All Tied Up 1994  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Mark Robinson
Cast: Zach Galligan, Teri Hatcher, Lara Harris, Tracy Griffith, Edward Blatchford, Abel Folk, Melora Walters, Olivia Brown, Viviane Vives, Rachel Sweet
Brian (Zach Galligan) just can't seem to be faithful to fiancee Linda (Teri Hatcher). To teach him a lesson, Linda's friends, Kim (Lara Harris and Sharon (Tracy Griffith), take him hostage, tie him to a bed, and inflict all sorts of abuse on him–including forcing him to watch a home shopping network program. When he is released, he thinks he now knows what Linda wants.
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Art Heist 2004  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Bryan Goeres
Cast: William Baldwin, Ellen Pompeo, Abel Folk, Ed Lauter, Simon Andreu, Andres Herrera, Roger Delmont, Diego Martin, Alex O'Dogherty, Madison Goeres
When art expert Sandra Walker (Ellen Pompeo) investigates an art heist at a Barcelona museum in which an expensive painting was stolen, she leaves her daughter with estranged husband Bruce (William Baldwin) in New York. When Sandra uncovers the work of a Russian mobster, and her life is threatened, NYPD detective Bruce flies in to help with the case.
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The Cheetah Girls 2 2006 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical / Drama
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Raven-Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams, Lynn Whitfield, Belinda, Lori Anne Alter, Abel Folk, Kim Manning, Golan Yosef, Peter Vives Newey, Rosana Pastor
The Cheetah Girls are back. This sequel is full of flava as the girl group jets off to Spain to participate in a musical festival. The girls are in awe and enjoying the beautiful scenery together, but slowly they drift apart. Galleria (Raven) wants the group to practice, practice, practice; Chanel (Adrienne Bailon) finds a new friend in fellow singer Marisol (Belinda); Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan) has her eye on a hot dancer (Golan Yosef); and Aqua (Kiely Williams) decides that fashion is her new passion. Again, the Cheetahs learn about themselves and how hard the journey to stardom truly is. (Review by LW)
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 The Dancer Upstairs 2002  R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Malkovich
Cast: Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Minguez, Alexandra Lencastre, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra, Javier Manrique, Abel Folk, Marie-Anne Verganza
Latin American policeman Rejas (Javier Bardem) tracks down a revolutionary guerilla leader while he balances his private world as a loving father, his liaison with his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher (Laura Morante), and the world of corruption in which he operates.
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Face of Terror 2003 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Bryan Goeres
Cast: Rick Schroder, Paulina Galvez, Sergi Mateu, Abel Folk, Eric Balfour, Kadeem Hardison, Rachael E. Stevens, Kirk B.R. Woller, Dean Haglund
While searching in Spain for his missing sister, LAPD police officer Nick Harper (Rick Schroder) uncovers a terrorist group that uses American girls as human bombs.
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Savage Grace 2008 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Kalin
Cast: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Anne Reid, Belen Rueda, Hugh Dancy, Simon Andreu, Jim Arnold, Barney Clarke, Abel Folk, Mapi Galan, Lina Lambert, Minnie Marx
This six-part screenplay, based on a true story, takes place in Paris, Spain, Mallorca, and London during a period from 1946 to 1972. The plot follows the lives of Barbara Baekeland (Julianne Moore) and her son Tony (Barney Clarke as a child and Eddie Redmayne as an adult). Tony's father, Brooks (Stephen Dillane), thinks that his son is a failure, but over the years Barbara and Tony grow close–in fact, they even become lovers who sleep not only with each other but with bisexual Sam (Hugh Dancy) as well. The disintegration of the Baekeland family continues with disastrous results.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Christopher Evan Welch, Chris Messina, Kevin Dunn, Julio Perillan, Zak Orth, Pablo Schreiber, Josep Maria Domenech, Abel Folk, Carrie Preston, Manel Barcelo
Americans Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are best friends vacationing at the Barcelona home of Vicky's aunt, Judy (Patricia Clarkson), and her husband Mark (Kevin Dunn). Vicky is studious and engaged to level-headed Doug (Chris Messina). Cristina, on the other hand, is a free spirit in search of love. They meet an artist, Juan Antonio (Javier Barden) who invites them to join him for a menage a trois in the town of Oviedo. Christina thinks that is a great idea, moves in with Juan, but ends up in a messy situation when his ex-wife Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) arrives on the scene and takes up residence with them because she needs Juan's company after a failed suicide attempt. Meanwhile, Vicky, who had gone along for the trip, ends up in a one-night stand with Juan after having a few drinks, and that one night might give Vicky second thoughts about her visiting fiance Doug. Good Woody Allen fare. Penelope Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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| 1. All Tied Up (1994)
2. Art Heist (2004)
3. The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
4. The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
5. Face of Terror (2003)
6. Savage Grace (2008)
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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