Angels & Demons 2009  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco, Victor Alfieri, Franklin Amobi, Curt Lowens, Bob Yerkes, Marc Fionini
Based on Dan Brown's bestselling book, events transpire after those of "The Da Vinci Code." The Pope has died, and, after being summoned by the Vatican, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) travels to Rome where he decodes a symbol found on a murder victim's skin. Clues lead to a resurrected sect, the Illuminatis, that has kidnapped four high-ranking Cardinals who are in line to succeed the Pope. The plan is to kill them one-by-one and then bomb Vatican City to show the power of science over faith. Along the way, Langdon joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), and they search through catacombs and crypts for answers to the villains' identities.
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The Mephisto Waltz 1971  R, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, William Windom, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, Curt Lowens, Gregory Morton, Janee Michelle, Lilyan Chauvin, Alberto Morin, Berry Kroeger
Terminally ill pianist Duncan Ely (Curt Jurgens), who is also a Satanist, grants an interview with up-and-coming pianist Myles Clarkson (Alan Alda). Duncan is impressed with Clarkson, and at the moment of his death, he transfers his soul to Clarkson. It isn't long before Clarkson's wife Paula (Jacqueline Bisset) notes the change in her husband. But that's not all. Paula eventually takes over the soul of Ely's daughter Roxanne (Barbara Parkins). The musical score provides an eerie background.
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A Midnight Clear 1991  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C. McGinley, Larry Joshua, Curt Lowens, Rachel Griffin, David Jensen
An American intelligence group is on reconnaissance in the Ardennes Forest during World War II. They come upon a group of German soldiers who would rather have snowball fights and exchange Christmas gifts than wage war. But tragedy strikes in this good film that demonstrates the futility of war.
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| 1. Angels & Demons (2009)
2. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
3. A Midnight Clear (1991)
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