The 51st State 2001  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Formula 51
Director: Ronny Yu
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Rhys Ifans, Sean Pertwee, Anna Keaveney, Ricky Tomlinson, Jake Abraham, Paul Barber, Ade, Angus MacInnes
"Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive" is a lesson about to be learned by kilt-clad chemist Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) who heads for England to market his own illegal drug called POS-51.
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The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew 1983  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Strange Brew
Director: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas
Cast: Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley, Lynne Griffin, Angus MacInnes, Tom Harvey, Mel Blanc, Douglas Campbell, Brian McConnachie, Angus MacInnes, Len Doncheff, Jill Frappier, David Beard
How would you control patients in a mental hospital? Bob McKenzie (Rick Moranis) thinks he has found the solution; provide them beer tainted with a drug to control the mind. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis leave TV to team up in this funny, but simple-minded, movie.
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Atlantic City 1980  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Robert Goulet, Wallace Shawn, Angus MacInnes, Moses Znaimer, Sean Sullivan, Harvey Atkin, Norma Dell'Agnese, Louis Del Grande
Struggling, Atlantic City casino worker Sally (Susan Sarandon) becomes a partner with aging gangster Lou (Burt Lancaster) in a plot to make some easy money through the selling of drugs. Big problems arise when her estranged husband (Robert Joy) is killed, and the Mafia targets Sally. Lou steps in and saves Sally and, at the same time, proves to himself that he still has gangster skills. The film was nominated for several Oscars including Best Picture, Actor (Lancaster), Actress (Sarandon), and Director.
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 The Black Dahlia 2006 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Fiona Shaw, Mike Starr, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Troy Evans, Pepe Serna, Angus MacInnes, Rachel Miner
Based on James Ellroy's novel about a real-life Los Angeles murder case when Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) was brutally murdered and grotesquely mutilated, this film is fiction but uses details from the still unsolved 1947 case. Ex-boxers, now LAPD detectives Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) investigate the murder in their unique ways. Bucky dumps girlfriend Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson) when he comes under the spell of the beautiful bisexual, Madeleine (Hilary Swank), who, it turns out, once slept with Elizabeth. Then there are the drugs and police corruption that enter the picture in this difficult case.
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A Father's Revenge 1988 R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Ron Silver, Joanna Cassidy, Anthony Valentine, Christoph M. Ohrt, Claudia Matschulla, Alexander Radszun, Angus MacInnes, Arnfried Lerche, Matthew Burton
German terrorists kidnap the crew of a U.S. airplane and demand release of colleagues being held by authorities. Frustrated with the slowness of diplomacy, the father (Brian Dennehy) of one of the flight attendants flies to Germany to take matters into his own hands. He hires a mercenary (Ron Silver) to help in the rescue effort. Made for TV.
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Half Moon Street 1986  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Bob Swaim
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Ram John Holder, Niall O'Brien, Nadim Sawalha, Angus MacInnes, Keith Buckley, Faith Kent, Ann Hanson, Patrick Newman, Vincent Lindon, Muriel Villiers, Michael Elwyn, Ninka Scott
While stationed in London, American government employee Dr. Lauren Slaughter (Sigourney Weaver) decides to increase her income by performing as an "escort service" in her spare time. All goes well until she meets Lord Sam Bulbeck (Michael Caine), and they form a bond. Unbeknownst to Lauren, she becomes a pawn in Lord Bulbeck's dealings with a powerful group of wealthy Arabs when wealthy sheik Karim Hatami (Nadim Sawalha) showers her with attention and gifts.
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 Hellbound: Hellraiser II 1988 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Action / Drama / Fantasy
aka: Hellraiser II
Director: Tony Randel
Cast: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, Sean Chapman, William Hope, Doug Bradley, Barbie Wilde, Simon Bamford, Nicholas Vince, Oliver Smith, Angus MacInnes, Deborah Joel, James Tillitt, Bradley Lavelle
Kirsty and Tiffany (Ashley Laurence and Clare Higgins) are in BIG trouble when doctor Channard (Kenneth Cranham) opens the gates of Hell, and they are next seen flailing down hospital corridors–the victims of the underworld Cenobite demons.
