Dinner Rush 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Giraldi
Cast: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Vivian Wu, Mike McGlone, Kirk Acevedo, Sandra Bernhard, Summer Phoenix, Polly Draper, Jamie Harris, Mark Margolis
In this behind-the-scenes look at the dining scene, Louis Cropa (Danny Aiello) is a restaurant owner and bookie whose best friend has been killed by mobsters. Personalities include star-chef Udo Cropa (Edoardo Ballerini) and sous-chef Duncan (Kirk Acevedo)–both of them just happen to be involved with the restaurant's sexy hostess, Nicole (Vivian Wu).
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El Cortez 2006  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stephen Purvis
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer, Tracy Middendorf, James McDaniel, Peter Onorati, Shelley Malil, David Johann, Robin Adair, Kathleen LaGue, Joseph Griffin, Deborah Cresswell, Edoardo Ballerini, Pat Crawford Brown
Manny DeSilva (Lou Diamond Phillips) is an autistic ex-con who, after being released from five years in prison, tries to start a new life as a night clerk at the Reno hotel, El Cortez. Manny makes friends with wheelchair-bound gold prospector Popcorn (Bruce Weitz), and all goes well–until the detective (James McDaniel) who first arrested him arrives on the scene and tells Manny to keep an eye on the comings and goings of drug dealer Jack Clay (Glenn Plummer). When Clay's girlfriend Theda (Tracy Middendorf) gets involved, secrets rise to the fore, and the result is a deadly game of murder.
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 The Last Days of Disco 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Whit Stillman
Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Mackenzie Astin, Chris Eigeman, Matt Keeslar, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals, Edoardo Ballerini, Zachary Taylor, David Thornton, Matt Ross, Tara Subkoff, Burr Steers, Jaid Barrymore, Scott Beehner
Recent Hampshire College graduates Alice Kinnon (Chloe Sevigny) and Charlotte Pingress (Kate Beckinsale) spend their days working as editorial assistants, and their nights are spent at the disco where sex and drugs run rampant. But the disco is closing, and the insecurity of Alice and the self-absorption of Charlotte seem to epitomize the youth of their day: sheltered and parentally subsidized, but on the brink of new mature love and responsibility bringing a new meaning to their lives.
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Looking for an Echo 2000 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Davidson
Cast: Armand Assante, Diane Venora, Joe Grifasi, Tom Mason, Tony Denison, Johnny Williams, Edoardo Ballerini, Christy Carlson Romano, David Vadim, Monica Trombetta
Thirty years after their heyday as a do-wop band (Vinnie and the Dreamers) the members reunite for lead singer Vinnie's (Armand Assante) 50th birthday, talk about what might have been, and think about a possible comeback.
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 The Pest 1997  PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Miller
Cast: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodriguez, Aries Spears, Tammy Townsend, Joe Morton, Charles Hallahan, Tom McCleister, Ivonne Coll, Pat Skipper, Jorge Luis Abreu, Jennifer Broughton, Yau-Gene Chan, Judyann Elder
A con man (John Leguizamo) enters into a deal where, if he can survive a 24-hour deadly game in which he is the "prey" for a hunter (Jeffrey Jones), he will get $50,000–which he needs to pay off the Scottish mob.
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 Romeo Must Die 2000 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, DMX, Delroy Lindo, Jon Kit Lee, D.B. Woodside, Edoardo Ballerini, Henry O
Ex-cop Han Sing (Jet Li) becomes involved with the Chinese Mafia in San Francisco. Problems accelerate when he falls in love with the beautiful Trish O'Day (Aaliyah) who just happens to be the daughter of the rival mob leader. This kung fu film teems with action from beginning to end.
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The Substitute 2: School's Out 1998 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steven Pearl
Cast: Treat Williams, B.D. Wong, Larry Gilliard Jr., Edoardo Ballerini, Angel David, Chuck Jeffreys, Paul Lazar, Christopher Cousins, Michael Michele, Owen Stadele
If you are into viewing endless streams of violence, then this story–about an ex-Green Beret mercenary (Treat Williams) posing as a teacher to avenge his brother's murder–will appeal.
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Sue 1997  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amos Kollek
Cast: Anna Levine, Matthew Powers, Tahnee Welch, Tracey Ross, John Ventimiglia, Austin Pendleton, Edoardo Ballerini, Matthew Faber, Robert Kya-Hill, Tom Cappadona
Sue (Anna Levine) is down on her luck–she's out of work and has difficulty finding friendships and, finally, is evicted. Then, a man she met and started an affair with is sent overseas, and things get worse as she seeks weird sex as an outlet.
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Suits 1999 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eric Weber
Cast: Robert Klein, Tony Hendra, Larry Pine, Paul Lazar, Randy Pearlstein, Ingrid Rogers, James Villemaire, Mark Lake, Joelle Carter, Edoardo Ballerini
In this satire on the advertising industry, the firm of Cranston & Co. pulls out all stops to come up with the winning slogan for a sanitary napkin campaign.
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| 1. Dinner Rush (2000)
2. El Cortez (2006)
3. The Last Days of Disco (1998)
4. Looking for an Echo (2000)
5. The Pest (1997)
6. Romeo Must Die (2000)
7. The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
8. Sue (1997)
9. Suits (1999)
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