Black Dog 1998   PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf, Gabriel Casseus, Brian Vincent, Brenda Strong, Graham Beckel, Stephen Tobolowsky, Charles S. Dutton
This average trucker action flick has ex-con Jack Crews (Patrick Swayze) on the road with an 18-wheeler unknowingly carrying a load of AK-47 assault rifles. There's lots of road action as he finds out what he's carrying and this wife and daughter are targeted as hostages to ensure Jack delivers the goods. 4 User Reviews
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| | The movie was awlsome | babydoll 09/18/2009 | | The movie moved me with the compassion for his family..The action he did was real. I give it a 100% for rating.. The action, drama and love. He is a very good actor, takes pride in his work, and co-workers. |
| | Get the movie, watch the action and the good guy wins | Enjoyable, Action loaded 09/18/2009 | | This is one of his movies you wouldn't want to miss. You like action, watch it, Want a good guy that wins, watch it. Exciting, that will keep you in your seat. |
| | Very enjoyable | old timer 01/28/2007 | | Action loaded, the good guy wins. |
| | it was an amazing action movie that no one should miss! | julianna 01/19/2007 | | |
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 Blue Streak 1999  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, Graham Beckel, Tamala Jones, Olek Krupa, Saverio Guerra, Robert Miranda, Richard C. Sarafian, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Steve Rankin, Carmen Argenziano
Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) is a jewel thief, just released from prison, who impersonates a police officer in his attempt to steal a diamond that is locked up at the police station. But, as it turns out, Logan's well-laid plans go awry in this comedy/action tale.
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Brokeback Mountain 2005  R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Western / Romance
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Scott Michael Campbell, Kate Mara, Graham Beckel, Roberta Maxwell, Peter McRobbie, Tom Carey, David Harbour, John Tench
Wyoming ranch hand Ennes Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) carry on a love affair in 1963 and then go their separate ways only to meet again four years later. Both are now married but find time every year for romantic getaways with each other that ensure their abiding love. Academy Awards were won for Best Director, Musical Score, and Writing; nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Heath Ledger), Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), and Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams). 1 User Review
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| | babylove 08/29/2007 | | Although I loved this movie very much, there should have been more love scenes between Jack and Ennes. And Jack should have not died. |
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 Hardball 2001  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hard Ball
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Julian Griffith, DeWayne Warren, Michael B. Jordan, A. Delon Ellis Jr., D.B. Sweeney, Bryan Hearne, Graham Beckel
Conor O'Neill (Keanu Reeves) obtains a loan to pay off his gambling debts on condition that he coaches an inner-city youth baseball team from Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project. After one season of coaching the kids turns Conor's life around and makes him a winner.
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Jennifer Eight 1992 R, 125 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Jennifer 8
Director: Bruce Robinson
Cast: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker, John Malkovich, Kevin Conway, Perry Lang, Nicholas Love, Michael O'Neill
John, a burned out and newly divorced L.A. cop, heads north to Eureka and a quieter police force. But, he gets an early indoctrination in his new job when a serial killer is on the loose. The killer seems to only be after blind people, and when John meets blind Helena during his investigation, he gets the lead he needs. He falls in love, and now must protect Helena as he hunts for the killer.
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 L.A. Confidential 1997  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paolo Seganti, Steve Rankin, Graham Beckel, Elisabeth Granli, Sandra Taylor
This crime story is set in Hollywood in the 1950s and features police detectives Jack Vincennes and Bud White (Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe) whose ethical behavior is definitely suspect. Then there is Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) who is a "strictly by the book" cop despite the fact that his captain, Dudley Smith (James Cromwell), tries to get him to relax his morals. In this atmosphere, crimes are investigated, but it is not always the guilty who pay. This film, based on James Ellroy's novel, is one of the year's best. Two Oscars were received, including Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger for her role as call-girl Lynn Bracken); seven other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Director.
