Nonye's past came calling when her husband runs into trouble at his place of work. The only person she can run to for help is her ex-lover whom she abandons at the altar and is the same man who is behind her husband's woes.
In December 2015, the political rhetoric against Muslims was escalating. Dr. Larycia Hawkins, an African-American political science professor at Wheaton College a prestigious evangelical school outside of Chicago wanted to show support for Muslim women. She posted a photo of herself in a hijab on Facebook. "I love my Muslim neighbor," she wrote, "because s/he deserves love by virtue of her/his human dignity....we worship the Same God." Within days, Wheaton's Provost suspended Dr. Hawkins,...
A superb Finnish fantasy epic about an evil witch who steals the sun and causes just about everything on the Earth to freeze. Also featured are magic harps, fields of snakes, a wizard, and a magic mill. Released here by AIP. Disc One features the original foreign language edition, Sampo, subtitled in English and taken from a mint 35mm anamorphic widescreen print with beautiful color. Disc two is the AIP American edition, dubbed in English and taken from a nice 16mm color print.
When Uncle Jeffrey arrives from a long flight, his nephew Vincent coaxes him into telling a bedtime story from the Bible about the strongest man who ever lived. Revealed by an angel of the Lord as the one who will deliver the Israelites from the rule of the Philistines, Samson is granted supernatural strength that allows him to do heroic feats, including killing a lion with his own hands and defeating an army of a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey. However, through the frailties of his...
The mythical hero Samson takes on a power hungry overlord and an army of mercenaries who have seized power in the city of Sulom. Arrested by soldiers of the kingdom, he learns that the fair and peaceful Queen Mila is no longer in control. In her place are Romilda and the ruthless Warkalla. Although told that she has left her kingdom voluntarily, he suspects foul play. Samson discovers that Mila is being held in the palace dungeon, and that Warkalla is bent on discovering the location of the...
An evil pirate menaces the sea lanes, attacking and looting ships. Crews are slain and women are sold off as slaves. Samson comes to the rescue. The coolest scene has Samson engaged in a tug of war against an entire ship and its oarsmen, his life on the line unless he wins. Some pretty good action and Lee's beauty is always a thing to behold.
Alan Steel. This rare, color Italian epic incorporates all the legends of Hercules, Samson, Maciste and Ursus. The climax features a battle royale. Color, from 16mm.
In this Sword and Sandal action film, Gordon Scott stars as Samson who must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
The FANEX film convention was held in Baltimore/Washington D.C. from 1984 through 2004. Over that time hundreds of actors and filmmakers from the world of classic horror films attended and spoke to their delighted star-struck fans. Samuel Z. Arkoff is the subject of this FANEX File, a documentary series focusing on the discussions and panels presented at the convention over the years. This talk was filmed at the FANEX Classic FilmFest in 2000 and was conducted by writer Tom Weaver. In addition...
This one-hour biblical drama recounts the thrilling story of the Old Testament prophet, Samuel.
Explore an exotic world of shimmering beauty and sudden death...A place where honor means more than life itself...the world of the old Japan, The Samurai. Discover how their code of honor was born and what sacrifices they were willing to make to live up to their ideals. Why did these ruthless warriors become accomplished painters and poets and what role did women play in the life of the Samurai? Join us as we enter a realm of beauty, adventure and mystery...the domain of the Samurai.
Scientists make a horrible discovery: The "Big One" is coming in a matter of hours, and with it everything west of the San Andreas Fault will sink into the ocean. The scientists do everything they can to stop the quake, but as foreshocks turn California into chaos, it's a race against time they might not win.
San Antonio--birthplace of Texas, home of the Alamo, and some say fertile ground for spawning ghosts! In 1836, the Alamo heroes returned for one last stand. The beautiful Sallie White, gunned down in 1876, wanders hotel hallways. The flirtatious ghost of an actress haunts the Alamo Theatre. Tall Texan tales? You decide!
