6/25/2008
Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of July 2008
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20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH
An alien creature from Venus is on the loose. Can it be stopped before it destroys everything in its path?
Starring: Joan Taylor, William Hopper, Frank Puglia
A BETTER WAY TO DIE
Boomer (Wiper) is a young, idealistic cop burned out by the corruption he sees on the beat. In an attempt to bring some sanity back into his life, he decides to leave the city. But after being ambushed by thieves, he is mistakenly identified as a government operative possessing a powerful computer chip, targeted by the Mafia! With time running out, Boomer must fight for his life, relying only on his hard-won wits to survive. First-time writer, director and star, Scott Wiper is helped along by an impressive supporting cast, including Lou Diamond Philips, Andre Braugher and Natasha Henstridge.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Natasha Henstridge, Andre Braugher, Scott Wiper, Joe Pantoliano
ABSENCE OF THE GOOD
A detective needs to face his inner demons and crumbling marriage before he can defeat the evil behind a killing spree.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Tyne Daly
ACCIDENTAL HERO
This Stephen Frears-directed flick is a contemporary re-working of a Frank Capra-styled fable about a two-bit criminal named Bernie (Hoffman) who saves several passengers from a plane crash and departs from the scene without being identified, leaving only a lost shoe behind. One of the passengers happens to be news reporter Gale (Davis), who is intent on finding her savior, and offers a million dollars to the "hero" of the crashed flight. Bernie has since given his remaining shoe to a homeless man named John (Garcia), who decides to cash in on the offer. A handsome, charming man, John wins the hearts of the entire city. Soon, Bernie realizes that he's been cheated out of a million dollars, and attempts to get both his proper recognition, and his money back.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Geena Davis
ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
In this sequel to 1985's "King Solomon's Mines," an intrepid adventurer, Allan Quatermain (Chamberlain), receives a mysterious gold piece from a dying man. Could it be a clue leading to Quatermain's missing brother, Robeson? Together with his archaeologist girlfriend, Jesse Huston (Stone), Quatermain embarks on a quest to East Africa in search of his lost brother. Based on the H. Rider Haggard book, this action adventure promises high thrills and spills in the style of Indiana Jones.
Starring: James Earl Jones, Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain
ALTERED
Five men are abducted by aliens but four of them managed to escape. 15 years later, they managed to trap one of the aliens and are bent on revenge, but there is a catch: if they kill their prisoner, the rest of the aliens may come and exact revenge through total annihilation of the human species.
Starring: James Gammon, Brad William Henke
AMERICAN PASTIME
The Nomura family is happily living in America until the attack on Pearl Harbor breaks out. The next thing they know, they are shipped to an internment camp in Utah where they find themselves prisoners in a country they had come to be free. What the prisoners and guards have in common however, is the love of baseball. Before long, a guards vs. prisoners game is in the works. Can baseball bridge the rift?
Starring: Gary Cole, Kj Adachi
ASSASSINATION
Lara Royce Craig is the President's wife and she’s one tough cookie who wants to keep a high public profile during her husband's term of office despite someone out there waiting to assassinate her. Bad news for Jay Killian, the veteran secret service agent assigned to protect her, as his security measures conflict with her independent streak. After a series of life-threatening events forcing her to reconsider his protection, romantic sparks fly between them that could lead to her downfall.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland
ASSIGNMENT K
A head honcho of a British spy unit, Philip Scott (Boyd) poses as the successful head of a toy company. Then his cover gets blown and his girlfriend is kidnapped. The ransom – Scott has to reveal the identities of the other secret agents.
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave
AVENGING FORCE
Retired CIA agent Matt Hunter (Dudikoff) gets a call for help from an old friend Larry Richards (James) who is running for political office. A group of right wing terrorists called the The "Pentagle" is not amused by Richards' ambition and wants him dead. Richards brings his family and himself to Hunter's farm to seek refuge but the bad guys track him down. Then Hunter's 12-year-old sister Sara gets kidnapped, and Hunter is seriously out for blood.
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James
BAD NEWS BEARS
This modern remake of the 1976 classic tells the story of a baseball coach, Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), who agrees to take on a Little League team. Unfortunately, his team is terribly inept and it will take all of the foul-mouthed but good-hearted coach to shape his players into a winning team.
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton
BITTER VENGEANCE
Annie Westford (Madsen) is a bookstore clerk whose relationship with her husband Jack (Greenwood) has reached an all-time low. Jack is a former cop who had to resign and now holds a boring job as a security officer at a local bank. Frustrated with his career and life, Jack engages in an affair with Isabella, an officer at the bank, and makes her a willing accomplice in his scheme to steal three million dollars from the bank’s vault. Annie becomes the innocent victim in a web of deceit and betrayal that will have her fighting for her life.
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Virginia Madsen
BLACK WIDOW MURDERS: THE BLANCHE TAYLOR MOORE STORY
Based on a true story, former Bewitched TV star Elizabeth Montgomery plays murderess Blanche Taylor Moore, who transforms from an innocent preacher's daughter into a serial killer who poisons her many husbands with arsenic and gets away with their wealth.
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, David Clennon, Bruce McGill
BORDERLINE
Dr. Lila Colletti (Gershon) is a prison psychiatrist who left her practice to dedicate her time to rehabilitating criminals back into society. She is also fighting her husband for custody of their children. When Lila's ex-husband and his new girlfriend end up brutally murdered, Lila becomes the main suspect. Leading the police investigation is Macy Kobacek (Biehn, Havoc), who is also romantically involved with Lila. Lila is convinced that the murderer is a former patient who is obsessed with her. Did he commit the crime and set her up, or is Lila trying to put the blame on her innocent patient?
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Gina Gershon, Michael Biehn
BOTTLE ROCKET
Three endearing slackers are the anti-heroes of this skewered yet sweet comedy. One is just out of a mental institution, the other is a wannabe thief and the third is rich but neurotic. Together, they're off on the road to camaraderie plus a little crime, a big caper, and maybe a little romance.
Starring: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson
CYBORG
A post-apocalypse martial arts effort that should satisfy action fans, especially those who loved post-apocalyptic flicks like "Escape From New York" and "The Road Warrior." Set in a futuristic America, it has the muscles from Brussels, Van Damme, as Gibson Rickenbacker. He's a Mad-Max type survivor who must help a half-woman, half robot hybrid, who is carrying a cure to a life threatening plague, to return home safely. Hot on her trail is baddie Fender Tremolo, who has plans to exterminate her. With the hybrid out of the way- anarchy would be unleashed upon the world through the plague - with Tremolo ready to take over as Earth's ruler. Well, not if Gibson has anything to say about it! By the way, if you find the characters names strange - it's because both lead characters are named after equipment and techniques associated with electric guitars.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn
DARK STORM
A team of scientists think they have achieved the breakthrough of a lifetime when they discover a device capable of altering an object's molecular makeup. But the fate of mankind becomes at stake when the device refuses to obey instructions and starts targeting one of their own.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, William B Davis
DEATH VALLEY
A divorced mother, her son and her boyfriend go on a road trip through Death Valley when they run into a local serial killer and must find a way to escape.
Starring: C. Hicks, Paul Lemat
DEEP RED
A young girl's blood is altered with a new protein substance called "Reds", which can offer immortality by repairing or reshaping the human body, cell by cell. Now the life of the girl is in peril as a power-crazed scientist wants to capture her at any cost, while a streetwise detective must protect her.
Starring: Joanna Pacula, Michael Biehn, John Delancie, Tobin Bell
DOOMWATCH: WINTER ANGEL
A thrilling drama starring the most unlikely of heroes: a timid university professor. After receiving a mysterious note from a nuclear scientist, Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving Soviet nuclear waste. Compelling ripped from the headlines drama that explores the dangers of the post-Cold War world.
Starring: Miles Anderson, Philip Stone, Trevor Eve
DRAGONHEART: A NEW BEGINNING
Geoff (Masterson) is a stable boy hungry for adventure, which comes his way when he discovers Drake, the Earth's last surviving dragon. He seizes this as an opportunity to be the hero he's always wanted to be, but little does he realize that being a hero comes with its fair share of dangers.
