Alien 3 1992  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Lance Henriksen, Pete Postlethwaite, Holt McCallany, Christopher Fairbank, Leon Herbert
Sigourney Weaver is back for round three in the continuing saga. This time, as the team heads home, they crash-land on a planet inhabited by prisoners who have been given the chance to rule themselves. The only survivor of the crash is Ripley (Weaver), and, while recovering, she realizes that the killer alien is on this planet. Ripley and the prisoners set out to find and kill the alien, but Ripley is aware that her own time is limited because the alien has implanted an offspring inside her. Good visual effects.
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag 1992  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Moore, Andy Romano, Ray McKinnon, William Forsythe, Xander Berkeley, Michael O'Neill, Christopher John Fields, Cathy Moriarty, Billie Neal
Timid librarian Betty Lou (Penelope Ann Miller) endures many woes: a whining sister; a fundraiser she is heading that is getting out of control; and, worst of all, a cop husband, Alex (Eric Thal), who is too busy investigating a murder to come home for their wedding anniversary dinner. So, when Betty Lou finds the murder weapon while walking the dog and can't get hold of Alex, she turns herself in as the murderess in order to get attention. During detention, her cellmate provides some assertiveness training, and the fun really begins. Miller's performance saves this otherwise so-so film.
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Jurassic Park 1993  PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Ariana Richards, Miguel Sandoval, Cameron Thor, Christopher John Fields, Gerald R. Molen
Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) is ready to open a dinosaur theme park where scientists have used DNA from extinct dinosaurs to create present-day clones. Hammond invites dinosaur experts Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), along with scientist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Hammond's grandchildren Lex and Joe (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello) to preview the park prior to its opening. While they are touring the park, the security system is broken into, and the man-eating dinosaurs break free turning their delightful day at the park into just the opposite. Plenty of action and thrills with Oscar-winning visual and sound effects.
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 Stargate 1994 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Alexis Cruz, Mili Aveital, Leon Rippy, John Diehl, Carlos Lauchu, Djimon Hounsou, Erick Avari, French Stewart, Gianin Loffler, Christopher John Fields, Derek Webster
An Egyptologist, Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), interprets the hieroglyphics on a huge stone and thus opens the door to the realm of outer space. Jackson joins an expedition, led by Col. Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell), to a far-away galaxy in search of civilization's beginnings.
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Witch Hunt 1994  R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Julian Sands, Valerie Mahaffey, John Epperson, Debi Mazar, Alan Rosenberg, Christopher John Fields
Set in 1953, this made-for-cable-TV film is another takeoff on the McCarthy era. Witchcraft and magic are commonplace and Senator Larson Crockett (Eric Bogosian) is holding hearings on this threat to the American way of life. Meanwhile, private investigator Lovecraft (Dennis Hopper) is hired to investigate an infidelity case. When the subject is a victim of a magic spell, Lovecraft, who is one of the few who refuse to use magic, must get to the bottom of the conspiracy before his employer (the victim's wife) is burned at the stake.
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| 1. Alien 3 (1992)
2. The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
3. Jurassic Park (1993)
4. Stargate (1994)
5. Witch Hunt (1994)
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