 8MM 1999  R, 123 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer, Catherine Keener, Myra Carter, Amy Morton, Jack Betts, Jenny Powell, Anne Gee Byrd, Rachel Singer, Luis Oropeza, Don Creech
Private-eye Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) has been leading a pretty boring life in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, UNTIL a wealthy widow, Mrs. Christian (Amy Morton), hires him to look into a possible slashing death she has viewed on her deceased husband's 8mm film. The investigation ensues–leading Welles into the pits of human degradation as he uncovers the grisly story of a snuff victim.
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A Cool, Dry Place 1998  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John N. Smith
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, Monica Potter, Bobby Moat, Devon Sawa, Nicholas Campbell, Chris Bauer, Aleksa Palladino, Siobhan Fallon, Todd Louiso
Single dad Russell Durrell (Vince Vaughn) balances his time–between work, estranged wife Kate (Monica Potter), and beautiful divorcee Beth (Joey Lauren Adams)–and still keeps his role of father to five-year-old Calvin (Bobby Moat) as the #1 priority.
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Flawless 1999 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Skipp Sudduth, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Nashom Benjamin, Wanda De Jesus, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Chris Bauer, Rory Cochrane
Following a stroke in which he lost his vocal cords, the ultraconservative homophobic Walt Koontz (Robert De Niro) finds that his rehabilitation program involves singing lessons. The problem is not with the lessons; it is the teacher, Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a drag queen who is particularly prejudiced against close-minded homophobes.
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Keane 2004  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lodge H. Kerrigan
Cast: Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan, Liza Colon-Zayas, Tina Holmes, John Tormey, Chris Bauer, Frank Wood, Sharon Wilkins, Lev Gorn
Almost one year ago, six-year-old Sophie disappeared from the Port Authority bus terminal in NYC, and her father, William (Damian Lewis), is not dealing well with it. In fact, William is fighting schizophrenia when he meets Lynn (Amy Ryan) and her seven-year-old daughter, Kira (Abigail Breslin). The three bond, for awhile, but then Lynn packs up Kira and takes her to her father in Albany–leaving William, once again, void of human ties.
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The Lost Room 2006  TV, 284 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Director: Craig R. Baxley, Michael W. Watkins
Cast: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak, Elle Fanning, Roger Bart, Dennis Christopher, Peter Jacobson, Ewen Bremner, Chris Bauer, April Grace, Margaret Cho, Jason Antoon, Jenny Gabrielle, Tim Guinee
This three-part, made-for-TV miniseries involves eerie events that take place in Room 10 of the Sunshine Motel on Route 66. As Police Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) collects clues to retrieve his young daughter Anna (Elle Fanning) who disappeared in the mysterious motel room, he is followed by shadowy figures every step of the way.
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The Notorious Bettie Page 2006 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris, Sarah Paulson, Cara Seymour, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, John Cullum, Matt McGrath, Austin Pendleton, Norman Reedus, Tara Subkoff, Dallas Roberts, Victor Slezak
The personal and professional lives of one of America's first sex icons, Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol), who was a pin-up model in the 1950s, is the subject of this biography that begins and ends with Estes Kefauver's Senate Sub-committee hearings on the subject of pornography.
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The Photographer 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeremy Stein
Cast: Reg Rogers, Mary Alice, Marisa Berenson, Rob Campbell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Bauer, John Heard, Anthony Michael Hall, Kristen Wilson, Tom Noonan, Tina Holmes, Fenton Lawless, Richard Bright
A year after photographer Max (Reg Rogers) gained fame for his stunning art show, he has lost his creativity and must come up with something for his follow-up show. So, when a man leaves a folder with 10 stunning photos on the bar, Max considers use of the pictures. But he loses the pictures when they are stolen by muggers, and now he searches for the missing photos throughout the streets of NYC. On the way, he meets an assortment of oddball people. Good shots of the atmosphere on the streets of NYC.
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Grimm Brothers' Snow White
Director: Michael Cohn
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis, Brian Glover, David Conrad, Anthony Brophy, Frances Cuka, Chris Bauer
The story starts off the way that a fairy tale should, with a beautiful scene being set. The Snow White story, however, has a dark side, and rather than staying with a higher-plane rendition, the movie resorts to gore.
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| 1. 8MM (1999)
2. A Cool, Dry Place (1998)
3. Flawless (1999)
4. Keane (2004)
5. The Lost Room (2006)
6. The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
7. The Photographer (2000)
8. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
aka: The Grimm Brothers' Snow White
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