Starring: Robby Benson, Harry Van Gorkum, Chris Masterson, Rona Figueroa, Matt Hickey
EARTH VS. THE SPIDER
Security guard Quentin (Gummersall) finds newfound powers when he injects himself with a top-secret spider serum developed by the military. However, the spider in him is taking over the man. The serum is causing him to mutate into a frightening monster with an insatiable appetite for human flesh.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall
EARTHSTORM
The moon has become unstable, threatening to destroy the earth along with it. With time running out, scientists turn to one man to save them.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Dirk Benedict
EL DORADO
Two screen legends team up for the first time in this classic 1967 western directed by Howard Hawks. John Wayne plays Cole Thornton, a gunslinger hired by wealthy rancher Bart Jason (Edward Asner) to settle a feud over water rights. Wayne's old buddy, J.B. (Mitchum), is the local sheriff who talks him out of the job.
Starring: James Caan, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne
FEARLESS
When you've narrowly escaped death, what does the rest of your life mean? That's the question confronting Max Klein (Bridges) in this drama from Peter Weir. After walking away from a harrowing airplane crash, Max emerges a changed person. He begins to withdraw from his wife and family and starts to feel invincible. Soon, his only connection is with a fellow survivor who blames herself for losing her child in the crash.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez
FIREWALL
Jack Stanfield (Ford) is the head of IT security at a global bank, where he has built a powerful firewall to defend his bank against external threats. But when his family is kidnapped and held at gun point for ransom, Jack must hack into his company’s hardened IT security in order to save them.
Starring: Paul Bettany, Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
Hammer Film's fifth installment in the series sees the complete transformation of doctor into monster. Frankenstein transplants the brain of an insane doctor into his assistant's body, creating a pathetic, misshapen beast, while using blackmail and rape to control the people around him.
Starring: Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Veronica Carlson
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES
Lightning needs to strike only once in this electrifying sequel before creepy old Jason is jolted back to knife-wielding life.
Starring: C.J. Graham, Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke
HOLLOW MAN 2
A veteran soldier is turned into the ultimate assassin when an experiment to create an uber invisible soldier goes terribly wrong. Although he becomes invisible, terrible side effects plague him and spur on his quest for revenge against the government agents that turned him into this monster. In the mean time, he is searching for a sexy female biologist who may have the serum to save his life.
Starring: Christian Slater, Peter Facinelli, Laura Regan
HOPE
Amid the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the growing momentum of the Civil Rights Movement, a young girl comes of age through her search for truth and justice in a small town.
Starring: Christine Lahti, Catherine O'Hara, Jena Malone
HOUDINI
Ten years after the death of the master illusionist, Harry (Schaech) and his widow Bess (Edwards) attempt to summon his spirit with the help of a medium (Perlman). From there on, the legacy of Houdini is told in a series of flashbacks - from his poverty-stricken childhood in New York to his incredible rise to international celebrity, capturing the hearts and minds of the masses with his death-defying feats. It also takes a peep into the darker side of Houdini, a perfectionist obsessed with his craft and gaining love and respect of his mother; and his so-called "Holy War" against fraud clairvoyants.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Johnathon Schaech, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman, David Warner, George Segal, Stacey Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Grace Zabriskie, Judy Geeson
I MARRIED A MONSTER
Nick (Burgi) and Kelly (Walters) are about to have the perfect Midwestern wedding in their perfect Midwestern town. The night before the big day, Nick chances upon a glowing alien structure and is never the same again. He abstains from alcohol, is constantly glued to the television set and is suddenly very anxious for a baby. Soon, the other men in the town start to go Nick's way, clamoring for offspring from their spouses. Her attention piqued, Kelly seeks help from her Uncle Paul, and together, they get to the bottom of the mystery in this sci-fi thriller.
Starring: Richard Burgi, Susan Walters, Barbara Niven
IN THE COMPANY OF SPIES
A CIA agent holding vital information is captured by Korean officials. The CIA recalls veteran agent, Kevin Jefferson (Berenger), out of retirement to rescue the captured agent and retrieve the secret information.
Starring: Ron Silver, Tom Berenger, Alice Krige
INTRUSION CAMBODIA
Richard Harrison and Vic Vargas star in this drama about the unspeakable atrocities of the war in Cambodia.
Starring: Vic Vargas, Richard Harrison
JARHEAD
War may be hell, but for a Marine sniper and his fellow grunts, it is boredom that drives them to the brink of madness in this compelling drama set during the Desert Storm – the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as "Swoff," a third-generation enlisted man whose intense training can't prepare him or his mates for the oppressive heat and boredom that awaits them in the Middle East, thanks to a war that was fought and won primarily through air strikes.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard
KIDNAPPED IN PARADISE
When Beth Emerson (Fisher) visits her sister Megan (Ross) on a Caribbean island, a holiday in paradise is what she is looking forward to. Unfortunately, her best laid plans turn into a nightmare when Megan is kidnapped by a band of modern-day pirates while her fiancé Jack, is shot. Beth must now race against time to find the pirates before Megan's life runs out.
Starring: Charlotte Ross, Joely Fisher, Kerry Corcoran
KING SOLOMON'S MINES
Adventurer Allen Quatermain must locate King Solomon's mines before the bad guys get to it.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, Richard Chamberlain, Ken Gampu
KINGPIN
From the guys who gave us "Dumb And Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary", here comes another side-splitting comedy that will leave you rolling in the aisles. Roy Munson (Harrelson) is an embittered ex-bowling champ with a rubber hand, whose career has been blighted by a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken (Murray). His chance for redemption comes in the form of Ishmael Boorg (Quaid), a potential ace. The time for the annual championships rolls around and the stage is set for some hilarious bowling action. Gross, lewd and extremely funny, this film scores a perfect strike.
Starring: Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Woody Harrelson
KINJITE
Charles Bronson plays an angry vice cop that has to search the criminal underworld of Los Angeles for a Japanese businessman's abducted daughter.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez
KISS KISS, BANG BANG
Harry Lockhart (Downey Jr), a petty thief with a good heart, stumbles upon an audition while he's being chased by cops, and gets selected to act as a detective. He witnesses a murder with a real-life private eye, Gay Perry (Val Kilmer), and a struggling actress, Harmony Lane (Monaghan). Together, the trio must put their wits together to solve the crime.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan
LAND RAIDERS
Telly Savalas plays a greedy rancher who is stealing land from Apaches and feuding with his younger brother (George Maharis).
Starring: Telly Savalas
MICHAEL COLLINS
Michael Collins (Neeson) is an Irish Republican Army member. Together with his band of loyal followers, he fights the British empire to a standstill with the signing of a treaty that will establish Ireland as a free state. Unfortunately, he's faced with tremendous opposition from the Irish President Eamon De Valera (Rickman), whose refusal to support the treaty and decision to boycott the talks leads to a series of tragic events.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn
MIDWAY
The cast list for this action blockbuster reads like a who's who of Hollywood greats. The film traces the days leading up to - and the aftermath - of the great World War Two sea battle of Midway, one of America's most vulnerable Pacific bases, and a strategic target for the enemy. They don't make war movies like this anymore.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston
MONDAY NIGHT MAYHEM
When the league pitched its sports series "Monday Night Football" to three television networks, only ABC gave it a second look. It was up to Roone Arledge (Heard) to make it an unprecedented sports phenomenon. Putting a ragtag team of sports announcers together, they kick off to a bad start, but his team soon discovers a chemistry that builds to a crowd-pleasing crescendo. When Frank Gilford (Anderson) joins the group, the show goes through the ratings roof and they become sports gods who are worshipped more than the game itself. Eventually, their egos grow to the size of melons, nerves get frayed and they go their separate ways, but not without leaving "Monday Night Football" to end off on a high note.
