21 2008  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Donna Lows, Butch Williams, Jeffrey Ma
Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior Ben (Jim Sturgess) needs money to pay for medical school next year at Harvard. He finds the answer to his problem through math Professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) who has cracked the code for winning at blackjack. Ben joins a group from MIT who, using fake I.D.s, head for Las Vegas to beat the odds. All goes well–until the casino's enforcer Cole Williams (Laurence Fishbourne) realizes that there is a problem involving the gambling and determines to expose the scam. Based on a true story.
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Across the Tracks 1991 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sandy Tung
Cast: Rick Schroder, Brad Pitt, Carrie Snodgress, David Anthony Marshall, Thomas Mikal Ford, John Linton, Cyril O'Reilly, Jack McGee, Annie Dylan, Bebe Drake, Kent Lipham, Jaime Gomez
Fresh out of reform school, Billy Maloney (Rick Schroder) starts life anew at a different high school. But he is still influenced by his drug dealing friends from the past–until his brother, Joe (Brad Pitt), convinces him to join the track team. It doesn't take Billy long before he proves superior to Joe in the track world, and jealousies rise to the fore. Now it is Joe who needs saving, and "black sheep" Billy steps in to save the day.
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Alphabet Killer 2008 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Rob Schmidt
Cast: Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton, Tom Malloy, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley, Brian Scannell, Carl Lumbly, Jack McGee, Larry Hankin, Meltem Cumbul, Melissa Leo, Tom Noonan, Rocco Sisto, Andrew Fiscella
Loosely based on murders in Rochester, New York, during the late 1980s, this story centers on a police officer, Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku), who develops schizophrenia while investigating the case. She is placed in a psychiatric hospital but is released later and is back at the police station when another murder is committed. Megan sees a connection between the murders because the victims' first and last names start with the same letters. Now, the question is whether or not Megan can hang onto her sanity long enough to solve the crimes.
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Backdraft 1991  R, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, J.T. Walsh, Clint Howard, Anthony Mockus Sr., Cedrick Young, Juan Ramirez, Kevin Casey, Jack McGee
Sibling rivals Stephen and Brian McCaffrey (Kurt Russell and William Baldwin) are employed by the same Chicago Fire Department that their now-deceased father once worked for. Suspicious fires are being set, and Arson Inspector Donald "Shadow" Rimgale (Robert De Niro) steps in to investigate. The investigation leads to corrupt Alderman Marty Swayzak's (J.T. Walsh) connection to jailed pyromaniac Ronald Bartel (Donald Sutherland). Meanwhile, Brian suspects that his brother Stephen might be playing an important role in the arsons. All forces come together in phenomenal fire-fighting scenes.
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 Basic Instinct 1992 R, 127 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Leilani Sarelle, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Bruce A. Young, Dorothy Malone, Denis Arndt, Wayne Knight, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chelcie Ross, Daniel von Bargen, Benjamin Mouton, Bill Cable, Jack McGee
A bisexual novelist, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), is a suspect in a murder that closely resembles the plot of her latest bestseller. San Francisco homicide Detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) becomes attracted to her as he investigates Tramell for the ice pick murder. Meanwhile, Nick's partner Gus Moran (George Dzundza) and his psychiatrist Beth Gardner (Jeanne Tripplehorn) are concerned for Nick's safety as more murders occur. But, Nick's sexual attraction to Catherine is not helping the investigation, and Nick unwittingly enters into Catherine's cat-and-mouse game.
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Bread and Roses 2000  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, George Lopez, Alonso Chavez, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila, Benicio Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Lillian Hurst, Mayron Payes
When illegal immigrant Maya (Pilar Padilla) arrives in L.A., she moves in with her sister Rosa's (Elpidia Carrillo) family. In need of money, the sisters work as janitors, meet union organizer Sam (Adrien Brody), and join the union–despite fears that they will lose their much-needed jobs.
