Autumn Heart 1999 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Maler Cast: Tyne Daly, Ally Sheedy, Jack Davidson, Davidlee Willson, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo, John Fiore, Julian Sands, Zachary Lee, Lisa Keller, Michele Proude, Bobbie Steinbach
After school bus driver Ann (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes a request of her three daughters (Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo, and Ally Sheedy): find their brother Daniel (Davidlee Willson) who was taken by their father Lee (Jack Davidson) when he left 16 years previously. They find Daniel–at Harvard–and Lee who is now wealthy. The tough sisters must come to grips with what went wrong in their lives. Can their mother be forgiven for withholding her secrets?
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Baby It's You 1983 R, 105 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Sayles Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson, Frank Vincent, Fisher Stevens, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew Modine, Nick Ferrari, Leora Dana, Bill Raymond, Sam McMurray, Dolores Messina, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Marta Kober
The rich-girl-in-love-with-boy-from-the-other-side-of-the-tracks classic storyline is again used; this time however, it's the 1960s and Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) is an intelligent, college bound Jewish girl, and Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo (Vincent Spano) is an Italian waiter with aspirations to become a singer. Good performances and script.
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The Next Man 1976 R, 108 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller aka: Double Hit The Arab Conspiracy
Director: Richard C. Sarafian Cast: Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi, Marco St. John, Ted Beniades, Charles Cioffi, Richard C. Sarafian, John MacKay, Lance Henriksen, Jack Davidson, Bob Minor, William Mooney, Stephen D. Newman, Charles Randall
A Saudi, United Nations diplomat Khalil Abdul-Muhsen (Sean Connery), makes peace offerings to Israel and wants Israel be become a member of OPEC. This does not sit well with Arab terrorists who send Nicole Scott (Cornelia Sharpe) to assassinate him. Nicole arrives on the scene, she meets Khalil, and they fall in love in this action-filled story that takes place in New York, Germany, London, and Morocco.
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Reuben, Reuben 1983 R, 101 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Ellis Miller Cast: Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, E. Katherine Kerr, Joel Fabiani, Lois Smith, Jack Davidson, Damon Douglas, Ed Grady
Kelly McGillis made her film debut, and Tom Conti was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor in this film about a Scottish poet who seduces middle-aged women–until he falls for a young college student.
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Shock Waves 1977 PG, 90 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Almost Human Death Corps
Director: Ken Wiederhorn Cast: Peter Cushing, John Carradine, Brooke Adams, Fred Buch, Jack Davidson, Luke Halpin, D.J. Sidney, Don Stout, Tony Moskal, Gary Levinson
During a storm, a cruise ship collides with an unusual ship, and the passengers are stranded on an island. They encounter a squadron of zombies that had been a part of the Nazi army 35 years before and had subsequently been sunk in Caribbean waters. What is a poor tourist to do? Cheap but fun, with cool zombies.
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| 1. Autumn Heart (1999)
2. Baby It's You (1983)
3. The Next Man (1976) aka: Double Hit aka: The Arab Conspiracy
4. Reuben, Reuben (1983)
5. Shock Waves (1977) aka: Almost Human aka: Death Corps
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