The Assault 1986  PG, 149 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fons Rademakers
Cast: Derek de Lint, Monique van de Ven, Marc van Uchelen, John Kraaykamp, Huub van der Lubbe, Elly Weller, Ina van der Molen, Frans Vorstman, Edda Barends, Casper de Boer
Years after his entire family is liquidated during World War II, a man finds he must acknowledge his repressed feelings in order to survive. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Black Book 2006  R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Zwartboek
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman, Ronald Armbrust, Frank Lammers, Xander Straat, Johnny de Mol, Matthias Schoenaerts
Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) seeks help from the Dutch Resistance in Holland during World War II and manages to contact Mr. Smaal (Dolf de Vries) who helps Rachel, her family, and other refugees get access to a ferry heading to Belgium. But, Nazis take over the boat, and Rachel is the sole survivor. Alone in the world, she joins the Dutch Resistance and becomes the girlfriend of Gestapo chief Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch). Leading this double life allows her to get an inside look into Gestapo headquarters where she learns that people and things are not always the way they seem to be.
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Poltergeist: The Legacy 1996  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gillard
Cast: Derek de Lint, Helen Shaver, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong, Patrick Fitzgerald, Alexandra Purvis, William Sadler, Sandrine Holt, William Morgan Sheppard
"The Legacy" is a secret society, formed centuries ago, with the aim to fight the evil forces of the world. In this loose connection to the TV series, archeologist Derek Rayne (Derek de Lint) and his band goes after the key to a box that holds a demonic horror. Needless the say, the demon is loosened, and the poor film limps to a weak conclusion.
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Three Men and a Baby 1987 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: 3 Men and a Baby
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Margaret Colin, Celeste Holm, Philip Bosco, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Derek de Lint, Cynthia Harris
What do three bachelors do when an adorable baby girl is left on their doorstep? Why, they just love her, of course. This film has its good moments as three macho men show tenderness to their new charge.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988  R, 172 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgard, Bruce Myers, Pavel Landovsky, Tomasz Borkowy, Pavel Slaby, Pascale Kalensky, Jacques Ciron, Anne Lonnberg
In this film adaptation of Milan Kundera's story, Czechoslovakian surgeon Thomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an irresponsible lover whose sexual appetite is never satisfied. He falls in love with Tereza (Juliette Binoche) and marries her but continues his many affairs–particularly with Sabina (Lena Olin). In 1968, when Russia invades Prague, Sabina forms a friendship with Tereza while Thomas is obsessed with the collapse of his country. Well written, acted, and photographed.
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 When a Stranger Calls 2006  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman, Arthur Young, Madeline Carroll, Steve Eastin, Karina Logue
Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle) is babysitting for two children (Arthur Young and Madeline Carroll) in their spacious home when she begins to receive telephone calls in which a husky voice asks if she has checked the children. Jill calls the police and soon realizes that the calls are coming from inside the house! Not as well received as the original 1979 thriller by the same name.
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| 1. The Assault (1986)
2. Black Book (2006)
aka: Zwartboek
3. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
4. Soldier of Orange (1979)
5. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
aka: 3 Men and a Baby
6. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
7. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
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