John Franco – IDLIX

Under the Volcano

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:40:55 +0000

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul’s self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

The Star Chamber

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:30:35 +0000

As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.

The Ninth Configuration

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:36:00 +0000

Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates’ delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.

Prophecy

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:00:42 +0000

When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. Chief John Hawks insists the loggers are poisoning the water supply, and, though company man Isley denies it, the Vernes can’t ignore the strangely mutated wildlife roaming the woods. Robert captures a bear cub for testing and soon finds himself the target of an angry mutant grizzly.

On the Yard

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:00:08 +0000

Chilly is “top con” on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly’s power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.

Straight Time

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:26:23 +0000

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

Sorcerer

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:55:21 +0000

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:11:23 +0000

After avenging his family’s brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him – and Wales can’t bring himself to leave them unprotected.

The Missouri Breaks

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:10:23 +0000

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan’s gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton’s ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan’s gang.

McQ

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:01:21 +0000

Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.