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 Hellboy 2004 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Corey Johnson, Doug Jones, Biddy Hodson, David Hyde Pierce, Angus MacInnes, Brian Caspe, Brian Steele, Ladislav Beran, Kevin Trainor
During World War II, the Nazis conjured up a red-skinned devil baby. U.S. soldiers rescued him, named him Hellboy, and Professor Bruttenholm (John Hurt) took him under his wing. Flash ahead in time; seven-feet-tall Hellboy (Ron Perlman) is now a muscular, cigar-chomping spewer of one-liners who sports a red tail. Although he doesn't fit the typical description of an agent, the FBI uses him as their special weapon to protect the U.S. against supernatural powers.
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Outland 1981 R, 109 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham, Clarke Peters, Steven Berkoff, John Ratzenberger, Hal Galili, Angus MacInnes
There is drug smuggling taking place on the third moon of Jupiter. But, the world should rest easy because the Marshal (Sean Connery) is on the trail of evil and will save the day.
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 Rollerball 1975 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley, Ralph Richardson, Shane Rimmer, Burt Kwouk, Angus MacInnes, Barbara Trentham, John Normington, Nancy Bleier, Richard LeParmentier, Robert Ito
The year is 2018, and crime and wars have ended–corporations, not nations, rule the world. Rollerball is supported by those in power as a futuristic sport combining danger and excitement and is allowed because it gives society a release from pent-up hostilities and teaches the power of teamwork. Corporate executives ask champion rollerball player Jonathan E. (James Caan) to retire because they fear that he is so popular with the people that he has power over them. When Jonathan E. refuses to retire, the rules of the game are changed to make rollerball a fight to the death. But even that does not stop Jonathan E. from participating with his teammates in the sport of rollerball.
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The Sender 1982 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman, Marsha A. Hunt, Sean Hewitt, Harry Ditson, Angus MacInnes, Al Matthews, Jana Sheldon, Olivier Pierre, Tracy Harper, Manning Redwood, John Stephen Hill, Monica Buford
A psychiatrist, Gail Farmer (Kathryn Harrold), deals with a suicidal patient who she dubs "John Doe" (Zeljko Ivanek) when he is put under her care. As he mysteriously disappears and then reappears, "John Doe" telepathically sends his thoughts into the minds of doctors and patients at the hospital. The hospital turns into a nightmare situation as Gail tries to help "John Doe" and solve the problems he appears to be causing.
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Spasms 1983  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Death Bite
Director: William Fruet
Cast: Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman, Marilyn Lightstone, George Bloomfield, Miguel Fernandez, Angus MacInnes, Laurie Brown, Gerard Parkes
Oliver Reed stars as a millionaire hunter who appears to be on the same telepathic wavelength with a deadly serpent he encounters in the forest. Peter Fonda plays a psychologist called into the case to examine the phenomenon. No, thanks.
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 Witness 1985  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Danny Glover, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Brent Jennings, Frederick Rolf, John Garson, Beverly May, Ed Crowley
When an Amish mother Rachel Lapp (Kelly McGillis) is returning home from a trip, her young son Samuel (Lukas Haas) witnesses a brutal murder in a men's room. Police Captain John Book (Harrison Ford) is sent to the family home to protect the boy from the killers, and romance follows. The film won Academy Awards for Best Writing and Film Editing and received six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
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| 1. The 51st State (2001)
aka: Formula 51
2. The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)
aka: Strange Brew
3. Atlantic City (1980)
4. The Black Dahlia (2006)
5. A Father's Revenge (1988)
6. Half Moon Street (1986)
7. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
aka: Hellraiser II
8. Hellboy (2004)
9. Outland (1981)
10. Rollerball (1975)
11. The Sender (1982)
12. Spasms (1983)
aka: Death Bite
13. Witness (1985)
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