 Bats 1999  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Louis Morneau
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon, Carlos Jacott, David McConnell, Marcia Dangerfield, Oscar Rowland
When genetically mutated bats are unleashed on a small Texas town, Sheriff Emmett Kinsey (Lou Diamond Phillips) joins forces with a bat expert, Sheila Casper (Dina Meyer), to annihilate the swarming predators.
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Crazy Eights 2006  R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Koya Jones
Cast: Dina Meyer, George Newbern, Traci Lords, Dan DeLuca, Frank Whaley, Gabrielle Anwar, Christine Eads, Stephen Szibler, Michael Gabel, Cheryl Scungio, Karen Beriss, Jimmy Ray
Childhood friends reunite for the funeral of a friend of the past and find a map in his estate that shows where a time capsule that they buried years ago can be found. They follow the map's directions, unearth the time capsule, and discover the remains of a child who died long ago. Now, it appears that the spirit of that mysterious child wants them dead, and their fates are sealed.
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D-Tox 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Eye See You
Director: Jim Gillespie
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger, Charles S. Dutton, Kris Kristofferson, Dina Meyer, Mif, Christopher Fulford, Jeffrey Wright, Stephen Lang, Sean Patrick Flanery, Courtney B. Vance, Polly Walker, Alan C. Peterson, Hrothgar Mathews, Angela Alvarado
Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) loses it after his wife and his partner are murdered by a serial killer. He ends up at a rehabilitation center for law enforcement officers, and the killer begins picking off the patients at the center. Can Jake save the day? Will he be a victim?
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Dragonheart 1996  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie, Pete Postlethwaite, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs, Lee Oakes, Wolf Christian, Terry O'Neill, Eva Vejmelková
In this medieval tale (actually three stories in one), Draco (voice of Sean Connery) is a dragon with a Scottish accent that joins forces with an embittered dragon slayer, Bowen (Dennis Quaid). The two work out a con game to fill their idle time now that dragons and dragon slayers are passe. The con becomes real when they stave off the advances of the psychopath, King Einon (David Thewlis). While the plots are confusing, the dragon animation is great.
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Federal Protection 2002 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Armand Assante, Angela Featherstone, Dina Meyer, David Lipper, Maxim Roy, Tony Calabretta, Maria Bertrand, Frank Chiesurin
Frankie (Armand Assante), a small-time Chicago mobster, is in trouble with his boss and avoids assassination by the henchmen, but he ends up in the hands of the law. Frankie comes under the federal protection program after testifying against his cohorts. But his life is still not easy as he gets mixed up in affairs that could lead him to be turned over to the mob.
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 Johnny Mnemonic 1995 R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Robert Longo
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi Kitano, Ice-T, Henry Rollins, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Don Francks, Dennis Akayama, Tracy Tweed, Falconer Abraham, Diego Chambers, Sherry Miller, Arthur Eng
Johnny Mnemonic (Keanu Reeves) stores computer data in a chip inside his head as he smuggles data containing a cure for a deadly disease. As a result of his computer chip implant, Johnny has no memory of his past. Leaking data creates visions through which Johnny becomes aware of eminent danger from those who would kill him to obtain his hidden data.
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The Movie Hero 2003  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brad T. Gottfred
Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Dina Meyer, Peter Stormare, Brian J. White, Carlos Jacott, Frances Bay, Alexis Arquette, Reedy Gibbs, Robert Sutton, Marcia Strassman, Eric Pierpoint, Aviva Gale
Blake Gardner (Jeremy Sisto) constantly addresses his "audience" and lives his life as if he is on stage in a movie awaiting the happy ending.
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Nowhere Land 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rupert Hitzig
Cast: Peter Dobson, Dina Meyer, Jon Polito, Francesco Quinn, Martin Kove, Joseph Cortese, Michael Petted
Dean (Peter Dobson) is a key witness in an important case; he is also an ex-mobster who the crime boss wants wiped out. The FBI assigns its best agent, Monica (Dina Meyer), to protect him, and she shows why she has a great reputation when the hit men arrive. Been done before–many times–and done better.
