Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The Congo is deep in the throes of the post-colonial Simba Rebellion. American mercenary Bruce Curry (Rod Taylor) is ordered to take a train load of Congolese soldiers to an isolated town before its overrun by the rebels. On paper he’s going there to rescue the citizens, but his real mission is to retrieve millions in …
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Film Review: The Time Machine (1960)
SYNOPSIS: “On January 5th 1900, a disheveled looking H.G. Wells – George to his friends – arrives late to his own dinner party. He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work about which his friends knew. They were also unbelieving, and skeptical of any practical use if it did indeed work. George knew that his …
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SYNOPSIS: “Melanie Daniels is the modern rich socialite, part of the jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer Mitch Brenner sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the …
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