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Full Catalogue

CONTENTS
INTER
N ATIO NA L
ACTION/ADVENTURE Pgs. 2– 23
DRAMA Pgs. 24 – 37
FAMILY Pgs. 38 – 43
COMEDY Pgs. 44 – 53
THRILLER/HORROR Pgs. 54 – 67
DOCUMENTARY Pgs. 68 – 71
EROTIC Pgs. 72 – 75
PLATINUM COLLECTION Pgs. 76 – 101
ACTION/ADVENTURE
18 FINGERS OF DEATH
ACTION/ADVENTURE
84 CHARLIE MOPIC
Starring: James Lew, Maurice Patton,
Pat Morita, Lorenzo Lamas, Lisa Arturo
Starring: Jonathan Emerson, Nicholas
Cascone, Jason Tomlins
Meet martial arts star Buford Lee, one of the
best-kept secrets in Hollywood. Unbeknownst
to just about everyone, Lee has starred in
exactly 803 low-rated films. But will he ever
find his breakout role?
A patrol gets lost in the Central Highlands of
Vietnam and finds itself in deep trouble seen
through the eyes of “Mopic,” the patrol’s
cameraman. The cameraman is trying to make
a documentary that can be used as a training
film. The members of the reconnaissance unit
share their diverse experience while Mopic
shoots the film. The crew battles for their
lives, hoping to return with the film to tell the
world of the horrors of war.
Directed by James Lew. 2006/87 min.
AMERICAN CYBORG:
STEEL WARRIOR
Starring: Uri Gavriel, Joe Lara
In a post-apocalyptic world, a martial arts
master joins forces with a 12-year-old Ninja
to rescue a beautiful young woman and
her scientist father from the clutches of a
power-mad industrial magnate and the killing
machine that is trying to stop them.
AMERICAN SAMURAI
Starring: David Bradley, Mark Dacascos,
Valarie Trapp
An American reporter and a martial arts expert
with a half-brother who is a yakuza drug dealer
battle swordsmen from around the world in a
Turkish arena.
Directed by Sam Firstenberg. 1992/94 min
Directed by Boaz Davidson. 1993/94 min
Directed by Patrick S. Duncan. 1989/95 min.
AURORA: OPERATION
INTERCEPT
Starring: Bruce Payne, Natasha
Andreichenko, Lance Henriksen, Corbin
Bernsen, Dennis Christopher
The United States receives a videotape from
Dr. Zaborszin, demanding that the U.S. admit
responsibility for her father’s mysterious
death three years earlier or she will down an
airplane every four hours with an electromagnetic weapon. It’s Aurora 1 versus Aurora
2 at 60,000 feet in a supersonic war which
will reveal the secrets of Aurora: Operation
Intercept.
BASE II, THE
Starring: Antonio Sabato Jr., James
Remar, Duane Davis, Yuji Okumoto &
Melissa Lewis
US Army Investigator John Murphy has been
sent to look into a series of suspicious deaths
that have been going on under the watch of
Colonel Strauss. After going undercover and
infiltrating Strauss’s unit, Murphy discovers that Strauss and his men are leading a
vigilante gang to dispense ‘justice’ to those
they feel have been wrongly acquitted of various crimes.
Directed by Mark L. Lester. 2000/97 min.
Directed by Paul Levine. 1995/94 min.
300 KILLERS
Starring: Johnny Andrews, Tierra
Peterson, J.P. Simmons
Violent crime has risen five hundred percent.
When detective Frank McGuffin disappears
undercover, his girlfriend, Vicki teams up with
Chief Lomax on a suicide mission to end these
brutal crimes.
Directed by Matt Jaissle. 2010/90 min.
9 ½ NINJAS
Starring: Michael Pehnicie, Andee Grey,
Tiny Lister
A cautious and disciplined martial artist trains
a young woman in the ancient ways of the
ninja. He realizes she’s being followed by
another group of ninjas who want to assassinate her. To save her life and so that she can
take her rightful place as a warrior, an all-out
effort is made to take out the evil ninjas in this
crazy mixture of sex, kung fu and non-stop
ninja action.
AMERICAN KICKBOXER 1
AMONG THIEVES
Starring: John Barrett, Keith Vitali
Starring: David Dick, Meghan Duffy,
Carey Smith
Kickboxing champion B.J. is jailed for an
accidental murder thanks to the testimony of
his arch-nemesis Denard. A year later, B.J.
is released and then challenged by Denard
for $100,000. Will B.J. accept and get even
with Denard?
Directed by Frans Nel. 1991/92 min
Directed by Aaron Worth. 1992/88 min.
Victor, Amy and David reunite at their favorite
hangout after not seeing each other for ten
years. They meet up assuming it’s going to be a
night of reminiscing, but when they accidentally
discover a secret document from a rogue
Senator, they are thrown into a perilous journey
that leads them through a maze of conspirators.
They delve into the hidden workings of the
media, the global oil cartel, international
banking and the world of espionage as they
seek to expose the controlling reason behind
the war in Iraq.
AUTOMATIC
Starring: Olivier Gruner,
Daphne Ashbrook
It is 2033 and every home should be equipped
with the latest in home security devices, the
Automatic J76. The J76 is a man-machine
security guard, defender and handyman.
When a female employee, Laura is assaulted
at work, an Automatic prototype intervenes
and accidentally kills her offender setting in
motion a man-hunt for the machine and Laura
throughout the company’s headquarters
Directed by John Murlowksi. 1994/90 min.
Directed by Paul H. Boge. 2009/118 min.
83 HOURS TIL DAWN
Starring: Peter Strauss, Robert Urich
When the deranged psychopath who abducted
the teenage Julie Burdock demands a halfmillion dollar ransom from her wealthy father,
the distraught dad is forced to decide whether
to put his trust in the FBI or try to rescue her
on his own. But with his terrified daughter
buried alive in a small box, he knows he must
act quickly to save her life.
Directed by Donald Wrye. 1990/96 min.
ASSASSIN’S CODE
ACTIVE STEALTH
AMERICAN NINJA 5
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Lisa Vidal, Fred
Williamson, Hannes Jaenicke
Starring: Pat Morita, David Bradley,
Lee Reyes
Starring: Min-su Choi, John Savage,
Julian Lee
Conspiracy and deceit season this action film
set in the heart of Central America’s illegal
narcotics operations. While escorting a traveling U.S. congressman, a drug cartel abducts
military pilot Capt. Murphy and his superior;
they’re rescued but can’t find their compatriot,
Rifkin. Murphy ultimately learns Rifkin is
being held prisoner and sets out to free him,
unaware that he’s walking into a trap.
When a scientist’s daughter is kidnapped,
American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts
to find her, but this time he teams up with
a youngster he has trained in the ways of
the ninja.
To hide from his past sins as a government
assassin, former agent Paul Thorn withdrew
to an anonymous identity and a quiet life of
normalcy. When a former partner delivers blueprints for a lethal technological secret and dies
on Paul’s floor, Paul is forced back into the
deadly world of international espionage.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray. 1999/99 min.
Directed by Bobby Jean Leonard. 1993
Directed by Lawrence Riggins. 2011/90min.
BLACK KNIGHT
RETURNS, THE
Starring: Adam Salandra, Win Lugo,
Cheryl Texiera
When an evil corporation threatens to unleash
the black plague, Evan Grail, is recruited by
his grandfather, Max, into the order of the
Black Knights – a secret band of warriors
who have fought evil and injustice throughout
history. When Evan learns that his parents
were murdered by the same twisted villain,
Simon Darth, who threatens to unleash the
plague, he answers the call of the Black
Knights to meet Simon’s evil army in battle
and save the day.
Directed by Juan Avilez. 2009/87 min.
BAD KARMA
BLACK THUNDER
Starring: Ray Liotta,
Dominic Purcell, Andy McPhee,
Vanessa Gray
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Catherine
Bell and Richard Norton
Low-level criminal Jack Molloy has a
heart attack and crashes into a building
while racing to join his partner Yale
Coolidge in hijacking a big drug deal.
Three years later, Molloy is straight,
employed and in love. But when Yale
starts stalking Molloy and frames him in
a brutal robbery-homicide, Molloy finds
his new life quickly falling apart as all he
cares for is targeted for destruction by
his psychotic former partner-in-crime.
Libyan terrorists have taken control of the
Mach 2 jet -- the U.S. Air Force’s supreme
and most advanced weapon, equipped with
a technologically superior stealth system
that renders it invisible. It’s up to pilot Vince
Connors (Michael Dudikoff) to get the jet back
to safe territory before the Libyans unleash its
true power.
Directed by Rick Jacobson. 1997/85 min.
Directed by Suri Krishnamma. 2012
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
BLOWBACK
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, James
Remar, Sharisse Baker & Gladis Jimenez
Inspector Don Morrell (Mario Van Peebles),
a former seminarian, had used his religious
training to help catch serial killer Claude
Whitman (James Remar). But now, Whitman
has been released into a CIA-backed program
to work as a hired gun for the government.
With his taste for blood renewed, he escapes
his new position and embarks on a murderous
spree. Only Morrell can stop him.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
BRAINSMASHER: A LOVE
STORY
Starring: Andrew Dice Clay, Teri Hatcher
Sam Crain, a professional model, is asked by
her sister to smuggle a package from Europe
to Portland, Oregon where she discovers that
her sister is battling Chinese Shaolin Monks.
Fleeing the monks, Sam unwittingly draws Ed
“Brainsmasher” Molloy, a nightclub bouncer,
into danger and he ends up rescuing Sam and
hers sister from the Shaolin’s Ninjas.
Directed by Albert Pyun. 1993/88 min.
BULLET TO BEIJING
CASE OF HONOR
Starring: Michael Caine, Jason Connery
and Mia Sara
Starring: Timothy Bottoms,
John Phillip Law
When long-time British agent Harry Palmer
loses his job because the Cold War is over, a
Russian boss man, Alex, promptly approaches
him. Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia’s
future, which is threatened because a deadly
biochemical weapon called the Red Death,
has been stolen from him. He’ll pay Harry
to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off
that it’s being sent to Beijing by train, aboard
which we begin to learn whose side everyone’s
really on.
Filipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. A
handful of prisoners escape their captors but
have to make their way through the thicket
of the Vietnamese jungle. They manage to
accomplish this goal -- and pick up a group
of call girls, whom they promise to help flee
the country. Now, they must learn how to fly a
grounded plane upon which they’ve stumbled.
COMMANDER HAMILTON
Starring: Peter Stormare, Lena Olin and
Mark Hamill
Commander Hamilton tells the story of an elite
Swedish military squadron that is requested
by the Central Intelligence Agency to retrieve a
stolen Russian nuclear missile that has fallen
into the hands of Libyan terrorists.
Directed by Harald Zwart. 1998/90 min.
COYOTE RUN
Starring: Michael Pare and
Peter Greene
An alcoholic deputy and ex-Vietnam veteran
who still bears the emotional scars from that
conflict meets a rogue mobster on the run with
$15 million. This is his opportunity to catch
the bad guy as well as exorcise a few of his
Vietnam demons in the bargain.
Directed by Shimon Dotan. 1996/101 min.
Directed by Eddie Romero. 1988/88 min
Directed by George Mihalka. 1995/122 min.
BODYWORK
Starring: Hans Matheson, Charlotte
Coleman, Beth Winslet,
Virgil has just bought the car of his dreams. He
knows it has a couple of things wrong with it,
but nothing that a night at the body shop can’t
fix... or is it? When a dead body is discovered
in the trunk, Virgil is under suspicion for murder, and he has to get underground fast.
Written and Directed by Gareth Rhys Jones.
1999/92 min.
BRO
BULLFIGHTER
Starring: Danny Trejo, Beau Manley,
Colin “Scummy” Morrison, Will Chavez,
Starring: Oliver Martinez, Willem Dafoe,
Donnie Wahlberg, Robert Rodriguez
A college student gets involved in the wild
partying lifestyle of the professional freestyle
motocross world after meeting his girlfriend’s
brother. The deeper he gets, the sooner he
finds himself in a downward spiral, looking for
a way out and asking himself how far is he
willing to go to achieve a sense of belonging.
In this modern western, a shiftless drifter
(Olivier Martinez) fascinated with bullfighting
is implicated in the accidental goring death
of a crime boss’ daughter and finds himself
the unwitting target of a vicious manhunt.
Battling demons from within and without, amid
intrigue and violence, this suspenseful yet
humorous tale propels us into the war between
good and evil and the search for redemption in
a world gone mad.
Directed by Nick Parada. 2012/89 mins.
CHAIN OF COMMAND
Starring: David Dudikoff, Todd Curtis
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought
to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with
some other agency to take over the oil rich
country of Qumir, he finds he’s in the middle
of a very explosive situation. Not knowing who
he can trust, he’s forced to use a process of
elimination through the chain of operatives he
encounters.
CONTROLLER, THE
Starring: Bob Rue, Larry Jones, John
Dobradenka, Cathy Rankin
Billionaire William Phelps’ wife has been
kidnapped and held for ransom. To win her
back, William must beat a video game designed
by her captor in 8 hours, with help from the
best gamers in the world.
Directed by Frank Michels. 2008/100 min.
Directed by David Worth. 1994/97 min
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Whip Hubley
Business quickly turns personal when a top
bounty hunter crosses paths with the coldblooded mercenary who murdered his brother
Directed by Kurt Anderson. 1993/90 min.
BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE
MACHINE GUN WOMAN
Starring: Fernanda Urrejola, Matias
Oviedo, Sofia Garcia, Nicolas Ibieta
A powerful Argentine gangster uses everything
in his power to stop the woman that wants
to kill him, a sexy mercenary known as “the
machinegun woman”. The staggering sum of
cash he offers for her head sets in motion an
army of hitmen. And also, by accident, bursts
in the life of naïve DJ Santiago, a common
youth that will have to steel his guts against
the underworld, and above all, survive the
irresistible – and bloodthirsty – Machinegun
Woman.
CARTEL WAR
Starring: Jack Lucarelli, Mercedes Brito,
Roberto ‘Sanz’ Sanchez
L.A. Undercover cops disregard the law to bring
down the most powerful drug mob in the U.S.
Loosely based on Mexico’s once most powerful
drug cartel leader, this journey into the drug
underworld cuts to the bone and through the
heart.
Directed by Jack Lucarelli and Troy Price.
2010/94 min.
Starring: Michael Dudikoff,
Frederic Forrest
The crew of the nuclear submarine, the USS
Ulysses, rescues victims of a boat disaster.
The “victims” turn out to be terrorists intent
on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the
submarine. The term “crash dive” refers to
the sudden diving of a sub to escape detection,
an act that a nuclear sub is never supposed to
make. Only a former SEAL, now a submarine
consultant, can save the crew by sneaking
aboard while the submarine is underwater.
Directed by Andrew Stevens. 1996/90 min
Directed by Rune Bendixen, 2004/90min.
BOUNTY TRACKER
CRASH DIVE
CHASE MORAN
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Joseph Culp
Alex Windham is a suave and brilliant criminal
that no prison can hold. He orchestrates an
ingenious and daring breakout from the highest security prison of the 24th century. His
plans begin to fall apart, however, when Chase
Morran unexpectedly arrives. A dangerous
game of cat and mouse begins, with each man
determined to defeat the other in this actionpacked futuristic adventure.
Directed by Gilbert Po. 1995/93 min.
COUNTER MEASURES
CRASH POINT ZERO
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, James Horan
and Alexander Keith
Starring: Treat Williams, Hannes
Jaenicke, Gary Hudson, Susan Blakely
United States Navy medical officer Jake Fuller
is detailed for a goodwill visit aboard a Russian
submarine. He and his companion, Lt. Swain
(Keith), end up alone and surrounded by terrorists who have taken over the submarine.
When they learn the vessel is equipped with an
unearthly doomsday device and the terrorists
threaten to fire it, they must prevent a global
nuclear catastrophe.
An explorer and his daughter discover a deadly
doomsday device in Siberia, and when they
try to return it to the proper officials, terrorists
hijack their plane. When the plane crashes, CIA
agent Jason Ross arrives to find the device,
rescue the survivors and stop the terrorists.
Meanwhile, the crash survivors contend with
freezing temperatures, an avalanche and a
killer bear.
Directed by Jim Wynorski. 2000/89 min.
Directed by Ernesto Diaz Espinoza. 2012/74 mins.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
CRIME LORDS
Starring: Wayne Crawford, Martin Hewitt
Williams, a veteran cop, has always refused to
polish the right people’s boots. Now pushing
forty, he’s still on the lowest rung of the police
department. When Williams and his cocky partner are assigned to what appears to be another
routine investigation, they stumble onto an,
international car smuggling ring, run by the
ruthless Crime Lords out of Hong Kong.
Directed by Wayne Crawford. 1990/96 min.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
CYBERZONE aka Droid Gunner
DEATH TRAIN
Starring: Marc Singer, Matthias Hues,
Rochelle Swanson and Robin Clarke
Starring: Pierce Brosnan,
Alexandra Paul, and Christopher Lee
In the future, the threat of global takeover by
Cyborg units has forced Earth to outlaw their
use. But when four female androids are smuggled to Earth android bounty hunter Jack Ford
is assigned to track them down. An adventurous chase takes him from the mean streets
of Phoenix to the depths of New Angeles, an
underwater city and into the diabolical clutches
of a maniacal kingpin and his criminal army.
Terrorists threaten a nuclear holocaust by
placing an atomic bomb on a hijacked train.
The United Nations Anti-Crime force (UNACO),
which specializes in anti-nuclear response,
assembles a task force. The drama builds
as the death train races across international
borders, with the UNACO task force using
sophisticated, dangerous tactics to stop it. The
international balance of power hangs in the
balance - and the world holds its breath.
DELTA FORCE 3
DILEMMA
Starring: Nick Cassavetes, Eric Douglas
Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Sofia
Shinas, Danny Trejo
A terrorist places an atom bomb somewhere
in an American metropolis. The president of
the U.S. has no other choice; he has to call
Delta Force.
Directed by Sam Firstenberg. 1991/97min.
Starring: Costas Mandylor,
Megan Gallagher
Martin Niconi is a man who grew up in the
mob. Coming to the aid of a friend, Martin
inadvertently kills the son of the most powerful
Don in New York. Knowing he is a dead man
if he doesn’t get away, Martin heads out west
to hide out in a cabin in rural America. But
the mob is ruthlessly trying to track him down,
and Martin never forgets that the hit men
are closing in and that the final showdown is
inevitable.
DAMNED RIVER
DEEP WINTER
Starring: Stephen Shellen,
John Terlesky
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Michael Madsen,
Eric Lively
A group hires a guide to take them whitewater
rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but
what they don’t know is that the guide is actually a deranged psychotic killer.
Pals since childhood, downhill skier Tyler
Crowe (Eric Lively) and snowboarder Mark
Rider (Kellan Lutz) hire a guide to lead them
deep into the untamed lands of Alaska, where
they seek out the ultimate downhill snow sport
experience. Can they carve up the untouched
slopes for fame and glory, or will the mountain
send them home, bodies bruised and spirits
crushed?
Directed by Michael Schroeder. 1989/95 min.
Directed by Directed by Mikey Hilb. 2008/90min.
DEADLY HEROES
Starring: George C. Scott,
William Peterson
Starring: Michael Paré,
Jan-Michael Vincent
George C. Scott and William Petersen are
expatriates living on Curacao. Their mysterious
friendship is tested to the limit when their former lives catch up to them. An ex-CIA agent
and a weathered former sea captain battle corrupt diplomats, crime lords and pirates in the
crossfire of international intrigue when their
island paradise explodes in battle.
The calm of Athens International Airport is
shattered when a cluster of armed terrorists’
blast away at anything that moves. With an
American plane, crew and passengers as hostage, the terrorists make their demands. The
President dispatches two undercover ex-Navy
Seals, equipped with mini-submarines and
sophisticated hi-tech armory on a mission to
send a clear message to the world’s terrorists
and to settle the score for the Athens incident.
Directed by Carl Schultz. 1993/96 min.
Directed by Menahem Golan. 1994/88 min.
Rudy Ray Moore stars as Dolemite, sent to
prison on a frame-up by some crooked cops
and his arch rival, the notorious Willy Green.
Dolemite is offered an early release if he can
bring down Green, who is terrorizing the city.
Dolemite and his beautiful female army of kung
fu killers take on the mob in one of the greatest
martial arts rumbles ever filmed.
Directed by D’Urville Martin. 1975/90 min.
DEMOCRATIC
TERRORIST, THE
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Katja Flint
The West German security police,
Verfassungsschutz, need help to infiltrate a
group connected to the Rote Arme Fraktion.
The Swedish James Bond, Carl Hamilton,
goes to Hamburg, pretending to be a Swedish
officer, thrown out of the country after having
been exposed as an East German spy. He gets
in contact with the terrorists and joins them.
Together they are planning to strike against the
CIA headquarters in Stockholm
DISAPPEARANCES
Starring: Kris Kristofferson,
Charlie McDermott, Gary Farmer,
William Sanderson, Luis Guzman
Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer
and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money
to preserve his endangered herd through the
approaching winter, resorts to whiskey smuggling. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on
the journey. Together, they cross the border
into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for
an unforgettable four days “full of terror, full
of wonder.”
DOLEMITE EXPLOSION, THE
Action
Starring: RRudy Ray Moore,
Jerry Jones, Kenneth Ivan
Dolemite Returns to the streets of Los Angeles,
in Rudy Ray Moore’s final installment of the
Blaxploitation classic.
Directed by Frank Pinnock. 2002/76 min.
Directed by Pelle Berglund. 1993/96 min.
Directed by Jay Craven. 2006/118 min.
DELTA FEVER
DESTINATION VEGAS
DISCO GODFATHER
Starring: George Alexander, Leif Garret
Starring: Jennifer Sommerfield,
Richard Lynch, Claude Duhamel,
Stephen Polk
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore,
Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch
Starring: Sam Jones, Catherine Bach
and Don Swayze
Rudy Ray Moore’s fourth in a series of cult
favorites finds him playing an ex-cop called
back into action to stop an angel dust producer.
The only thing that is holding engineer Steve
O’Neill’s life together is his young daughter,
Becky. Ever since the woman he loved died,
his life has taken a downward spiral. To
survive he takes a job in the towing business.
It does not take long for Steve to realize that
the competition is literally murderous. Steve
meets a woman who brings hope, strength and
can help Steve prepare himself for a deadly
confrontation that could cost him everything including his life.
Directed by Paul Raimondi. 1996/98 min.
CURACAO
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore,
D’Urville Martin, Jerry Jones
Directed by Eric Larsen. 1997/94 min.
Directed by David Jackson. 1993/100min.
CROSSCUT
Murderer and death row inmate Rudy Salazar
has the chance to save a life. A little girl
urgently needs a bone marrow transplant
-- and he’s a perfect match. He agrees to be
a donor, but Detective Quinlan (C. Thomas
Howell) is uneasy with the deal. Quinlan’s fears
are realized when Salazar escapes en route to
the hospital. Now, Quinlan must race against
the clock to catch a madman and save a girl’s
life in this action thriller.
DOLEMITE
As he strives to make it on his own, Nick
Ramsey has alienated his father by rejecting
his upbringing and lifestyle. Now 25, Nick has
actually become more of a drifter than the idealist he proclaims to be. When the girl Nick’s
been courting suddenly rejects him, Nick
questions his chosen “calling” as a water ski
instructor and vows to turn his life around.
Directed by William Webb. 1987/91 min.
Attorney Missy (Jennifer Sommerfield) is
the target of two ruthless hit men intent
on silencing her after she learns her
client is a murderer. Pursued by the
assassins through the Mojave Desert,
Missy is forced to team with an ex-con
named Texas (Claude Duhamel). Bullets
fly as Missy and Texas try to make it to
Sin City alive in this high octane thriller.
Directed by Paul Wynne. 1995/78 min.
Directed by by J. Robert Wagoner. 1979/93 min.
DRIVING FORCE
Directed by Andrew Prowse. 1998/90 min.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
DREAM WARRIOR
Starring: Lance Henriksen,
Sherilyn Fenn, Daniel Goddard
In the post-apocalyptic future, the despotic
Parish (Lance Henriksen) leads a new civilization that has sprung up among the ruins. But
fearing a threat to his authority from a handful
of genetic mutants who possess superhuman power and driven by an obsession for a
“pure” human culture, Parish declares war on
the mutants and zealously stalks their leader
(Daniel Goddard).
Directed byZachary Weintraub. 2003/95 min.
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Marlon Wayans
The classic role-playing game comes to life in
this magical adventure. The empire of Izmer is
a divided land: elite magicians called Mages
rule while lowly commoners are powerless.
When Empress Savina vows to bring equality and prosperity to her land, the evil Mage
Profion plots to depose her. But this good-vs.evil battle is no game!
ACTION/ADVENTURE
ECHELON 8
Starring: Lepodgy Battle,
Richard Brundage and Al Cole
Max Peterson’s problems begin when he gets
a new cell phone while on assignment in
Bangkok. When he starts getting anonymous
text messages on it that seem to predict the
future, he uses it to his advantage. After a
three million euro win at an upscale casino,
Max has the attention of the FBI, who reveal
to him that all previous owners of the phone
are dead. Together, they race to unmask the
mastermind on the other end of the line.
Directed by Joe Valenti. 2009/118 min.
EMERALD FOREST, THE
FIRESTORM
EVASIVE ACTION
FIFTY/FIFTY
Starring: Dorian Harewood, Ray Wise
and Roy Scheider
Starring: Peter Weller, Robert Hays
Starring: John Savage, Robert Carradine
Two mismatched mercenaries must overthrow
the tyrannical dictator of a South Seas island
in this action-packed adventure comedy
directed by Charles Martin Smith. Hired by the
CIA, the two money-hungry opportunists face
near-impossible odds as they try to recruit an
army in the midst of anarchy. Their mission
is in jeopardy until a gorgeous freedom fighter
joins the cause.
In the early 21st Century, a fierce battle rages
on. A heartless villain has enslaved a group
of androids. However, the android leader has
started a rebellion and an ambush at a mining compound. Unfortunately for the android,
the rebellion is quelled and the punishment
is severe. Now a dynamic battle is set in this
science-fiction adventure where the forces of
good and evil fight to an ultimate showdown.
Directed by Charles Martin Smith. 1992/101 min.
Directed by John Shepphird. 1995/90 min.
FINAL MISSION
FLIGHT OF THE BLACK ANGEL
When officials from a federal penitentiary
put several of the country’s most dangerous
prisoners on a train to transport them to a
new facility, it’s a recipe for disaster as the
jailbirds seize the opportunity to make a break
for it. Roy Scheider stars as Enzo Marcelli, an
infamous Mafia don who finds himself in the
midst of mayhem when his convict cohorts
hijack the train.
FORMOSA BETRAYED
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Wendy
Crewson, John Heard
Inspired by true events, when a TaiwaneseAmerican professor is murdered, FBI agent
Jake Kelly (James Van Der Beek) races to track
the killers back to Taiwan. Kelly soon finds
himself immersed in a dangerous conspiracy
as he dodges forces ranging from the U.S.
State Department to the Chinese Mafia.
Directed by Adam Kane, 2010/103min.
Directed by Jerry Jacobs. 1998/91 min.
EXECUTIVE COMMAND
Starring: Powers Boothe, Meg Foster,
Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Paul Winfield
and Richard Norton
Based on a true story, Powers Boothe plays an
American engineer in Brazil. Boothe’s son is
kidnapped by a rain forest tribe, and raised as
one of their own. Boothe continues his search
for him and after many trials and adventures,
stumbles upon him.
A group of terrorists steal a deadly toxin and
hijack a plane with the Vice President on
board. The only man who can stop them is the
inventor of the toxin.
Directed by Rodney McDonald. 1997/90 min.
Directed by John Boorman. 1985/100 min.
Directed by Courtney Solomon. 2000/107 min.
Starring: Billy Wirth and Corbin Bernsen
Starring: Peter Strauss, William O’Leary
Captain Tom “Outlaw” Waters is one of four Air
Force pilots taking part in a “black” Defense
project involving virtual reality. The project is
managed by a secretive Colonel Anderson and
overseen by General Breslaw. When two of
his colleagues die during test runs after some
erratic behavior in the flight simulator, Waters
begins to believe that there is a conspiracy.
He even begins to suspect his new lover,
Caitlin Cole.
Psychologically disturbed Captain Eddie
Gordon, an F-16 pilot for the U.S. Air Force,
reports for his training mission. He arms his
training jet with live weapons and takes to the
air. Only too late do they discover the game
has changed to reality as Eddie blows the
novice flyers out of the sky and shoots down
Ryan. Now it’s up to Ryan to take to the air
in a desperate attempt to terminate the Black
Angel’s apocalyptic mission.
Directed by Lee Redmond. 1993/88 min.
Directed by Jonathan Mostow. 1991/115 min.
FOREVER MINE
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Ray Liotta and
Gretchen Mol
When Alan meets the seductive Ella at an
exclusive Miami resort, they begin a passionate
affair. But when Ella’s husband, ruthless business man Mark Brice, discovers her betrayal,
he takes vicious retribution against her lover,
ensuring that she will never see him again.
But instead of ending the affair, it sparks a
deadly vendetta that will only end when one of
them is dead.
Written & Directed by Paul Schrader. 1999/115 min.
DUSTING CLIFF 7
Action
Starring: Lance Henriksen,
Nancy Allen, Scott Lincoln
Anna Bishop has a ransom on head after
she leaks a confidential file with the
location of nuclear arms buried under a
government restricted cliff in the desert.
To save herself, she must venture to
Cliff 7 alone and face her attackers.
Directed by William H. Molina. 1996/93 min.
ESCAPE
FALLOUT
FINAL VOYAGE
Starring: Kim Richards, Judson Scott
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Frank Zagarino
and Hannes Jaenicke
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Erika Eleniak,
Ice-T, Claudia Christian
This action thriller is set on Earth’s new space
station, Skyhook. It will act as a launching
point for all future manned space missions.
When terrorists take over the station, NASA
must send an experimental space plane with
eight commandos into space to re-take the
station.
When a historic cruise ship packed with celebrities sets sail for its final tour, ruthless pirate
Josef (Ice-T) and his crew hijack the vessel,
plotting to plunder the wealthy passengers’
possessions in this action-packed drama. A
movie star’s bodyguard (Dylan Walsh) mounts
a risky rescue attempt that’s made even more
treacherous when a sudden explosion threatens to sink the ship.
A young woman comes to a small town in
search of the one who murdered her brother
and finds she’s taking on the sadistic business
magnate who oppresses and terrorizes the
entire community.
Directed by Richard Styles. 1990/100 min.
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FLIPPING
Starring: David Amos, Gene Mitchell,
David Proval, Shant Benjamin
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker,
Joey, and Dennis, five gangsters who work for
a man named Leo. They soon discover they
could get more out of life if they run the streets
themselves. Tensions build and loyalty is
tested as they plan a hit that could change all
of their lives forever.
Directed by Gene Mitchell. 1997/102 min.
FORCE, THE
Starring: Jason Gedrick, Kim Delaney,
Gary Hudson
Detective Flynn, is the first cop on the scene
of a brutal murder. He discovers the victim is
his friend and is determined to find the killer.
Flynn himself is shot as he comes closer to
discovering the killer. A few days later, a
rookie cop named Warder is shot and experiences a series of strange dreams and memories during his recovery. The spirit of Flynn is
in Warner as Flynn tries to give clues from the
grave to solve his own murder.
Directed by Mark Rosman. 1994/94 min.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
FOREIGN FIELDS
Starring: Pelle Hvenegaaard, Nikolaj
Coster Waldau
Young Dane signs on as a peacekeeper in
Bosnia and is quickly disgusted by the force’s
inability to stop violence against civilians. Later
he, along with Sergeant Holt guides a trio of
blood-thirsty tourists looking to kill.
Directed by Aage Rais 2000/93 min.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
FOUR DOGS PLAYING POKER
Starring: Balthazar Getty, Olivia Williams
Four friends in debt to a murderous crime lord
devise a desperate payback plan. Each gets
a $1-million life-insurance policy, then draws
a playing card that will seal his/her fate. One
friend will be the designated killer, another the
secret designated victim. But which is which?
And who ends up dead?
Directed by Paul Rachman, 1999/98 min.
FUTURE SPORT
Starring: Gary Busey, Jeff Fahey,
Michael Worth
In 2025, Futuresport is the organized sport of
the planet. But someone else is getting organized and their game is war. Now superstar
athlete Tre Ramazy has more than the weight
of his over-inflated ego to carry – he’s in this
game fighting on behalf of the world. He learns
that playing this sport may be the only way to
stop a revolution.
Vengeance is on John Slaughter’s (Michael
Worth) mind 20 years after his family was killed
in a massacre in the late 1800s. As a grown
man, he returns to the scene of the crime, the
sleepy town of Ghost Rock, to remind himself of
the tragedy and to bring the outlaws responsible
for the atrocity to justice. With the help of a
beautiful gunslinger (Jenya Lano), Slaughter
may finally find what he seeks.
Directed by Ernest Dickerson. 1998/91 min.
FORTUNES OF WAR
Starring: Matt Salinger, Martin Sheen,
Sam Jenkins and Michael Ironside
When Canadian diplomat Carl Pimmler sends
his friend Peter Kernan and his wife Johanna
deep into the jungles of Cambodia to deliver a
truckload of medicine, he fails to tell him about
true nature of his business. Peter must use his
experience and knowledge of South East Asia
to get them out of a dangerous situation.
FREEDOM STRIKE
Starring: Michael Dudikoff and Tone Loc
When an anticipated signing of a peace
treaty between the United States and Syria
is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian
Army retaliates by stealing a nuclear weapon
that only the Freedom Strike team can stop.
Directed by Jerry Jacobs. 1998 / 93 min.
Directed by Thierry Notz. 1993/107 min.
GALE FORCE
Starring: Treat Williams, Michael
Dudikoff, Robert Clotworthy
A reality-style game show, “Treasure Hunt”
has invited a cast of contestants to the Florida
Keys to hunt for buried treasure worth $10 million. Unknown to the contestants, the game’s
host has struck a deal with the soldiers hired
to guard the money. He is not concerned with
the player’s interests or their basic safety.
Compounding the situation is the killer hurricane bearing down on the island. Who will
walk away with the jackpot?
FOUR DAYS
Starring: Lolita Davidovich and
William Forsythe
When a teenager’s father is shot during a bank
robbery, the boy is left alone holding more
than $100,000 in stolen cash. Pursued by his
father’s vengeful partner, he hitches a ride
with a beautiful woman more than ten years
his senior. Soon, bound by ties of intermingled
greed and affection, the two confront a series
of dangerous characters in their desperate
search for love and refuge.
Directed by Curtis Wehrfritz. 1999/92 min.
FUGITIVE MIND
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Michele
Greene, Heather Langenkamp
Robert Dean is an engineer for the multinational conglomerate GENCOM. One night he is
attacked and manages to escape his home and
hide in the woods. When he enters the ransacked house he finds a disk from GENCOM.
He sneaks into the company’s computer mainframe to run the disk to find his slightly altered
picture appears. Robert must confront who he
is and try to unravel the secrets of the diabolical corporation before it’s too late.
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GHOST ROCK
Starring: Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams,
Wesley Snipes
GUNBUS
Starring: Scott McGinnis, Jeffrey
Osterhage and Nicholas Lyndhurst
When two cowboys are captured in the old
west trying to rob a bank, they are exiled to the
front lines of World War I to fight alongside the
British. They get into a bet to see if they can fly
a Gunbus -- they do but then end up in another
base under an officer who is determined to
hunt down a German airship.
Directed by Zoran Perisic. 1986/105 min.
Directed by Dustin Rikert. 2004/101 min.
GRID RUNNERS
GUNSHY
Starring: Don “The Dragon” Wilson,
Michael Bernardo, Ken McCleod
Starring: William L. Peterson, Diane
Lane, Michael Wincott
Ever spend a few too many hours on
PlayStation and have nightmares that Lara
Croft or something from “Resident Evil” has
come out of the game and attacked you in real
life? That’s exactly what happens in this lowbudget action flick -- only in Virtual Combat
there are cybersex girls thrown in for extra
titillation. Video game character Dante and his
friends escape the virtual world and terrorize a
couple of Nevada border cops.
Jake Bridges, a once successful freelance
writer, always wanted to be close to the kind
of men who aren’t afraid to die. He runs into
Frankie, a psychopathic hit man with integrity and is immediately attracted to the underworld.
Directed by Jeff Celentano. 1999/120 min.
HELLBOUND
Starring: Chuck Norris,
Christopher Neame
Shatter and Jackson, two Chicago police officers, are investigating the brutal murder of a
rabbi and are summoned to Israel for questioning. While they are in Israel they continue their
investigation. They soon begin to understand
that they are chasing a supernatural being,
and if they don’t do it fast something terrible
will happen.
Directed by Aaron Norris. 1994/95 min.
HIDDEN AGENDA
Starring: Dolph Lundgren
Former government agent Jason Price (Dolph
Lundgren) is the bodyguard to a top-level
mobster-turned-informant. When a mysterious
assassin kills Price’s charge, he goes to the
FBI for help -- only to learn that the agency is
involved in the assassination plot. Price then
embarks on a one-man cross-country manhunt
to track the killer.
Directed by Marc S. Grenier, 2001/102min.
Directed by Andrew Stevens. 1996/97 min.
GENERAL, THE
THE GUILTY
Starring: Jon Voight, Brendan Gleeson,
Adrian Dunbar
Starring: Bill Pullman, Gabrielle Anwar,
and Devon Sawa
John Boorman won Best Director at the Cannes
Film Festival for this chronicle of Ireland’s
notorious Robin Hood, Martin Cahill, who
was killed by the Irish Republican Army in
1994. Cahill grows from a scrappy boy into
an unremorseful adult with a penchant for
stealing from the rich. His lifetime nemesis,
police inspector Ned Kenny, trails Cahill relentlessly as his robberies become increasingly
audacious.
To all outward appearances, defense lawyer
Callum Crane has the perfect life, with a successful career and a beautiful family. That
image is shattered when after a night of binge
drinking, Crane sexually assaults his secretary
and she threatens to go public. To save his
reputation, Crane hires a hit man.
Directed by: Anthony Waller, 2000/108 min.
HEARTS AND MINDS
Starring: Danny Koegh and Patrick Shai
A raw and powerful psychological thriller. Set
against the background of South Africa in the
late 1980s, it takes an unblinking view of that
country’s particular ‘heart of darkness’, and
conjures up a world that is both cinematic and
realistic. Authentically and powerfully shot on
a stunning visual canvas, the film features real
life footage. Hearts and Minds is a remarkable feature debut from South African director
Ralph Ziman.
Directed by: Ralph Ziman 1996/113 min.
HIJACK
Starring: Jeff Fahey and Ernie Hudson
When a prestigious Senator boards a train at
Union Station, he is expecting an uneventful
trip. His trip is interrupted when a militia group
hijacks the train, taking him and several other
passengers’ hostage, while planting a nuclear
bomb on board. A gallant ATF Agent, is the
one man who just may be capable of both
freeing the hostages and defusing the bomb
before time runs out.
Directed by Worth Keeter. 1999/94 min.
Directed by John Boorman. 1998/124 min.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT
Starring: Bill Pullman, Irene Jacob,
Bruno Kirby and Glen Plummer
Now that the Cold War is over, CIA operative
Harry is looking forward to getting out of the
world’s hotspots and owning a jazz club in
Helsinki, Finland. But his plans get put on hold
when he falls for Natasha, an attractive spy
sent to keep tabs on Howe’s whereabouts. On
opposite sides of global espionage, the undercover lovers must keep their relationship under
wraps in this spy farce.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
HOMICIDE
Starring: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy
Homicide Detective Bob Gold is hot on the trail
of a black drug dealer when he is pulled off
the case and made to investigate the murder
of an old Jewish woman. He discovers that
the lady’s wealthy son, Dr Klein, believes that
the murder was anti-Semitic and hopes that
because of Gold’s Jewish background he will
be sympathetic to the cause.
Directed by David Mamet. 1991/102 min.
Directed by Ilkka Jarvilaturi. 1999/95 min.
HUNTING
JUNGLE LAW
IMMORTAL, THE
IRON MAZE
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Steve Braun
& April Telek
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Jeff Fahey,
Hiroaki Murakami and J. T. Walsh
Starring: Jeff Wincott and Paco Christian
Prieto
This tense sensual thriller from Australia is an
almost surreal examination of humiliation, lust,
revenge and success: When Michelle Harris
meets her company’s most valued client,
successful, wealthy Michael Bergman, their
mutual attraction starts a chain of events that
has dramatic, far reaching effects on them and
everyone around them.
In the 16th century or so, Raphael Cain’s wife
was killed by demons and his daughter kidnapped. He swore an oath to kill every demon
on earth, and he and his squire Goodwin were
given immortality to complete this oath. Now,
in the 20th century, Cain and Goodwin team up
with a para-psychologist to defeat the demons
once and for all.
Produced/Written/Directed by Frank Howson.
1991/ 96 min.
Directed by Scott Summersgill, Ron Oliver & Bill
Corcoran… 2000-2001/1 Season: 22 Episodes.
This gripping thriller is set in a rundown steel
town in America where an attempted murder
has taken place. The local Police chief pieces
together the events of the previous few days
by interviewing each suspect: Our hero, who
confesses to the incident, the victim, the
victim’s wife and the victim’s father...Bizarre
twists, loyalties and lies take the audience
on a breathtaking ride as the chief uncovers
the truth.
At thirteen, John Ryan escaped prosecution
when he and his friends broke into a convenience store. Years later, his buddy Luis is still
holding a grudge that he escaped prosecution
and reform school. Luis sets out to ruin John’s
life. After getting John fired from his job and
evicted from his apartment, Luis offers John a
deal to get his life back: fight in illicit matches
and Luis will settle all his debts.
Starring: John Savage, Kerry Armstrong
and Guy Pearce
Directed by Damien Lee. 1995/98 min.
Directed by Hiroaki Yoshida. 1990 /104 min.
HIT LIST, THE
Starring: Jeff Fahey, James Coburn,
Yancy Butler
Charlie Pike is a man whose soul is nearly
dead until he meets Jordan Henning a widow
whose husband was murdered. Jordan is
introduced to Pike through a mutual friend,
Peter Mayhew, a lawyer involved in a secret
committee to wipe out elusive crime figures.
Jordan explains to Pike that her dead husband’s partner is trying to kill her, and she
hires Pike to help her. But Pike is caught in
the crossfire of revenge
HUMAN BOMB, THE
Starring: Patsy Kensit, Jurgen Prochnow
Based upon a real event that took place in
1993, a man dressed as a motorcycle courier,
walks into a classroom with dynamite strapped
to his waist, and holds the teacher and students hostage. This incredible story highlights
the bravery of the teacher and the children
involved in the deadly ransom game and the
Special Forces team gathered outside who
must diffuse the situation.
Directed by Anthony Page. 1997/92 min.
HYBRID
INFERNO
Starring: John Blyth Barrymore, Brinke
Stevens, J. J. North and Tim Abell
JIGSAW MAN, THE
Evan Lurie, Jill Kesner and Deepti
Bhatnagar
Starring: Laurance Olivier, Michael
Caine, Susan George and Robert Powell
Set in the future, where planet earth has
become a desolate waste ground, a group
of military survivors make their way through
a desert seeking shelter from an incoming
ion storm. The renegades take shelter in an
abandoned research facility. Once inside
they discover the bodies of the lab’s former
occupants and their still-living experiment: an
alien hybrid.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray 1997 / 86 min.
An ex-Interpol officer, Don “The Dragon”
Wilson, now DEA Agent tracks the man who
killed his former partner to India, where he
finds himself on a one-man mission to clean
up the criminal underworld. There he is forced
to use his Interpol police training to deal with
the most ancient customs in the underbelly of
foreign culture.
Sir Philip Kimberly was thought to be a loyal,
brilliant Englishman. He was Director General
of MI6 until his defection to Russia in 1974.
As insurance, he has hidden a dossier that
lists all Russian agents in the west over the
past 40 years. Nine years later the KGB sends
Kimberly on an assignment. Plastic surgery has
changed his appearance, and he impersonates
a Russian Commercial Attaché.
Directed by Terence Young. 1983 / 94 min.
HITMAN, THE
Starring: Chuck Norris, Michael Parks
Cliff Garret, a Seattle cop, is mortally wounded
in a drug bust. Garret’s condition is grave but
he pulls through. However, the Seattle police
have plans for him and put out the word that
Garret has died. When Garret regains his
strength, he is given a new identity as hit man
Danny Grogan and is assigned to go undercover and infiltrate a crime family.
Directed by Aaron Norris 1991/95 min.
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KICKBOXER 4: THE
AGGRESSOR
Starring: Sasha Mitchell and
Kamel Krifa
David Sloan, framed by an international terrorist, Tong Po for murder he didn’t commit and
is sent to prison. While incarcerated, he learns
that Tong Po has kidnapped his wife and is
holding her captive in Mexico. The Feds will
release David if he leads them to Tong Po’s
fortress. David enters Tong Po’s kickboxing
tournament and must fight his way through
opponents and bodyguards while searching
for his wife.
HUMAN SHIELD, THE
HYDROSPHERE
INTERCEPTOR
THE JOURNEYMAN
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Tom Hinkley
Starring: Malcolm McDowell,
Michael Pare and Heidi Von Palleske
Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,
Elizabeth Morehead, Andrew Divoff
Starring: Leon Singer, Dash Mihok
In the year 2103, a futuristic ocean freighter
must deliver cargo that could mean the end
of civilization, as we know it. A once great
mega-tanker captain, Sean Murdoch has let
himself disintegrate into alcoholism since his
last failed assignment. However, when the
huge corporation Proxate asks Murdoch to
captain the mega-tanker, he agrees. Once
aboard, chaos and action ensue, leaving
Murdoch fighting for his life.
Major Janet Morgan is at the controls of a
giant C-5 transport jet taking off from a U.S.
