Back to the Future 1985  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan, J.J. Cohen
One of the most popular films of the 1980s, this movie is about a boy, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), from 1985 who is transported to 1955 via a time machine built into a DeLorean automobile by eccentric scientist Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd). While visiting the past, he discovers that his parents weren't exactly like they say they were and that he could actually change the course of their lives. Great flick.
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Back to the Future Part II 1989  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Harry Waters Jr., Charles Fleischer, Elisabeth Shue, Casey Siemaszko, James Tolkan, Joe Flaherty, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Jeffrey Weissman, Ricky Dean Logan, Jason Scott Lee
The sequel starts where the original ends; this time, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) must travel to the future and save his kids from being idiots. He encounters Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), the villain of the last film, who steals the time machine to give his 1955 "other self"' knowledge to build an evil empire based on the outcome of sporting events and therefore change time–and Marty's life.
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Back to the Future Part III 1990  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Western
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, Matt Clark, Richard Dysart, Pat Buttram, Dub Taylor, James Tolkan, Marc McClure, Harry Carey Jr., Christopher Wynn, Mike Watson
Marty (Michael J. Fox) and the Doc (Christopher Lloyd) are back, but now they are living in the 1800s after Doc has been sucked back into the Old West. In spite of Doc Brown's warnings not to use the time machine again, Marty goes back to save his friend's life. Again, he encounters Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), but this time he's Biff's evil ancestor.
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Bloodfist IV: Die Trying 1992  R, 86 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Die Trying
Director: Paul Ziller
Cast: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Catya Sassoon, Amanda Wyss, Kale Browne, Liz Torres, Dan Martin, James Tolkan, Heather Lauren Olson, Stephen James Carver, Lenny Citrano, John Crane, George K. Cybulski, John LaMotta, Robert Noble, Herman Poppe
Danny (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) is a repo man and repossesses a BMW. Unfortunately, it belongs to the WRONG people; they intend to recover nuclear detonators from the car as well as kill all of the staff at Danny's place of work. Now, everyone is after Danny–including the FBI and CIA. Lots of action.
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Family Business 1989  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sean Connery, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Rosanna DeSoto, Janet Carroll, Victoria Jackson, Bill McCutcheon, Luis Guzman, B.D. Wong, Deborah Rush, Marilyn Cooper, Salem Ludwig, Rex Everhart, James Tolkan, Tony DiBenedetto
After young Adam McMillen (Matthew Broderick) approaches his father Vito (Dustin Hoffman) and grandfather Jessie (Sean Connery) with a scheme to gain millions of dollars worth of test-tube specimens, they attempt the heist and fail. As a result, three generations of the McMillen family are forced into accepting guilt for their lives of crime.
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitch Ryan, Jack Kehoe, Helena Carroll, James Tolkan, Peter MacLean, Kevin O'Morrison, Marvin Lichterman, Carolyn Pickman, Margaret Ladd
Eddie "Fingers" Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is a small-time hood who becomes an informer as the means of escaping a life sentence in prison. When the mob learns that Eddie is informing on his cohorts, they send Eddie's friend Dillon (Peter Boyle) on a mission to kill Eddie. After spending a night on the town together, Dillon plans to take Eddie's life. This is a powerful film, which is realistic in depicting the world of the underworld.
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Hanky Panky 1982 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Prosky, Josef Sommer, Johnny Sekka, Jay O. Sanders, Sam Gray, Larry Bryggman, Pat Corley, James Tolkan
Chicago architect Michael Jordon (Gene Wilder) takes a cab ride with a stranger, Janet (Kathleen Quinlan), who just happens to be on the run from Ransom (Richard Widmark). She is carrying a mysterious package that Ransom wants. Michael tries to help Janet, but she is killed by Ransom, and Michael becomes the prime suspect. Now, Michael teams up with Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) who helps him locate Janet's package. The search ends in the Grand Canyon where the real showdown takes place.
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Iceman 1984 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Stephen E. Miller, James Tolkan
After being frozen for 40,000 years, a Neanderthal man (John Lone), is brought back to life and befriended by Doctor Stanley Shephard (Timothy Hutton) who teaches him the art of communication in the modern-day world.
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Love and Death 1975 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Olga Georges-Picot, Harold Gould, Jessica Harper, Shimen Ruskin, James Tolkan, Howard Vernon, Zvee Scooler, Alan Tilvern
Set during the 1812 Napoleonic invasion of Russia, this film is good satire on Russian politics and literature. Diane Keaton plays the strong Sonja who is loved by the weak, intellectual Boris (Woody Allen). Boris is falsely accused and then executed for the "death" of Napoleon.
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Masters of the Universe 1987 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Gary Goddard
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Jon Cypher, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Chelsea Field, Christina Pickles, Tony Carroll
First it was toy action figures, then a TV cartoon series for the young ones, and now He-Man (Dolph Lundgren) comes to the movies in this fantasy action story. He-Man takes on his arch rival, Skeletor (Frank Langella), to save the planet Eternia, but a cosmic key sends both to Earth's California, where He-Man enlists the aid of two teens. Disappointing.
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Opportunity Knocks 1990 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Dana Carvey, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell, Milo O'Shea, James Tolkan, Doris Belack, Sally Gracie, Mike Bacarella, John M. Watson Sr.
