Custer of the West 1967  G, 143 min.
Genre: Western
aka: A Good Day for Fighting
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, Lawrence Tierney, Charles Stalmaker, Kieron Moore, Marc Lawrence, Robert Ryan, Robert Hall, Jack Gaskins, Jack Taylor
Many facets of Gen. George A. Custer's (Robert Shaw) personality are revealed in this biography covering his years fighting in the Civil War; cleaning up the Indian problem in the West; and, finally, commanding the Seventh Cavalry during the massacre at Little Big Horn.
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Eugenie...The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion 1970 X, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Marie Liljedahl, Maria Rohm, Jack Taylor, Nino Korda, Herbert Fux, Paul Muller, Christopher Lee, Anney Kablan, Maria Luisa Ponte, Colette Giacobine, Uta Dahlberg
Teenager Eugenie (Marie Liljedahl) becomes the center of physical and moral abuse in this version of Marquis de Sade's "Philosophy in the Boudoir." Eugenie's father's (Paul Muller) lover, Madame de St. Ange (Maria Rohm), will have sex with him only if he allows Eugenie to come to the Madame's island mansion. Once there, Eugenie encounters sex games and drugs that totally corrupt her.
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Goya's Ghosts 2006 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Randy Quaid, Blanca Portillo, Michael Lonsdale, Jose Luis Gomez, Mabel Rivera, Craig Stevenson, Julian Wadham, Simon Andreu, Jack Taylor, David Calder
In 18th-century Spain during the Inquisition, painter Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard) is working on a portrait of the archconservative Brother Lorenzo and, at the same time, is painting a portrait of one of his favorite models, Ines (Natalie Portman). After Ines is arrested on suspicion of being a Jew, she is thrown into prison where she is tortured and then raped by Lorenzo. Her father Tomas (Jose Luis Gomez) begs Goya to intercede. But Goya, who is terrified of the Church, will only stand on the sidelines unwilling to help. Fifteen years later, Napoleon (Craig Stevenson) and his army "liberate" Spain, and Lorenzo is now Napoleon's prosecutor. Ines is set free from prison and tells Lorenzo that they have a daughter. Lorenzo declares Ines insane, institutionalizes her, and sets out to find the daughter. Once again, Goya watches helplessly from the sidelines.
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Iguana 1988 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: Everett McGill, Maru Valdivielso, Michael Madsen, Fabio Testi, Joseph Culp, Robert Case, Roger Kendall, Tim R. Ryan, Luis Barboo, Jack Taylor
Based (loosely) on a true story, a short story by Herman Melvill, and finally a novel, this is the story of Oberlus (Everett McGill), a sailor with a deformed face. After he had been made fun of and shunned by other sailors, he ended up as an outcast on an island. When others are washed ashore, he takes out his bitterness and hatred for the human race on them.
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 The Ninth Gate 1999  R, 130 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jack Taylor, James Russo, Jose Lopez Rodero, Toni Amoni, Willy Holt, Allen Garfield, Jaques Dacqmine, Joe Sheridan, Rebecca Pauly, Catherine Benguigue
Dean (Johnny Depp) is hired to find two missing copies of a book that give the "recipe" for conjuring up the devil. The third book is held by the man who hired Dean–but only one book is the real one. As Dean travels through Europe, it is clear that he's not the only one interested in the books. Dark and moody.
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Pieces 1983  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Lynda Day George, Paul L. Smith, Frank Brana, Ian Sera, Jack Taylor, Gerard Tichy, Hilda Fuchs, Isabel Luque
Now here's a REAL slasher film! A chainsaw-wielding killer is cutting his way through a college campus, taking selected body parts from his co-ed victims. The purpose: construct a human jigsaw puzzle. But fear not, the good detective (Chistopher George) is hot on the trail.
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Presence of Mind 1999 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonio Aloy
Cast: Sadie Frost, Lauren Bacall, Harvey Keitel, Nilo Mur, Agustin Villaronga, Dayna Danika, Jack Taylor, Ella Jones, Carmen Pons, Juana Ginzo
Henry James' classic tale "The Turn of the Screw" is again brought to the screen with this production shot in Spain. The guardian (Harvey Keitel) of two children hires a young woman (Sadie Frost) as a governess. The children prove to be difficult, and the housekeeper (Lauren Bacall), who really runs the place, is not pleasant to get along with. It soon becomes evident that the house holds a dark secret. Good performances by Keitel and Bacall.
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The Sea Serpent 1986  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Taryn Power, Jared Martin, Ray Milland, Gerard Tichy, Carole James, Paul Benson, Jack Taylor, Charly Bravo, Victor Israel
A sea captain (Timothy Bottoms) seeks proof of a sea serpent that he believes re-surfaced from the deep following nuclear testing in the area. Ray Milland's last movie.
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| 1. Custer of the West (1967)
aka: A Good Day for Fighting
2. Eugenie...The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion (1970)
3. Goya's Ghosts (2006)
4. Iguana (1988)
5. The Ninth Gate (1999)
6. Pieces (1983)
7. Presence of Mind (1999)
8. The Sea Serpent (1986)
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