The China Syndrome 1979  PG, 122 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Bridges
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez, James Karen
A television news crew is doing a piece on the local nuclear power plant when an emergency occurs. Later, power plant personnel and newsmen disagree about what had occurred.
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 Congo 1995  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell, James Karen, Mary Ellen Trainor, Stuart Pankin, Grant Heslov, Lorene Noh, Misty Rosas, Carolyn Seymour, Romy Rosemont, Bill Pugin
This film is based on Michael Crichton's novel about Transicom (a greedy American corporation) whose C.E.O., R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker), sends a group to search for diamonds in Africa. When the group goes missing, Travis sends former CIA operative Karen Ross (Laura Linney) into the jungles in search of the group and the diamonds. Karen travels with a researcher of ape development, Peter (Dylan Walsh), and a Romanian, Herkermer (Tim Curry), who is searching for the Lost City of Zinj. Once they reach Africa, they are met by "great white hunter" Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson). While on their journey, they encounter a danger they had not planned on in the form of bloodthirsty gorillas. Special effects are a good addition to the story.
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Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster 1965  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Duel of the Space Monsters
Mars Attacks Puerto Rico
Director: Robert Gaffney
Cast: James Karen, Nancy Marshall, Robert Reilly, David Kernan, Marilyn Hanold, Lou Cutell, Bruce Glover, Robert Alan Browne, Robert Fields
The women on Mars have been killed in a nuclear war, and Martian Princess Marcuzan (Marilyn Hanold), along with Dr. Nader (Lou Cutell), sets out to kidnap Earth's women. In the process, they attack a space capsule carrying android pilot Capt. Frank "Frankenstein" Saunders who is actually a NASA robot in space that is programmed to ward off space invaders. Frank is hit by a ray-gun and badly maimed. His creator, Dr. Adam Steele (James Karen), arrives on the scene to find and protect Frank who is killing in self defense while the aliens are capturing Puerto Rico's women.
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Hardbodies 2 1986  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Griffiths
Cast: Brad Zutaut, Fabiana Udenio, James Karen, Alba Francesca, Roberta Collins, Brenda Bakke, Sorrels Pickard, Louise Baker, Alexandros Mylonas, Robert Rhine, Sam Temeles, Curt Wilmot, Nana, Lifteris Andrikos, Thanassis Christopoulos
This time, hormones abound when a group of students go on a cruise. Like "Hardbodies," this movie sacrifices plot and substance for (very) cheap thrills.
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Hercules in New York 1970  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, Deborah Loomis, James Karen, Ernest Graves, Taina Elg, Tanny McDonald, Harold Burstein, Merwin Goldsmith, Rudy Bond, Lane Carroll
Mount Olympus is not providing the excitement needed by Hercules (Arnold Schwarzeneger), and, by accident (a lightning bolt) Hercules ends up in New York. Although modern life is a difficult adjustment, Hercules manages to make his way. Meanwhile, his father, Zeus (Ernest Graves), sends Nemesis (Taina Elg) and assorted other gods down to Earth to bring him home. Arnold Schwarzenegger's film debut.
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I Never Sang for My Father 1970  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Dorothy Stickney, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard, Lovelady Powell, Daniel Keyes, Conrad Bain, James Karen
Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) must put his own life on hold while taking care of his elderly father (Melvyn Douglas). When Gene's sister Alice (Estelle Parsons) tells him he should get on with his life, he begins to realize the situation's hopelessness and finally feels free to find happiness. Both Douglas and Hackman received Oscar nominations.
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Invaders from Mars 1986 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Eric Pierpoint, Jimmy Hunt, Dale Dye
This remake of the 1953 film is a near disaster. The only interesting comment is that the boy in the earlier film is now the police chief (Jimmy Hunt). A boy (Black's real-life son) sees an alien landing in his back yard, and then sees the townsfolk get taken over. Watch the earlier version.
