Michael McCarthy

Movies5

• Movie6.7

  DocumentaryDrama

  Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.

  For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

  2020 · 3 votes

• Movie6.3

  DramaCrime

  Ace crime reporter Watling tries to discover the identity of a notorious jewel thief, but his informant is murdered. At a house party, Watling helps detective Adam expose the criminal.

  Flannelfoot

  1953 · 3 votes

• Movie7.8

  Documentary

  Often called the worst director in the history of cinema, Ed Wood is nevertheless a beloved figure among cult-film aficionados for his oddball productions. This documentary takes a look back at Wood's unique career at the margins of 1950s Hollywood, speaking to those who loved him and hated him. Bela Lugosi Jr. discusses his father's work in the abysmal "Plan 9 From Outer Space," while a Baptist reverend recalls how he was tricked into financing the film.

  The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

  1996 · 13 votes

• Movie8.7

  DramaTV Movie

  Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption. Originally aired as part of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens.

  A Christmas Carol

  1959 · 6 votes

• Movie4.5

  Crime

  Crime reporter Gilbert Harding recites the story of a crime to a newspaper editor

  Behind the Headlines

  1953 · 2 votes