Air Force Base in the Middle East. On board
are a Stealth Fighter pilot and a secret cargo.
A cunning adversary awaits them in the air
over the ocean. Phillips an arms trader has
penetrated Air Force security. His goal is to
intercept the C-5 in mid-flight and hijack the
Stealth Fighters in this pulse-pounding hi-tech
action movie.
Directed by G.Philip Jackson. 1997/100 min.
Directed by Michael Cohn. 1992/92 min.
An ex-Marine who was hired to train Iraqi soldiers to fight Iran returns to Iraq as a CIA agent
to free his brother, who has been imprisoned
there by a renegade general.
Directed by Ted Post. 1992/88 min.
In the Wild West at the turn of the century, two
young brothers watch as their Grandpa (Willie
Nelson) is gunned down in cold blood. The
desperados kidnap the older brother while a
priest takes in the younger one. Thirteen years
later the two brothers will finally cross paths
again as they both seek to have revenge, each
in their own way.
Directed by James Crowley. 2001/93 min.
KILLING GROUNDS, THE
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall,
Priscilla Barnes
A group of hikers in the high Sierras come
upon a plane crash. There are two dead bodies inside and a fortune in gold bars. They
bury the men in one place and the gold in
another, planning to return with mules to carry
the gold down the mountain but they’re not the
only ones who have discovered the fortune.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
ACTION/ADVENTURE
KING’S WHORE, THE
LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE, THE
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Valeria Golino
Starring: Eric Balfour, Lou Taylor Pucci,
Henry Thomas
When King Vittorio Amadeo first sees his
Chamberlain’s new wife Jeanne, he falls in
love with her. She rejects his advances but the
King sends her husband away on a mission to
Spain. The relationship continues until Jeanne
runs away, back to France. But, once away
from the King, she finds that she has made a
terrible mistake.
Two Western outlaws on the run in 1870s Texas
join up with a young desperado who claims
he can lead them to a fantastic treasure. Their
journey brings them into contact with some of
the West’s saltiest characters in this horseback
action thriller.
Directed by Tanner Beard. 2011/108 Mins.
Directed by Axel Corti. 1990/127 min.
LAST RITES OF RANSOM
PRIDE
Starring: Kris Kirstofferson, Dwight
Yoakaam, Peter Dinklage
When Juliette sets out to bring her slain lover
-- outlaw Ransom Pride -- home to Texas to be
buried, she knows the journey won’t be easy,
but she has little idea of the dangers that lie
ahead in this dark Western drama. The film’s
cast includes Scott Speedman as the murdered
bad boy, Dwight Yoakam as a homicidal reverend, Kris Kristofferson as a rival outlaw, and
Jason Priestley and W. Earl Brown as a pair of
bounty hunters.
LETHAL
LEWIS & CLARK & GEORGE
Starring: James Brolin, Rose McGowan
MACH 2
Starring: Brian Bosworth, Cliff
Robertson, Shannon Whirry
MAXIMUM SECURITY
Starring: Jeff Wincott, David Carradine
Starring: Paul Michael Robinson, Landon
Hall and Arthur Roberts
Presidential candidate Stuart Davis is given a
computer disc just before his flight takes off
and later finds that the disc reveals evidence of
his opponent Pike’s corrupt ways. Before long,
Pike learns that Davis has the disc, and he’s
determined to cause Davis’s plane to crash.
On the plane with Davis is Jack Tyree, an antiterrorism specialist who will become their only
hope for survival.
Los Angeles is a city under siege where the
bad guys outnumber the police. Sean is a
martial arts master and a legend in the police
department. He is chosen as the leader of a
new squad of officers. The criminals fall under
the might of Thompson and his karate cops as
they go undercover to infiltrate the powerful
underworld led by a brutal kingpin who stages
deadly kickboxing matches in his mansion
for sport.
Directed by Rod McCall. 1997/82 min.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray 2001 / 94 min.
Directed by Steve Cohen. 1992/89 min.
LIAR (aka DECEIVER)
MALAREK
MARTIAL LAW II:
UNDERCOVER
Lewis is doing time for murder. Clark is in for
computer fraud. They have nothing in common, until they meet George. The murderous,
charming Lewis has a map that will lead to a
key that will lead a gold mine. But he can’t
read. So when Lewis escapes, he needs the
brainy Clark to decipher the clues. Clark needs
Lewis to protect him. They hit the road and
encounter George, a mute femme fatale with a
deadly secret in her handbag.
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Frank Zagarino,
Heather Marie Marsden
Starring: Tim Roth, Ellen Burstyn,
Rosanna Arquette and Renee Zellweger
Starring: Elias Koteas, Kerrie Keane, Al
Waxman and Michael Sarrazin
FBI Agent Ethan Marshall (Frank Zagarino)
tracks a Russian mafioso in this taut thriller.
Marshall plans to bring him in dead or alive. But
the job gets tougher when sexy bounty hunter
Sam Stewart (Heather Marie Marsden) ends
up with the classified documents and Federov
abducts her sister, forcing Marshall and Sam to
team up to save her sibling.
A well-dressed man, John is in a dingy interrogation room being given a lie detector test
by detectives. Four needles drag ominously
across the page as Wayland is questioned
about his statements concerning the events
of March 19th, the date a prostitute was
murdered. Upon examining the results of
the test, the police are sure Wayland is hiding something. They release him, vowing to
uncover his lies.
Based on Victor Malarek’s best-selling autobiography, this is the true story of a streetwise
kid who emerges from a violent and unjust
background to become one of journalism’s top
reporters. The gunning down of an unarmed
juvenile by a trigger happy cop leads a young
reporter, Victor Malarek, into an investigation
of the local detention center and its record of
suspicious deaths.
MARTIAL LAW
Directed by Roger Cardinal. 1998/96 min.
Directed by Jonas Pate & Josh Pate. 1997/101 min.
Starring: Jeff Wincott, Billy Drago
Sean Thompson and his partner Billie are
undercover cops specially trained for urban
warfare. Sean is transferred to another precinct and is reunited with Tony, his partner
from his academy days. When Tony is found
dead from an apparent drunk driving accident
Sean is suspicious, because Sean knows Tony
gave up drinking years ago. Sean is told to stay
off the case. Ignoring the order, he discovers how deadly corruption has spread in the
department.
A policeman is unjustly sentenced and confined
to a maximum-security prison. He discovers
that terrorists have planted a nuclear bomb in
the prison. The terrorists’ goal is to trick the
United States into a retaliatory strike against
innocent Arab nations. The policeman and a
band of prisoners must defuse the bomb, save
Los Angeles and avert World War III.
MEMORIAL DAY
Starring: James Cromwell, Jonathan
Bennett, Jackson Bond
On Memorial Day in 1993, 13 year old Kyle
finds his grandfather Bud’s WWII footlocker.
Bud has not spoken of the war since its end,
but when presented with the souvenirs, he
tells Kyle the story behind each one. As Bud
recounts his harrowing tales, we see not only
his traumatic experiences in combat, but also
how they mirror Kyle’s future in war-torn Iraq.
Directed by Sam Fischer. 2011/90min.
Directed by Tiller Russell. 2010/83min.
LAST WARRIOR
Starring: Dolph Lundgren,
Sherri Alexander, Joe Michael Burke,
Rebecca Cross & Brook Susan Parker
A 9.5-magnitude earthquake has rocked
Southern California, causing it to break off
from the rest of the continent to form a desert
island. The last warrior, Green Beret Nick
Preston (Dolph Lundgren), leads a military
patrol onto the devastated island to help the
survivors navigate the treacherous search for
food, fuel and fellow survivors in their terrifying
new world.
MARTIAL OUTLAW
LETTERS FROM A KILLER
LONELY HEARTS
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Gia Carides,
Roger E. Mosley and Olivia Birkelunde.
MARKED MAN
Starring: Eric Roberts, Beverly D’Angelo
Starring: Roddy Piper, Miles O’Keefe
Starring: Jeff Wincott, Gary Hudson
When lonely Alma falls for con artist Frank, she
clings to him -- even after he’s bilked her out
of her money -- and to stay close to him, she
begins masquerading as Frank’s sister to help
him cheat new targets. But when one of their
marks sets private investigator Erin Randall on
their trail, Frank and Alma take it on the lam.
Frank Stanton is behind bars for killing the
drunk driver who took his fiancée’s life. He
witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by
two prison guards. Realizing they’ve been
seen, the guards immediately open fire, forcing
Stanton to escape the prison. Now a “marked
man,” Stanton must evade a manhunt. On the
run, he uncovers a conspiracy between the
prison guards, the murdered inmate’s wife.
Kevin White is a Drug Enforcement Agent trying to crush a million dollar drug deal being
masterminded by a Russian mob kingpin. He
shares his plan to bust up the drug deal with
his brother Jack at a family dinner. Jack, a
corrupt policeman, uses the information to his
own advantage and is part of the exchange of
drugs for money.
Race Darnell sits on death row for a felony
he didn’t commit and passes the time by corresponding with four lonesome ladies via taperecorded “letters.” When the tapes get sent
to the wrong pen pals, one woman decides
the two-timing Darnell must die. Eventually
acquitted of the murder he’s serving time for,
Darnell gets released …and ends up in a catand-mouse game with a killer.
Directed by Andrew Lane. 1992/91 min.
MEMORIAL DAY
Starring: Jeff Speakman and
Bruce Weitz
When terrorists take over a high tech weapons
satellite to destroy the military bases of the
United States, only a disavowed Special Forces
expert can help them to complete their task.
But is he willing to cooperate with the country
that turned its back on him?
Directed by Marc F. Voizard. 1995/94 min.
Directed by David Carson. 1997/104 min.
Directed by Sheldon Lettich. 2000/95 min.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
MEN OF WAR
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, B.D. Wong
A band of mercenaries led by the surly Nick
Gunnar are sent to a tropical paradise to
secure it for a mysterious business venture.
But upon arrival, the invaders discover a tribe
of pacifists already living there. When Gunnar
learns the truth about his mission, he realizes
he’s fighting for the wrong side -- and he’ll do
anything to protect his new island friends.
Directed by Perry Lang. 1994/103 min.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
MIDNIGHT RIDE
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill
A series of mysterious murders have happened in Montevideo, a small city in California.
A policeman’s wife flees from her husband
and hitches a ride with a passing stranger. It
turns out that the stranger is a psychotic serial
killer. The woman’s husband realizes who the
stranger really is and sets out to rescue her.
Directed by Bob Bralver. 1990, 93 min.
MOVING TARGET
NIGHT HUNTER
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Len
Doncheff, and Billie Dee Williams
Melanie Smith and Nicholas Guest
Sonny McClean is a modern day bounty hunter.
As fate would have it, Sonny becomes involved
with one of the toughest cases of his career.
He is framed for murder and trapped in a war
between Russian gangsters. Sonny must free
himself, clear his name, rescue his father’s
friend and defeat the Russian gangsters.
Jack Cutter is the last in a long line of vampire
hunters. The last vampires meet to discuss
how to multiply their kind and take over the
human race. Jack kills some of them and now
he is a man hunted by the vampires. Cutter
is humanity’s last hope as he hunts down the
remaining vampires before they can implement
their plan to multiply and rule the world.
MIND STORM (aka FLASH FRAME)
MUSKETEERS FOREVER
Starring: Anthony Antonucci, Reggie
Bannister,
Barbara Jean Barrielle
Starring: Ian Ziering, Dee Wallace
Stone, Katherine Kelly Lang,
Andrew Stevens
Sylvia Varakine, Lee Majors
Regular college kid Kyle (Samuel Nathan
Hoffmire) helps engineer Dr. Blake (Reggie
Bannister) test a metal suit that gives its wearer
superhuman abilities, but when black-market
weapons dealer Sebastian (Oliver Krekel) gets
involved, Kyle must become the guardian of
the suit’s awesome powers. As Reed escalates
his hunt for the suit, he hits Kyle right where
it hurts most, motivating him to become Metal
Man in this superhero thriller.
Darrin Danver, a video game programmer, receives a job offer from Compucom.
Darrin accepts and he and his wife move
to Las Vegas. There he discovers that he
is paid a lot only to develop the videogame
Radical Rat Trap, which is a sequel to follow
Amazing Mouse Maze. But the great family of
Compucom is using their Video game CD-Rom
and subliminal messages for mind control.
METAL MAN
A group of ex-secret agents open a jazz club
in Las Vegas. One of them falls in love with
an Indian, and finds out that the local Indian
Reserve is threatened by the greed of a powerful gangster.
Directed by Georges Chamchoum, 1999 / 99min.
NIGHT TRAIN
Starring: John Hurt, Brenda Blethyn
A man released from jail, where he had served
time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has
to go into hiding from the gangster’s men. He
moves into a Dublin boarding house run by
a woman and her timid daughter. The timid
woman immediately takes a shine to the new
boarder and to his train sets, which they each
use as an escape from reality.
Directed by John Lynch. 1998/90 min.
NITTI: THE ENFORCER
NO TURNING BACK
Starring: Anthony La Paglia, Vincent
Guastaferro, Trini Alvarado
Starring: Jesus Nebot, Lindsay Price
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago
mobster, but his successor, Frank “The
Enforcer” Nitti, was just as ruthless. This biopic
goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti’s
rise to the top of the Windy City’s underworld,
amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The
result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in
the early 20th century.
Directed by Michael Switzer. 1988/96 min.
NO EXIT
After losing his pregnant wife and home during
a catastrophic hurricane, Pablo a hard-working
English professor from Honduras, immigrates
with his 5-year-old daughter to California,
where he begins working in the fields. But
sometimes trouble follows a man, and after
another tragic accident, Pablo hits the road
again with daughter in tow -- this time to
Mexico, and with a documentary filmmaker
as their driver.
Directed by: Jesus Nebot, 2001/98 min
ONCE UPON A TEXAS TRAIN
Starring: Jeff Wincott, Philip Jarrett and
Richard Fitzpatrick
Starring: Angie Dickinson, Richard
Widmark, Willie Nelson, Shaun Cassidy
Professor John Stoneman’s way of life changes
when he kills the punks who attacked his wife,
causing her to lose their baby. The incident
comes to the attention of Houston Armstrong,
a reclusive billionaire who illegally broadcasts
fights where opponents have to kill or be killed.
John is kidnapped by Armstrong’s men and
imprisoned at his place high above the Artic
Circle where the fights take place. There is no
chance for escape, no mercy and ‘no exit.’
John Henry Lee (Willie Nelson) has been in
prison for 20 years, and his first order of
business upon being released is to regroup
his band of outlaws for one more job. But do
his boys still have what it takes to get things
done? And can Lee evade Captain Hayes, the
Texas Ranger who put him in the slammer in
the first place and who’s still on his case?
Directed by Burt Kennedy. 1988/96 min.
Directed by Ron Karkoska. 2009/86 min.
MIDNIGHT IN ST.
PETERSBURG
Starring: Michael Caine, Jason Connery
and Michelle Rene Thomas
In this sequel to Bullet To Beijing Harry Palmer,
superspy extraordinaire, tracks a load of misappropriated plutonium. He lands in a giant
international conspiracy that involves some
misappropriated priceless art and his partner’s
misappropriated girlfriend.
Directed by Doug Jackson. 1995/86 min.
MISSION OF JUSTICE
NIGHT WATCH
Starring: Billy Williams, Brigitte Nielsen,
Jeff Wincott
Starring: Richard Norton, Miranda Wolfe,
Greg Fawcett, Hannes Jaenicke
Kurt Harris goes undercover after his friend
Cedric Williams is killed. He tries to stop an
evil beauty Rachel Larkin with a private army
of ‘peacemakers,’ all experts in the martial
arts. They say their purpose is to help the
police reduce crime but Larkin has her own
agenda to take over the city. Kurt infiltrates
the group after resigning from the police
department and is branded a traitor.
Over one hundred years ago, a madman
created the ultimate weapon, a submarine
capable of destroying the world. A cataclysmic
chain of events plummeted the earth into the
dark ages and destroyed most of civilization.
The remaining survivors attempt to patrol the
seas and rid mankind of ships, submarines and
all weapons of war.
Pierce Brosnan plays a United Nations espionage expert who leads an elite team out to
recover a stolen Rembrandt masterpiece in
this action sequel based on Alistair MacLean’s
novel Night Watch. While on the case, they
uncover a far more sinister plot to destroy
the global communications network that links
the planet.
Directed by David S. Jackson. 1994/94 min
Directed by Steve Barnett. 1992/84 min.
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NAUTILUS
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Alexandra Paul
and William Devane
NO PLACE TO HIDE
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Drew
Barrymore
Detective Joe Garvey is called in to a mysterious case: a ballerina has been slayed on stage
during a performance. At her house Garvey
finds her 14 years old precocious sister Tinsel.
She’s not very cooperative, so he arranges to
have her sent to the orphanage -- until she’s
attacked too. He takes her under his wing,
and soon both get the attention of a secret
organization.
ONE MAN’S HERO
Starring: Tom Berenger, Patrick Bergin
A group of Irish Catholic immigants persecuted
for their beliefs deserts the U.S. Army and flees
to Mexico. Captured by bandits, the soldiers
switch allegiances and form St. Patrick’s
Battalion, one of Mexico’s best fighting units in
the 1846 war with America. In the midst of the
battle, love blooms between Irish leader Riley
and Mexican beauty Marta.
Directed by Lance Hool 1998/121 min.
Directed by Richard Danus. 1993/98 min.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
ACTION/ADVENTURE
OPEN FIRE
PURGATORY
Starring: Jeff Wincott, Mimi Craven
Starring: Tanya Roberts, Hal Orlandini
Mastermind and terrorist leader Stein Kruger
is serving time in prison. On the other side of
town, ex-FBI agent McNeil is resigned after
his partner was killed in a hostage situation.
Kruger’s mercenary buddies try to break their
leader out from prison, enraging McNeil. The
mercenaries take over a factory, demanding
$10 million in uncut diamonds as ransom.
On their way to the airport, two vacationing
girl friends pick up a friendly hitchhiker. They
don’t know that their new companion is actually a drug smuggler escaping from the police.
The car is stopped at a roadblock, where the
hitchhiker makes a run for it. The two girls
are taken away on smuggling charges and
are sentenced to 11 years in “Purgatory,” the
toughest penitentiary.
Directed by Ami Artzi. 1988/89 min.
REDEMPTION, THE:
KICKBOXER 5
Starring: Mark Dacascos and
James Ryan
Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses
the murder of his friend Johnny. When he
investigates the circumstances of Johnny’s
death it appears that a Mr. Neegal in South
Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and is forcing fighters to participate. Matt
faces danger in investigating his friend’s death
but he finds an unexpected ally in the man
Neegal sends to kill him.
RUNNING SCARED
Starring: Paul Walker,
Vera Farmiga
Slick, fast-paced and brutally shocking,
this gritty action filled movie will jolt
your senses like nothing else you’ve
ever experienced.
Directed by Wayne Kramer. 2006/122min
SAINTS AND SINNERS
SCANNER COP
Starring: Jennifer Rubin, Scott Plank
Starring: Richard Lynch, Daniel Quinn
After many years Pooch returns to the neighborhood where he grew up. To Big Boy,
his best friend, Pooch is a valuable asset in
his plans to become a local crime lord. To
Pooch, this reunion is painful because he is, in
actuality, an undercover cop on assignment to
send his best friend to jail. Deceit and justice
interplay with trust and affection in this actionpacked drama.
Samuel Staziak is a graduate of the police
academy who follows in the law enforcement
footsteps of his adopted father. Soon after
Sam’s graduation, cops start to get murdered
by seemingly normal citizens. Although he is
repelled by the nature of the crimes, Cam is
reluctant to call on his special “gift” to stop the
murders. When his partner becomes a victim,
he turns to his scanner powers leading him
into the bizarre world of a neurosurgeon.
Directed by Paul Mones. 1996/100 min.
Directed by Pierre David. 1994/95 min.
Directed by Kristine Peterson. 1995/87 min.
PREY OF THE JAGUAR
Starring: Stacy Keach, Maxwell Caulfield
Several years ago, agent Derek Leigh led
the investigation that sent a drug kingpin to
prison. Forced to change his identity, Derek
joined the witness relocation program. Years
later, Derek’s life is shattered when the kingpin
tracks him down and murders his family.
Using a combination of deadly martial arts
and deadlier weaponry, Derek uses all of his
special training to confront his enemy.
Directed by David DeCoteau. 1996/92 min.
RAPID ASSAULT
RESCUE ME
Starring: Tim Abell, Jeff Rector and
Lisa Mazzetti
Stephen Dorff
A terrorist creates a biological weapon in an
abandoned undersea lab. A government operative is dispatched to confiscate the weapon
and eliminate the terrorist. This lone Navy
SEAL must undertake a dangerous underwater
mission to stop a madman from unleashing a
deadly toxin that could destroy the world.
Fraser’s unrequited love for the beautiful and
rich Ginny gets a chance to prove itself, when
she is suddenly kidnapped. He teams up with
rebel Mac, who’s got a score to settle with the
kidnappers. Together they cross the country,
looking for Ginny and the bad guys.
SABRETOOTH
SANCTUARY
Starring: David Keith, Vanessa Angel
Starring: Mark Dacascos,
Jaimz Woolvett
Jurassic Park, move over! Using fossilized
DNA, a scientist creates a prehistoric sabertoothed tiger. As the fearsome creature is
being transported, it breaks loose and begins
doing what comes naturally -- stalking
human prey!
Director: James D.R. Hickox. 2002/90 min.
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman 1993/99 min.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray as Sherman Scott.
1997/90 min.
Luke Kovak is part of a covert group within the
CIA that works on illegal black ops involving
blackmail and assassinations. When his boss
orders the murder of one of the team, Luke
realizes how expendable they all are and gets
out (taking proof of their activities with him).
He now lives as a priest until the group starts
to get close to tracking him down.
Directed by Tibor Takacs. 1997/99 min.
SCANNER COP II
Starring: Daniel Quinn, Robert Forster
At a remote sheriff’s station in the California
desert, deputies pick up a drifter who refuses
to speak. He has no identification, only a worn
newspaper clipping describing valor of a local
police officer and a bottle of pills. Thinking
he is a mental case, the deputies call a doctor
who identifies the pills as the kinds of medication used by Scanners to suppress their powers. The new prisoner takes over the deputies’
mind with a scan and escapes.
Directed by Steve Barnett. 1995/104 min.
THE PROPHET
RAVENHAWK
RISING STORM
SACRIFICE
Starring: Don “The Dragon” Wilson and
Alexander Keith
Starring: Rachel McLish, Matt Clark
Starring: Zach Galligan,
John Rhys Davies
Starring: Michael Madsen, Bokeem
Woodbine, Jamie Luner & Diane Farr
Two brothers hook up with rebels who are
fighting to overthrow the Blessed Reverend, a
puritanical maniac, and find a videotape that
exposes him as a fraud. When two of the gang
are kidnapped by military police, a daring rescue attempt is made and the plot to overthrow
the Reverend accelerates and unfolds in front
of a watchful nation.
A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is
being transported to prison after learning that a
serial killer has killed his daughter. Determined
to find her killer, he joins a female cop who is
working on the case. He quickly discovers that
his daughter had recently had an abortion, an
action common to all of the murdered women.
Meanwhile the FBI agent that he escaped from
is hot on his trail.
In 1865, while traveling through the parched
desert, Cain and Mary Parker find a man
named Charlemont collapsed in the arid heat
and rescue him. Charlemont returns the favor
when thugs, working for a corrupt landowner
named Benedict, try to move Cain and Mary
off their land. Charlemont, the world’s first
kick boxer, battles fiercely for the woman he
loves, the friends who need him, and his own
sense of honor.
Directed by Isaac Florentine. 1994/92 min.
A CIA Agent with the unique ability to see
inside criminal minds goes up against a killer
in the most dangerous case of his life. This
ability is the result of a secret experiment that
was conducted on him when he was a child.
He is ordered to find the other children who
were part of that experiment. But they keep
getting killed just before he can bring them in
and now someone wants him dead too.
Directed by Ed Raymond. 1998/83 min.
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Heroic deeds are set against spectacular vistas
of canyons, towering mesas and thundering rivers. Ravenhawk is an Indian woman
wrongly accused of murdering her parents.
She is sentenced to a maximum-security
asylum. Twelve years later, the real killer’s
ultimate plans have been realized – the nuclear
waste facility the Indians have opposed has
been constructed on tribal land.
Directed by Francis Schaeffer. 1990/99 min.
SAVATE
Starring: James Brolin, Olivier Gruner
SCORPIO ONE
Starring: Jeff Speakman,
Robert Carradine
A disaster on space station Scorpio One leaves
all the crewmembers dead. The CIA sends
one of its crack agents, Jared Stone into space
with a team of elite Rangers to investigate.
The answer to the deadly mystery could mean
the end of all life, as we know it.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
SECOND TO DIE
Starring: Erika Eleniak, Jerry Kroll, John
Wesley Shipp, Paul Winfield
Tired of her middle-class life and boring
husband, Sara decides to pull off the perfect
crime: murder her spouse and cash in on his
life insurance policy. The plot goes off without
a hitch, but the insurance company balks at
paying out. Full of adultery, greed, doublecrosses and plot twists, Second to Die is one
thriller you don’t want to miss.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
SHOOTFIGHTER
Starring: Bolo Yeung, Maryam D’Abo
Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a
“shootfighter” (no-holds-barred, to the death)
martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has
a grudge against world shootfighter champ,
Shingo.
Directed by Patrick Allen II. 1992/90 min.
SMALL TIME OBSESSION
Starring: Alex King. Juliette Caton
This is a story of love and betrayal set amongst
South London’s Polish community. Michael
Korczynski has his heart set on training and
racing greyhounds at his local stadium but is
under pressure from his father to take charge
of the family delicatessen.
Directed by Piotr Szkopiak 2000/119 min.
Directed by Sean Marlowe. 2001/89 min.
STARQUEST: THE ODYSSEY
Starring: Aaron Ginn-Forsberg, Davina
Joy, Tamara McDaniel
In the distant future, the colonization of the
galaxy has given way to a feverish land rush
among bloodthirsty factions from all across the
universe. In the wake of this new “Wild West,”
a group of heroes sets out to lay down the law.
Led by Capt. Jack Tanner (Adam Rini), the small
army scours the galaxy in an effort to seek out
and defeat the warmongers who have terrorized
the lives of the innocent and defenseless in this
sci-fi actioner.
STRANDED (aka BLACK HORIZON)
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Ice T and
Hannes Jaenicke
STRYKER
A group of scientists and astronauts are sent
to the dying Russian space station to salvage
the valuable technology left on board. While
there a meteor collides with the space station
leaving them with no means of communication
with the outside world and little or no hope that
they can be saved.
The arid, savage post-holocaust world of the
future is the background to this frightening
story. Battles take place for access to a fivegallon drum of water. Two groups realize that
neither will succeed in getting to the water
without the other’s help. They band together to
repel another band of marauders. Victorious,
these men and women share the ecstatic
knowledge that united they will live.
Starring: Steve Sandor, Andria Savio
and William Ostrander
Produced & Directed by Cirio H. Santiago. 1983/86 min.
Directed by Jon Bonnell. 2009/81 min.
SECRET AGENT CLUB, THE
SHOOTFIGHTER II
Starring: Hulk Hogan, Barry Bostwick
Starring: Bolo Yeung, Kristy Eisenberg
Ray leads a double life. Known by his community and his son as a clumsy toy storeowner,
he is really the best Secret Agent in America.
Little does anyone know that Ray has just
been assigned to Tibet and one of his most
dangerous assignments ever: the taking of
the “Weapon of Weapons,” a laser super-gun
capable of unbelievable destruction.
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters
find themselves in mortal danger after an
angry police chief hires the world’s most
vicious fighters and uses them to launch a
city-wide vendetta.
Directed by Paul Ziller. 1995/88 min.
SMOKE N’ LIGHTNIN
STEEL DAWN
Starring: Christopher Atkins,
Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Sabryn Genet
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Anthony
Zerbe, Lisa Niemi
Two Miami car mechanics borrow a luxury car
for a night, unaware that it contains classified
documents…
After World War III, water becomes a precious commodity in the desert community of
Meridian. So much so, in fact, that when a
controlling mob, led by the evil Damnil, takes
over the town’s supply, the good people fight
back by hiring Nomad (Patrick Swayze), a
peacekeeping warrior. Nomad is the only
person who can put an end to the greed in
this modern interpretation of the Western
classic Shane.
Directed by Alan Smithee. 1995/105 min.
Directed by John Murlowski. 1995/93 min.
STRANGER, THE
Starring: Kathy Long, Eric Pierpoint and
Andrew Divoff
SUGAR HILL
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright
and Theresa Randle
Lakeview, Arizona is taken over by a violent
gang of bikers. The local sheriff is too afraid to
do anything to stop them ever since his fiancée
was murdered while trying to bring evidence
against the gang to the FBI. A mysterious
woman who resembles the sheriff’s fiancée
rides into town on a motorcycle and start killing members of the biker gang.
Roemello Skuggs has seen a lot of pain and
tragedy in his life: His mother overdosed on
heroin when he was just a child, his father was
shot and seriously wounded by a vengeful drug
lord, and his brother Raynathan has followed
in their parents’ footsteps. Roemello wants
out of this dangerous and destructive world ...
but somehow, events keep conspiring to pull
him back in.
Directed by Fritz Kiersch. 1995/98 min.
Directed by Leon Ichaso. 1993/123 min.
STREET KNIGHT
SURFACE TO AIR
Directed by Lance Hool 1987/100 min.
STAR HUNTER
SHOOTER, THE
SKY PIRATES
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Randy Travis
and Valerie Wildman
Starring: John Hargreaves, Meredith
Phillips and Max Phillips
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Stella
Stevens, Rebecca Budig and Ken Stott
In the 1880s in a small town in the old west
a ‘shooter’ of reputation drifts into town. He
stands up to the family controlling the town.
This hero is caught, brutally beaten and left for
dead, only to be saved by a prostitute that has
also suffered at the hand of the town’s leaders.
He finds himself framed for the brutal murder
of an innocent family.
Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to
Boa Boa, on board with Reverend Mitchell and
a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial key. They get lost in a supernatural
storm and find themselves after an emergency
landing in kind of a Bermuda triangle, 5,000
miles off their course. Home again, no one
believes Harris’ story.
Star hunters are the space monsters that hunt
helpless creatures for pleasure. A group of
high school football players and cheerleaders
are returning home after a game. When their
bus makes a wrong turn, they run into the star
hunters. The students find themselves being
hunted by aliens who are intent on adding the
student’s heads to their collection.
Directed by Colin Eggleston. 1985/89 min.
Directed by Cole S. McKay & Fred Olen Ray.
1995/80 min.
STEEL SHARKS
Starring: Gary Busey, Billy Dee Williams
and Billy Warlock
Christopher Neame
When a United States submarine is seized by
terrorists, a rescue attempt by an elite group
of Navy Seals goes awry when the team is
captured. This submarine crew wages a
silent war beneath the waves in this undersea
thriller.
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to
escalate gang violence in the streets of Los
Angeles.
Directed by Albert Magnoli. 1993/91 min.
Starring: Michael Madsen,
Chad McQueen
Two brothers in the same Marine Detachment
Unit travel to the Persian Gulf to take control of
an Iraqi terrorist situation, learning to accept
each other’s differences in the process. When
one of them is shot down behind enemy lines,
the other brother defies orders to rescue him.
While he is attempting the rescue, a death
squad of Iraqi soldiers following close behind
him in this suspenseful drama.
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ACTION/ADVENTURE
ACTION/ADVENTURE
TACTICAL ASSAULT
TIME UNDER FIRE
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick
Starring: Jeff Fahey and Richard Tyson
1990. The Gulf War. Three Iraqi MIGs, while
on a routine reconnaissance mission, suddenly
attack air Force Captains Lee Banning and
John “Doc” Holiday. In the ensuing dogfight,
Doc’s plane takes a hit and plummets to the
ground in a blazing inferno. Seven years later,
Doc escapes from an Iraqi prison and vows
vengeance on the man he believes responsible
for his torture: his old friend Banning.
A submarine crew travels through a strange
time portal that acts like a threshold to
the future. The crew is taken hostage
by an oppressive police force run by the
Commander’s grandson.
Directed by Scott P. Levy. 1996/90 min.
Directed by Mark Griffiths. 1998/92 min.
WARRIORS OF VIRTUE II:
RETURN OF TAO
Starring: Jeff Carrara, Kevin Smith,
Nathan Phillips and Nina Lui
Shortly after Ryan and his best friend Chucky
arrive at a Martial Arts competition in Beijing,
they are thrust into the parallel land of Tao and
are reunited with the Roos/Warriors to do battle
with Dogon. Little does Ryan know that it is no
coincidence that he has again been summoned
to Tao. He and his friends have been chosen to
be the next Warriors of Virtue!
Directed by Michael Vickerman, 2002/93min.
WHITE GHOST
Starring: William Katt, Rosalind Chao,
Wayne Crawford, Martin Hewitt
Shephard is a soldier of unparalleled skill. In
1970, his Special Forces attack squad was
brutally massacred in an ambush. Fed up and
hateful, he disappears into the wilds, learning
how to sleep with his eyes wide open. His
wife is expecting a child, and Shephard reluctantly recognizes that a jungle is no place to
raise a baby. He moves away from the jungle,
but are the soldiers surrounding him on a mission of rescue of murder?
WISE GIRLS
ZONE, THE
Starring: Mira Sorvi, Mariah Carey,
Melora Walters, Arthur Nascarella &
Saul Stein
Starring: Robert Davi, Alexander
Godunov, Ben Gazzara, Patricia Rive
A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant
in New York City finds herself entangled in
a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and
murder.
Directed by David Anspaugh. 2002/96 min.
CIA intelligence confirms that Krasna, a ruthless Oxford-educated physicist, is in the process of converting uranium to weapons-grade
plutonium in the lawless country of Maravash.
He races the clock to escape the blast zone in
an aerial climax between his stolen jet fighter
at 20,000 feet.
Directed by Barry Zetlin. 1995/95 min.
Directed by B.J. Davis. 1988/90 min.
TARGET
VIPER
WAY TO DUSTY DEATH, THE
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, James Russo
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Kimberly Kates
U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself
at the other end of the crosshairs when the
brother of an Eastern European arms dealer
whom he killed decides to take vengeance on
Charlie and his family in L.A.
Greed, betrayal and murder – these are the
contents of the plain brown suitcase that drag
an ex-con back into a deadly world. Travis
Blackstone is bound by family honor to rescue
the brother who sent him to prison, stole his
woman, and now might take his life. Travis
learns that the past never lets go.
Starring: Linda Hamilton and Simon
MacCorkindale
Directed by William Webb, 2004/84min.
Directed by Tibor Tackas. 1994/96 min
When John Harlow is hired as a new driver for
Pro-Sport Car racing team Corona, his trainer
is killed. He stumbles upon a vicious Eastern
European ring of diamond smugglers, using the
team as a cover for their dirty trade. Harlow
is joined by a mysterious and beautiful female
ex-KGB operative out to bring to justice the
mastermind behind this conspiracy. Together
they embark on a desperate race to reveal the
scam to the authorities.
Directed by Geoffrey Reeve. 1996/90 min.
TERMINAL RUSH
WARRIOR ANGELS
Roddy Piper and Michael Anderson Jr.
Starring: Rutger Hauer,
Joanna Pacula, Arnold Vosloo
An Army Ranger framed for a crime he didn’t
commit and discharged from the corps is
relegated to a life of disgraceful anonymity.
Things change when terrorists seize control of
the Hoover Dam and threaten to blow it. The
Army Ranger is the only man skilled enough
to stop them.
A female warrior returns from the Crusades to
find that her home has been ravaged and her
beloved son has been stolen from her. She sets
off on an adventure to find him and to destroy
the evil force that divides her country and
restrains their freedom.
Directed by Damian Lee and Andrew Stevens
1997/94 min.
Directed by Byron W. Thompson. 2002/92 min.
WHEN THE BULLET HITS
THE BONE
Starring: Jeff Wincott, Douglas O’Keefe
Thirteen years as an emergency room physician seeing people die needlessly from drugs
and drug related crimes have made Dr. Jack
Davies angry and desperate. While walking
through the back streets of the city he overhears a quarrel between a drug dealer’s girlfriend and some of his thugs. He is shot but
survives and now it’s war. He has to expose
and break up a nationwide drug conspiracy
before an epidemic is spread across America.
WHITE RAVEN
Starring: Ron Silver, Joanna Pacula and
Roy Scheider
Reporter Tully Windsor (Ron Silver) is pulled
into the chase for the world’s second largest
diamond after his editor (Roy Scheider) realizes
that a story Tully wrote years ago may have
clues about the gem’s location. The diamond,
called the White Raven, was used during World
War II to ransom a girl from a Nazi concentration camp. The original owner wants it back,
as do a group of former Nazis and a gang of
mobsters. Can Tully find it first?
YEAR OF THE GUN
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Valeria
Golino, Sharon Stone
American writer David Raybourne travels to
Rome in the 1970s, using the political unrest
as inspiration for a new novel. He develops
a plot about the Red Brigade terrorist group
kidnapping the Italian Prime Minister, unaware
that the real Red Brigade is planning the same
scheme.
TKO (aka URBAN ASSAULT)
Starring: Daz Crawford, Anthony Ray
Parker, and Dianna Agron
Two top fighters in an underground tournament
must help shakedown a city after vengeance
takes the violence outside the boundaries of
the contest.
Directed by Declan Mulvey. 2007/91 mins.
Directed by John Frankenheimer. 1990/111 min.
WILDER
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Pam Grier
Detective Della Wilder and her partner Harland
Leeare tough cops, despite Wilder’s penchant
for bending the rules. When they’re assigned
a strangulation case, the main suspect is Dr.
Sam Charney, the victim’s former lover. While
Wilder interrogates him, a second murder
occurs, and evidence suggests that it’s not the
work of a serial killer. Could a big pharmaceutical company be involved?
Directed by Rodney Gibbons, 2000/120min.
ZIPANG
Starring: Masahiro Takashima, Narumi
Yasuda, Haruko Wanibunchi
It is the Edo Era – an exotic time, long ago
when strength and cunning ruled. The charismatic Jigokugokura Kumaru is a master
swordsman. His life of action got him into
trouble, and he must keep on the run. The
bounty hunters undertake the adventure of a
lifetime: exploring the border between reality
and fantasy – exploring Zipang.
Directed by Kaizo Hayashi. 1990/95 min.
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DRAMA
4 WEEKS OF SUNSHINE
Starring: Steven Kiefer,
Christine Lobst, Marco Aguilar, Juce
Peterson
In a tragic car accident, 24 year old
championship boxer, Jeremiah, lost his father
and his eyesight. Jeremiah isn’t coping well
with the reality that he can’t fight anymore.
Jeopardizing his safety on a daily basis,
Jeremiah’s family hires a nanny they hope
will bring some sunshine back into his life.
But when Jeremiah does miraculously regain
his sight, he opens his eyes to a world that is
even darker….
DRAMA
AROUND THE FIRE
BODY, THE
Starring: Annabelle Larson and
Roger Kabler
Starring: Devon Sawa, Tara Reid and
Charlayne Woodard
Starring: Antonio Banderas,
Three young New York men decide to travel
south for a few days away from the Big Apple.
They pick up a beautiful, mysterious, blind
young woman with a strange and unsettling
past. All three are captivated and fascinated
by her, but can she be trusted?
Simon is blessed with a seemingly privileged
life. But while he’s away at prep school, a
new friend opens up a whole new world of
late nights, illegal drugs and loud music.
After meeting a cute hippie named Jennifer
at a concert, Andrew decides to join her in
following the band on tour. But his bad habits
eventually land him in rehab, where he can no
longer escape his problems -- or his parents.
Behind a simple hardware store, an archaeologist has discovered an ancient skeleton.
Coloration of the bones indicates that the
cause of death was crucifixion. A gold coin
bearing the mark of Pontius Pilate indicated
that this could be the body of Jesus. Antonio
Banderas stars as a Jesuit priest whom
together with the archaeologist, risks his life to
seek the truth in this international thriller.
Directed by John Jacobsen. 1999/107 min.
Directed by Jonas McCord. 2000/109 min.
ASSASSIN OF THE TSAR
BOY CALLED HATE, A
ALLIGATOR EYES
Directed by John Feldman. 1990/101 min.
Olivia Williams
BUSINESS AFFAIR, A
CHORUS LINE, A
Starring: Christopher Walken, Carole
Bouquet & Jonathan Pryce
Starring: Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed,
Vicki Frederick
Carole Bouquet plays a beautiful model and
aspiring author in this sophisticated romantic
comedy about a woman who is torn between
her husband, a brilliant intellectual and
prestigious novelist, and her lover a powerful
American publisher until she realizes where
her true happiness lies.
Based on the smash hit Broadway musical
with a score by Marvin Hamlisch, A Chorus
Line tells the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in a new show. The
theatrical version won many Tony Awards and
even a Pulitzer Prize. Michael Douglas stars in
this film version.
Directed by Charlotte Brandstrom. 1994/98 min.
Directed by Richard Attenborough. 1985/113 min.
CAROLINE?
CO2
Directed by Steven Kiefer. 2005/89 min.
AFTERMATH
Starring: Cheryl Ladd, Jeffrey DeMunn,
Doug Sheehan
The day the plane flying into Dalston crashed
was a tragedy. When all 187 bodies were
pulled from the wreckage and identified the
scope of the crash was realized. For one
woman a mystery was being born. The pilot
was her husband. When the airline announced
it was pilot error that brought down the plane,
she tries desperately to uncover the truth of
what really happened.
AN AMERICAN AFFAIR
Starring Gretchen Mol, Noah Wyle,
James Rebhorn
Set against the backdrop of the JFK presidency, when a young boy becomes infatuated
with the beautiful neighbor that’s having an
affair with the President, he becomes a pawn
in a deadly game of deceit and betrayal.
Directed by William Olsson. 2009/ 93 min
Starring: Paul Bettany, Louise Lombard
and Ariyon Bakare
Set in South Africa during a time of unrest and
civil war, “After The Rain” is a drama of love
and friendship. While the fires of civil war
burn, Emma and Joseph manage to find common ground in a forbidden friendship that transcends the racial hatred that surrounds them.
Directed by Ross Kettle. 1999/110 min.
Starring: James Caan, Scott Caan, Missy
Crider and Eliot Gould
Timofeyev is certain he’s actually Yakov
Yurovsky, the man who murdered the entire
family of Tsar Nicholas II. One problem: It’s not
1918. Instead, it’s modern-day Russia, and
he’s in a hospital where a doctor is trying to
make heads or tails of his story. To help cure
Timofeyev, the doctor takes him to the site of
the murders to reenact the assassination, hoping to break its spell.
James Caan’s son Scott makes his feature
debut in this tale of a troubled teen who saves
a young woman from a rapist. Afraid he’s killed
the attacker, he and the would-be victim hit
the road and find romance as fugitives.
Written & Directed by Mitch March. 1995/97 min.
Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. 1995/98 min.
Directed by Philip Saville. 1990/96 min.
AFTER THE RAIN
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Oleg
Yankovsky
AMERICAN SON
Starring: Nick Cannon,
Melonie Diaz, Matt O’Leary
Nineteen year old Mike Holland has 96
hours to make peace with his friends
and family and maybe even begin a
new relationship on the eve of his
deployment to Iraq. Get a glimpse of
the emotional battlefield our troops
navigate as they leave America’s
streets to fight in a completely different
world. Experience a gripping story that
rises above politics and centers on the
personal challenges of a tough young
man with an uncertain future.
Starring: Jared Starr,
Grace Shin Im, Kate Bailey
Meet the Graham Family. Charles is a successful businessman and doting father. Grace,
his second wife, is fighting her way into the
family’s affections The Grahams are emotionally insecure but financially sound, then comes
Caroline – believed dead in a plane crash
thirteen years earlier, she returns to the family
fold. There’s just one problem – is she who
she claims to be?
A mysterious deadly vapor suffocates a
small American coal town. Based on actual
events from around the world, CO2 follows a
determined group of survivors as they attempt
to survive and escape.
Directed by John Depew. 2010/105 min.
Directed by Joseph Sargent. 1990/96 min.
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
BRINGING RAIN
Starring: David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Tony Barry
Starring: Adrian Grenier, Niesha Butler,
Larisa Oleynik
A docu-drama covering one of the most
famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and
Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawaw farmhouse?
Arthur was sure that trusting the police and
co-operating fully would prove his innocence.
The police held a very different view of this
simple farmer.
Two teens struggle to reclaim their lives after
a horrible accident in this poignant drama.
Popular high school athletes Clay and Neisha
have everything going for them until they drive
under the influence and end up in a devastating crash. Neisha’s leg is amputated, and
friends resent the new campus restrictions
imposed because of the accident. Can Clay and
Neisha come to accept their new reality and
move forward?
Directed by John Laing. 1980/129 min.
Starring: Stephanie Zimbalist, George
Grizzard, Patricia Neal, Pamela Reed
CHOOSE ME
COMMISSIONER, THE
Starring: Geneviève Bujold,
Keith Carradine
Starring: John Hurt, Rosana Pastor,
Alice Krige and Armin Mueller-Stahl
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a
nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships
counselor, and an itinerant stranger have
encounters that expose their contradictions and
anxieties about love and acceptance.
Forced into resigning his political post as a
result of political intrigue, Minister James
Morton is dispatched to Brussels as British
European Commissioner. Through an
anonymous source, James learns of an illegal
chemical weapons developed by a powerful
international drugs company. As James fights
for the truth, he is compelled to question if he
can really trust anyone.
Directed by Alan Rudolph. 1984/106 min.
Directed by George Sluizer. 1997/108 min.
