 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Corey Burton, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney, Jim Cummings
Young Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) joins an expedition that is searching for the lost continent of Atlantis. While Milo is intent on scientific research, other members of the team–Commander Lyle T. Rourke (James Garner) and Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian)–have plans for wealth gained from knowledge of Atlantis' mystical power source. Good animated Disney fare.
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 The Chase 1994  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller / Romance
Director: Adam Rifkin
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Henry Rollins, Josh Mostel, Wayne Grace, Rocky Carroll, Ray Wise, Cary Elwes, Miles Gougal, Marshall Bell, Joe Sagal, Claudia Christian, Alex Morris, Marco Perella, Wirt Cain
Escaped convict Jackson Davis Hammond (Charlie Sheen) tries to reach the Mexican border with kidnapped heiress Natalie Voss (Kristy Swanson) as his hostage–her BMW is the escape vehicle. By the time the adventure is over, police and television coverage create mayhem.
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 Clean and Sober 1988 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh, Brian Benben, Luca Bercovici, Tate Donovan, Dakin Matthews, Claudia Christian, Ben Piazza
A real estate agent, Daryl (Michael Keaton), keeps his "edge" by use of drugs and alcohol. He takes money from his company and then, upon awakening one morning, finds his date of the night before has ODed on drugs. He checks into a rehab center–not because of his need, but to hide from the police. His life is changed by the new circumstances.
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The Dark Backward 1991  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
aka: The Man with Three Arms
Director: Adam Rifkin
Cast: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe, King Moody, Claudia Christian, Danny Dayton, Carrie Lynn, Anna Berger, Tom Hodges, Adam Rifkin
Unhappy garbage man Marly Malt (Judd Nelson) moonlights as a comedian, but his fellow garbage man Gus (Bill Paxton) is the only one who enjoys his humor. Marty is a failure in the comic genre–until he grows a third arm out of his back and is billed as "Desi the Three-Armed Wonder Comic." With Gus providing backup on his accordion, Marty finally gets laughs.
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Final Voyage 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Ice-T, Erika Eleniak, Claudia Christian, Rick Ducommun, Heidi Schanz, John Koyama, Jonathan Fuller, Stephen Macht, Chick Vennera
A gang of robbers board an ocean liner setting sail in the South Pacific. Their plan is to help themselves to the jewels and cash of numerous celebrities on the cruise.
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 Half Past Dead 2002 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Michael Paul
Cast: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Kurupt, Tony Plana, Michael Taliferro, Matt Battaglia, Richard Bremmer, Stephen J. Cannell, Claudia Christian, Linda Thorson, Bruce Weitz, Michael McGrady, Hannes Jaenicke
Undercover FBI agent Sascha Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal) and mobster Nicholas (Ja Rule) are imprisoned in the reopened New Alcatraz prison when they foil an extortion plot to force death-row inmate Lester (Bruce Weitz) to reveal where he has stashed $200 million in gold.
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The Hidden 1987 R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Michael Nouri, Kyle MacLachlan, Ed O'Ross, Clu Gulager, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, William Boyett, Richard(2) Brooks, Larry Cedar, John McCann, Chris Mulkey, Danny Trejo
An L.A. cop (Michael Nouri) works with an FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan) on the investigation of some weird crimes. As the investigation progresses, the FBI agent begins exhibiting very strange behavior.
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Houston: The Legend of Texas 1986 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Gone to Texas
Director: Peter Levin
Cast: Sam Elliott, Michael Beck, Devon Ericson, Bo Hopkins, Michael C. Gwynne, William Russ, John P. Ryan, G.D. Spradlin, James Stephens, Claudia Christian
This made-for-TV biography was originally 2 1/2 hours long but was reduced in length for subsequent release. It is the story of Sam Houston (Sam Elliott), who was instrumental in freeing Texas from Mexican rule and making it into a power to be reckoned with.
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Kaleidoscope 1990 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Kaleidoscope'
Director: Jud Taylor
Cast: Jaclyn Smith, Perry King, Patricia Kalember, Claudia Christian, Donald Moffat, Terry O'Quinn, Bruce Abbott, Colleen Dewhurst, Kim Thomson, Penny Johnson, Richard Fitzpatrick, Madeleine Atkinson
Three sisters–Hilary (Jaclyn Smith), Alexandra (Patricia Kalember), and Meagan (Claudia Christian)–had been placed in foster homes 30 years ago after the death of their parents, and all have done well. Attorney Arthur Patterson (Donald Moffat), who had placed the girls, hires private investigator John Chapman (Perry King) to effect a reunion of the women. And the hunt is on in this made-for-TV film.
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Maniac Cop II 1990 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z'Dar, Leo Rossi, Clarence Williams III, Lou Bonacki, Paula Trickey
In this sequel to "Maniac Cop," the infamous killer cop, amazingly, has been resurrected and is on the prowl again and on the lookout for victims.
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| 1. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
2. The Chase (1994)
3. Clean and Sober (1988)
4. The Dark Backward (1991)
aka: The Man with Three Arms
5. Final Voyage (1999)
6. Half Past Dead (2002)
7. Hexed (1993)
8. The Hidden (1987)
9. Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
aka: Gone to Texas
10. Kaleidoscope (1990)
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Kaleidoscope'
11. Maniac Cop II (1990)
12. Never on Tuesday (1988)
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