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Herbie Rides Again (1974)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hayes, Helen | Berry, Ken | Powers, Stefanie | McIntire, John | Wynn, Keenan | Hall, Huntz | Slattery, Richard X. | Bailey, Raymond | Tobin, Dan | Devry, Elaine | Dunn, Liam | Scotti, Vito | Colley, Don Pedro | McCann, Chuck | Blake, Larry J.
Directors: Stevenson, Robert
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Alonzo Hawk is a mean-spirited property developer who has bought several blocks of land in the downtown district in order to build a gigantic shopping mall. There is one problem however; an elderly widow named Steinmetz won’t sell the one remaining lot that Hawk needs to proceed with his scheme. So he resorts to all manner of chicanery, legal or otherwise, to get it. Fortunately, the widow Steinmetz has an ace up her sleeve in the form of Herbie, the miraculous Volkswagen.

Terror by Night (1946)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Mowbray, Alan | Hoey, Dennis | Godfrey, Renee | Worlock, Frederick | Forbes, Mary | Knaggs, Skelton | Bevan, Billy | Steele, Geoffrey | Allen, Gilbert | Cording, Harry | Davis, Boyd | Hamer, Gerald | Hodgson, Leyland
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs’ mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer’s hiding place and deduce that long-time foe Moriarty’s henchman Colonel Sebastian Moran is somehow involved in the crime.