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 Saw 2004  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: James Wan
Cast: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Mike Butters, Paul Gutrecht, Michael Emerson, Benito Martinez, Shawnee Smith, Monica Potter, Makenzie Vega, Ned Bellamy, Avner Garbi, Alexandra Bokyun Chun
A serial killer named "Jigsaw Killer" by the police is on the loose, and his latest victims–Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes)–awaken to find themselves chained to pipes in a warehouse bathroom with a dead body between them. They are told through an electronically produced voice that the only escape route is for one of them to kill the other within the next eight hours.
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 Saw II 2005 R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Erik Knudsen, Tim Burd, Noam Jenkins, Tony Nappo, Lyriq Bent, Noam Jenkins, Kelly Jones
Serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) has cancer and is eager to be put in jail thinking that his imprisonment will throw police off his trail. Once again, Jigsaw is punishing people who he believes have morally misbehaved. Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) investigates and learns that Jigsaw has trapped Matthews' son Daniel (Erik Knudsen) and seven others in a house of horrors from which his unlucky captives must escape before the house fills with nerve gas. Every minute counts if they are to live through the horror.
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 Saw III 2006 R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Mpho Koaho, Barry Flatman, Lyriq Bent, J. LaRose, Debra McCabe, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Kim Roberts, Alan Van Sprang
That evil serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is back. This time around, he has eluded the police but is bedridden and on the verge of death. With help from his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), Jigsaw manages the kidnapping of Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) because he wants her to perform brain surgery on him, which will allow him to watch his next victim, Jeff (Angus Macfadyen), play his vicious "chess game" that takes him through a series of increasingly dangerous traps.
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 Saw IV 2007 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Donnie Wahlberg, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Mike Realba
Serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) was killed at the end of "Saw III," but his autopsy reveals that before he was killed he swallowed a cassette tape. The tape shows Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) and Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) caught in a death trap. Now, a new puzzle presents itself giving Detective Rigg (Lyriq Bent) just 90 minutes to evade interconnected traps, including moral dilemmas, in his quest to find Hoffman and Matthews.
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Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Muldaur
The Enterprise has been diverted to the planet Romulus where the crew uncovers plans by the Romulans to attack Earth and throw the universe out of kilter.
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 Starship Troopers 1997 R, 129 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside, Seth Gilliam, Patrick Muldoon, Rue McClanahan, Timothy Omundson
Set in the future, this film is about a group of young paratroopers who battle insect aliens from Klendathu in a fight to the finish. Although this story glorifies war, it does provide good sci-fi thrills.
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Time Lapse 2001 R, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Worth
Cast: Roy Scheider, William McNamara, Dina Meyer, Henry Rollins, Adoni Maropis, Brian Christensen, Timothy Roberts, Gabriella Bern, Cassandra Hitti, Bob Kirsh
Agent Clayton Pierce (William McNamara) thought he was on a drug case until a nuclear device was the item being passed in the suitcase. He blows his cover, is shot, and makes it back to base. He starts to lose his memory, but with the help of his ex-wife, he sets out to find what's REALLY going on before it's too late. Direct to Video/DVD.
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Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough 2005 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jay Lowi
Cast: Sarah Laine, Sandra McCoy, Linden Ashby, Ron Melendez, Claire Coffee, Brad Johnson, Michael Mantell, Dina Meyer, Van Epperson, Nikki Griffin
Here comes another sequel, or, like the second of the series, a remake of "Wild Things." Spoiled, rich Marie (Sarah Laine) has a problem: her stepfather, Jay (Brad Johnson), will not part with two valuable diamonds that Marie's mother left for her in the will. Add Elena (Sandra McCoy), from the wrong side of the tracks, to the problem. She accuses Jay of rape and will accept the diamonds as restitution. Plenty of double-crossing and plot twists in this sleazy thriller.
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| 1. Bats (1999)
2. Crazy Eights (2006)
3. D-Tox (2002)
aka: Eye See You
4. Dragonheart (1996)
5. Federal Protection (2002)
6. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
7. The Movie Hero (2003)
8. Nowhere Land (1998)
9. Saw (2004)
10. Saw II (2005)
11. Saw III (2006)
12. Saw IV (2007)
13. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
14. Starship Troopers (1997)
15. Time Lapse (2001)
16. Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005)
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