The Changeling 1979  R, 113 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh, Barry Morse, James B. Douglas, Eric Christmas, Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Behrens, Madeleine Sherwood, Helen Burns, Frances Hyland, Ruth Springfield, J. Kenneth Campbell
After music professor John Russell (George C. Scott) moves into a mansion in Seattle, he realizes that his new home is haunted. Working with Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), John figures out that the haunting comes from the ghost of a murdered boy whose father wanted to collect on his life insurance policy. When the father realized that he could not collect on the boy's insurance, the father substituted another boy for his son, and now the "changeling"–wealthy Joseph Carmichael–believes that John is finding information about his past and could blackmail him.
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Cobb 1994  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, Lou Myers, Ned Bellamy, Scott Burkholder, Allan Malamud, Stacy Keach Sr., Bill Caplan, Jeff Fellenzer, Doug Krikorian, Gavin Smith, Lou Myers, Rhoda Griffis, J. Kenneth Campbell
This biography of one of baseball's greatest players uses his dark side as its focus. Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones), the Georgia Peach, played baseball like few other players; he also lived life like few others. Bigoted psychopath is an apt description of this film that shows, through flashbacks, Cobb as he relates stories of his life to sportswriter Al Stump (Robert Wuhl). This is not a pretty story. Instead it shows how unbridled energy defined Cobb.
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Deadfall 1993  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: Michael Biehn, Sarah Trigger, Nicolas Cage, James Coburn, Peter Fonda, Charlie Sheen, Talia Shire, Angus Scrimm, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael Constantine
Con artists Joe (Michael Biehn) and his father, Mike (James Coburn), work together until Mike is killed (in the line of "duty"). Mike's last words are that Joe should look in Mike's locker at a bus station. Joe finds that his father has a twin and that the twin had stolen money from Mike. Joe hunts down the twin, Lou (also played by Coburn) and finds that he is into the con game big time. Now, Joe joins Lou and his gang of thugs but still has lessons to learn.
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Flight of the Intruder 1991 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Milius
Cast: Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Dann Florek, Ving Rhames, J. Kenneth Campbell, Madison Mason
During peace talks for the Vietnam War, U.S. Navy carrier pilots are given mundane bombing missions that undermine morale.
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Murder 101 1991  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Dey Young, Raphael Sbarge, Kim Thomson, Mark L. Taylor, Antoni Corone, J. Kenneth Campbell, Todd Merrill, Yorgo Constantine, Yavone Evans
Charles Lattimore (Pierce Brosnan) teaches a class in mystery writing. After he gives an assignment to the class to develop a plot for the perfect murder, one of the students turns up dead. Now the mystery begins as to whodunit. Interesting made-for-cable-TV fare.
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Sonic Impact 1999  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rodney McDonald
Cast: James Russo, Ice-T, Michael Harris, Mel Harris, Brittany Daniel, Sam Anderson, Heath Lourwood, Justin Lauer, Mike White, J. Kenneth Campbell
Criminal Jeremy Barrett (Michael Harris), while taken to prison aboard an airliner, breaks free from his captors and hijacks the plane. He blows a hole in the cockpit, and threatens to crash into the center of a city unless his demands are met. But wait, is that ex-SEAL and current FBI agent Nick Halton (James Russo) being lowered from a helicopter to the plane to save the day? Yes, and that's just one of the implausible goings-on in this film.
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Straight from the Heart 2003 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Cast: Teri Polo, Andrew McCarthy, Patricia Kalember, Greg Evigan, Christine Tucci, David Atkinson, J. Kenneth Campbell, David Jean Thomas, Richard Gross
New York photographer Jordan Donovan (Teri Polo) uses her work as a shield against facing life's problems, while her friend Laurie (Patricia Kalember) searches for a mate for Jordan. Laurie even places a personal ad in a national publication. Meanwhile, Wyoming rancher Tyler Ross (Andrew McCarthy) has difficulty getting over his wife's death. His sister talks him into answering Jordan's ad, and the two meet at his ranch. Though not crazy about each other at first, one can guess that things will turn out fine in this made-for-TV film.
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 Sudden Death 1985 R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Sig Shore
Cast: Denise Coward, Frank Runyeon, Jaime Tirelli, Robert Trumbull, Rebecca Hollen, J. Kenneth Campbell, Joe Maruzzo, Arnold Mazer, Gary Majchrazak, Tony Jaffe, Doug McCoy, Laura Gardner, Mischa Bogin, Steve Wise, Tim Roselle
As a successful career woman, Valarie Wells (Denise Coward) enjoys life–until she is raped by two car thieves. Following her brutal rape, Valarie exacts revenge by taking to the streets and shooting potential attackers using her special brand of dum-dum bullets. Meanwhile, she begins dating police Detective Marty Lowery (Frank Runyeon) who is searching for the rapists and the "Dum-Dum Killer," as Valarie has been dubbed by the press. Marty does begin to suspect Valarie but is torn between his love for her and the law.
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Ulee's Gold 1997  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Nunez
Cast: Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel, J. Kenneth Campbell, Christine Dunford, Vanessa Zima, Tom Wood, Steven Flynn, Dewey Weber, Traber Burns, Chad Fish, Dale C. Marshall, James T. Whitehurst, Charles Branner, Jim Flanagan
Florida beekeeper Ulee Jackson (Peter Fonda) is a widower whose son Jimmy (Tom Wood) is in prison, and Jimmy's wife Helen (Christine Dunford) has abandoned their children. Ulee is raising his teenage granddaughter Casey (Jessica Biel) and her 10-year-old sister Penny (Vanessa Zima). While visiting Jimmy in prison, Jimmy tells Ulee that Helen, who is living with drug dealers Ferris (Dewey Weber) and Eddie (Steven Flynn), is ill. Ulee brings drug-addicted Helen home and gets help from neighbor Connie (Patricia Richardson) to nurse Helen through her drug withdrawal. Ferris and Eddie arrive at Ulee's home and hold Helen and the girls hostage. They demand the $100,000 in stolen bank money that Jimmy hid in Ulee's bee yard. A fight ensues, but Ferris and Eddie are arrested. Now, Ulee struggles against the odds to fix the problems of his dysfunctional family, and there may be hope for their futures. Peter Fonda received an Oscar nomination (Best Actor).
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| 1. The Changeling (1979)
2. Cobb (1994)
3. Deadfall (1993)
4. Flight of the Intruder (1991)
5. Murder 101 (1991)
6. Sonic Impact (1999)
7. Straight from the Heart (2003)
8. Sudden Death (1985)
9. Ulee's Gold (1997)
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