Anywhere But Here 1999  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Shawn Hatosy, Bonnie Bedelia, Hart Bochner, Eileen Ryan, Corbin Allred, Ray Baker, John Diehl, Faran Tahir
Mother Adele (Susan Sarandon) and daughter Ann (Natalie Portman) flee Wisconsin and head for Los Angeles where, away from the bonds of family, they must rely on each other–no matter how difficult that may be.
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Bookies 2003  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Illsley
Cast: Nick Stahl, Lukas Haas, Johnny Galecki, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Proval, John Diehl, Zuri Williams, Dwight Armstrong, Daniel Schwarz, Eric Benz
College friends Toby (Nick Stahl), Casey (Lukas Haas), and Jude (Johnny Galecki) are tired of losing money gambling so decide to get on the winning side by becoming bookies. It seemed to be a great idea when the money started rolling in, but too much business means a loss of business for the local crime boss.
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Buffalo Girls 1995 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Sam Elliott, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Tracey Walter, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Jack Palance, Charlayne Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber, Russell Means
Calamity Jane (Anjelica Huston) falls in love with Wild Bill Hickok (Sam Elliott), but he is gunned down, leaving Calamity pregnant. She is then befriended by whorehouse madam Dora DuFran (Melanie Griffith) and gives her infant up for adoption to an English couple. What is a girl to do? Calamity Jane joins Buffalo Bill Cody's (Peter Coyote) Wild West Show, which just happens to be traveling to England where she might meet her daughter.
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City Limits 1985  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Cast: Darrell Larson, John Stockwell, Kim Cattrall, Rae Dawn Chong, John Diehl, Don Keith Opper, James Earl Jones, Robby Benson, Danny De La Paz, Norbert Weisser
The world has been devastated by a plague and is now victimized by roving gangs on motorbikes. This sequel to "Android" is narrated by James Earl Jones.
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Down in the Valley 2005 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: David Jacobson
Cast: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory Culkin, Bruce Dern, John Diehl, Kat Dennings, Hunter Parrish, Aviva, Muse Watson, Aaron Fors, Geoffrey Lewis, Elizabeth Pena
The lives of cowboy Harlan Carruthers (Edward Norton) and bored teenager Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood) intersect at a gas station when she invites him to join her group of friends on the way to the beach. The chance encounter leads to their May-December romance that is destined to end in tragedy.
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The End of Violence 1997  R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Traci Lind, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Udo Kier, Rosalind Chao, K. Todd Freeman, John Diehl, Chris Douridas, Soledad St. Hilaire, Nicole Ari Parker, Daniel Benzali, Samuel Fuller
Surveillance expert Ray Bering (Gabriel Byrne) looks out on Los Angeles via secret TV cameras and watches impotently as Hollywood producer Mike Max (Bill Pullman) is kidnapped, escapes, and hides out with a Mexican family. Numerous subplots evolve in this confusing story.
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 Escape from New York 1981 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday, John Stobel, Bob Minor, John Diehl, George "Buck" Flower
Set in 1997, this is the story of the skyjacking of Air Force One resulting in the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) being held hostage. Master criminal and war hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent into the Manhattan stronghold to rescue the President.
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Fail Safe 2000 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliott, James Cromwell, John Diehl, Hank Azaria, Norman Lloyd, Bill Smitrovich, Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Doris Belack, Grant Heslov, Tommy Hinkley
This remake of the 1964 film about the United States accidentally dropping a hydrogen bomb over the Soviet Union features George Clooney as Col. Jack Grady, the leader of the mission who was given faulty orders. As the plot unfolds, the U.S. President (Richard Dreyfuss) uses his translator (Noah Wyle) to try to convince the Soviet Premier that the whole operation is a mistake and that the United States does not want an all-out war.
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Falling in Love Again 1980 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: In Love
Director: Steven Paul
Cast: Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Stuart Paul, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kaye Ballard, Robert Hackman, Steven Paul, Twink Caplan, John Diehl, Herbert Rudley, Tony O'Dell, Bonnie Paul
On his way to a high-school class reunion with his wife Sue (Susannah York) and kids, unhappily married Harry (Elliott Gould) wants to relive the past. Will the trip prove to be a stepping stone to rekindling the couple's love when Harry relives those high-school days many years ago when he and Sue (Michelle Pfeiffer) first met? This film marks Pfeiffer's debut.
