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The Avengers 1998 1 and a half stars

    PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard, Eileen Atkins, John Wood, Patrick Macnee

  British sleuths John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) set their sights on thwarting the efforts of Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery) who plans to rule the world by controlling the weather.

Benny & Joon 1993 3 stars

    PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, CCH Pounder, Dan Hedaya, Joe Grifasi, William H. Macy, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Eileen Ryan, Don Hamilton, Waldo Larson, Shane Nilsson, Irvin Johnson

  While taking care of his schizophrenic sister Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson), Benny (Aidan Quinn) finds his world upset by the arrival of their house guest Sam (Johnny Depp). Sam loves performing Buster Keaton routines and impresses Joon. They fall in love, and their new relationship causes a rift between Joon and Benny but allows Benny to find time for his own pleasures.

The Bronx Is Burning 2007 3 stars

    TV, 400 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: John Turturro, Oliver Platt, Daniel Sunjata, Kevin Conway, Erik Jensen, Joe Grifasi, Alex Cranmer, Darby Brown, Leonard Armond Robinson, Alan Ruck, Bob Dunsworth, Hans Hartman

  Based on Jonathan Mahler's book, this ESPN eight-episode miniseries focuses on the 1977 New York Yankees and the inspiration the team gave New Yorkers who were enduring the "Son of Sam" serial killings, a bitter mayor's race, and violence on the streets of the Bronx.

Diabolique 1996 1 and a half stars

    R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray, Allen Garfield, Adam Hann-Byrd

  In this remake of the 1954 classic, Guy Baran (Chazz Palminteri) is a sadistic headmaster of a school for delinquent boys. Baran's mistress Nicole (Sharon Stone) and wife Mia (Isabelle Adjani) conspire to murder him, but things do not go as planned.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 2 and a half stars

    PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Christmas Vacation

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, Miriam Flynn, Juliette Lewis, E.G. Marshall, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Doris Roberts, Cody Burger, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Sam McMurray

  One thing you can always say about the Griswolds is that they never give up. This time, instead of leaving home, Clark (Chevy Chase) prepares the family home for an old-fashioned Christmas. Relatives arrive, and pandemonium follows.

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill 1995 2 and a half stars

    PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Nick Stahl, Catherine O'Hara, Scott Glenn, Stephen Lang, Jared Harris, Joe Grifasi, John P. Ryan

  When young Daniel Hackett calls on Pecos Bill to help save his farm, he gets aid from many mythical legends including: Pecos Bill (Patrick Swayze), Paul Bunyan (Oliver Platt), John Henry (Roger Aaron Brown), and Calamity Jane (Catherine O'Hara).

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