Family Plot
Theatrical Release Date: 04/09/1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Ed Lauter, Cathleen Nesbitt
Plot: Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Rabid
Theatrical Release Date: 04/08/1976
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage, Susan Roman
Plot: A woman involved in an accident undergoes an experimental surgery to save
her life. However, the side effects include a craving for blood and
turning those she bites into ravenous monsters.
The Bad News Bears
Theatrical Release Date: 04/07/1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Walter Matthau, Chris Barnes, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley, Erin Blunt
Plot: A funny look at little league baseball in Southern California. Former minor player Morris Buttermaker is a lazy drunk who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of misfit kids who have virtually no talent. Coach Buttermaker brings a girl pitcher Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend and a punk kid who happens to be the best player around.
Sparkle
Theatrical Release Date: 04/07/1976
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam O'Steen
Actors: Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood
Velvet Smooth
Theatrical Release Date: 04/07/1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Fink
Actors: Johnnie Hill-Hudgins, Owen Watson, Emerson Boozer, René Van Clief, Elsie Roman, Moses Lyllia
The Blue Bird
Theatrical Release Date: 04/05/1976
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Cicely Tyson, Robert Morley, Harry Andrews
Face to Face ( Ansikte mot ansikte )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/05/1976
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Aino Taube, Gunnar Björnstrand, Kristina Adolphson, Marianne Aminoff
Plot: A psychiatrist suffers a nervous breakdown.
The Manhunter
Theatrical Release Date: 04/03/1976
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Sandra Dee, Roy Thinnes, Albert Salmi, Sorrell Booke, David Brian, Royal Dano
Plot: After a man's son is shot and killed during a bank robbery, he hires a professional hunter
to track down the man who shot him.