Directed by Noah Buschel. 2003/81min
Directed by Neil Abramson. 2008/90min
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DRAMA
COMPLICITY
Starring: Johnny Lee Miller, Brian Cox
Newspaper editor Sir Toby McCormack is
thrown out of a window and impaled on railings in the street below. His is the first in a
series of murders we witness. Cameron Coley,
is assigned to this story. He drops everything
to investigate leads fed to him from a mysterious mole, ‘Mr. Archer’, who sends him all over
Scotland to follow up on a series of apparent
suicides. As Cameron becomes embroiled in
the events, he finds himself the chief suspect.
Written/Directed by Mitch Marcus. 1995/97 min.
DRAMA
DEATH IN LOVE
ENDGAME
EVERYTHING
Starring: Josh Lucas, Jacqueline Bisset,
Adam Brody, Lukas Haas
Starring: William Hurt, Chiwetel
Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller
Starring: Ray Winstone,
Jan Graveson, and Ed Deedigan
A Jewish woman survives wartime Germany
by seducing a Nazi -- a decision that decades
later influences the emotional lives of her two
sons. One drifts through life without purpose;
the other cannot flee his stifling relationship
with his mother. The sadomasochistic older
son, in particular, is tormented, going from one
fling to the next until he finds hope when he
meets a young co-worker.
It is 1985 South Africa and apartheid
is tearing the country apart. While the
country plunges deeper into turmoil,
two influential South Africans, including
future president Thabo Mbeki, meet
secretly in England to discuss the future
of the country. This is the story of the
courageous men who helped bring
apartheid to an end.
A man visits a prostitute but just wants to talk.
She goes along with it until he starts asking
questions. Is he just a loner or is there another
reason for his visit? ‘Everything’ is a forcefully
executed, slow-burning thriller told through a
series of meetings between an aging prostitute
and a troubled john.
Directed by Boaz Yakin. 2009/100min
Directed by Pete Travis. 2009/109 min.
Directed by Richard Hawkins.. 2004/91 min.
FALL
FROZEN IN TIME
Starring: Eric Schaeffer, Amanda
DeCadenet
Starring: Paul Sorvino, Bruce Davison,
Ella Rae Peck
Cab driver Michael and supermodel Sarah fall
in love while her gorgeous husband Philippe
is in Madrid for two months. They are from
completely different worlds and meet by
chance. He is attracted to her beauty and good
humor; she is seduced by his charisma and
honesty. With his gifts of poetry and tenderness, he opens her heart to the possibility of
true love. But it takes a lot of courage to make
a commitment. Is she truly in love with him?
Following a tragic bus crash that takes the lives
of the 1977 undefeated high school basketball
team, time literally stands still for the town of
Rockwell. Nobody gets sick, ages or dies –
that is, until a mysterious boy, Hawk Kodiak,
comes to town. With the resumption of time
come drastic consequences: a simple sneeze
becomes a cold, disagreements turn violent
and violence turns deadly. The good people of
Rockwell discover the hard way that time waits
for no one.
Directed by Eric Schaeffer. 1997/93 min.
Directed by David Sabbath. 2011/100 min.
COURAGE TO LOVE
DEATH OF AN ANGEL
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Nick Mancuso
This made-for-TV drama set in antebellum
New Orleans stars Vanessa Williams as
Henriette Delille, the first African-American
canonized by the Vatican. A mixed-race
woman who repudiates the hypocrisy of race,
class and convention, Henriette chooses to
accept a divine calling to help the downtrodden
by founding a combination medical treatment
center and school for the French community’s
black population.
Grace MacKenzie is a widowed mother who
is ordained as an Episcopalian minister. Her
source of inspiration is her teenage daughter,
Vera who is confined to a wheelchair as a
result of the same automobile accident that
killed her father. Vera disappears and Grace
sets out to find her. She discovers that Vera
has joined a remote desert community led
by Angel, a charismatic figure who promises
salvation to his followers.
Directed by Kari Skogland. 2000/90 min.
Directed by Petru Popescu. 1985/100 min.
END OF INNOCENCE
(aka BLUE RIDGE FALL)
Starring: Chris Isaak, Amy Irving,
Tom Arnold
In the North Carolina hamlet of Jefferson
Creek, high school football hero Danny
Shepherd and his buddies end up on the
wrong side of the law when they go to felonious lengths to protect their friend Aaron.
After domestic violence drives Aaron to kill
his father, Danny & Co. attempt to hide the
evidence, but their cover-up only makes matters worse.
EQUINOX
Starring: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn
Boyle, Marisa Tomei
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are twins who
were separated as babies, and do not know
each other as adults. An honest man adopted
Henry, while Freddy becomes a gangster.
Henry is very shy and has a lot of mental
troubles. The film melts the two stories by a
young writer who discovers that they were
sons of a European noble and they own a large
inheritance.
FATED
Starring: Michael Angelis,
Lee Boardman, Jennifer Brooks
A statue comes alive on New Year’s Eve, in the
city of Liverpool, England. Chaos ensues. A love/
ghost story.
Directed by Nicola Scott. 2006/90 min.
GATHERING OF OLD MEN, A
Starring: Lou Gossett, Richard Widmark,
Holly Hunter
A regular day in a sugarcane plantation in
Louisiana changes course when a local white
farmer is shot. A group of old black men take
the first courageous step of their long lives by
coming forward en masse to take responsibility
for the killing of a white racist in this contemporary drama of racial tension.
Directed by Volker Schlondorff. 1987/92 min.
Directed by David Blocker. 1992/110 min.
Directed by James Rowe. 1999/100 min.
DARK SIDE OF THE SUN
ELVIS TOOK A BULLET
EICHMANN
Starring: Brad Pitt, Guy Boyd and
Cheryl Pollak
Starring: Gregg Binkley, Jerry Eeten,
Wade Ingram, P.J. Marino,
Starring: Thomas Kretschman, Franka
Potente
Brad Pitt stars in this touching story about
a young American searching for the cure to
a rare skin disease that will kill him if he is
exposed to light. Realizing that this may be
his only chance to break free from the prison
of his illness, he finds respite in the form of a
young American girl. Together they fall in love,
knowing that the love can never last beyond
three days.
Rebecca McFarland
Moments before he is to be executed for war
crimes, Adolf Eichmann finds himself in a battle
of wills with Captain Avner Less, an Israeli
police officer, who will stop at nothing to learn
the truth behind the atrocities.
Directed by Bozidar Nikolic. 1988/93 min.
Jeff Wilkes is a doctor who has a phobia of
dead people, orders five limes with his vodka
tonic, and is a “Scuzz” B-movie freak. New
to L.A., he answers an ad for a roommate
and meets Aron Presley, a young man who
believes he is Elvis reincarnated. Confronted
with the fact that his own reincarnation is
impossible, since he was alive when Elvis died,
Aron calmly answers, “In L.A., you create your
own reality.”
Directed by Jerry Eeten. 2001/91 min.
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Directed by Robert Young. 2007/90min
EVERSMILE, NEW JERSEY
Starring: Daniel Day Lewis,
Mirjana Jokovic
Fergus O’ Connell is an Irish dentist working for
an American dental promotion company- The
Eversmile New Jersey Company. He travels
on his motorbike, which can be transformed
into a dental surgery, across Patagonia, teaching people the wisdom of having clean teeth.
When he crashes his motorbike, a local garage
owner puts him up until it’s repaired. There
he meets Estella. Fergus falls in love with her
and faces up to what he has lost and what
life can give.
FIFTH MIND, THE
Starring: Jack Diamond, Julia Duvall,
Victoria Gilson
A harrowing portrait of two siblings torn apart
by a shared childhood experience. One sibling
has completely blocked abuse, incest and
madness; while the other has created five
minds to deal with the pain.
Directed by Naoko Tajima. 2007/74 min.
GORE VIDAL’S LINCOLN
Starring: Sam Waterston,
Mary Tyler Moore
Adapted from Gore Vidal’s best-seller, this
biopic chronicles Abraham Lincoln’s (Sam
Waterston) life, beginning with his inauguration
and ending with his assassination. After taking
office, Lincoln faces one of the most tumultuous times in U.S. history, the Civil War, dissent
in his cabinet and his decision to draft the
Emancipation Proclamation. All the while, he
must deal with his wife’s (Mary Tyler Moore)
deteriorating mental state.
Directed by Lamont Johnson. 1988/188 min.
Directed by Carlos Sorin. 1989/91 min.
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DRAMA
DRAMA
GREAT FIGHT, THE
HELENO
HOSTILE WITNESS
Starring: Robert Loggia,
Charles Durning, Martin Kove
Starring: ?
Starring: Sam Waterston, Ron Leibman,
Robert Davi
Repeatedly suspended police officer
Nick Tantino wants nothing more
than to leave the force and become a
professional MMA fighter. The arrival
of Anthony Rodriguez, an autistic high
school student, , suddenly puts Nick’s
long standing MMA goal in motion – just
in a different manner. After Anthony
pummels two high school bullies, Nick
saves him from expulsion by agreeing
to personally mentor the seemingly
troubled student and rehabilitate him via
his unorthodox therapy of fighting.
Gifted with incredible athletic talent, Brazilianborn Heleno de Freitas conquered the soccer
world in the 1940s. As his fame and fortune
grew to new heights, his passion for a decadent life of women and nightclubs threatened
his career. Featuring an Awards-caliber
performance by Rodrigo Santoro (300, What
to Expect When You’re Expecting), Heleno
depicts the thrilling life of the world’s first
sports superstar.
Directed by José Henrique Fonseca. 2011/116 mins.
This political thriller tells the story of an international terrorist accused of masterminding
and carrying out violence against five American
citizens in Barcelona. Once captured, he’s
flown to the United States to stand trial. The
man claims that he’s a prisoner of war and
that the act of terrorism was a legitimate military action, but the U.S. government contends
it’s a murder case, pure and simple.
Directed by Jeff Bleckner. 1987/144 min.
JUSTICE
Starring: Erik Palladino, Catherine
Kellner, Daphne Rubin-Vega &
Ajay Naidu
Drew is a comic book writer who’s still struggling with grief over losing a close friend to the
World Trade Center attack. He yearns to do
something meaningful so he cooks up the idea
of an “everyday hero,” a character based on
an average New Yorker without super powers.
After he selects an unwitting person to base
his character, Justice, on, the comic becomes
a surprise hit.
KOKODA CRESCENT
Starring: Warren Mitchell, Bill Kerr and
Martin Vaughn
A trio of old codgers who served in World War
Two decide to go after a crooked cop after running into a wall of indifference by authorities to
the death of one man’s grandson from a heroin
overdose. The resulting violence and mayhem
would do credit to a large crew of much
younger men, much less these old fellows.
Directed by Ted Robinson. 1989/83 min.
LEADING MAN, THE
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Anna Galiena,
Lambert Wilson and Thandie Newton
Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new
play in rehearsal but can’t enjoy his success.
He has fallen in love with Hilary, the beautiful
lead actress and is preparing to desert his
perfect family - his wife Elena and three children. Desperate to regain control of his life, he
indulges in a grand theatrical gesture, but fate
intervenes, and both Felix and Robin learn that
real life doesn’t always follow the script.
Directed by John Duigan. 1996/100 min.
Directed by Evan Oppenheimer. 2003/80 min.
Directed by Sherri Kauk. 2011/89 min.
GROTESQUE, THE
HIGH ART
Starring: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell,
Sting, John Mills and Lena Headly
Starring: Peter Coyote, Tcheky Karyo,
Amanda Pays and Raul Cortez
Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing
dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his
wife, Lady Harriet. The new butler, Fledge,
provides Lady Harriet with the attention she’s
been missing and then seduces Sidney. Did he
have a role in Sidney’s disappearance as well?
Peter Mandrake is an American photographer
in Rio de Janeiro. Confronted with the simple
case of a computer disk found by one of his
young models, Mandrake becomes entangled
in events that plunge him into a nightmare.
Mandrake’s journey of revenge carries him
through the dark streets of Rio into the world
of international drug and arms dealers, and
across Brazil’s vast, sweeping lowlands to the
isolated border with Bolivia and the Andes.
Directed by Paul Davidson. 1995/99 min.
ILL GOTTEN GAINS
KIN
LAKE CITY
LET HIM HAVE IT
Starring: Djimon Hounsou,
Akosua Busia, De’aundre Bonds
Starring: Miranda Otto, Isaiah
Washington, Chris Chameleon, Moses
Kandjoze & Ndondoro Hevita
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Rebecca Romijn,
Drea de Matteo, David Matthews, Troy
Garity,
Starring: Tom Bell,
Christopher Eccleston
Anna is a conservationist working to protect
wildlife in Namibia. When Anna discovers
that a group of game poachers have illegally
bagged an elephant, she sets out to find them.
She discovers that her assistant, who then is
murdered by the other conservationists, killed
the animal. The death drives a wedge between
Anna and the local community.
When Billy runs afoul of a local drug dealer,
he is forced to return home to seek help from
a woman he hasn’t spoken to in a year: his
mother. As they try to rebuild their relationship,
they must come to terms with the tragedy that
drove them apart. And when his childhood
home is threatened, the new crisis may push
them back together in this powerful drama
about the bonds of family.
Twenty-four Africans are held captive in a slave
ship after slavery is outlawed. Spurred on by a
specter that lives in the ship, the captives are
moved to a tragic and bloody uprising.
Directed by by Joel B. Marsden. 1997/101 min.
Directed by Elaine Proctor. 2000/89 min.
Directed by Walter Salles Jr. 1991/99 min.
HARPIST
HOMAGE
Starring: Geraldine O’Rawe,
Christien Anholt
Starring: Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley
and Sheryl Lee
An ordinary young man is enthralled by a
beautiful harpist, who comes to play in his
town. Taken over by her charms he becomes
involved in her darker, twisted secrets.
Beautiful, talented, fiercely unhappy Lucy
Samuel, an actress on hiatus from her popular
television series, comes home to visit her
mother Katherine. There she meets Archie
Landrum a Ph.D. in mathematics and social
misfit working as a caretaker on Katherine’s
run-down farm. Archie is obsessed with Lucy,
and his obsession escalates from romantic
ineptitude to desperation to murder. A media
feeding frenzy heightens the sensational crime
of passion.
Director: Hansjorg Thurn. 1997/93 min.
Directed by Hunter Hill. 2008/92 min.
JUDGMENT IN BERLIN
Starring: Martin Sheen and Sean Penn
An East German man with his wife and child
hijacks an airliner to a United States base in
West Germany using a toy gun. They stand
trial in a complex, precedent-setting case
where an American judge in Berlin must decide
if the hijacking of the East German plane into
West Berlin was justified.
Directed by Leo Penn. 1988 / 92 min.
KISS ME AGAIN
Starring: Jeremy London, Katheryn
Winnick
A married couple decides to test the boundaries of their relationship with a seductive
Spanish woman. When an unlikely relationship
ensues, all three are forced to rethink their
definition of love
Directed by William Tyler Smith. 2006/103 min.
LAST CALL
The shocking true story that rocked England
comes to the screen in this searing drama
about crime and a travesty of justice. In the
1950s, mentally challenged Derek Bentley
becomes friends with dangerous, gun-toting
Chris Craig, who idolizes gangster films and
dreams of rising in the crime world. However,
one violent night will change their destinies
forever and lead them to a courtroom where
the entire future of the country is about to be
changed.
Directed by Peter Medak. 1991/115 min.
LAST CALL
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Peter
Coyote, Elizabeth Rossa, Lorene Prieto
Starring: Cara Seymour, Lori Petty,
James McCaffrey
Three apartments in an old converted loft
building set the stage for three bizarre love
triangles. Nico, enjoys his older brother’s
top floor loft, while he is away on business.
Downstairs, on the second floor loft, Helena,
prepares for a dinner with her lover, who never
shows up. In the basement, three expatriates
are waiting for a phone call. A Chilean contact
is supposed to instruct them to carry out a
dirty job.
Last Call is a snapshot of a night out in the
big city between friends, lovers, relatives,
colleagues and total strangers. A theatre
director and his ensemble of young “nobody”
actors, regulars at this bar, whose off-off-offBroadway play closed tonight; and the owner
of a small business, her brother, and her two
employees, whose bankrupt business also
closed tonight. All of them here, at the bar, to
get drunk.
Directed by Christine Lucas. 1999/91 min.
Directed by Steven Tanenbaum. 2008/93 min.
Directed by Ross Kagan Marks. 1995/97 min.
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DRAMA
LEAVE ME BEHIND
Starring: Kirk Gostkowski, Kirsten Scoles,
Melissa Haley Smith
Christian Keller has always tried to do the right
thing. He got Jackie pregnant in high school
and married her soon after. He joined the
Marines to support his family. Then September
11th happened and that dedication to ‘do the
right thing’ suddenly meant something else. In
3 days, Christian goes to Iraq. Saying goodbye
to his friends and family for what could be the
last time, Christian is haunted by the very real
possibility that he may never return.
DRAMA
LOVE AND RAGE
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Daniel Craig,
Stephen Dillane and Valerie Edmond
Agnes MacDonnell, a strong and self-confident
Englishwoman in her forties, owns a large
estate on an island off the coast of Northern
Ireland. When she begins a passionate but
dangerous affair with twenty-something James
Lynchehaun, her new estate manager, Agnes
wages a desperate and humorous struggle to
dominate this charismatic but destructive man.
Directed by Cathal Black. 1998/100 min.
MEMSAHIB, THE
Starring: Emily Hamilton,
Parvin Dabas, Glenn Fitzgerald
Shifting her lens between the 1850s and 2000s,
expatriate Gujarati director Kruti Majmudar
illustrates the complexities of love in two Eastmeets-West marriages. In 2005, a Gujarati
student (Parveen Dabas) falls in love with a
British woman (Emily Hamilton) and brings her
back to his homeland. Meanwhile, as told in
flashback, a king married to an Englishwoman
tries his best to blend multiple cultures.
Directed by Kruti Majmudar. 2006/101 min.
Directed by Kirk Gostkowski. 2008/125 min.
MORNING GLORY
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Deborah
Raffin, Lloyd Bochner, Nina Foch
The novel that millions of readers took to
their hearts is a stirring film. Laconic drifter
Will Parker is an ex-con trying to do right in
rural Georgia, 1941. Reclusive homesteader
Elly sees the good in Will. The two marry
but before long, trouble erupts. When a local
man is found dead, Will is the first suspect.
The secrets of an entire town are exposed in
this passionate drama that leaves no viewer
untouched.
Directed by Steve Hilliard Stern. 1993/96 min.
MY HEROES HAVE ALL BEEN
COWBOYS
NIGHTMARE YEARS, THE
Starring: Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw,
Ben Johnson
The true story of Bill and Tess Shirer based
on his diaries smuggled out of Nazi Europe in
1941. The Shirers know the world has gone
mad when church crosses are replaced by
swastikas. In the preceding years another
battle was fought where censorship of the truth
silenced the voices of dissent. One man did
oppose them: William L. Shirer.
Scott Glenn is H.D., a champion rodeo rider
whose career is ruined after being gored by a
bull. He returns home to discover things have
drastically changed — the family farm has
been abandoned and his sister Cheryl (Tess
Harper) has put his father (Ben Johnson) in a
nursing home. H.D. rescues his father from the
home and returns him to the ranch. His sister
threatens to return her father to the nursing
home and sells the ranch. H.D. and his father
work together to train H.D. for a rodeo contest
to win the grand prize and buy the ranch back.
Starring: Sam Waterston, Martha Keller
Directed by Anthony Page. 1989/237 min.
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.. 1991/106 min.
MINOTAURO
LITTLE MEN
LOVED
Starring: Mariel Hemingway,
Chris Sarandon
Starring: William Hurt, Sean Penn,
Robin Wright
Starring: Jorge Robles,
Diana Salgado, Elsa Baena
In Boston’s town square, a street urchin named
Dan pulls out some coins to buy food for his
hungry best friend, Nat. Dan didn’t pull the
coins from his own pocket – he pick pocketed
the money from a man who yells “thief.” Dan
and Nat eventually are sent to Plumfield, a
school in the country for children from diverse
backgrounds. There, Nat and Dan embark on
an interesting journey where they learn the
value of honesty.
K.D. Deitrickson is a district attorney who sets
out to prove that a man accused of abusing
three women is guilty. The evidence against
the defendant is overwhelming. All of the
victims hurled themselves in front of fast moving cars. Were the women innocent victims or
tragic examples of what happens when love,
so overpowering and intense, compels someone to do the unthinkable?
Flora is a Mayan girl from Mexico who can see
the future through her dreams. As she grows
older, she realizes that the dreams never
reveal her own future, only that of others. The
tragedies that surround her family are revealed
through her clairvoyant visions.
MONUMENT AVENUE
MY NEIGHBOR’S DAUGHTER
Starring: Denis Leary, Colm Meany
Starring: Sam Bottoms and Lisa Eichorn
A small time hoodlum is divided between his
conscience and loyalty to his boss when his
cousin is murdered..
Dennis Cromwell is handsome, accomplished
and well liked. He has a beautiful wife and a
newborn child. Cromwell is also friendly with
his handyman, who has a teenage daughter,
Angel. Dennis serves as a second father to
Angel, but soon finds himself increasingly
obsessed with her. A romance develops and
their closeness arouses everyone’s suspicions.
Directed by Ted Demme. 1998/93min
Directed by Alejandro Cano. 2006/94 min.
Directed by Steven Kovacs. 1997/93 min.
Directed by Erin Dignam. 1997/109 min.
LUSH LIFE
Starring: Anthony Andrews,
Yelena Mayorova
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Forest Whitaker
and Kathy Baker
LOST IN SIBERIA is an authentic story of the
labor camp horrors and a portrait of how man’s
spirit survives oppression and humiliation. This
is the Lubyanka prison in the days of Stalin.
This film shows the terrible life of the camps
as never before… where men fight to eat and
kill to survive and where love of any sort can
only add to the danger.
Saxophone player Al Gorky and trumpeter
Buddy Chester are known in New York as top
musicians. Unfortunately, life is not all high
notes. Buddy has been diagnosed with an
inoperable tumor. With only a few months to
live, Buddy asks his friend for one last favor:
to bankroll a party and invite all their musical
friends for an unforgettable night.
Directed by Aleksandr Mitta. 1995/140 min.
Directed by Michael Elias. 1994/106 min.
Starring: Brett Moses, Ryan Hurst,
Michael Parks
Jimmy Wayne Collins (Brett Moses, who also
co-directs), a country star with a career gone
bust, drifts home to Texas to nurse his dying
father, Pete (Michael Parks). But it’s the severed
ties of his youthful past that he truly hopes to
mend in this thoughtful drama. After locating
his brother (Ryan Hurst) in prison and his old
sweetheart (Dominique Swain) in a grocery
aisle, Jimmy realizes there’s more than one way
to lead an honorable life.
Directed by Dan McMellen, Brett Moses. 2008/98 min.
Directed by Rodney Gibbons. 1997/98 min.
LOST IN SIBERIA
NOBLE THINGS
MONSTER
MURDER ORDAINED
NECESSITY
NORA
Starring: Loni Anderson, John Heard,
James Naughton
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch,
Andrew Scott, Vincent McCabe &
Veronica Duffy
Starring: Charlize Theron,
Cristina Ricci
Starring: Keith Carradine, Jobeth
Williams, Kathy Bates, John Goodman
In her Academy Award-winning role, Charlize
Theron portrays the true story of Aileen
Wuornos, a woman with a tortured past who
turns to prostitution for money, and who
eventually turned her anger into a motive for
murder, becoming one of America’s most
infamous serial killers.
Well-crafted drama based on events surrounding a pair of real-life murders in Kansas. In
1982, an ambitious and charismatic Lutheran
minister, Tom Bird, falls in love with one of his
parishioners, Lorna Anderson. Within a short
time both Bird’s wife and Anderson’s husband
are dead. The clever staging of the two murders almost foils the authorities except for the
suspicions of a highway patrolman.
Lauren La Salle’s life changes the day she
discovers what her rich and successful husband really does for a living. It is a crushing
blow, but she finds the strength to free herself
from the prison her palatial home has now
become. Forced to leave her daughter behind
in order to save her own life, Lauren plans a
rescue attempt to get her baby out of danger
from husband
Directed by Mike Robe. 1987/188 min.
Directed by Michael Miller. 1988/ 95 min
Directed by Patty Jenkins. 2003/109min
In this highly respected biography, author
James Joyce falls in love with the passionate
and sexually outgoing Nora Barnacle. The two
lovers leave Dublin for Italy, where they have
two children and find limited happiness. After
Joyce returns home, his old friends play on
his jealous tendencies, which are put at bay
only when Joyce and Nora begin an erotic
correspondence.
Directed by Pat Murphy. 2000/106 min.
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DRAMA
ONE CUP OF COFFEE
Starring: William Russ, Glenn Plummer
William Russ, Jeffrey Tambor and Ernie Banks
star in this drama about 41-year-old minor
league pitcher Roy Dean, an athlete at the
twilight of his career who decides to mentor
a rookie who’s obviously bound for greatness.
But time is running out for Roy, and what he
has to teach will have to be mastered before
it’s too late.
Directed by Robin B. Armstrong. 1998/90 min.
DRAMA
PETE’S METEOR
PRETTY PERSUASION
Starring: Mike Myers, Brenda Fricker
and Alfred Molina
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood
It’s a magical tale of three children whose lives
are transformed when a meteor lands in their
backyard. The kids believe their dead parents
sent it to them. The government ships the
rock to the local university. In the children’s
efforts to retrieve the meteor they meet a dorky
scientist who finds a place in his heart for the
kids. Meanwhile, their parent’s best friend,
a smalltime drug dealer owes drug dealers
money and has to hide out after escaping a
murder attempt.
The film centers on a sexual harassment
scandal that engulfs an exclusive
Beverly Hills private school. A teenage
girl (Wood) frames her teacher for sexual
harassment.
Directed by Marcos Siega. 2205/87min
RAVE
Starring: Douglas Spain,
Aimee Graham, Nicholle Tom
The lives of six Los Angeles teens pursuing the
hottest rave in the city intertwine in unexpected
ways over the course of a single day in this
drama directed and co-written by Ron Krauss.
The ensemble cast includes Efren Ramirez
(Napoleon Dynamite), Tamara Mello (“Popular”),
Douglas Spain (But I’m a Cheerleader), Aimee
Graham (From Dusk Till Dawn), Nicholle Tom
(“Beverly Hills 90210”), Dante Basco (Hook) and
Steven Bauer (Traffic).
Starring: Brendan Hines, Kris Park,
Elizabeth Banks, and A Martinez
This intriguing coming-of-age drama has
romance, action and social commentary. Peter
is a former divinity student who comes to rural
Vermont to sort out his life after a crisis of
faith. He gets involved in a complex triangle
with his boyhood pal Alex and a beautiful
co-ed, Rachel. Eventually Peter finds life in
the country is not the quiet refuge he imagined
when he uncovers a possible murder plot
involving his former mentor.
PERFECT AGE OF
ROCK ‘N ROLL
Starring: Lukas Haas, Kevin Zeger,
Taryn Manning
After his sophomore album flops,
Spyder, returns to his Long Island
hometown to convince his estranged
partner to help write songs for his
comeback.
Directed by Scott Rosenbaum. 2009/90min
Starring: Ben Cross, William Franklyn
and Cathy Underwood
Starring: Beau Bridges, Patty Duke and
Pat Hingle
Based on a true story. Jessica was an ordinary, everyday little girl until she fell 20 feet
down an abandoned well shaft in Odessa,
Texas. As the day drags into night and rescue
attempt after rescue attempt fails, tensions
reach a fever pitch.
Directed by Mel Damskin. 1989/96 min.
Directed by Ron Krauss. 2000/85 min.
ROBERT RYLAND’S
LAST JOURNEY
Robert Rylands professor and archaeologist at
Oxford University whom no one has heard from
since his unusual disappearance ten years
earlier, returns suddenly on the eve of his
seventieth birthday. Upon his arrival Rylands
makes a voluntary statement to the local police
detailing the truth of his disappearance and
the complex mystery at its core “Bristling with
the kind of well-crafted dialogue that’s almost
gone out of fashion...” – Variety
Directed by Gracia Querejeta. 1997/102 min.
Directed by Joe O’Byrne. 1998/90 min.
ORDINARY SINNER
ROBERT RYLAND’S LAST
JOURNEY
RESCUE OF JESSICA
McCLURE, THE
PREY FOR ROCK AND ROLL
REBEL
RHAPSODY IN BLOOM
ROCK THE PAINT
Starring: Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo,
Lori Petty, Shelly Cole
Starring: Matt Dillon, Debbie Byrne and
Bryan Brown
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Ron
Silver, Craig Sheffer
Starring: Jas Anderson, Tom Brennan
and Kim Brockington
An all-girl rock quartet named Clamdandy tries
to break out of obscurity on the Los Angeles
scene, even as the realities of the music business (and the ages of the two older members)
bear down on them. The chance to open for
a legendary punk group suddenly presents
itself, but will the girls’ incessant bickering be
their downfall?
While recuperating from battle wounds in
World War II Australia, U.S. Marine Rebel
secretly plots to go AWOL and flee the country.
But his plan hits a snag when he unexpectedly falls in love with married nightclub singer
Kathy. The local police and the U.S. Military
are searching for Rebel as an AWOL soldier.
Rebel arranges to escape Austalia but allows
himself to be arrested in order to keep the
local police from arresting Kathy for harboring him.
This is the tale of Lila Bloom, her brother
Mitch, and Mitch’s three children. Lila has
committed herself to his kids upon the death
of Mitch’s wife – her best friend - by forsaking her passion as a painter and protecting
herself from any personal relationships. When
Mitch announces his engagement to marry,
Lila is forced to reconsider her life. In comes
Jack, a charming musician, to save Lila from
loneliness.
After leaving the comfortable Midwest
countryside, teenager Josh Sendler (Douglas
Smith) must readjust to the fast-paced and
diverse urban landscape of Newark, N.J., where
he meets Antwon Jackson (Kevin Phillips),
a local basketball prodigy. As they face the
state basketball championship together, racial
tensions test the boys’ fledgling friendship.
Directed by Alex Steyermark. 2003/104 min.
Directed by John Henry Davis. 2001/90 min.
Directed by Phil Bertelsen. 2006/105 min.
Directed by Craig M. Saavedra. 1998/94 min.
Directed by Michael Jenkins. 1985/93 min..
OTHER VOICES
Starring: David Aaron Baker, Mary
McCormack, Stockard Channing &
Campbell Scott
This end-of-the-millennium drama deals with
the breakdown of communication, the loss of
identity and the facelessness of corporate life.
Phil and Anna are a young married, New York
couple whose belief in their commitment is
on extremely tenuous ground. Each suspects
the other of infidelity. Set in a highly stylized
world in which no visual image, or character is
random, Phil and Anna’s fractured world can’t
help but implode.
Directed by Dan McCormack. 2000/104 min.
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PRESIDENT’S MISTRESS, THE
Starring: Beau Bridges, Larry Hagman
When Ben Morton investigates the mysterious
death of his beautiful sister, he is unaware that
he is opening up a web of political intrigue and
deception involving the CIA, the White House
and ultimately, the President of the United
States. Ed Murphy, the White House Chief of
Staff, becomes embroiled in a political power
struggle to save both the President and the
Presidency from humiliating sexual scandal in
the wake of Ben’s ongoing investigation.
Directed by John Llewyllyn Moxey. 1978/93 min.
QUIET THUNDER
Starring: Wayne Crawford, June
Chadwick
A roguish tour guide, Max Macklin and a
United States Senator’s beautiful wife, Karen
Ashmore, are thrown together after they
witness the assassination of a small African
nation’s president. They are mistakenly
accused of being the killers. The two escape
with the aide of Max’s co-pilot. But the plane
is forced to land when it runs out of fuel. On
foot, Russian agents and the National Army
through deepest Africa relentlessly pursue
them as they race for the border.
Directed by David Rice. 1988/94 min.
REGRESSA
Starring: Jaime Camil, Blanca Soto
When her husband Ernesto throws himself
into work and refuses to start a family, Maria
begins to think he is having an affair and
turns to hypnosis to help her understand her
relationship. But when the therapist ends the
session, she doesn’t come back as herself.
Instead, Maria is convinced she is a Basque
princess from the 15th century, who is engaged
to a prince from that time.
Directed by Alejandra Gonzalez Padilla. 2009/99min
ROAD FROM EREBUS
Starring: Brenda Price, D. James
Reynolds, Morton Hall Millen
A young man’s obsession with a mysterious
woman unleashes the psychotic rage of her
abusive ex-lover/foster father and her equally
jealous alter ego. They all become ensnared in
a desperate confrontation that takes place less
in the real world than in their minds, where
they must fight for their lives.
RUNNING WILD
Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Sheen,
David Keith
Conservationist John Varty plays himself in this
drama about Christine Shaye, a documentarian
who travels to Africa in order to make a film
about Varty and his work. Varty is attempting to protect a pair of baby leopards whose
parents were killed; he finds himself guarding
them against both their natural enemies and
human poachers. However, despite John and
Christine’s best efforts, they find themselves
constantly at odds with hunters and game
officials.
Directed by Duncan McLachlan. 1992/94 min.
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DRAMA
SAINT OF FORT
WASHINGTON, THE
Starring: Matt Dillon and Danny Glover
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself
out on the street when a slumlord tears down
his apartment building. A thug (who is one
of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington
Shelter for Men) threatens him. He reaches
out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who
takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The
relationship between these two men grows as
they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation
of homelessness.
DRAMA
SHADOW PEOPLE
SNAKE TREATY
SOUVENIR
Starring: Keith Coulouris, Lesli Kay, Kaela
Dobkin
Starring: Genevieve Bujold, Tim Daly
Starring: Christopher Plummer,
Catherine Hicks, Michael Lonsdale,
Christopher Cazenove
Dan and Gretchen, a couple with a secretive
past and a failing relationship rent a guest
house from an affluent couple in California’s
San Fernando Valley. Jealousy and betrayal turn
a casual friendship into a game of manipulation
and deception when Dan and Gretchen decide
to teach their landlords about humility and
the pain that hidden truths in a relationship
can bring.
Directed by Keith Coulouris. 2007/95 min.
Guy Pherson is summoned by his grandfather
to return to the farming community of his
childhood. He arrives to find that his mother
has left his abusive father and is now living
among the Indians. He also discovers friction between the white farmers and the local
Indians, now faced with the choice of selling or
retaining their land. Against the background
of ensuing confrontation, Guy becomes
reacquainted with his estranged parents and
childhood friends.
Directed by David Greene. 1988/95 min.
Directed by Tim Hunter. 1992/103 min.
SAMPLE PEOPLE
SHUFFLE
SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE
Starring: Kylie Minogue,
Ben Mendelsohn
Starring: T.J. Thyne, Paula Rhodes,
Chris Stone
Starring: Jennifer Dale, Ron James
This edgy Australian film stars an ensemble
cast headed up by pop superstar Kylie
Minogue, David Field, and John Lyndon.
Various characters interact under strange
circumstances, calling to mind movies such as
GO and PULP FICTION.
Shuffle is the tale of a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes
up at a different age, on a different day of his
life, never knowing where or when he’s going
to be once he falls asleep. He’s terrified and
wants it to stop – until he notices a pattern
in his experience, and works to uncover why
this is happening to him – and what or who
is behind it. .
Although it’s said you can’t go home again,
some people discover that, thankfully, they
must. Wally Olynyk received an urgent phone
call telling him that his estranged father is
seriously ill. Wally goes back to the small steel
town of his youth thinking that nothing has
changed between him and his father. During
the course of the week, Wally reacquaints
himself with the town, his friends, his past,
and his father.
Directed by Kurt Kuenne. 2011/82 mins
Directed by Clinton Smith. 2000/97 min.
Ernst Kestner, a widower, is in his sixties
and lives in New York. While sorting through
some photos he finds a picture of himself as a
young German soldier with a French girl, Janni,
with whom he fell in love in 1944. Based on
the true story of Oradour-sur-Glane, a French
town that was nearly wiped out near the end
of WWII. The entire ruined town has been preserved as a national memorial.
TELLING LIES IN AMERICA
THAT EVENING SUN
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro,
Calista Flockhart
Starring: Hal Hobrook,
Mia Wasikowska
Shy immigrant Karchy Jonas is a social
disaster at his 1960s American high school.
But things pick up when he pursues a cute,
supermarket coworker and hooks up with a
slick deejay who shows Karchy life’s wild--and
dangerous--side. The tender, coming-of-age
script is a change of pace for Hungarian
émigré Joe Eszterhas, better known for his
scatological screenplays.
Fleeing the retirement home where his
son abandoned him, Abner Meecham
sets out to reclaim his beloved
Tennessee farmstead - only to find
it’s been leased to an old enemy, the
volatile Lonzo Choat.
Directed by Scott Teems. 2009/109min
Directed by Guy Ferland. 1997/101 min.
Directed by Geoffrey Reeve. 1990 90 min.
SOUL SURVIVORS
Starring: Ian McShane, Margi Clark,
Isaac Hayes and Antonio Fargas
You could say Otis Cooke is a soul music
fan but the truth is that DJ Otis lives for soul
music. So when the management at Tower
Radio decides to pull the plug on his late-night
soul show, his life is in ruins. However, Otis
finds his salvation in the title of his all-time
favorite, and most requested record Pickin’ Up
the Pieces, by a gone-but-not-forgotten group
called The Tallahassies.
TERMINAL BLISS
Starring: Luke Perry, Alexis Arquette
Alex and John are childhood friends, growing
up in an affluent neighborhood; they are as
close a two can be. When a new girl joins their
exclusive circle of friends, a jealous rift begins
between the two as they vie for her attention.
Neither of the young men realizes the value of
their friendship until it’s too late and a deadly
accident occurs.
Directed by Jordan Alan. 1992/93 min.
Directed by Sandy Johnson. 1996/115 min.
THAT WAS THEN…THIS IS
NOW
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer,
Kim Delaney
Though troubled Mark Jennings and his adoptive brother, Bryon Douglas have been best
friends a long time, they’ve begun to grow
apart -- and things only get worse when Bryon
falls for pretty waitress Cathy Carlson. Viewing
Cathy as a threat, the resentful Mark becomes
increasingly volatile and soon sees his life
start to spin out of control in this compelling
coming-of-age drama.
Directed by Chris Cain. 1985/102 min.
SERPENT’S KISS, THE
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi,
Pete Postlethwaite
Young Dutch artist Meneer Chrome has been
summoned to a secluded country estate,
where Thomas Smithers has commissioned
him to create an extravagant garden. The
instructions for its creation come from the
evil Fitzmaurice whose true aim is to destroy
Smithers financially with the garden and steal
away his beautiful wife, Juliana.
Directed by Philippe Rousselot. 1997/104 min.
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SIESTA
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne,
Isabella Rossellini, and Martin Sheen
This is an enthralling, erotic mystery based on
the acclaimed novel by Patrice Chaplin. Claire,
a professional daredevil, is a beautiful girl, who
feels compelled to try to resurrect a love affair
with Augustine, her ex-boyfriend. In the little
town of Angeles in Spain, Claire realizes that
she can never recreate the passion she and
Augustine once shared.
Directed by Mary Lambert. 1987/97 min.
SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN
Starring: William McNamara, Robert
Wagner and Maria Pitillo
A Las Vegas waitress and aspiring actress is
given only weeks to live. She travels to Italy
to find a statue of the Madonna that has been
weeping in Italy and is reputed to have healing
powers. En route she meets a talented concert
pianist on the way to a big competition.
Directed by John Hough. 1998/113 min.
STRANGER’S KISS
TEXAS FUNERAL, A
THINGS BEHIND THE SUN
Starring: Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant
and Blain Novak
Starring: Robert Patrick, Joanne
Whalley, Martin Sheen
Hollywood – 1955: A director and his young
producer, Farris, are looking for finance for a
film noir B-Movie. Silva, a crooked realtor with
a violent personality agrees to finance the film,
on the condition that his girlfriend Carol is cast
as lead. The director encourages them both
to fall in love in reality, so as to create some
sparks on screen.
It’s Texas in the late 1960’s. Members of
the Whit family are gathering for the funeral
of patriarch, Grandpa Sparta. But this is no
ordinary funeral or ordinary family. After
the reading of the will, the attorney reads a
confession by the deceased, which opens old
wounds for the family. Through this bizarre set
of circumstances, we begin to understand the
Whit family and their peculiar ways as they try
to reconcile with their past.
Sherry McGrale is an up-and-coming singersongwriter in the tough and tender female
rocker tradition. Owen is a talented Hollywood
rock journalist looking for a big story. He
has been assigned to write his next piece on
Sherry’s breakout radio hit. It becomes clear
that Sherry and Owen have much more in
common than a passion for music. They share
a terrible secret both have been running from
for most of their lives.
Directed by William Blake Herron. 1999/98 min.
Directed by Allison Anders. 2001/117 min.
Directed by Matthew Chapman. 1982/94 min.
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Don
Cheadle, Kim Dickens, Patsy Kensit
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DRAMA
THIS IS MY FATHER
Starring: Aidean Quinn, James Caan,
and Stephen Rea
High school teacher Kieran Johnson discovers old photos of his mother’s native Ireland.
Johnson assigns his students an essay about
their roots and realized he knows little about
the identity of his own father. He takes his
nephew Jack on a trip to the Emerald Isle to
search for his roots and ends up having the
adventure of a lifetime as he uncovers the
truth about his natural father in this charming
and rich tale.
DRAMA
VIRGIN OF JUAREZ, THE
WHEN JUSTICE FAILS
Starring: Famke Janssen, Jaymie
Dornan, Rip Torn, Matt Ross, Lois Smith
Starring: Minnie Driver, Angus
Macfadyen, Esai Morales
Starring: Jeff Fahey and Marlee Maitlin
When hardscrabble single mom Kailey Sullivan
suspects her son’s blowhard father, the custodial parent, of physically abusing the child,
she devises a plan to overcome the situation
using one of her most valuable skills -- playing
billiards. Summoning her mentor, Teddy, and
her pool shark talents to a new level, Kailey
is determined to win enough money to save
her son.
While on assignment, Los Angeles based
reporter Karina Danes meets Mariela, rare survivor of one of the vicious attacks taking place
in the border town of Cuidad Juarez. During
her recovery, Mariela sees visions of the Virgin
Mary and experiences the phenomenon of
stigmata. Mariela and her sermons galvanize a
public in need of hope.
TURN THE RIVER
After a series of bizarre murders in Manhattan,
the police target a hearing-impaired prosecutor
as the culprit. The evidence piles up against
her while she and the homicide detective
assigned to the case are falling for each other.
Will he catch the real murderer or will they
have to sacrifice their newfound love?
Directed by Allen A. Goldstein. 1998/90 min.
WORDS UPON THE
WINDOW PANE
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Geraldine
James, Ian Richardson, John Lynch
This elegant period piece is based upon a one
act W. B. Yeats play of the same title. It concerns, Jonathan Swift, whose spirit and those
of his two lovers: Stella and Vanessa, emerge
at séances held in Dublin in 1928.
Directed/Written by Mary McGuckian. 1995/95 min.
Directed by Kevin James Dobson. 2005/90 min.
Directed by Chris Eigeman. 2007/92 min
Directed by Paul Quinn Year. 1998
UNITED STATES OF LELAND
Starring: Rosalind Chao and
Dennis Dunn
WALKER PAYNE
WILD DUCK, THE
drama
Starring: Jason Patric, Gabrielle
Brennan, Drea de Matteo, Sam Shepard,
KaDee Strickland, Jarrod Bruce
Starring: Liv Ulman, Jeremy Irons and
Arthur Dignam
Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Christine
Lahti, Tom Guiry
Walker Payne is a dramatic love story set in
the strip mining country of southern Illinois
in 1957. Walker is a small town seducer who
finds himself out of work when the mines shut
down. The only hope and love in his life are
his two beautiful daughters. Walker’s ex-wife,
desperate to leave town and escape her miserable life, makes Walker an offer: the girls in
exchange for cash.
Harold Ackland and his wife Gina run a photo
business in a small town in 1913. Together
with their daughter Henrietta and Harold’s
father, Major Ackland, they live a happy
life despite the fact that they are poor and
Henrietta is losing her sight from a hereditary
illness. The thing Henrietta loves most in the
world is a wild duck that she has nursed back
to health. They are all happy until Gregory
Wardle reappears.
Tired of working cons in and around the
casinos of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, slippery
swindler Yonkers Joe and girlfriend Janice
decide to quit the game -- as soon as they pull
a final lucrative but dangerous job. But when
Joe is forced to take custody of his mentally
challenged son, he must reconsider the wisdom of the scam and the direction of his life.
Robert Celestino directs.
Directed by Matt Williams. 2006/117 min
Directed by Henri Safran. 1983/95 min.
WHAT’S EATING GILBERT
GRAPE?
WILDFLOWERS
Starring: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen
Raised in a commune and now drifting away
from her well-meaning single-parent father,
teenager Cally meets the radical artist Sabine
in a café and is instantly drawn to her. When
Sabine leaves her notebook behind, Cally
begins to infiltrate the older woman’s life,
gathering clues about the things they have in
common and eventually seducing Sabine’s
boyfriend.
In the late 19th century, Lalu, a poor Chinese
woman, is sold into marriage in America. She’s
sent to a tough Idaho mining town -- not to
marry, but to work as a prostitute in a saloon
run by fellow countryman Hong King. When
Lalu refuses the job, her dignity proves irresistible to King’s partner, Charlie. Dennis Dun
co-stars in this “American Playhouse” presentation, based on a true story.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kevin Spacey,
Don Cheadle
Sixteen-year-old Leland Fitzgerald kills
a boy and is subsequently arrested and
imprisoned. His prison teacher, Pearl
Madison, builds a relationship with him,
leading to revelations of what could have
caused a young man to murder.
Directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge. 2003/108min
Directed by Nancy Kelly. 1989/105 min.
TRAVELLER
VENGEANCE
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Bill Paxton,
Julianna Margulies, James Gammon,
Nikki DeLoach
Starring: Brad Davis, William Conrad
A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like
drifters in rural North Carolina from whom he
is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin
Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat
learns the game while Bokky falls in love and
desires a different life.
