Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

The List

2007

English

3.8

♡ 3

25%

Gary Wheeler Director

R. Keith Harris as Bart Maxwell

Mary Beth Peil as Daisy Stokes

Malcolm McDowell as Desmond Larochette

Will Patton as Michael Harriston

A sudden death tied to a list from the past leads to unimaginable evil. Fresh out of law school and full of hope for the future, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death--and then by the terms of the will: the elder Jacobson has left the bulk of his estate to charity.

The Cookout

2004

English

3.8

♡ 3

5%

37%

Action

african american comedy

Lance Rivera Director Eve

Eve as Becky

Wendy Williams as Reporter #2

Mark Cuban as Self

Jonathan Silverman as Wes

When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy.

Winds of the Wasteland

1936

English

6.0

♡ 3

39%

Mack V. Wright Director

Sam Flint as Dr. William Forsythe

John Wayne as John Blair

Herman Hack as Townsman

George Morrell as Townsman

The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.

Manderlay

2005

Danish

7.2

♡ 10

50%

Lars von Trier Director

Bryce Dallas Howard as Grace Margaret Mulligan

Willem Dafoe as Grace's Father

John Hurt as Narrator

Jeremy Davies as Niels

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

I Will Buy You

♡ 2

Masaki Kobayashi Director

Fujio Suga as

Reiko Minakami as

Minoru Ôki as Gorô Kurita

Eijirô Tôno as Ogushi

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Une famille à louer

2015

French

5.5

♡ 5

parent child relationship

Romance

single mother

Jean-Pierre Améris Director

Pauline Serieys as Lucie Mandini

Edith Scob as Madame Delalande

Benoît Poelvoorde as Paul-André Delalande

Virginie Efira as Violette Mandini

Forty-year-old Paul-André is a timid, rather introverted man. Rich but alone, he is deeply bored and ends up concluding that what he needs is a family. Violette, a forty-year-old full of energy, is threatened with eviction and is afraid she'll lose custody of her two children. Paul-André then proposes a totally above the board contract to rent the family in exchange for him paying off Violette's debts. For better and for worse..

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The List

The Cookout

Winds of the Wasteland

Manderlay

I Will Buy You

Une famille à louer