THE MICK is a no-holds-barred comedy that gives new meaning to the phrase "dysfunctional family." Mickey (Kaitlin Olson, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is an unapologetic degenerate, who suddenly finds herself stuck in affluent Greenwich, CT, raising her spoiled niece and nephews. Sabrina is an ambitious, 18-going-on-30-year-old who is a worthy adversary to Mickey. Thirteen-year-old Chip is an arrogant, entitled neocon-in-the-making. And 7-year-old Ben is an adorably fragile nerd. It's...
Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "dysfunctional family," hit comedy THE MICK returns for its second season with all-new outrageous shenanigans. The series stars Kaitlin Olson as Mickey, an unapologetic degenerate stuck raising her spoiled niece and nephews amid the lap of luxury in Greenwich, CT. Although constantly pulled between enjoying her lavish new lifestyle and trying to control three monstrous children who have unlimited lines of credit, Mickey is now in it for the long haul....
In The Middle's hit eighth season, the Heck kids continue to smash through their comfort zones and navigate new situations -- which may or may not be comforting to parents Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike (Neil Flynn). Axl (Charlie McDermott) may be living out of a Winnebago, but he has discovered the love of his life. Meanwhile, always-optimistic Sue (Eden Sher) has caught the acting bug in Dollywood and is changing her major to drama. Now in high school, Brick (Atticus Shaffer) has made it...
The Middle's seventh season sees each member of the Heck family breaking out of their comfort zones. Oldest son Axl (Charlie McDermott) begins his junior year, and the business major starts thinking seriously about his future. Daughter Sue (Eden Sher) starts her first year of college at the same campus that Axl attends -- much to his disgust -- with a new haircut and an even more optimistic outlook. Quirky youngest son Brick (Atticus Shaffer) begins his final year of middle school, and his...
Screen legend Bela Lugosi gives a sinister performance as Nicholas Harmon, an opera house lothario who is obsessed with beautiful young girls. Disgusted with his stepfather's debauchery, Don Harmon renounces the family fortune and moves out. He takes a job conducting a nightclub orchestra, and falls in love with Anna, the beautiful singer who headlines the show. When Nicholas sees Anna, he is instantly smitten by her charms, and is determined to steal her away.The Midnight Girl is Bela...
Mother love, mystery and murder mingle in this dramatic tale of a notorious speakeasy hostess courageously taking the rap for a murder she didn't commit.Nita St. George can be hard as nails on the outside but she takes a strong maternal interest in Jean Austin, the beautiful girlfriend of one of her patrons. Jean, whose mother disappeared when she was a baby, finds herself mysteriously drawn to the older woman. Nita witnesses Jean leaving the scene of a fatal shooting and jumps to the wrong...
Alan Bennett, a drifter and small-time crook, stops off at a lonely railroad station and decides to rob the safe. He scuffles with the elderly stationmaster, Sam Foster, who promptly suffers a stroke that leaves him paralyzed. The pair is then discovered by Foster's granddaughter, Mary. Overcome by the girl's beauty, Alan introduces himself as a friend of her grandfather's and volunteers to take over Sam's job until he can recover. The pair live in a semblance of domestic bliss until some of...
A widow's sewing machine breaks down, and, deprived of her tailoring income, her young son takes a job on the night shift to help out. One evening, while delivering a telegram to a wealthy family, he finds himself implicated as a suspect in a jewelry robbery. Hunted by the police, the boy sets off alone to pursue the thieves and attempt to clear his name. Irish-born Creighton Hale performed on Broadway before starring in silents of the mid-to late teens and early 1920s. He's best known for his...
A young man disappears without a trace from the posh Clarendon Arms hotel and his horrified sister, Enid Van Buren (Claudia Dell) suspects that the authorities and hotel staff are conspiring to deny that the incident ever occurred. Veteran sleuth William Cornish (William Boyd) and his assistant Dr. Steven Walcott (Hooper Atchley) are brought in to investigate. Stumbling close to the the truth, Dr. Walcott is shot. Cornish cannot prevent Enid from being lured to a nearby mortuary where the dead...
It's heroic European Christians pitted against a Muslim villain and his Islamic army. Look for some well-staged action sequences, including a big siege at the end of the film. Great to see two beauties, Sylva Koscina and Gianna Maria Canale, pitted against each other as love rivals. Battaglia, of course, is in the center of all the action both kinds!
