Ivansxtc 2002  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Danny Huston, Peter Weller, Lisa Enos, James Merendino, Adam Krentzman, Joanne Duckman, Angela Featherstone, Caroleen Feeney, Valeria Golino, Tiffani Thiessen
Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is reset in modern-day Hollywood with Danny Huston in the role of a very successful talent agent, Ivan Bechman, who lives in the fast lane–until he turns up dead after an apparent suicide.
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SLC Punk! 1999  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Merendino
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Summer Phoenix, James Duval, Til Schweiger
In an effort to rebel against what their families and society expect of them, two Salt Lake City teens–Steve (Matthew Lillard) and Bob (Michael Goorjian)–turn to the world of punk. Steve serves as narrator and introduces the audience to the dark closets of Salt Lake City in this pointless revelation of one man's memories.
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Terrified 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: James Merendino
Cast: Heather Graham, Lisa Zane, Paul Herman, Rustam Branaman, Kane Picoy, Jason Cairns, Max Perlich, Balthazar Getty, Don Calfa, Richard Lynch, Tom Bresnahan, Sal Landi
Olive (Heather Graham) has had a bad day. First, her husband killed her lover, then he killed himself in front of her. So, she hangs around bars and picks up men for casual sex. Her life changes when she becomes the victim of a stalker who repeatedly breaks into her apartment, attacks her, then leaves–and the police don't believe her story.
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Witchcraft IV: Virgin Heart 1992  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Merendino
Cast: Charles Solomon, Julie Strain, Clive Pearson, Lisa Jay Harrington, Jason O'Gulihur, Erol Munuz, Isaac Baruch, Diane Fowler, Jason Black, David A. Armstrong
Good warlock attorney Will (Charles Solomon) is back and is asked to help a man accused of murdering his girlfriend. But we know she has actually been killed in a satanic rite. Will Will will that he will again overcome the satanic forces? Badly written, acted, directed, with bad special effects. The 1/2 star is for the courage to keep putting out these losers.
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| 1. Ivansxtc (2002)
2. SLC Punk! (1999)
3. Terrified (1996)
4. Witchcraft IV: Virgin Heart (1992)
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