Starring: John Turturro, John Heard, Kevin Anderson
MORTAL THOUGHTS
A long-suffering wife, Joyce Urbanski (Headly), kills her abusive husband, James (Willis), while her best friend, Cynthia (Moore), helps her to cover up the crime. At least, that's the story the friend spins in this twisty suspense drama. James was a vicious creep who deserved to die, but did his wife really kill him? One detective, John Woods (Keitel), is determined to uncover the truth.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Demi Moore
MURDER IN PARADISE
Charlie Raski (Kilner) is a burned-out New York cop who goes to Hawaii to soak in some sun, sea and alcohol; and to forget his last case: a serial killer whom he couldn't stop. However, bad luck seems to follow him everywhere. When a series of similar murders begins to occur in Hawaii, the Honolulu police approach him for help. As the bizarre killings continue, Raski finds himself the prime suspect in the murder investigation. Now, in order to clear his name, he must find the killer and finish what he started in New York.
Starring: Kevin Kilner, Maggie Han, Mako
NINJA III THE DOMINATION
There is something new in the mysterious realm of the ninja. A beautiful American woman becomes possessed by an evil ninja spirit when a magic sword is passed on to her. Unable to control the power within her, the woman is transformed into a vengeful killer. Fierce swordplay, martial arts and laser effects combine for an unusual action fantasy.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey
NOT MY LIFE
During a routine check-up, Alison (Monroe) is kidnapped and drugged by her doctor to make her forget her real husband and child and think he is her husband. However, years later, her visions return. Will she be able to clear her head enough to piece the puzzle together and nail the doctor?
Starring: Meredith Monroe, Michael Woods
OCEAN'S 11
Erase any memory you might have of the recent blockbuster remake. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. collectively give George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt a run for their money in this ultra cool 60s classic. Danny Ocean (Sinatra) and the rest of the ‘rat pack’ plot to carry out the ultimate heist – a huge casino robbery in Las Vegas. Each member in the ‘rat pack’ has specific roles to play in the big job. A couple of them infiltrate the casinos and set things up from the inside, while the others prepare the explosives that will open the vaults. All the pieces of this intricate puzzle fall into place. However, as Danny's gang soon finds out - not every heist has a happy ending.
Starring: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
The arrival of a mysterious stranger sets off a chain of violence in a dusty prairie town in this epic 1969 western. Charles Bronson plays the newcomer, who gets involved in a land war between widow Claudia Cardinale and a ruthless railroad magnate. Henry Fonda, in an unusual role, plays a cold-blooded hired killer.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, Gabrielle Ferzetti
PICASSO TRIGGER
Racier, rapid-fire action from the makers of Malibu Express. It's a graphic, lusty tangle of Feds versus vicious drug kings, starring several ex-Playmates undressing from Hawaii to Dallas.
Starring: Steve Bond, Dona Speir
PLOTS WITH A VIEW
Boris Plotz (Molina) is the middle-aged mortician in a small Welsh village, who has loved Betty Rhys-Jones (Blethyn) from afar since their childhood. His chance to declare his love arrives when Betty's bedridden and shrewish mother-in-law snuffs it. Betty's town-councillor husband is having an affair with his secretary, Meredith (Watts), though good-hearted Betty refuses to expose and divorce him. Instead, Boris and Betty settle on eloping, which involves an undertaker's specialist skills. Adding to the plot's complications is rival undertaker, Frank Featherbed (Walken), who wants to drive Boris out of business with two-for-one deals and themed funerals.
Starring: Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts, Brenda Blethyn
RED ROCK WEST
Nicolas Cage plays a down-and-out drifter mistaken to be the hit man a bartender hired to kill his unfaithful wife. Taking full advantage of this situation, Michael collects the money and runs. Things go really wrong during his getaway as Michael soon runs into the real hit man.
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle
RELENTLESS
Revenge is a dish best served cold, as the Los Angeles police soon find out. Buck Taylor (Nelson) has been rejected from the police force on psychological grounds. To settle the score and soothe his ego, he holds Los Angeles in a grip of fear by committing a series of brutal murders. He taunts the LAPD by using his cop smarts to elude all who try to capture him. The only clues are torn pages from the phone book. With cynical veteran Bill Malloy (Loggia) and rookie detective Sam Dietz on the case, this cat-and-mouse game is set to end in a deadly fight to the finish.
Starring: Robert Loggia, Judd Nelson
REST STOP
A young couple, Jess and Nicole, make a pit stop at an abandoned rest stop but when Nicole comes out from the ladies, Jess has vanished. With her cell phone out of range, Nicole is left to her own devices until a mysterious motorcycle cop appears out of the blue.
Starring: Joseph Lawrence
RETURN TO THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
The editor of a fashion magazine Ariel (Righetti) and her friend Paul (Riley) are abducted by a group of treasure hunters and forced to go to a haunted house in search of an evil but valuable relic.
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino
ROAD HOUSE 2: LAST CALL
Federal agent Shane (Schaech) visits his uncle to help him defend against a crime lord who wants to take over his uncle's bar. Shane teams up with the bar staff and a local school teacher as they face impossible odds to beat the bad guys.
Starring: Jake Busey, Johnathon Schaech
ROBO WARRIORS
In the year 2036, the Earth has been dominated by a race of half-human, half-reptile creatures. That is, until a 12-year old boy finds the last Robo Warrior, a tall, mechanoid fighting machine that could help rid the invaders off the Earth.
Starring: James Remar, Kyle Howard
SEXUAL ADVANCES
Paula Pratt (Zimbalist) is a happily married career woman who is at the losing end of sexual harassment at her workplace. When her boss hits on her and she rebuffs his advances, he turns vicious, compromising her career and marriage.
Starring: Terry O'Quinn
SHOCKWAVE
A plane carrying the newest models of military robots crashes on an island and the robots escape. Designed for space exploration and combat, these robots are highly intelligent and will adapt to the environment better the longer they stay alive. Now a threat to humanity, a group of Navy Seals are sent to exterminate the robot, but when their weapons appear to be ineffective against the machines, the soldiers must rely on their wits to survive and win.
Starring: Alexandra Paul, Joe Lando, Michael Dorn
SILHOUETTE
On her way home through Texas from a business trip, architect Samantha Kimball (Dunaway) experiences car trouble that forces her to put up at a small town for the night. Restless and strolling that evening, Sam witnesses a brutal murder, but sees only the silhouette of the perpetrator. The next day the body of a cocktail waitress is found, and Sam becomes the key witness. Her extended stay takes a sinister turn as Sam herself is stalked - possibly by the killer. And then when you think it's not possible, the shadowy murderer pushes the tension up one more notch.
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Talisa Soto, John Terry, David Rasche, Carlos Gomez
SIXTY SIX
A 12-year-old Jewish boy has his coming-of-age ceremony slated on the same day that England is playing in the World Cup Finals of 66. He secretly prays for England's defeat so that his big-day will not turn up empty and the asthmatic brainy kid suddenly develops an interest in football, especially on any team that can knock England out.
Starring: David Bark-Jones, Helena Bonham-Carter
SPIDER'S WEB
Baldwin stars as Clay Harding, the son of a mega-wealthy mogul while Lauren Bishop is an efficient executive who works for him. After having intense sexual relations, they decide to embezzle the company money into a Swiss bank account. However, complications get in the way in the form of deceit, double crosses and ultimately, murder.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Kari Wuhrer, Benjamin King, Tony Colitti
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Set in the 1920s, this chronicles the ill-fated romance of working-class high school girl, Wilma Loomis (Wood), and rich kid, Bud Stamper (Beatty). Trying their best to take their relationship slow, Bud and Wilma go through a series of unsatisfying interim romances. Troubled Wilma subsequently attempts suicide and is sent to a mental institution, while Bud impregnates a freewheeling waitress. Despite the separation, they still carry a torch for one another, but circumstances preclude their getting together.
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
STORYVILLE
A congressional candidate (Spader) wrestles with the skeletons in his family closet and his blackmailing mistress.
Starring: James Spader, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer
TAGGART
A cowboy avenges his parents' death but ends up running from bounty hunters.
Starring: Tony Young, Dan Duryea
THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR GETAWAY
The true story of the 1978 heist of a Lufthansa Airlines cargo in New York's Kennedy Airport in which ten million dollars was stolen.