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Jurassic Park III 2001 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, Bruce A. Young, Laura Dern, Taylor Nichols, Mark Harelik, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Sarah Danielle Madison, Blake Michael Bryan, Linda Park
Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) succumbs to an offer he can't resist from Paul (William H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Tea Leoni) who want him to be their guide on the remote Isla Sorna where they plan to spend their anniversary watching dinosaurs. But once they land (crash-land!) on the island, Grant learns that all is not what it seems. This is no anniversary party; instead, the Kirbys reveal that they are searching for their son, Eric (Trevor Morgan), who is missing after parasailing over the island. Once again, it is humans vs. Raptors, Pterodactyls, and a giant Spinosaurus.
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Kickboxer 2: The Road Back 1991 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Sasha Mitchell, Peter Boyle, Dennis Chan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michel Qissi, John Diehl, Heather McComb, Matthias Hues, Emmanuel Kervyn, Vince Murdocco, Humberto Ortiz, Vincent Klyn, Brent Kelly, Brian Austin Green, Joe Restivo
This sequel to Jean-Claude Van Damme's film involves David Sloan (Sasha Mitchell), the brother of Van Damme's character, as he retires from professional kickboxing after the death of his two brothers. He now runs a martial arts school for underprivileged youths, but the bad guys who caused his brothers' deaths want him back in the ring.
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Land of Plenty 2004 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce, Richard Edson, Burt Young, Yuri Elvin, Jeris Poindexter, Rhonda Stubbins White, Bernard White, Matthew Kimbrough, Gloria Stuart
Paul Jeffries (John Diehl) served with the Special Forces in Vietnam, and his niece, Lana (Michelle Williams), worked as a missionary in the Middle East. They use their past experiences to deal in their own unique ways with the effects of the events of September 11, 2001.
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Lost Souls 2000 R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Janusz Kaminski
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt, Philip Baker Hall, Elias Koteas, Sarah Wynter, Alfre Woodard, John Beasley, Victor Slezak, John Diehl
The lives of successful author Peter Kelson (Ben Chaplin) and exorcist Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder) cross when Maya finds papers identifying Kelson as the one through whom Satan will become flesh. This thriller about demonic possession and the antichrist sat on the shelf for a year. The additional time did not help.
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Monument Ave. 1998 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Billy Crudup, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jason Barry, Colm Meaney, John Diehl, Noah Emmerich, Ian Hart, Famke Janssen
Bobby O'Grady (Denis Leary) is a loyal member of Jackie O'Hara's gang, but when Jackie orders a hit of one of Bobby's cousins, a rift develops, violence erupts, and Bobby becomes disillusioned with the only world he knows.
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Motorama 1991 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Shils
Cast: Jordan Christopher Michael, Martha Quinn, Susan Tyrrell, John Diehl, Robert Picardo, Garrett Morris, Michael J. Pollard, Sandy Baron, Mary Woronov, Vince Edwards, Dick Miller
Ten-year-old Gus (Jordan Christopher Michael) is tired of his abusive parents so he steals a 1960s' Mustang and heads off to win the "Motorama" road game–a game sponsored by a gas company that involves getting game cards at their stations and spelling out "Motorama." He meets some strange and amusing people on his journey in this weird little film. Cameo appearances abound.
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Mo' Money 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash, Joe Santos, John Diehl, Harry Lennix, Marlon Wayans, Mark Beltzman, Quincy Wong, Kevin Casey, Larry Brandenburg, Garfield, Almayvonne, Richard E. Butler, Matt Doherty
Johnny (Damon Wayans) is a con man on the streets of Brooklyn with his brother (Marlon Wayans). Johnny decides to go straight after meeting Amber (Stacey Dash) and gets a job in the mail room of a credit card company where she works. He needs money to impress Amber–so he steals a credit card. Things get tough when he is caught in the act (on camera) by the security chief who drags Johnny into big-time crime. Not all fun and games in this comedy/drama.
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The New Age 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Tolkin
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau, Adam West, Rachel Rosenthal, Samuel L. Jackson, John Diehl, Audra Lindley, Corbin Bernsen
An upscale Los Angeles couple, Peter (Peter Weller) and Katherine Winter (Judy Davis), lose their jobs, look for new meanings in life, and ultimately end up in the divorce courts.
