The Believers 1987  R, 114 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin, Lee Richardson, Richard Masur, Jimmy Smits, Carla Pinza
Rituals of child sacrifice by members of a voodoo cult are investigated by police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) who feels the supernatural influences of the weird sect.
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Bless the Child 2000  R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm, Angela Bettis, Christina Ricci, Holliston Coleman, Lumi Cavazos, Eugene Lipinski, Michael Gaston
Raised by her Aunt Maggie (Kim Basinger), young Cody (Holliston Coleman) just might be the next Messiah. But when Cody's birth mother and her new husband–a Satanic cult leader (Rufus Sewell)–take off with the young girl, the kidnapping coincides with the work of a serial killer. Enter FBI agent John Travis (Jimmy Smits) who soon joins forces with Maggie in an attempt to rescue Cody and, in the process, save the world.
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Fires Within 1991 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Jimmy Smits, Vincent D'Onofrio, Luis Avalos, Bertila Damas, Kevin Duffis, Raul Davila, Daniel Fern, Earl Hindman, Victor Rivers
Isabel (Greta Scacchi) flees Cuba with her daughter after her husband Nestor (Jimmy Smits) is jailed for political reasons. Eight years later Nestor is released and also flees to Miami where he finds that Isabel is romantically attached to Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio), a fisherman who had rescued her at sea. A love triangle ensues as we follow the dangerous lifestyles faced by the Cuban-Americans.
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The Jane Austen Book Club 2007  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robin Swicord
Cast: Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Hugh Dancy, Lynn Redgrave, Marc Blucas, Kevin Zegers, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Ed Brigadier, Nancy Travis
Best friends–dog-lover Jocelyn (Maria Bello) and newly widowed Sylvia (Amy Brenneman) have just suffered losses in their lives. They form a book club with six-times-married Bernadette (Kathy Baker), high-school teacher Prudie (Emily Blunt), Sylvia's headstrong daughter Allegra (Maggie Grace), and one guy, Grigg (Hugh Dancy), who happens to be a sci-fi fan. The group meets regularly to discuss the works of Jane Austen and, in the process, finds that their own lives parallel those of the characters in the novels.
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The Million Dollar Hotel 2000  R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Gloria Stuart, Tom Bower, Donal Logue, Bud Cort
While investigating the possible murder of a billionaire's son, FBI agent Skinner (Mel Gibson) moves in on a group of misfits living in a decrepit hotel in L.A. and becomes so emotionally involved with the tenants that it threatens his investigation.
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My Family 1995  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Scott Bakula, Mary Steenburgen, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jenny Gago, Constance Marie, Lupe Ontiveros
Three generations of a Mexican-American family from the early 1900s until today are chronicled in this excellent production.
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Old Gringo 1989 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Luis Puenzo
Cast: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Jim Metzler, Anne Pitoniak, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gabriela Roel, Sergio Calderon, Guillermo Rios, Samuel Valadez De La Torre, Pedro Damian, Stanley Grover, Josefina Echanove
A culture shock occurs when an American schoolteacher, Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda), travels to Mexico to become a governess. Arriving at the hacienda, she realizes she is in the middle of a revolution and is kidnapped. Now she must choose a romantic alliance with either rebel General Tomas Arroyo or an American writer Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce (Gregory Peck) who has befriended Arroyo.
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Price of Glory 2000 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carlos Avila
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Jon Seda, Clifton Collins Jr., Maria del Mar, Ernesto Hernandez, Ron Perlman, Sal Lopez, Louis Mandylor, Danielle Camastra, Paul Rodriguez
Arturo Ortega (Jimmy Smits) bullies his three sons (Jon Seda, Clifton Collins Jr., and Ernesto Hernandez) into becoming professional boxers (a sport in which he failed miserably as a young man). When the young Ortegas begin attracting national attention, fight promoter Nick Everson (Ron Perlman) enters the scene and tries to lure the sons away from their domineering father.
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Running Scared 1986 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano, Jimmy Smits, Dan Hedaya, Jon Gries, Tracy Reed, Larry Hankin, John DiSanti, Don Calfa, Betty Carvalho, Robert Lesser, Louis Perez
In this comedy/action film, cool undercover policemen Ray Hughes and Danny Costanzo (Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal) set out to stop Julio Gonazales' (Jimmy Smits) drug trafficking in Chicago. But, after their boss Captain Logan (Dan Hedaya) chews them out for blowing the cover on the operation, they leave Chicago and take a forced vacation in Key West where they enjoy the sunshine. They have so much fun in Key West that they decide to retire–after they return to Chicago and put an end to Julio and his drug ring. Hines and Crystal play well off each other and make this an enjoyable movie.
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002  PG, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August, Jack Thompson, Temuera Morrison, Rose Byrne, Daniel Logan, Anthony Daniels, Kenny(2) Baker, Jimmy Smits
As with previous entries, great special effects highlight this "Star Wars" feature film. It is now 10 years after "The Phantom Menace," and Queen Padme (Natalie Portman) is guarded by an adoring Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) takes off on an investigation of the planet Kamino. But, he is captured after discovering a plot to create an army of clones prepared to kill Padme and fight an intergalactic war. Will Obi-Wan Kenobi's distress call be answered in time?
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Silas Carson, Jay Laga'aia, Kenny(2) Baker, Temuera Morrison, Bruce Spence
This "Star Wars" prequel answers many questions–including how Anakin (Hayden Christensen) became Darth Vader after his showdown with Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) in a light-saber duel that left him disfigured and in need of his black helmet disguise. Special effects are stunning.
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Switch 1991 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco, Perry King, Tony Roberts, Lysette Anthony, Bruce Payne, Victoria Mahoney, Basil Hoffman
Following his murder, a male chauvinist, Steve Brooks (Perry King), is given the chance for redemption by returning to Earth as a woman.
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The Tommyknockers 1993 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Power
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, Joanna Cassidy, Traci Lords, John Ashton, Paul McIver, E.G. Marshall, Leon Woods, Cliff De Young, Robert Carradine
A small town in Maine is the setting for this tale based on a Stephen King novel. An ancient spaceship is found during a digging in the woods near the town. A greenish glow from the craft invades the town, and now the villagers display strange behaviors: inventions of all sorts of weird objects, powers of telepathy, acting out their fantasies, etc. Additionally, the townsfolk become obsessed with completing the digging-out the craft. But wait–an alcoholic, Jim (Jimmy Smits), has a plate in his head and is immune to the glow. Can he sober up and save the day?
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| 1. The Believers (1987)
2. Bless the Child (2000)
3. Fires Within (1991)
4. Hot Shot (1986)
5. The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
6. The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
7. My Family (1995)
8. Old Gringo (1989)
9. Price of Glory (2000)
10. Running Scared (1986)
11. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
12. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
13. Switch (1991)
14. The Tommyknockers (1993)
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