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 Leaving Las Vegas 1995 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Kim Adams, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey, Valeria Golino, Xander Berkeley, Emily Procter, Stuart Regen, Graham Beckel, Carey Lowell, Thomas Kopache
This is a haunting love story about alcoholic Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) who is bent on drinking himself to death in Las Vegas when he meets Sera (Elisabeth Shue), a troubled prostitute. Clinging to each other in their platonic relationship, they both move beyond their desperate selves into a somewhat better place. An American tragedy. Nicolas Cage won an Academy Award for Best Actor, and three other nominations were received, including Best Director and Actress (Shue).
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Liebestraum 1991 R, 109 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak, Graham Beckel, Zach Grenier, Thomas Kopache, Taina Elg, Max Perlich, Catherine Hicks
Nick (Kevin Anderson) is called back to his hometown by his dying mother (Kim Novak). Thus begins the story of an old scandal, his own affair with his boyhood friend's wife, and other brooding moments. While director Figgis does his usual great job of presenting his story beautifully, the story itself is not all that good in this instance.
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Marie 1985 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman, Lisa Banes, Fred Dalton Thompson, Trey Wilson, Leon Rippy, Don Hood, Graham Beckel
Based on Marie Ragghianti's true story, Sissy Spacek stars in the title role of this solid drama about a mother who blows the whistle on her corrupt Tennessee government.
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 Northfork 2003 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: James Woods, Mark Polish, Nick Nolte, Duel Farnes, Daryl Hannah, Claire Forlani, Robin Sachs, Anthony Edwards, Ben Foster, Graham Beckel, Peter Coyote, Josh Barker
The year is 1955, and engineers have constructed a new dam near the small town of Northfork, Montana. Now–48 hours before flooding is scheduled for their community–the few remaining residents must face the fact that time is running out.
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The Paper Chase 1973 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Bridges
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, John Houseman, Lindsay Wagner, Graham Beckel, Edward Herrmann, James Naughton, David Clennon, Lenny Baker, Craig Richard Nelson, Blair Brown, Robert Lydiard, Regina Baff, Irma Hurley, Bill Moher, Richard Whelan
Things are bad enough for struggling graduate student James T. Hart (Timothy Bottoms) attending Harvard Law School. However, his troubles are compounded when he falls in love with Susan (Lindsay Wagner) who just happens to be the daughter of his demanding law professor, Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. (John Houseman). Houseman received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
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Separate But Equal 1991 TV, 195 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens Jr.
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, John McMartin, Graham Beckel, Ed Hall, Lynne Thigpen, Cleavon Little, Albert Hall, Macon McCalman
Based on one of the most important cases to be heard by the Supreme Court, this is a made-for-TV account of Brown v. Board of Education, which challenged school segregation based on race. The acting is excellent, with Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall who argued the case, Burt Lancaster as his courtroom opponent, and Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren. Lancaster's last role.
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True Believer 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Kurtwood Smith, Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Tom Bower, Charles Hallahan, Luis Guzman, Miguel Fernandes, Graham Beckel
This story will hold your attention from beginning to end as a lawyer (James Woods) runs into official roadblocks after he agrees to look into the case of a convicted murderer.
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown, Frances Fisher, Graham Beckel, Dinah Manoff, Ava Fabian, Joan McMurtrey, Robby Kiger, Sachi Parker, Stephen Tobolowsky, Micole Mercurio, John Short, Robin Thomas
Roxy Carmichael (Ava Fabian) is famous and has lived a luxurious life in Hollywood for the past 15 years. Now Roxy is returning to her small town of Clyde, Ohio, and excitement is in the air. It impacts the lives of many–including Roxy's ex-husband Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels). But perhaps the most affected is high-school outcast Dinky Bossetti (Winona Ryder) who has been adopted and is convinced that Roxy is her birth mother.
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| 1. Black Dog (1998)
2. Blue Streak (1999)
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
4. The Face of Rage (1983)
5. Hardball (2001)
aka: Hard Ball
6. Jennifer Eight (1992)
aka: Jennifer 8
7. L.A. Confidential (1997)
8. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
9. Liebestraum (1991)
10. Marie (1985)
11. Northfork (2003)
12. O Pioneers! (1992)
13. The Paper Chase (1973)
14. Separate But Equal (1991)
15. True Believer (1989)
16. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
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