Starring: John Mahoney, Karen Young, Tony Lobianco
THE BIG RED ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION
A grizzled World War II sergeant leads a battalion of soldiers through the battlefields of Europe in this sprawling, old-fashioned war drama. Mark Hamill plays a frightened young soldier discovering the perils that infantrymen face in their struggle to survive and avoid death.
Starring: Lee Marvin, Robert Carradine, Mark Hamill
THE CON
A lonely and nerdy gas station attendant (Macy) in Mississippi is about to inherit a lot of money, but he doesn't know it yet. A con woman (De Mornay), however, does and she plots to get hooked up with the gas attendant in advance! But when the con starts to fall apart, will this be the end of their relationship or will the two of them discover true love?
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, William H. Macy, Mike Nussbaum
THE CONCORDE...AIRPORT '79
In this last installment of the airport series, the plane doomed for disaster is now the supersonic Concorde, the mega deluxe model of all passenger aircrafts. This plane however has several problems to contend with en route to its destination: an unscrupulous industrialist who is bent on selling arms to foreign nationals, the journalist who is bent on exposing him, nuclear missiles and to add more color to the fiasco, a Russian Olympics team! George Kennedy returns as the hapless control tower manager who tries to get yet another plane safely on the ground.
Starring: George Kennedy, Susan Blakely, Alain Delon
THE CONTRACTOR
Former CIA marksman, James Dial (Snipes) is persuaded back into action to take out a terrorist. He is however betrayed and framed for killing a policeman. James goes into hiding and befriends a 12-year old girl.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lena Headey
THE HARD CORPS
Van Damme is back as an-ex Desert Storm special forces guy who is hired to protect a retired heavyweight boxing champ turned entrepreneur. But complications arise when the bodyguard falls for the sister of his boss.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Jean-Claude Van Damme
THE NIGHT WALKER
Haunted by recurring dreams of being stalked by her dead husband, she shares her dreams with her lawyer but is met with disbelief. She soon realizes there is more to her dead husband than meets the eye in this thriller.
Starring: R. Taylor, B. Stanwyck
THE NUN'S STORY
Audrey Hepburn gives a fine performance as a young woman who enters a convent and learns all that she must relinquish - her possessions, her family and friends, her memories and most of all, her individual will. Her faith and self-restraint are tested during stints in a Belgian insane asylum and a hospital in the Congo. But World War II turns out to be the greatest test of all.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
THE PERFECT WEAPON
In his motion picture debut, Jeff Speakman plays a master of kenpo karate with a unique code of honor. After years on the road, he comes home only to find his mentor murdered. In a bloody and thrilling quest for vengeance, he confronts one of the deadliest men alive.
Starring: Jeff Speakman
THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL
Based on the Terrence Rattigan play "The Sleeping Prince," Charles, Prince Regent of Carpathia (Olivier), is in London to attend the 1911 coronation of King George V. Ditzy American chorus girl Elsie Marina (Monroe) performs in a West End revue and catches Charles' eye. The Prince arranges for Elsie to attend an "intimate supper" at his hotel suite. Although Elsie successfully wards off Charles' advances, she drinks too much bubbly and ends up falling asleep. When morning comes, Charles is anxious to show Elsie the door. She, however, has fallen for the Prince.
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe
THE SPIRAL ROAD
Rock Hudson stars as Dr. Anton Drager, an atheist who travels with his wife Els (Rowlands) to the jungles of Java in 1936. Drager becomes an assistant to a doctor who is famous for treating lepers, but Drager wants to use the doctor’s reputation for his own fame and fortune. However, when Drager encounters black magic from a native witch doctor, he is forced to re-evaluate his life.
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Rock Hudson, Burl Ives
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI
Legendary special effects animator Ray Harryhausen was instrumental in bringing to the screen this tale by King Kong author Willis H. O'Brien, about a circus promoter who finds a strange Mexican valley where time has stopped. A one-foot tall horse leads the promoter and the group of cowboys to unleash a Gwangi -a prehistoric T-Rex dinosaur hiding in the western wilderness. After they capture the prehistoric creature and put him on display in the circus, the beast escapes. Valley of Gwangi features some of Harryhausen's best work.
Starring: James Franciscus
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Mars attacks Earth - with spectacularly vivid results - in this classic movie version of the H.G. Wells novel. The convincing creation of fantastic space ships, martian weaponry, demolished cities, burnt landscapes and terrifying alien creatures earned the 1953 Oscar for Special Effects.
Starring: Gene Barry, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite, Henry Brandon, Jack Kruschen
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED
Robert Redford and Natalie Wood headline this sexually charged Depression-era drama inspired by Tennessee William's play. Redford plays Owen Legate, a railroad official who's come to backwater Dodson, Mississippi, with a pocketful of pink slips for the yard employees to shut the railway down. Wood portrays the town flirt whose affair with Legate ignites her mother's – and the town's – revenge.
Starring: Robert Redford, Natalie Wood
TO CATCH A THIEF
A jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and evidence points to retired cat burglar, John Robie (Grant). John escapes to the Cote D'Azur, where he is greeted with hostility by his old partners in crime. However, they too, are in danger of arrest thanks to this new crime wave. Grant pleads innocence, and vows to find out who has been copying his distinctive style. With the reluctant aid of a detective, John starts keeping tabs on the wealthiest vacationers on the Riviera, with the hopes of catching the real thief in the act.
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
TURBULENCE
A flight attendant is left to battle for control of a plane after its pilots are killed by two escaped prisoners on board. But in order to succeed, she must first survive a violent storm and beat the dangerous prisoners at their game.
Starring: Lauren Holly, Hector Elizondo, Ray Liotta
TWO FOR THE MONEY
The big-bucks world of sports gambling is the scene in this highly-charged story about a betting advisor and his star odds-maker. Walter Abrams (Pacino) is the owner of a sports betting hotline that caters to high rollers. He employs former college football star, Brandon Lang (McConaughey), and soon discovers that his new recruit has a knack for handicapping football games. Their instant bond leads to enormous success, but is it strong enough to weather the inevitable hard knocks in their high-risk world?
Starring: Rene Russo, Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino
UP PERISCOPE
An underwater demolition expert (Garner) has been assigned a special mission against the Japanese during WWII – to get smuggled into a Japanese controlled island to take photos of radio codes. But first he must take on his "by the book" commander in this suspense-filled 1959 drama.
Starring: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Hale
WALKING TALL: LONE JUSTICE
After cleaning up his hometown, Nick (Sorbo) retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her 12-year old daughter. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war where no one can be trusted.
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Yvette Nipar
WHEN DANGER FOLLOWS YOU HOME
Anne Werden, a compassionate psychiatric intern, is arrested after the death of her troubled young patient. When Anne's son is kidnapped, she must single-handedly clear her name, save her child and stop a conspiracy of embezzlement and murder.
Starring: Jobeth Williams, Bill Switzer
WHITE CHRISTMAS
All right, all together now – I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the one I used to know. Yep, that Bing Crosby yuletide favorite and other delightful seasonal tunes are featured in this classic 1954 romantic comedy about a couple of Army buddies who become a top notch musical comedy team.
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye
WITHOUT WARNING
A simulated news broadcast inspired by Orson Welles’ classic radio broadcast of ‘The War of the Worlds’, this movie shows what it would be like if aliens invaded Earth. After meteors strike, there is mounting evidence that alien beings are out to destroy major cities and take over the world.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, Sander Vanocur, Arthur C. Clarke
WITNESS
Cop John Book (Ford) encounters in his investigation of a drugland murder a witness within the Amish community, an eight-year-old Amish boy. When the boy and Book's lives are in danger, they hide in the relative safety of the community. The boy's young mother, Rachel (McGillis) and Book grow romantically attracted to each other. The policeman's violent 20th century background and the mother's pacifist views make for a fascinating conflict.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis
YOUNG HERCULES
The Hercules we know today is confident and heroic. But it was not always so. At 17, Hercules is a confused teenager, torn between his mortal and godly identities. Observing this, his mother enrolls him at an academy run by a Centaur - a half/man, half/horse creature. Others at the academy include a prince, a beautiful young girl with a past and a conniving man. Together, this young group of warriors set off on long voyages in search of new and astounding adventures.
