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Director: Robert Zemeckis    More Info
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Scott Coffey, Mary Stuart Masterson, Stan Freberg, Annie Potts, Mercedes McCambridge, Billy Beck, Tom Bresnahan, Scott Menville, Marshall Efron

 Two more stories from the Spielberg TV series are provided: "Go to the Head of the Class," concerns two students who get back at their sadistic teacher, and "Family Dog" is an animated film of a suburban family as seen through the eyes of their dog.

Director: Alan Parker    More Info
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fountelieu, Brownie McGhee, Michael Higgins, Kathleen Wilhoite, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Elizabeth Whitcraft

 Private investigator Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is sent to Harlem to meet Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) who hires him to locate aging 1940s' singer Johnny Favorite who, long ago, reneged on a debt to Cyphre. The trail leads Angel into the backwoods of Louisiana where he meets Epiphany Proudfoot (Lisa Bonet), the daughter of a voodoo priestess. Epiphany and Angel engage in wild sex amidst voodoo rituals and dead bodies as Angel pursues in his quest for the missing Johnny Favorite.

Director: Yurek Bogayevicz    More Info
Starring: Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Gibby Brand, John Robert Tillotson, Joe Aufiery, Larry Pine, Charles Randall, Mimi Weddell, Julianne Gilliam

 When Krystyna (Paulina Porizkova) migrates from Czechoslovakia to NYC with neither money nor the ability to speak English, she tracks down her idol, middle-aged actress Anna (Sally Kirkland), who had once been a film star. Anna takes Krystyna under her wing and leads her to success as an actress.

Director: Robert Altman    More Info
Starring: Theresa Russell, John Hurt, Nicola Swain, Jack Kayle, Buck Henry, Anita Morris, Beverly D'Angelo, Julie Hagerty, Genevieve Page, Bridget Fonda

 Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy"), Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H"), Ken Russell ("Altered States") and seven other well-known directors each interpreted a different aria in this film about opera. Each of the 10 segments is unique.

Director: Louis Malle    More Info
Starring: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Irene Jacob, Francois Negret

 This film is based on an autobiographical event of Louis Malle's childhood that occurred during the Nazi occupation of his French hometown during World War II.

Director: Gabriel Axel    More Info
Starring: Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Vibeke Hastrup, Hanne Stensgaard, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Ghita Norby, Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

 This winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Film is set in the 19th century and concerns two elderly Danish sisters–Philippa and Martine (Birgitte Federspiel and Bodil Kjer)–who take in a Parisian political refugee, Babette (Stephane Audran). Through flashbacks, the story shows young Philippa and Martine (played by Hanne Stensgaard and Vibeke Hastrup) giving up their chances at romance and following their father's desire for them to remain with him and to serve their church. Years after their father dies, Philippa and Martine celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday and agree to let Babette prepare a grand feast for the elders of their church. At the celebration, Babette offers the sisters a wonderful surprise that will give them a second chance at life.

Director: Charles Shyer    More Info
Starring: Diane Keaton, Sam Wanamaker, Harold Ramis, Pat Hingle, Sam Shepard, James Spader, Britt Leach, Victoria Jackson, Mary Gross, Kim Sebastian

 Diane Keaton is terrific as acronym-spouting, upwardly mobile executive J.C. Wiatt who becomes the mother of an adorable baby girl who she inherits from her cousin. When she eventually must choose between work and her growing love for the baby, she moves to Vermont and starts a successful baby food company. Sam Shepard plays the friendly vet, Dr. Jeff Cooper, who loves her.

Director: Gilbert Cates    More Info
Starring: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Dean Paul Martin, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey, Dinah Manoff, Virginia Capers, Philip Sterling

 A Vietnam vet, Donny (Jeff Fahey), who is suffering from shell shock, is diabolically and systematically being destroyed through psychological means that threaten his marriage to Mara (Karen Allen). The question is: Who is the culprit?

Director: Percy Adlon    More Info
Starring: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aquilar, G. Smokey Campbell, Hans Stadlbauer, Alan S. Craig

 During a trip to the California Desert, a Bavarian couple–Jasmin (Marianne Sagebrecht) and her husband (Hans Stadlbauer)–runs into problems, and Jasmin leaves her husband. After roaming across the desert, Jasmin ends up at the Bagdad Cafe where she is befriended by the manager, Brenda (CCH Pounder). Jasmin and Brenda become best friends and turn the decrepit Bagdad Cafe into a popular spot that features Jasmine as its star performer–and she catches the eye of artist Rudy Cox (Jack Palance) who wants to paint Jasmine's portrait.

Director: Barbet Schroeder    More Info
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Jack Nance, Joe Unger, Sandy Martin, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Fritz Feld

 This is the story of alcoholic writer Henry Chinasky (Mickey Rourke) who hangs around in a neighborhood bar where barfly Willa (Faye Dunaway) works. Willa also drinks too much and is thought to be more than a little bit crazy. Henry and Faye set off on a weird relationship involving irrational behavior, and Henry moves in with her. Later, book publisher Tully Sorenson (Alice Krige) becomes interested in Henry and wants to publish his writings. As she tries to help Henry out of his drinking problems, they end up in bed together. A cat fight at the bar between Wanda and Fay ends with Henry toasting the patrons with a drink. Written by Charles Bukowski and based on his own experiences.

