The Gate 1987  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tibor Takacs
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin, Deborah Grover, Scot Denton, Ingrid Veninger, Sean Fagan, Linda Goranson, Carl Kraines, Andrew Gunn, Mic Nuggette
Glen (Stephen Dorff) and his sister, Al (Christa Denton), are allowed to stay home for the first time when their parents leave for the weekend. Bored, Glen and friend Terry (Louis Tripp) decide to explore the large hole left when a tree was uprooted. It appears that the hole is actually a gate to Hell from which little demons come to the surface and create havoc as they prepare for the arrival of the Demon Lord. Likeable kids and good special effects. There is a sequel: "The Gate II: Trespassers."
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Hockey Night 1984  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Paul Shapiro
Cast: Megan Follows, Rick Moranis, Gail Youngs, Yannick Bisson, Robin Ward, Maury Chaykin, Sean McCann, Rob McEwan, Ingrid Veninger, Henry Ramer, Ken Camroux, Deanna Ethridge
The small Canadian town needs more hockey talent for its high-school team, and Cathy (Megan Follows), an avid hockey player, arrives in town with a desire to play. But she's a girl, and that doesn't sit well with some of the boy players. She makes the team in this enjoyable teen tale.
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Out of the Ashes 2003  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Jolyon Baker, Jessica Beichman, Oliver Cotton, Michelle Fine, Zoie Palmer, Ingrid Veninger, Nina Young
This made-for-TV movie is based on Hungarian Dr. Gisella Perl's (Christine Lahti) memoirs and is told in flashback as she endures intense interrogation by U.S. officials when she attempts to gain U.S. citizenship in 1946. She lost her entire family at the Auschwitz death camp and had come to the U.S. to begin life anew. The interrogation centered around her work as a gynecologist who performed morally questionable abortions at Auschwitz in an effort to save pregnant women from the gas chambers.
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Steal This Movie! 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak, Donal Logue, Kevin Corrigan, Alan Van Sprang, Troy Garity, Ingrid Veninger, Stephen Marshall
This biography of the 1960s anti-war activist Abby Hoffman (Vincent D'Onofrio) successfully compresses much of Hoffman's political and personal life into a forceful story. Director Robert Greenwald utilizes a series of flashbacks mainly narrated by Hoffman's widow, Anita (Janeane Garofalo), and attorney Gerry Lefcourt (Kevin Pollak).
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| 1. The Gate (1987)
2. Hockey Night (1984)
3. Out of the Ashes (2003)
4. Steal This Movie! (2000)
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