lucasmkater's Wishlist
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Twixt (2011)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
In this gothic horror film from Francis Ford Coppola, a has-been writer becomes embroiled in a murder mystery during a stop on his book tour. The ghost of a girl appears in his dream and…
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Promises Written in Water (2010)
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Delfine Bafort, Sage Stallone …
Directed by: Vincent Gallo
From director Vincent Gallo comes a visually poetic film that was shot in a conceptual fashion, without a script and with the actors having limited knowledge of the story, which finds…
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It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2006)
Cast: Margit Carstensen, Lauren German, Bruce Glover …
Directed by: Crispin Glover
Director Crispin Glover follows up his audacious What Is It? with the story of Paul (Steven C. Stewart), who's transported from his wheelchair-bound life into a fantasy world where…
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What Is It? (2005)
Cast: Michael Blevis, Rikky Wittman, John Insinna …
Directed by: Crispin Glover
Creating a visual experience that must be seen to be believed, director Crispin Glover mixes script with searing images in this utterly unique film. From a Shirley Temple look-alike dressed…
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Blackenstein (1972)
Cast: John Hart, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue …
Directed by: William A. Levey
After Eddie (Joe De Sue) loses his arms and legs in Vietnam, his fiancée, Winifred (Ivory Stone), enlists the help of Dr. Stein (John Hart) in reassembling her limbless lover. But when…
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart …
Directed by: Ossie Davis
Most 1970s blaxploitation vehicles function as violent, sociological artifacts with soulful soundtracks. This raucous urban action-comedy delivers genuine laughs. Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey…
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The Mack (1973)
Cast: Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Roger E. Mosley …
Directed by: Michael Campus
Max Julien stars as Goldie, a sharp, smooth-talking hustler who's just been released from prison after 5 years and is determined to rule the streets Oakland once again. Armed with his…
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The Black Godfather (1974)
Cast: John Evans, Rod Perry, Damu King …
Directed by: John Evans
This gritty blaxploitation flick follows up-and-coming drug lord J.J. (Rod Perry), who's determined to eliminate the white-run heroin cartel that has control of the lucrative smack trade…
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The God Who Wasn't There (2005)
Cast: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Robert M. Price …
Directed by: Brian Flemming
Borrowing the lively approach of documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me, ex-Christian fundamentalist Brian Flemming's exposé shines an unflinching spotlight on…
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Trick or Treat (1986)
Cast: Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, Marc Price …
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
After learning that his rock 'n' roll idol (Tony Fields) died in a fire, teen outcast Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price) consults a local DJ (Gene Simmons of Kiss) and learns that he can…
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre …
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Third in a trio of films inspired by Swedish author Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," this thriller follows feisty computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) as she finds…
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre …
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Tech expert Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) becomes the prime suspect when two journalists, including Dag Svensson (Hans Christian Thulin), die after &NFi;Millennium&NFi_; magazine publisher…
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube …
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and rebellious computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) team up to investigate the unsolved disappearance of wealthy Henrik Vanger's…
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Once (2006)
Cast: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh …
Directed by: John Carney
In this charming contemporary musical, a street musician in Dublin strikes up a friendship with a migrant street hawker, and the duo ends up composing and recording a series of songs over the…
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The Fourth Kind (2009)
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Charlotte Milchard, Will Patton …
Directed by: Olatunde Osunsanmi
When Alaskan psychiatrist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) begins videotaping her therapy sessions with clients, she uncovers petrifying evidence that they have experienced the fourth level…