Mike's Movie Blog

Movie Title: Atlantic Ferry (1941)

Bob — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:43:53 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: In 1840 two rival steamship companies race to see who should have the best cargo between England and America. Two brothers are involved, one on each ship.

Movie Title: Those Glory Glory Days (1984) (TV)

Bob — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:27:54 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup double. Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the ’60-’61 Spurs for a documentary.

Movie Title: Cannes Man (1996)

Bob — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:30:27 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: The Cannes Film Festival. It’s where deals get made, producers get laid, and stars get paid. It’s where all the movie industry meets to buy and sell all the movies on the planet. And it’s where the art of the deal can be filled with more laughs than the deal itself. Sy Lerner (Seymour Cassel) is the quintessential movie producer, when he makes a bet that he can take any kid off the street and turn him into a superstar overnight using the universal language of the festival: hype. He meets Frank Rhinoslavsky (Francesco Quinn) and turns him into ‘Frank Rhino, one of the hottest screenwriters to hit Cannes since Faulkner and Hemingway.’ It’s not long before celebrities and producers are lining up to meet this hot young star. Dennis Hopper, Treat Williams, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich and more, all want to meet the ‘next Quentin Tarantino.’ Sy charms them with his own particular blend of hype and substance, and by the end of the festival, has lined up one of the great casts of all time. But Sy Lerner still has a few tricks up his sleeve for his wife (Rebecca Broussard), Frank Rhino and the myriad of people that have invested in this nonexistent, non-scripted film. He drops dead. And all the money the invested in his film goes up in smoke. But in the end, Sy Lerner has pulled the ultimate con, making him truly the one and only, ‘Cannes Man.’

Movie Title: Next (1989)

Bob — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:44:41 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Will, a poor player who bears an uncanny resemblance to Shakespeare, auditions on stage in front of Peter, a busy producer with his nose in the trade papers, hardly noticing Will’s extraordinary performance. Will, using the prop of a life-sized doll and changing costumes with magical speed, acts out brief scenes at the heart of Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, As You Like It, Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Titus Andronicus, Merry Wives, the Tempest, the Winter’s Tale, and other of the Bard’s plays. It’s an infinite variety show, and finally Peter’s attention is on Will. What will the producer say when Will finishes?

Movie Title: Columbia World of Sports: Billiard and Bowling Champs (1953)

Bob — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:48:31 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: This Columbia World of Sports short (production number 5808) utilizes a slow motion camera while Billiards expert Willie Hoppe demostrates several cushion shots. Bowler Joey Falcaro throws a few strikes on the bowling lanes and picks up some hard spares, while Willie Mosconi fills the pool table pockets with ball after ball after ball after…

Movie Title: Soul Plane (2004)

Bob — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:46:41 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Why just fly when you can soar with soul? After a humiliating experience on an airplane, Nashawn Wade sues the airline and is awarded a huge settlement. Determined to make good with the money, Nashawn creates the full service airline of his dreams, complete with sexy stewardesses, funky music, a hot onboard dance club, and a bathroom attendant. Departing from all-new Terminal X in Los Angeles, Soul Plane gives fly a whole new meaning taking its passengers on a maiden voyage full of comedy.

Movie Title: ‘Pimpernel’ Smith (1941)

Bob — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:22:47 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: It is mid-1939 and both Germany and England are preparing for an inevitable conflict. Professor Horatio Smith, an effete academic, asks his students to come with him to the continent to engage in an archaeological dig. When his students discover that the professor is the man responsible for smuggling a number of enemies of the Nazi state out of Germany, they enthusiastically join him in his fight. But things are complicated when one of his students brings a mysterious woman into their circle; a woman who is secretly working for the Gestapo.

Movie Title: Maniac Magee (2003) (TV)

Bob — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:36:37 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Jeffrey Maniac Magee was orphaned as a baby, but nothing gets him down. He comes to a small town which, although divided by racism, is populated by colorful/comical characters. As he searches for his place in the world, Maniac changes the people around him, espcially the other children. With his amazing athletic abilities and good, almost unbelievable deeds, his name becomes legend and with this new status he will try to unite the town.

Movie Title: Message to Garcia, A (1936)

Bob — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:44:32 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Based on the actual event of Rowan’s carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added.

Movie Title: Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)

Bob — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:33:11 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Donald Duck builds an automated dog washer while an unsuspecting Pluto naps nearby. When Donald finishes and announces his plan to use Pluto as his test subject, a battle of wills ensues, with Donald using a rubber bone and a cat puppet in an attempt to lure Pluto into the suds.