

Videodrome

IMDB Rating: 7.20
11126 votes

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Max runs a TV channel, and is looking for new material to show...he discovers - Videodrome. His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for Videodrome, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot which uses Videodrome as its front.
Actors
Max RennJames Woods
Bianca O'BlivionSonja Smits
Nicki BrandDeborah Harry
Also posted in 1983, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

IMDB Rating: 6.40
15611 votes

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MTV junkies Beavis and Butt-head awaken one day to find their beloved TV stolen. On their adventure to do a murderous smuggler's wife (Demi Moore), they encounter an FBI agent (Robert Stack) with a predilection for cavity searches, two rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Driessen singing "Lesbian Seagull", a little old lady, and, of course, Mr. Anderson and his trailer. Can the Great Cornholio save the day? Let's hope so!
Actors
Beavis/Butt-Head/Tom Anderson/Mr. Van Driessen/Principal McVickerMike Judge
Muddy GrimesBruce Willis
ATF Agent FlemmingRobert Stack
Also posted in 1996, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)
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