K smette di fumare (2012)

Actors: Sebastiano Montresor (writer), Sebastiano Montresor (editor), Sebastiano Montresor (director), Carlo Di Maio (actor), Stefania Visconti (actress), Gino Versetti (actor), Marco Tizianel (actor), Annalisa Lori (actress), Renata Giusti (costume designer), Giovanni Carta (actor), Emanuela Petroni (actress), Enrico Fracca (actor), Giorgio Montresor (producer), Eveline (actress), Emanuela Trovato (actress),

Genres: Thriller,

Holmesian Guide to the Internet (2011)

Actors: Joe Aiello (actor), W. Schroeder Dorn (director), W. Schroeder Dorn (producer), Ron Lies (actor), Stanislaus Moskal (actor), Sally Kurtzman (actress), Fauso Coppi (actor), Larry Feldman (actor),

Plot: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves on opposite sides of the so-called social media controversy. To resolve their differences they both resort to creating their own avatars. The film is rife with references and cross-references to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Short,

Sherlock (2002)

Actors: Vasile Albinet (actor), Philip J. Strina (miscellaneous crew), Vlad Paunescu (producer), Brad Wyman (producer), Ruxandra Popescu (miscellaneous crew), Arthur Conan Doyle (writer), Gabrielle Anwar (actress), Constantin Barbulescu (actor), James D'Arcy (actor), Richard E. Grant (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Alan Abrams (miscellaneous crew), Valentin Popescu (actor), Struan Rodger (actor), Richard Bonehill (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: The game is afoot. This made for cable movie focuses on the young 20-something Sherlock Holmes. As the movie opens, Sherlock is in pursuit of the evil Moriarty and apparently shoots him to death, but his body cannot be found as he falls in a sewer. Ah, but anyone who knows the Holmes mythos knows that Moriarty is not so easily killed. Nonetheless, Holmes gains notoriety with the press and the police for his apparent killing of the evil Moriarty. This accomplishment brings him into the company of Dr. Watson, an early practitioner of autopsies, for the first time. Together, they start an investigation into the murder of several crimelords and become convinced that Moriarty is alive and behind a plot to organize drug dealing. Given that Moriarty is supposedly dead, Holmes finds it hard to convince Inspector Lestrade. Holmes investigation leads him to a beautiful prostitute, who posed as a rich woman to lure Holmes into the plot.

Keywords: big-ben-london, character-name-in-title, cocaine, detective, doctor-watson, dr-watson, drug-addiction, drug-dealing, heroin, london-england
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Everyone has a past. Even Sherlock Holmes. Forget Everything You Know About Sherlock Holmes

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)

Actors: Stefanie Powers (actress), John Candy (actor), Lawrence Dane (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Anthony Newley (actor), Henry Ramer (actor), Tony Lower (editor), David Perlmutter (producer), Yvonne De Carlo (actress), Lloyd Bochner (actor), Peter James (producer), Penelope Hynam (miscellaneous crew), John Trent (writer), John Trent (writer), John Trent (director),

Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Mrs. Chorley: Is that Hortense?::Sweeney: She looks perfectly relaxed to me.

Man in parking lot: Hey, what's the big idea? This was my parking spot!::Sweeney: I am sorry indeed, dear brother. We have a badly abused copy of "Lady Chatterly's Lover" that is in desperate need of an ink transfusion. I'm sure you'll understand.

Georgina: You are not fit enough to lick his boots.::Sweeney: But he is fit enough to lick your husband's ass. Is that it?

Mrs. Chorley: Hortense, the plates and silverware must be arranged and these young ladies are waiting. If you don't hurry up, they'll never get laid.

Mrs. Chorley: My late husband always used to say... [she notices that the curtains are shut] just open them a little wider so people can see what's in between.

Mrs. Chorley: As I used to say to my late husband... [she is poked with a stick] don't poke that thing at me!

Up in the Air (1969)

Actors: Wallace Bosco (writer), Leslie Dwyer (actor), Wallace Bosco (writer), Jon Pertwee (actor), George H. Brown (producer), Felix Felton (actor), Brenda Cowling (actress), Jan Darnley-Smith (director), Jan Darnley-Smith (writer), Richard Mason (editor), Mark Colleano (actor), Earl Younger (actor), Gary Smith (actor), Gary Warren (actor), Burnell Whibley (composer),

Genres: Comedy, Family,

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

Actors: Robert Wise (producer), Robert Wise (director), Shelley Winters (actress), Gloria Grahame (actress), Harry Belafonte (producer), Anna Hill Johnstone (costume designer), Bill Zuckert (actor), Ed Begley (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), David Clarke (actor), Richard Bright (actor), Wayne Rogers (actor), Robert Ryan (actor), Cicely Tyson (actress), Dede Allen (editor),

Plot: Dave Burke is looking to hire two men to assist him in a bank raid: Earl Slater, a white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a black gambler. Both are reluctant; but Burke arranges for Ingram's creditors to put pressure on him, while Slater feels humiliated by his failure to provide for his girlfriend; they eventually accept. But Slater loathes and despises blacks, and the tensions in the gang rapidly mount.

