Amazons and Gladiators 2001  R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Zachary Weintraub
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Jennifer Rubin, Richard Norton, Nichole Hiltz, Wendi Winburn, Melanie Gutteridge, Mary Tamm, Darius Miniotas, Rona Waddington, Janina Matiekonyte
A jealous Julius Caesar assigns Crassius (Patrick Bergin) to govern a remote outpost, and he runs his area with an iron fist. He takes a young mistress and sells her younger sister, Serena (Nichole Hiltz), into slavery. Ten years later, Serena, now a strong athletic woman, escapes captivity with her friend Briana (Melanie Gutteridge) and an Amazon, Ione (Jennifer Rubin). Now it's time to take on the dastardly Romans and meet Crassius in the Gladiator's Ring.
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Loved 1997 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erin Dignam
Cast: Robin Wright Penn, William Hurt, Amy Madigan, Lucinda Jenney, Joanna Cassidy, Paul Dooley, Anthony Lucero, Jennifer Rubin, Sean Penn, Richard Schiff
Long and boring, this is the story of a woman abuser who has left his ex-girlfriend in a wheelchair after he caused her to fall out a window. Now, his most recent girlfriend is dead. He is on trial, but wheelchair-bound Hedda (Robin Wright Penn) still loves him and finds it hard to testify against him. Will he be set free and able to abuse again?
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987  R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson, Laurence Fishburne, Rodney Eastman, Brooke Bundy, John Saxon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Priscilla Pointer, Ken Sagoes, Jennifer Rubin, Bradley Gregg, Ira Heiden, Nan Martin
Once again, Freddy (Robert Englund) is threatening. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is now a psychiatrist dealing with dream therapy. She works with children who are facing that same demon, Freddy, that she faced years ago. Now, she helps the children realize that they have special abilities they can use in dealing with their nightmares, and one of the children, Kristen (Patricia Arquette), has a very special talent that may destroy Freddy forever.
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Permanent Record 1988  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marisa Silver
Cast: Alan Boyce, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin, Michelle Meyrink, Pamela Gidley, Michael Elgart, Richard Bradford, Dakin Matthews, Barry Corbin, Kathy Baker
This film does a good job of dealing with teenage suicide. The plot involves Chris (Keanu Reeves) whose best friend kills himself, and the focus is on the effect of the tragedy on those friends left behind.
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Red Scorpion 2 1994 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Kennedy
Cast: Matt McColm, John Savage, Jennifer Rubin, Paul Ben-Victor, Michael Ironside, Michael Covert, Real Andrews, Duncan Fraser, George Touliatos, Vladimir Kulich
The far-right-wing, white-supremacist hate group must be stopped, and an elite team is put together to get the job done. Explosions, fires, gunfire, etc. abound, but that's not enough to overcome the amateurish story and acting.
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Screamers 1995 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andrew Lauer, Charles Edwin Powell, Ron White, Michael Caloz, Liliana Komorowska, Jason Cavalier, Leni Parker, Sylvain Masse, Henry Ramer, Bruce Boa, Tom Berry
The year is 2078 on the far-away planet Sirius 6B, and robots that scream when they attack threaten the human race. The robots were created by scientists to kill enemies, but they have evolved into human forms that make it impossible to differentiate between them and real humans. When Commander Hendricksson (Peter Weller) and his followers set off to confront the robots in a fight to the finish, will Hendricksson be able to identify the Screamers that are now among his soldiers?
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| 1. Amazons and Gladiators (2001)
2. Loved (1997)
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
4. Permanent Record (1988)
5. Red Scorpion 2 (1994)
6. Screamers (1995)
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