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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

John Henry (1986, TV Movie)



































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"On the night John Henry was born, lightning bolts shaped like nine-pound hammers filled the sky," and from that day on, John Henry was known as the extraordinary boy who became an extraordinary man. Acclaimed film actor Danny Glover stars as John Henry, the American folk hero who became the famous steel-driving man of American folklore and song.

Friday, November 27, 2020

Rooftops (1989)











































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Storyline
This is the story of a young man named T, a misunderstood loner who has escaped the heartless streets of New York's Lower East Side to make a life for himself on the rooftops of banded tenement buildings. T and the other homeless kids live by their wits at an empty lot they call the Garden of Eden. In his rock n' roll paradise, T encounters the alluring Elana. They are immediately attracted to each other, and their passion soon grows into an explosive love affair. Unexpectedly, T discovers that Elana is connected with a ruthless street gang of killers. When he confronts her with the truth, T is suddenly caught up in a deadly, heart-pounding struggle.