Angel Baby 1995 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Rymer Cast: John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Colin Friels, Deborra-Lee Furness, Daniel Daperis, Robyn Nevin, David Argue, Geoff Brooks, Humphrey Bower, Jane Menelaus
Harry (John Lynch) and Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) are mental patients who meet at an outpatient clinic and fall in love. When Kate becomes pregnant, the couple decides they no longer need their prescribed medications–the results are NOT easy to watch but do provide insights into the worlds of those suffering from mental illness.
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Class Action 1991 R, 109 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted Cast: Gene Hackman, Colin Friels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joanna Merlin, Laurence Fishburne, Donald Moffat, Jan Rubes, Matt Clark, Fred Dalton Thompson, Jonathan Silverman
A lawyer (Gene Hackman) files a suit on behalf of his clients against an automobile manufacturer and finds that his own daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is the lawyer representing the auto company.
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Cosi 1996 R, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Joffe Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Pamela Rabe, Jacki Weaver, Paul Chubb, Rachel Griffiths, Aden Young, Colin Friels, Colin Hay, David Wenham, Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Lewis (Ben Mendelsohn) takes a position as play director at a mental institution with the job of helping in the rehabilitation process. Inmate Roy (Barry Otto) talks Lewis into producing Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutti." A cast of wild characters from the patients is assembled, though none can sing nor speak Italian, which is the language of the play. But Lewis soon learns a lesson or two about imagination from the unlikely cast in this Australian production.
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Dark City 1998 R, 102 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alex Proyas Cast: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, Colin Friels, Bruce Spence, John Bluthal, Mitchell Butel, Melissa George, Frank Gallacher, Ritchie Singer, Justin Monjo, Nicholas Bell
When an extraterrestrial force, the Strangers, invades his town and creates murder and mayhem by controlling residents' minds, John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens in a bathroom filled with the blood of a dead girl. He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. Now, Murdoch fights desperately for his very existence as he tries to stop the diabolical actions of the Strangers.
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Darkman 1990 R, 95 min. Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Sam Raimi Cast: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita, Jesse Lawrence Ferguson, Nicholas Worth, Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Jenny Agutter
Darkman (Liam Neeson) is transformed from a mild-mannered scientist into a superhero who avenges his accidental disfigurement by doing away with those responsible. Sequels follow.
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| 1. Angel Baby (1995)
2. Class Action (1991)
3. Cosi (1996)
4. Dark City (1998)
5. Darkman (1990)
6. A Good Man in Africa (1994)
7. High Tide (1988)
8. Kangaroo (1986)
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