Bad Day on the Block 1997  R, 88 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Under Pressure
The Fireman
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Mare Winningham, David Andrews, Noah Fleiss, Chelsea Russo, John Ratzenberger, Dawnn Lewis, Keone Young, Elias Zarou, Michelle Moffatt, Cody Jones, David Hewlett
Lyle Wilder (Charlie Sheen) is a decorated firefighter, but his wife and son have seen his violent side and leave. Lyle takes it out on the neighbors who he believes are to blame for his problems.
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Century Hotel 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Weaver
Cast: Lindy Booth, Colm Feore, Earl Pastko, Mia Kirshner, Tom McCamus, Sandrine Holt, Russell Yuen, Albert Chung, David Hewlett, Janet Kidder, Eugene Lipinski, Noam Jenkins
The stories of visitors to Suite 720 of the Century Hotel from 1921 through 1999 provide seven themes reflecting eras of the last millennium.
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 Cypher 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett, Timothy Webber, David Hewlett, Kari Matchett, Kristina Nicoll, Joseph Scoren, Arnold Pinnock, Boyd Banks, Dan Duran
As part of his new job as an industrial espionage agent for Digicorp, Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) travels to convention sites and records speeches. Then Morgan meets mysterious Rita Foster (Lucy Liu) who tells him that his job is a ruse and that she suspects he is being brainwashed. Now Morgan begins to question what really is happening in his life.
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The Life Before This 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Leslie Hope, David Hewlett, Joel S. Keller, Jacob Tierney, Fab Filippo, Alberta Watson
"The Life Before This" begins when two robbers, with the police in hot pursuit, dart into a coffee shop and kill some of the patrons. Then the story switches to flashbacks revealing stories of how the victims ended up being in that wrong place at the wrong time.
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Pin 1988 R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sandor Stern
Cast: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn, Donwen Mantel, John Pyper-Ferguson, Helene Udy, Patricia Collins, Steven Bednarski, Katie Shingler, Jacob Tierney, Michelle Anderson, Joan Austen, David Gow
After his parents (Terry O'Quinn and Donwen Mantel) die in a mysterious car crash, Leon's (David Hewlett) father's medical dummy "Pin" becomes a fantasy in his mind. As he grows up, Leon treats Pin as a member of the family and becomes obsessed with the dummy. The fixation grows until it reaches the point of violence in which Leon and Pin get rid of anyone who enters their own private world. A good psychological thriller.
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The Triangle 2001 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Luke Perry, Dan Cortese, Olivia d'Abo, Dorian Harewood, Polly Shannon, David Hewlett, Robert Dodds, Matthew Warry-Smith, Victor Clifford, Sonya Williams
Three friends embark on their annual trip, this time to fish on what turns out to be an old tub of a boat. At sea, the ship becomes fog-bound in the infamous Bermuda Triangle, and a luxury liner, which disappeared 60 years ago, appears out of the fog. The group board the liner–a big mistake, since the greeting by the "inhabitants" isn't pleasant.
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Where the Heart Is 1990 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, Christopher Plummer, David Hewlett, Maury Chaykin, Sheila Kelley, Dylan Walsh, Ken Pogue, Michael Kirby
Successful New Yorker Stewart (Dabney Coleman) makes a good living by blowing up old buildings and developing new communities. But when the neighbors near his newest venture make a dilapidated old building a historical landmark, he comes across poorly on TV. His three lazy children, in their twenties but living off Stewart's success, also ridicule him. So, he gives them each $750 and sends them to the old building to make it on their own. The young ones seem to achieve success by bringing in boarders, but, meanwhile, Stewart's business heads downhill.
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| 1. Bad Day on the Block (1997)
aka: Under Pressure
aka: The Fireman
2. Century Hotel (2001)
3. Cube (1998)
4. Cypher (2002)
5. The Life Before This (1999)
6. The Penthouse (1989)
7. Pin (1988)
8. The Triangle (2001)
9. Where the Heart Is (1990)
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