Alien Nation 1989 TV, 95 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Director: Kenneth Johnson, Harry Longstreet Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Terri Treas, Ron Fassler, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Marcus, Molly Morgan, Jeff Doucette, J. Trevor Edmond, Noon Orsatti, Michele Lamar Richards, James Greene
In this TV version of the 1988 movie, Gary Graham inherits the James Caan role of policeman Matthew Sykes who teams up with an alien, Detective George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint), in near-future Los Angeles. As they learn to accept each other's differences, they go after the drug dealers in L.A.
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Alien Nation: Body and Soul 1995 TV, 87 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Kenneth Johnson Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Jeff Marcus, Ron Fassler, Jenny Gago, Leon Russom, Pamela Gordon, Tiny Ron, Glenn Morshower, Aimee Warren, Danielle Warren
Detective Sykes (Gary Graham) and his alien sidekick George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint) are back and continue their work in the city of humans and the alien Newcomers. A young girl, part human and part Newcomer, provides a mystery to solve.
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Alien Nation: Dark Horizon 1994 TV, 93 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Director: Kenneth Johnson Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Jeff Marcus, Ron Fassler, Jenny Gago, Scott Patterson, Michele Lamar Richards, Dana Andersen, Lee Bryant, David Purdham, Nina Foch
In this follow-up to the TV series, the alien "Newcomers" from the planet Tencton and humans coexist in L.A. Meanwhile, the "Purists" have developed a virus to infect them. Detective George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint), who is a Tencton, and his partner Matthew Sikes (Gary Graham) investigate. But more problems arise when Ahpossno (Scott Patterson) is sent from Tencton to capture the "Newcomers" and take them back to a world of slavery.
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Alien Nation: Millennium 1996 TV, 90 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Kenneth Johnson Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Jeff Marcus, Ron Fassler, Jenny Gago, Brian Markinson, Herta Ware, Steven Flynn, Freda Foh Shen, Susan Diol, Ellis Williams
Our friends, the humans and alien Newcomers, are back yet again. It is now 1999, and, as the end of the millennium approaches, detective Matt Sykes (Gary Graham) and his alien partner George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint) are on the trail of of the Newcomer cult that is plotting to lure its victims into a virtual reality scheme in which the victims believe that they will achieve instant enlightenment.
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Alien Nation: The Enemy Within 1996 TV, 95 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Kenneth Johnson Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Joe Lando, Terri Treas, Michele Scarabelli, Kerrie Keane, Jeff Marcus, Dana Reed, Sean Six, Lauren Woodland, Ron Fassler, Wayne Pere, Tiny Ron, Mary Ingersoll, Phil Hayes
This made-for-TV film, based on the 1989 flick and a subsequent TV series, follows our hero-detectives: earthling Detective Matt Sikes (Gary Graham) and alien Newcomer George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint). After the death of a Newcomer, the alien caste system is revealed when George isn't interested in finding the killer of a low-caste man.
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Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy 1997 TV, 95 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Kenneth Johnson Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Jeff Marcus, Ron Fassler, Jenny Gago, Peggy McCay, Tim De Zarn, Michael Mantell, Robert Gossett, Jeff Allin, Lane Smith
The detective duo–earthling Matt Sikes (Gary Graham) and alien Newcomer George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint)–is back; this time they are investigating Newcomers programmed to perform peoples' dirty work. The investigation's findings present new problems in George and Susan's (Michele Scarabelli) lives.
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Forever Young 1992 PG, 138 min. Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Steve Miner Cast: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant, Robert Hy Gorman, Joe Morton, Art LaFleur, Millie Slavin, Veronica Lauren, Michael A. Goorjian, Eric Pierpoint, Walton Goggins
Daniel (Mel Gibson) is a test pilot who is cryogenically frozen in 1939 as part of a military experiment. David volunteers for the experiment so that he will not have to deal with his girlfriend Helen (Isabel Glasser) being in a coma. He wakes up in 1992 when young Nat (Elijah Wood) and Felix (Robert Hy Gorman) find the freezing unit while playing at an abandoned warehouse once run by the military. When David thaws out, the boys take him home where their mother Claire (Jamie Lee Curtis) takes care of him and helps him adjust to the modern world. Their friendship grows into love–until David learns that Helen is still alive.