Eddie (Dana Carvey) and his pal Lou (Todd Graff) are a pair of small-time con artists–who are also hiding from a creditor. When they break into a house, a phone call reveals that the owners will be absent for a vacation and the caller is the house sitter who will not be able to sit. What a deal! They are able to pay off the loan shark and set up shop in the house. When the owner's parents (Robert Loggia and Doris Belack) come to visit, they believe the pair are house sitters and now the fun really begins as the "heroes" get in over their heads.
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Prince of the City 1981 R, 167 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Bob Balaban, Lindsay Crouse, Carmine Caridi, Anthony Page, James Tolkan
This is a powerful story about a NYC undercover detective (Treat Williams) and how he becomes the victim of his own investigation of corruption in the city.
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Problem Child 2 1991  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman, Amy Yasbeck, Ivyann Schwan, Gilbert Gottfried, Paul Willson, Alan Blumenfeld, Charlene Tilton, James Tolkan, Martha Quinn, Zach Grenier
Why would you use a bomb of a movie to make another? Someone must have spent money on the first one! Anyway, Junior (Michael Oliver) and the family are back and move to a new town. Dad (John Ritter) is looking for a new wife–and having fun at it–while Junior meets a girl just as bad as he is. Junior's mean tricks continue.
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The River 1984 PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Don Hood, Billy Green Bush, James Tolkan, Jack Starrett, Lisa Sloan
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No sooner does the Garver family (Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek) watch the flood waters recede than a land grabber (Scott Glenn) tries to buy their land. The film won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing and had four nominations, including Best Actress (Spacek).
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Second Sight 1989  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Bess Armstrong, Stuart Pankin, John Schuck, James Tolkan, William Prince, Michael Lombard, Christine Estabrook, Marisol Massey
John Larroquette plays a detective who uses a mystic (Bronson Pinchot) for insight in his cases.
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Split Decisions 1988 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Drury
Cast: Gene Hackman, Craig Sheffer, Jennifer Beals, Jeff Fahey, John McLiam, Carmine Caridi, James Tolkan, Eddie Velez, Carmine Caridi, David Labiosa
Gene Hackman plays a father who works to get his son (Craig Sheffer) into the ring as an Olympic-quality fighter. His older brother (Jeff Fahey) lost his big chance when he bowed out of amateur fighting to earn big bucks in third-class fights.
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 Top Gun 1986 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Romance
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Barry Tubb, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Whip Hubley, James Tolkan, Adrian Pasdar
Tom Cruise plays Navy pilot Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell at the Fighter Weapons School at Miramar, California, where jet pilots compete for the title of "Top Gun." While at school, he falls in love with one of the instructors, Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood (Kelly McGillis), leading to complications in the classroom. A Best Song Academy Award was won for "Take My Breath Away," and the film was nominated for three addtional Oscars.
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Turk 182! 1985 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Robert Culp, Kim Cattrall, Darren McGavin, Peter Boyle, Steven Keats, James Tolkan, Paul Sorvino, Dick O'Neill
When Terry (Robert Urich) loses his pension from the fire department because of an off-duty injury, his younger brother, Jimmy (Timothy Hutton), decides to avenge the injustice.
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Underworld 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna, Annabella Sciorra, Larry Bishop, Abe Vigoda, Robert Costanzo, Traci Lords, Jimmie F. Skaggs, James Tolkan, Heidi Schanz, Cristi Conaway, Angela Jones, Amy Moon, Marc Baur, Michael David Simms
In his effort to find out who made an assassination attempt on his father's life seven years before, ex-con Johnny (Denis Leary) abducts mob boss Frank Gavilan (Joe Mantegna). Johnny suspects that Frank might be behind the assassination attempt and uses the psychotherapy degree he earned in prison as the means of uncovering the assassin. He even takes Frank to sex therapist Dr. Diane Leah (Annabella Sciorra) as one of the steps in learning who attacked his father.
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 WarGames 1983 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin, Dennis Lipscomb, Joe Dorsey, Irving Metzman, Michael Ensign, James Tolkan, Juanin Clay, Kent Williams, William Bogert, Susan Davis, David Clover
David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) taps into the Pentagon's computer system and almost (accidentally) starts World War III. Although innocent of any serious crimes, espionage is suspected, and he is accused of working for the Russian government. Finally, it is David and his friend Jennifer (Ally Sheedy) who must stop the computer from commanding the launching of missiles.
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Wolfen 1981 R, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill, Dehl Berti, Peter Michael Goetz, James Tolkan, John McCurry
Wolf-like creatures are on the prowl in Manhattan, and a city cop, Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney), tries to put an end to the terror they are causing among the city's residents.
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| 1. Back to the Future (1985)
2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
3. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
4. Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992)
aka: Die Trying
5. Family Business (1989)
6. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
7. Hanky Panky (1982)
8. Iceman (1984)
9. Love and Death (1975)
10. Masters of the Universe (1987)
11. Opportunity Knocks (1990)
12. Prince of the City (1981)
13. Problem Child 2 (1991)
14. The River (1984)
15. Second Sight (1989)
16. Split Decisions (1988)
17. Top Gun (1986)
18. Turk 182! (1985)
19. Underworld (1996)
20. Viper (1988)
21. WarGames (1983)
22. Wolfen (1981)
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