A soviet spy ring is on the trail of a prominent Boston mathematician, trying to get their hands on his breakthrough equations. The longer it takes to get the goods, the more desperate the Soviets become. Can the Boston branch of the FBI snuff out the spy plot before it's too late? Walk East on Beacon was... Continue Reading →
A young psychopath (Grant Harvey) obsessed with his therapist (Katie Sackhoff) loses control when she spurns his advances, shooting up the college campus where she teaches, taking hostages along the way. The ordeal forces the therapist to deal with some demons of her own. A Deadly Obsession is of particular interest to me because it... Continue Reading →
A Harvard College student thinks he has a letter from George Washington that proves the American hero was actually loyal to the crown and the whole Washington story is a hoax. He tries to get the letter to a professor (Elliot Gould) and the shenanigans begin. Gould is chased by the FBI, the mafia, some... Continue Reading →
Professor Peter Proud (Michael Sarrazin) is having nightmares. The same dreams night after night, and they are freaking him out. But are they dreams, or is he flashing back to a previous incarnation of his life? When he sees an infomercial advertising tourism in Massachusetts, he notices a landmark that keeps recurring in his dreams.... Continue Reading →
After a Harvard law student (Robert F. Lyons) on a drug run falls in love with a California girl (Barbara Hershey), he convinces her to smuggle the next shipment of marijuana to Boston and join him. She gets busted with the drugs at Logan Airport and a crooked Boston cop (Charles Durning) ends up with... Continue Reading →
Philip Michael Thomas is an African-American doctor let out of federal jail early (he had been convicted of performing illegal abortions) in order to go to a fictitious Massachusetts island to assist the town doctor, who was his mentor at Harvard. When the old doctor dies, the newcomer is tasked with curing a town of... Continue Reading →
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