Every Woman's Dream 1996  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Schachter
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Kim Cattrall, Jon Brazier, Paul Linke, Judith McConnell, Grant Tilly, Walter Addison, Bruce Allpress, Debra Eisenstadt, John Sumner, Vicky Haughton
Liz (Kim Cattrall) falls in love with charismatic, wealthy Mitch (Jeff Fahey). They marry, though Jeff already has a family as well as other women he romances. To each he is a different person with a different occupation, but things begin to unravel, and he resorts to a life of crime–including murder.
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Nate and Hayes 1983 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly, Peter Rowley, Bill Johnson, Roy Billing, Kate Harcourt, Bruce Allpress, Reg Ruka, David Letch, Pudji Waseso, Prince Tui Teka, Peter Vere-Jones
Nate Williamson (Michael O'Keefe) and Sophie (Jenny Seagrove) are preparing to settle down and do missionary work on a South Pacific island when bounty hunter Ben Pease (Max Phipps) and his shipmates kill all of Nate's and Sophie's family and kidnap Sophie during her wedding ceremony. Pirate captain Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones), who has his own romantic interest in Sophie, rescues Nate (Michael O'Keefe), and, together, they sail the seas searching for Sophie with the plan of securing her safe release from the captors.
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 The Piano 1993  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Genevieve Lemon, Tungia Baker, Ian Mune, Peter Dennett, Te Whatanui Skipwith, Pete Smith, Bruce Allpress, Mahina Tunui, Carla Rupuha, Cliff Curtis
Nine-year-old Flora (Anna Paquin) accompanies her mother Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) to New Zealand. Once there, they meet Ada's arranged-marriage partner Alisdair Stewart (Sam Neill), and a crisis occurs when he refuses to move Ada's piano. Ada, a mute, has found that she can express herself through her piano. Another man, George Baines (Harvey Keitel) comes to the rescue, and his actions also lead to complications. Holly Hunter won an Academy Award For Best Actress, and Anna Paquin won for Best Supporting Actress. Five other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Director.
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The Shrimp on the Barbie 1990  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Cast: Cheech Marin, Emma Samms, Vernon Wells, Bruce Spence, Carole Davis, Jeanette Cronin, Terence Cooper, Gary McCormick, Frank Whitten, June Bishop, David Argue, Bruce Allpress
Rich Australian Ian (Terence Cooper) isn't at all happy with his daughter's, Alex (Emma Samms), choice to marry an over-the-hill rugby player (Vernon Wells) and states that he would accept anyone else. Alex recruits a waiter in a Mexican restaurant, Carlos (Cheech Marin), to pretend to be her new boyfriend figuring that her father would change his mind after meeting Carlos. But, Ian takes a liking to Carlos, and the "fun" begins.
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep 2007  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Jay Russell
Cast: Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Priyanka Xi, Marshall Napier, Joel Tobeck, Erroll Shand, Brian Cox, Bruce Allpress, Craig Hall, Bill Johnson
While Angus MacMorrow's (Alex Etel) father is off fighting in World War II, Angus walks along the shores of Loch Ness, finds an encrusted object, and brings it home. It turns out that the object is an egg that pops open to reveal a living creature with flippers, horns, and sharp teeth. Angus names it Crusoe. When Angus's mother (Emily Watson) hires a handyman, Lewis Mowbray (Ben Chaplin), Ben shows Lewis Crusoe. Lewis thinks Crusoe is a water horse, and the two take on the task of keeping Crusoe safe. But when Crusoe grows too big, Lewis and Ben release Crusoe into Loch Ness where Ben hopes he can still protect his pet–despite the fact that the British militia believes that Crusoe is a Nazi submarine.
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| 1. Every Woman's Dream (1996)
2. Nate and Hayes (1983)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
5. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
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