Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Writer: Melvin Van Peebles
Release Year: 1971
Who’s The Man?
Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles), who seems to be some sort of live sex performer, one day pisses off The Man and sparks off a firestorm of police violence. The rest of this film is nothing more than an extended chase as Sweetback has to keep eluding the police as he tries to find a safe haven…
Director: Uwe Boll
Writer: none, inspired by true events
Release year: 2009
Much ado about Toothpaste…
Four petty criminals share a minuscule cell and spend most of their days playing poker and exchanging tall stories. One day, a game of poker runs out of hand and the weakest player of the foursome loses a bet…
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: Neil Fisher
Release Year: 1974
My mother liked O.J., he really knew what he wanted.
Yes, this is a documentary on footballer O.J. Simpson directed by George A. Romero between The Crazies (1973) and Martin (1977) that was shot by Bill Hinzman. Yes, really.
Director: Charles Guard and Thomas Guard
Writer: Graig Rosenberg, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, based on a 2003 screenplay by Ji-woon Kim
Release year: 2009
Uninvited but nevertheless endurable US re-make.
When Anna, who lost her mother in a tragic accident, returns from a psychiatric clinic, she is happily re-united with her sister Alex. But she also comes home to Rachel, her father’s new girlfriend, to which she doesn’t take a liking. When terrifying nightmares begin to haunt her, Anna gets convinced not all is well with her family…
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Bruce Joel Rubin based on a novel by Diana Henstell
Release Year: 1986
Boys will be boys and girls will be robots.
Young nerd Paul Conway (Matthew Laborteaux) moves to a new town for school to work on his robot and meets cute girl-next-door Samantha Pringle (Kristy Swanson). Because of a close encounter with professional paranoid crazy lady Elvira Parker (Anne Ramsey) Paul’s life takes an unfortunate turn. Eventually, Paul’s robot BB (annoyingly voiced by Charles Fleischer) and Samantha get a little closer together than anyone could have wished….