Starring: Ian Bohen, Dean O'Gorman
An alien creature from Venus is on the loose. Can it be stopped before it destroys everything in its path?
Starring: Joan Taylor, William Hopper, Frank Puglia
A BETTER WAY TO DIE
Boomer (Wiper) is a young, idealistic cop burned out by the corruption he sees on the beat. In an attempt to bring some sanity back into his life, he decides to leave the city. But after being ambushed by thieves, he is mistakenly identified as a government operative possessing a powerful computer chip, targeted by the Mafia! With time running out, Boomer must fight for his life, relying only on his hard-won wits to survive. First-time writer, director and star, Scott Wiper is helped along by an impressive supporting cast, including Lou Diamond Philips, Andre Braugher and Natasha Henstridge.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Natasha Henstridge, Andre Braugher, Scott Wiper, Joe Pantoliano
ABSENCE OF THE GOOD
A detective needs to face his inner demons and crumbling marriage before he can defeat the evil behind a killing spree.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Tyne Daly
ACCIDENTAL HERO
This Stephen Frears-directed flick is a contemporary re-working of a Frank Capra-styled fable about a two-bit criminal named Bernie (Hoffman) who saves several passengers from a plane crash and departs from the scene without being identified, leaving only a lost shoe behind. One of the passengers happens to be news reporter Gale (Davis), who is intent on finding her savior, and offers a million dollars to the "hero" of the crashed flight. Bernie has since given his remaining shoe to a homeless man named John (Garcia), who decides to cash in on the offer. A handsome, charming man, John wins the hearts of the entire city. Soon, Bernie realizes that he's been cheated out of a million dollars, and attempts to get both his proper recognition, and his money back.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Geena Davis
ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
In this sequel to 1985's "King Solomon's Mines," an intrepid adventurer, Allan Quatermain (Chamberlain), receives a mysterious gold piece from a dying man. Could it be a clue leading to Quatermain's missing brother, Robeson? Together with his archaeologist girlfriend, Jesse Huston (Stone), Quatermain embarks on a quest to East Africa in search of his lost brother. Based on the H. Rider Haggard book, this action adventure promises high thrills and spills in the style of Indiana Jones.
Starring: James Earl Jones, Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain
ALTERED
Five men are abducted by aliens but four of them managed to escape. 15 years later, they managed to trap one of the aliens and are bent on revenge, but there is a catch: if they kill their prisoner, the rest of the aliens may come and exact revenge through total annihilation of the human species.
Starring: James Gammon, Brad William Henke
AMERICAN PASTIME
The Nomura family is happily living in America until the attack on Pearl Harbor breaks out. The next thing they know, they are shipped to an internment camp in Utah where they find themselves prisoners in a country they had come to be free. What the prisoners and guards have in common however, is the love of baseball. Before long, a guards vs. prisoners game is in the works. Can baseball bridge the rift?
Starring: Gary Cole, Kj Adachi
ASSASSINATION
Lara Royce Craig is the President's wife and she’s one tough cookie who wants to keep a high public profile during her husband's term of office despite someone out there waiting to assassinate her. Bad news for Jay Killian, the veteran secret service agent assigned to protect her, as his security measures conflict with her independent streak. After a series of life-threatening events forcing her to reconsider his protection, romantic sparks fly between them that could lead to her downfall.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland
ASSIGNMENT K
A head honcho of a British spy unit, Philip Scott (Boyd) poses as the successful head of a toy company. Then his cover gets blown and his girlfriend is kidnapped. The ransom – Scott has to reveal the identities of the other secret agents.
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave
AVENGING FORCE
Retired CIA agent Matt Hunter (Dudikoff) gets a call for help from an old friend Larry Richards (James) who is running for political office. A group of right wing terrorists called the The "Pentagle" is not amused by Richards' ambition and wants him dead. Richards brings his family and himself to Hunter's farm to seek refuge but the bad guys track him down. Then Hunter's 12-year-old sister Sara gets kidnapped, and Hunter is seriously out for blood.
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James
BAD NEWS BEARS
This modern remake of the 1976 classic tells the story of a baseball coach, Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), who agrees to take on a Little League team. Unfortunately, his team is terribly inept and it will take all of the foul-mouthed but good-hearted coach to shape his players into a winning team.
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton
BITTER VENGEANCE
Annie Westford (Madsen) is a bookstore clerk whose relationship with her husband Jack (Greenwood) has reached an all-time low. Jack is a former cop who had to resign and now holds a boring job as a security officer at a local bank. Frustrated with his career and life, Jack engages in an affair with Isabella, an officer at the bank, and makes her a willing accomplice in his scheme to steal three million dollars from the bank’s vault. Annie becomes the innocent victim in a web of deceit and betrayal that will have her fighting for her life.
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Virginia Madsen
BLACK WIDOW MURDERS: THE BLANCHE TAYLOR MOORE STORY
Based on a true story, former Bewitched TV star Elizabeth Montgomery plays murderess Blanche Taylor Moore, who transforms from an innocent preacher's daughter into a serial killer who poisons her many husbands with arsenic and gets away with their wealth.
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, David Clennon, Bruce McGill
BORDERLINE
Dr. Lila Colletti (Gershon) is a prison psychiatrist who left her practice to dedicate her time to rehabilitating criminals back into society. She is also fighting her husband for custody of their children. When Lila's ex-husband and his new girlfriend end up brutally murdered, Lila becomes the main suspect. Leading the police investigation is Macy Kobacek (Biehn, Havoc), who is also romantically involved with Lila. Lila is convinced that the murderer is a former patient who is obsessed with her. Did he commit the crime and set her up, or is Lila trying to put the blame on her innocent patient?
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Gina Gershon, Michael Biehn
BOTTLE ROCKET
Three endearing slackers are the anti-heroes of this skewered yet sweet comedy. One is just out of a mental institution, the other is a wannabe thief and the third is rich but neurotic. Together, they're off on the road to camaraderie plus a little crime, a big caper, and maybe a little romance.
Starring: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson
CYBORG
A post-apocalypse martial arts effort that should satisfy action fans, especially those who loved post-apocalyptic flicks like "Escape From New York" and "The Road Warrior." Set in a futuristic America, it has the muscles from Brussels, Van Damme, as Gibson Rickenbacker. He's a Mad-Max type survivor who must help a half-woman, half robot hybrid, who is carrying a cure to a life threatening plague, to return home safely. Hot on her trail is baddie Fender Tremolo, who has plans to exterminate her. With the hybrid out of the way- anarchy would be unleashed upon the world through the plague - with Tremolo ready to take over as Earth's ruler. Well, not if Gibson has anything to say about it! By the way, if you find the characters names strange - it's because both lead characters are named after equipment and techniques associated with electric guitars.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn
DARK STORM
A team of scientists think they have achieved the breakthrough of a lifetime when they discover a device capable of altering an object's molecular makeup. But the fate of mankind becomes at stake when the device refuses to obey instructions and starts targeting one of their own.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, William B Davis
DEATH VALLEY
A divorced mother, her son and her boyfriend go on a road trip through Death Valley when they run into a local serial killer and must find a way to escape.
Starring: C. Hicks, Paul Lemat
DEEP RED
A young girl's blood is altered with a new protein substance called "Reds", which can offer immortality by repairing or reshaping the human body, cell by cell. Now the life of the girl is in peril as a power-crazed scientist wants to capture her at any cost, while a streetwise detective must protect her.
Starring: Joanna Pacula, Michael Biehn, John Delancie, Tobin Bell
DOOMWATCH: WINTER ANGEL
A thrilling drama starring the most unlikely of heroes: a timid university professor. After receiving a mysterious note from a nuclear scientist, Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving Soviet nuclear waste. Compelling ripped from the headlines drama that explores the dangers of the post-Cold War world.
Starring: Miles Anderson, Philip Stone, Trevor Eve
DRAGONHEART: A NEW BEGINNING
Geoff (Masterson) is a stable boy hungry for adventure, which comes his way when he discovers Drake, the Earth's last surviving dragon. He seizes this as an opportunity to be the hero he's always wanted to be, but little does he realize that being a hero comes with its fair share of dangers.
