Affliction 1997  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True-Frost, Marian Seldes, Holmes Osborne, Brigid Tierney, Sean McCann, Tim Post, Christopher Heyerdahl, Janine Theriault, Wayne Robson, Sheena Larkin
Based on Russell Banks' novel, this film adaptation features Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse, a small-town sheriff in New England who delves into an "accidental" hunting accident to redeem his bleak life–both professionally and personally. He reexamines his life and the relationship he has with his abusive father Glen (James Coburn). Meanwhile, his ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) hates him, and his relationship with his daughter Jill (Brigid Tierney) is badly in need of repair. Wade is dating Margie (Sissy Spacek) who is the only one he seems capable of relating to. After his mother dies, Wade's brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) comes home to pay his respects, and now Wade suspects Rolfe of being involved in the criminal world. James Coburn won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Nick Nolte was nominated for Best Actor.
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Bleeders 1997  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Hemoglobin
Director: Peter Svatek
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Roy Dupuis, Kristin Lehman, Jackie Burroughs, John Dunn-Hill, Joanna Noyes, Felicia Schulman, Janine Theriault, Carmen Ferland, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michelle Brunet, David Deveau
John and Karen Strauss (Roy Dupuis and Kristin Lehman) travel to an island searching for John's relatives. Once there, they enlist the aid of Dr. Marlow (Rutger Hauer) and discover the family alive, inbred, living in underground tunnels, and feeding off the blood from buried corpses.
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 Catwoman 2004  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Pitof
Cast: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein, Michael Massee, Byron Mann, Kim Smith, Christopher Heyerdahl, Peter Wingfield, Berend McKenzie
Shy Patience Phillips (Halle Berry) turns into Catwoman after the cosmetics company she works for orders her demise. Patience is reborn as Catwoman–unlike many superheroes–who walks a thin line between good and evil. Patience by day, turned into Catwoman at night, she takes on the role of vigilante against the cosmetics company owner and his wife–George and Laurel (Lambert Wilson and Sharon Stone).
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The Education of Little Tree 1997  PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Friedenberg
Cast: James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Leni Parker, Mika Boorem, Christopher Heyerdahl, Christopher Fennell, Rebecca Dewey, Bill Rowat
A young Cherokee orphan, Little Tree (James Cromwell), tries to find important meanings of life handed down through his ancestors that are hard to balance with the cruel world he inhabits.
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Nowhere in Sight 2000 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Douglas Jackson
Cast: Helen Slater, Christopher Heyerdahl, Mark Camacho, Andrew McCarthy, Richard Jutras, Miklos Perlus, Lynne Adams, Frank Fontaine, Joanna Noyes, Kevin Woodhouse
In this direct-to-video flick, Carly (Helen Slater), is blind as a result of an accident. She has difficulty adjusting to her new condition, but her boyfriend helps her get by. When he must leave town, life gets tougher and then grave when thugs break in her apartment and hold her captive.
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The Peacekeeper 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Frederic Forestier
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Roy Scheider, Montel Williams, Christopher Heyerdahl, Monika Schnarre, Allen Altman, Tim Post, Chip Chuipka, Roc LaFortune
A mercenary, Lt. Col. Douglas Murphy (Michael Sarrazin), takes over a U.S. missile site and aims one of its missiles at Washington, D.C. in an act of revenge against U.S. President Robert Baker (Roy Scheider). But wait, could it be that we have a hero inside the facility and ready to fight the odds? Yes, Lt. Col. Northrop (Montel Williams) fits that description.
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Silent Trigger 1996 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Gina Bellman, George Jenesky, Christopher Heyerdahl, Emma Stevens, Alexandria Haber, Reynald Robinson, Dale Hayes, Erin Simms, Jonathan Robert Rondeau
Government assassin Waxman (Dolph Lundgren) has a conscience. Several years earlier he and his rookie partner (Gina Bellman) failed in a hit, and she thought Waxman was killed. Now, she finds he is still at his job, and they team up on another hit. They work from the upper floors of a Montreal skyscraper that is under construction and have most of their adventures from there, including bickering and sex.
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| 1. Affliction (1997)
2. Bleeders (1997)
aka: Hemoglobin
3. Catwoman (2004)
4. The Education of Little Tree (1997)
5. Fish Out of Water (1999)
aka: The Witness
6. Nowhere in Sight (2000)
7. The Peacekeeper (1997)
8. Silent Trigger (1996)
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