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Breakdown 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Harris, Kim Robillard, Thomas Kopache, Vincent Berry, Helen Duffy, Jack McGee, Ancel Cook, Gene Hartline
Jeff and Amy Taylor (Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan) leave Massachusetts to embark on a cross-country trip. Their new Jeep breaks down in a Southwest desert, and Amy accepts a ride from truck driver Red Barr (J.T. Walsh) who offers to take her to a diner where she can call for help. Jeff manages to fix the Jeep, but Amy has not returned. After driving to the diner, Jeff meets Red who claims that he never saw Amy. Jeff files a missing person's report and learns that there are others who have disappeared while traveling that stretch of desert. Now, the question is: Who can Jeff trust?
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Cold Dog Soup 1989  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North, Nancy Kwan, Seymour Cassel, Pierre Epstein, Brent Hinkley, Nick LaTour, Jack McGee
Michael (Frank Whaley) meets and is taken home by beautiful Sarah (Christine Harnos) who lives with her mother (Sheree North) and an obnoxious dog. The dog dies, and Sarah asks Michael to dispose of it and hurry back for fun and games. Outside, while deciding what to do, along comes cabbie Jack (Randy Quaid) who convinces Michael to sell the dog rather than dispose of it. Thus begins a zany journey through town to sell the dog, with Jack quoting parables all the way while Michael wants to get back to Sarah's.
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I Love You, Don't Touch Me! 1997 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Julie Davis
Cast: Marla Schaffel, Mitchell Whitfield, Meredith Scott Lynn, Michael Harris, Jack McGee, Darryl Theirse, Nancy Sorel, Julie Ariola, Victor Raider-Wexler, Wallace Kurth
Katie (Marla Schaffel) is a 25-year-old virgin who has been saving herself for "the right one." Will "the right one" turn out to be sweet geek Ben (Mitchell Whitfield) or glamorous composer Richard (Michael Harris)?
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The International 2009 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O'Byrne, Ulrich Thomsen, Michel Voletti, Patrick Baladi, Jay Villiers, Fabrice Scott, Haluk Bilginer, Luca Barbareschi, Jack McGee, Allesandro Fabrizi, Felix Solis, Nilaja Sun
Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) teams up with Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to investigate the International Bank of Business and Credit and its connection to an Italian arms dealer. Salinger and Whitman find their lives in peril as they travel through Berlin, Milan, New York, and Istanbul on the trail of the bank's paid assassin, The Consultant (Brian F. O'Byrne). They end up at New York's Guggenheim Museum where bullets fly and concrete shatters as they try to stop the bank's financing of war and terror.
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 Open Season 2006 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing, Gary Sinise, Billy Connolly, Georgia Engel, Jon Favreau, Jane Krakowski, Gordon Tootoosis, Patrick Warburton, Cody Cameron, Danny Mann, Jack McGee
In this animated film, a domesticated grizzly bear, Boog (voice of Martin Lawrence), had been living in park ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) garage until Beth believed he should be set free. Now out on his own, Boog lacks survival skills and welcomes deer friend Elliot's (voice of Ashton Kutcher) aid in escaping from redneck hunter Shaw (Gary Sinise). The two form a bond and try to rid the forest of hunters.
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The Prophecy III: The Ascent 2000 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Patrick Lussier
Cast: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Dave Buzzotta, Kayren Butler, Steve Hytner, Brad Dourif, Scott Cleverdon, Jack McGee, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Mark Prince Edwards, Moriah "Shining Dove" Snyder, J.D. Rosen, Tyrone Tann, William Stanford Davis, Drew Swaine
The "Prophecy" trilogy ends with this entry as Gabriel (Christopher Walken) returns for the final confrontation of good vs. bad angels. Gabriel has found a good life on Earth, but he needs the help of half-human/half-angel Danyael (Dave Buzzotta) to fight the evil Zophael (Vincent Spano).
