For Hire 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean Pellerin
Cast: Rob Lowe, Joe Mantegna, Bronwen Booth, Charles Edwin Powell, Steve Adams, Jack Langedijk, Marie-Josee Longchamps, Jean-Louis Roux, John Dunn-Hill, Carl Alacchi
Chicago cabbie Mitch (Rob Lowe) has been diagnosed with cancer, and to ensure his loving, pregnant wife has money, he accepts a previously turned-down offer from author Alan Webber (Joe Mantegna) to murder a drug dealer. Things get sticky when the cancer disappears and the drug dealer turns up alive; Mitch is now dragged into a deadly affair.
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The Pyx 1973  R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Yvette Brind'amour, Jacques Godin, Lee Broker, Terry Haig, Robin Gammell, Louise Rinfret, Gerard Parkes, Henry Gamer
Police Sergeant Jim Henderson (Christopher Plummer) investigates the death of a hooker, Elizabeth (Karen Black), who was found dead after falling from a penthouse balcony while clutching a pyx. Henderson uncovers a terrifying cult of Satanists. The film goes back and forth between the current investigation and flashbacks of Elizabeth's life.
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The Third Miracle 1999  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael Rispoli, Charles Haid, Ken James, Barbara Sukowa, James Gallanders, Jean-Louis Roux, Caterina Scorsone
A Chicago priest, Father Frank Shore (Ed Harris), is a Vatican-appointed investigator of purported miracles, who is sent to look into the events surrounding the recovery of a terminally ill girl. But Father Frank soon questions his life's purpose when he falls in love with Roxanne (Anne Heche), the daughter of the woman being considered for sainthood.
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| 1. For Hire (1997)
2. The Pyx (1973)
3. The Third Miracle (1999)
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