 Beat Street 1984  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Stan Lathan
Cast: Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Saundra Santiago, Lee Chamberlin, Mary Alice, Shawn Elliott, Jim Borrelli, Dean Elliott, Robert(3) Taylor, Antonia Rey, Lee Chamberlin, Franc Reyes, Tonya Pinkins
Bronx hip-hop artist Kenny (Guy Davis) and his dancer brother Lee (Robert Taylor) get involved with college music major Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong) who inspires them to use their talents as the means of rising out of the ghetto. The result is a musical production filled with rap groups, break dancers, and pop singers.
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 Gloria 1999  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Mike Starr, George C. Scott, Bonnie Bedelia, Antonia Rey, Don Billett, Sarita Choudhury
Gloria (Sharon Stone) is released from prison after taking the rap for her boyfriend, Kevin (Jeremy Northam). When she arrives at Kevin's place, she robs him and makes off with a seven-year-old boy, Nicky (Jean-Luke Figueroa), whose family has been murdered by one of Kevin's hit men. While Kevin may have written Nicky and Gloria off, this time it doesn't work because Nicky has a computer disk Kevin needs. So, the chase is on.
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 Hair 1979  PG, 121 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Richard Bright, Nicholas Ray, Charlotte Rae, Miles Chapin, Antonia Rey, Michael Jeter
In this rock musical, a draft inductee (John Savage) visits NYC where he is befriended by a group of hippies...just before he must leave for Vietnam. The impact of this film is not the same today, but it does reflect the unrest in the country during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s.
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King of the Gypsies 1978  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Judd Hirsch, Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields, Annie Potts, Annette O'Toole, Michael V. Gazzo, Antonia Rey
Based on Peter Maas' novel, this story is about Dave (Eric Roberts), the grandson of gypsy King Zharko Stepanowicz (Sterling Hayden). Although he wants to forget his heritage, Dave is forced into a feud over who can claim the gypsy crown.
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Kiss Me, Guido 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Vitale
Cast: Nick Scotti, Anthony Barrile, Anthony DeSando, Craig Chester, Domenick Lombardozzi, Molly Price, Christopher Lawford, David Deblinger, John Tormey, Antonia Rey
A heterosexual Frankie (Nick Scotti) has been unlucky in love, so he turns to the classifieds and naively answers a "GWM" ad. Unaware that Warren is gay, Frankie thinks he has a hot date. The dialogue is amusing, but the characters lack depth.
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 The Lords of Flatbush 1974 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Verona
Cast: Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Paul Mace, Susan Blakely, Maria Smith, Dolph Sweet, Ray Sharkey, Armand Assante, Antonia Rey
Four members of a Brooklyn gang, the Lords of Flatbush, strut around their territory in this pre-stardom vehicle for Sylvester Stallone. Pretty good original music score, capturing the mood of the 1950s-style movie.
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Moscow on the Hudson 1984  R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Saveli Kramarov, Elya Baskin, Paul Mazursky, Antonia Rey, Oleg Rudnik, Aleksandr Benyaminov
This is a touchingly funny story about a Russian circus performer (Robin Williams) who wanders through the Bloomingdale Department Store and becomes so enamored with the wonders found within that he decides to defect.
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Only You 1994 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens, Billy Zane, Adam LeFevre, Siobhan Fallon, Phyllis Newman, John Benjamin Hickey, Antonia Rey, Denise Du Maurier, Jessica Hertel, Tammy Minoff, Harry Barandes
When she was a child, Pittsburgh schoolteacher Faith Covatch (Marisa Tomei) was shown on a Ouija Board that she would marry a man named DAMON BRADLEY. Now, on the eve of her wedding to another, Faith takes a telephone call from a man named Damon Bradley (Robert Downey Jr.). In two seconds, Faith is off to Italy in search of her destiny, which includes Damon.
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Spike of Bensonhurst 1988 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Morrissey
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Sasha Mitchell, Anne DeSalvo, Sylvia Miles, Geraldine Smith, Talisa Soto, Antonia Rey, Rick Aviles, Christopher Anthony Young, Maria Pitillo
A young boxer, Spike Fumo (Sasha Mitchell), tries to gain success in the ring, but involvement with the Mafia brings on personal problems.
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To Find a Man 1972 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O'Connor, Lloyd Bridges, Phyllis Newman, Tom Ewell, Tom Bosley, Miles Chapin, Antonia Rey, Vicki Sue Robinson, Susan Tully
Rosalind (Pamela Sue Martin) becomes pregnant and faces the dilemma and trauma involved in abortion.
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True Colors 1991 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs, Mandy Patinkin, Richard Widmark, Dina Merrill, Philip Bosco, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Brad Sullivan, Antonia Rey
The apparent void of political morality in the 1980s is shown through the lives of two college classmates (John Cusack and James Spader). Each comes from a different background and each has separate means and aims in life.
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| 1. Beat Street (1984)
2. Gloria (1999)
3. Hair (1979)
4. King of the Gypsies (1978)
5. Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
6. The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
7. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
8. Only You (1994)
9. Popi (1969)
10. Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
11. To Find a Man (1972)
12. True Colors (1991)
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