Director: Carl Schenkel    More Info
Starring: Tim Matheson, Pamela Sue Martin, Woody Harrelson, Barbara Billingsley, Jeff Conaway, Susan Ruttan, James Sikking, Inga Swenson, Nigel Bennett, Patrick Brymer

 Newlyweds Jerry and Linda (Tim Matheson and Pamela Sue Martin) move to Bay Coven, a small, remote village and become interested in the town's history, which involves witch trials. But soon their interest turns to fear as the witches arrive at their home and want the couple to join them–or else. Made for TV.

Director: John Schlesinger    More Info
Starring: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin, Lee Richardson, Richard Masur, Jimmy Smits, Carla Pinza

 Rituals of child sacrifice by members of a voodoo cult are investigated by police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) who feels the supernatural influences of the weird sect.

Director: Peter Greenaway    More Info
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Vanni Corbellini, Alfredo Varelli, Stefania Casini, Geoffrey Copleston, Francesco Carnelutti, Marino Mase

 American architect Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy) travels to Italy with his young, pregnant wife, Louisa (Chloe Webb), where they plan to spend months while Stourley oversees an art and architecture exhibit. But, Stourley begins suffering stomach pains, doesn't have much time for Louisa, and Louisa turns to the waiting arms of suave Caspasian Speckler (Lambert Wilson).

Director: Joe Camp    More Info
Starring: Red Steagall, Frank Inn, Mike Francis, Nancy Francis, Karen Thorndyke, Steve Zanolini, Joe Camp, Ben Vaughn

 Benji and his master (Frank Inn) are separated following a boating accident in the Northwest. Benji survives and ends up in the Oregon wilderness where he must fend for himself until he can find his master who is also searching for him. Along the way, a hunter (Red Steagall) kills a cougar, and Benji rescues her orphaned cougar cubs from all sorts of danger.

Director: John Flynn    More Info
Starring: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar, George Coe, Anne Pitoniak

 A popular author (as well as a cop) who can't write forms a strange bond with a hit man who wants him to write his biography.

Director: John Woo    More Info
Starring: Dean Shek, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Kwan Shan, Regina Kent, Lung Ming Yan, Shing Fui-On

 Following the highly successful "A Better Tomorrow," John Woo brings a sequel that is filled with intense scenes as twin brothers, aided by two other brothers, seek revenge on a notorious gang.

Director: Tony Scott    More Info
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Dean Stockwell, Allen Garfield, Paul Reiser, Robert Ridgely

 Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back in this sequel to the first movie. When Axel learns that Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) had been shot, he heads back to Beverly Hills and visits Bogomil in the hospital. Again, he teams up with Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton). Now Axel is up against arms dealer Maxwell Dent (Jurgen Prochnow) who has made the mistake of sending Karla Fry (Brigitte Nielsen) to shoot Bogomil. Lots of guns and action.

Director: Amanzio Todini    More Info
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Tiberio Murgia, Francesco De Rosa, Giorgio Gobbi, Clelia Rondinella, Gina Rovere, Alessandra Panelli, Alessandro Gassman, Giovanni Lombardo Radice

 In this sequel to the 1958 film, Tiberio (Marcello Mastroianni) is now released from prison but is unable to find work, so he reluctantly teams up again with Peppe (Vittorio Gassman) and aids him in a smuggling job.

Director: Jim McBride    More Info
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, Ebbe Roe Smith, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Marc Lawrence, Grace Zabriskie, Gailard Sartain, Charles Ludlam

 A police homicide detective and an assistant D.A. (Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin) become involved with each other while he is investigating a drug war and she is probing allegations of corruption on the New Orleans police force. An excellent thriller.

Director: Ben Bolt    More Info
Starring: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Bruce Dern, Suzy Amis, Del Close, Lolita Davidovich, David Marshall Grant

 Crapshooter J.C. Cullen comes to Chicago in search of dice games and gets involved with dangerous players AND women.

Director: Danny Huston    More Info
Starring: Colleen Dewhurst, James Sloyan, Gracie Harrison, Joseph Maher, Adam Carl, Dianne Wiest, Candace Cameron Bure, Timothy Brown, Lucy Butler, Jerry Chambers

 Not only one but Bigfoot AND his mate are encountered by an anthropologist and two kids in this Disney offering.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski    More Info
Starring: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec, Marzena Trybala, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski, Monika Gozdzik, Zygmunt Hubner, Irena Byrska

 As Witek (Boguslaw Linda) chases after a train, three events are played out: (1) he catches the train and becomes a Communist; (2) he bumps into a guard, is sent to prison, and becomes a militant; and (3) he misses the train, falls in love, and stays out of politics.

Director: Blake Edwards    More Info
Starring: Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, Mark Blum, William Daniels, Graham Stark, Joyce Van Patten, George Coe, Phil Hartman, Stephanie Faracy

 Bruce Willis is an upwardly mobile professional. Just when his blind date with eautiful blonde Nadia Gates (Kim Basinger) looks like it might be the start of something great, she has a drink and turns the night into a living hell. Not only does she almost destroy a restaurant, she has a jealous ex-boyfriend, David Bedford (John Larroquette).

Director: Jerry Rees    More Info
Starring: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day, Thurl Ravenscroft, Deanna Oliver, Phil Hartman

 Master (Timothy E. Day) is a 13-year-old boy who disappears. After waiting "2,000 days" for his return (and maintaining the house in shipshape order) household appliances set off in search of the Young Master. Good mix of humor, song, and heart in this animated film.

Director: John Wilder    More Info
Starring: Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Doug McKeon, Erin Gray, Claire Trevor, J. Eddie Peck, Parley Baer, Kristen Lux, David Denney, Norman Bennett

 College students in the 1950s make for good nostalgia, and this film does a fine job of it. It is well written and directed by John Wilder, as well as having great photography.