Starring: Robby Benson, Harry Van Gorkum, Chris Masterson, Rona Figueroa, Matt Hickey
EARTH VS. THE SPIDER
Security guard Quentin (Gummersall) finds newfound powers when he injects himself with a top-secret spider serum developed by the military. However, the spider in him is taking over the man. The serum is causing him to mutate into a frightening monster with an insatiable appetite for human flesh.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall
EARTHSTORM
The moon has become unstable, threatening to destroy the earth along with it. With time running out, scientists turn to one man to save them.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Dirk Benedict
EL DORADO
Two screen legends team up for the first time in this classic 1967 western directed by Howard Hawks. John Wayne plays Cole Thornton, a gunslinger hired by wealthy rancher Bart Jason (Edward Asner) to settle a feud over water rights. Wayne's old buddy, J.B. (Mitchum), is the local sheriff who talks him out of the job.
Starring: James Caan, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne
FEARLESS
When you've narrowly escaped death, what does the rest of your life mean? That's the question confronting Max Klein (Bridges) in this drama from Peter Weir. After walking away from a harrowing airplane crash, Max emerges a changed person. He begins to withdraw from his wife and family and starts to feel invincible. Soon, his only connection is with a fellow survivor who blames herself for losing her child in the crash.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez
FIREWALL
Jack Stanfield (Ford) is the head of IT security at a global bank, where he has built a powerful firewall to defend his bank against external threats. But when his family is kidnapped and held at gun point for ransom, Jack must hack into his company’s hardened IT security in order to save them.
Starring: Paul Bettany, Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
Hammer Film's fifth installment in the series sees the complete transformation of doctor into monster. Frankenstein transplants the brain of an insane doctor into his assistant's body, creating a pathetic, misshapen beast, while using blackmail and rape to control the people around him.
Starring: Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Veronica Carlson
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES
Lightning needs to strike only once in this electrifying sequel before creepy old Jason is jolted back to knife-wielding life.
Starring: C.J. Graham, Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke
HOLLOW MAN 2
A veteran soldier is turned into the ultimate assassin when an experiment to create an uber invisible soldier goes terribly wrong. Although he becomes invisible, terrible side effects plague him and spur on his quest for revenge against the government agents that turned him into this monster. In the mean time, he is searching for a sexy female biologist who may have the serum to save his life.
Starring: Christian Slater, Peter Facinelli, Laura Regan
HOPE
Amid the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the growing momentum of the Civil Rights Movement, a young girl comes of age through her search for truth and justice in a small town.
Starring: Christine Lahti, Catherine O'Hara, Jena Malone
HOUDINI
Ten years after the death of the master illusionist, Harry (Schaech) and his widow Bess (Edwards) attempt to summon his spirit with the help of a medium (Perlman). From there on, the legacy of Houdini is told in a series of flashbacks - from his poverty-stricken childhood in New York to his incredible rise to international celebrity, capturing the hearts and minds of the masses with his death-defying feats. It also takes a peep into the darker side of Houdini, a perfectionist obsessed with his craft and gaining love and respect of his mother; and his so-called "Holy War" against fraud clairvoyants.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Johnathon Schaech, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman, David Warner, George Segal, Stacey Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Grace Zabriskie, Judy Geeson
I MARRIED A MONSTER
Nick (Burgi) and Kelly (Walters) are about to have the perfect Midwestern wedding in their perfect Midwestern town. The night before the big day, Nick chances upon a glowing alien structure and is never the same again. He abstains from alcohol, is constantly glued to the television set and is suddenly very anxious for a baby. Soon, the other men in the town start to go Nick's way, clamoring for offspring from their spouses. Her attention piqued, Kelly seeks help from her Uncle Paul, and together, they get to the bottom of the mystery in this sci-fi thriller.
Starring: Richard Burgi, Susan Walters, Barbara Niven
IN THE COMPANY OF SPIES
A CIA agent holding vital information is captured by Korean officials. The CIA recalls veteran agent, Kevin Jefferson (Berenger), out of retirement to rescue the captured agent and retrieve the secret information.
Starring: Ron Silver, Tom Berenger, Alice Krige
INTRUSION CAMBODIA
Richard Harrison and Vic Vargas star in this drama about the unspeakable atrocities of the war in Cambodia.
Starring: Vic Vargas, Richard Harrison
JARHEAD
War may be hell, but for a Marine sniper and his fellow grunts, it is boredom that drives them to the brink of madness in this compelling drama set during the Desert Storm – the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as "Swoff," a third-generation enlisted man whose intense training can't prepare him or his mates for the oppressive heat and boredom that awaits them in the Middle East, thanks to a war that was fought and won primarily through air strikes.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard
KIDNAPPED IN PARADISE
When Beth Emerson (Fisher) visits her sister Megan (Ross) on a Caribbean island, a holiday in paradise is what she is looking forward to. Unfortunately, her best laid plans turn into a nightmare when Megan is kidnapped by a band of modern-day pirates while her fiancé Jack, is shot. Beth must now race against time to find the pirates before Megan's life runs out.
Starring: Charlotte Ross, Joely Fisher, Kerry Corcoran
KING SOLOMON'S MINES
Adventurer Allen Quatermain must locate King Solomon's mines before the bad guys get to it.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, Richard Chamberlain, Ken Gampu
KINGPIN
From the guys who gave us "Dumb And Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary", here comes another side-splitting comedy that will leave you rolling in the aisles. Roy Munson (Harrelson) is an embittered ex-bowling champ with a rubber hand, whose career has been blighted by a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken (Murray). His chance for redemption comes in the form of Ishmael Boorg (Quaid), a potential ace. The time for the annual championships rolls around and the stage is set for some hilarious bowling action. Gross, lewd and extremely funny, this film scores a perfect strike.
Starring: Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Woody Harrelson
KINJITE
Charles Bronson plays an angry vice cop that has to search the criminal underworld of Los Angeles for a Japanese businessman's abducted daughter.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez
KISS KISS, BANG BANG
Harry Lockhart (Downey Jr), a petty thief with a good heart, stumbles upon an audition while he's being chased by cops, and gets selected to act as a detective. He witnesses a murder with a real-life private eye, Gay Perry (Val Kilmer), and a struggling actress, Harmony Lane (Monaghan). Together, the trio must put their wits together to solve the crime.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan
LAND RAIDERS
Telly Savalas plays a greedy rancher who is stealing land from Apaches and feuding with his younger brother (George Maharis).
Starring: Telly Savalas
MICHAEL COLLINS
Michael Collins (Neeson) is an Irish Republican Army member. Together with his band of loyal followers, he fights the British empire to a standstill with the signing of a treaty that will establish Ireland as a free state. Unfortunately, he's faced with tremendous opposition from the Irish President Eamon De Valera (Rickman), whose refusal to support the treaty and decision to boycott the talks leads to a series of tragic events.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn
MIDWAY
The cast list for this action blockbuster reads like a who's who of Hollywood greats. The film traces the days leading up to - and the aftermath - of the great World War Two sea battle of Midway, one of America's most vulnerable Pacific bases, and a strategic target for the enemy. They don't make war movies like this anymore.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston
MONDAY NIGHT MAYHEM
When the league pitched its sports series "Monday Night Football" to three television networks, only ABC gave it a second look. It was up to Roone Arledge (Heard) to make it an unprecedented sports phenomenon. Putting a ragtag team of sports announcers together, they kick off to a bad start, but his team soon discovers a chemistry that builds to a crowd-pleasing crescendo. When Frank Gilford (Anderson) joins the group, the show goes through the ratings roof and they become sports gods who are worshipped more than the game itself. Eventually, their egos grow to the size of melons, nerves get frayed and they go their separate ways, but not without leaving "Monday Night Football" to end off on a high note.