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 Stargate 1994 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Alexis Cruz, Mili Aveital, Leon Rippy, John Diehl, Carlos Lauchu, Djimon Hounsou, Erick Avari, French Stewart, Gianin Loffler, Christopher John Fields, Derek Webster
An Egyptologist, Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), interprets the hieroglyphics on a huge stone and thus opens the door to the realm of outer space. Jackson joins an expedition, led by Col. Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell), to a far-away galaxy in search of civilization's beginnings.
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 Stripes 1981  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Larroquette, Judge Reinhold, John Diehl, Dave Thomas
Down-and-out John (Bill Murray) enlists in the Army after viewing a very slick TV advertisement. In addition, he manages to convince his best friend (Harold Ramis) to sign up with him. Once there, they find that the Army is not what they thought it would be. John Candy adds to the fun of this movie.
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Three Wishes 1995  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy, David Marshall Grant, Jay O. Sanders, Michael O'Keefe, John Diehl, Diane Venora, Colleen Camp
Drifter Jack McCloud (Patrick Swayze) arrives in L.A. in 1955, moves in with a family whose husband and father is M.I.A. in Korea, and performs all sorts of miracles–including converting a last-place Little League team into championship status. There is one major hurdle this "family" must cross: this is the 1950s, and society is not quite ready for live-in boyfriends in suburban neighborhoods. A few good scenes. 3 User Reviews
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| | touching, good acting, dreams can come true if you believe | sorare 05/11/2007 | | Very enjoyable. The family can watch this one. It makes you believe that dreams can come true. Swayze did a good job in this one. |
| | touching, good acting, dreams can come true if you believe | sorare 05/11/2007 | | Very enjoyable. The family can watch this one. It makes you believe that dreams can come true. Swayze did a good job in this one. |
| | Great Movie | DrgonWhere 03/11/2007 | | I throughly enjoyed this movie.. Family oriented and just overall great.. Funny and sad.. Patrick Swazey, does a great job.. I highly recommend this movie.. |
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Tully 2000 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Truth About Tully
Director: Hilary Birmingham
Cast: Anson Mount, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Fitzgerald, Catherine Kellner, Bob Burrus, Natalie Canerday, John Diehl, V. Craig Heidenreich, Andy Signore
Tully Jr. (Anson Mount), brother Earl (Glenn Fitzgerald), and father Tully Sr. (Bob Burrus) farm in Nebraska, but their lives are put on hold one day when Tully Sr. receives a foreclosure notice. It appears that someone–claiming to be Tully Sr.'s deceased wife–has failed to pay her bills, and the Tully family farm is now in jeopardy.
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Walker 1987 R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Rene Assa, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gerrit Graham, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Sandoval
Backed by multi-millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle), mid-19th century American doctor, lawyer, journalist William Walker (Ed Harris) gathers together a group of mercenaries, invades Nicaragua, and takes over the government. His purpose is to bring stability to the country and, in the process, ensure the safety of Vanderbilt's steamships traveling in the area. Walker proclaims himself President, but government corruption continues, Walker loses all support, and the Nicaraguans drive him out after just a couple of years.
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The Zeros 2000 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Ryman
Cast: Mackenzie Astin, John Ales, Rachel Wilson, Sam Vlahos, Jennifer Morrison, Dwier Brown, John Diehl, Kyle Gass, Shishir Kurup, Howard S. Miller
Upon finding that he has only weeks to live, Joe (Mackenzie Astin) embarks on a cross-country trip in search of childhood sweetheart Joyce (Jennifer Morrison). Along the way, he meets assorted oddballs in this dark comedy.
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| 1. Anywhere But Here (1999)
2. Bookies (2003)
3. Buffalo Girls (1995)
4. City Limits (1985)
5. Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1996)
6. Down in the Valley (2005)
7. The End of Violence (1997)
8. Escape from New York (1981)
9. Fail Safe (2000)
10. Falling in Love Again (1980)
aka: In Love
11. Jurassic Park III (2001)
12. Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
13. Land of Plenty (2004)
14. Lost Souls (2000)
15. Monument Ave. (1998)
16. Motorama (1991)
17. Mo' Money (1992)
18. The New Age (1994)
19. Stargate (1994)
20. Stripes (1981)
21. Three Wishes (1995)
22. Tully (2000)
aka: The Truth About Tully
23. Walker (1987)
24. The Zeros (2000)
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