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Jagged Edge 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, John Dehner, Karen Austin, Guy Boyd, Leigh Taylor-Young, Louis Giambalvo, Lance Henriksen, Maria Mayenzet, Dave Austin, Richard Partlow, Ben Hammer, James Karen
San Francisco newspaper publisher Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges) is accused of murdering his wife, heiress Paige (Maria Meyenzet), and hires lawyer Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) to defend him. In the course of the trial, Forrester and Teddy have an affair. The burning question is whether or not justice was served.
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Opening Night 1977 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, Peter Bogdanovich, Laura Johnson, John Finnegan, James Karen
All the backstage drama of an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) is presented in this insightful film written by, directed by, and starring John Cassavetes.
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 Poltergeist 1982 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Richard Lawson, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, James Karen, Michael McManus, Virginia Kiser, Martin Casella, Lou Perryman, Clair E. Leucart, Dirk Blocker
Evil spirits (poltergeists) drop in for a visit with the suburban California Freeling family–father Steve (Craig T. Nelson), mother Diane (JoBeth Williams), 16-year-old Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver Robins), and five-year-old Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke). Strange things begin to happen, especially when Carol Anne is called to the television set where she announces, "They're here." More horrors lie in wait in this excellent story about unhappy ghosts. This film was co-written and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. There are sequels.
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 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer, Kevin West, George Cheung, David Michael Silverman, Domenic Bove, Scott Klace
This film is based on the true story of down-on-his-luck Chris Gardner (Will Smith) whose wife (Thandie Newton) has left him, and now Chris is responsible for the care of their young son, Christopher (Jaden Smith). Stumbling blocks abound as homeless Chris tries to protect Christopher from the evils surrounding them. Will Smith received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. 1 User Review
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 Return of the Living Dead 1985 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Cast: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Hartley, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley
One night the "residents" of a New Orleans cemetery come back to life, and they are hungry for HUMAN BRAINS! This film has all the elements to make it a good horror/comedy story.
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Return of the Living Dead Part II 1988  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Cast: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy, Marsha Dietlein, Dana Ashbrook, Suzanne Snyder, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan, Suzan Stadner, Jonathan Terry
The "dead" are awake again and hungry for their meals of human brains. A gas from a United States Army canister appears to be the catalyst that awakens the "dead" in this OK horror/comedy.
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Take This Job and Shove It 1981 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Robert Hays, Art Carney, Barbara Hershey, David Keith, Tim Thomerson, Martin Mull, Eddie Albert, Penelope Milford, George Lindsey, Johnny Paycheck, David Allan Coe, James Karen, Mike Genovese, Len Lesser, Charlie Rich
After being away for 10 years, business executive Frank Maclin (Robert Hays) returns to his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa, to modernize the Pickett Brewery for Charlie Pickett (Art Carney). Maclin organizes the brewery's blue-collar workers who include his old buddies Harry Meade and Ray Binkowski (David Keith and Tim Thomerson). He also finds his ex-girlfriend "J.M." (Barbara Hershey), and their relationship picks up where it once left off. When Frank learns that Pickett is going to resell the brewery, he must consider his position with the company vs. the interests of his worker friends and, in the process, make some very serious choices.
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 Wall Street 1987 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Terence Stamp, Sean Young, Sylvia Miles, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Saul Rubinek, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, Chuck Pfeiffer, John C. McGinley, James Karen
Ruthless financier Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) primes rookie stockbroker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) for an evil, backstabbing career in the world of high finance. Bud's life becomes high powered, and he moves into an upscale apartment and gets a beautiful girlfriend Darien (Daryl Hannah). All goes well–until Gekko instructs Bud to undermine Blue Star airlines where Bud's father Carl (Martin Sheen) is a union leader. The plan is to break down the company and steal retirement funds. This is too much for Bud to handle, and he ends up helping the authorities catch Gekko in illegal practices. Michael Douglas won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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| 1. The China Syndrome (1979)
2. Congo (1995)
3. Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)
aka: Duel of the Space Monsters
aka: Mars Attacks Puerto Rico
4. Hardbodies 2 (1986)
5. Hercules in New York (1970)
6. I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
7. Invaders from Mars (1986)
8. Jagged Edge (1985)
9. Opening Night (1977)
10. Poltergeist (1982)
11. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
12. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
13. Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
14. Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
15. Wall Street (1987)
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