Directed by Jack Green. 1997/101 min.
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YONKERS JOE
THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD
Based on a true story, “Vengeance” follows the
lives of a family from South Carolina torn apart
after the murders of Bill and Myrtle Moon by a
street kid from New York. Although the killer is
caught and arrested, the judicial system takes
too long for Tony, the Moons’ devoted stepson.
Frustrated with a legal system that seems to
favor criminals over their victims, Tony decides
to take matter into his own hands.
Directed by Marc Daniels. 1986/95 min.
Gilbert Grape lives in a backwater Iowa town
and is “man of the house” to his retarded
brother, Arnie, a couple of sisters and his
dangerously overweight mother. Despite all the
crushing responsibility, Gilbert perseveres. But
will he ever be able to live his own life?
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. 1993/118 min.
-Directed by Robert Calestino. 2008/102min.
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts
Directed by Melissa Painter. 1999/93 min.
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FAMILY
FAMILY
ADVENTURES OF
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Starring: Jim Dale, Lillian Gish, Barnard
Hughes, Geraldine Page,
Sada Thompson
Based on the classic novel by Mark Twain.
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer, escapes his humdrum world and his
selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down
the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is
Jim, a slave running away from being sold.
Together the two forge a bond of friendship
that takes them through harrowing events and
thrilling adventures.
ALONE IN THE WOODS
CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN
Starring: Larraine Newman, Brady
Bluhm Stephen Bradbury , Dan McVicar
Starring: Kathy Bates, Jay Leno, Edward
Asner, Madison Davenport, Colin Ford,
Brad Garrett
Ten-year-old Justin finds himself hitching a
ride with two kidnappers when he gets separated from his parents by climbing aboard the
wrong van – thinking it’s his family’s vehicle.
When the bumbling crooks hatch a plan to nab
a business tycoon’s daughter, Justin discovers
his only recourse is to save the girl while making his escape. Think of it as Home Alone …
in the woods!
Directed by John Putch. 1996/92 min
Directed by Robert Zappia. 2007/74 min.
Directed by Peter H. Hunt. 1985/188 min.
ADVENTURE SCOUTS, THE
Starring: Jim Fitzpatrick, Antonio
Traver, Jodi Knotts
Adventure Scouts is a coming of age
movie about a group of boys and girls
called “adventure scouts” who return
from a camping trip to discover their
small town is being held captive by a
gang of motorcycle-riding knuckleheads.
Using only their scouting knowledge and
camping equipment, the kids take down
the gang members one by one, reunite
with family members and restore the
community’s sense of pride.
Directed by Jim Fitzpatrick. 2010/83 min.
In this enchanting animated adventure, wideeyed orphan Sophianna (voiced by Madison
Davenport) and her friends embark on a quest
to recover St. Nick’s stolen magical sack and
return the Christmas holiday to a world that’s
been without it for 30 years. Jay Leno provides the narration, and other celebrity voices
include Kathy Bates, Edward Asner, Brad
Garrett, Shirley Jones, Norm MacDonald and
Andy Griffith (as Santa Claus).
BILLY FRANKENSTEIN
Starring: Jordan Lamoureux, Vernon
Wells, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Billy Frank is an ordinary kid, until his family inherits an old castle and Billy learns
he’s a distant relative of the infamous Dr.
Frankenstein. When Billy’s folks decide to visit
the family estate, Billy soon discovers they’re
not alone. The Frankenstein monster is a
delight: funny, sweet and sensitive rather than
scary and threatening. This is a cute, family
fun, enjoyable monster movie for younger
children.
DADDY’S LITTLE ANGEL
Starring: Laila Dagher, Danielle Pessis,
Alexis O’Keefe, Gary Imhoff
A spunky and spiritual 12-year-old asks for
help from the heavens above in this heartwarming tale about keeping the faith when
times get tough. When a scheming rival
threatens Desi’s father, Desi prays for help.
Enter guardian angel R.J. who guides Desi
on the path to setting things right. In the end,
both Desi and her father learn the importance
of having faith in oneself in order to overcome
adversity.
Starring: Haylie Duff, Luke Perry and
Marshall Allman
A coming of age story about a teenager
working at an extreme sports camp as a dishwasher and his relationship with the chef, who
we come to find out was a skateboarding pioneer back in the day. Set at a fully operational
extreme sports camp in Temecula, CA called
Point X Camp.
ELF WHO DIDN’T
BELIEVE, THE
Starring: Sean Donnelly, Ross Hagan
and Margo Harshman
Elmer is one of Santa’s elves but he doesn’t
believe in Christmas anymore. He flees from
the North Pole and is taken in by an orphanage. There he tries to get adopted by a nice
couple. Join Elmer in his quest to become a
regular little boy.
Directed by Mikey Hilb. 2005/90min.
Directed by Rodney McDonald. 1997/91 min
DOUBLE O KID
FIRST AID FOR PARENTS
Starring: Corey Haim, Brigitte Nielsen,
Wallace Shawn, Nicole Eggert,
3 Episode Animated Special
Directed by Chick Vennera and Gary Graver.
1999/89 min.
CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN
KING ARTHUR’S COURT, A
Delivering Milo
Starring: Keisha Knight Pulliam,
Michael Gross, Emma Samms
Starring: Anton Yelchin,
Albert Finney, Bridget Fonda
10-year-old Karen Jones falls off her horse and
finds herself back in the year 528, in England,
near Camelot. Sir Lancelot immediately takes
her under arrest because of the dark color of
her skin he’s convinced she’s a demon. But
with some help of the 20th century’s advanced
technology she saves herself from the stake
and establishes herself as great sorcerer. Only
with her help, Arthur becomes as famous a
king as we know him.
DISHDOGZ
FAMILY
A lapsed guardian angel (Albert Finney)
has just one day to convince a conflicted
young unborn soul, Milo (Anton Yelchin),
that life on earth is actually worth living,
and not just a succession of pain and
heartache. If Milo won’t take the plunge,
the order of the entire universe could
be thrown off.
Directed by Nick Castle. 2001/94 min.
The youngest secret agent ever, Lance Elliot
is a teenager beyond his years physically
and intellectually. Lance pieces together the
intricate elements of evidence that lead to a
vicious criminal mastermind known throughout
the world as “Cashpot”. Held prisoner in
Cashpot’s “game room” Lance has to defeat
the death game to turn the tables on Cashpot
in time to stop the virus, save the world and
make it home before his Mom notices he is
missing.
Directed by Duncan McLachlan. 1993/95 min.
Directed by Graham Ford. 1989/96 min.
What’s happening to me?
The answers to some of the world’s most embarrassing questions: for parents who may have a
difficult time explaining puberty to their children.
Where did I come from?
The story, from lovemaking to birth, told in a way
that will bring relief, amusement, and information
to families everywhere.
Divorce can happen
Divorce: why it happens, why it hurts and how
to cope. A wonderful way for a loving parent
to keep communication lines open with a child
through the divorce process.
1987 / 3 Episodes: 30 min. each
Adventures of a
Teenage Dragon
Slayer
Starring: Lea Thompson,
Wendie Malick, Hunter Allan
On the outside, 12-year-old Arthur looks
like your typical nerd, but a blue-skinned
troll with magic powers knows that
Arthur is the key to saving civilization.
Now, Arthur has to convince his mom
that he isn’t making up stories about
his school’s evil vice principal and a
powerful dragon.
Directed by Andrew Lauer. 2010/93 min.
BOY WHO SAVED
CHRISTMAS, THE
Starring: Andre Bourque, Colin McLane,
T.L. Brooks, Dana Woods
Santa’s evil twin kidnaps Santa. His plan is to
reverse Christmas forever. He doesn’t count
on the courage of a boy and his friends who
embark on an adventure to rescue Santa from
his evil twin.
Directed by John Putch. 1998/98 min.
COUNTRY REMEDY
Starring: Cameron Bancroft, Bellamy
Young, Aidan Mitchell, Joshua Leonard,
Amber Benson
In order to secure the position of Head of
Pediatrics at a top Chicago hospital, a young
pediatrician agrees to spend a summer setting
up a clinic in a small town in the North Carolina
Mountains. Clashing against the ways of the
small community he is forced to deal with the
recent loss of his wife while reconnecting with
his 9 year old son, and learning a different
pace of life.
Directed by Andrew C. Erin. 2007/95 min.
DERBY DOGS
Starring: Tandi Wright, Vince
Martin, Dai Henwood
EBENEZER
Starring: Jack Palance, Rick Schroeder
When 12-year-old Ben sets out to win
the local soapbox derby in the memory
of his father, he learns what matters
in life and how to heal a broken family
when he is forced to battle cheating
opponents, dodgy loan sharks and
a mother who has banned him from
the race.
Saddle up for this western adaptation of
Charles Dickens timeless story “A Christmas
Carol.” Ebenezer Scrooge, tough as rawhide, is
a miserable card-cheating miser who owns the
local saloon along with half the town. Jacob
Marlowe tells him that the three Christmas
spirits will visit him. Ebenezer wakes up a
changed man, determined to live every day
with warmth and generosity to his fellow man.
Directed by Tony Simpson. 2012/87 mins.
Directed by Ken Jubenville. 1997/94 min.
FIRST DOG
Starring: Eric Roberts,
Eliza Roberts, John-Paul Howard
After attending a ceremony in California,
Teddy -- the “First Dog” -- gets lost and
is found by young Danny (John-Paul
Howard). Danny realizes that Teddy
belongs to the president (Eric Roberts),
but when no one believes him, he
decides to return Teddy to the White
House by himself. Running away from
his foster home, Danny begins a crosscountry odyssey to Washington, D.C.
This family film features original music
by Dolly Parton.
Directed by Bryan Michael Stoller. 2010/97 min.
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FAMILY
FAMILY
FOOTROT FLATS
GRIZZLY FALLS
INVISIBLE DAD
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
KID COP
LUCKY DRAGON, THE
Animation
Starring: Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson,
Oliver Tobias
Starring: William Meyers, Daran Morris,
Starring: Chevy Chase, Katey Sagal,
James Earl Jones
Starring: Alexandra Paul,
John Rubinstein
This live-action version of the classic children’s
story stars Colin Ford as Jack, a student
flunking out of fairy tale school who trades his
computer for some beans that a pawnbroker
(Wallace Shawn) swears will make him worthy
of fairy tale legend. When the seeds grow into
a mighty beanstalk, Jack and his pal, Jillian
(Chloe Moretz), climb into the clouds where a
giant guards a magic harp.
Sarah, a widowed mother who is struggling to
raise her adolescent son, Peter while holding
down a full-time job. Upset that Peter wants to
be a cop like his deceased father and worried
every time he sneaks out of the house to do
his detective work. Peter is determined to solve
a series of burglaries in the neighborhood.
Follow the journey of a mischievous dragon
that has been transformed by magic into a
little boy and exiled from his home in the
clouds to live among humans.
Featuring the characters from Murray Ball’s
“Footrot Flats.” Will Wal Footrot win the affections of Cheeky Hobson over the sleazy Spit
Murphy? Will the Dog win the affections of the
lovely Jess? Will Wal make a good impression on the All Black selectors at Saturday’s
rugby match?
Directed by Neil Mandt. 1999/89 min.
Harry is an old man, camping in the woods
near Grizzly falls with his two grandchildren.
Sitting around the campfire, Harry tells the
children of an old grizzly bear and about the
events that brought him for the first time
to Grizzly Falls. They relocate to the Rocky
Mountains, where the men set off in search of
a giant Grizzly.
Doug Baily’s father is weird and he wishes his
Dad would disappear. Then a strange machine
Dad created in the garage makes him invisible.
Now they have to work together to make him
visible and save his job at the same time. It’s
a roller coaster ride of fun as Doug tries to help
his invisible dad get back to normal.
Directed by Stewart Raffill. 1998/94 min.
2009/105 min
Directed by Robert Malenfant. 1996/93 min.
Directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe. 2001/94min.
GEORGE’S ISLAND
HOME TEAM
Starring: Ian Bannen, Sheila McCarthy,
Maury Chaykin, Nathaniel Moreau
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Ryan Slater,
Sophie Lorain, Michel Perron, Carl
Alacchi
A fantasy for the young and old alike, this
hugely entertaining fable combines courage,
intelligence and humor in recounting the
adventures of George, a young boy who sets
out to prove his grandfather’s fantastic story
of pirates, buried treasure, ghosts and ancient
curses when all around him are non-believers.
Directed by Paul Donovan. 1989/89 min.
After being convicted for illegal sports betting, former pro athlete Henry Butler (Steve
Guttenberg) is sentenced to perform community service at a children’s home. Soon, he’s
reluctantly convinced to coach a boys’ soccer
team. As he tries to shape the ragtag bunch
into a winning club, Butler learns some important life lessons. Sophie Lorain, Ryan Slater
and Tyler Hynes co-star in this heartwarming
comedy.
MOM’S OUTTA SIGHT
INVISIBLE MOM
JUNGLE BOY
Starring: Dee Wallace Stone, Barry
Livingston and Trenton Knight
LITTLE KIDNAPPERS, THE
Starring: David Fox, Lea Moreno
Starring: Charlton Heston,
Bruce Greenwood
Starring: Hannes Jaenicke, Mary
Elizabeth McGlynn, Harrison Myers,
Based on this children’s favorite, “The Little
Kidnappers” tells the story of two orphans who
come to Nova Scotia at the turn of the century
to live with their grandfather. He’s a stern and
bitter man who is tormented by the loss of
his only son. Soon, the misunderstanding is
resolved and the family—and a divided community—is brought back together again.
Dr. John Richards is working on a top secret
transmitting ray, called the “Triton” which
moves objects from one place to another
instantly by scrambling their molecules.
However, John’s Assistant Angie devises a different use for the machine, which enables her
to turn into an exact replica of John.
Ten-year-old Josh Griffin isn’t number one on
his school’s popularity list, due to the exploits
of his wacky inventor dad. But Professor
Griffin may have a success on his hands with
his latest experiment. When Josh’s mom accidentally drinks dad’s invisibility potion, they
must figure out a way to return her to normal
while preventing the formula from falling into
the wrong hands.
Jungle Boy is the fun, coming of age family
adventure of Geller (David Fox), a boy who was
raised in the jungle. With a monkey and an
elephant as his best friends, Geller grows up
with respect and devotion to all the animals
and their shared habitat. So when humans
invade and want to steal the treasures of the
land, Geller fights to protect their home, while
an anthropologist’s daughter catches his eye.
Directed by Allan A. Goldstein, 1997/89min.
Directed by Don Shebib. 1991/90 min.
KALLE AND THE ANGELS
LITTLE MISS MAGIC
Directed by Fred Olen Ray. 1998 / 90 min.
Directed by Allan A. Goldstein. 1998/91 min.
GHOST DOG
HAPPY CRICKET, THE
Starring: Leo Milbrook, Russ Tamblyn,
Bryan Mendez
Starring: Robert Buchholz,
Peter Doyle, Grant George
Eight-year-old Toby has a problem: His creepy
Aunt Violet keeps trying to steal his inheritance,
and she’ll stop at nothing. Fortunately, he
has Lucky, his invisible magic dog that no one
else but Toby can see. Lucky’s ghost comes
back to help Toby’s father win custody of him
from his Aunt who is only seeking custody so
she can possess the fortune that he will inherit.
When an evil lizard kidnaps Linda the Night
Star, musical cricket Christopher sets out
on a quest to save his sparkly muse in this
animated tale that celebrates the power
of friendships and the wonders of nature.
Christopher fills the forest with happy tunes
until the destructive Wartlord invades and
captures Linda. Lost without his friend, brave
Christopher vows to rescue the night star and
return the forest to happier days.
Directed by John Putsch. 1997/90 min.
Directed by Walbercy Ribas. 2001/80 min.
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INVISIBLE MOM II
Starring: Dee Wallace Stone,
Justin Berfield, Barry Livingston,
Micky Dolenz
Eddie Brown is a 12-year-old orphan who
gets a new adoptive mother -- and this one is
young, cool and sometimes invisible! Eddie
soon learns that he’s inherited a fortune, and
two distant cousins now want to adopt him
in order to get the loot. When he refuses, his
life is in danger … but his new mom uses her
disappearing act to save the day.
Starring: Tom Bech Letessier and
Peter Width Kristiansen
When Kalle’s Dad dies, he is filled with sorrow and he refuses to accept that his dad is
gone forever. During the funeral service Kalle
glimpses a strange figure outside the church.
He runs after the angel, but all he finds is a
white feather. When Kalle returns home he
sees that something big and white has fallen
into Grandpa’s maple tree. Kalle climbs the
tree. But it is not Dad who has landed there…
Written & Directed by Ole Bjorn Salvesen. 1993/91 min.
Starring: Russ Tamblyn, Vanessa
Koman, Michelle Bauer, Kim Read and
Ted Monte.
On a late summer’s evening at the Benson
household, a mysterious visitor at the door
changes their lives. Deidre is a junior witch in
training whose mission is to help the quarreling
couple find new happiness. Through the use
of magic and a bit of mischief, Deidre and her
new babysitter friend show everyone including
Dad’s evil boss, the error of their ways and the
path to real happiness.
MOM, CAN I KEEP HER?
Starring: Justin Berfield, Gil Gerard,
Kevin Dobson and Alana Stewart
Timmy Blair has the usual share of problems
a twelve-year-old has: his father is too busy
at work, his new stepmother resents him and
gives him too many chores, and his school life
and relationships are as difficult as ever. When
a furry friend follows him home from school,
Timmy is delighted. There’s only one problem:
his newfound buddy is a 500-pound Ape.
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FAMILY
FAMILY
NOT QUITE AN ANGEL
Starring: Cameron Sturn, Mallory
Farrow, Sally Truit and John St. Ives
An angel answers a widowed father’s prayers
and comes to earth to be a nanny to his children who have been nothing but trouble since
their mother died.
Directed by Jerry Jacobs. 1997/91 min.
SECRET SANTA
SPLITSVILLE
Starring: David L. Green, Debra Rich and
Harrison Myers
Starring: Christopher Lambert,
Loretta Devine
A salesman who only cares about making
money is visited by an Elf who turns him into a
secret Santa. This presents an opportunity for
him to realize the errors of his ways and learn
about the true spirit of Christmas.
When fifth-grader James’ parents divorce, he
creates a new club at school – the Loyal Order
of Divorce. The elementary school student
body is split down the middle between kids
whose parents are together and those who
are divorced. The “Splitsville” gang is part
support group and part “Lord of the Flies,” and
James’ club becomes the new “in” scene with
kids trying to gain membership by any means
necessary.
Directed by Hamilton Underwood. 1998/90 min.
Directed by Lynn Hamrick. 1999/90 min.
WAY OF THE PANDA, THE
(THE PRODIGY)
Starring: Robby Daniels,
Ray Hanna, Jeffrey Lee Hollis
A side splitting animated action comedy
that follows the quest of a lovely yet
humble young girl named KG, the KungFu Girl. With the help of her brave yet
zany Master Panda, KG must rescue the
handsome Prince Po and restore justice
to her beautiful kingdom. During her
adventure, KG learns that there is no
limit to what she can accomplish, if she
believes in herself.
Directed by Robert D. Hanna. 2009/78 min.
PRINCE BRAT & THE
WHIPPING BOY
SHERLOCK: UNDERCOVER
DOG
Starring: Kevin Conway, George C. Scott
Starring: Benjamin Eroen,
Anthony Simmons
Prince Horace, whose continual pranks are
designed to get his distant father’s attention, is the spoiled heir to the throne. Young
Jemmy is a desperate streetwise orphan trying
to survive with his sister. Jemmy is taken
from the streets to become the prince’s new
whipping boy—he must take the place of
the prince when punishment is administered.
Soon the Prince and the Whipping Boy embark
on an adventure, which tests their friendship
and loyalty.
Directed by Syd Macartney. 1993/92 min.
Directed by Richard Harding Gardner. 1994/78 min.
SANTA WITH MUSCLES
SIGN OF THE BEAVER
Starring: Hulk Hogan, Ed Begley, Jr.
He knows if you’ve been bad or good…
When a small town falls victim to the devious plans of an arch villain, Ebner Frost, they
must turn to the only person capable of helping them…Santa Claus. Two weeks before
Christmas, a miracle arrives in the form of a
mysterious stranger. The criminals fear him
and the town rallies behind him. Frost throws
everything in his wicked arsenal against the
unsuspecting Santa who must now use his
creative ingenuity to save the day.
Directed by John Murlowski. 1996/97 min.
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Promising his mother he’ll stay out of trouble,
young Billy arrives on the resort island of
Catalina to spend the summer with his father.
Billy’s summer vacation takes a turn into
outrageous adventure when he meets Sherlock
– smugglers have kidnapped a streetwise
talking dog that claims his policeman master.
Since Sherlock will only speak to Billy and his
newfound friend Emma, it’s up to the kids and
Sherlock to crack the case
Starring: Keith Carradine, Annette
O’Toole, Brendan Fletcher
Harsh elements, disease and dilemmas mark
a Massachusetts family’s move to uncharted
Maine and a better life in 1768.
Directed by Sheldon Larry. 1997/95 min.
STARLIGHT
WHAT THE MOON SAW
Starring: Kario Salem, Jean Taylor,
Pamela Payton-Wright, William Hickey
Starring: Andrew Shephard, Pat Evison
A pair of plucky young campers decide to
save their financially strapped summer camp
by putting on an elaborate show featuring a
famous has-been actress.
Directed by Orin Wechsberg. 1988/90 min.
This enchanting children’s film from Australia
features a young boy, Steven. His grandmother works in the box office of a theatre, and he
is allowed to watch rehearsals for a production
of “Sinbad.” The show, its characters and
actors who play them, all come together to
magically capture his young imagination and
take us on a wonderful journey created by his
young mind.
Directed by Pino Amenta. 1990/97 min.
STORY LADY, THE
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Charles Durning
Grace McQueen is a retired widow who isn’t
content to just settle back. After being turned
down for a variety of volunteer jobs, she discovers the world of television and puts on her
own children’s story hour. The show becomes
an overnight success. Soon the networks
discover her and Grace becomes the star of
an over-produced program. She discovers
that being a star means forsaking the thing
she does best.
X-RAY KID, THE
Starring: Daran Morris, Robert
Carradine, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Bobby dreams of becoming a spy. When
he finds a pair of x-ray glasses that were
misplaced by an evil crime ring, he thinks his
dream has come true. He finds himself on
the run from thieves, the police and government agents.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray as Sherman Scott.
1999/90 min.
Directed by Larry Elikann. 1994/93 min.
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COMEDY
COMEDY
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT
WOMAN
BEAUTY AND DENISE
When former rodeo rider Roper Wylie hits
rock bottom, he schemes to kidnap wealthy
Alabama socialite Goodie Blankenship. What
he doesn’t realize is that Goodie’s husband and
lover have been planning to have her killed.
As the kidnapper and the jilted wife begin to
sympathize with one another, love blossoms
and fuels their hunger for revenge on Goodie’s
uncaring husband.
Starring: Darryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin
Directed by Terry Molone. 2003/97 min.
Directed by Christopher Guest. 1993/89 min.
Beauty and Denise are two women that are
worlds apart in looks and in style. Jackie is
a beautiful and successful model at her peak;
Denise is a plain, wisecracking cop. When
Jackie witnesses the killing of an important
White House aide, and is pursued by the killer,
she seeks sanctuary with the police. Denise
is assigned to watch over her. As the two
opposites bond, they discover talents that they
never knew they had.
ALABAMA LOVE STORY
Starring: Mark Collie, Coley McCabe
On her way home from a motel -- where
she just found her husband cheating on her
-- Nancy encounters aliens who zap her with
some kind of laser. As a result, she finds
herself growing every time she gets angry. Her
incredible anger makes her 50 ft. tall, and now
she’s a giant canvassing the terrified town in
search of her two-timing husband!
Starring: Julia Duffy, David Carradine
Directed by Neal Israel. 1988/95 min.
BRUNO
Starring: Alex D. Linz, Shirley MacLaine,
Gary Sinese, Kathy Bates
Bruno Battaglia is an 8-year-old Long Island
spelling prodigy, but his divorced parents have
a stormy relationship, the kids at his Catholic
school bully him about his overweight mom,
and Bruno believes that, like angels, he should
wear dresses! When Bruno’s school, headed
by Mother Superior, has a spelling bee, he
demonstrates his incredible spelling talent —
dressed as Diana Ross.
Directed by Shirley MacLaine. 2000/108 min.
COUGAR HUNTING
Starring: Lara Flynn Boyle, Vanessa
Angel, Matt Prokop, Randy Wayne,
Jillian Murray
Frustrated with their romantic prospects, three
twenty-something buddies head out to the
slopes of Aspen Colorado to ski, snowboard
and hunt Cougars- the hot older women with a
taste for younger men. Their quest for mature
women turns into one hilarious disaster after
another when they get involved with Aspen’s
most elite, sexy and eligible vixens in this
raunchy, laugh-packed comedy.
Directed by Robin Blazak. 2010/90min.
ALCHEMY
Starring: Thomas Cavanagh, Sarah
Chalke, James Barbour, Nadia Dajani
Absent-minded professor Malcolm Downey has
just invented the sure thing that will lead to the
academic easy street of tenure: a computer
that can register human emotions. In order to
give his device the acid test, Malcolm decides
to see whether a real woman can fall in love
with his machine. But Malcolm never computed falling in love himself.
Directed by Evan Oppenheimer. 2005/86 min.
AUSTIN POWERS:
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF
MYSTERY
Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley
A swingin’ fashion photographer by day and
a groovy British super agent by night, Austin
Powers is the ‘60s most shagadelic spy, baby!
But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after
the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws
in the ‘90s? With the help of sexy sidekick
Vanessa Kensington, he just might.
Directed by Jay Roach. 1997/90 min.
BREAK A LEG
CHAPTER ZERO
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
EASY WHEELS
Starring: Paul Le Mat, Eileen Davidson,
Marjorie Bransfield
A newspaper reporter is working on the biggest story of his career. The trail leads him to
“Easy Wheels,” a gang of renegade female
bikers who don’t take no for an answer and
don’t let anything, especially not men, stand in
their way. When the “Born Losers,” a gang of
male bikers, offers their services to help solve
the mystery, the lines are drawn. It’s a battle
of the sexes and a battle of the Harleys in this
action adventure.
Directed by David O’Malley. 1989/94 min.
EAT THE PEACH
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Colm Meaney,
Penelope Ann Miller
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, and
Denise Richards
Starring: Eamon Morrissey, Stephen
Brennan, Catherine Byrne, Niall Toibin
Max, a talented character actor with a penchant for losing roles to producers’ nephews
and bigger “names,” decides his only option
is to cripple the competition - literally. But
as the roles get bigger, the competition gets
stronger, the stakes get higher, and now with
an undercover thespian cop on his trail, Max
must struggle with his ongoing road to success
and the choices he’s made.
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Adam plunges into depression when his sultry boss at a
publishing house rejects his first novel. During
this midlife crisis, Adam details his regrets and
failures in a notebook, which his friend Jane
steals and passes off to a publisher. Suddenly,
Adam finds himself lauded as the voice of his
generation in this surprising comedy directed
by Aaron Mendelsohn.
An offbeat and wickedly funny comedy centered on a small town’s obsession with the
nation’s oldest beauty contest, the Junior Miss
Beauty Pageant. Who will win? It seems like
every 17-year-old girl (and her mother) just
has to. And when somebody starts bumping off
the competition, it will surprise you who finally
wins the prize.
Directed by Monika Mitchell. 2005/98 min.
Directed by Aaron Mendelsohn. 1999/104 min.
Eat the Peach is the story of two ordinary
men who set out to do something quite
extraordinary. Frustrated with life in a small
border town, Vinnie and Arthur, inspired by
“Roustabout,” a movie where Elvis Presley
rides a fairground wall of death, proceed to
build their very own on the outskirts of town.
As their enthusiasm increases, their cash
dwindles and they are forced to run pigs, videos and booze across the border for the local
smuggling baron.
Starring: John Cassini, Sandra Oh,
Molly Parker,
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann. 1999/97 min.
Directed by Peter Ormrod. 1987/97 min.
AMERICAN WAY, THE
Starring: Dennis Hopper,
Michael J. Pollard
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THE AUTEUR THEORY
Starring: Natasha Lyonne
Two rebels long in the tooth, Captain and Doc,
decide they’re still young enough to cause
a revolution of sorts. They’re convinced the
government is dishing out lies to the American
people, and they’re determined to unmask the
dishonesty. A decrepit bomber they transform
into a slipshod TV station is their secret weapon of insurgence, but a senator stands in the
way of their search for truth and justice.
The Auteur Theory hilariously thumbs its nose
at the oft-pompous indie film industry and its
filmmakers. A documentary filmmaker makes
a movie about a student film festival – it
contestants, its inner works, the awkward
and so on. Hoping to find tension and drama
that every good story exploits and deserves,
the documentary director gets more than he
bargained for when contestants are suddenly
turning up dead.
Directed by Maurice Phillips. 1988/92 min.
Directed by Evan Oppenheimer. 1999/77min.
BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH
HIDEOUS MEN
Starring: Timothy Hutton,
Chris Messina, Will Arnett.
Directed by John Krasinski and based
on David Foster Wallace’s best-selling
book, this provocative and hilarious film
explores sex and relationships. Co-starring
Will Arnett.
Directed by John Krasinski. 2009/81min
CASTING COUCH
Starring: Michelle Pierce, Mayra Leal,
Jessica Rose
A group of single dudes hold a fake casting
session in hopes to find and bang the chicks
of their dreams.
Directed by Jason Lockhart. 2013/90 mins.
DAY WE MET, THE
Starring: Yehuda Barkan, Mushon
Alboher, Sharon Alexander, Eliezer
Applebaum
Surreal Israeli drama tells the gripping story of
a former military investigator asked to smoke
out a rapist attacking female soldiers. He
grows unexpectedly close to the young woman
who volunteers to serve as bait by posing as
his girlfriend, a relationship that complicates
his search for the vicious predator.
ELEVATOR, THE
Starring: Martin Landau, Richard Lewis
Movie mogul Roy Tilden is on top of the world.
His last film is breaking box office records and
he’s about to receive a prestigious award. His
perfect day takes a turn for the worse when
he steps into an elevator with an aspiring
screenwriter. Moments after the doors shut,
the writer hits the emergency button, trapping
them in the elevator. The pitch begins.
Directed by Rafael Zelinsky. 1996/93 min.
Directed by Shmulik Firstenberg. 1990/95 min.
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COMEDY
COMEDY
FILM WITH ME IN IT, A
Starring: Dylan Moran,
Mark Doherty
GIRLS OF SUMMER
Starring: Tim Pilleri,
Tarah DeSpain, Levin O’Connor
When Mark’s brother, landlord and dog are
killed in a series of freak accidents, he calls
on friend and neighbor Pierce for help. As the
series of deaths would appear suspicious,
aspiring writer Pierce advises Mark not to call
the police, and instead the two try to re-work
the days events as if they were a film script.
As the only girl on her softball team,
Holly has a lot to prove, but when her
cousin makes a bet that he can build a
winning team out of super models, she
has to show that not only can beautiful
women look good in bikinis, but they
can play ball too.
Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon. 2008/89min
Directed by Scott Zakarin. 2010/80 min.
EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING
Starring: Tom Pelphrey,
Christopher Lloyd, Robert Vaughn
A charming but spoiled young libertine must
obey his rehab-clinic’s demand to lead a
seniors men’s group or face incarceration and
lose the love of his psychiatrist’s daughter.
Directed by Ric Klass. 2012/ 136 mins.
FRANKENSTEIN GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Starring: Irwin Keyes, Jonathan Farwell
Under the assumed name of Dr. Bob
Frankenheimer, the great, great grandson of
Baron Frankenstein is carrying on his family experiment in the basement of General
Hospital. The chaos begins when Iggy, the
dimwitted assistant, sets off to steal a great
mind, but returns with the brain of a sex-and
food-starved delinquent.
FULL OF IT
Starring: Ryan Pinkston, Kate Mara, Teri
Polo, Craig Kilborn, John Carroll Lynch
A 17-year-old desperately tries to fit in at a
new school by telling elaborate lies to impress
the school’s most popular kids. But when
the lies start turning to truths and the teen
becomes the big man on campus, he suddenly
finds himself facing a whole new set of problems that he never expected.
JACKBOOTS ON
WHITEHALL
Starring: Voices of Ewan Macgregor,
Richard E. Grant
A satirical alternative history of World
War II where the Nazis seize London and
England must band together to prevent a
full on invasion.
Directed by Edward McHenry. 2010/90min
Directed by Christian Charles. 2007/93 min.
Directed by Deborah Robert. 1988/90 min.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO
BE ITALIAN
ROMANTIC COMEDY
Starring: Jay Jablonski, Cerina
Vincent
A lovelorn fishmonger who has spent
nearly a decade trying to win back his
ex-girlfriend gets involved in a case of
mistaken ethnicity in this warm-hearted
romantic comedy.
Directed by Jason Todd Ipson, 2007/105min
GRAND THEFT, THE
Starring: Blanche Baker, Thomas G.
Waites, Nina Transfeld
Destitute, but desperate to produce their
blockbuster bank robbery movie, slick
producer/attorney Mario Vigilante and
his talent-deprived and intellectually
challenged major players decide to pull a
multi-million dollar jewelry heist to finance
the film. The problem: where to begin?
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Vanessa
Lengies, Clint Howard
Four friends think they’ve got it made for
senior year- easy classes, booze-fuelled
ragers, and ridiculously hot babes. But when
they take in a group of foreign exchange students— their master plan is put on hold- and
hilarity ensues!
Directed by Danny Roth. 2008/85min.
Directed by Ken Del Vecchio. 2011/90 min.
FRAUDS
Starring: Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving,
Josephine Byrnes
Roland Copping is a man whose deadly
weapon is an ever-changing series of games,
pranks and tortures. Robbing and blackmailing his victims of everything they own, the
over-confident investigator wallows in his
spoils, foolishly overlooking the one man smart
enough to unearth his Achilles heel - the one
who might just be a better game player than
himself. So begins a chilling, surreal and
hilarious thriller that will leave only one winner
and a very angry loser.
THE GOOD STUDENT
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Dan
Hedaya, Tim Daly, Paula Devicq, Sadler
Colley Bakst
Nerdy teacher Ronald Gibb has trouble hiding
his tiny crush on gorgeous student Ally, which
all starts to look very bad for Ronald once Ally
is kidnapped and he’s the last person to be
seen with her. As Ronald becomes the main
suspect, the suburban community turns upside
down in this dark comedy.
Directed by David Ostry. 2006/90min.
LES PATTERSON SAVES THE
WORLD
Starring: Sir Les Patterson, Dame Edna
Everage, Pamela Stephenson
Sir Les Patterson makes a terrible faux pas:
he offends the vindictive leader of the oil rich
Arabian country of Abu-Niveah at the United
Nations and is subsequently sent to AbuNiveah by the Australian President as punishment. This is a hilarious over the top romp
through the infamous, hysterical humor of Sir
Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage.
Directed by George Miller. 1987/98 min.
Directed by Stephen Elliot. 1992/90 min.
GET THE GIRL
(GUITAR MASTER)
Starring: Adam Salandra,
Danielle DeLuca, Anya Benton
A young man who is trapped in a small
town finds escape in the video game,
Guitar Master, and soon learns how to
use it to win the heart of a beautiful girl.
Directed by Dennis Devine. 2009/90 min.
ERIK THE VIKING
Starring: Tim Robbins, John Cleese,
Terry Jones, Eartha Kitt
Erik the Viking (Tim Robbins) is tired of living
in the darkness of the Age of Ragnorok -- so
much so that he sets out on a quest to ask
the gods to bring sunlight to his people in
this outrageous satire written and directed by
Monty Python’s Terry Jones. Along the way, he
meets scores of colorful characters, including
a cheerful torturer (John Cleese) and a rapist
named Ernest (Jim Broadbent).
Directed by Terry Jones. 1985/104 min.
FOURSOME, THE
FREE MONEY
HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE
Starring: Kevin Dillon, John Shaw, Chris
Gauthier, Paul Jarrett
Starring: Marlon Brando, Charlie Sheen,
Mira Sorvino, Martin Sheen
Starring: Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges Rob
Lowe, Natassja Kinski
A college reunion brings four friends back
together in this comedy. Led by Rick Foster,
the group of friends realizes how much
they’ve changed in the years since graduation.
However, Foster’s mind isn’t entirely on bonding as he hopes to make some money off his
former pals in a game of golf.
Bud and Larry look across the church aisle
at their two new brides and think they know
the meaning of nirvana. Their father-in-law
is warden of the local prison and the toughest
man in town, a man who may have killed the
boys if they didn’t make honest women of
his daughters. But marital bliss quickly turn
into desperation for Bud and Larry as they
hatch a plan to rob a train carrying millions of
dollars in old bills all while staying out of the
Warden’s way.
Based on John Irving’s sprawling novel, this
1984 film follows the eccentric Berry clan
from New England to New York City to Vienna,
Austria, where they run a hotel housing
prostitutes on the upper floors and terrorists
downstairs. The Berrys, led by family patriarch
Win, thrive on quirky adventures, a parade of
unusual hotel patrons and their lust for life.
Directed by William Dear. 2006/80 min.
LILY IN LOVE
Starring: Christopher Plummer,
Maggie Smith
Insulted when his screenwriter wife creates
a leading role for a younger man, aging
Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as
a handsome young Italian and wins the part.
When his wife begins to fall in love with the
person he is impersonating, the stage is set
for romance.
Directed by: Karoly Makk 1985/90min.
Directed by Tony Richardson. 1984/109 min.
Directed by Yves Simoneau. 1998/91 min.
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COMEDY
COMEDY
LITTLE BIG TOP
Starring: Sid Haig, Richard Riehle,
Hollis Resnik
Out of work and ready to drink his life
away, aging ex-clown Seymour Smiles
(Sid Haig) returns home to the town of
Peru, Ind. With urging from his friend,
Bob (Richard Riehle), Seymour starts
training local amateur clowns, which
helps him get his life back on track.
Surreal settings and colorful characters
populate this comedy, which shows just
how important passion and laughter are
for a happy life.
MEETING DADDY
MOJAVE MOON
Starring: Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin,
Rob Schneider
Starring: Josh Charles, Lloyd Bridges,
Alexandra Wentworth
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Danny Aiello,
Michael Biehn and Anne Archer
Starring: Corin Nemec,
Bruce Weitz, Nancy Allen
When a big-city blonde bombshell rolls into the
small town of Squamish she throws the entire
male population into an uproar. By unexpectedly making Eve, a waitress in a local diner,
the center of attention, this sexy stranger
will disrupt her plans to win the heart of the
most eligible bachelor in town. This charming
comedy is full of lust and laughs with a little
Love on the Side.
An introverted TV songwriter, Mark Deveraux,
inadvertently brings millions of wisecracking
little green Martians to Earth when he writes a
theme score for a sweet love story. The music
is inadvertently broadcast to the galaxies by his
radio technical girlfriend. When Martians begin
to arrive, the chaos begins. Mars’ greenest
cut-ups have interpreted the music as an open
invitation to “come on down” – and billions
of them do!
Peter Silverblatt is a liberal writer transplanted
to Los Angeles, where he meets his dream girl:
Southern belle Melanie Branson. But she opens
a Pandora’s Box when she summons Peter to
Georgia to meet her eccentric family -- including her exasperating brothers and her cranky,
meddling father, who’ll do anything to break up
the union in this offbeat comedy.
Al McCord is hanging out at his favorite restaurant when he meets an attractive young
woman looking for a ride from the city out
into the Mojave Desert, where her mother
lives. Little does he know that while Ellie is
falling in love with him, he is falling for her
mother, despite the nearby presence of Julie’s
boyfriend who seems likely to go berserk at
any moment. Even more strange, hilarious
events follow and it’s up to Al to find some
explanation.
On the surface, Stewart Savage appears
to be normal enough. Beneath the
surface, he definitely is not. In his
spare time, Stewart likes to strangle
girls. He is also completely detached
from reality. So much so that when he
brings a girl home to meet his parents,
he doesn’t even realize she’s his latest
victim. Accustomed to their son’s antics,
the helpless Savages plays along as
Stewart’s descent into madness holds
them hostage.
Directed by Vic Sarin. 2006/102 min.
Directed by Peter Gould. 2000/96 min.
Directed by David O’Dell. 1990/89 min.
Directed by Ward Roberts. 2006/89 min.
LOVE AND SEX
Starring: Famke Janssen,Jon Favreau
When Kate Welles, a young journalist, met
Adam, she believed that he was the “one.”
Talented and quirky, Adam has one flaw: fear
of commitment. He breaks up with Kate, making the biggest mistake of his life. Now, three
years later, Kate and Adam are the best of
friends. He now knows that he will never find
another woman quite like her and devotes his
life to getting her back. He might be successful, if only her new boyfriend wasn’t standing
in his way.
Directed by Kevin Dowlin. 1996/95 min.
LUCKY
Starring: Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor,
Jeffrey Tambor, Ann-Margret
When an aspiring serial killer strikes it rich in
the state lottery, he uses the cash to marry
his dream girl -- and advance his career as a
murderer. But there’s trouble when his wife -and a curious detective – uncovers the truth.
Directed by Gil Cates Jr. 2011/103 min.
Directed by Valerie Breiman. 2000/82 min.
LOVEWRECKED
Starring: Amanda Bynes,
Chris Carmack
On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny is marooned
on a beach with her rock and roll idol.
Deliriously in love with the idea of time
alone with him, she manages to hide the
fact that they’re a stone’s throw away from
their resort.
Directed by Randall Kleiser. 2005/110min
MY APOCALYPSE
MARTIANS GO HOME
Starring: Marla Sokoloff, Barry Watson,
Jennifer Tilly
LOVE ON THE SIDE
MAN ABOUT TOWN
Starring: Ben Affleck,
Rebecca Romijn
Successful, hardworking and unscrupulous,
Jack (Affleck) is a Hollywood agent at the top of
his game and completely out of kilter with his
personal life.
Directed by Mike Binder. 2006/96min
MATTIE FRESNO AND THE
HOLOFLUX UNIVERSE
Starring: Angela Pierce,
Orson Bean, Carol Alt
MISS NOBODY
Starring: Leslie Bibb,
Adam Goldberg, Kathy Baker
This unique, award-winning comedy follows
Mattie Fresno (Angela Pierce), whose physicist
grandfather (Orson Bean) dies while trying to
unlock the secrets of the universe. Even in
death, he seems to affect Mattie and her work
in the family’s public relations firm. Plagued
by hallucinations and accused of murdering
a client, Mattie turns to her grandfather’s
seemingly incomprehensible theories for help.
Plucky paper pusher Sarah Jane McKinney
(Leslie Bibb) lands a great promotion after
innocently killing her boss, Milo Beeber
(Brandon Routh), and soon she’s employing
her talent for treachery to scale the Judge
Pharmaceuticals ladder. In this black comedy,
the executives drop like flies as Sarah Jane
beats a path to the confessional of Father
Grisham (Barry Bostwick). But the game gets
dicey when she falls for cop Bill Malloy (Adam
Goldberg).
Directed by Phil Gallo. 2007/92 min.
Directed by Tim Cox. 2010/90 min.
MAYOR CUPCAKE
MISTRESS
Starring: Lea Thompson,
Judd Nelson, Dorian Harewood
When Mary Maroni’s daughter nominates her
to run for mayor of their hometown, Mary is
astonished to suddenly find herself elected and
in charge -- despite the fact that her experience
is limited to raising kids and baking luscious
cupcakes.
Directed by Alex Pires. 2011/85 min.
Starring: Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro,
Martin Landau, Eli Wallach, Robert Wuhl
Marvin Landisman, a once promising writer/
director, is now directing cooking videos. When
Jack Roth a brash has-been producer calls, it
is a lifeline for Marvin. He meets Jack’s secret
financier, however, all the financier wants is
to get his mistress a part in the film. Marvin is
outraged and refuses to compromise so Jack
in desperation employs a young writer, Stuart,
to re-write the screenplay.
Directed by Barry Primus. 1991/110 min.
MORE DOG THAN BONES
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Peter Coyote,
Louise Fletcher, Whoopi Goldberg
Raj is on his first trip to America to visit his
nephew when he inadvertently crosses paths
with a desperate female mobster, “Vic”. Vic
drops $1 million in Raj’s carry-on bag en route
to Los Angeles; however when she sends her
guys to retrieve the money, what should be
a quick pick-up turns into a nightmare in this
hilarious comedy.
Directed by Michael Browning. 2000/92 min.
Directed by Chris LaMont. 2008/82 min.
MY BOYFRIEND’S BACK
Starring: Jill Eikenberry, Sandy Duncan,
Judith Light
After a few years and a couple of top ten
singles, the trio suddenly quits without notice.
Twenty years later, Vicky is a struggling singer,
who feels washed up, Chris is a housewife
who is unhappy with her marriage, and Debra
is a very successful businesswoman. A producer is charged with bringing the group back
for a television special. Trouble flares when
the trio reunites.
Directed by Paul Schneider. 1989/96 min.
MUSIC FROM ANOTHER
ROOM
Starring: Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly,
Gretchen Mol, Brenda Blethyn
As a five-year-old he helped deliver her when
his neighbor went into emergency labor.
Twenty-five years later, Danny returns to his
hometown and finds Anna irresistible. Anna
finds it easy to resist him since she is already
engaged to Eric. In pursuit of Anna, Danny
finds himself entangled with each of the
eccentric Swanns.
Directed by Charlie Peters. 1998/104 min.
MYTH OF THE MALE ORGASM
Starring: Bruce Dinsmore,
Miranda de Pencier
Jimmy Ravinsky, one of three male roommates, participates in a feminist psychology
experiment, being interviewed about male
attitudes and behaviors regarding sex and
romance by an anonymous woman, “Jane
Doe.” His experiences reflect upon and change
his relationships with Mimi, a woman with
whom he has a platonic friendship but desires
romance, and Paula, a sexy ex-partner who
loves to flaunt her new loves.
