Asteroid 1997  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bradford May
Cast: Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Zachary Charles, Don Franklin, Anthony Zerbe, Carlos Gomez, Michael Weatherly, Jensen Daggett, Frank McRae, Gerry Becker
Originally a TV miniseries, this filmed version has been pared down by about an hour. A large asteroid is headed for Earth after being kicked out of its orbit by a comet. The asteroid could wipe out the entire population of Earth, so something must be done to destroy it. That something would be weapons fired at it, which does break it up into small pieces. The bad news is that the chunks all fall on Dallas, wreaking havoc. The last half of the film is concerned with the efforts of our heroes to save the people from the devastation.
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 Blood Work 2002  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay
Graciella (Wanda De Jesus) hires retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) to find her sister's killer. McCaleb is indebted to Graciella's family because, two years earlier, he received the transplanted heart of her sister. But does he have the physical strength to solve one more crime?
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 Donnie Brasco 1997  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, Anne Heche, James Russo, Andrew Parks, Zach Grenier, Gretchen Mol, Val Avery, Zeljko Ivanek, Gerry Becker, Robert Miano, Brian Tarantina, Rocco Sisto
Based on FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone's 1989 memoirs, this is the story of how Pistone/Donnie Brasco (Johnny Depp) was able to infiltrate a Brooklyn mob, by acting as a mole, and win the trust of hit-man Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). However, once he wins that trust, the two form a friendship that threatens to undermine Brasco's reason for infiltrating the gang. His friendship with Ruggiero also presents problems in his marriage to Maggie (Anne Heche) as well as his devotion to law and order.
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Game Day 1999  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Klein
Cast: Richard Lewis, Sean Squire, Gerry Becker, Frank Gorshin, Alicia Minshew, Brenton Birmingham, Lee Bryan, Valorie Hubbard, Hillel Meltzer, Kenny Albertas
Alcoholic doper Steve Adler (Richard Lewis) is also a basketball coach fired from a high-profile college after losing championship games too many times. Now he is coach of a second-rate team in a second-rate backwoods town. He brings the team to the championship game and another chance to win–at basketball if not in life. This drama/comedy is just another rags-to-riches sports story going nowhere.
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Man on the Moon 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, George Shapiro, Vincent Schiavelli, Peter Bonerz, Jerry Lawler, Gerry Becker, Leslie Lyles, George Shapiro, Budd Friedman, Pamela Abdy, Cash Oshman, Matt Price
Jim Carrey plays the late comedian Andy Kaufman in this biography, which follows Kaufman from his days on the standup circuit, through his popular stint on "Taxi," and into the wrestling world where his feud with Jerry Lawler culminated in a fight on the Letterman show.
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 Mickey Blue Eyes 1999 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kelly Makin
Cast: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow, Paul Lazar, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Scott Thompson, John Ventimiglia, Margaret Devine
A very respectable Manhattan art auctioneer, Michael Felgate (Hugh Grant), proposes marriage to Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and only later learns that she is a Mafia princess–the daughter of Mafia chief Frank Vitale (James Caan). Frank takes a liking to Michael, and Michael's life changes: his trucked-in deliveries start arriving on time, but he pays the price via favors expected by the mobsters.
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 Perfect Stranger 2007 R, 109 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow, Gary Dourdan, Florencia Lozano, Nicki Aycox, Kathleen Chalfant, Gordon MacDonald, Daniella Van Graas, Paula Miranda, Patti D'Arbanville, Clea Lewis, Gerry Becker
Reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) goes undercover in real life and on the Internet to investigate her friend Grace's (Nicki Aycox) murder. She suspects that the murder is tied to Grace's lover, the powerful and married Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), who runs a very powerful NYC ad agency. To get close to the suspect, Rowena gets help from researcher Miles (Giovanni Ribisi) to obtain a job, under an assumed name, at Hill's office. Once there, Rowena assumes yet another name when she goes online and seduces Hill through a chat room. But, is it possible that Rowena is not the only one with a fake identity?
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 Spider-Man 2002  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Joe Manganiello, Bill Nunn, Ted Raimi, Gerry Becker, Jack Betts, Stanley Anderson, Ron Perkins, Michael Papajohn
Stan Lee's comic book character, Spider-Man, comes to the screen backed by super special effects and gripping live-action shots. The story begins with orphaned Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) living in Queens, New York, with his Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) and Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson). Peter is leading the life of a normal student–until he goes on a school trip and is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Now, Peter finds that he has unusual powers. But, using those powers is not that easy, and Peter does not make use of his new talent when a burgular murders Uncle Ben. Then Peter remembers that Uncle Ben told him, "With great power, there must also come great responsibility." That's what it takes, and now Peter uses those extraordinary powers to fight crime. However, the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) is out there ready to stop any of Peter's good deeds.
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When Billie Beat Bobby 2001 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Anderson
Cast: Holly Hunter, Ron Silver, Matt Letscher, Bob Gunton, Jacqueline McKenzie, Elizabeth Berridge, Vincent Van Patten, Caitlin Martin, Gerry Becker, Michael Mantell, Caroline Aaron, Jack Hallett
The famous "battle of the sexes" tennis match between tennis stars Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter) and Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver) in 1973 is recreated in this made-for-TV film. Seeing an opportunity to cash in on the rise of feminism, over-the-hill Bobby challenged top female tennis stars. The match between him and Billie Jean King at the Astrodome was watched by millions on TV.
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| 1. Asteroid (1997)
2. Blood Work (2002)
3. Donnie Brasco (1997)
4. Game Day (1999)
5. Man on the Moon (1999)
6. Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
7. Perfect Stranger (2007)
8. Spider-Man (2002)
9. When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
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