Starring: John Turturro, John Heard, Kevin Anderson
MORTAL THOUGHTS
A long-suffering wife, Joyce Urbanski (Headly), kills her abusive husband, James (Willis), while her best friend, Cynthia (Moore), helps her to cover up the crime. At least, that's the story the friend spins in this twisty suspense drama. James was a vicious creep who deserved to die, but did his wife really kill him? One detective, John Woods (Keitel), is determined to uncover the truth.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Demi Moore
MURDER IN PARADISE
Charlie Raski (Kilner) is a burned-out New York cop who goes to Hawaii to soak in some sun, sea and alcohol; and to forget his last case: a serial killer whom he couldn't stop. However, bad luck seems to follow him everywhere. When a series of similar murders begins to occur in Hawaii, the Honolulu police approach him for help. As the bizarre killings continue, Raski finds himself the prime suspect in the murder investigation. Now, in order to clear his name, he must find the killer and finish what he started in New York.
Starring: Kevin Kilner, Maggie Han, Mako
NINJA III THE DOMINATION
There is something new in the mysterious realm of the ninja. A beautiful American woman becomes possessed by an evil ninja spirit when a magic sword is passed on to her. Unable to control the power within her, the woman is transformed into a vengeful killer. Fierce swordplay, martial arts and laser effects combine for an unusual action fantasy.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey
NOT MY LIFE
During a routine check-up, Alison (Monroe) is kidnapped and drugged by her doctor to make her forget her real husband and child and think he is her husband. However, years later, her visions return. Will she be able to clear her head enough to piece the puzzle together and nail the doctor?
Starring: Meredith Monroe, Michael Woods
OCEAN'S 11
Erase any memory you might have of the recent blockbuster remake. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. collectively give George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt a run for their money in this ultra cool 60s classic. Danny Ocean (Sinatra) and the rest of the ‘rat pack’ plot to carry out the ultimate heist – a huge casino robbery in Las Vegas. Each member in the ‘rat pack’ has specific roles to play in the big job. A couple of them infiltrate the casinos and set things up from the inside, while the others prepare the explosives that will open the vaults. All the pieces of this intricate puzzle fall into place. However, as Danny's gang soon finds out - not every heist has a happy ending.
Starring: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
The arrival of a mysterious stranger sets off a chain of violence in a dusty prairie town in this epic 1969 western. Charles Bronson plays the newcomer, who gets involved in a land war between widow Claudia Cardinale and a ruthless railroad magnate. Henry Fonda, in an unusual role, plays a cold-blooded hired killer.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, Gabrielle Ferzetti
PICASSO TRIGGER
Racier, rapid-fire action from the makers of Malibu Express. It's a graphic, lusty tangle of Feds versus vicious drug kings, starring several ex-Playmates undressing from Hawaii to Dallas.
Starring: Steve Bond, Dona Speir
PLOTS WITH A VIEW
Boris Plotz (Molina) is the middle-aged mortician in a small Welsh village, who has loved Betty Rhys-Jones (Blethyn) from afar since their childhood. His chance to declare his love arrives when Betty's bedridden and shrewish mother-in-law snuffs it. Betty's town-councillor husband is having an affair with his secretary, Meredith (Watts), though good-hearted Betty refuses to expose and divorce him. Instead, Boris and Betty settle on eloping, which involves an undertaker's specialist skills. Adding to the plot's complications is rival undertaker, Frank Featherbed (Walken), who wants to drive Boris out of business with two-for-one deals and themed funerals.
Starring: Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts, Brenda Blethyn
RED ROCK WEST
Nicolas Cage plays a down-and-out drifter mistaken to be the hit man a bartender hired to kill his unfaithful wife. Taking full advantage of this situation, Michael collects the money and runs. Things go really wrong during his getaway as Michael soon runs into the real hit man.
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle
RELENTLESS
Revenge is a dish best served cold, as the Los Angeles police soon find out. Buck Taylor (Nelson) has been rejected from the police force on psychological grounds. To settle the score and soothe his ego, he holds Los Angeles in a grip of fear by committing a series of brutal murders. He taunts the LAPD by using his cop smarts to elude all who try to capture him. The only clues are torn pages from the phone book. With cynical veteran Bill Malloy (Loggia) and rookie detective Sam Dietz on the case, this cat-and-mouse game is set to end in a deadly fight to the finish.
Starring: Robert Loggia, Judd Nelson
REST STOP
A young couple, Jess and Nicole, make a pit stop at an abandoned rest stop but when Nicole comes out from the ladies, Jess has vanished. With her cell phone out of range, Nicole is left to her own devices until a mysterious motorcycle cop appears out of the blue.
Starring: Joseph Lawrence
RETURN TO THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
The editor of a fashion magazine Ariel (Righetti) and her friend Paul (Riley) are abducted by a group of treasure hunters and forced to go to a haunted house in search of an evil but valuable relic.
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino
ROAD HOUSE 2: LAST CALL
Federal agent Shane (Schaech) visits his uncle to help him defend against a crime lord who wants to take over his uncle's bar. Shane teams up with the bar staff and a local school teacher as they face impossible odds to beat the bad guys.
Starring: Jake Busey, Johnathon Schaech
ROBO WARRIORS
In the year 2036, the Earth has been dominated by a race of half-human, half-reptile creatures. That is, until a 12-year old boy finds the last Robo Warrior, a tall, mechanoid fighting machine that could help rid the invaders off the Earth.
Starring: James Remar, Kyle Howard
SEXUAL ADVANCES
Paula Pratt (Zimbalist) is a happily married career woman who is at the losing end of sexual harassment at her workplace. When her boss hits on her and she rebuffs his advances, he turns vicious, compromising her career and marriage.
Starring: Terry O'Quinn
SHOCKWAVE
A plane carrying the newest models of military robots crashes on an island and the robots escape. Designed for space exploration and combat, these robots are highly intelligent and will adapt to the environment better the longer they stay alive. Now a threat to humanity, a group of Navy Seals are sent to exterminate the robot, but when their weapons appear to be ineffective against the machines, the soldiers must rely on their wits to survive and win.
Starring: Alexandra Paul, Joe Lando, Michael Dorn
SILHOUETTE
On her way home through Texas from a business trip, architect Samantha Kimball (Dunaway) experiences car trouble that forces her to put up at a small town for the night. Restless and strolling that evening, Sam witnesses a brutal murder, but sees only the silhouette of the perpetrator. The next day the body of a cocktail waitress is found, and Sam becomes the key witness. Her extended stay takes a sinister turn as Sam herself is stalked - possibly by the killer. And then when you think it's not possible, the shadowy murderer pushes the tension up one more notch.
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Talisa Soto, John Terry, David Rasche, Carlos Gomez
SIXTY SIX
A 12-year-old Jewish boy has his coming-of-age ceremony slated on the same day that England is playing in the World Cup Finals of 66. He secretly prays for England's defeat so that his big-day will not turn up empty and the asthmatic brainy kid suddenly develops an interest in football, especially on any team that can knock England out.
Starring: David Bark-Jones, Helena Bonham-Carter
SPIDER'S WEB
Baldwin stars as Clay Harding, the son of a mega-wealthy mogul while Lauren Bishop is an efficient executive who works for him. After having intense sexual relations, they decide to embezzle the company money into a Swiss bank account. However, complications get in the way in the form of deceit, double crosses and ultimately, murder.
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Kari Wuhrer, Benjamin King, Tony Colitti
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Set in the 1920s, this chronicles the ill-fated romance of working-class high school girl, Wilma Loomis (Wood), and rich kid, Bud Stamper (Beatty). Trying their best to take their relationship slow, Bud and Wilma go through a series of unsatisfying interim romances. Troubled Wilma subsequently attempts suicide and is sent to a mental institution, while Bud impregnates a freewheeling waitress. Despite the separation, they still carry a torch for one another, but circumstances preclude their getting together.
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
STORYVILLE
A congressional candidate (Spader) wrestles with the skeletons in his family closet and his blackmailing mistress.
Starring: James Spader, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer
TAGGART
A cowboy avenges his parents' death but ends up running from bounty hunters.
Starring: Tony Young, Dan Duryea
THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR GETAWAY
The true story of the 1978 heist of a Lufthansa Airlines cargo in New York's Kennedy Airport in which ten million dollars was stolen.
Starring: John Mahoney, Karen Young, Tony Lobianco
THE BIG RED ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION
A grizzled World War II sergeant leads a battalion of soldiers through the battlefields of Europe in this sprawling, old-fashioned war drama. Mark Hamill plays a frightened young soldier discovering the perils that infantrymen face in their struggle to survive and avoid death.