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Invaders from Mars 1986 PG, 100 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Tobe Hooper Cast: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Eric Pierpoint, Jimmy Hunt, Dale Dye
This remake of the 1953 film is a near disaster. The only interesting comment is that the boy in the earlier film is now the police chief (Jimmy Hunt). A boy (Black's real-life son) sees an alien landing in his back yard, and then sees the townsfolk get taken over. Watch the earlier version. 2 User Reviews
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| | Classic | groominggranny 01/12/2011 | | I am 53 and this movie has had a lasting impact on me since I was a young child. What a classic, I haven't seen it in over 40 years but remember vivid details. |
| | A Childhood Favorite | ChibiV 08/12/2010 | I have never seen the original and I was only four years old when this movie came out, but as I grew up and it was played on TV this movie became one of my favorites. I know many other people my age that loved this movie. We remember it fondly along with other great movies such as The Navigator. It took the concept of aliens invading through mind control and showed it through the eyes of a child, making it easier for children to connect with and enjoy. And the end? That was the best part. It felt edgy and fun when I was a kid and watching it again as an adult I wasn't disappointing.
How good it actually is compared to the original? I don't know. However, the graphics are decent enough that most children of this generation would have an easier time watching it than the black-and-white original. The storyline is also unique enough that it can still capture the minds of young sci-fi viewers.
It may not have been a blockbuster, but it is defiantly a cult classic. |
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Liar Liar 1997 PG-13, 86 min. Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac Cast: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes, Anne Haney, Jennifer Tilly, Jason Bernard, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe, Mitch Ryan, Marianne Muellerleile, Christopher Mayer, Eric Pierpoint, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Cheri Oteri
A yuppie lawyer, Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey), has a great career but is newly divorced from his wife, Audrey Reede (Maura Tierney). When their five-year-old son, Max (Justin Cooper), makes a birthday wish that his father will not tell another lie, Fletcher must go 24 hours without telling any falsehoods. Will he survive the ordeal?
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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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Steel 1997 PG-13, 93 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Kenneth Johnson Cast: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, Irma P. Hall, Ray J, Charles Napier, Kerrie Keane, Eric Pierpoint, Tembi Locke, Harvey Silver, Thom Barry, Gary Graham, Eric Saiet, Hill Harper
John Henry Irons (Shaquille O'Neal) was once a designer of military weapons. Now those same weapons are being used by gangs, terrorists, and neo-Nazis. The weapons designer makes use of his Uncle Joe's (Richard Roundtree) junkyard; becomes a real man of "steel"; and, as a superhero, comes to the rescue.
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Where Truth Lies 1996 R, 92 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William H. Molina Cast: John Savage, Kim Cattrall, Malcolm McDowell, Candice Daly, Eric Pierpoint, Sam J. Jones, Denis Forest, David St. James, Timothy Patrick Quill, Rance Howard, Barry Lee Pearl, Jean Speegle Howard
Now here's a bizarre film. A psychiatrist, Dr. Ian Lazarre (John Savage), sinks into depression and drinking after his wife's death in an alcohol-related car accident, though he has remarried to a woman who looks just like his dead wife. He is talked into going to a rehab center that specializes in using experimental drugs. But the head of the institution, Dr. Renquist (Malcolm McDowell), is out to get Ian; in fact, Renquist murdered Ian's first wife–and staged the car accident–out of jealousy and now intends to take care of Ian.
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| 1. Alien Nation (1989)
2. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995)
3. Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994)
4. Alien Nation: Millennium (1996)
5. Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996)
6. Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997)
7. Forever Young (1992)
8. Invaders from Mars (1986)
9. Liar Liar (1997)
10. The Movie Hero (2003)
11. Steel (1997)
12. Where Truth Lies (1996)
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