3 Ninjas Kick Back 1994  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Action
Director: Charles T. Kanganis
Cast: Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade, Sean Fox, J. Evan Bonifant, Caroline Junko King, Dustin Nguyen, Alan McRae, Sab Shimono, Margarita Franco, Jason Schombing, Angelo Tiffe, Don Stark, Kellye Nakahara, Tommy Clark, Scott Caudill
The 3 ninja brothers–Rocky (Sean Fox), Colt (Max Elliott Slade), and Tum Tum (J. Evan Bonifant)–who are the grandsons of a ninja master (Victor Wong), are back fighting off an evil gang in this action-packed film. Their Grandfather has taught them martial arts skills, and they call off a Little League baseball game and head to Japan to help Grandpa rescue a ceremonial dagger from a previous game. With help from teenager Miyo (Caroline Junko King), they recover the dagger and, in the process, teach Miyo a few things about baseball.
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Invasion 1997  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Cast: Luke Perry, Rebecca Gayheart, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Orr, Jon Polito, Jason Schombing, Neal McDonough, Rosanna DeSoto, Castulo Guerra, Louis Crugnali
Based on a story by Robin Cook, this made-for-TV miniseries follows a small group who attempts to find a cure for a deadly virus, latent in all humans, that is triggered when a pebble that fell from the sky is touched. All but these people have been mutated into subservient creatures who worship the aliens who now control them. Not much good about this movie–and it goes on and on and on.
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K-9: P.I. 2002 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Cast: James Belushi, Christopher Shyer, Gary Basaraba, Kim Huffman, Jody Racicot, Barbara Tyson, Blu Mankuma, Duncan Fraser, Jason Schombing, Kevin Durand, Jay Brazeau, Michael Eklund
In this third film of the "K-9" series, Dooley (James Belushi) and his police dog, Jerry Lee, are preparing to retire. Dooley takes on a new job as a private eye, and his first job is to clear his own name so that he can be assured of his pension from the L.A.P.D.
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Man with a Gun 1995  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Wyles
Cast: Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia, Ian Tracey, Bill Cobbs, Bill Dow, Jason Schombing, Garvin Cross, Andrew Guy
Loan shark Jack Rushton's (Gary Busey) ex-wife, Rena (Jennifer Tilly), steals an incriminating CD-ROM that could be used as evidence in court. Jack cannot risk the police getting their hands on it and hires assassin John Wilbur Hardin (Michael Madsen) to kill Rena. But, Jack is not aware that John and Rena are lovers. Rena concocts a scheme to kill her identical twin sister, Kathy, instead. Good plan–until John falls in love with Kathy.
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Timecop 1994 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, Kenneth Welsh, Gloria Reuben, Scott Bellis, Jason Schombing, Scott Lawrence, Brent Woolsey, Brad Loree, Shane Kelly, Richard Faraci, Kevin McNulty, Steven Lambert
As a timecop, Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is sent to an earlier era to stop Senator Aaron McComb (Ron Silver) who is attempting to rearrange events of the past to alter the future and establish a monopoly on time travel through which he can retrieve Civil War gold to finance his campaign to become President. When Walker arrives in the past, he discovers that McComb had ordered an attack years before that resulted in the murder of Walker's wife Melissa (Mia Sara). With this knowledge, will Walker be able to save Melissa's life?
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Tin Man 2007 TV, 265 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Nick Willing
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Raoul Trujillo, Callum Keith Rennie, Anna Galvin, Ted Whittall, Ian A. Wallace, Donny Lucas, Gwynyth Walsh, Kevin McNulty, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Schombing
In this updated version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," D.G. (Zooey Deschanel) has grown up and is working as a waitress when her dreams call her to embark on an adventure through the Outer Zone (O.Z.) to search for her missing mother. Along the way, she befriends brainless Glitch (Alan Cumming), cowardly Raw (Raoul Trujillo), and "Tin Man" Cain (Neal McDonough). The evil Azkadellia (Kathleen Robertson) has cast a spell on the Outer Zone and is determined to prevent D.G. and her friends from breaking that spell. Finally, when they meet the Mystic Man (Richard Dreyfuss), D.G. and her group realize that there is more to themselves than they had ever imagined.
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The Whole Shebang 2001 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Zaloom
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Bridget Fonda, Giancarlo Giannini, Talia Shire, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Anthony DeSando, Alexander Milani, Jo Champa, John Cassini, Karin Konoval, Jason Schombing
Giovanni Bazinni (Stanley Tucci) has moved from Italy to suburban New Jersey to help with his cousin Pop Bazinni's (Giancarlo Giannini) fireworks business. Pop's son was killed in an explosion in the firework's storage shed and has left a widow, Val (Bridget Fonda), who has agreed to marry Joey Zito (Anthony DeSando). But there is still time before the wedding for sparks to fly between Giancarlo and Val.
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| 1. 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
2. Invasion (1997)
3. K-9: P.I. (2002)
4. Man with a Gun (1995)
5. Timecop (1994)
6. Tin Man (2007)
7. The Whole Shebang (2001)
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