Directed by John Hamilton. 1994/90 min.
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COMEDY
COMEDY
NEVER AGAIN
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Jeffrey Tambor
After declaring they’ll never fall in love again,
two mismatched, middle-aged singles meet
under the strangest of circumstances — in a
gay bar — and gradually realize there may still
be hope for them. Think of it as “When Harry
Met Sally” for fifty-something in this candid,
lighthearted film that looks at the emotional
and sexual lives of two single, 54-year-old
New Yorkers.
Directed by Eric Schaeffer. 2002/98 min.
OCEAN TRIBE
ORGAZMO
Starring: Greg Rainwater, Robert Case,
Mark Mathison and Vaughn Roberts
Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Friends who grew up together in Northern
California Coast reunite 7-years after high
school. Bob is bald from chemotherapy and
doesn’t want any of his friends to see him
dying. In an enormous display of solidarity and
compassion, Noah, Jeb, Schwartz and Lance
shave their heads, kidnap Bob from the hospital and head south to Baja on a road trip.
Written/Produced/Directed by Will Geiger. 1997/106 min.
Joe Young is a struggling Mormon actor from
Utah, trying to make his career dreams come
true in Hollywood. He stumbles onto an adult
movie set where the director immediately casts
him in the lead role of “Captain Orgazmo”
which becomes a huge international hit. When
Lisa, his devoted Mormon fiancée, discovers
the truth, she demands that Joe cut off all
association with films like that in this adult
comedy from the creators of the hit series
“South Park.”
RAMEN GIRL, THE
Starring: Brittany Murphy,
Gabriel Mann
An American slacker (Brittany Murphy)
abandoned by her boyfriend in Tokyo finds her
calling in an unlikely place: a local ramen house
run by a tyrannical chef who doesn’t speak of a
word of English.
Directed by Robert Allen Ackerman. 2008/102min
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER
SPOONER
Starring: Liza Lapira, Estella Warren,
Justin Kirk
Starring: Matthew Lillard, Nora
Zehetner, Shea Whigham
Feeling abandoned by her therapist who’s gone
on an extended vacation, beautiful Lindsay
(Estella Warren) gets help with her fear of
commitment from an ad hoc support group
formed by other New Yorkers also left high and
dry by their shrinks. But when her pals dare her
to date fellow group member A.J. (Justin Kirk),
Lindsay begins to wonder if she’s finally found
her match.
Only days away from being kicked out of
his parents’ house, loafer 30-year-old-to-be
Spooner falls head over heels for Rose. But
when Rose says she’s about to move to the
Philippines, Spooner scrambles to win her
heart and convince her stay.
Directed by Drake Doremus. 2008/82 min.
Directed by Tamara Tunie. 2010/90 min.
Directed by Trey Parker. 1997/94 min.
NEVER TOO LATE
O.K. GARAGE
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Corey Haim
Starring: John Turturro, Lili Taylor and
Will Patton
PLAN B
Starring: Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino,
Burt Young
Starring: Lily Javaherpour,
Meera Simhan, Ravi Kapoor
In this quirky indie film, an unlikely group of
vigilantes decides to put the brakes on a merciless garage owner involved in a stolen-car
scam. When inner-city schoolteacher Rachel
realizes O.K. Garage proprietor Yannick is
ripping her off, she enlists help from her lizardloving neighbor Sean and his mercurial welder
friend, Johnny to exact revenge for the chop
shop’s bogus repair bills.
After her loser hubby gets bumped off and
leaves her with a mountain of gambling debts,
meek Fran Maloni finds herself working for a
mob kingpin-- as an assassin. But Fran can’t
seem to pull the trigger, so she devises an
alternative plan: fake the killings and conceal
the Mafioso’s would-be victims at her brother’s
home in Florida. Trouble crops up, however,
when Fran’s boss wants to see the corpses. …
Eleven-year-old Monica Shah is a brainy
schoolgirl whose science fair project about
growing raspberries becomes a touching
emotional crusade. After her dad leaves and her
mother falls into a funk, Monica decides it’s her
job to rescue the family.
Directed by Giles Walker. 1997/96 min.
Directed by Brandon Cole. 1997/90 min.
Directed by Gary Leva. 2002/96 min.
NICE GUYS SLEEP ALONE
OPTIONS
Four senior citizens are gathered at the graveside of a friend, Peter Later, where they meet
his grandson, Max. Upon discovering that Peter
left his family with no money and bills to pay,
their investigation leads them to Peter’s former
nursing home. The head of the nursing home
has absconded with all of the money by setting
up a fraud scheme in his patients’ names. A
plan is devised to recover the money, but it’s
not clear who is conning whom in this thriller.
Starring: Sean O’Bryan, Sybil Temchen
Carter wonders if he’s ever going to find a
woman who wants to be more than “just
friends.” His conniving best friend Pat and
beautiful step-sister Erin both know what’s
causing the problem: He’s too nice! Having
never taken them seriously in the past, Carter
reconsiders when he meets Maggie, a woman
he feels just might be the one. Could it be time
for this nice guy to finally start playing games?
Directed by Stu Pollard. 1999/92 min.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Joanna Pacula
A very square Hollywood agent bungles his
way through the jungles of Africa to buy
options to the life story of a disowned princess.
Only the princess is enraged and the deal proclaimed dead, until she’s kidnapped and he’s
her only hope for rescue.
Directed by Camilo Vila. 1988/92 min.
Directed by Leena Pendharkar. 2010/82 min.
SEX AND THE TEENAGE MIND
Starring: Jay Michael Ferguson, Allison
Lange
Virgil is beside himself with angst. For one,
he’s a high school student with no game and
plenty of nerdy attributes; plus, he’s a virgin
to boot. He has no chance of ever going out
with his crush, Kellie, until she accidentally
misplaces her crib sheet in class and Virgil
pretends it’s his so she won’t get in trouble.
Suddenly, he’s on Kellie’s radar -- and she’s
ready to give him a very intimate thank-you.
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
aka The Buddy Factor
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley,
Michelle Forbes
In this underrated black comedy, gullible Guy
lands a job as personal assistant to Buddy
Ackerman, a repulsive, cutthroat studio exec.
Guy is eager to climb the ladder of success,
but Buddy stops at nothing to grab credit and
foil Guy’s plans. What Buddy doesn’t know is
that the tables are about to turn in a big way.
Written & Directed by George Huang. 1994/101min.
Directed by Don Gold. 2002/91 min.
PRICE OF KISSING, THE
REVENGER’S COMEDIES, THE
Starring: Nicole Eggert, Loretta Devine,
Lou Rawls, Jon Seda
Starring: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham
Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas
Love evokes all the senses, but you still
can’t define it. Or so the hip and charismatic
characters in “The Price of Kissing” learn in
their quest for the perfect partner. Renee’s
complicated life takes a sharp turn when her
roommate becomes romantically involved with
Larry. As tensions grow, they turn to a street
musician whose old soul gives guidance to
a younger generation wavering on the path
of love.
After saving each other from jumping off a
bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to
avenge the people who drove them to suicide.
Henry will ruin the life of the woman who married Karen’s boyfriend, while Karen will work
as a secretary for the man who took Henry’s
job. Whether revenge will be sweet -- or bittersweet -- is anyone’s guess.
Directed by Vincent DiPersio. 1997/94 min.
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RASPBERRY MAGIC
Directed by Malcolm Mowbray 1997/86 min.
SKI SCHOOL 2
Starring: Dean Cameron,
Heather Campbell, Brent Sheppard
Dave Marshak is enjoying his life until he
receives a wedding invitation from his exgirlfriend, Beth. She may have said she never
wanted to see him again, but Dave knows it
is their destiny to be together. Dave embarks
on a quest to save Beth from unhappiness. He
enlists his ski school buddies to help him in his
mission to reclaim Beth’s affections by ruining
her wedding.
Directed by David Mitchell. 1995/92 min.
TAPEHEADS
Starring: John Cusack, Tim Robbins
Ivan and Josh are ousted security guards who
will do anything to make music videos. While
being ripped off by their new boss ‘Mo Fuzz’
they connect with their idols, The Swanky
Modes (played by the real soulsters, Junior
Walker and Sam Moore) and vow to resurrect
the duo’s career. All the while, the guys find
themselves on the hit list of an irreverent
politician while working toward their goal of
international notoriety.
Directed by Bill Fishman. 1988/93 min.
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COMEDY
COMEDY
THINK TANK
TURNING THE TABLES
Starring: Eric Artell, James Avery, Maura
Claire Barclay
Starring: Michael Madsen,
Jason Alan Smith, Doug Tompos
When their favorite hangout, Jon’s Pool Hall,
is in jeopardy of being taken over by moneygrubbing pool mogul Lord Billiards (Gordon
Goodman), a group of 20-something selfproclaimed geniuses band together to save
the day.
Michael Madsen’s played a lot of unsavory
characters on screen, but could he possibly
be a murderer in real life? That’s the starting
point for this “meta” mockumentary, in which a
paparazzi starts the vicious rumor.
Directed by Michael Mongillo. 2007/84 min.
Directed by Brian Petersen. 2006/92 min.
WAKE
Starring: Bijou Phillips,
Ian Somerhalder, Jane Seymour
In this quirky comedy, emotionally detached
Carys Reitman (Bijou Phillips) has an unusual
way of trying to connect with people when
she’s down in the dumps: she ventures to
a nearby mortuary to attend the funerals of
strangers. But after she meets handsome Tyler
(Ian Somerhalder) -- at his fiancée’s memorial
service -- Carys finds herself developing
feelings for a living person for the first time.
Directed by Ellie Kanner. 2009/97 min.
WHO’S YOUR MONKEY
Starring: Kevin Durand, Jason London,
David DeLuise, Ali Hillis,
Susan May Pratt
In one night, childhood buddies Mark, Bobby,
Laith and Hutto discover how far they’ll go for
friendship in this award-winning dark comedy.
When Mark reaches an emotional and professional dead zone, the others try to cheer him
up. But what begins as a simple night out
mushrooms into a madcap adventure to bust
an animal porn ring and dispose of the body of
a crystal meth dealer.
Directed by Todd Breau. 2007/86 min.
TRUE LOVE
Starring: Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard
Donna and Michael are about to get married
in an elaborate Italian-American wedding. But
the road to the altar isn’t paved with wine
and roses; instead, it’s riddled with doubts
and confusion. Can love find its way? All their
friends and relatives who want to see them
married certainly hope so … but do Donna
and Michael?
UPSIDE OF ANGER
WEDDING BROS
Starring: Kevin Costner, Joan Allen
Starring: Dan Fogler, Brendan Sexton III
When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a
sharp-witted suburban wife and her daughters
juggle their mom’s romantic dilemmas and
family dynamics.
After punching the clock for years in their family’s carpet-laying business, brothers Carmine
and Anthony hire on as videographers with Lou
Burns the tacky, self-proclaimed king of Long
Island wedding video directors. Now, the brothers must deal with living on their own, their
boss’s wild mood swings and other vagaries
of real life.
Directed by Mike Binder. 2005/118min
Directed by Nancy Savoca. 1989/104 min.
Directed by Michael Canzoniero & Marco Ricci.
2009/83min.
WINNER, THE
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent
D’Onofrio, Billy Bob Thorton
Philip is an ordinary guy having and extraordinary streak of luck in Las Vegas. When
word gets out that he wins consistently every
Sunday night at a low-rent casino, the leeches
begin to gather. They include a sexy nightclub
singer, her lover, an opportunistic thief, as
well as Philip’s own homicidal brother. Over it
all, a gangster casino boss watches. Together
they make a surreal group of hungry hustlers
who want his money and all with a different
scheme to get it.
Directed by Alex Cox. 1996/92 min.
TRUST ME
VISIONEERS
Starring: Adam Ant, Talia Balsam, David
Packer, Barbara Bain and Karen Black
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer
Gallery owner James Calendar does not know
much about art, but he knows that he likes
money, and the more the better! However, a
string of failures and subsequently a string of
creditors mean he is desperate for success –
and money. His assistant Catherine provides
the solution when she introduces him to Sam,
an unknown artist who is also her old friend.
Sam’s work is brilliant, but it’s not for sale.
Directed by Robert Houston. 1987/104 min.
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Visioneer George Washington
Winsterhammerman lives a comfortable but
monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black
comedy. But when people start exploding from
stress and George is showing early symptoms,
he’s forced to examine his life. Taking a look
at his prestigious job, his sexless marriage and
his resistance to life coaching, George reconsiders the philosophy of happiness through
mindless activity.
Directed by Jared Drake. 2007/95min.
WHERE THE HEART IS
Starring: Natalie Portman and
Ashley Judd
Novalee Nation is a 15-year-old Tennessee
transient who has to grow up in a hurry when
she’s left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside in Sequoyah, Okla., and
takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart.
In short order, some eccentric, kindly strangers
“adopt” Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Directed by Matt Williams. 2000 /120min.
ZITS (aka LIKEWISE)
Starring: Slya Baskin, Danielle DuClos,
Jason Kirstofer
They are real spies, only smaller, with a real
knack for cloak and dagger exploits. These
spies are kids, and they find their information
in toy stores, and sell it to the KGB -- to pay
for an eye operation for their favorite teacher.
The kids’ fathers have important jobs in
Washington D.C., although the kids don’t know
much about that. But the KGB does, and they
take what the little spies have to offer very,
very seriously, with hilarious results.
Directed by Arthyr Sherman. 1988/96min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
5 Senses of Fear
For its first-ever original anthology film, Chiller
Films teamed up with six up-and-coming
filmmakers to write and direct five short films
based on the human senses:
Hearing: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton
(YellowBrickRoad)
Touch: Emily Hagins (My Sucky Teen
Romance, featured in Zombie Girl: The Movie
documentary)
Taste: Eric England (Madison County, Roadside)
Smell: Nick Everhart (2012 Doomsday)
THRILLER/HORROR
THE ADDICTION
Starring: Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken
Filled with the rap-fueled street energy and
confrontational force “The Addiction” chronicles the moral fall and redemption of Kathleen.
A philosophy student, Kathleen is desperate to
understand how brilliant ideas can exist in a
world filled with tragedy. Her abstract contemplation soon turns brutally real when a bite on
the neck awakens her own unacknowledged
thirst for blood.
Directed by Abel Ferrara. 1995/82 min.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN
PARIS
BENEATH LOCH NESS
Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy,
Vince Vieluf
Part sci-fi thriller and part Celtic lore, Beneath
Loch Ness is a winner the entire family will
enjoy. A young researcher is determined to
solve the disappearance of his controversial
mentor, who was studying Loch Ness and its
reptile inhabitants. Hoping to find the body
of his professor and save his reputation, the
young researcher heads into the famous lake
to find the Loch Ness Monster.
Just as American tourist Andy McDermott is
about to bungee jump from the Eiffel Tower,
he sees a woman, preparing to take a suicidal
plunge from the landmark. Andy makes his
jumps and rescues the woman, but then she
vanishes. Andy tracks her down, not knowing
she’s the lycanthropic offspring of the couple
from An American Werewolf in London.
Starring: Patrick Bergin, Lysette Anthony
THE BLACKOUT
Starring: Matthew Modine, Dennis
Hopper, Claudia Schiffer
While in Miami Beach, Matty and Annie plunge
deep into its steamy underground nightlife with
their thrill-seeking voyeuristic friend Mickey.
A year later, he must face his inner demons to
unlock the riddle of what happened that night.
Directed by Abel Ferrara. 1997/100 min.
THE BORROWER
Starring: Rae Dawn Chong,
Antonio Fargas
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him
to Earth. The alien is very violent, and when
the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced
to find another.
Directed by John McNaughton. 1991/90 min.
Directed by Chuck Comisky. 2001/96 min.
Directed by Anthony Waller. 1997/105 min.
Sight: Miko Hughes (Directorial Debut; Actor:
Pet Semetary, New Nightmare, Steve Niles’
Remains)
2013/90 mins
11:14
Starring: Rachel Leigh Cook, Patrick
Swayze, Hilary Swank
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally
connected story of a set of incidents that all
converge one evening at 11:14pm. The lives of
many cross at this one point in time which shall
have life-altering effects.
Directed by Greg Markcs. 2003/90min
AKUMA
Akira Tanaka, a young & attractive but
emotionally damaged Japanese woman moves
to the United States to escape a past marked
by tragedy. She moves in with her sister Hana
and her new husband Adam, hoping to leave
her demons behind and start a new life. But
as Akira’s behavior grows increasingly erratic
and strange disturbances mark the night, Akira
is forced to reveal her real reason for coming:
to flee the malevolent spirit that has been
tormenting her since childhood… and which
appears to have followed her here.
BLIND FEAR
APPETITE
BETRAYAL OF THE DOVE
Starring: Ute Lemper, Trevor Eve
Starring: Helen Slater, Billy Zane, Kelly
LeBrock
Starring: Shelley Hack, Kim Coates, Jack
Langedijk, Jan Rubes
In this suspenseful thriller a young woman
is living on the edge, trying to rebuild her
life. Instead, it begins to unravel. A series of
strange incidents point to a deadly undercurrent of deceit which leads ultimately to Ellie’s
life being threatened - and only her daughter,
Autumn, can save her from those who betrayed
her trust.
A seemingly defenseless blind employee at a
quaint New England lodge is put to the ultimate
test. Erica is both hiding and fighting for her
life when a gang of savage criminals, evading the police take over the lodge and kill its
elderly caretaker. The criminals soon realize
that they are not alone in the house. On their
attempt to track Erica down, they discover that
this seemingly frail “witness” is a formidable
opponent.
After gathering at the Station Hotel for a birthday party, a motley crew of partygoers -- led
by unlikeable young sailor Nelson (Christien
Anholt) -- play a fateful game of cards to
determine who among them will spend the
night in the infamously haunted room 207.
Directed by George Milton. 1998/97 min.
Directed by Strathford Hamilton. 1993/93 min.
Directed by Deon Taylor. 2012/90 min.
Directed by Tom Berry. 1989/98 min.
CAPTURED
Starring: Nick Mancuso, Andrew Divoff,
Linda Hoffman
Powerful, workaholic real estate developer
Holden Down struggles with an environmental
injunction, which threatens to halt the construction of his project. When a rookie car
thief tries to steal Holden’s precious Porsche,
he breaks the kid’s arm. The thief’s older
brother, Robert, holds a grudge. Seeking
revenge, Robert breaks into the Porsche, only
to be held hostage. It’s a battle of wits as the
roles between captive and prisoner switch
back and forth.
Directed by Peter Liapis. 1998/92 min
ABSENTIA
ALICE IN MURDERLAND
THE BANKER
Starring: Malerie Grady,
Marlene Mc’Cohen, Kelly Kula
Starring: Robert Forster, Shanna Reed,
Jeff Conaway, Duncan Regehr
Seven years after her husband, Daniel, went
missing, Tricia is about to have him declared
dead. But as she copes with her grief and the
reappearance of her annoying sister, Tricia
begins to suspect a sinister force is behind
Daniel’s disappearance.
When Alice turns 21, her sorority sisters decide
it’s time to throw a masquerade party at
which all the guests dress up as their favorite
vampy Wonderland characters. Unfortunately,
an uninvited guest turns the celebration into
a bloodbath.
Directed by Mike Flanagan. 2011/91 min.
Directed by Dennis Devine. 2010/90min.
By day his passion is money. By night his
passion is murder. A murderer has taken to
the streets of Los Angeles marking each victim
with a telltale sign: a primitive symbol etched
in blood. In a blinding revelation, Detective
Jefferson (Robert Forster) realizes who the killer is just in time to learn that a local reporter,
the next intended victim.
Starring: Katie Parker,
Courtney Bell, Dave Levine
BIRD OF PREY
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Richard
Chamberlain
As a boy, Dominik watched an American crime
boss, Griffith murder his father, a police officer
fighting organized crime in Bulgaria. Years
later, he attempts to avenge his father’s death
but is imprisoned for 15 years on charges of
attempted murder. While in prison, he meets
an American journalist who shares his enemy
and his thoughts of revenge. Released from
prison, the two hatch a plot to finally extract
their revenge.
Directed by Temistocles Lopez. 1996/105 min.
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BLOOD MONEY
Starring: James Brolin, Traci Lords
Lester Grisam is a hardened criminal convicted
of homicide and armed robbery. His request
for parole is denied. After escaping from jail,
Grisam leads his two cohorts to the home of
the witness whose testimony landed him in jail.
Wanting to even the score, Grisam executes
a plan that will not only make him rich, it will
also satisfy his need for vengeance. But the
FBI and SWAT team are on his trail in this
high-stakes thriller.
Directed by John Shepphird. 1996/92 min.
CELLAR DOOR
Starring: James DuMont, Michelle
Tomlinson
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle
Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James
DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in
his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive
this nightmare is to outsmart her psychopathic
tormentor. But Herman has experience on his
side: He’s entrapped and tortured other women
before, playing sick and twisted mind games
with his frightened victims
Directed by Mikel J. Wisler. 2007/85 min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
THRILLER/HORROR
CHRONICLE OF THE RAVEN
COLD SWEAT
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Gina Philips
Starring: Facundo Espinosa, Marina
Glezer, Omar Gioiosa, Camila Velasco
After her twin sister’s untimely end, Jennifer
Cassi sets off to collect her inheritance in
Argentina, where she learns a disturbing fact
about her sibling’s demise. It seems the twin
and the girls’ parents died from a mysterious
disease that afflicts the whole family. But
nightmares and haunting sounds from the
attic lead Jennifer to believe that her wellpreserved grandmother played a role in the
three deaths. …
Directed by Daniel De La Vega. 2004/96min.
When Roman’s girlfriend disappears, he
expects to find her in the arms of another man,
but instead discovers her in the basement of
two crazy old men. Armed with case upon case
of highly unstable dynamite, the depraved duo
conduct illicit experiments on young women
they lure from the internet. If Roman cannot
free his young love, she is likely to end up in
pieces, thanks in part to a generous slathering
of nitroglycerine.
DARKWORLD
Starring: Justine Bateman, Adam
Baldwin, Michelle Scarabelli
Fallon is a gorgeous twenty-something
with just a couple of flaws. For starters,
she’s dead. A close second, she has a
job offer serving as soul huntress for an
evil overlord. Fallon accepts her new title
and quickly turns loose on humanity,
fighting evil with evil.
A seemingly ideal roommate becomes a
controlling psychopath in this gripping thriller
starring Justine Bateman as medical student
Marty Hiller and Adam Baldwin as her attractive new housemate, Alec Danz. After Marty
has a short-lived fling with Alec, his obsessive
nature surfaces -- and Marty soon finds herself
held captive in her apartment. The supporting
cast includes Michele Scarabelli, Cyndi Pass
and Chris Mulkey as Marty’s ex-husband.
Directed by David Palmieri. 2006/83 min.
Directed by Adrián García Bogliano. 2010/90min.
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
Starring: Russell Harvard,
Chloe Snyder, Christopher Curry,
Ellie Schwartz
A young deaf man, Tim, continues to
live in the house in which his father
murdered his mother a year ago. Tim
has difficulty controlling his rage as
the voice of his dead father torments
him constantly. Tim starts a seemingly
normal relationship with Heather, a
real estate agent interested in selling
his home. At the same time, someone
moves in next door, which causes his
paranoia to spiral out of control.
DADDY’S GIRL
Starring: William Katt, Michele Greene
Don Mitchell is an unemployed dreamer who
adores his 11-year-old adopted daughter
Jody. Behind Jody’s sweet freckled smile lies
a calculating mind that will stop anyone who
threatens to come between her and her father.
When Jody’s older cousin Karen moves in for
the summer, she quickly realizes the young girl
is very troubled. Karen discovers the young
mind of a psychopath.
Directed by Marin Kitrosser. 1996/95 min.
DEADBOLT
Starring: Gina Valona, Sean Wing,
Aidan Marus
DEMON KISS
Starring: Sally Mullins, Jessica T.
Perez, Thoman Clemons
An attempt to summon a demon using
the sacrifice of a prostitute misfires - the
evil entity instead possesses the body
of the intended victim. With the ability
to leap between hosts, how can it be
stopped before it tracks down its target?
Directed by Denise Devine, Sally Mullins.
2008/91 min.
Starring: Kristen Dalton, Sal Rendino,
Kevin Interdonato
Eric Rhodes is not the charming young writer
he appears to be after he murders a young
woman after a date because he believes she
wasn’t destined to be with him. In Eric’s mind
he is fated to find one true love just like in the
ancient myth of Cupid. Eric’s obsession with
Cupid again turns into a deadly reality when
he meets another woman at a local bookstore.
But Eric’s dark past, which includes the
unsolved murder of his parents and former
lover, is uncovered.
An innocent woman, Claire Scully is drawn
into a terrorist plot to kill people through
the mail using a deadly strain of TB.
Directed by Douglas Campbell. 1997/95 min.
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DANGEROUS PLACE, A
Directed by Gregory J. Corrado. 2012/120 min.
Kate is scolding her young son for his latest
prank when she is interrupted by a phone call
from Harry. Harry is a distant cousin of Kate’s
husband Richard who hasn’t seen him for 20
years. The next day Harry arrives with his fiancée, Connie. All is well until their suspicious
behavior convinces Kate her family is at risk.
Harry and Connie have escaped from a hospital
for the criminally insane – they plan on killing
Kate and Richard and assuming their identity.
DEAD COLD
Starring: Lysette Anthony, Chris Mulkey
and Peter Dobson
Sexy Alicia and her successful screenwriter
husband Eric take a romantic second honeymoon in a secluded mountain cabin. Kale, a
menacing young cowboy comes to their door.
Reluctantly they agree to let the stranger stay
over. The tension mounts and the body count
rise, as secrets are uncovered.
DECEPTION AKA CRUEL GAME
Starring: Mako, Jennifer Rubin, Ross
King, Victoria Silvstedt, Jennifer Tung
A handsome L.A. playboy juggles
four gorgeous girlfriends, searches
for true love and gets involved in an
elaborate con.
Directed by Masashi Nagadoi. 2001/84 min.
DEVIL’S PREY
Starring: Charlie O’Connell, Ashley
Jones, Patrick Bergin, Bryan Kirkwood &
Jennifer Lyons
A group of young adults attend an all-night
rave only to discover that it’s a trap for a
satanic cult that requires flesh for bloody sacrifices. After a night of being chased by masked
members, the would-be victims find sanctuary
in a small town and report their findings to the
sheriff and Minister Seth. Big mistake. It’s up
to Susan, the last of her friends not captured,
to put an end to the rivers of gore by battling
the cult members on their own violent terms.
Directed by Bradford May. 2001/88 min.
Starring: Zach Galligan, Ashley Laurence
and Mary Crosby
Starring: David Keith, William Katt
Directed by Douglas Jackson. 1992/94 min.
Directed by Harlan Schneider. 2011/75 min.
CUPID
DISTANT COUSINS
DESCENDENTS
DEAD SOULS
DECEPTIONS
Starring: Bill Moseley, Jesse James,
Magda Apanowicz
Starring: Stefanie Powers,
Barry Bostwick
Starring: Karina Pizarro,
Camille Lynch
On his 18th birthday Johnny Petrie finds out
that he has inherited his birth family’s farm in
Maine. Eager for a new life, he leaves home.
However, as he digs into his past, he soon
uncovers the horrifying details of his father’s
questionable studies. In a frightening revelation he also learns that his return has revived
decades-old forces trapped in the home and
sets in.
Stephanie and Sabrina are twin sisters.
Stephanie is a housewife, who doesn’t seem
content with her life, while Sabrina is a
jetsetter. They go to Venice for their birthday
and they decide to see how the other’s life
is. Sabrina goes to Stephanie’s home and
becomes mother to her children and wife to
her husband Grant. While Stephanie enjoys
Sarina’s life until her sadistic boyfriend comes
into the picture.
A mysterious contagion spreads turning
humans into zombies. A handful of children
are born with an immunity to the disease. One
of the immune, Camille, wanders the desolate
wastelands, evading zombies and armed
soldiers, who are equally indiscriminate in their
destruction. Camille finds other immune and
with them journeys in search of an escape.
Directed by Colin Theys. 2012/93 mins.
Directed by Marvin Chenault & Melville Shavelson.
1985/188 min.
Directed by Jorge Olguin. 2008/74min.
DOLAN’S CADILLAC
Starring: Christian Slater,
Emmanuelle Vaugier, Wes Bentley
Robinson’s (Wes Bentley) life assumes
a new purpose when his wife -- a
witness to an execution-style slaying
in the desert -- is murdered by a Las
Vegas mobster (Christian Slater), and
the mild-mannered teacher vows to
avenge her death. To overcome his
wily adversary -- and the thug’s heavily
armored Cadillac -- Robinson devises an
ingenious revenge plan that doesn’t rely
on raw firepower in this thriller based on
a short story by Stephen King.
Directed by Jeff Beesley. 2009/88 min.
DOLLY DEAREST
Starring: Sam Bottoms, Rip Torn
If Chucky from Child’s Play weren’t already
taken, he just might go for this demonic shedevil. Infused with the energy of an ancient
black-magic cult, an otherwise normal plaything begins affecting her surroundings with
a series of horrible “accidents.” But the little
girl (Candy Houston) who loves her refuses
to believe her dolly has been bad. Rip Torn
co-stars as an archaeologist who unearths the
toy’s dirty little secret.
Directed by Maria Lease. 1992/93 min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
DON’T LOOK IN THE
CELLER
Starring: Randal Malone, Shevaun
Kastl, Tara Shayne
Looking to turn a class research project
into a party, a group of college students
chooses Halloween night to explore the
long-abandoned local insane asylum,
but one killjoy they didn’t count on was
Smiley (Jed Rowen), the asylum’s last
surviving resident. As the malicious
inmate makes his presence felt and the
building’s murderous past is exhumed,
the teens discover that their only hope of
escape is to head to the one room they
don’t want to visit.
THRILLER/HORROR
THE EVIL BELOW
FINAL EXAMINATION
Starring: Wayne Crawford, June
Chadwick
Starring: Kari Wuhrer, Brent Huff, Debbie
Rochon and Jay Richardson
Sarah is set on finding the treasure of the
shipwrecked “El Diablo” in its accursed seafloor resting place. She gets Max to captain the
boat and together they set out on an adventure
in which they discover that some things are
better left alone.
Four beautiful sorority sisters get together for
their five-year college reunion at a beautiful
and remote tropical resort. They encounter
death and danger as one by one, the women
are being murdered. School might be out ‘permanently’ for this group of women if they can’t
discover the culprit.
Directed by Wayne Crawford & Jean-Claude Dubois.
1989/90 min.
FROM THE SHADOWS
GREY SKIES
HEADHUNTER
Starring: Kal Bennett, Britt George,
Brennan Taylor
Starring: Michael Cornacchia, Thela
Brown, Marie Del Marco
Starring: June Chadwick, Wayne
Crawford
Terri, a young woman who just won the jackpot,
is kidnapped by a stalker and used as a human
lab rat. Not only must she survive the madman,
but her own drug-induced mind to be able to
survive.
A group of old college friends reunite to relive
their glory days by renting a beautiful cabin in
the woods. As the sun sets on their first day in
the cabin, bright flashes of light announce the
arrival of mysterious creatures. These friends
will have to outwit a force that is both inhuman
and extremely intelligent in order to survive. The
outcome will shock and amaze you as we come
to realize... we are not alone in the universe.
A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female
lover, and he begins to have an affair with his
female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon
from Africa arrives among Miami’s Nigerian
community and begins decapitating some
people and possessing others--including the
cop’s wife.
Directed by Scott C. Robert. 2009/90 min.
Directed by Francis Schaeffer. 1990/92 min.
Directed by Kai Blackwood. 2010/84 min.
Directed by Dennis Devine. 2008/90 min.
DURESS
THRILLER
Starring: Martin Donovan,
Sakis Rovas
Grieving after his wife’s recent suicide,
Richard Barnett (Martin Donovan)
witnesses a brutal killing by the
charismatic Abner Solvie (Sakis Rouvas).
The widower’s troubles multiply when
Abner forces him to become his criminal
protege by threatening to execute
Richard’s daughter (Ariel Winter). In
order to keep her alive, Richard must
behave like his psychotic captor in this
tautly suspenseful thriller.
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Genevieve
Bujold, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin
Surveillance expert Ewan McGregor stumbles
onto serial killer Ashley Judd and obsessively
follows her murderous trail for years. But
McGregor turns from pursuer into guardian
angel as their bizarre relationship blossoms.
Judd generates her usual empathy (no small
feat, as her victims pile up!) in a visually stunning road trip through Chicago, Las Vegas and
San Francisco.
THE FORGOTTEN ONE
Starring: Kristy Mc Nichol, Blair Parker
A writer seeks to revive his flagging career
and overcome his writer’s block by moving
into a big old house. Unfortunately for him, he
soon discovers that the place is haunted by the
restless ghost of a murdered woman who falls
in love with the writer and beckons him to join
her in the afterlife. Fortunately for him, his real
girl friend, a reporter, will not let this happen.
Directed by Phillip Badger. 1990/98 min.
Directed by Stephan Elliot. 1999/110 min.
GRAVES, THE
Starring: Clare Grant, Jillian Murray, Bill
Moseley
GUEST ROOM, THE
Starring: Ross McCall,
Susan Priver, Jude Ciccolella
When sisters Megan (Clare Grant) and Abby
(Jillian Murray) Graves go on a road trip before
recent college graduate Megan starts a job in
New York, their fun search for a silly roadside
attraction turns into a nightmare after they
stumble into evil Skull City. The supernatural
residents of this abandoned mine town like to
rip out visitors’ souls, and after Megan is badly
wounded, Abby must fight to save them both in
this bloody spine-chiller.
Everett and Glory Hutchins live in a typical
middle class neighborhood. Maybe your
neighborhood. The Hutchins have a “guest
room” in their home. It’s not exactly a thriving
business. It’s more of a hobby, you see,
Everett and Glory are practicing cannibals!
When Richard Ruebens answers Everett’s
classified ad to buy a classic car, he becomes
their latest potential meal, but Richard has no
intention of playing the lamb led to slaughter.
Directed by Brian Pulido. 2009/88 min.
Directed by Henry Olek. 2011/106 min.
HIDE AND GO SHRIEK
Starring: Annette Sinclair, Brittain Frye
Eight high school graduates decide to sneak
into a huge department store for a night of partying. Once there, they decide to play a game
of hide-and-go-seek. One couple is attacked
and when the others can’t find them, they
assume they are having an amorous adventure. When two other members of the group
are killed, the survivors panic as they realize
that something deadly is happening.
Directed by Skip Schoolnik. 1988/90 min.
Directed by Jordan Barker. 2009/90min
ENDANGERED SPECIES
FEVER
Starring: Eric Roberts,
Arnold Vosloo, John Rhys-Davies
Starring: Henry Thomas, David O’Hara,
Teri Hatcher and Bill Duke
King of the straight-to-video thrillers Eric
Roberts stars as gumshoe Mike Sullivan, who’s
investigating a series of health-spa slayings
in which the victims were shot in either the
eye or the ear. Problem is, there’s no trace of
bullets in the corpses, and some of the bodies
are missing. Little does Sullivan know that an
extraterrestrial poacher is on the loose hunting
humans … for their skins.
Struggling artist Nick Parker has moved into a
squalid apartment in New York and is having
trouble adjusting. He’s pushed over the edge
when a mysterious tenant moves in above him
and his landlord is brutally murdered. As the
police search for a suspect, Parker ponders
the bloody crime. But the truth could be maddening in this dark thriller from Alex Winter
co-starring Teri Hatcher.
Written/Directed by Alex Winter. 1999/95 min.
FORGET ME NOT
Starring: Carly Schroeder, Chloe
Bridges, Cody Linley, Jillian Murray,
Jamieson Stern
It’s graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing,
the popular class president of her small-town
high school, should be enjoying the time of her
life. But when her friends start disappearing,
Sandy discovers they have unwittingly
awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they
wronged long ago. Fighting for her sanity,
Sandy must unlock a dark secret from her own
past before it’s too late.
Directed by Tyler Oliver. 2010/103min.
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GREEN RIVER
Starring: Kristina Hughes, Danielle
Franke, Bruce Peterson
Hoping to uncover the truth about her
sister’s disappearance, Charisma Kavanagh
(Danielle Franke) gets more than she
bargained for when she takes an ill-advised
trip to the town of Green River, where her
sibling vanished. Townsman Jack Walker
(Bruce Peterson) may hold the key to the
mystery, but he soon stirs suspicions in
Charisma’s friend Allison (Kristina Hughes),
putting the two at odds and forcing
Charisma to decide where to put her trust.
HAVOC
Starring: Anne Hathaway,
Joseph Gordon Levitt
A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try
to become part of the “gangsta” lifestyle but
soon run into trouble when they come face to
face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers.
Directed by Barbara Kopple. 2005/85min
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Jansen,
and Peter Gallagher
Eccentric millionaire Steven Price offers his
party guests $1 million if they stay the night
in a mansion that was once an insane asylum.
Not knowing Price has rigged the house with
spooky contraptions, the guests think they’ll
make some easy money and leave unscathed
in the morning. But, along with Price’s bogus
scares, a very sinister -- and real -- spirit lurks
in the house.
Directed by William Malone. 1999/93 min.
Directed by Sam Taybi. 2008/93 min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
THRILLER/HORROR
HOUSE THAT MARY
BOUGHT, THE
HOWLING V – The Rebirth
Starring: Susan George and Ben Cross
No horror series has delivered more bloodcurdling chills and this fifth installment of “The
Howling” again plunges you into the heart of
fear. A mysteriously selected group of people
are stranded in a castle whose walls are the
only witnesses to an ancient secret. As the
savage murders begin, the desperate survivors
realize to their horror that the secret still lives
and now stalks them.
Mary and Malcolm Close live in a house,
picturesque and foreboding in its isolation,
miles from anywhere on the coast of Brittany.
Strange things happen at the house. Malcolm
is quietly convinced the events are Mary’s
pathetic cry for attention. The small things
escalate and the seeds of distrust and paranoia
are sewn. Malcolm begins to question Mary’s
sanity and their domestic happiness is turned
into a living nightmare.
Starring: Philip Davis, Victoria Catlin,
Directed by Neal Sundstorm. 1989/92 min.
Directed by Simon MacCorkindale. 1996 /104 min.
INFECTION: THE
INVASION BEGINS
Starring: Kelly Pendygraft, Alice
Amter, Terry Becker
When convicted killer Deke Evans
returns home after serving his sentence,
he discovers that his once-peaceful
town is now the epicenter of a plague
that’s morphing everyday citizens into
flesh-hungry zombies. As Deke becomes
a reluctant hero in the fight against the
undead, a reporter sniffs out the truth
that cryptic government agencies will do
anything to hide.
I SELL THE DEAD
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
Starring: Ron Perlman, Dominic
Monaghan, Larry Fessenden,
Angus Scrimm
Starring: Gil Bellows, Jennifer
Westfeldt, Christian Kane, Kim Raver
Body Snatchers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes
have robbed their last grave. With just five
hours before Arthur follows Willie to the chopping block, he recounts his life story to Fr
Francis Duffy. It soon becomes clear that Blake
and Grimes were no ordinary grave robbers.
And through his stories the priest learns that
not all corpses are equal.
David’s idyllic world is crumbling. He finds
himself attracted to Melody. Melody’s jilted
boyfriend concocts a plan to win her back,
unaware his father has ordered his ally to keep
an eye on everyone. David and Melody discover they have much in common - including the
suspicion they’re being stalked. David is about
to learn that the biggest danger of having it all
is having everything to lose.
Directed by Glenn McQuaid. 2009/85min.
Directed by Stu Pollard 2005/94min.
LAST HARBOR
Starring: Wade Williams,
Samaire Armstrong
Ian Martin is a washed up Boston Police
Detective who, after another booze-related
botched arrest, is given one last chance by his
Captain: a reassignment to the sleepy seaside
town of Salem Harboir - Ian’s home-town and
life he left behind years ago. There he must
rebuild his fractured relationship with his
daughter Leanne.
Directed by Paul Epstein. 2010/90min
Directed by Howard Wexler. 2010/95 min.
HOWLING III - MARSUPIALS
HOWLING VI – The Freaks
IN HER DEFENSE
JACK FROST
Starring: Barry Otto, Leigh Biolos,
Starring: Brendan Hughes, Michele
Matheson, Antonio Fargas
Marlee Matlin
Starring: Scott MacDonald, Stephen
Mendel, Rob LaBelle
Ian Richards is a drifter. Down on his luck, he
wanders into Canton Bluff. He is also in town
to put an end to the man who destroyed his
family, and the man who put a curse on him
that causes him to become a Werewolf with
every full moon. The man is R.B. Harker, who
runs a Carnival – A Carnival of freaks. When
the Carnival comes to Canton Bluff, Ian is there
one step ahead of them.
A lawyer has to defend his girlfriend for a
crime that he committed. Andrew Garfield
has an affair with Jane, a deaf woman. One
day when Jane’s husband comes home early,
Andrew shoots him. The police think Jane
killed her husband and wants Andrew to
defend her in court. Now, he has to defend
her, without drawing suspicion upon himself.
At the same time, this may just be the big case
he needs to improve his career.
When his prison transport collides with a truck
full of “genetic material,” condemned serial
killer Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald) is inexplicably transformed into a terrifying, murderous
snowman. With a red plaid scarf, a carrot nose
and a heart made out of coal, the icy madman
sets his sights on a small rural town and goes
on an old-fashioned killing spree.
From the bleak wastes of Siberia to the searing
heat of the Outback, the menace is spreading, breeding – fast. Only maverick scientist
Professor Beckmyer can understand the torment of a freak species when he experiments
on a captured “Werewolf” in his lab. But to
the government and the military, it’s an experiment way out of control. For them, an agent of
Satan is at large- a dreadful threat to mankind.
Directed by Philippe Mora. 1987/94 min.
Directed by Hope Perelleo. 1991/98 min.
Directed by Michael Cooney. 1996/89min.
KILLER IMAGE
Starring: Michael Ironside,
M. Emmet Walsh
A story torn from tomorrow’s headlines, Killer
Image is the tale of one man’s struggle to
clear his name against the plotting of a corrupt
political dynasty that will stop at nothing to
remain in power. In order to save his own life,
Max must discover why one Senator, up for
election, is connected to a long trail of unexplained murders.
Directed by David Winning. 1992/94 min.
Starring: Romy Windsor, Michael T.
Weiss, Antony Hamilton
Haunted by a series of unnatural happenings
and hounded by her worst nightmares, a young
and beautiful writer Marie Adams heads for
the sanctuary of a rural hideout in a desperate
bid to regain her sanity, only to find a horror
farm more deadly than her own deranged
imaginings. From the depths of the forest he’s
calling, waiting for the full moon, to hunt Marie
down…to take her on a terrifying journey into
the gaping jaws of death.
Directed by John Hough. 1988/88 min..
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HORSEMAN, THE
Starring: Peter Marshall,
Brad McMurray
Unsettled by his teenage daughter’s untimely
and suspicious death, a vengeful father sets
out on a purposeful road trip across rural
Queensland, Australia, to find out who killed his
little girl–and to make them pay.
Directed by Stephen Kastrissios. 2008/96min
I INSIDE, THE
Starring: Ryan Phillipe, Sarah Polley
A man awakens in the hospital with amnesia
after a near-fatal accident. Disoriented and
desperately seeking the truth, he pieces
together his past two years.
Directed by Roland Suso Richter. 2003/90min
Starring: Robert Loggia, Lindsey Haun,
Martin Kove
Three pregnant women are kidnapped from
abortion clinics and detained against their will
for seven months until they give birth. The Life
Zone cuts right down the middle, examining
the topic of abortion from both sides. A
rollercoaster suspense, from the mind of bestselling author Kenneth Del Vecchio, the film
offers a powerful climatic twist, where there’s
room for only one side to succeed: pro-life or
pro-choice.
Directed by Rod Weber. 2011/80 min.
Directed by Sidney J. Furie. 1998/94 min.
HOWLING IV – The Original
Nightmare
LIFE ZONE, THE
JACK-O LANTERN
Starring: Linnea Quigley, Maddisen K.
Krown, Gary Doles and Ryan Latshaw
Carolyn wasn’t expecting a battle to the death
with a demon from hell when she agreed to
baby-sit young Sean Kelly on Halloween night.
As Carolyn and Sean settle in for an evening
of monster movies, the Jack-O- Lantern stalks
and slashes his way through the small community determined to quench it’s revenge against
the Kelly’s. Carolyn and Sean become unwilling warriors in a battle for the town’s soul
against the still living spirit of Walter Machen.
Directed by Steve Latshaw. 1995 / 88 min.
LANDLADY, THE
Starring: Talia Shire, Bruce Weitz,
Melissa Behr
Melanie Leroy spots her having an affair.
He admits to his affair and puts his prudish
wife down. He’s on a high because he’s just
inherited an apartment. He then suffers from a
deadly allergy attack, but Melanie has hidden
his medicine. Melanie vows to start fresh with
the right man. She moves into the apartment
building and sets her sights on Patrick, a tenant. Melanie will kill anyone who gets in her
way, eventually forcing Patrick to face a deadly
foe – his landlady.
MAN OF HER DREAMS
Starring: Patrick Cassidy, Lysette
Anthony
Ambitious advertising executive Richard Moore
has been neglecting his beautiful wife, Faith,
and she is rapidly tiring of the situation. Faith
believes Richard is having an affair. Feeling
alone and vulnerable Faith has a one-night
stand with Walter. Walter develops an obsessive love for Faith and begins to stalk her.
Faith’s best friend is murdered and desperately
struggles to save her marriage and her life.
Directed by Martin Kitrosser. 1997/94 min.
Directed by Rob Malenfant. 1998/98min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
MASK MAKER
Starring: Nikki Deloach, Stephen Colletti,
Anabella Casanova
A young couple purchases a 19th century
plantation home and invites friends up for the
weekend to celebrate. When they accidentally
release a long-buried evil, their dream home
is transformed into a house of horror as the
original owner returns to exact bloody revenge.
