The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips, Morgan Woodward, Azizi Johari, Meade Roberts, John Kullers, Al Ruban, Virginia Carrington
Hollywood nightclub owner Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara) is in deep trouble with the mob and is in over his head because of gambling. To clear his debt, he agrees to be a hit man, and his victim is to be a Chinese bookie.
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Love Streams 1984  PG-13, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel, Margaret Abbott, Jakob Shaw, Michele Conway, Eddy Donno, Joan Foley, Al Ruban
Sister and brother–Sarah Lawson (Gena Rowlands) and Robert Harmon (John Cassavetes)–appear to have quite diverse personalities, but each seeks love amidst life's harsh realities.
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Swamp Thing 1982  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight, Dick Durock, Al Ruban, Ben Bates, Nannette Brown, Reggie Batts, Mimi Craven, Karen Price, Bill Erickson, Dov Gottesfeld
Based on the comic book character, this is the story of Doctor Alec Holland's (Ray Wise) strange odyssey during which he turns himself into the slimy title character. Holland is trying to save the world from hunger by combining plant and animal cells. His lab is being protected by government agent Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau), but criminal mastermind Arcane (Louis Jourdan) breaks into the lab, kills Holland's sister Dr. Linda Holland (Nannette Brown) who works with him, and the formula spills on Holland. During the confusion, Alice escapes with Arcane in pursuit, and she is rescued by a green man who is actually Holland transformed by his formula into the Swamp Thing (Dick Durock).
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| 1. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
2. Love Streams (1984)
3. Swamp Thing (1982)
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