From Other Worlds 2007  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Barry Strugatz
Cast: Cara Buono, Isaach De Bankole, David Lansbury, Melissa Leo, Joel de la Fuente, Robert Peters, Jonah Meyerson, Quinn Shephard, Robert Downey Sr., Paul Lazar, Sharon Wilkins, Laura Esterman, Lori Tan Chin, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Larry Block
Joanne Schwartzbaum (Clara Buono) is leading a somewhat boring life in Brooklyn with her husband Brian (David Lansbury) and children Linda and Henry (Quinn Shephard and Jonah Meyerson). Then, one night, Joanne walks into the kitchen and is kidnapped by aliens. Afterwards, they remove Joanne's memory of them and leave her on her patio with a fan-shaped bruise on her abdomen. As she tries to sleuth out the mystery, Joanne joins a UFO support group where she meets and joins forces with Abraham (Isaach De Bankole). Together, Joanne and Abraham convince the UFO support group to help them break into the Brooklyn Art Museum in order to steal a certain artifact. Their actions result in saving the whole world.
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 Return to Paradise 1998  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera Farmiga, Nick Sandow, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ming Lee, Joel de la Fuente, James Michael McCauley
Lewis (Joaquin Phoenix), Tony (David Conrad), and John "Sheriff" Volgecherev (Vince Vaughn) meet in Malaysia for a vacation consisting of drugs, women, and alcohol. Later, police find the hash and arrest Lewis for trafficking drugs–a crime punishable by death. Enter Beth (Anne Heche), a lawyer who comes to Lewis' defense; she tracks down his companions and explains that IF they confess, Lewis' sentence will be lessened to "user" instead of "trafficker."
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| 1. From Other Worlds (2007)
2. Return to Paradise (1998)
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