THRILLER/HORROR
MULBERRY STREET
Starring: Nick Damici, Kim Blair
A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan,
causing humans to develop into blood-thirsty
rat creatures.
Directed by Jim Mickle. 2006/84min
Directed by Griff Furst. 2011/94min.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
3D
THE NURSE
THRILLER
Starring: Donald Sutherland,
William McNamara
Starring: Sid Haig, Brianna Brown,
Johanna Black
A businessman (Donald Sutherland)
has a hotshot young new partner
(William McNamara). What he doesn’t
realize is that his new partner is the
son of his second wife, adopted into
an abusive family at birth and now a
raving psychopath out to murder his
natural mother for whom he blames the
miseries of his lifetime.
There’s gore galore in Jeff Broadstreet’s
remake of George Romero’s classic zombie
flick. The campaign of terror begins when
funeral attendees Barb and Johnny arrive at
a cemetery and are promptly attacked by a
bloodthirsty mob of the undead. It’s a carnival
of carnage! Master of creepiness Sid Haig
adds to the horror in his role as the deranged
mortician.
A live-in nurse is very hazardous to her
patient’s health in this thriller. Publicly
accused of embezzlement, a man kills his wife,
his son and then himself. Now his surviving
daughter, a nurse, vows to make her father’s
employer, pay for exposing him. When a sudden stroke leaves her father’s employer wheelchair-bound, Laura moves quickly. Signing
on as his personal caretaker, she reveals her
identity to him and begins her reign of terror
Directed by Douglas Jackson. 1997/88min
Directed by by Jeff Broadstreet. 2006/80 min.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING
DEAD: 3D RE-ANIMATION
NATURAL ENEMY
MIDNIGHT MASS
MUMMY LIVES, THE
THE NEIGHBOR
Starring: Julia Cornish, Douglas Gibson
Starring: Tony Curtis, Leslie Hardy
Starring: Rod Steiger, Linda Kozlowski
After Earth is taken over by vampires, a
defrocked priest and a militant atheist join
forces in an attempt to eradicate the plague
of undead. Talk about strange bedfellows! But
hey, in a crisis, you can’t always choose your
friends. Tony Handile directed and co-wrote
the screenplay with best-selling horror author
F. Paul Wilson (The Keep)
Tony Curtis stars as an angry reincarnated
soul in this horror film based on an Edgar Allen
Poe story. When an ancient tomb is opened,
the mummy inside awakens and transforms
into Dr. Mohassid (Curtis), a wayward soul
determined to reclaim his lost love. Convinced
that Sandra (Leslie Hardy) is the reincarnation
of his beloved, Mohassid embarks on a reign of
terror in an attempt to reunite with his Egyptian
princess.
Myron Hatch had the misfortune of watching
his mother die in childbirth. Today, he is an
obstetrician approaching retirement. He also
owns the house next door in which Mary and
her husband live. Myron becomes increasingly
fixated with Mary because she resembles his
dead mother. When Mary becomes pregnant,
he offers to be her obstetrician. Mary declines.
Myron’s obsession doesn’t stop there.
Directed by Tony Mandile. 2003/98 min.
Directed by Gerry O’Hara. 1993/97 min.
Starring: Andrew Divoff,
Jeffrey Combs, Sarah Lieving,
Robin Sydney
After inheriting the family mortuary,
a pyrophobic mortician accidentally
exposes hundreds of uncremated bodies
to toxic medical waste. As the corpses
re-animate, the mortician’s inheritanceseeking younger brother unexpectedly
shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie
outbreak!
Starring: Lisa Zane, William R. Moses
PARADISE LOST
Starring: Marina Sirtis, William Forsythe,
Migel Havers
The once placid rain forest of Central America
is being cut down to make room for civilization.” State-of-the-art science defoliants
thought to be environmentally friendly are
sprayed for miles around the serene village of
Ponce. A devoted group of scientists decide
to do whatever is necessary to prevent the
cataclysm they know will happen following the
destruction of the rain forest in this eco-thriller.
Directed by Herb Freed. 1998/105 min.
OPEN DOOR, THE
PIN
Starring: Catherine Munden,
Sarah Christine Smith, Ryan Doom, Mike
Dunay
Starring: David Hewlett, Cyndy Preston
Mad at the world, a high school beauty vents
her frustrations and reveals her secret desires
during a phone call to a mysterious radio host
claiming to have special powers -- and her
wishes soon start coming true in unexpectedly
diabolical ways.
The only thing James wants is to remain away
from Scotland. One day, however, he receives
a fax, a printout of an unknown person’s obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested
for the murder of this person.
Directed by Sandor Stern. 1998/103 min.
Directed by Doc Duhame. 2008/92 min.
Directed by by Jeff Broadstreet. 2011/90min.
MIDNIGHT MATINEE
Starring: Ron White, Gillian Barber
The town of Hallston is bucolic but several yeas
ago that peaceful ambience was shattered.
Something happened that changed many lives.
In the town’s movie theater, the Paramount, a
local teenager was found murdered in his seat
during a film. Years later, the murderer still
has not been caught. The Paramount is planning another film festival when another death
comes to Hallston.
Directed by Richard Martin. 1988/93 min.
MURDER PARTY
Starring: Alex Barnett, Malin Bergman,
Macon Blair, Amanda Bryan
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads
a man into the hands of a rogue collective
intent on murdering him for the sake of their
art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem
and hilarity.
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. 2007/79 min.
THE NIGHT CALLER
NIGHT TERRORS
THE PAPERBOY
Starring: Shanna Reed, Tracy Nelson
Starring: Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling
Starring: Alexandra Paul, William Katt
For 11 years, Beth’s life is limited to working
nights in a convenience store while her daytime hours are spent caring for her bed-ridden,
bitter and abusive mother. All that keeps
her going is a voice on the radio, Dr. Roland,
who has a call-in radio show. Beth listens to
the advice given to every caller hoping that
something said might help her work through
her problems. Beth’s obsession with Dr.
Roland grows.
A young girl (Zoe Trilling) travels to Cairo
to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly
involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult
led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier (Robert
Englund), who is a descendent of the Marquis
de Sade.
Young Johnny McFarley rides his bike delivering newspapers. He appears happy, but his
innocence disappears when he enters the
house of an elderly woman that lives next door
to him. He suffocates the defenseless woman
in hopes of seeing Melissa, her daughter.
Johnny is obsessed with Melissa, despite her
previous rejection to his advances. Melissa
must fight to survive before the police can
arrive and take the paperboy away.
Directed by Tobe Hooper. 1993/98 min.
PIRATES OF GHOST
ISLAND
Starring: William Landsman,
Maya Gilbert, Tate Ammons
The celebration’s over for a group of
exuberant young graduates whose party
cruise goes off course in a thundering
storm and lands them on what they
think is a deserted island. Of course,
they seem to be alone, but lurking
beyond the shoreline is a band of
ghostly pirates who’ve been living there
for the past 200 years.
Directed by Mitch Toles. 2007/80 min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
POSTMORTEM
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Michael Halsey
The only thing James wants is to remain away
from Scotland. One day, however, he receives
a fax, a printout of an unknown person’s obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested
for the murder of this person.
THRILLER/HORROR
REMAINS
THE SECRETARY
Starring: Grant Bowler, Lance Reddick,
Miko Hughes, Tawny Cypress
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Mel Harris,
James Russo
Based on the best-selling graphic novel written
by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), Remains is
set in a chilling post-apocalyptic Reno, Nevada,
and follows the survivors of a bizarre accident
that reduced most of the world’s population to
zombies. The group takes refuge in a vacant
casino and fights a losing battle against an
undead army which grows steadily stronger,
smarter and more aggressive by the minute.
When Ellen Foster’s husband loses his job,
Ellen finds herself back in the work place. She
befriends Deirdre, a secretary, in whom she
confides. Ellen begins to realize that Deirdre is
emotionally unstable but Deirdre has involved
herself in every aspect of Ellen’s life and has
planned an elaborate scheme against her.
Before Deirdre is finished, Ellen will be framed
for murder, blackmailed into embezzling
money, and fighting for her family.
Directed by Colin Theys. 2011/88min.
STRICKEN
SWEET ANGEL MINE
Starring: Ron Silver, James Coburn,
Christopher Plummer
Starring: David Fine, Stephanie French,
Christina L. Tellifson
A hardened New York journalist packs up the
family and moves them to an idyllic Maine
hamlet in hopes of finding a slower-paced
Downeast lifestyle. What they discover, however, is the town’s deadly little secret for controlling the influx of new arrivals--ritual murder.
After her mother’s death and her father’s brutal
suicide, 25 year old Sarah Black fears she is
losing her grip on reality. She is haunted by
nightmares and terrifying visions, and she can’t
shake the feeling that something evil is about to
find her. When people she cares about start to
die, Sarah believes she may be next…
Starring: John Dunsworth, Oliver
Milburn, Mike Crimp, Alberta Watson &
Margaret Langrick
SKELETONS
Directed by David DeCoteau. 1996/87min.
When a young man travels through Nova
Scotia on motorcycle in search of his missing
father, he stumbles upon a small farm run by
a woman and her daughter. He signs on for
a brief tour of duty and gets far more than he
bargained for.
Directed by Matthew Sconce. 2010/90 min.
Directed by Curtis Radclyffe. 1996/88 min..
STRIGOI: THE UNDEAD
THRESHOLD
Starring: Catalin Paraschiv, Constantin
Barbulescu, Camelia Maxim
Starring: Donald Sutherland and Jeff
Goldblum
Director Faye Jackson goes directly to the
heart of the Romanian vampire myth in this
darkly comedic horror fest set and shot in a
post-Communist Romania, where old ways die
hard -- especially when it comes to dealing
with the undead, or strigoi. When young Vlad’s
(Catalin Paraschiv) Western European education fails to land him the easy life, he returns to
his Romanian village, only to find murder afoot
... and a plague of vampires the likely culprit.
A dedicated, highly skilled surgeon performs
a daring artificial heart transplant against the
express orders of hospital authorities. His
courageous decision, which results in medical
history, leads to unexpected complications.
THE RAGE
Starring: Andrew Divoff, Erin Brown,
Sean Serino, Rachel Scheer
Crazed scientist Dr. Viktor Vasilienko (Andrew
Divoff) gets more than he bargained for when
his experiments with a rage-inducing virus get
out of hand. From the solitude of his laboratory deep within the woods, Vasilienko starts
testing the virus on unsuspecting victims,
unleashing a mutant horde intent on revenge.
Will cooler heads prevail, or are all involved
doomed to succumb to the rage?
Directed by Robert Kurtzman. 2007/85 min.
SERIAL KILLER
Starring: Jay Underwood, Maryam D’Abo
Starring: Louis Jourdan,
Heather Locklear
Starring: Kim Delaney, Gary Hudson
A quiet community is disrupted when the
police storm the house of William Morrano and
save the life of a woman he’s been holding
hostage. Morrano escapes. Two years pass,
and the cops are given a lead that Morrano has
volunteered as a guinea pig for experimental
drugs to help cure the cancer he is riddled
with. As his conditions improves and his appetite for carnage returns, the two cops pretend
to commit suicide in an effort to have Morrano
make himself visible.
Daryl Gleeson saves the life of a young boy
by pushing him clear of an accident. He
is shown appreciation by the boy’s mother
Brooke Daniels with a free dinner at the café
she owns. Daryl feels an instant attraction
to Brooke, which quickly turns to obsession.
Daryl, recently release from a psychiatric
hospital, begins to stalk Brooke. Only an unannounced trip to Daryl’s house opens Brooke’s
eyes to Daryl’s depravity and with confrontation inevitable, who will survive?
The monster at the bottom of the mucky
waters is back in this sequel to the campy
horror classic. This time, the Swamp Thing is
a hero of sorts, rescuing an attractive horticulturist (Heather Locklear) from her dastardly
stepfather, whom she suspects is behind her
mother’s early and mysterious death.
Directed by Jim Wynorski. 1989/ 88 min.
Directed by Pierre David. 1995/94 min.
REDBALL
STALKED
RETURN OF SWAMP THING,
THE
SANTA’S SLAY
Starring: Belinda McClory, John
Brumpton
THRILLER
Two detectives (Belinda McClory, John
Brumpton) are assigned to solve a series of
grisly murders of children committed by a killer
dubbed “Mr. Creep”. However, when their
investigation leads them towards someone in
their own squad room as the killer, the female
detective edges on a total breakdown as she
loses faith in her fellow officers. The film
explores the decadence and corruption that
exists in the police force.
Bill Goldberg plays the devil’s son who lost a
wager with a angel and was forced to spend
1000 years playing Santa, but now the wager of
that time has run out, and good old Santa isn’t
so joyful anymore. He makes up for lost time
and starts to kill people.
Starring: Bill Goldberg, Robert Culp
Directed by David Steiman. 2005/78min
A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
STRANGER IN THE HOUSE
Starring: Michael Caine, Swoozie Curtz,
Elizabeth McGovern , Peter Riegert
Starring: Michele Green, Steve Railsback
And you thought the business world was cutthroat! Graham Marshall is a no-nonsense
advertising executive who plots a series of
clever murders (his wife and new boss among
them) when he’s passed over for a muchdeserved promotion. Fueled by his apparent
omnipotence, Graham maniacally (and comically) reaches for the top.
A failed jewel heist sets in motion a chain of
events that finds desperate fugitives seeking
shelter in a quaint Victorian country house...
and inevitably leads to murder.
Directed by Richard Pearce. 1981/97 min.
Directed by Faye Jackson. 2008/105 min.
SWEATSHOP
TRIGGERMAN
Starring: Ashley Kay, Peyton Wetzel,
Brent Himes
Starring: Larry Fessenden, Reggie
Cunningham, Ray Sullivan, Sean Reid
Charlie (Ashley Kay) is hoping tonight’s rave
will be the biggest and baddest she’s ever
thrown, but after breaking into an abandoned
factory that houses a bloodthirsty beast, she
and her friends will be lucky to last until the
party starts.
The story of three old friends who travel from
New York City to the countryside for a daylong
hunting excursion. Planned as a final reunion
before one of them is married, the events that
transpire are more horrific than any of them
could have imagined.
Directed by Stacy Davidson. 2011/89 min.
Directed by Ti West. 2007/80 min.
Directed by Jan Egleson. 1990/91 min.
Directed by Jon Hewitt. 1999/91 min.
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THRILLER/HORROR
TRUE NATURE
Starring: Carolyn McCormick, Marianne
Porter, Reg Land
The Pascal family has it all-- wealth, power,
privilege-- but their lives change forever when
their daughter disappears one night while running. She mysteriously returns a year later with
no memory of what happened. Haunted by
nightmares and strange visions that encroach
upon her waking hours, Marianne struggles to
resume normal life. The picture-perfect world
the family built starts to unravel as she gets
closer to discovering that truth lies somewhere
between life and death.
THRILLER/HORROR
THE WRONG WOMAN
Starring: Nancy McKeon, Chelsea Field
Melanie Brooke takes a job working for
Margaret, the ambitious controller. Much to
Margaret’s dismay, the company’s president
takes an interest in Melanie. Margaret kills the
man and makes it look like Melanie committed
the crime. It is up to Melanie to outsmart both
Margaret and the police in order to clear her
own name.
Directed by Patrick Steele. 2010/90 mins
TWIN SISTERS
Starring: James Brolin,
Stepfanie Kramer
Stefanie Kramer plays Carol, one of two
beautiful twins who decides to investigate her
sister’s disappearance. What she unearths is a
world filled with greed, prostitution and murder. Frederic Forrest plays detective Delvaux,
who shelters Carol while she impersonates her
twin -- and soon draws her into his sensual
arms. But then another killing occurs … and
now, the betrayed and desperate Carol will
stop at nothing to uncover the truth.
Directed by Tom Berry. 1992/88 min.
WIZARD OF GORE
THRILLER
Starring: Crispin Glover,
Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips
Montag the Magnificent (Glover) is
a master illusionist who performs at
underground venues, selecting female
volunteers from his rave-like audiences.
To their hysteria, it appears he’s
dismembered their bodies, but his sleigh
of hand has fooled them. However,
female bodies show up dead from the
same wounds performed on stage.
Investigators are baffled, and the chase
to find the killer begins.
Directed by Jeremy Kasten. 2007/94min
WHERE TRUTH LIES
Starring: Kim Cattrall,
Malcolm McDowell, John Savage
Dr. Ian Lazarre (John Savage) is on a downward
spiral. After the tragic death of his first wife,
he married again, only to watch that union
fail. Under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Vernon
Renquist (Malcolm McDowell) and with aid
from “nurse” Racquel (Kim Cattrall),
Ian embarks on an experimental
rehabilitation program that tends to blur the
boundary between dreams and reality.
Directed by William H. Molina. 1996/97 min.
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DOCUMENTARY
ART AND APATHY
Starring: Gilead Vital, Guy Elhanan
A journey through the world of political art
in Israel, woven together through visual and
vocal compositions of courageous underground
voices and mainstream artists treading the
edges of controversial political conversations.
Art and Apathy weaves together gorgeous
visual compositions and courageous voices
from both Israel’s underground and mainstream
art community addressing controversial political
conversations.
DOCUMENTARY
BETWEEN LIGHT AND
DARKNESS
A heroic journey of two young Afghan leaders
who are fervently working to heal their country,
transcending the televised images of their
nation’s never-ending wars. It is a story of light
and hope amid a world still in darkness.
Directed by Penelope Price. 2011/22 min.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.: A HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE
Starring: Arthur Burghardt,
Martin Luther King
This comprehensive documentary traces King’s
life and the development of his philosophies,
set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights
movement.
GOSPELFEST, BEST OF
Starring: Edwin Hawkins, Darryl Cole
Hosted by actor Glynn Turman and singer
Marilyn McCoo, this concert series includes
performances by Gospel Greats Edwin Hawkins
and Darryl Coley.
Directed by by ?. 1990/60 min.
Directed by Thomas Friedman. 2004/52 min.
Directed by Jessica Habie. 2008/54 min.
HUNGER GAMES: CATCH THE
STARS
MAHALIA JACKSON: SINGS
THE SONGS OF CHRISTMAS
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam
Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson,
Adam Friedman
Starring: Mahalia Jackson
The Hunger Games has become one of the
world’s most popular series in the last few
years, with millions of copies of the novels
being sold worldwide. Now, the series is as big
as ever with the film franchise and star power
of Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and
Liam Hemsworth. Chase the Stars: The Cast of
The Motion Picture The Hunger Games provides
an in-depth look at Katniss, Peeta and Gale like
you’ve never seen them before!
Includes: “Silent Night”, “A Child of the King”,
“Sweet Little Jesus Boy”, “Evening Prayer”,
“A Star Stood Still”, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”,
“The Lord’s Prayer” and many more!
Directed by by Jeff Scheftel. 1997/40 min.
Directed by Adam Friedman. 2012/139 mins.
Air Guitar Nation
Starring: Dan Crane,
David S. Jung, Hadia Ackerman
If your bedroom has become too small a stage
for your air guitar antics, take inspiration from
the competitors featured here as they battle
their way from the inaugural U.S. Air Guitar
Championship to the world championship
in Oulu, Finland. Along the way, filmmaker
Alexandra Lipsitz documents the fierce rivalries
that develop as would-be rock legends vie
for top honors in technical accuracy, stage
presence and “airness.”
BEYONCE: BABY AND BEYOND
Starring: Beyonce Knowles
Platinum-selling singer, A-list actress and new
mom, Beyoncé Knowles is a superstar with no
limits. From Destiny’s Child to her relationship
with Jay-Z — and birth of their baby Blue Ivy
— she’s become an ever-evolving woman who
can seemingly do no wrong. Featuring exclusive
interviews with her family and inner circle of
friends, Beyonce: Baby and Beyond provides
an in-depth look at what drives this diva’s
passion for life!
EMINEM: AKA
HEAVEN
Starring: Marshall Mathers,
Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss, Debbie Mathers
Featuring: Michael Agbabian, Lawrence
Goldblum, Mary Hall, Don King
The story of rap superstar Eminem and his rise
to fame, as told through interviews with family
and friends.
Diane Keaton’s feature film-directing debut
investigates what people really think about
the great beyond. The questions Keaton asks,
“What kind of rewards do you think Heaven
holds?” “What does God look like?” and “Is
there sex in heaven?” elicit honest and often
heartfelt responses from her subjects, a collection of fundamentalists, visionaries and
people-next-door.
Directed by by Mike Corbera. 2002/75 min.
Directed by Adam Friedman. 2013. 53 mins.
Directed by Diane Keaton. 1987/80 min.
Directed by Alexandra Lipsitz. 2006/81min
IMAGINE A SCHOOL...
SUMMERHILL
Starring: Orson Bean, Tom Conti, Peter
Coyote
At Summerhill, attendance is voluntary and
children can play all day if they want. The
school runs completely democratically: rules
are made in weekly meetings, at which every
member of the school community, from a 5 year
old to the headmistress, has one vote. In 1997,
Tony Blair took steps to improve standards in
education, including the closure of Summerhill.
This is the story of the students and staff who
fought to save the school.
MOVING THE MOUNTAIN
This documentary describes the days leading
up to the 1989 Chinese Tiananmen Square
demonstration when the world watched
in anticipation of a new era of democratic
reforms. The story unfolds through interviews
with a number of key student leaders, many of
whom can be clearly seen in the international
news footage from the time.
Directed by Michael Apted. 1994/83 min.
Directed by William Tyler Smith. 2008/67 min.
AL GREEN: EVERYTHING
Starring: Al Green
This 1991 concert performance was filmed
at the Celebrity Theatre in Anaheim, CA, and
features the L.A. Mass Choir.
Directed by by Rex Olson. 1991/60 min.
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DO IT FOR JOHNNY
Starring: Mark Steven Grove, J. Michael
Weiss, Johnny Depp
GOD GREW TIRED OF US
Starring: Nicole Kidman
Is Hollywood as impenetrable as notoriously
thought? Indie filmmakers Haylar Garcia, Darcy
Grabowski and Scott Baxendale spent 2 years
finding out. In 2004, they finished a script
based on the life of Baxendale as a celebrity
guitar builder and musician turned vicious
criminal. Longing to do the story justice, they
set their sights on Johnny Depp. This is their
story.
An award-winning, critically acclaimed
documentary, narrated by Nicole Kidman, GOD
GREW TIRED OF US explores the indomitable
spirit of three “Lost Boys” from the Sudan
who are forced to leave their homeland due
to a tumultuous civil war. The documentary
chronicles their triumph over seemingly
insurmountable adversities and relocation to
America, where the Lost Boys build active and
fulfilling life.
Directed by Haylar Garcia. 2007/105 min.
Directed by Stephen Christopher Quinn, 2006/89min
HOOD 2 HOOD: THE
BLOCKUMENTARY PART III
This is the trilogy to the world wide success of
“Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary” and “Hood
2 Hood: The Blockumentary Part II.” This
action packed documentary takes viewers on
a graphic detailed journey through the highest
crime rated neighborhoods in the United States
of America. It contains exclusive interviews
with real gang members, drug dealers, pimp
and killers. Viewers be prepared to witness
controversial never seen before violent footage.
This is reality TV at its best!.
2013/205 mins.
MAHALIA JACKSON: THE
POWER & THE GLORY
NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE,
AND BLUE
Starring: Mahalia Jackson, Jesse
Jackson, Horace Clarence Boyer
Narrated by: Lance Henriksen
Meet the gospel great who has influnced many
of today’s pop superstars. This special edition
DVD combines the outstanding documentary
Mahalia Jackson: The Power & the Glory,
with over two hours of vintage kinescope
performances from the 1961 series, “Mahalia
Jackson Sings.”
Directed by Jeff Scheftel. 1997/90 min.
Horror and sci-fi veteran Lance Henriksen
(Alien) narrates this fascinating look at the
history of the American horror film, examining
the earliest monster movies of the silent era
up to the scariest modern-day masterpieces.
Highlights include interviews with genre
masters Roger Corman, John Carpenter and
George A. Romero, plus clips from classic films
like The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead and
Rosemary’s Baby.
Directed by Andrew Monument. 2009/96 min.
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DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
POLIWOOD
SHAKEDANCE
Featuring: Susan Sarandon,
Anne Hathaway, Josh Lucas
Practitioners of an exotic dance technique
known as the Shake dance tell their stories
against the backdrop of Atlanta’s notorious strip
club scene.
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson trains
his camera on the historic 2008 Democratic
and Republican National Conventions as
he examines the conflation of celebrity and
contemporary politics in this provocative documentary. Through interviews with politically
active players such as Anne Hathaway and
Ellen Burstyn, Levinson opens up discussion on
arts education, Hollywood’s liberal reputation
and the big business of television news.
Directed by by Daron Fordham, Jay Ski McGowan.
2001/35 min.
WAVERIDERS
Narrated by: Cillian Murphy
This captivating documentary traces the history
of modern surfing and its unlikely beginnings
with an Irish immigrant to Hawaii. In the early
20th century, George Freeth taught Hawaiian
kings to surf, breathing new life into an old
Irish pastime. In addition to showcasing
spectacular footage of massive 50-foot waves
off the Irish coast, the film takes viewers on a
big-wave journey through Hawaii and Southern
California.
Directed by Joel Conroy. 2008/80 min.
Directed by Barry Levinson. 2010/91min.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
Featuring: Neil Amdur, Gloria Averbuch,
Abraham Beame, Bob Bright,
Tom Brokaw
WILD HORSE, WILD RIDE
Featuring: Doug Benson, Alex Campbell,
Graham Elwood, Sarah Silverman
Narrated by: ?
Without one eccentric first-generation Jewish
immigrant from Transylvania, the New York
City Marathon simply wouldn’t exist. Ehrlich’s
fun, loving, and inspirational tribute to the late
Fred Lebow shows how one man’s imagination, determination, and love for running created one of the world’s most popular sporting
events.
Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian
and former Stoner of the Year Doug Benson
documents his experience avoiding pot for 30
days and then consuming massive amounts of
the drug for 30 days. More than just an amusing story of one man’s quest to get super high,
this documentary also examines the hotly contested debate over medical marijuana use.
Directed by Judd Ehrlich. 2008/96 min.
Directed by Michael Blieden. 2007/94 min.
STRAIGHT OUTTA PUERTO
RICO: REGGAETON’S ROUGH
ROAD TO GLORY
Starring: Tego Calderon,
Luny Tunes and Daddy Yankee
This film explores the burgeoning Reggaeton
music scene, from its roots in Jamaican
Reggae and Latin American Soca rhythms to
its meteoric rise in popularity and the multitude
of artists that are the driving force behind this
scorching musical phenomenon.
Directed by by S. Leigh Savidge. 2008/71 min.
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SUPER HIGH ME
Wild Horse, Wild Ride tells the story of the
Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, an
annual contest that dares 100 people to each
tame a totally wild mustang in order to get
it adopted into a better life beyond federal
corrals.
Directed by Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus.
2011/106 mins.
TIM TEBOW: ON A MISSION
Starring: Tim Tebow
An in-depth look at what makes Tim Tebow
the popular and polarizing figure today, Tim
Tebow: On A Mission chronicles how his hard
work and faith have guided him to collegiate
success and NFL stardom. From being born on
a mission through his astonishing playoff run
and trade to New York, the film explores his
life through insightful interviews and rare footage few have ever seen.
Directed by Adam Friedman. 2012/52 mins.
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EROTIC
EROTIC
ALMOST PREGNANT
Starring: Jeff Conaway, Tonya Roberts,
Joan Severance, Dom Deluise
Linda can’t wait to have a baby. But according to their doctor, her husband Charlie is
not as virile as he appears. Wild times begin
when Linda hops into bed with Gordon and his
cousin Ray. Then Charlie begins having flings
of his own in this bawdy comedy that brings
new meaning to the phrase “if at first you don’t
succeed, try, try again.”
Directed by Michael DeLuise. 1992/93min.
BIKINI HOE DOWN
A BOLD AFFAIR
Starring: Griffin Drew, Shayna Ryan,
Ashlie Rhey and Greg O’Rourke
Starring: Jeff Trachta, Schae Harrison
and Sandra Ferguson
The Three Seasons Bikini Team April, May
and June leave on a cross-country tour with
their photographer. Their bus breaks down in
Pig Hollow, and the girls are forced to work
for their keep. A dark cloud hangs over the
farm—unless the elderly owners can come up
with $20,000 in back taxes, the farm will be
repossessed. Determined to save the farm, the
girls decide to shoot a whole new calendar on
the farm to help pay off the back taxes.
In the seemingly safe confines of an online
chat room, Eva and Michael exchange titillating
flirtations. But the sexy fun soon becomes dangerous in this erotic thriller. Eva turns out to
be a psycho cyber-stalker, and when Michael
realizes he needs to distance himself from her,
she hacks into his computer, makes a mess of
his finances and threatens his marriage.
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Angie Everhart
Several years after an intense love affair with
Elizabeth (Kim Basinger), John goes to Paris
to find her in an attempt to recapture their
passion. In Paris, John meets Lea, a good
friend of his old love, who informs him that
Elizabeth has remarried. Lea seduces John into
an erotic affair, but he soon learns she’s not
what she seems.
Directed by Anne Goursaud. 1997/105 min.
BIKINI TRAFFIC SCHOOL
Psychotic and beautiful killer, Suzanne Lane,
is captured after a murderous rampage and
incarcerated in a state mental institution. She
is being analyzed and evaluated by therapist,
Dr. James Sterling. He wants Suzanne to meet
with Debra Grey, the woman she tried to kill.
When the two women are reunited the tables
are turned and both become the victims of the
psychotic Dr. Sterling.
HARD EVIDENCE
INNER SANCTUM II
Starring: Kira Reed, Larry Gund, Jyl
Dillon, Kimberly Blair
Starring: Michael Nouri,
Margaux Hemingway
While investigating a case involving a love
triangle, a lovely police captain, Carla Kane
meets the man of her erotic dreams. Carla
is the Head of Special Investigations trying
to solve a homicide. As she investigates the
shooting, the evidence she uncovers could
expose her secret past as a stripper.
Jennifer Reed is recovering from the whirlwind passion and lies that lead her to kill her
abusive husband. In her fragile mental state,
her physician and his young nurse care for
her. Her sanity is pushed to the brink by her
brother-in-law, his wife and his lover. Working
together, the three devise a plot to rob Jennifer
of her fortune. All the while, a mysterious
intruder is stalking Jennifer.
Directed by Michael Paul Girard. 1996/85 min.
Directed by Gary Graver. 1998/88 min.
ANOTHER 9 ½ WEEKS
ESCORT 2 (aka Black Widow
Escort)
Starring: Shauna O’Brien, Landon Hall,
Robert Donovan, Christopher Graver
CARNAL RISK
Starring: Shayna Ryan, Maureen
Flaherty and Shari Eckert
Starring: Tane McClure, Tim Abell,
Gabrielle Hall and Peter Spellos
Beautiful coed Vicky is about to be kicked out
of college! In order to pay her tuition, she
must save her sexy Aunt Velma’s traffic school
from bankruptcy. Enlisting the help of her two
best friends and determined to stop at nothing
to save the school, Vicky convinces her Aunt
to reveal her past as a Las Vegas stripper.
Using Vicky’s Las Vegas contacts, the girls
recruit sexy instructors with a different dress
code: bikinis!
Play now...Pay later. Casino owner Sherry
Landis has an indecent proposal for forgiving
Jed’s gambling debt. But Jed’s wife Sally finds
it too much to handle. Then, when Sally finds
revenge in the arms of another man, the two
must choose between money, sex and love.
ILLICIT DREAMS 2
Starring: Julie Strain, Ross Hagen, Tane
McClure, Griffin Drew and Tim Abell
Starring: Tim Abell, Tane McClure,
Teresa Langley and Max Goldberg
Starring: Griffin Drew, Tim Abell,
Monique Parent and Matt Tanner
When a beautiful escort decides to go straight,
she finds that life in the world of big business
can be murder. Homicide Detective Crank,
determined to find her killer, begins to delve
into the shadowy world of high paid “companions” controlled by the mysterious Cassandra
and uncovers a network of sex, blackmail
and death.
In this erotic thriller, a photographer ends a
torrid, but unhealthy relationship. Unable to
bear the rejection, his already unbalanced
ex-girlfriend goes off the deep end and begins
terrorizing him at every turn.
Jack is a real scumbag who plans to marry
Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with
women and stealing all of their money. Two
weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack
having sex with their maid, Rosa. It turns out
that he was blackmailing Rosa into having sex
as well as his secretary Diane. When Jack
goes away on business, Kristy, Rosa, and
Diane devise a way to get him back for all of
the things he has put them through.
Directed by Tom Popatopolous. 1998/90 min.
THE BARE WENCH PROJECT
Starring: Julie Strain, Lenny Juliano,
Nikki Fritz, Julie Smith,
Lorissa McComas
Four sorority girls hike into the woods with
their guide Lunk to find out the truth behind
the legendary Bare Wench story. As the girls
go deeper into the woods, they lose more and
more of their clothing until they finally meet
the Wench herself, played by former Penthouse
model Strain. A raunchy spoof of the popular
horror hit “The Blair Witch Project” ensues.
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BODY CHEMISTRY III: POINT
OF SEDUCTION
Starring: Andrew Stevens, Morgan
Fairchild, Shari Shattuck, Chick Vennera
Film producer Alan Clay wants to make a
movie about infamous radio sex therapist Dr.
Claire Archer as a vehicle for his actress wife.
But the good doctor has a way with men, and
she soon sinks her claws into Alan. When Alan
uncovers the truth about Claire’s murderous
past, he’ll be lucky to escape with his life in
this erotic thriller from Jim Wynorski.
MASSEUSE
ESCORT 3
THE ESCORT
Starring: Shauna O’Brien, Landon Hall,
Scott Coppola, Gregory S. O’Rourke
Debra Grey thinks she’s hit the big time: by
the age of 29 she married her high school
sweetheart, Shane Grey and runs her own
business. A high class escort service with a
sterling, impeccable reputation. When she
hires a new escort, the voluptuous Suzanne
Lane, she opens the door to disaster. Suzanne
has a carefully plan for Debra’s destruction: to
destroy her marriage and career and ultimately
ruin her life.
FUGITIVE RAGE
INNER SANCTUM
MASSEUSE II
Starring: Shauna O’Brien, Alexander
Keith, Jay Richardson and Tim Abell
Starring: Margaux Hemingway,
Tanya Roberts
Starring: Gabriella Hall, Robert
Donovan, Landon Hall, Libby George
Imprisoned after murdering the mob hitman
who got away with killing her sister, a shapely
young woman must team up with an alluring
fellow inmate to protect herself from bountyhunting Mafiosi, over-eager cops, and a suspicious government agency.
Baxter Reed (Joseph Bottoms) is an unfaithful husband looking for an easy way out of
his marriage to a wealthy invalid. He and his
mistress (Margaux Hemingway) concoct an
elaborate plot, which may or may not involve
Lynn (Tanya Roberts), his ailing wife’s sultry
new nurse who’s dogged by unproven allegations that she once murdered a patient. Lynn
seems all too willing to let herself be drawn
into the scheme but soon has a few demands
of her own.
Entrepreneur Madison Dane is running a
very successful VIP call-girl service behind a
massage-parlor front. Things are going well
until one of her girls overhears her client, a
high-ranking senator with connections to some
ruthless organizations, discussing the people
he’s had killed in order to claw his way to the
top. To keep his secret, the senator and his
associates will stop at nothing to eliminate or
destroy anyone who could expose them.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray as Peter Daniels.
1997/88 min.
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EROTIC
EROTIC
MASSEUSE III
MORTAL PASSIONS
OVER THE LINE
Starring: Landon Hall, John Michael
Vaughn and Michael Meyers
Starring: Zach Galligan, Krista Errickson,
David Warner
Starring: Leslie-Anne Down,
Tomas Arana
A gubernatorial candidate’s intimate relationship with a masseuse is caught on a hidden
camera and released to the tabloids. His
career is ruined and the masseuse operation
is shut down. Not one to take things sitting
down, the girls set out to expose who’s behind
the setup.
A beautiful woman, Emily, able to control men
using sexuality and lies attempts to seduce her
husband’s brother, Berke, when he catches
her with her lover, Darcy. They are planning to
kill Emily’s husband, so she can sell the house
he inherited and collect the money. Betrayal
and murder are inevitable as these desperate
characters play their dangerous games to a
fatal conclusion.
Romantic desire turns into deadly fear in this
steamy thriller about a sexy college professor
who has a heated love affair with a stranger
and lives to regret it.
Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis. 1992/108 min.
MIDNIGHT VENDETTA
NIGHT EYES III
Starring: Kari Wuhrer, Jeff Trachta,
Barbara Crampton and Melissa Stone
Starring: Andrew Stevens,
Shannon Tweed
When Ann’s husband Chris takes his own life
after losing his Beverly Hills job, she vows
revenge on the man who fired her husband
and on the woman who got the vice presidency
Chris wanted. Ann settles her score with the
firm’s owner in a flash, but she takes her time
with the new Vice President.
Will Griffith is the owner of thee Night Eyes
security service. This time he must protect a
famous television star; Zoe Clairemont from
her ex-boyfriend who refuses to let her go.
Thrown together by fate, they quickly fall I
love. A rival security service is trying to buy
out Will’s business and Zoe’s costar wants
to be the star of their hit show. Using their
affair as a weakness, their enemies viciously
attack them.
POSSESSED BY THE NIGHT
Starring: Shannon Tweed, Ted Prior
Howard Hansen is a successful novelist who
lives quite comfortably with his wife Peggy.
His latest novel, a horror story, should be very
popular. There’s one problem: Howard has
writer’s block. Out of desperation, Howard
buys an ancient Chinese dragon statue. He
hopes it will give him the inspiration to make
the words flow again. Unfortunately, instead of
inspiring, the statue weaves an evil web of lust
and menace, turning his humble home into a
den of violence and murder.
Directed by Fred Olen Ray. 1994/87 min
PARTY LINE
PRISON HEAT
Starring: Richard Hatch, Kim Weatherly,
Leif Garrett and Richard Roundtree
Starring: Michal Yanai¹, Uri Gavriel
A rich brother and sister are crazed killers.
Seth and Angelina Benson meet people on
the Party Line, an X-rated phone-chat forum.
Angelina lures them home only to be murdered
by Seth. Police Detective Dan Bridges is
assigned to the case. But when his girlfriend
is added to the list of victims, Dan Bridges
will stop at nothing to bring the twisted killers
to justice.
Four American babes on vacation in the Middle
East run into trouble when they are imprisoned
by corrupt army officials and that’s where
the fun begins. “Prison Heat” is a basic softporn, babes-in-bondage, chained-and-caged,
women-in-prison flick.
Directed by Joel Silberg. 1993/91 min.
SCORNED II
TEACH ME
Starring: Tane McClure, John McCook,
Myles O’Brien and Alexander Keith
Starring: Raasa Leela Shields, Greg
Provance, Shannon Leahy
Mark and Amanda are happy Newlyweds. The
only problem is Amanda’s amnesia. She has
confusing nightmares and flashbacks that lead
her to seek professional help. Nothing can
shed light on her repressed memories until
she catches her husband Mark cheating on her
with one of his college students. Then Amanda
remembers her evil past and the consequences
are deadly.
Sara Kane is an author with a naughty imagination. She writes stories for a weekly woman’s magazine. Sara’s newest story, however,
takes her into the real life of Janine, a woman
who seeks a very “unusual” form of help to get
her over her fear of intimacy. For three consecutive nights, Janine journeys into a world
of fantasy and pleasure where she learns to
overcome her fears and breaks taboos.
Directed by Gary Seymour. 1997/90min.
SENSATION
ULTIMATE DESIRE
Starring: Eric Roberts, Ron Perlman, Ed
Begley, Jr.
Starring: Deborah Shelton, Kate Hodge
and Martin Kemp
In this taut erotic chiller, a professor’s pretty
assistant has no idea that her involvement in
his investigation of ESP will put her life in danger. The problem stems from her own natural
psychic ability, one that it is so strong that she
can pick up the distress and memories of others, even dead people. The assistant’s troubles
really begin when she begins identifying with a
recently slain coed.
A serial killer who leaves his victims drenched
in the expensive new perfume ‘Desire’ is stalking beautiful young women. Grace Lantel, the
perfume’s designer, fears her creation will be
given a bad name and enlists security officer
Lauren Allen to conduct her own investigation.
One of the main suspects is former employee
Gordon Lewis, who also claims to be the real
inventor of the scent. Lauren approaches him
undercover and falls for him, putting her in
deadly danger.
Directed by Brian Grant. 1994/102 min.
MORE MERCY
NIGHT EYES IV
Starring: Traci Bingham, Master P and
Brent Huff
Starring: Andrew Stevens, Paula Barbieri
and Jeff Trachta
After three women are killed, a policewoman
goes undercover as a streetwalker and infiltrates a prostitution ring to catch a killer preying on the “ladies of the night.” Things get too
close for comfort after she enters this world
of drugs and pornography especially when
she discovers the killer may be someone she
already knows.
A successful psychologist, Dr. Angela Cross,
installs a new alarm system in her home after
receiving anonymous threats. Dr. Cross has
some secrets from her past that could be
exposed if the tapes she has are stolen and
exposed to the public. Against his better judgment, one of the security guards embarks on
an amorous and fatal obsession for the doctor
and must choose between following his heart
or his gut instincts.
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PASSIONATE REVENGE
Starring: Paul Michael Robinson,
Shauna O’Brien, Jenna Bodnar and
Jeff Rector
An unfaithful husband, Alex Madison, has an
affair with a woman named Linda while he
is away on business in New Orleans. When
he returns home to his wife and child, he is
surprised to find that his wife has hired the offkilter home-wrecker as the new nanny to their
baby. Alex must find a way to stay cool and
not reveal to his wife Linda’s true identity and
possibly dangerous intentions.
ROOTS OF EVIL aka NAKED FORCE
Starring: Delia Sheppard, Alex Cord
A serial killer is after hookers and strippers.
A male detective and his female partner are
assigned to stop him.
SHADOW DANCER
VIRTUAL DESIRE
Starring: April Breneman, Kim Dawson
and John McCafferty
Starring: Julie Strain, Mike Meyer, Ross
Hagen and Gail Harris
At first glance the plot seems to center around
a female exotic dancer and her boyfriend who
both share the same occupation. But a twist
turns this film into the classic love triangle.
The relationship between the exotic dancers
begins to fall apart when he becomes attracted
to one of his clients. His unrequited love soon
turns into a deadly passion.
Stuck in a failing marriage, Brad Collins has
illicit affairs through Internet dating. When
Brad’s wife is murdered and he is blamed for
the crime. Brad has only 36 hours to check out
a myriad of beautiful suspects, any one of who
might be ready to kill again. Virtual Desire
takes you on a fantastic journey through one
man’s computer generated fantasies.
Directed by Michael Paul Girard. 1995/90 min.
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ALIEN SEIGE
Starring: Brad Johnson, Carl Weathers,
Erin Ross
To rescue its planet from destruction, an alien
race needs the blood of 8 million earthlings
and demands that every country surrender
some of its citizens. But scientist Steven Chase
(Brad Johnson) won’t give up so easily when
his daughter is tapped for slaughter. It’s a race
against time as Chase searches frantically for
the aliens’ weakness in this gripping adventure
from the Sci Fi Channel.
Directed by Robert Stadd, 2005/89 min, Sci-Fi
PLATINUM COLLECTION
American Graffti II:
More American
Graffiti
Starring: Ron Howard, Cindy
Williams, Mackenzie Phillips,
Harrison Ford
This sequel to “American Graffiti” captures
the group at four subsequent New Year’s
Eve celebrations from 1964 to 1967, with
the Vietnam War, San Francisco’s HaightAshbury neighborhood and the peace
movement as the ever-shifting backdrop.
Backbeat
Starring: Stephen Dorff,
Sheryl Lee, Ian Hart
This gritty, hard-driving and energetic drama
chronicling the Beatles’ ascendance to fame
in Hamburg’s club circuit centers on the true
story of “fifth Beatle” Stu Sutcliffe and his close
relationship with John Lennon. Driven by art
rather than music, Sutcliffe ultimately must
choose between his true passion and following
his bandmates to certain superstardom.
BEQUEST TO THE NATION
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord
Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With
the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson’s
stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet,
Nelson is a hero, a great man. How can this
be resolved? Meanwhile, the combined French
and Spanish fleet puts out to sea.
Directed by James Cellan Jones. 1973/118 min,
Historical Drama
Directed by Iain Softley. 1994/101 min.
Directed by Bill L. Norton. 1979/111 min.
Bob Roberts
Starring: Tim Robbins, Gore Vidal,
James Spader, Jack Black,
Susan Sarandon, John Cusack,
Jeremy Piven
Taking aim at political skullduggery,
false populism and press manipulation,
this caustic mockumentary stars Tim
Robbins as the titular Bob Roberts, a
folk-singing right-winger trying to unseat
a liberal U.S. senator. As cameras track
Roberts on the campaign trail, a scrappy
newshound (Giancarlo Esposito) digs up
dirt that may derail his bid for office.
BREEZY
Starring: William Holden, Kay Lenz
Edith Breezerman (Kay Lenz) is light and free
as a breeze. … No wonder her nickname is
Breezy! For her, life is a fun adventure from
one day to the next, and planning is only for
those who can’t let go of their useless conventions. But one day, she gets into serious
trouble when she meets a man who tries to
take advantage of her. The only one to offer
an escape is an older man, Frank (William
Holden), who gives her a reason to get rooted.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, 1973/108 min, Drama
Directed by Tim Robbins. 1992/102 min.
