 Against the Ropes 2004  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Cast: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Joseph Cortese, Charles S. Dutton, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Kerry Washington, Sean Bell, Dean McDermott, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Holt McCallany
Meg Ryan stars as Jackie Kallen in this true story about a little girl who spent her early years at her father's gym and, despite the odds, grew up to become a very successful boxing promoter.
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Alien 3 1992  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Lance Henriksen, Pete Postlethwaite, Holt McCallany, Christopher Fairbank, Leon Herbert
Sigourney Weaver is back for round three in the continuing saga. This time, as the team heads home, they crash-land on a planet inhabited by prisoners who have been given the chance to rule themselves. The only survivor of the crash is Ripley (Weaver), and, while recovering, she realizes that the killer alien is on this planet. Ripley and the prisoners set out to find and kill the alien, but Ripley is aware that her own time is limited because the alien has implanted an offspring inside her. Good visual effects.
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Below 2002 R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Chinlund, Jonathan Hartman
World War II submarine U.S.S. Tiger Shark appears haunted by supernatural forces after the crew rescues three survivors from a torpedoed British hospital ship.
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 Men of Honor 2000  R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, David Keith, Holt McCallany, Joshua Leonard
Born to share croppers, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became the first African-American to reach the rank of Master Chief Diver. Brashear's story relates how he beat the odds of racial prejudice inherent in the Armed Forces in the 1950s and 1960s to live his life proudly with honor.
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Peacemaker 1997 R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Marcel Iures, Michael Boatman, Aleksandr Baluyev, Rene Medvesek, Gary Werntz, Randall Batinkoff, Jim Haynie, Alexander Strobele, Holt McCallany, Joan Copeland, Carlos Gomez, Slavko Juraga
A train crash in Russia sets off a nuclear explosion. Was it an accident or not? White House anti-smuggling official Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) thinks not, and U.S. intelligence officer Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) agrees. Together, they set out to get answers that lead to a terrorist Dusan Gavrich (Marcel Iures) who has plans to set off a nuclear explosion in Manhattan.
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Rough Riders 1997 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Milius
Cast: Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey, Brad Johnson, Illeana Douglas, Chris Noth, Brian Keith, George Hamilton, R. Lee Ermey, Nick Chinlund, Dale Dye, Holt McCallany, Geoffrey Lewis, James Parks, Dakin Matthews
When he was Navy Assistant Secretary, Theodore Roosevelt enlisted his voluntary "Rough Riders" cavalry to join Cuban rebels in the Spanish American War. The focus is on battle scenes and the macho world of men proving their "manhood." Never mind the fact that most of the story was invented by Roosevelt who loved playing a hero.
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 Three Kings 1999  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure / Comedy
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui, Judy Greer, Liz Stauber, Marsha Horan, Christopher Lohr, Jon Sklaroff, Holt McCallany
Following the Persian Gulf War, U.S. soldiers–Archie Gates (George Clooney), Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg), and Chief Elgin (Ice Cube)–set out as "Three Kings" determined to retrieve $23 million in gold that Saddam Hussein reputedly stole from Kuwait. They follow the trail and steal the gold. But, in the process, they discover the consequences of America's policies in the Middle East when the U.S. encouraged civilians to rise up against Hussein. Those civilians now face execution, and the U.S. refuses to help. "The Three Kings" must decide whether or not to help the civilians get out of Kuwait–an effort that may entail losing their cache of gold.
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Vantage Point 2008 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Pete Travis
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce McGill, Edgar Ramirez, Said Taghmaoui, Ayelet Zurer, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, James LeGros, Eduardo(2) Noriega, Richard T. Jones, Holt McCallany, Leonardo Nam
United States President Ashton (William Hurt) is at Plaza Major in Madrid when gunshots ring out, and the President falls. Moments later, an explosion creates more havoc in the area. Agents Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) and Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) begin their investigation into what has occurred. They start with American TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver) who has been relaying events to viewers around the world. Meanwhile, an American tourist, Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), has also captured the scene, including who he thinks is the assassin, on videotape. As Brooks, Lewis, and others reveal their stories, the agents fit new clues from different perspectives into the puzzle while they search for answers about the assassination.
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| 1. Against the Ropes (2004)
2. Alien 3 (1992)
3. Below (2002)
4. Men of Honor (2000)
5. Peacemaker (1997)
6. Rough Riders (1997)
7. Three Kings (1999)
8. Vantage Point (2008)
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