A showman brings a giant ape to New York in a tune-filled version of the 1933 classic.
In early 20th-century New York, former heavyweight champion Roy "Slag" McGurk (Wallace Beery) considers himself the "King of the Bowery." The truth is, Slag is hired muscle for local saloonkeeper Mike Glenson (Edward Arnold) and a kept man, thanks to the generosity of local pawnshop proprietress (and sometime girlfriend) Mamie Steeple (Aline MacMahon). He can't dodge a pair of sucker punches thrown his way in the forms of his former boxing protege, now a street salvationist, Johnny Burden (a...
Home to the tallest trees on earth, the last of America's big glaciers, and a string of towering volcanoes, America's Pacific Northwest is one of the nation's most intriguing and mesmerizing natural wonders. In this five-part series, discover the epic meeting of land and sea that attracts some of the biggest marine life on the planet, traverse the Redwood forest--home to an incredible diversity of animals and the tallest living beings on earth, and trek the iconic Rocky Mountains where...
Ed Fury, Christina Gajoni, Mario Scaccia, Moira Orsei. Returning from war, Ursus learns his fiancee, Attea, has been taken to a mysterious island ruled by a pagan goddess. The mysterious tribe that lives there has a nasty habit of sacrificing virgins, which, of course, doesn't say much for Ursus' and Attea's sex life. Regardless, Ursus and an extremely beautiful, blind slave girl set out to find Attea and free her from her evil captors. Great color, widescreen, 16mm.
Harold Lloyd, comic genius of both the sound and silent era, plays sly, nebbishy milkman Burleigh Sullivan in Leo McCarey's whirlwind farce, The Milky Way.Hapless but cunning Burleigh accidentally knocks out the middle weight champ and trades his milk truck for sparring gloves as the press jump on the story of this unlikely prizefighter. Despite gaining a reputation so tough that many contenders are afraid to fight him, Berleigh still has time to fall in love with a good girl who is critical...
This was Harold Lloyd's most highly regarded talkie, and also one of the last films he would appear in. He plays Burleigh Sullivan, a timid milkman who finds himself in the seedy world of prizefighting. Though he thinks his success is based on his ability to duck, it's actually because his manager is bribing his opponents to fall down! Adolphe Menjou and Lionel Stander also star in this little classic (dubbed "uproariously funny" by Time magazine). It's from director Leo McCarey, a triple...
Maggie Tulliver's love for Philip Wakem can never come to fruition. The bitter feud between their fathers has tainted the next generation. Maggie's brother Tom holds the Wakems responsible for their father's death, and lives to visit revenge upon the family he hates. He forbids Maggie to see the man she loves, and the frustrated girl is forced down a twisted path, that will ultimately, lead to tragedy.George Eliot's classic novel is brought to life in this lavish 1937 British production which...
When the Haskin family seeks refuge from Y2K hysteria, madness and terror follow them there. When the millennium bug awakens, the nightmare begins.
Rather than give damning testimony against his parents in their upcoming divorce case, millionaire scion Tommy Neville runs away from home and tries to survive on the street. A rival newsboy knocks Tommy unconscious and he is picked up by a fancy limousine whose occupants witnessed the attack. His rescuers are Terry Mallon, a racketeer with a heart of gold, and his daughter, Kitty. Hanging with the gangsters, the repressed rich boy has the time of his life and Terry teaches him some "mob"...
The Mindfulness Movement profiles the growing number of people who believe mindfulness - a peaceful quality of attention anyone can develop by simply focusing on the present moment in a non-judgmental way -- is the key to creating a healthier, happier world. Featuring Deepak Chopra, Jewel, Dan Harris, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Daniel Goleman, Sharon Salzberg, George Mumford, Bill George and more.
A team of dwards determined to compete in a basketball tournament persuade a legendary NBA player (Dennis Rodman) to join the team and prove that dreams can come true no matter how big or small ...
An unscrupulous publicity agent cons a pair of shady business rivals into backing a series of rigged boxing matches. The fighter at the center of this crooked racket is young Jimmy Conley, an average pugilist with a disapproving fiancee. Unaware that the bouts are fixed, Jimmy is lured by the prospect of a big payoff. He ignores the wishes of his bride-to-be, even after she warns him about the illegal scheme he's unwittingly involved in. In the last bout, Jimmy's eyes are finally opened, and...
One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real McCoy.