ALL NIGHT LONG
Starring: Gene Hackman,
Barbra Streisand
Miserable family man George Dupler (Gene
Hackman) can’t take much more. He’s not
terribly fond of his wife (Diane Ladd) or his son
(Dennis Quaid). The last straw comes when
he’s denied a promotion and demoted to night
manager at the drugstore. Surrounded by
oddball clientele and hoping to add some spice
to his miserable life, George begins an affair
with a younger woman (Barbra Streisand) who
happens to have dated George’s son.
ANDROMEDA STRAIN
Starring: Arthur Hill, David Wayne
A U.S. Army satellite (Scoop VII) falls to earth
near Piedmont, New Mexico. The recovery
team experiences difficulties as it becomes
clear that the satellite has performed its
intended function all too well and has brought
back something from space. A team of scientists is assembled in a high-tech, underground
facility to identify and defeat the “enemy”
before it is too late.
Directed by Robert Wise. 1971/131 min, Sci-Fi
Starring: Ron Howard, Cindy Williams,
Richard Dreyfuss, Suzanne Somers,
Harrison Ford
Director George Lucas weaves together the stories of a disparate group of teenagers as they
struggle with adolescent rites of passage in
1962. On the night before two of them leave for
college, four high school buddies cruise their
small hometown finding love and mischief.
Directed by George Lucas, 1973/112 min.
BILOXI BLUES
Starring: Ian McKellan, Heather Graham,
Suzy Amis
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Christopher
Walken, Penelope Ann Miller
Based on a true story, The Ballad of Little Jo
chronicles the adventures of wealthy Josephine
Monaghan (Suzy Amis), who, longing for
more than just the narrow and subservient
life women lived at the time, passes herself
off as a man in the Old West. But when love
strikes and Josephine falls for a man (David
Chung), she must decide whether revealing her
secret is worth the risk she’ll face for deceiving others.
A New York City teenager named Eugene
Jerome enlists in the US Army during the last
year of World War II in 1945. Eugene is sent to
basic training at Biloxi, Mississippi where he
must live with a variety of fellow soldiers from
all walks of life while also enduring the whims
of a mentally unstable drill sergeant.
BODY COUNT
BRIDES OF DRACULA
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Donnie
Wahlberg, David Caruso, Ving Rhaimes
Starring: Peter Cushing, Clifford Evans
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery,
but when plans backfire and one of the men
winds up dead, the group head down south,
running afoul of the law. Along the way, they
meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas
of her own.
A young teacher on her way to a position in
Transylvania helps a young man escape the
shackles his mother has put on him. In so
doing she innocently unleashes the horrors
of the undead once again on the populace,
including those at her school for ladies. Luckily
for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way.
Directed by Robert Patton-Spruill. 1998/85 min, Action
Directed by Terence Fisher. 1960/85 min, Horror
The Borrowers –
A Huge Adventure
BULL OF THE WEST
Starring: James Earl Jones,
Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor
Starring: John Goodman,
Jim Broadbent, Liza Chasin
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team’s
owner, charismatic Negro League star pitcher
Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of
barnstormers through the small towns of the
Midwest in the 1930’s.
Based on the award-winning novel by Mary
Norton, this charming tale centers on the Clock
family, a clan of miniature people who secretly
reside in the walls of the normal-size Lender
family’s abode. When a corrupt attorney (John
Goodman) schemes to destroy the house to
make way for an apartment complex, the
Clocks and Lenders team up to save their
home.
Charles Bronson leads a cast of many in
this 1880’s western based on the tough life
of cattle ranchers and their enemies. Set in
Wyoming, Bronson plays small cattle rancher
Ben Justin, a man with plans to make it big
in the business. Unfortunately there are more
than a few more ruthless ranchers that try to
monopolize the trade, doing anything it takes.
Justin has to overcome these obstacles if he
wants to survive.
Directed by Mike Nichols. 1988/106 min, Comedy
Directed by Anjelica Huston, 1999/92 min, Drama
Directed by Jean-Claude Tramont. 1981/87min.
American Graffiti
BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE
APPLAUSE
Starring: Lauren Bacall, Larry Hagman
An aspiring actress, whose sugar-coated
appearance belies her ruthless drive, worms
herself into the life of an aging star and
schemes to replace her on the stage as the
star of a new play.
Directed by Ron Field, 1973/100 min, Comedy
BEGUILED, THE
Starring: Clint Eastwood,
Geraldine Paige
During the civil war, a teenage girl from a
southern boarding school rescues injured
Yankee soldier, John McBurney on the verge
of death. She manages to get him back to the
school, and at first the all-female staff and
pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one
by one he charms them and the atmosphere
becomes filled with jealousy and deceit.
Directed by Don Siegel. 1971/105 min, Western
BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALLSTARS & MOTOR KINGS, THE
Directed by John Badham. 1976/110 min, Comedy
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lee J. Cobb
Directed by Jerry Hopper. 1971/90 min, Western
Directed by Peter Hewitti. 1997/89 min.
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ALIEN SEIGE
Starring: Brad Johnson, Carl Weathers,
Erin Ross
To rescue its planet from destruction, an alien
race needs the blood of 8 million earthlings
and demands that every country surrender
some of its citizens. But scientist Steven Chase
(Brad Johnson) won’t give up so easily when
his daughter is tapped for slaughter. It’s a race
against time as Chase searches frantically for
the aliens’ weakness in this gripping adventure
from the Sci Fi Channel.
Directed by Robert Stadd, 2005/89 min, Sci-Fi
PLATINUM COLLECTION
American Graffti II:
More American
Graffiti
Starring: Ron Howard, Cindy
Williams, Mackenzie Phillips,
Harrison Ford
This sequel to “American Graffiti” captures
the group at four subsequent New Year’s
Eve celebrations from 1964 to 1967, with
the Vietnam War, San Francisco’s HaightAshbury neighborhood and the peace
movement as the ever-shifting backdrop.
Backbeat
Starring: Stephen Dorff,
Sheryl Lee, Ian Hart
This gritty, hard-driving and energetic drama
chronicling the Beatles’ ascendance to fame
in Hamburg’s club circuit centers on the true
story of “fifth Beatle” Stu Sutcliffe and his close
relationship with John Lennon. Driven by art
rather than music, Sutcliffe ultimately must
choose between his true passion and following
his bandmates to certain superstardom.
BEQUEST TO THE NATION
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord
Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With
the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson’s
stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet,
Nelson is a hero, a great man. How can this
be resolved? Meanwhile, the combined French
and Spanish fleet puts out to sea.
Directed by James Cellan Jones. 1973/118 min,
Historical Drama
Directed by Iain Softley. 1994/101 min.
Directed by Bill L. Norton. 1979/111 min.
Bob Roberts
Starring: Tim Robbins, Gore Vidal,
James Spader, Jack Black,
Susan Sarandon, John Cusack,
Jeremy Piven
Taking aim at political skullduggery,
false populism and press manipulation,
this caustic mockumentary stars Tim
Robbins as the titular Bob Roberts, a
folk-singing right-winger trying to unseat
a liberal U.S. senator. As cameras track
Roberts on the campaign trail, a scrappy
newshound (Giancarlo Esposito) digs up
dirt that may derail his bid for office.
BREEZY
Starring: William Holden, Kay Lenz
Edith Breezerman (Kay Lenz) is light and free
as a breeze. … No wonder her nickname is
Breezy! For her, life is a fun adventure from
one day to the next, and planning is only for
those who can’t let go of their useless conventions. But one day, she gets into serious
trouble when she meets a man who tries to
take advantage of her. The only one to offer
an escape is an older man, Frank (William
Holden), who gives her a reason to get rooted.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, 1973/108 min, Drama
Directed by Tim Robbins. 1992/102 min.
ALL NIGHT LONG
Starring: Gene Hackman,
Barbra Streisand
Miserable family man George Dupler (Gene
Hackman) can’t take much more. He’s not
terribly fond of his wife (Diane Ladd) or his son
(Dennis Quaid). The last straw comes when
he’s denied a promotion and demoted to night
manager at the drugstore. Surrounded by
oddball clientele and hoping to add some spice
to his miserable life, George begins an affair
with a younger woman (Barbra Streisand) who
happens to have dated George’s son.
ANDROMEDA STRAIN
Starring: Arthur Hill, David Wayne
A U.S. Army satellite (Scoop VII) falls to earth
near Piedmont, New Mexico. The recovery
team experiences difficulties as it becomes
clear that the satellite has performed its
intended function all too well and has brought
back something from space. A team of scientists is assembled in a high-tech, underground
facility to identify and defeat the “enemy”
before it is too late.
Directed by Robert Wise. 1971/131 min, Sci-Fi
Starring: Ron Howard, Cindy Williams,
Richard Dreyfuss, Suzanne Somers,
Harrison Ford
Director George Lucas weaves together the stories of a disparate group of teenagers as they
struggle with adolescent rites of passage in
1962. On the night before two of them leave for
college, four high school buddies cruise their
small hometown finding love and mischief.
Directed by George Lucas, 1973/112 min.
BILOXI BLUES
Starring: Ian McKellan, Heather Graham,
Suzy Amis
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Christopher
Walken, Penelope Ann Miller
Based on a true story, The Ballad of Little Jo
chronicles the adventures of wealthy Josephine
Monaghan (Suzy Amis), who, longing for
more than just the narrow and subservient
life women lived at the time, passes herself
off as a man in the Old West. But when love
strikes and Josephine falls for a man (David
Chung), she must decide whether revealing her
secret is worth the risk she’ll face for deceiving others.
A New York City teenager named Eugene
Jerome enlists in the US Army during the last
year of World War II in 1945. Eugene is sent to
basic training at Biloxi, Mississippi where he
must live with a variety of fellow soldiers from
all walks of life while also enduring the whims
of a mentally unstable drill sergeant.
BODY COUNT
BRIDES OF DRACULA
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Donnie
Wahlberg, David Caruso, Ving Rhaimes
Starring: Peter Cushing, Clifford Evans
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery,
but when plans backfire and one of the men
winds up dead, the group head down south,
running afoul of the law. Along the way, they
meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas
of her own.
A young teacher on her way to a position in
Transylvania helps a young man escape the
shackles his mother has put on him. In so
doing she innocently unleashes the horrors
of the undead once again on the populace,
including those at her school for ladies. Luckily
for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way.
Directed by Robert Patton-Spruill. 1998/85 min, Action
Directed by Terence Fisher. 1960/85 min, Horror
The Borrowers –
A Huge Adventure
BULL OF THE WEST
Starring: James Earl Jones,
Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor
Starring: John Goodman,
Jim Broadbent, Liza Chasin
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team’s
owner, charismatic Negro League star pitcher
Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of
barnstormers through the small towns of the
Midwest in the 1930’s.
Based on the award-winning novel by Mary
Norton, this charming tale centers on the Clock
family, a clan of miniature people who secretly
reside in the walls of the normal-size Lender
family’s abode. When a corrupt attorney (John
Goodman) schemes to destroy the house to
make way for an apartment complex, the
Clocks and Lenders team up to save their
home.
Charles Bronson leads a cast of many in
this 1880’s western based on the tough life
of cattle ranchers and their enemies. Set in
Wyoming, Bronson plays small cattle rancher
Ben Justin, a man with plans to make it big
in the business. Unfortunately there are more
than a few more ruthless ranchers that try to
monopolize the trade, doing anything it takes.
Justin has to overcome these obstacles if he
wants to survive.
Directed by Mike Nichols. 1988/106 min, Comedy
Directed by Anjelica Huston, 1999/92 min, Drama
Directed by Jean-Claude Tramont. 1981/87min.
American Graffiti
BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE
APPLAUSE
Starring: Lauren Bacall, Larry Hagman
An aspiring actress, whose sugar-coated
appearance belies her ruthless drive, worms
herself into the life of an aging star and
schemes to replace her on the stage as the
star of a new play.
Directed by Ron Field, 1973/100 min, Comedy
BEGUILED, THE
Starring: Clint Eastwood,
Geraldine Paige
During the civil war, a teenage girl from a
southern boarding school rescues injured
Yankee soldier, John McBurney on the verge
of death. She manages to get him back to the
school, and at first the all-female staff and
pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one
by one he charms them and the atmosphere
becomes filled with jealousy and deceit.
Directed by Don Siegel. 1971/105 min, Western
BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALLSTARS & MOTOR KINGS, THE
Directed by John Badham. 1976/110 min, Comedy
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lee J. Cobb
Directed by Jerry Hopper. 1971/90 min, Western
Directed by Peter Hewitti. 1997/89 min.
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BURIED ALIVE
PLATINUM COLLECTION
CHARLIE BUBBLES
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Tim Matheson
Starring: Liza Minnelli, Albert Finney,
Colin Blakely
Clint is an everyday working man whose wife
Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They
plot to kill him and get the insurance money.
Only trouble is the drug overdose they give him
doesn’t kill him. Lucky for Clint, he’s buried in
a cheap wooden box and he unburies himself.
Just remember, Hell hath no fury like a man
buried alive!
Director Albert Finney also stars in this mod
1960s comedy-drama as wealthy novelist
Charlie Bubbles, who indulges his every fantasy but feels alienated by his empty, trendy
lifestyle. The married Bubbles tries to find fulfillment by partying with buddy Smokey Pickles
(Colin Blakely) and having a fling with his
secretary (Liza Minnelli), while his acerbic wife
(Billie Whitelaw, in a performance that won a
British Academy Award) is left to stew.
Directed by Frank Darabont. 1990/93 min.
CHICAGO JOE & THE
SHOWGIRL
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Lloyd
When an American G.I. (Kiefer Sutherland)
meets an aspiring showgirl (Patsy Kensit), they
begin a passionate affair where desire has no
limits. This film is based on a real-life case
that made headlines in British tabloids in 1944
-- The Karl Hulton/Elizabeth Maud Jones murder case, also known as the Cleft Chin Murder
Case -- which implicated the showgirl and G.I.
in the murder of an English cab driver.
COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER
COP AND A HALF
Starring Sissy Spacek,
Tommy Lee Jones
Starring: Burt Reynolds,
Norman D. Golden II
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
After witnessing a mob hit, 8-year-old Devon
Butler (Norman D. Golden II) refuses to tell the
police what he saw unless they make him a
cop for a day, and hard-boiled detective Nick
McKenna (Burt Reynolds) is saddled with the
pint-sized sidekick. When the crooks come
gunning for the boy, the two become real
partners as they race against time to bring the
bad guys to justice.
Directed by Michael Apted. 1980/125 min, Drama
Directed by Bernard Rose. 1990/103 min, Thriller
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Starring Ben Kingsley, Patrick Dempsey
Guilt consumes Dostoevski’s Raskolnikov, a
student who committed murder to prove his
greatness.
Directed by Joseph Sargent. 1998.
Directed by Henry Winkler, 1993/93min, Family
Directed by Albert Finney. 1967/89 min, Comedy
BURIED ALIVE 2
Starring Tim Matheson, Ally Sheedy
A woman inherits a fortune, causing her
husband and his lover to plot her demise by
poisoning her. The trouble is it only places her
in a deep coma that resembles death. When
an accident occurs in the embalmer’s office
he doesn’t complete the embalming process,
causing her to be buried alive. Awakening from
the grave, she claws her way out and seeks
revenge against the two who caused her supposed demise.
CHEECH AND CHONG’S GET
OUT OF MY ROOM
Starring: Richard “Cheech” Marin,
Tommy Chong
A mock documentary filmed mostly in and
around LA with interviews of Cheech and
Chong interspersed between four videos of
songs from their last album.
Directed by Cheech Marin, 1985/53min, Comedy
CLASS OF ‘61
Starring: Laura Linney, Clive Owen,
Joshua Lucas
The “Class of ‘61” looks at the splitting apart
of the Union through the lives of three West
Point graduates and their ramifications of
families and friends imparting a sense of the
times; sentiments, circumstances and political climate. From Sumter to First Manassas,
this didactic presentation is an even blend of
drama and history.
Directed by Gregory Hoblit. 1993/95 min. Drama
Directed by Tim Matheson. 1997/97 min, Horror
COLD BLOODED
Starring: Jason Priestley, Janeane
Garofalo
Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives
in the basement of a retirement home, is
promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade
from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love
with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure
out a way to leave the mob so they can be
together.
Directed by M. Wallace Wolodarsky.
1995/92 min, Thriller
CRACKERS
CRY FREEDOM
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Jack
Warden, Sean Penn
Starring Kevin Klein, Denzel Washington
Garvey (Jack Warden) is a San Francisco
pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle, and Weslake, team
up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle
Garvey’s shop while the owner is out of town.
During the elaborate planning process, Dillard
falls for a Hispanic woman. Also, Boardwalk
is assigned to case a local apartment, where
he meets and falls for the maid. Amidst all
these romantic hijinks, Weslake puts together
a burglary plan.
In segregated 1970s South Africa, black
nationalist Steven Biko (Denzel Washington)
and white newspaper editor Donald Woods
(Kevin Kline) are unlikely friends with a common goal -- ending apartheid -- in this true
story based on Woods’s books Biko and Asking
for Trouble. When Biko’s beliefs lead him to
prison and a deadly fate, Woods rallies to
expose the injustice.
Directed by Richard Attenborough.
1987/157 min, Drama
Directed by Louis Malle. 1984/91 min, Action
CB4
Starring Chris Rock, Phil Hartman,
Chris Elliott
A “rockumentary”, covering the rise to fame of
MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike:
members of the rap group “CB4”. We soon
learn that these three are not what they seem
and don’t appear to know as much about rap
music as they claim... but a lack of musical
ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it?
You’ve just got to play the part of a rap star.
Directed by Tamra Davis. 1993/89 min, Comedy
CHEECH AND CHONG’S
NEXT MOVIE
Starring: Richard “Cheech” Marin,
Tommy Chong
Cheech must deal with losing his job, his angry
neighbor, and trying to score with sexy Donna.
Meanwhile, Chong meets Cheech’s cousin Red
and the two have a wild time in Hollywood with
a big bag of buds and a cool Ferrari. Along
the way they meet everyone from Pee Wee
Herman to really cool aliens.
Directed by Tommy Chong. 1980/99 min, Comedy
CLOAK AND DAGGER
COOL AS ICE
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dabney
Coleman
Starring: Vanilla Ice
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and
whose father is preoccupied, has retreated
into a world of video games and an imaginary
hero-pal, superspy Jack Flack. When an FBI
agent about to be murdered slips him a video
cartridge containing top-secret data, Davey is
plunged into the danger of real-life espionage.
No adult believes his story, so he is aided only
by a younger girl and the encouragement of
“Jack Flack”. How long can a comic-book
role model guide him through this encounter
with reality?
Early 1990s rap star Vanilla Ice makes his
feature-film debut in this hip-hop musical as
motorcycle rebel Johnny, who hangs tough
on the good side of town in defiant pursuit of
sweet-natured honor student Kathy (Kristin
Minter). Romance blooms amid the dance
sequences but hits a speed bump when
Kathy’s protected-witness father, Gordon
(Michael Gross), is found out by his old
enemies and only Johnny and his crew can
outride them.
Directed by David Kellogg, 1991/91 min, Family
CREATURE WALKS AMONG
US, THE
Starring: John Sherwood, Jeff Morrow
Gill-Man returns after surviving multiple bullet
wounds, but is captured and put on display
at an aquarium. Two scientists help Gill-Man,
who eventually turns on his captors. In The
Creature Walks Among Us, Gill-Man’s gills are
severely burned. A scientist (Jeff Morrow) finds
a way to enable him to breathe oxygen, but
tragedy strikes, and Gill-Man faces a monumental decision.
Directed by John Sherwood. 1955/78 min, Horror
D.C.CAB
Starring: Mr. T, Gary Busey
Family bonds are revived after a father is
diagnosed with cancer in this bittersweet
drama. Dutiful son John (Ted Danson) cares for
his aging father, Jake (Jack Lemmon), but not
without complaint. A doctor helps Jake regain
his lust for life, but he loses steam when diagnosed with cancer. He spends his time reliving
happier days, which turn out to be the perfect
family therapy. Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker,
Kevin Spacey and Ethan Hawke costar.
Directed by Gary David Goldberg. 1989/117 min, Drama
Directed by Richard Franklin. 1984/101 min, Thriller
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DAD
DARKMAN
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson
Starring Liam Neeson, Frances
McDormand
Family bonds are revived after a father is
diagnosed with cancer in this bittersweet
drama. Dutiful son John (Ted Danson) cares for
his aging father, Jake (Jack Lemmon), but not
without complaint. A doctor helps Jake regain
his lust for life, but he loses steam when diagnosed with cancer. He spends his time reliving
happier days, which turn out to be the perfect
family therapy. Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker,
Kevin Spacey and Ethan Hawke costar.
Liam Neeson as a scientist who is disfigured
and seeks revenge by disguising himself as
his assailants.
DAY OF THE JACKAL
Starring Edward Fox, Terence Alexander
An assassin targets the President of France in
this tense Frederick Forsyth thriller.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann. 1973/143 min, Action
DEAD MEN DON’T
WEAR PLAID
DOCTOR DETROIT
Starring Steve Martin, Rachel Wood
Clifford Skridlow teaches at a small Chicago
college run by his father. Conned into managing four prostitutes by their pimp, who skips
town to escape the mob boss known as Mom,
Clifford draws on his course in medieval
literature in his quest to save these women
from Mom.
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a
sinister plot starring Steve Martin.
Directed by Carl Reiner. 1982/88 min, Comedy
Directed by Sam Raimi. 1990/96 min, Action
Starring: Dan Aykroyd
Directed by Michael Pressman. 1983/89 min, Comedy
DRACULA
Starring: Frank Langella,
Laurence Olivier
Seeking refuge in the seaside home of a doctor
and his daughter, seductive shipwreck survivor
Dracula works his deadly magic on a nubile
houseguest. Soon the noted vampire hunter
Van Helsing is called to the scene. Dynamite
performances and a moody score from John
Williams highlight this stylish retelling of the
horror classic.
Directed by John Badham. 1979/109 min, Horror
Directed by Gary David Goldberg. 1989/117 min, Drama
DAD SAVAGE
Starring: Patrick Stewart
Dad Savage is a godfather in the local criminal
fraternity but doesn’t trust banks to take care
of his money. On recommendation from his
son, Sav, Dad hires two friends, Bob and Vic,
to help with the business and the crime. After
some talk from Harold about Dad’s pension
fund, Vic and Bob decide to steal the money.
The plans to liberate the money go awry and
Sav is killed, requiring Bob to call upon his sister Chris to rescue them. Dad intercepts their
escape and forces a showdown.
Directed by Betsan Morris Evans. 1998/104 min, Thriller
DEADLY BLESSING
Darkman 2: Return
of Durant
DEAD IN THE WATER
Starring: Sharon Stone
Starring: Larry Drake,
Arnold Vosloo, Kim Delaney,
Renee O’Connor
Starring: Bryan Brown, Teri Hatcher
Charlie Deegan has everything he has ever
wanted. He has a important Law practice, a
beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance
to be appointed to the high court. The only
thing wrong with this is that his wife, whose
father made all the power and all the wealth is
living and that greatly upsets Charlie.
A former Hittite (a member of an Amish-like
sect) dies in a mysterious tractor “accident”,
and his widow is left to face the frightening
Hittites who view her as “the incubus” and
may have sinister designs on her.
Darkman (Arnold Vosloo) once again battles his
archenemy Robert Durant (Larry Drake), who
returns from the dead with evil plans. When
he kills a scientist and steals his warehouse,
Darkman unleashes his fury, using his masterful
skills of disguise in an attempt to bring down
his nemesis.
Directed by Wes Craven. 1981/100 min, Horror
Directed by Bill Condon. 1991/90 min, Thriller
Directed by Bradford May. 1994/92 min.
DON IS DEAD, THE
Starring: Anthony Quinn,
Frederic Forrest
After a Mafia boss meets his maker, crime czar
Don Angelo (Anthony Quinn) stands primed
to take over the syndicate. When he learns
that an ambitious minion (Robert Forster) is
a rival for the affections of the kingpin’s doxy
(Angel Tompkins), Angelo promises to drench
the streets with the underling’s blood. The
don’s vow soon sets off an internecine war
of orchestrated violence in director Richard
Fleischer’s tale of duplicity and reprisal.
ELECTRIC HORSEMAN
Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
Former rodeo champion (and current alcoholic)
Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) feels he’s hit
rock bottom when he starts shilling for a
breakfast-cereal company. That’s why, during an advertising stunt at a Las Vegas hotel,
Steele rides off the stage and into the desert
on a valuable but mistreated horse. Intrigued
by the story, TV reporter Hallie Martin (Jane
Fonda) goes after him in this Oscar-nominated
comedic drama directed by Sydney Pollack.
Directed by Sydney Pollack. 1979/122 min, Drama
Directed by Richard Fleischer. 1973/115 min, Action
DADDY’S DYIN’– WHO’S GOT
THE WILL?
Darkman 3:
Die Darkman Die
DEAD MAN’S REVENGE
Starring: Beau Bridges, Beverly
D’Angelo, Keith Carradine
Starring: Jeff Fahey, Arnold Vosloo,
Darlanne Fluegel, Roxann Dawson
Quarreling siblings are reunited at their father’s
deathbed eager to find out what he’s left to
them. But slightly senile, Daddy’s lost his will.
Family tensions arise anew despite the fact
that they have been apart for years, as all the
while they desperately search the house for
the missing will.
Dr. Westlake (Arnold Vosloo), aka Darkman,
returns to his old ways, stealing from the bad.
But Dr. Bridget Thorne (Darlanne Fluegel)
double-crosses him, implanting a device in his
brain that lets Rooker control him. Darkman
strikes back, but is oddly drawn to Rooker’s
wife and daughter.
A grimy railroad heavy frames a homesteader
reluctant to leave his land and then wipes out
his family. When the homesteader escapes
from jail, a bounty hunter hired by the villain
guns him down. Or so it seems.
Directed by Jack Fisk. 1990/95 min, Comedy
Directed by by Bradford May. 1996/87 min.
Starring: Bruce Dern, Tobin Bell
Directed by Alan J. Levi. 1994/100 min, Western
DISAPPEARANCE OF
CHRISTINA
DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS
Starring: John Stamos, Kim Delaney
When a woman wins custody of her son from
her policeman husband, he vows to get him
back. Marrying a mysterious and charming
man, she drives cross-country to start a new
life, only to be stalked by her husband and
another man.
Joe and Christina’s marriage is in trouble when
they take a sailing trip with their married best
friends. On the trip, Christina vanishes and
is presumed dead. Joe is suspected of her
murder, but he believes Christina isn’t dead at
all when strange things begin to happen. Joe
isn’t sure whom he can trust as he discovers
disturbing information about his missing wife.
Directed by Karen Arthur. 1993/93 min, Thriller
Starring: Pierce Brosnan
Directed by Robert Lewis. 1994/90 min, Thriller
ESCAPE FROM ATLANTIS
Tim Thomerson
Looking for an experience that will bring
him closer to his three teenage kids, Matt
Spencer (Jeff Speakman) charters a sailboat
for a 10-day cruise to the Bahamas. Both the
boat and its captain (Tim Thomerson) are in
sad shape, but Matt reckons they’ll be safe.
Instead, they’re engulfed by a hurricane that
delivers them to the enchanted, perilous “lost”
continent of Atlantis. It’s a vacation they’ll
never forget -- if they ever make it home.
Directed by Strathford Hamilton, 1997/92 min, Family
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EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN
Starring: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain
Baron Frankenstein, arrives at his family castle
near the town of Karlstaad vowing to continue
his experiments in the creation of life. Having
found the creature he was previously working
on, he brings it back to life but requires the
services of a mesmerist, Zoltan, to animate it.
The greedy Zoltan sends the monster to town
to steal gold and ‘punish’ the burgomaster and
the chief of police, leading to a violent confrontation between the baron and the townspeople.
Directed by Peter Graham Scott. 1962/84 min, Horror
PLATINUM COLLECTION
FAST CHARLIE: MOONBEAM
RIDER
Starring: David Carradine,
Brendan Vaccaro
A WW I veteran attempts to fulfill his dream of
being the first to win a transnational motorcycle rally, enlisting the help of former war
buddies who harbor a quiet grudge against
him because they believe he deserted them
during a crucial battle. Still the race begins
and en-route, the kindly (and not as cowardly
as he seems) racer picks up a beautiful young
woman and her son. Romance and adventure
ensue as the finish line draws near.
FINAL CURTAIN
FREUD
Starring: Peter O’Toole, Aidan Gillen,
Adrian Lester
Starring: Montgomery Clift,
Susannah York
Jealousy, scandal, and murder abound in this
exceptionally dark comedy from the creator
of Shallow Grave, where two rival game show
hosts will do ANYTHING to get the highest
ratings.
This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5
years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennan
psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time,
most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric
patients, because they believe they’re just
simulating to gain attention. But Freud learns
to use hypnosis to find out the reasons for the
psychosis. His main patient is a young woman
who refuses to drink water and is plagued by
always the same nightmare.
Directed by Patrick Harkins, 2002/85 min, Drama
GHOST DAD
GOING BERSERK
Starring: Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell
Starring: John Candy, Eugene Levy
Sidney Poitier directs this family film that
earned three young artist nominations. When
workaholic widower Elliot Hopper is killed in
a tragic accident, his three children -- Danny,
Amanda and Diane -- are left parentless. Now,
Elliot has three days to return from the dead
and get his family’s finances and priorities in
order. Will he be a better father in the afterlife?
A drummer/chauffeur engaged to a congressman’s daughter encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other
crazed characters during the days leading up
to his wedding.
Directed by David Steinberg, 1983/84 min, Comedy
Directed by Sidney Poitier, 1990/83 min, Comedy
Directed by John Huston. 1962/120 min, Drama
Directed by Steve Carver. 1979/98 min, Action
EXECUTION OF PRIVATE
SLOVIK
Starring: Martin Sheen, Ned Beatty,
Gary Busey
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed
by the Army in 1945, the only American
soldier to be executed for desertion since the
Civil War.
Directed by Lamont Johnson. 1973/120 min, Drama
FEAR
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
FUNHOUSE
GHOST STORY
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese
Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle
Anwar, Anthony Higgins
Starring: Elizabeth Berridge
Starring: Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas
In this dark thriller, 16-year-old “good girl”
Nicole (Reese Witherspoon) goes to a party
with her best friend and meets David (Mark
Wahlberg), a good-looking, enigmatic guy
from the wrong side of the tracks. The two
fall hard for each other, until Nicole begins to
doubt the strength of their relationship. David
takes extreme measures toward Nicole and her
tight-knit family in a twisted attempt to win her
back, but will he succeed?
Concierge Michael J. Fox works at an upscale
hotel and is adept at getting guests whatever
they want. Doug’s own dream of building a
luxury hotel finally seems to be coming true
when he finds a wealthy potential investor.
All Doug has to do is keep his deep-pocketed
friend happy -- which includes baby-sitting his
mistress. Of course, Doug falls for her and will
have to choose between love and money.
Two young couples on a double date go to a
mysterious carnival. As a prank they decide to
spend the night in the funhouse. When they
witness a brutal murder, they suddenly find
themselves in horrific danger.
In this modern ghost story, four New England
octogenarians -- the self-styled “Chowder
Society” (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas,
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and John Houseman) -have harbored a terrible secret for half a century, but the lid on their Pandora’s box of subterfuge is about to blow. The ghost of a young
woman (Alice Krige) haunts the men, each of
whom played a part in her horrific death.
Directed by Tobe Hooper, 1981/96 min, Horror
Directed by John Irvin, 1981/110 min, Horror
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993/96min, Comedy
GOLD DIGGERS: THE SECRET
OF BEAR MOUNTAIN
Starring: Christina Ricci, Anna Chlumsky
Pre-teen Beth Easton and her mom move
from L.A. to the Pacific Northwest. There, Beth
meets troubled, tomboy-ish Jody Salerno, an
outcast with an alcoholic mother. The two
form a bond, and soon Jody tells Beth about
the legend of Molly Morgan, who, many years
ago, supposedly found gold inside nearby Bear
Mountain.
Directed by Kevin James Dobson, 1995/94min, Family
Directed by James Foley, 1996/97 min, Thriller
FAMILY PLOT
Starring: Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern
Alfred Hitchcock’s final film (at age 76) is
an easygoing suspense mystery. An atypically heroic Bruce Dern (who was in Hitch’s
Marnie 12 years earlier) plays a cabbie who
teams with a semi-phony psychic (Barbara
Harris) to collect a big reward by finding a
kidnapped millionaire. Watch for visual references to previous Hitchcock classics. Ernest
Lehman, Hitchcock’s collaborator on North
by Northwest, adapted the novel by Victor
Canning.
FFOLKES AKA NORTH
SEA HIJACK
FOUR SEASONS
GAMBIT
Starring: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett
Starring: Roger Moore, Michael Parks,
James Mason, Anthony Perkins
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and
Winter. Along the way we are treated to midlife, marital, parental and other crises.
Starring: Michael Caine,
Shirley MacLaine
A gang of international terrorists plant explosive devices on a huge British oil rig, and
threaten to detonate them if the government
refuses to pay a huge ransom. Only the eccentric underwater expert Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes
can stop them.
Directed by Alan Alda, 1981/107 min, Comedy
Harry Dean has a plan to pull off a major
robbery and needs Nicole as a gambit and
window-dressing. He outlines his ideas about
his perfect crime in a dream sequence and
then meets Nicole, and nothing goes quite
right again.
Directed by Ronald Neame. 1966/109 min, Action
GIRL FROM PETROVKA
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Anthony Hopkins
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with
an American news correspondent. The KGB is
most displeased and does everything it can to
break them up.
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller, 1974/103 min, Comedy
GRACE OF MY HEART
Starring: Illeana Douglas, Sissy Boyd
The daughter of a Philadelphia steel tycoon,
Edna Buxton (Illeana Douglas) wants nothing
more than to be a singer. She’s thrilled when
she wins a contract at a talent show and
moves to New York City to record an album.
But Edna soon finds her career -- and her relationships -- hitting one dead end after another.
Directed by Allison Anders, 1996/116 min, Comedy
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, 1980/100min, Action
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1976/ 121 min, Thriller
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GRAY LADY DOWN
GRIDLOCK’D
Starring: Charlton Heston,
David Carradine
Starring: Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur
Gray Lady Down tells the gripping story of the
nuclear submarine Neptune (the titular “gray
lady”), which is rammed by a Norwegian
freighter and sinks 1400 feet before coming
to a precarious rest on a sliver of sea shelf.
Using his untested two-man sub, Captain
Paul Blanchard (Charlton Heston) attempts a
daring rescue.
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch
decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to
enroll in a government detox program. Their
efforts are hampered by seemingly endless
red tape, as they are shuffled from one office
to another while being chased by drug dealers
and the police.
Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. 1997/91 min, Comedy
Directed by David Greene, 1978/111 min, Action
HIGH HEELS
HOOD RAT (TARA)
Starring: Anna Lizaran,
Bibianna Fernandez, Cristina Marcos
Starring: Isaiah Washington, Ice-T
Starring: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.,
Kyra Sedgwick, and Tom Sizemore
Returning home from vacation, the Hendersons
-- George (John Lithgow), Nancy (Melinda
Dillon), daughter Sarah (Margaret Langrick) and
son Ernie (Joshua Rudoy) -- accidentally run
over a strange Bigfoot-type animal (Kevin Peter
Hall). They decide to take the friendly “Harry”
home and adopt him as a pet. But soon,
they’re scrambling to hide their new friend
from authorities and Bigfoot hunters.
Hollow-hearted yuppie Robert Downey Jr. gets
hot-wired to the ghosts of four people who
died as he was being born. Their time in limbo
is drawing to a close, just when his girlfriend
(Elisabeth Shue) grows tired of his commitment
phobia. To fend off being dumped, Downey
must help the phantasmic four (Tom Sizemore,
Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard and Charles
Grodin) fulfill their final wishes.
A girl’s mother returns after 15 years to find
her daughter has married one of her (the
mother’s) old boyfriends. They try to mend
their broken mother/daughter relationship and
deal with their common lover.
Terror beckons when one man, a malevolent
force, systematically stalks his victims and
holds them hostage in a relentless quest for
vengeance. Packed with suspense and nonstop
action, this tale of rage and retribution delivers
edge-of-your-seat thrills from start to finish.
Directed by Pedro Almodovar, 1991/112 min, Comedy
Directed by Leslie Small, 2001/87 min, Action
Directed by William Dear. 1987/110 min, Family
Directed by Ron Underwood, 1993/104 min, Comedy
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
HOUSE CALLS
HARRY AND THE
HENDERSONS
HEART AND SOULS
GREAT WALDO PEPPER
GUARDIAN, THE
HAUNTING OF SEACLIFF INN
HEARTBEEPS
Starring: Robert Redford,
Susan Sarandon
Starring: Jenny Seagrove
Starring: Ally Sheedy, William R. Moses
Alan and Molly Sheridan have a baby boy
named Jake. They hire a baby-sitter, Camilla,
to look after Jake and she becomes part of the
family. The Sheridan’s friend and neighbour,
Phil, takes a liking to Camilla and asks her out.
She refuses, but Phil follows her and discovers
that she is not quite human. Camilla discovers
that she has been followed and Phil is pursued.
He leaves a desperate message for Alan and
Molly which reveals that Camilla has special
plans for baby Jake.
Susan and Mark move to a seaside town to
buy an old house and open an inn. They came
to look at one house, but Susan is inexplicably
drawn to another. The house is high on a cliff
overlooking a lonely beach. Something eerie
is going on. A scary black dog appears. One
strange guest stays at the inn. Susan finds letters in the attic written long ago by a wife who
was terrified of something. What happened
then is happening again now
Starring: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette
Peters, Randy Quaid
Charming stunt pilot Waldo Pepper (Robert
Redford) soars through the Midwestern skies in
his biplane, seeking the fame he missed out on
during World War I — and the chance to outperform the greatest pilot of all time, German
ace Ernst Kessler (Bo Brundin). As the jaded
public demands increasingly risky tricks, Waldo
and Kessler both leave barnstorming behind
and head to Hollywood to film a
high-flying war flick.
Directed by George Roy Hill, 1975/107 min, Comedy
Directed by Walter Klenhard. 1994/94 min, Thriller
Directed by William Friedkin, 1990/92 min, Horror
Get ready for a futuristic love story like no
other as Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters
star in this romantic comedy. While standing
on a bleak factory repair shelf, ValCom 17485,
a robot valet, and hostess robot AquaCom
89045 strike up a conversation. What starts
as an instant connection soon transforms
into love, and the two decide to override their
programmed lives and explore the world. With
the police on their trail and a baby on the way,
they’re on the digital road to romance and
adventure.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis
Amid shoot-outs and existentialism, a mysterious stranger (Clint Eastwood, who also directs)
is hired to protect a small town from outlaws.
But his recipe for defense could be a deal
with the devil, and soon, even the enigmatic
gunslinger’s supporters -- including Mordecai
(Billy Curtis) and Sarah (Verna Bloom) -- are
wondering just what they’ve signed up for. The
rip-roaring conclusion could leave the town
in tatters.
Directed by Clint Eastwood. 1973105 min, Action
Starring: Walter Matthau,
Glenda Jackson
Middle-aged widower Dr. Charley Nichols
(Walter Matthau) treads the scary waters of the
dating scene in this hilarious comedy. Charley
tries to be a suave swinger but feels like a fish
out of water. Things change when he meets
divorcee Ann (Glenda Jackson); the two engage
in a comical courtship in which neither will
commit to a serious relationship. At the same
time, Charley butts heads with a head doctor
(Art Carney). Richard Benjamin co-stars.
Directed by Howard Zieff, 1978/98 min, Comedy
Directed by Allan Arkush. 1981/79 min.
GREEDY
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas
Meet the McTeagues -- a hilariously funny,
highly dysfunctional clan who all want a piece
of their wealthy uncle’s will. The only trouble is
that he’s not dead yet! Things quickly get out
of hand, and soon the McTeagues are elevating
back-stabbing and brown-nosing to new levels.
Directed by Jonathan Lynn, 1994, 112 min, Comedy
GUY
Starring: Vincent D’Onofrio, Lucy Lui,
Hope Davis
A predecessor to “The Truman Show” this film
echo’s society’s vicarious nature exemplified
through the real life TV shows such as “The
Real World” and “Big Brother”, but hints at
the dangers of our own obsessions with others
lives. Vincent D’Onfrio plays Guy, an initially
reluctant victim of a female filmmaker’s camera who begins to enjoy her attention... which
provokes consequences on his own sanity.
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 1997/91 min, Action
HAVANA
Starring: Robert Redford, Lena Olin,
Alan Arkin
High-stakes poker player Jack Weil (Robert
Redford) is looking to make a buck in prerevolutionary Havana before Castro takes over.
When beautiful Bobby Duran (Lena Olin) asks
Weil to help her smuggle contraband, he has
no idea she’s married to the well-known communist revolutionary Arturo Duran (Raul Julia).
When the police take Arturo away, Bobby is
immediately drawn to Weil. Although he wants
to help her, he also wants his one big score.
Directed by Sydney Pollack. 1990/144 min, Drama
HI-LO COUNTRY
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Patricia
Arquette, Billy Crudup, George C. Scott,
Anne Bancroft
An intimate story of the friendship between
two hard-living men, set against the American
West, post-World War I. This thriller fictionalizes the events leading up to the fiery 1937
zeppelin crash. When German intelligence
officer Col. Franz Ritter boards the doomed
blimp to foil a conspiracy, he has a long list
of suspects, including an entrepreneur, a
singer, a countess and a host of other shady
characters.
HINDENBURG, THE
Starring: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft
Made at the apex of disaster movies’ popularity, director Robert Wise’s thriller fictionalizes
the events leading up to the fiery 1937 zeppelin crash. When German intelligence officer
Col. Franz Ritter boards the doomed blimp to
foil a conspiracy to blow it up, he has a long
list of suspects, including an entrepreneur, a
singer, a countess and a host of other shady
characters.
Directed by Robert Wise. 1975/125 min, Action
HOWARD THE DUCK
Starring: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones
Howard, a cigar-chomping extraterrestrial
duck, is accidentally beamed to Earth by physicist Dr. Walter Jenning (Jeffrey Jones) and
his assistant, Phil Blumburtt (Tim Robbins), in
this sci-fi comedy produced by George Lucas.
In spite of being a giant bird, Howard soon
finds romance with punk-rock singer Beverly
Switzler (Lea Thompson). But their happiness
is threatened when government officials and a
nasty space thug come looking for Howard.
Directed by Willard Huyck, 1986/110 min, Comedy
Directed by Stephen Frears, 1998/114 min, Drama
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IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
JETSONS: THE MOVIE
Starring: Tom Berenger
Starring: Barbara Rush, Charles Drake
Starring: George O’Hanlon, Mel Blanc
A troubled detective befriends a single woman
and her daughter with the intention of using
them as bait for a serial killer.
A greedy bounty hunter sets off a mysterious
chain of events in three interwoven stories
as he tracks an infamous killer named Red
Roundtree out west.
Directed by Rudolf van den Berg, 1996/101 min, Drama
Directed by Sam Pillsbury. 1991/89 min, Western
Based on a Ray Bradbury story. An alien ship
crashes in the Arizona desert, and the extraterrestrials assume the identities of the locals
in order to buy enough time to make repairs.
But one man (Richard Carlson) discovers the
truth, and soon his wife is replaced by one of
the aliens. Desperate to get her back, Carlson
pleads with authorities to not kill the aliens.
George Jetson moves his family to the far
reaches of outer space as the newly minted
head of Mr. Spacely’s Orbiting Ore Asteroid
factory in this feature-length animated film
based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
Aside from George, nobody’s happy about
leaving the comforts of home behind, but they
quickly adjust -- especially Judy, who falls for
an intergalactic rock star!
HUNTED, THE
I WANT YOU
Starring: Christopher Lambert,
John Lone, Joan Chen
Starring: Rachel Weisz,
Alessandro Nivola
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Lynsey
Baxter, Perdita Weeks, Simon Cadell
On a business trip to Tokyo, Paul finds
himself in the wrong place at the wrong time,
inadvertently interrupting an assassination
by a feared Ninja-cult. He soon realizes
that he is facing a markedly foreshortened
life-expectancy. Recuperating on an islandfortress, he learns swordsmanship, and
perhaps, a little about courage, honor, love,
and loyalty. The requisite final confrontation
is rife with bloody swordplay and spectacular
martial-arts action sequences.
An ex-convict returns home to an English
coastal town and pursues his former lover.
Directed by Michael Winterbottom, 1998/84 min, Drama
INTO THE BADLANDS
Directed by Jack Arnold, 1951/81 min, Sci-Fi
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna,
1990/82 min, Family
Directed by J.F. Lawton. 1995/106 min.
ICEMAN
Starring: Timothy Hutton,
Lindsay Crouse
When a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal (John
Lone) is thawed out of the ice during a scientific expedition and begins to function again,
anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shepard (Timothy
Hutton) acts as the go-between and begins
to instruct (and learn from) the man. Shepard
dubs the iceman “Charlie,” but it isn’t long
before Shepard winds up in a desperate fight
to keep his new friend from becoming the
center of a media circus.
Directed by Fred Schepisi, 1984/100 min, Drama
I’M NOT RAPPAPORT
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I’LL NEVER FORGET WHAT’S
‘ISNAME
Starring: Oliver Reed, Orson Welles,
Carol White
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed
up with his fabulously successful life. In very
dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to
writing for a small literary magazine. He wants
to leave his former life behind, going as far as
saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He
finds, however, that it’s not so easy to escape
the past.
Directed by Michael Winner 1967/ 97 min, Comedy
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING
WOMAN, THE
ISADORA
Starring: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin,
Ned Beatty
Biopic covers the life of Isadora Duncan, a
pioneer of modern dance and a free-thinking
woman, boldy liberated for her time.
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of
household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to
shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans,
and captures the attention of a group of
people who want to take over the world. This
evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform
experiments on her so that they can eventually
shrink everyone.
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox
Directed by Karel Reisz, 1968/138 min, Drama
IT CAME FROM OUTER
SPACE II
JOURNEY TO SHILOH
Starring: Brian Kerwin, Elizabeth Pena
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends
embark on a cross-country journey in order to
join the Confederate army.