Keywords: aa-meeting, african-american, african-american-singer, army-officer, babysitter, bank-robbery, based-on-novel, black-singer, bookie, burdened-by-debt
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: By All Odds... It Stands Big And Breathless At The Top Of The List! He knew where $50,000 lay begging to be STOLEN!

Quotes:

Bocco: I'll kill you and everything you own!

Earl Slater: What you doin' with such a big ol' dog in New York?::Dave Burke: Never had a wife.

Kittie: [after kissing Johnny] That's good. But it was better when you wanted it.

Johnny Ingram: Yeah, yeah, I know I got rid of the headache. Now I got cancer.

Earl Slater: I'm off to make my fortune.::Lorry: Aah... what kind of a fortune?::Earl Slater: Just one of those... fortune fortunes.

[after Slater insults Ingram]::Dave Burke: Don't beat out that Civil War jazz here, Slater! We're all in this together, each man equal. And we're taking care of each other. It's one big play, our one and only chance to grab stakes forever. And I don't want to hear what your grandpappy thought on the old farm down in Oklahoma! You got it?::Earl Slater: Well I'm with you, Dave. Like you said, it's just one role of the dice, doesn't matter what color they are. So's they come up seven.

Earl Slater: There's only one thing wrong with it.::Dave Burke: What?::Earl Slater: You didn't say nothin about the third man being a nigger!

Tyrant of the Sea (1950)

Actors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Ross Elliott (actor), Ron Randell (actor), Rhys Williams (actor), Doris Lloyd (actress), Sam Katzman (producer), Lew Landers (director), Edwin H. Bryant (editor), William Fawcett (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Don C. Harvey (actor), Percy Helton (actor), Maurice Marsac (actor), Lester Matthews (actor),

Plot: In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napoleon has assembled an invasion fleet decides to send out one of its vessels to destroy it the French flagship under cover of fog. Forced out of retirement, ruthless, tyrannical and temperamental Captain William Blake is put in command. He wields his command with sadistic fury until an epidemic of scurvy attacks the crew and, when he refuses to go ashore for needed provision, mutiny and insubordination results...and, then, the French flagship arrives.

Keywords: 1810s, 19th-century, archive-footage, b-movie, battle, battle-at-sea, british-admiralty, british-navy, cannon, england
Genres: Adventure, War,

The Mighty McGurk (1947)

Actors: Morris Ankrum (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Vince Barnett (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), John Berkes (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Tom Dillon (actor), Jimmie Dundee (actor),

Plot: "Slag" McGurk, a former boxing champ living on memories of glories past, spends his days and nights as a bouncer/braggert/boozer at Glenson's saloon. But when "Slag" stumbles upon a young orphaned lad and agrees to help him find a relative, his life takes on a whole new meaning.

Keywords: bar, boxer
Genres: Drama,

General John Regan (1933)

Actors: Henry Edwards (director), Henry Edwards (actor), David Horne (actor), Fred O'Donovan (actor), Torin Thatcher (actor), Ben Welden (actor), Chrissie White (actress), Herbert Wilcox (producer), Eugene Leahy (actor), W.G. Fay (actor), Denis O'Neil (actor), Lennox Robinson (writer), Mary O'Farrell (actress), George A. Birmingham (writer), Pegeen Mair (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

Made on Broadway (1933)

Actors: Vince Barnett (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Joseph Cawthorn (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor), C. Henry Gordon (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), DeWitt Jennings (actor), Ivan Lebedeff (actor), Tom London (actor), Robert Montgomery (actor), Ferdinand Munier (actor), David Newell (actor), Ernie Adams (actor),

Plot: Jeff is the supreme press agent who has his own private club where the rich and powerful meet and drink for free. It is free until they need him and he charges a bundle. Jeff has power, influence and a beautiful ex-wife. Things change when Jeff saves Minnie after she jumps into the river. He gives her the fully beauty treatment and a new name, Mona Martine. He also falls hard for her, but his advances are not returned. But Mona needs Jeff, and all his expertise, when she shoots Ramon in her room.

Keywords: actress, alimony, attempted-suicide, bail-bondsman, beauty-salon, blackmailer, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, courtroom, dancing, divorce
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Quotes:

Jeff Bidwell: Careful, Mike; careful! You are speaking of the lady I almost loved.::Terwilliger: The dames *you've* almost loved would read from here to Chicago--laid end to end.::Jeff Bidwell: [thinks this over a moment] What a...quaint expression.

Jeff Bidwell: Well, Mona! How are you feeling this morning? Or have you any feelings left?::Mona: Oh, I feel swell! Gee, it's great to have people treat you so nice--you know, have your hair washed for you and your back rubbed.::Jeff Bidwell: Yes, but you will never know the exquisite pleasure of a nice, fresh shave.

Jeff Bidwell: [tying his neck-tie] There are three things in this world that nobody can do for you. One is brush your hair, one is tie your tie...::Terwilliger: And the third?::Jeff Bidwell: You guessed!