Left (2014)

Actors: Stephen Arruda (actor), Stan-Lee Ray Baker (actor), Justin Barrett (actor), Carson Billings (actor), Joshua Briscoe (actor), Michael Cruz (actor), Michael Cruz (actor), Montravion Cushionberry (actor), Dean Dawson (actor), Lance De Los Santos (actor), David DeLao (actor), Adam Duncan (actor), Taven Epps (actor), Les Gaddis (actor), Grey Acuna (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Ninja, the Violent Sorceror (1982)

Actors: Ji-Lung Chang (actor), Hung Lieh Chen (actor), Tao Chiang (actor), Hua Chung (actor), Charley Collins (actor), Hsiao Pao Ko (actor), Tak Mun Kon (actor), Feng Ku (actor), Danny Lee (actor), Yuen Lin (actor), Yuen Lin (actor), Yuen Lin (actor), Mark Long (actor), Feng Lu (actor), Harry Carter (actor),

Plot: Stephen Baker/Barker/Parker (the name is pronounced distinctly all three different ways) is aided by the magic of Taoist Collins, an expert in keung si, to cheat his way into becoming the Gambling King. He challenges Myer, a gambling master to a dice match with their lives as the stakes, and wins via cheating. Even though Stephen cheated, Myer keeps his word and shoots himself, much to the consternation of his son, Leslie. Rose Myer, the ghost of his wife, individually comes to her brothers-in-law, Roger (a ninja in white), and Ken (a nerdy ninja in green, who also disguises himself as a keung si and a Taoist priest at various points) and wants her husband's death avenged. Collins sends his keung si after the two of them, while Leslie Myer and his father's best friend seek out the help of James Webber, a master gambler who became an alcoholic after losing one time. After Leslie calls him a coward along with some unprintable words, Webber agrees to help, but not alone. H recruits his friend Anna, whom we find participating in a bar fight, and his friends Ricky and Lily, working as a stuntman and a purotechnician on a movie, respectively. These three combine their fighting and gambling prowess to send dice flying into walls and so forth. Meanwhile, Roger and Ken recruit Taoist West in helping them defeat the keung si, bringing along a grenade so they can deal with Mr. B or P, who is obviously in a different film from what they are in.

Keywords: alcoholic, avenge, bar-fight, cheating, chinese-vampire, death, defeat, dice, gambler, gambling
Genres: Action, Fantasy,

Show Boat (1951)

Actors: Chet Brandenburg (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Peter Camlin (actor), Gower Champion (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), John Crawford (actor), Frank Dae (actor), Roy Damron (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), Leif Erickson (actor), George Ford (actor), Robert Fortier (actor), Dan Foster (actor), William Hall (actor), Boyd Ackerman (actor),

Plot: The "Cotton Blossom", owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Julie Laverne and her husband are the stars of the show. After, a snitch on board calls the local police that Julie (who's half- African-American) is married to a whiteman, they are forced to leave the show boat. The reason being, that down south interracial marriages are forbidden. Magnolia Hawk, Captain Andy Hawks daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry, without Parthy Hawks approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the, "Cotton Blossom", for a whirl wind honeymoon and being to live in a Pl: fantasy world. Magnolia soon faces reality quickly, that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else. Magnolia confront Gaylord and after he gambles away their fortune he leaves her - not knowing she is pregnant. Magnolia is left penniless and pregnant, and is left to fend for herself, and make a new start.

Keywords: absent-father, based-on-novel, based-on-stage-musical, based-on-stage-musical-based-on-novel, biracial, christmas, dancer, dancing, desertion, expectant-father
Genres: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: It's NEW! Hundreds In The Cast! Lift your heart with love, music, joy! Spectacular in color by Technicolor! M-G-M's glorious NEW "SHOW BOAT" HERE IT COMES! The M-G-M "SHOW BOAT"!

Quotes:

Julie: Pride is smaller than kindness.

Cap'n Andy Hawks: It's Saturday night again! [He slaps Parthy affectionately on her rear end]::Parthy: Oh! It's Wednesday night and don't you strike me!::Cap'n Andy Hawks: It's Saturday night forever!::Parthy: Yes, and Fourth of July... and Christmas... and [imitating Cap'n Andy when he celebrates New Year's Eve] Hap - - -py New Year!

Gaylord Ravenal: [borrowing Magnolia's jewels so that he can pawn them] Don't worry darling, it's only temporary. I'll get them back for you.::Magnolia: Everything can be temporary - -except us.

Cap'n Andy Hawks: (hearing of Magnolia's engagement to Ravenal) Son, I hope it's not Saturday night one minute, with a cold Monday morning to follow. Whatever happens, Nollie, always remember to smile.

Magnolia: [to Gaylord Ravenal] I know there's no other woman... no flesh-and-blood woman. But I can't fight this Lady Luck of yours, this fancy queen in her green felt dress.

Steve: [about Pete] There's still not enough room on this boat for the two of us!

Julie: Where to, Sir Lancelot?::Steve: Gonna get a cup of coffee.::Julie: Gonna be a good boy?::Steve: Sure, if that's what you want.

Drunken sport: [on hearing Magnolia try to sing at the Trocadero] Take her back to the river... hee, hee, hee!

Julie: Mister... if you ever get to see Nollie, not get together with her I mean, but- if you ever do get to talk to her, don't ever tell her you saw me; I mean, don't ever tell her you saw me like this.

Magnolia: Julie, nothing's changed.::Julie: [embracing Magnolia] Oh Nollie, Nollie, always true! Stay happy now.