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The Quest 1996 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn, Aki Aleong, Jack McGee, Shane Meier, Abdel Qissi, Louis Mandylor, Ryan Cutrona, Matt Lyon, Jen Sung Outerbridge, Chang Ching Peng Chaplin
While escaping from the police, New York City pickpocket Chris Dubois (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is kidnapped by gun smugglers and then rescued by pirate captain Lord Dobbs (Roger Moore). Dobbs later turns Chris over to master kickboxer Khao (Aki Aeong). Khao trains Chris to be a kickboxer, which leads to him entering a martial arts competition in the Lost City of Tibet. Along for the trip are Lord Dobbs, competitor Maxie Devine (James Remar), and reporter Carrie Newton (Janet Gunn). If Chris wins the competition, he will win the coveted Golden Dragon as his reward.
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Shy People 1987  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick, John Philbin, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mare Winningham, Tony Epper, Don Swayze, Jack McGee
A writer from New York (Jill Clayburgh) and her teenage daughter (Martha Plimpton) travel to the Louisiana bayou country where they hope to use family ties as background for the next project. 1 User Review
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Soccer Dog: European Cup 2004 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Sandy Tung
Cast: Nick Moran, Jake Thomas, Lori Heuring, Scott Cleverdon, Orson Bean, Darren Keefe, Frank Simons, Jack McGee, Tony Collins, Jeremy Howard, John Kassir, Eric Don, J.B. Ghuman Jr., Vince Grant, Eric Jacobs
Young Zach (Jake Thomas), whose mother has died, leaves America and is reunited with his father, Brian (Nick Moran), in Scotland where the two discover a mutual love for soccer. Events take an upward swing when Zach befriends a stray dog that becomes not only the team mascot but the star as well.
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Standing on Fishes 1999 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Meredith Scott Lynn, Bradford Tatum
Cast: Bradford Tatum, Meredith Scott Lynn, Jason Priestley, Lauren Fox, Pamela Reed, Kelsey Grammer, James Black, Nancy Hower, Jack McGee, Alexandra Hedison
A filmmaker, Richard Verk (Kelsey Grammer), approaches sculptor Caleb (Bradford Tatum) and asks him to make a rubber vagina to be used as a movie prop. Caleb accepts the offer, which, of course, results in repercussions from his girlfriend, Erika (Meredith Scott Lynn).
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Star Kid 1997 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Manny Coto
Cast: Joseph Mazzello, Joey Simmrin, Corinne Bohrer, Alex Daniels, Arthur Burghardt, Brian Simpson, Richard Gilliland, Ashlee Levitch, Jack McGee, Danny Masterson
When 12-year-old Spencer Griffith (Joseph Mazzello) discovers a Cyborsuit (Cy) that has crashed on earth, Spencer dons the suit and helps fight the Bloodwarrior that is after Cy. In the process, Cy helps Spencer conquer some of his own human fears.
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 Waiting for the Light 1990 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Monger
Cast: Teri Garr, Shirley MacLaine, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schiavelli, Jack McGee, John Bedford Lloyd, Hillary Wolf, Colin Baumgartner, Jeff McCracken, Bob Henry
This offbeat story is about Kay (Teri Garr) who inherits a small-town cafe and begins a new life with her children and strange Aunt Zena (Shirley MacLaine). When Zena and the kids play a practical joke on a neighbor, the event sets off a chain of events that results in people thinking a miracle has been performed. Soon, would-be believers flock into the town.
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| 1. 21 (2008)
2. Across the Tracks (1991)
3. Alphabet Killer (2008)
4. Backdraft (1991)
5. Basic Instinct (1992)
6. Bread and Roses (2000)
7. Breakdown (1997)
8. Cold Dog Soup (1989)
9. I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (1997)
10. The International (2009)
11. The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1997)
aka: Frankie the Fly
12. Open Season (2006)
13. Overnight Delivery (1996)
14. The Prophecy III: The Ascent (2000)
15. The Quest (1996)
16. Shy People (1987)
17. Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
18. Standing on Fishes (1999)
19. Star Kid (1997)
20. Waiting for the Light (1990)
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