Starring: Lee Marvin, Robert Carradine, Mark Hamill
THE CON
A lonely and nerdy gas station attendant (Macy) in Mississippi is about to inherit a lot of money, but he doesn't know it yet. A con woman (De Mornay), however, does and she plots to get hooked up with the gas attendant in advance! But when the con starts to fall apart, will this be the end of their relationship or will the two of them discover true love?
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, William H. Macy, Mike Nussbaum
THE CONCORDE...AIRPORT '79
In this last installment of the airport series, the plane doomed for disaster is now the supersonic Concorde, the mega deluxe model of all passenger aircrafts. This plane however has several problems to contend with en route to its destination: an unscrupulous industrialist who is bent on selling arms to foreign nationals, the journalist who is bent on exposing him, nuclear missiles and to add more color to the fiasco, a Russian Olympics team! George Kennedy returns as the hapless control tower manager who tries to get yet another plane safely on the ground.
Starring: George Kennedy, Susan Blakely, Alain Delon
THE CONTRACTOR
Former CIA marksman, James Dial (Snipes) is persuaded back into action to take out a terrorist. He is however betrayed and framed for killing a policeman. James goes into hiding and befriends a 12-year old girl.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lena Headey
THE HARD CORPS
Van Damme is back as an-ex Desert Storm special forces guy who is hired to protect a retired heavyweight boxing champ turned entrepreneur. But complications arise when the bodyguard falls for the sister of his boss.
Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Jean-Claude Van Damme
THE NIGHT WALKER
Haunted by recurring dreams of being stalked by her dead husband, she shares her dreams with her lawyer but is met with disbelief. She soon realizes there is more to her dead husband than meets the eye in this thriller.
Starring: R. Taylor, B. Stanwyck
THE NUN'S STORY
Audrey Hepburn gives a fine performance as a young woman who enters a convent and learns all that she must relinquish - her possessions, her family and friends, her memories and most of all, her individual will. Her faith and self-restraint are tested during stints in a Belgian insane asylum and a hospital in the Congo. But World War II turns out to be the greatest test of all.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
THE PERFECT WEAPON
In his motion picture debut, Jeff Speakman plays a master of kenpo karate with a unique code of honor. After years on the road, he comes home only to find his mentor murdered. In a bloody and thrilling quest for vengeance, he confronts one of the deadliest men alive.
Starring: Jeff Speakman
THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL
Based on the Terrence Rattigan play "The Sleeping Prince," Charles, Prince Regent of Carpathia (Olivier), is in London to attend the 1911 coronation of King George V. Ditzy American chorus girl Elsie Marina (Monroe) performs in a West End revue and catches Charles' eye. The Prince arranges for Elsie to attend an "intimate supper" at his hotel suite. Although Elsie successfully wards off Charles' advances, she drinks too much bubbly and ends up falling asleep. When morning comes, Charles is anxious to show Elsie the door. She, however, has fallen for the Prince.
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe
THE SPIRAL ROAD
Rock Hudson stars as Dr. Anton Drager, an atheist who travels with his wife Els (Rowlands) to the jungles of Java in 1936. Drager becomes an assistant to a doctor who is famous for treating lepers, but Drager wants to use the doctor’s reputation for his own fame and fortune. However, when Drager encounters black magic from a native witch doctor, he is forced to re-evaluate his life.
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Rock Hudson, Burl Ives
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI
Legendary special effects animator Ray Harryhausen was instrumental in bringing to the screen this tale by King Kong author Willis H. O'Brien, about a circus promoter who finds a strange Mexican valley where time has stopped. A one-foot tall horse leads the promoter and the group of cowboys to unleash a Gwangi -a prehistoric T-Rex dinosaur hiding in the western wilderness. After they capture the prehistoric creature and put him on display in the circus, the beast escapes. Valley of Gwangi features some of Harryhausen's best work.
Starring: James Franciscus
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Mars attacks Earth - with spectacularly vivid results - in this classic movie version of the H.G. Wells novel. The convincing creation of fantastic space ships, martian weaponry, demolished cities, burnt landscapes and terrifying alien creatures earned the 1953 Oscar for Special Effects.
Starring: Gene Barry, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite, Henry Brandon, Jack Kruschen
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED
Robert Redford and Natalie Wood headline this sexually charged Depression-era drama inspired by Tennessee William's play. Redford plays Owen Legate, a railroad official who's come to backwater Dodson, Mississippi, with a pocketful of pink slips for the yard employees to shut the railway down. Wood portrays the town flirt whose affair with Legate ignites her mother's – and the town's – revenge.
Starring: Robert Redford, Natalie Wood
TO CATCH A THIEF
A jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and evidence points to retired cat burglar, John Robie (Grant). John escapes to the Cote D'Azur, where he is greeted with hostility by his old partners in crime. However, they too, are in danger of arrest thanks to this new crime wave. Grant pleads innocence, and vows to find out who has been copying his distinctive style. With the reluctant aid of a detective, John starts keeping tabs on the wealthiest vacationers on the Riviera, with the hopes of catching the real thief in the act.
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
TURBULENCE
A flight attendant is left to battle for control of a plane after its pilots are killed by two escaped prisoners on board. But in order to succeed, she must first survive a violent storm and beat the dangerous prisoners at their game.
Starring: Lauren Holly, Hector Elizondo, Ray Liotta
TWO FOR THE MONEY
The big-bucks world of sports gambling is the scene in this highly-charged story about a betting advisor and his star odds-maker. Walter Abrams (Pacino) is the owner of a sports betting hotline that caters to high rollers. He employs former college football star, Brandon Lang (McConaughey), and soon discovers that his new recruit has a knack for handicapping football games. Their instant bond leads to enormous success, but is it strong enough to weather the inevitable hard knocks in their high-risk world?
Starring: Rene Russo, Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino
UP PERISCOPE
An underwater demolition expert (Garner) has been assigned a special mission against the Japanese during WWII – to get smuggled into a Japanese controlled island to take photos of radio codes. But first he must take on his "by the book" commander in this suspense-filled 1959 drama.
Starring: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Hale
WALKING TALL: LONE JUSTICE
After cleaning up his hometown, Nick (Sorbo) retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her 12-year old daughter. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war where no one can be trusted.
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Yvette Nipar
WHEN DANGER FOLLOWS YOU HOME
Anne Werden, a compassionate psychiatric intern, is arrested after the death of her troubled young patient. When Anne's son is kidnapped, she must single-handedly clear her name, save her child and stop a conspiracy of embezzlement and murder.
Starring: Jobeth Williams, Bill Switzer
WHITE CHRISTMAS
All right, all together now – I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the one I used to know. Yep, that Bing Crosby yuletide favorite and other delightful seasonal tunes are featured in this classic 1954 romantic comedy about a couple of Army buddies who become a top notch musical comedy team.
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye
WITHOUT WARNING
A simulated news broadcast inspired by Orson Welles’ classic radio broadcast of ‘The War of the Worlds’, this movie shows what it would be like if aliens invaded Earth. After meteors strike, there is mounting evidence that alien beings are out to destroy major cities and take over the world.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, Sander Vanocur, Arthur C. Clarke
WITNESS
Cop John Book (Ford) encounters in his investigation of a drugland murder a witness within the Amish community, an eight-year-old Amish boy. When the boy and Book's lives are in danger, they hide in the relative safety of the community. The boy's young mother, Rachel (McGillis) and Book grow romantically attracted to each other. The policeman's violent 20th century background and the mother's pacifist views make for a fascinating conflict.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis
YOUNG HERCULES
The Hercules we know today is confident and heroic. But it was not always so. At 17, Hercules is a confused teenager, torn between his mortal and godly identities. Observing this, his mother enrolls him at an academy run by a Centaur - a half/man, half/horse creature. Others at the academy include a prince, a beautiful young girl with a past and a conniving man. Together, this young group of warriors set off on long voyages in search of new and astounding adventures.
Starring: Ian Bohen, Dean O'Gorman
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