Embryo 1976  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Created to Kill
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Rock Hudson, Diane Ladd, Barbara Carrera, Roddy McDowall, Anne Schedeen, John Elerick, Vincent Baggetta, Jack Colvin, Dick Winslow, Joyce Brothers
Dr. Paul Holliston (Rock Hudson) takes science into his own hands with no regard for the consequences when he injects a growth hormone into a human fetus–and suffers the horrifying results of his hubris.
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 The Island of Dr. Moreau 1977  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart, Nick Cravat, The Great John L., Bob Ozman, Fumio Demura, Gary Baxley, John Gillespie, David S. Cass Sr.
This film, based on an H.G. Wells story, is a remake of "Island of Lost Souls." Braddock (Michael York) is shipwrecked on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean and runs into a mad scientist, Dr. Moreau (Burt Lancaster), who turns wild animals into monster humans.
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Lone Wolf McQuade 1983  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steve Carver
Cast: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Robert Beltran, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Dana Kimmell, Sharon Farrell, William Sanderson
Texas Ranger J.J. McQuade (Chuck Norris) heads for Mexico where he rescues his friend and daughter from the Mexican Mafia. Good Norris action.
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Love Is All There Is 1996 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Bologna, Renee Taylor
Cast: Lainie Kazan, Joseph Bologna, Barbara Carrera, Renee Taylor, Paul Sorvino, Angelina Jolie, Nathaniel Marston, William Hickey, Dick Van Patten, Abe Vigoda, Connie Stevens, Joy Behar
The relationships of feuding families–rival caterers: Sadie and Mike Capomezzo (Lanie Kazan and Joseph Bologna) and Maria and Piero Malacici (Barbara Carrera and Paul Sorvino)–are thrown into a tailspin when their children (Angelina Jolie and Nathaniel Marston) fall in love while starring in their school production of "Romeo and Juliet."
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Loverboy 1989  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joan Micklin
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Kate Jackson, Carrie Fisher, Kirstie Alley, Barbara Carrera, Robert Ginty, Nancy Valen, Dylan Walsh, Vic Tayback, Kim Miyori
Watch out for the pizza deliverer; he may be offering more than pizza. That is the case in this film where he is really delivering sex.
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 Never Say Never Again 1983  PG, 134 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Kim Basinger, Edward Fox, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Michael Medwin, Ronald Pickup, Pamela Salem, Rowan Atkinson, Valerie Leon, Milos Kirek, Anthony Sharp
In this remake of "Thunderball" (1965), James Bond is back, and this time it is Sean Connery playing the indomitable Agent 007. SPECTRE has stolen two cruise missiles from the U.S. and is planning to use them in its plot to carry out nuclear blackmail against NATO countries. Bond's mission is to recover the missiles from the evil Maximilian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer), and he gets help from Largo's mistress Domino (Kim Bassinger) when he heads to the Bahamas in search of the missiles.
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When Time Ran Out... 1980 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
aka: Earth's Final Fury
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert, Red Buttons, Barbara Carrera, Veronica Hamel, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Karras, Burgess Meredith, Valentina Cortese, James Franciscus, Pat Morita, John Considine, Sheila Allen
An active volcano is about erupt near Hank's (Paul Newman) oil rig site on a South Pacific resort island. Guests at the island's hotel are unaware of the approaching disaster, but Hank is able to convince some of the people to follow him on a trek across the island as he leads them to a high spot on the island.
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 Wicked Stepmother 1989  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Bette Davis, Colleen Camp, Barbara Carrera, David Rasche, Lionel Stander, Tom Bosley, Richard Moll, Evelyn Keyes, Shawn Donahue, Laurene Landon
This was Bette Davis' last film, and it is far from her best. The plot involves a witch (Bette Davis) who marries a widower (Lionel Stander). Bette quit after the first week of filming, and the production went downhill from there.
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The Wild Geese II 1985 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Cast: Scott Glenn, Edward Fox, Barbara Carrera, Laurence Olivier, Robert Webber, Robert Freitag, Kenneth Haigh, Stratford Johns, Derek Thompson, Paul Antrim, John Terry, Ingrid Pitt, Patrick Stewart, David Lumsden, Michael N. Harbour
Brother and sister, Michael and Kathy Lukas (John Terry and Barbara Carrera)–along with his old comrade Alex Faulkner (Edward Fox)–aid John Haddad (Scott Glenn) who is hired by an American TV station to free Nazi war criminal Rudolph Hess (Laurence Olivier) from a Berlin prison and force Hess to reveal hidden Nazi secrets. German Heinrich Stroebling (Robert Freitag), who is working with the Russians and Palestinian terrorists, organizes assassination attempts on Haddad. Meanwhile, Kathy is kidnapped, and Haddad's assignment proves to be more and more dangerous.
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| 1. Condorman (1981)
2. Embryo (1976)
aka: Created to Kill
3. I, the Jury (1982)
4. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
5. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
6. Love Is All There Is (1996)
7. Loverboy (1989)
8. Never Say Never Again (1983)
9. When Time Ran Out... (1980)
aka: Earth's Final Fury
10. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
11. The Wild Geese II (1985)
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