Aliens crash land near a small desert town,
strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout
the area. Townsfolk notice something is amiss
when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not
to be themselves.
Starring: James Caan, Michael Sarrazin
Directed by William Hale, 1968/101 min, Adventure
Directed by Roger Duchowny. 1996/89 min, Sci-Fi
Directed by Joel Schumacher. 1981/88 min, Comedy
IN GOD WE TRUST
INDECENCY
Starring: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis
Starring: Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
Starring: Jennifer Beals, James Remar
Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter
is a truly odd couple that wryly comments on
modern urban life as it strolls by their bench
in Central Park. When Midge, who’s also the
manager of Nat’s apartment building, is forced
into retirement, Nat springs to his defense
-- taking on a drug dealer, a mugger and even
his daughter (Amy Irving).
Brother Ambrose (Marty Feldman) is a monk
who has spent nearly his entire life within the
walls of his monastery and knows little of the
outside world. However, when he learns that
the monastery has fallen on economic hard
times and may be forced to close, he takes
it upon himself to raise the funds to save
his home.
Thriller about three friends who work in
an advertising agency, one of whom has
a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery,
she embarks upon an affair with her former
employer’s husband, with deadly consequences.
Directed by Herb Gardner, 1996/135 min, Comedy
Directed by Marty Feldman, 1980/97 min, Comedy
Directed by Marisa Silver. 1992/95 min, Thriller
ISLAND, THE
JANIS
JUDE
Starring: Michael Caine, David Warner
Starring: Janis Joplin
David Warner leads a band of modern day
pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of
people on vacation out in the Caribbean.
Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there
with his son to investigate the mystery of the
disappearing boats. He runs across Warner and
his band of raiders and they decide to induct
them into their tribe.
The life and music of Janis Joplin.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Christopher
Eccleston, Rachel Griffiths
Directed by Michael Ritchie,
1980/115 min, Action/Adventure
Directed by Howard Allk,
1974/96 min, Musical/Documentary
A stonemason steadfastly pursues a cousin he
loves in this adaptation of the Thomas Hardy
novel. However their love is troubled as he
is married to a woman who tricks him into
marriage and she is married to an abusive
nobleman. Living out of wedlock, the two are
rejected by the townspeople leaving them to
struggle in abject poverty.
Directed by Michael Winterbottom,
1996/123 min, Drama
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KICKING & SCREAMING
Starring: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall
When middle-aged family man Phil Weston
(Will Ferrell) takes a job coaching his 10-yearold son’s talented soccer team, he winds up
going head-to-head with his ultra-competitive
father, Buck (Robert Duvall), who coaches an
opposing team. With the league championship
at stake, father and son reignite old battles
and go to hilarious extremes as they compete
for the shiny trophy. Mike Ditka co-stars as
himself.
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KULL THE CONQUEROR
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere
Kull, a barbarian and warrior, becomes the
king of Valusia when he kills the old king in
battle. But to maintain his royal title, Kull must
conquer many enemies, including Taligaro
-- the head of Valusia’s royal guard who wants
to take over the throne. In hopes of ousting the king, Taligaro summons Akivasha, a
3,000-year-old demon whose looks could be
deadly if Kull can’t resist her.
Directed by John Nicolella, 1997/95 min, Adventure
LETTER TO MY KILLER
LITTLE RASCALS, THE
Starring: Nick Chinlund,
Mare Winningham, Rip Torn
Starring: Travis Tedford,
Kevin Jamal Woods
A letter is found by a demolition worker that
reveals a cover up and a murder that is over
30 years old. The victim is the author of the
letter that also contains evidence that leads to
the killers. The demolition worker and his wife
complicate things when they decide to blackmail the killers, who are wealthy and upstanding citizens of the community, of course.
Delightfully hilarious fun for the whole family.
This movie is inspired by Hal Roach’s very
popular “Our Gang” TV series. Both longtime
fans and newcomers will enjoy the shenanigans of the funniest little mischief makers of
all time. They’re all here! Spanky, Alfalfa,
Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky, Petey the
dog and all of the rascals star in this hilarious
motion picture hit.
Directed by Janet Meyers. 1995/91 min, Thriller
Directed by Jesse Dylan, 2005/95 min, Comedy
Directed by Penelope Spheeris, 1994/83min, Family
MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE
Starring: Roger Moore,
Malcolm McDowell
This film concerns a writer of mystery stories who bases his villain on a incarcerated
criminal. After his apparent death in a fire, the
criminal plans to revenge himself on the writer
for ‘stealing his personality’, and proceeds
to carry out a set of murders based around
the novels. Moore is unable to convince the
authorities of the true murderer and, alerted by
an avid fan that has psychic powers, seeks to
trap McDowell into giving himself away.
MASS APPEAL
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Charles Durning
An experienced priest, Father Farley, takes
rebellious seminary student Mark Dolson
under his wing in order to guide him down the
path of mainstream Catholicism. But Farley’s
conciliatory style clashes with Dolson’s confrontational one, and the young man’s refusal
to compromise his principles may cost him his
dreams, even as it forces Farley to reevaluate
his own beliefs.
Directed by Glenn Jordan 1984/ 99 min, Drama
Directed by Bill Condon, 1994/90 min, Mystery
KISS BEFORE DYING, A
Starring: Matt Dillon, Sean Young
Ambitious Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) woos
Dorothy Carlsson (Sean Young) to cozy up to
her rich mogul father. But Jonathan’s scheme
crumbles when Dorothy ends up pregnant
-- and fears being disinherited. The solution?
Jonathan hurls her off a roof, makes it look like
suicide and moves on to her twin, Ellen (Young,
in a dual role), who promptly falls for Jonathan.
But Dorothy’s suspicious death soon leads
Ellen to investigate.
Directed by James Dearden, 1991/94 min, Thriller
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
Starring: Christopher McDonald,
Janine Turner
Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver (Cameron Finley) -that young rascal of TV’s golden age -- hits the
big screen in this zany slice of family entertainment. This time, the hapless Beav signs up for
peewee football to impress Dad (Christopher
McDonald) and get a new bike … which, of
course, promptly gets stolen. Janine Turner
plays Beaver’s cookie-baking mom, with Erik
Von Detten as brother Wally and Adam Zolotin
as unctuous weasel Eddie Haskell.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF
SANTA CLAUS, THE
Starring: Robby Benson, Dixie Carter,
Hal Holbrook
L. Frank Baum, creator of the “Wizard of
Oz” books, crafted a masterpiece of whimsy
concerning the personal history of the world’s
most giving holiday hero. Questions about the
man, who he was and why he chose to make
Christmas his year-round passion, will all be
answered in this delightful animated romp.
Directed by Glen Hill, 2000/80 min, Family
LEAVING NORMAL
Starring: Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp,
Billie Whitelaw
Starring: Meg Tilly, Christine Lahti
Director Peter Medak’s BAFTA-nominated
drama depicts the real-life story of the London
1960s underworld run by twins Reggie (Martin
Kemp) and Ronald Kray (Gary Kemp), gangsters
who sold protection. Notoriously brutal and
feared by everyone around them, the twins
gained both power and respect. Eventually,
however, the brother’s horrific brutality turned
even their own against them, and in 1969 they
were sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Directed by Peter Medak. 1990/119 min, Action
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The film chronicles Marianne and Darly’s cross
country adventure, the hardships and characters they encounter.
Directed by Edward Zwick. 1992/110 min, Drama
Starring: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon,
Peter Ustinov
Susan Sarandon received an Academy Award
nomination for her role as the mother of
Lorenzo (Zack O’Malley Greenburg), a typical
young child whose life is shattered when he’s
diagnosed with a terminal disease. His parents,
Augusto (Nick Nolte) and Michaela (Sarandon),
feel helpless as they watch their son slowly
succumb to the illness. Not satisfied with modern medicine, they research the disease and
turn to a controversial remedy for help.
Directed by George Miller. 1992/136 min, Drama
Directed by Andy Cadif. 1997/88 min, Family
KRAYS, THE
LORENZO’S OIL
LIST OF THE ADRIAN
MESSENGER
Starring: Kirk Douglas, George C. Scott,
Frank Sinatra
Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of
names before leaving on a trip. When his plane
is blown out of the sky, the matter becomes
more serious. As his friend checks into the
list, each seems to have died in mysterious
circumstances. As he goes down the list, the
deaths become more recent and a race to find
the remaining survivors and what put each of
them on this list ensues.
Directed by John Huston, 1963/98 min, Mystery
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,
Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan,
Timothy Dalton
Mary Stuart is the last Roman Catholic ruler
of Scotland. Her cousin Elizabeth Tudor,
the English Queen and her arch adversary,
imprisons her at he age of 23. Nineteen years
later the life of Mary is to be ended on the
scaffold and with her execution the last threat
to Elizabeth’s throne has been removed. The
two Queens with their contrasting personalities
make a dramatic counterpoint to history.
MCVICAR
Starring: Roger Daltrey, Steven Berkoff,
Adam Faith
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. He graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain’s
“Public Enemy No. 1”. He was captured and
put into a high security prison. Will even the
highest security prison be able to hold him ?
This is the true story of his life, his criminal
exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.
Directed by Tom Clegg. 1980/112 min, Action
Directed by Charles Jarrott.
1971/128 min, Historical Drama
M.A.N.T.I.S.
MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS
Starring: Carl Lumbly, Bobby Hosea,
Jerry Wasserman
Starring: Christian Bale, Pernilla August,
Geraldine Chaplin
This action-packed sci-fi series stars Carl
Lumbly as Dr. Miles Hawkins, a brilliant scientist left paralyzed by a bullet who invents a
superhuman metal exoskeleton that endows
him with extraordinary powers. As he embarks
on his crime-fighting missions, he confronts
corrupt officials, skilled assassins, samurai
warriors, killer robots, dinosaurs and alternate
dimensions to make the city safe for ordinary
citizens.
The story of Jesus Christ’s life and death and
resurrection is told from his mother, Mary’s
point of view - as a suffering mother and ultimate champion of her son’s goals.
Directed by Kevin Conner. 1999/88 min, Drama
MCHALE’S NAVY
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier,
Debra Messing, Tim Curry
Avast, ye maties! The Navy will never be the
same after Captain McHale (Tom Arnold) and
his ragtag band of bumbling misfits are called
upon to defend the base of San Ysidro Island
from an evil terrorist bent on world domination.
Based on the popular television series starring
Ernest Borgnine (who appears in a cameo), this
great remake features Bruce Campbell, Dean
Stockwell and Debra Messing.
Directed by Bryan Spicer, 1997/109 min, Comedy
Directed by Eric Laneuville,
1994/22 episodes x 44 min, Action
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MOON OVER PARADOR
MUSE, THE
NIGHTHAWKS
Starring: Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia
Starring: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone
In this delightful American fable, everyday loser
Melvin Dummar picks up a haggard old man in
the Nevada desert. Eight years later, the hitchhiker turns out to have been Howard Hughes ...
Who has named Melvin as one of the heirs to
his multi-billion dollar fortune. Melvin becomes
an instant celebrity and a national punch line;
gamely fighting to win the crapshoot that is the
American dream.
While toiling on a film in the tiny Caribbean
country of Parador, Broadway actor Jack
Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is offered a role he
can’t turn down: impersonating the nation’s
deceased dictator, to whom he bears an
uncanny resemblance. But Jack soon gets
into trouble when he runs afoul of the Parador
police chief (Raul Julia), who wants to keep the
despot’s demise a secret until he can maneuver his own takeover of the country.
In this hilarious send-up of Hollywood, a
slumping screenwriter (Albert Brooks) needs a
hit script or his career is finished. Desperate
for inspiration, he hires a muse (Sharon Stone).
But inspiration comes at a high price – as in
high maintenance requests, gifts from Tiffany’s
and sharing Stone with other Hollywood talents
(including Jeff Bridges, wife Andie MacDowell
and Martin Scorsese).
Starring: Sylvester Stallone,
Billy Dee Williams
Directed by Jonathan Demme, 1980/95 min, Drama
Directed by Albert Brooks. 1999/97 min, Comedy
Directed by Paul Mazursky, 1988/103 min, Comedy
Two New York City street cops (Sylvester
Stallone and Billy Dee Williams) may be out of
their depth when they get embroiled in a fight
against international terrorists led by the merciless Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer, in his American
film debut). Also starring Lindsay Wagner,
this film is notable for the suspenseful scene
that takes place in the tramcar high above the
East River.
NUDE BOMB
Starring: Don Adams, Sylvia Kristel
Agent 86 is assigned to battle an evil villain
who is threatening to drop a “nude bomb”
capable of destroying all the fabric in the
world. With only 48 hours, some voluptuous
assistants, and his questionable spy skills to
help him, Maxwell Smart certainly has his
hands full trying to save the world from severe
nakedness!
Directed by Clive Donner, 1980/94 min, Comedy
Directed by Bruce Malmuth, 1981/99 min, Drama
OTHER SIDE OF THE
MOUNTAIN, THE
Starring: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges
In 1955, eighteen-year-old Jill is a truly
talented, gifted skier and a shoo-in for the
1956 Winter Olympics. But Jill comes close to
losing everything when she takes a near fatal
fall off a mountain during the last race of the
season. Paralyzed from the shoulders down,
Jill now work her way up from total helplessness to leading a fulfilling life. With the help of
family, friends, and an extraordinary man, Jill
begins the quest up that mountain.
Directed by Larry Peerce. 1975/103 min, Drama
MICKYBO AND ME
Starring: John Joe McNeill, Niall Wright
Based on the play of the same name the film
tells the story of two boys who become friends
at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys
share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they
run away to Australia.
Directed by Terry Loane, 2005/95 min, Drama
MR. BASEBALL
Starring: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura
Jack Elliott’s (Tom Selleck) baseball glory days
are over, or so it seems. No longer the athlete
he once was, he’s traded to a pro team in
Japan, where he promptly angers everyone
around him with his arrogance and ignorance.
Only the love of a Japanese woman, who
teaches him to respect the culture of his new
home, helps Jack redeem himself. Curiously
enough, his batting average gets better as well.
Directed by Fred Schepisi, 1992/109 min, Comedy
THE NIGHT OF THE
FOLLOWING DAY
Starring: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone
The teenage daughter (Pamela Franklin) of a
rich businessman is abducted by professional
kidnappers (led by Marlon Brando and Richard
Boone) right after she deplanes at Orly Airport
outside Paris. The kidnappers’ plan is to extort
a king’s ransom from the girl’s wealthy father.
But their faultless plot begins to unravel as
soon as they dump the victim in a beach hideaway owned by a drug-addicted stewardess.
NIGHTMARES
Starring: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward,
Bryan Brown
A four-part anthology which takes the
commonplace events and objects of everyday
life and transforms them into the stuff
nightmares are made of.
After a nuclear explosion destroys most of
the world’s population, Australia is the only
safe haven. But while one scientist (Bryan
Brown) warns that a giant wave of radiation is
approaching with only two months until it hits,
one of his rivals disagrees. Now, an American
captain (Armand Assante) must lead a mission
to find out which hypothesis is correct before
it’s too late to relocate the blast’s survivors.
Directed by Joseph Sargent, 1983/99 min, Horror
Directed by Hubert Cornfield, 1968 /93 min, Thriller
MONSTER ON CAMPUS
MR. RELIABLE
Starring: John Sherwood, Jeff Morrow
Starring: Colin Friels,
Jacqueline McKenzie, Ken Radley
When a prehistoric fish found frozen in
Madagascar is shipped to biology professor
Donald Blake (Arthur Franz) for examination,
little does he suspect the fish’s blood is radioactive. Soon, everything it touches changes
into its primal form -- including Dr. Blake. After
cutting himself on the fish’s teeth and then
coming into contact with its blood, Blake turns
into an axe-wielding Neanderthal threatening
the safety of everyone around him.
Directed by John Sherwood, 1955/77 min, Horror
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s
Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with
his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately a misunderstanding with two police officers quickly
becomes out of control, and they surround
Wally’s house under the impression that
Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events
quickly spiral into a media circus as, through
the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to
become a symbol for the anti-war movement.
Directed by Nadia Tass, 1996/112 min, Comedy
ON THE BEACH
Starring: Cristina Raines, Joe Lambie,
Anthony James
Paper, The
Starring: Glenn Close, Robert Duvall,
Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Jason
Alexander
Henry Hackett is an overworked, underpaid editor for a struggling New York City newspaper.
When his paper gets a hot legal scoop, will
Henry stay by his ill editor-in-chief Bernie’s
side, or will he take the new opportunity?
Directed by Ron Howard. 1994/110 min.
Directed by Russell Mulcahy.
2000/3 episodes x 60 min, Sci-Fi/Drama
‘NIGHT MOTHER
NORTH SHORE
ONCE AROUND
PARADISE ALLEY
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft
Starring: Matt Adler, Gregor Harrison
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito
What would you do if someone you loved sat
down with you one night and calmly told you
that they were going to end their life before
morning? This is Thelma Cates’ dilemma. A
middle-aged epileptic unable to hold a job,
with a failed marriage and a drug-addicted
son, Jessie can find no reason to go on living.
Adapted from the play by Marsha Norman,
“’night, Mother” is the story of a parent’s
worst nightmare. How can Thelma convince
her daughter that life is worth living before
morning?
When an 18-year-old surfing champion from
Arizona tries to fulfill his ultimate dream of
riding the perilous waves of Hawaii’s legendary
North Shore, the adventure of a lifetime begins.
Renata Bella (Holly Hunter) is feeling the soulsucking torpor of a dead-end career -- and life
-- until she meets whirlwind sales guru Sam
Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss) at a real estateselling seminar. The slightly older Sam could
be Renata’s new lease on life if she can just
convince her skeptical dad, Joe (Danny Aiello),
and other family members (Gena Rowlands and
Laura San Giacomo) that he’s the real deal.
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom.
Three down-and-out brothers (Sylvester
Stallone, Armand Assante and Lee Canalito)
struggle to find a way out of New York’s seedy
Hell’s Kitchen just after World War II. Cosmo
(Stallone) is a hustler who tries to “manage”
his younger, bigger brother Victor (Canalito)
as a ham-and-egg fighter in the ring. Costars
Anne Archer, Kevin Conway, Tom Waits and
Frank McRae.
Directed by William Phelps, 1987/96 min, Action
Directed by Sylvester Stallone, 1978/107 min, Drama
Directed by Lasse Hallström, 1991/115 min, Romantic
Comedy
Directed by Tom Moore. 1986/96 min, Drama
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PAWS
Starring: Billy Connolly, Nathan Cavaleri
Computer whiz Alex (Norman Kaye) has
stolen’ $1 million from his evil ex-wife Anja
(Sandy Gore). He hides the money, and gives
his hyper-intelligent dog, PC (voiced by Billy
Connolly), a computer disk containing the location. Anja murders Alex, but PC escapes and is
befriended by teenager Zac Feldman (Nathan
Cavaleri). Realising PC’s intelligence, Zac rigs
him up with a microphone - allowing him to
talk. The unlikely pair set about finding Alex’s
money before Anja tracks them down.
Directed by Karl Zwicky, 1997/90 min, Family
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE
PRANCER RETURNS
PROPOSITION, THE
Starring: Kevin Kline, Linda Rondstadt,
Angela Lansbury
Starring: John Corbett, Michael O’Keefe,
Jack Palance
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, William Hurt,
Madeline Stowe
This movie is an adaptation of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s comic operetta of the same name,
with parts of other of their operettas stirred in.
Frederick has fallen in love with sweet innocent Mabel. Yet his vocation is an impediment
to their union. Perhaps his old nurse, Ruth,
who made a dreadful blunder of the years
before, can rectify the situation. A highlight
is the song/dance A Policeman’s Lot is Not a
Happy One.
A precocious eight year-old whose innocence
transforms Christmas for everyone around him.
Charlie’s Christmas journey begins when he
finds a baby reindeer in the woods he immediately believes is Prancer, as in Santa’s Prancer.
Determined to get Prancer back to the North
Pole in time to help pull Santa’s sleigh, Charlie
momentarily charms his more cynical family
with his tireless faith and creates a magical
Christmas Eve that they will always treasure.
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to
Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he
avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile
Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a
child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard
law student Roger Martin to impregnate
Eleanor, but things become complicated when
Roger falls in love with her.
Directed by Wilford Leach. 1983/112 min, Musical
Directed by Joshua Butler. 2001/90 min, Family
Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. 1998/110 min, Drama
RADIOLAND MURDERS
Starring: Brian Benben,
Mary Stuart Masterson
It’s 1939, and Chicago radio station WBN
celebrates its debut broadcast in this zany
farce from producer George Lucas. While
staff writer Roger Henderson (Brian Benben)
tries to reconcile with Penny (Mary Stuart
Masterson), his estranged wife and the de
facto station manager, somebody is bumping
off network employees. When Roger becomes
the chief suspect, he frantically attempts to
clear his name just as his unfinished program
is about to air.
Directed by Charles Martin Smith,
1994/108 min, Mystery
Red Rock West
Thriller
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Dennis
Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle
Nicolas Cage stars in this noir thriller as
Michael Williams, a drifter who lands
a job when a bartender, Wayne (J.T.
Walsh), mistakes him for “Lyle from
Dallas.” But the gig isn’t Michael’s
usual line of work: Wayne wants his
wife, Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle), killed.
When Suzanne serves up an appealing
counteroffer, Michael’s little white lie
spirals out of control -- and then, the
real Lyle from Dallas (Dennis Hopper)
strolls into town.
Directed by John Dahl. 1993/98 min.
PETE ‘N’ TILLIE
Starring: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett,
Geraldine Page
This film follows Pete and Tillie, a middle-aged
couple, through every stage of a relationship,
from dating, to marriage, to their breakup. The
emotions both experience during these times
are explored, particularly when their son dies
tragically, and when their marriage begins to
crumble. After they separate, Pete and Tillie
decide to give each other one more chance.
Will they succeed?
Directed by Martin Ritt. 1972/100 min, Comedy
PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA, THE
PRISONER OF ZENDA
Starring: Herbert Lom, Heather Sears
Anthony Hope’s classic tale gets a decidedly
‘un-classic’ treatment at the hands of Peter
Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends
of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for
his life, and switch him with a look-a-like
London cabby. Throw in two lovely blondes,
treachery, and a battle for life and honor, and
enjoy life at its zaniest.
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D’Arcy (Michael
Gough) steals the life’s work of the poor
musical Professor Petry. (Herbert Lom). In
an attempt to stop the printing of music with
D’Arcy’s name on it, Petry breaks into the
printing office and accidentally starts a fire,
leaving him severely disfigured. Years later,
Petry returns to terrorize a London opera
house that is about to perform one of his
stolen operas.
Starring: Peter Sellers
PURE LUCK
Starring: Martin Short, Danny Glover
A wealthy tycoon hires the world’s unluckiest
accountant to find his equally unfortunate
daughter.
Directed by Nadia Tess, 1991/96min, Comedy
RAGGEDY MAN
RESURRECTION
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard,
Richard Farnsworth
In a small Texas town during the dark, uncertain days of World War II, a divorced mother of
two (Sissy Spacek) struggles valiantly -- during
a time when divorcees were scorned and gossipy tongues wagged -- to build a life for her
family. Eric Roberts co-stars in this uplifting
and evocative slice of Americana directed by
Spacek’s husband, Jack Fisk.
Directed by Jack Fisk, 1981/94 min, Drama
Directed by Richard Quine, 1979/108 min, Comedy
Ellen Burstyn experiences the afterlife for a
brief time after a car accident that kills her
husband. As she begins her long process of
physical healing, she discovers that she has
the ability to heal physical infirmities. While
most people simply accept her gift, her lover
(Sam Shepard) becomes mentally unbalanced
and dangerous because she does not place the
healings within a religious context.
Directed by Daniel Petriey. 1980/103 min.
Directed by Terence Fisher, 1962/84 min, Horror
PETER BENCHLEY’S:
THE BEAST
PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES
PRIVATE SCHOOL
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Toby Stephens
Starring: William Petersen
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with
grief following the death of his beautiful bride.
He goes off to war, working in the trenches
as a photographer. Following the war and still
in grief Charles is given some photographs
purporting to be of fairies. His search for the
truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly
peaceful village seething with secrets where
he becomes drawn into a web of passion,
romance and violence...
Starring: Phoebe Cates,
Matthew Modine
Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a
small seaport community when a tragedy
strikes. A young couple disappears into the
sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck
in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as
belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and
the hunt is on.
Directed by Jeff Bleckner, 1996/176 min, Horror
Chris Ramsay and Jim Green are experiencing
the joys and pains of first love. She goes to
the Cherryvale Academy-he attends nearby
Freemount. When Chris gets a rival for Jim’s
affections, it sparks off a battle royal of zany
pranks that turn both schools upside down
with laughter.
REVENGE OF THE CREATURE
PURSUIT OF DB COOPER, THE
RED LIGHT STING, THE
Starring: Robert Duvall, Treat Williams
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Beau Bridges
Starring: John Agar, Lori Nelson
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains, has Cooper following
a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity
despite the best efforts of a dogged cop.
A rookie Justice Department investigator gets
his first case but it may also be his last. His
assignment involves infiltrating the mob by
posing as a pimp for a ring of streetwalkers.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is back!
This time he’s captured by scientists and
transported to an aquarium in south Florida.
Naturally, he’s attracted to the lovely female
scientist and manages to escape and kidnap
her, heading to Jacksonville, presumably to
catch a Jaguars game.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode,
1981/100 min, Adventure
Directed by Rod Holcomb 1984/ 100 min, Thriller
Directed by Jack Arnold, 1955/82 min, Horror
Directed by Noel Black. 1983/97 min, Comedy
Directed by Nick Willing, 1997/106 min, Drama
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RIPPER, THE
PLATINUM COLLECTION
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR
Starring: Patrick Bergin, Michael York
Starring: Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn
This telling of the story of Jack the Ripper
focuses not on the killings as it does on the
aristocratic lives of the people connected to
the heir-apparent to the throne of England...
who of course is the Ripper. It tells also of the
investigator who dares to charge this man with
such crimes, and of his love for a witness to
one of the brutal slayings.
Although they’re married to other people, New
Jersey accountant George (Alan Alda) and
housewife Doris (Ellen Burstyn) engage in a
25-year affair after a chance encounter at a
California inn. Meeting only once a year for
a romantic weekend together, the otherwise
mismatched couple’s forbidden relationship
evolves with the turbulent and ever-changing
times, but never loses momentum. Based on
Bernard Slade’s play of the same name.
Directed by Janet Meyers
1997/96 min, Romantic Comedy
Directed by Robert Mulligan, 1978/119 min, Comedy
SEDUCTION OF
JOE TYNAN, THE
Starring: Alan Alda, Meryl Streep
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked
to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court
appointment. It means losing an old friend
and fudging principles to make the necessary
deals, as well as further straining his already
part-time family life. But it could be a big boost
to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him
prepare the case is pretty southern researcher
Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises
his life.
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg. 1979/107 min, Drama
River, The
Starring: DMel Gibson,
Sissy Spacek
Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek (in an Oscarnominated performance) star as Tom and
Mae Garvey, a couple struggling to safeguard
their farm from devastating floodwaters and
repossession. With the local power authority
ready to snatch up their failing farm, the
pressure rises, and Tom and Mae dig in with
steely resolve to save their way of life.
SATAN’S PRINCESS
SENTINEL, THE
Starring: Robert Forster
Starring: Chris Sarandon,
Cristina Raines, John Carradine
In the process of trying to find a missing
teenager, a policeman comes upon a group of
Satan-worshipping occultists, who may have
knowledge of the girl’s fate.
Directed by Bert I. Gordon. 1990/90 min, Horror
When New York fashion model (Cristina Raines)
splits with her fiance (Chris Sarandon) and
moves into an old brownstone, she soon discovers she has more than she bargained for in
the lease. As luck would have it, a mysterious
blind priest (John Carradine) who lives upstairs
happens to be guarding the doorway to Hell,
and she has been chosen as his replacement.
SEVEN-PER-CENT
SOLUTION, THE
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
Starring: Alan Arkin, Nicol Williamson,
Robert Duvall
The multilayered novel by Kurt Vonnegut
makes it to the screen in fine fettle as a
haunting, poetic and funny elegy. Billie Pilgrim
(Michael Sacks) survives the horrific firebombing of Dresden at the end of World War II. He
subsequently lives out simultaneous past lives
as a POW and a well-loved zoo resident on the
planet Tralfamadore, and a present-day life as
an aging optometrist from New York.
Sherlock Holmes enters a treatment program
as one of Sigmund Freud’s patients, and so
begins a crackling good story that focuses
on the synthesis of madness and genius. The
awesome cast -- Laurence Olivier as “criminal
genius” Professor Moriarty, Robert Duvall as
Dr. Watson, Alan Arkin as Freud, Joel grey and
Vanessa Redgrave -- creates a unique crimepsychodrama.
Starring: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman
Directed by George Roy Hill, 1972/104 min, Sci-Fi
Directed by Herbert Ross, 1976/113 min, Comedy
Simple Plan, A
Starring: Bill Paxton,
Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton
When brothers Hank (Bill Paxton) and Jacob
(Billy Bob Thornton, in an Oscar-nominated
performance) discover a dead body and millions
of dollars in cash in a downed plane, they plot
to hide the loot and split it later. It’s a simple
plan — until things go murderously awry.
Directed by Sam Raimi. 1998/121 min.
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert
Carradine, Bonnie Bedelia
Raymond Eames, a small-time drug dealer,
has been sentenced to death for shooting a
policeman. After seven years of appeals, the
date of his execution arrives. His last request
is that his execution be photographed. Eames
selects Paul Marish, a jaded photographer.
Sensing a big story, Marish’s agent sends in
a reporter from Time magazine, and together
they begin to investigate the events surrounding the murder.
Directed by Frank Pierson/104 min. 1990, Thriller
SLOW BURN
Starring: Eric Roberts, Beverly D’Angelo
Jacob Asch is hired by Gerald McMurty to
find his ex-wife Laine and their son in Palm
Springs. Jacob finds Laine and a teenager named Donnie who may or may not be
Gerald’s son. He also finds an intricate web of
deceit and betrayal that begin to lead to death.
He takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery
and find out who is killing people and why.
Directed by Matthew Chapman. 1986/92 min, Thriller
Directed by Michael Winner, 1977/92min, Horror.
Directed by Mark Rydell. 1984/122 min.
SOMEBODY HAS TO SHOOT
THE PICTURE
SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
Starring: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda
Hank & Henry Stamper own and operate the
family business by cutting and shipping logs
in Oregon. The town is furious when they
continue working despite the town going broke
and the other loggers go on strike ordering the
Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to
push his family on cutting more trees. Hank’s
wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they
can spend more time together. When Hank’s
half troublemaking brother Leland comes to
work for them, more trouble starts.
Directed by Paul Newman. 1971/113 min, Action
RUBY
Starring: Danny Aiello, David Duchovny
Who was Jack Ruby? In this film, Danny Aiello
plays the enigmatic Ruby, tracing the path he
took that led him to his tragic date with history.
Ditching Mafia life in Chicago, Ruby opens a
strip joint in Dallas and meets Candy Cane
(Sherilyn Fenn), an exotic dancer who becomes
a close friend. Although he’s no longer
“made,” Jack nevertheless keeps close ties
with the Mob, which may -- or may not -- have
led to his assassination.
Directed by John Mackenzie. 1992/111 min, Action
SECRET WAR OF
HARRY FRIGG
SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW
Starring: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina
Purveyor of horror Wes Craven directs this
creepy Caribbean tale based on the best-selling book by Wade Davis. Harvard anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti
in search of a mysterious voodoo powder that
turns the living into semi-conscious zombies.
He enlists the help of a female doctor (Cathy
Tylson), but their scientific smarts are hardly a
match for the black magic they’re up against.
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy
in WW II, it is a propaganda nightmare for the
Allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse
to take orders from each other in order to plan
an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has
escaped from the guardhouse dozens of times.
He is promoted to Major General (2 stars) and
ordered to get the generals out once he is
captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then
he meets the countess
Directed by Jack Smight, 1968/110 min, Comedy
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Starring: Bill Pullman, Paul Winfield
Directed by Wes Craven, 1988/98 min, Horror.
SIXTY-SIX
SNEAKERS
SOMEWHERE IN TIME
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie
Marsan, Gregg Sulkin
Starring: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier,
River Phoenix
During the summer of 1966, 12-year-old
Londoner Bernie (Gregg Sulkin) eagerly
prepares for his upcoming bar mitzvah, but
disaster looms when England snags a spot in
the World Cup finals, scheduled for the same
day as Bernie’s big celebration. With his father
(Eddie Marsan) and mother (Helena Bonham
Carter) facing financial difficulties, Bernie
struggles to readjust his expectations for the
biggest event of his life.
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents
blackmail a reformed computer hacker (Robert
Redford) and his eccentric team of security
experts into stealing a code-breaking “black
box” from a Soviet-funded genius, they
uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his
“sneakers” (Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, River
Phoenix and David Strathairn) must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the
box back from their blackmailers.
In this unabashedly romantic film, an elderly
woman approaches playwright Richard Collier
(Christopher Reeve) and presses a pocket
watch into his hand whispering, “Come back
to me.” Years later, Collier becomes obsessed
with a picture of an early 1900s actress (Jane
Seymour) and discovers that she’s the woman
who gave him the watch. Collier wills himself
back in time to find the woman, and the two
begin a love affair.
Directed by Paul Weiland, 2006/93min, Action
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson.
1992/126 min, Adventure
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, 1980/104min, Drama
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane
Seymour, Christopher Plummer
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SPLITTING HEIRS
Starring: Eric Idle, Rick Moranis
Eric Idle and John Cleese team up in this
farce about a lowly bank employee who tries
to claim the noble title that is his birthright.
Seems there was a switcheroo when Tommy
was born, and his drug-addled mom, the
Duchess of Bournemouth, inadvertently
substituted Tommy with an American baby.
What’s worse, the would-be duke just happens
to be Tommy’s best friend, and the Duchess
(who’s clueless about Tommy’s real identity)
is hot for him!
PLATINUM COLLECTION
TANK
STING II, THE
SWEET LIBERTY
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis
Starring: Alan Alda, Michael Caine
Starring: James Garner, Shirley Jones
Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis play Gondorff
and Hooker (the characters made famous
by Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The
Sting), two con artists who return for more
action when rival gangs try to out-con each
other. This time, the fix is on a boxing match.
Teri Garr, Karl Malden and Oliver Reed (in the
role played by Robert Shaw in the original)
provide nice support in this caper film that’s a
worthy follow-up to the original.
The life of history professor Michael Burgess
gets upended when a film crew invades his
small Southeastern town to turn his scholarly
bestseller about the American Revolution into
a silver-screen saga of lust, duplicity and
intrigue. But historical accuracy gets lost in
the translation as the laughs mount in this
lighthearted comedy. Michael Caine, Michelle
Pfeiffer and the legendary Lillian Gish costar.
After relocating his family -- and his prized
restored Sherman tank -- to a small Georgia
town, military man Zack (James Garner) butts
heads with the local sheriff and decides to
wage a little war of his own. Zack doesn’t
agree with the ways of the local police, and
when the sheriff goes after Zack’s son (C.
Thomas Howell), it’s time for Zack to roll out
the Sherman tank. Shirley Jones co-stars.
Directed by Alan Alda, 1986/106 min, Drama
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, 1984/113 min, Action
Directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, 1983/102 min, Comedy
Directed by Robert Young, 199387 min, Comedy
SSSSSSS
THURSDAY
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Thomas Jane,
Pailina Porizkova, James Le Gros
A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to
Houston to make a new life as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly
visited by one of his former cohorts who is
carrying heroin. Discovering the dope, the
architect flushes it down the drain. This sets up
a series of tough customers seeking the dope
including a Rasta hit-man , an ex-lover Dallas,
a criminal called James with a penchant for
torture, and a rogue cop.
TWO COYOTES
Starring: Jorge Cordova,
Nicholas Guilak and Joe Estevez
Goodfellas meets Traffic in this complex, violent
tale of loyalty and betrayal in the Mexican
Mafia. The right hand man to a Mexican drug
lord must choose between his own survival and
that of his closest friend after the latter commits
a gruesome double murder.
Directed by Jose Reyes Bencomo. 2001/83 min.
Directed by Skip Woods. 1998/85 min, Thriller
STRANGER AMONG US, THE
Starring: Ed McCready, Heather Menzies
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal
David (Dirk Benedict), the assistant to a highpowered scientist, soon finds out just how
diabolical his boss, a renowned snake expert,
is when he learns that he’s injected David with
a venomous substance that appears to be turning him into a snake, physically and mentally.
Once David discovers the betrayal, he decides
to try to dismantle the cruel experiment, but
the slithery side of him begins to take over.
Who will prevail?
Orthodox Judaism and the larger, secular world
clash as gorgeous gentile cop Melanie Griffith
goes undercover (and then under the covers)
when she falls in love with a Hasidic Jew
(Eric Thal) from Brooklyn while investigating a
murder case.
Directed by Sidney Lumet,
1992/110 min, Romantic Drama.
Directed by Bernard Kowalski, 1973/99 min, Horror
TALES FROM THE CRYPT:
BORDELLO OF BLOOD
Thor: Hammer of
the Gods
Starring: Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart,
Corey Feldman
Starring: Zachery Ty Bryan,
Mac Brandt, Daz Crawford
The cackling Crypt keeper returns to share this
tale of a deranged televangelist who brings
a sexy vampire back to life to lure sinners to
their deaths in a subterranean bordello. Their
pact runs into trouble when a scruffy private
eye arrives on the scene--armed with Holy
Water-filled Super Soakers. Based on the
comic books by William M. Gaines
Thor, along with his friends, travels to mysterious island seeking glory and fame. Upon
the group’s arrival they encounter strange
creatures and they begin searching the island
for answers. Thor continues to have visions of
a mighty warrior and a powerful hammer. His
companion, Freyja, suspects that his visions
are clues meant to guide the wanderers to the
mighty hammer.
Directed by Gilbert Adler 1996/ 87 min, Horror
TICKER
Starring: Steve Seagal, Tom Sizemore,
Dennis Hopper
TWO MINUTE WARNING
Starring: Charlton Heston, John
Cassavetes
When a mad bomber (Dennis Hopper)
descends on San Francisco it’s up to two men
to uncover his plot and find the massive bomb
hidden somewhere in the city. Steven Seagal
stars as the Zen leads of the bomb squad and
Tom Sizemore is a vice cop out for vengeance.
Featuring special appearance by pop sensation, Chilli.
An assassin lies in wait for the president at a
football playoff game, and when he goes on
a killing spree, it’s up to two cops (played by
John Cassavetes and Charlton Heston) to calm
the chaos and catch the madman. The all-star
cast of this 1976 disaster film includes Martin
Balsam, Beau Bridges, David Janssen, Jack
Klugman, Gena Rowlands and Walter Pidgeon.
Directed by Albert Pyun. 2001/92 min, Action
Directed by Larry Peerce, 1976/115 min, Thriller
Directed by Todor Chapkanov. 2009/100 min.
STICK
SWASHBUCKLER
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen,
George Segal, Charles Durning
Starring: Robert Shaw,
James Earl Jones
Ernest (Stick) Stickley returns from prison,
and he gets involved with his old friend in a
drug-running deal. Hired by a rich investor, he
tries to walk the line, but trouble follows him
throughout as he tries to collect a debt and
make up for lost time with his daughter. Stick
also finds a new flame with a lady financial
wizard and gets set to enjoy a new life, but
Chucky and Nestor, the two hoods that owe
him the debt, have other plans for Stick.
A high-seas adventure unfolds as buccaneer
Ned Lynch saves his pirate buddy, Nick
Debrett, from execution and rescues distressed
noblewoman Jane Barnet. The sword-wielding
trio proceeds to Jamaica, where they try
to free the islanders from the swaggering,
dictatorial Lord Durant (Peter Boyle). In true
swashbuckling fashion, romance and hidden
treasure round out the story.
Directed by Burt Reynolds. 1985/109 min, Action
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Directed by James Goldstone, 1976/101 min, Adventure
TRIGGER EFFECT, THE
UNDERNEATH, THE
Starring: Casey Siemaszko,
Jeffrey Tambor
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,
Elisabeth Shue
Starring: Peter Gallagher, Elisabeth Shue
Brayker is a man who carries the last of seven
keys, special containers that held the blood of
Christ and were scattered across the universe
to prevent the forces of evil from taking over.
If The Collector gets the last key, the universe
will fall into Chaos, and he has been tracking
Brayker all the way to a small inn in a nowhere
town. And now the final battle for the universe
begins...
Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor
and Richard Tyson star in this charming
comedy about a kid named Jerry, who has just
seven hours to polish up his fighting skills so
he can survive a face-off at the end of the day
with the school’s meanest bully, Buddy. With
the help of his sister, his friends and a heaping
dose of good humor, Jerry hopes he’ll end up
on top. But there’s no telling what’ll happen
at 3 o’clock ...
When a power failure sends their suburban
town into chaos, Matthew and his wife stoop to
desperate measures to secure medication for
their child. On the second day of the blackout,
as the town descends into violence and looting,
Matthew’s rugged friend Joe shows up, and
tensions heighten. To escape the increasingly
violent situation, the foursome hits the road ...
but their troubles continue.
Directed by Ernest Dickerson. 1995/92 min, Horror
Directed by Phil Joanou. 1987/101 min, Comedy
TALES FROM THE CRYPT:
DEMON KNIGHT
Starring: Billy Zane, William Sadler,
Jada Pinkett-Smith
THREE O’CLOCK HIGH
In this remake of the film-noir classic Criss
Cross, scalawag Michael Chambers returns
home for his mother’s nuptials after running
out on his gambling debts. Before long, he’s
hatching a robbery scheme and wooing his exwife, Rachel -- a move that infuriates her new
gangster hubby.
Directed Steven Soderbergh, 1995/99 min, Drama
Directed by David Koepp, 1996/94 min, Thriller
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WHEN A STRANGER
CALLS BACK
Starring: Carol Kane, Charles Durning,
Jill Schoelen
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with
two children asleep above, is bothered by a
stranger. Unfortunately, the phone’s dead.
Directed by Fred Walton, 1993/94 min, Horror
PLATINUM COLLECTION
Up at the Villa
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas,
Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft
Danger is the ultimate aphrodisiac in this
romance set in pre-World War II Italy. Kristin
Scott Thomas is a beautiful, penniless English
widow forced by circumstances to consider
the proposal of an aging diplomat. When she’s
seated at a dinner party next to a brash young
American (Sean Penn), a chain of events unfolds
leaving her with a murder to cover up and a
passionate night to remember.
WINNING
Starring: Paul Newman,
Joanne Woodward
The cars, the characters and the charisma of
the famed Indianapolis 500 roar to your screen
in this fast-paced drama. Paul Newman stars
as a hot-shot race driver; Joanne Woodward is
his love interest.
Directed by James Gladstone. 1969/123 min, Action
Directed by Philip Haas. 2000/115 min.
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle
Deranged gonzo journalist Dr. Hunter S.
Thompson (Bill Murray) stumbles through a
series of wacky adventures (some true, some
imagined) from 1968 to 1972 -- often with his
attorney, Carl Lazlo (Peter Boyle), by his side.
Never abandoning his passion for drugs, Wild
Turkey and firearms, Thompson attempts to
cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 presidential election and even takes a side trip that
terrifies an unsuspecting hitchhiker.
Directed by Art Linson, 1980/96 min, Comedy
WHICH WAY IS UP?
Starring: Richard Pryor
A seriocomic tale of love, seduction, and
betrayal in the strife-torn farm country of central California. Richard Pryor plays several roles
here, most significantly a migrant worker who
works his way up the ranks in the agricultural
company controlling one of the farms.
Directed Michael Schultz. 197794 min, Comedy
WHITE PALACE
Starring: James Spader,
Susan Sarandon
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen
Directed by Luis Mandoki, 1990/103 min, Drama
Directed by Danny Cannon, 1993/103 min, Drama.
A young man just out of high school moves
into a “swinging singles” apartment with the
hope of leading “the wild life.” When he takes
as his roommate a notorious party-animal, his
plans are quickly dashed.
Directed by Art Linson, 1984/96min, Comedy
In 1940s Los Angeles, members of a MexicanAmerican gang, and their leader Henry Reyna,
are accused of murder. Although there is
insufficient evidence for a fair trial, they are
convicted and sent to San Quentin prison.
While part of the defense team continues to
fight against this misjustice, one of the prisoners copes with his anger by inventing the alterego “El Pachuco,” a zoot-suiter who exemplies
machismo and voices his rage.
YOUNG AMERICANS, THE
British cops are challenged to keep a pace
with the growing presence of an unusual crime
mob -- one comprised of young criminals -- in
London. Determined to make packs of money,
the gang, led by an American, deals illegal
substances on the streets, and its members
are ruthless in their attempts to protect their
designated turfs. To win the war on drugs,
Scotland Yard recruits the fearless DEA agent
John Harris to take them on.
Starring: Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz,
Lea Thompson
Starring: Daniel Valdez,
Edward James Olmos
Directed by Luis Valdez, 1981/103min, Musical
Max baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old
highflying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he
is in a bar when he meets Nora baker (Susan
Sarandon) a 43-year-old waitress with a fixation on Marilyn Monroe. The couple gradually
falls in love, though age and social differences
mean that the path of true love is strewn with
problems.
WILD LIFE, THE
ZOOT SUIT
Your Friends and
Neighbours
Starring: Jason Patric, Ben Stiller,
Catherine Kenner, Aaron Eckhart
“Your Friends and Neighbours” is a web of
friends, acquaintances and lovers intertwined
in complex, shifting relationships. A theater
instructor’s lack of prowess frustrates his wife,
who in turn has an affair with a lesbian art
gallery worker..
Directed by Neil LaBute. 1998/100 min.
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