The Corndog Man 1999  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Shea
Cast: Noble Willingham, Jim Holmes, David Steen, Andy Daltroff, Dara Holtz, Jeff Nagle, Robert Mellard
Boisterous, bigoted, redneck Ace Barker (Noble Willingham) is a top boat salesman in a small South Carolina town. One day he receives a phone call from a man (Jim Holmes) who expresses an interest in buying a boat. The calls continue, with each one becoming more threatening until Ace finally confesses to an episode in his past.
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Jackals 1986  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: American Justice
Director: Gary Grillo
Cast: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Wilford Brimley, Jack Lucarelli, Jeannie Wilson, Rosanna DeSoto, Roman Cisneros, David Steen, Danelle Hand, Randy Hall, Del Zamora
LA cop Joe Case (Jack Lucarelli) visits his former partner Dave Buchanon (Jameson Parker) in an Arizona border town and witnesses a murder. The killer is Jake Wheeler (Gerald McRaney) who happens to be a deputy working for Sheriff Mitchell (Wilford Brimley). Joe reports the murder, but no one appears to believe him. When Dave realizes that corruption is the name of the game in his department and that illegal immigrants are being victimized, he and Joe join forces only to discover that the police scandal and the usual dirty politics are only a few of the obstacles with which they must deal.
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 Of Mice and Men 1992  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sinise
Cast: John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, John Terry, Richard Riehle, Joe Morton, Noble Willingham, Alexis Arquette, Joe D'Angerio, Tuck Milligan, Mark Boone Junior, David Steen, Moira Harris
This remake of John Steinbeck's novel about California migrant workers during the Great Depression is well worth watching. John Malkovich plays feeble-minded Lennie who is in need of support and protection by his friend George (Gary Sinise). They find work at a ranch in the San Joaquin Valley, but the foreman, Curley (Casey Siemaszko), torments Lennie, and Curley's wife (Sherilyn Fenn) flirts with Lennie–all of which leads to a tragic end.
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 Reservoir Dogs 1992  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks, Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Bender, Kirk Baltz, Edward Bunker, Steven Wright, David Steen, Linda Kaye, Michael Sottile
Crime boss Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) masterminds a jewelry store heist bringing together a crew and giving them aliases–Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), and Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn). Plans go terribly awry because there is an informer in their midst, and the robbers gather at an abandoned warehouse where they try to uncover who among them is the traitor who clued in the police. The story is told in flashbacks and is very violent, but the plot's twists and turns are riveting.
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| 1. The Corndog Man (1999)
2. Jackals (1986)
aka: American Justice
3. Of Mice and Men (1992)
4. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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