Rustlers have taken Clay Hardin's (Errol Flynn) cattle and holed up in San Antonio. So Clay does what any cowboy worth his salt has got to do: strap on his sidearm, ride into town and settle the score. Despite his Tasmanian roots and elegant British diction, Flynn made an ideal all-American cowboy. With his steely gaze, lean frame and understated humor, he tamed the West in eight thrilling sagebrush sagas. San Antonio features blazing action (a ripsnorting saloon gunfight), suspense (a tense...
San Demetrio London is a British World War II docudrama based on the true story of the1940 salvage of the tanker MV San Demetrio by some of her own crew, who reboarded her after she had been set on fire by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer, and then abandoned during the Battle of the Atlantic. The film stars Arthur Young as Captain George Waite, Walter Fitzgerald as Chief Engineer Charles Pollard and Ralph Michael as 2nd Officer Hawkins. This movie is a reconstruction of the story of the...
Ranch owner Cyclone Kenyon can't get the hired hands to work because they spend too much time serenading his flirtatious granddaughter, Betty Lou. Her older sister, Dale, fires the boys and engages a bunch of female wranglers. To get even, Betty Lou persuades two shifty cowboys to masquerade as horse thieves. She is unaware that the villainous duo intends to really steal the horses and lay the blame on her. Roy Rogers sets out in pursuit of the rustlers determined to restore the missing...
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jean Porter, Andrew Tombes, Edward Gargan. Roy does a "Taming of the Shrew" bit with Dale in this likable Republic outing. He also has time to sing a few songs and nab of few outlaws. This is a big lavish Republic production in which Roy who'd been on screen since 1935 receives his first screen kiss. Interestingly enough it was from Porter and not his future wife Evans. Most definitely recommended. 16mm.
Romantic drama combines with humor, star power combines with lavish spectacle, and the walls come tumbling down! This Academy Award -winning extravanganza's street-splitting, brick-cascading, fire-raging re-creation of the cataclysmic earthquake remains "one of the greatest action sequences in the history of the cinema, rivalling the chariot race in both Ben-Hurs" (Adrian Turner, Time Out Film Guide). Clark Gable plays rakish Barbary Coast kingpin Blackie Norton. Jeanette MacDonald portrays a...
San Francisco has long enjoyed its reputation as the counter-culture capital of America, drawing bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists into its streets. With the onset of the digital Gold Rush, however, young members of the tech elite are flocking to the West Coast to make their fortunes, and the influx of new tech wealth is forcing San Francisco to reinvent itself. As these innovators lead America into the golden age of digital supremacy, are the techies changing the heart and soul...
Policing morality has always been one of the most problematic jobs in law enforcement. And in San Francisco, where morality and related laws shift constantly, it is more complicated than almost anywhere else in America. In the 1950's it was illegal to serve a known homosexual alcohol. In the '90s, there are clubs where people dress up as slaves and pay for the privilege of a whipping and it is all legal. In this environment, the men and women of SAN FRANCISCO VICE must perform their difficult...
An account of the sensational murder trial of Jim Mitchell who killed his brother Artie in 1991. A "dream team" of lawyers, who claimed the murder was an accident, defended Jim, who had built a multi-million-dollar pornography empire with his Artie.
Golden Globe -nominee Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie, Sweet Justice) stars in the lead role as famed photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway. Haunted by nightmares, stalked by a love-obsessed psycho, and determined to solve the disappearance of her own mother, Hathaway returns to her hometown and the Sanctuary, a sprawling resort along the Georgia coast. As she searches for answers however, she bears witness to gruesome murders and more.
What could be worse than being imprisoned in a locked-down clinic where nothing is what it seems, and nobody believes you are who you say you are? How about beginning to suspect that they're right? "Sanctuary" is a suspenseful psychological thriller set against the spectacular backdrop of the Italian Alps that deals with the defining human issues of survival, identity, trust and betrayal. An engrossing story that asks: Who would you become in order to survive?