Attack Force 2006   R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Michael Keusch
Cast: Steven Seagal, Mark Dymond, David Kennedy, Matthew Chambers, Adam Croasdell, Lisa Lovbrand, Andrew Bicknell, Iliana Lazariuc, Del Synnott, Florian Ghimpu, Serban Celea
After Marshall Lawson's (Steven Seagal) strike team is attacked and killed in a small French town, Marshall investigates and uncovers a covert military operation involving chemical warfare. Marshall's discovery endangers the drug operation, and now military leaders want to eliminate Marshall.
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Billy the Kid 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Val Kilmer, Duncan Regehr, Wilford Brimley, Julie Carmen, Michael Parks, Clark A. Ray, Albert Salmi, Mike Casper, Andrew Bicknell, Bing Blenman, Will Hannah, Richard Glover, Henry Max Kendrick, Nate Esformes, Jack Dunlap
This is Vidal's second story of Billy the Kid, the first being "The Left Handed Gun" in 1958. This one provides Vidal's account of why Billy went bad.
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 Crush 2001 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John McKay
Cast: Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty, Bill Paterson, Caroline Holdaway, Joe Roberts, Josh Cole, Gary Powell, Christian Burgess, Andrew Bicknell, Morris Perry, Roger Booth, Richenda Carey, Derek Deadman
Three single friends–headmistress Kate (Andie MacDowell), police inspector Janine (Imelda Staunton), and gynecologist Molly (Anna Chancellor)–have been meeting weekly to console each other. But, the consolation turns to jealousy when Kate embarks on an affair with a much younger man, Jed Willis (Kenny Doughty).
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A Dog of Flanders 1999  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Kevin Brodie
Cast: Jack Warden, Jeremy James Kissner, Jesse James, Jon Voight, Cheryl Ladd, Steven Hartley, Bruce McGill, Andrew Bicknell, Farren Monet, Antje de Boeck, Deborah Pollitt, James Garde, Madylin Sweeten, Dirk Lavryssen, Michel Vanderlinden
Set in the 18th century, this is Marie Louise de la Ramee's children's story about an orphan, Nello (Jesse James), living with his beloved dog and grandfather, Jehan Daas (Jack Warden). Nello dreams of becoming an artist, and he gets encouragement from his best friend Aloise (Madylin Sweeten) and from a famous artist Michel La Grande (Jon Voight). Years later, Nello (now played by Jeremy James Kissner) enters an art competition, which he loses. Nello is upset and leaves home on a difficult journey that will help him understand the values of life.
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Heidi 1993 G, 190 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes
Cast: Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, Patricia Neal, Noley Thornton, Sian Phillips, Lexi Randall, Jane Hazlegrove, Andrew Bicknell, Benjamin Brazier, Basil Hoskins
The Disney folks bring the classic tale to TV and video with Noley Thornton in the title role, Jane Seymour as the nasty governess, and Jason Robards as Heidi's grandfather. Satisfactory performances throughout.
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The Whipping Boy 1994  G, 96 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
Director: Sydney Macartney
Cast: Truan Munro, Nic Knight, George C. Scott, Karen Salt, Andrew Bicknell, Kevin Conway, Vincent Schiavelli, Mathilda May, Jean Anderson, Nicolas Amer
This is a pretty good Disney family film that revolves around a growing friendship between a prince and a "whipping boy" that the prince talked his father, the king, into using to take the prince's punishment when discipline was needed. Based on Sid Fleischman's children's book.
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| 1. Attack Force (2006)
2. Billy the Kid (1989)
aka: Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
3. Crush (2001)
4. A Dog of Flanders (1999)
5. Heidi (1993)
6. The Whipping Boy (1994)
aka: Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
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