Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993  PG, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Mark Hamill, Stacy Keach, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller, John P. Ryan, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Marilu Henner, Jeff Bennett, Jane Downs, Ed Gilbert
This animated version of Batman/Bruce Wayne (voice of Kevin Conroy) begins with the Phantasm, a vicious killer who has killed a crime lord in Gotham City. Police and gangsters suspect that the killer is Batman, and now it is up to Batman to find the real culprit. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne is entertaining Councilman Arthur Reeves (voice of Hart Bochner) who is responsible for the accusations about Batman, and he taunts Wayne about his long-lost love, college sweetheart Andrea (Dana Delany), who left him years before. Now, the story skips back-and-forth between the present and the past, and, in the process, Batman discovers a link between Andrea and the crime villain. The Joker (Mark Hamill) steps in and uncovers the fact that Andrea is the Phantasm, and she is out to avenge her father's (Stacey Keach) murder. Batman arrives on the scene, a battle ensues, and Batman's name is cleared.
|  | |
The Best of the Best 1989  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts, Sally Kirkland, Phillip Rhee, John P. Ryan, John Dye, David Agresta, Tom Everett, Louise Fletcher, Chris Penn, Edan Gross, Simon Rhee, Kane Hodder
U.S. martial arts team members must face an extremely good Korean team. Coach Couzo (James Earl Jones), and trainer Wade (Sally Kirkland) teach them that "winning is always." The climax comes when they meet the Koreans for the match of their lifetimes.
| | |
 Bound 1996  R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Barry Kivel, Mary Mara, Susie Bright, Margaret Smith
Two lesbians, Corky (Gina Gershon) and Violet (Jennifer Tilly), plot to steal $2 million from Violet's soon-to-be ex-boyfriend, Caesar (Joe Pantoliano).
| | |
 Breathless 1983 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim McBride
Cast: Richard Gere, William Tepper, Valerie Kaprisky, John P. Ryan, Garry Goodrow, Art Metrano, James Hong, Lisa Jane Persky, Robert Dunn, Eugene Lourie
Jesse Lujack (Richard Gere) is a car thief who heads from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in his stolen Porsche–a trip that proves to be his undoing.
| | |
Class of 1999 1990  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, John P. Ryan, Sharon Wyatt, Darren E. Burrows, Joshua John Miller
In this sequel to "Class of 1984," robot teachers take over, and the ploy works until some of the students begin to suspect that all is not what it seems.
| | |
 Dillinger 1973  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: John Milius
Cast: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss, Geoffrey Lewis, John P. Ryan, Steve Kanaly, Roy Jenson, John Martino, Read Morgan, Frank McRae, David Dorr, Catherine Tambini
In the early 1930s, John Dillinger was on the FBI's "most wanted" list; his bank robberies had made him famous, but he is captured by "Big Jim" Wollard (Read Morgan) and sent to prison. He escapes from jail and rejoins the gang of hoods that now includes Pretty Boy Floyd (Steve Kanaly) and Baby Face Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss). They continue the bank robberies while FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) is determined to put an end to their illegal activities. This story is seen through the eyes of Purvis who is behind the gunning down of Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago.
| | |
The Escape Artist 1982 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall, David Clennon, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, Harry Caesar
Based on David Wagoner's novel, this story involves young magician Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) who is always getting in trouble. Danny steals the wallet of Stu Quinones (Raul Julia) who just happens to be the son of corrupt Mayor Leon Quinones (Desi Arnaz). Danny finds that the wallet is filled with graft money, and this time, he finds himself in over his head and suffers the consequences.
| | |
Eternity 1989  R, 125 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Paul
Cast: Jon Voight, Armand Assante, Wilford Brimley, Eileen Davidson, Kaye Ballard, Lainie Kazan, Steven Keats, Eugene Roche, John P. Ryan, Steven Paul
Reincarnation is the theme of this film dealing with a man (Jon Voight) who awakens from a dream and finds himself confronted with an allegorical world in the present in which he runs into modern-day characters from his dream.
| | |
 Fatal Beauty 1987 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren, Brad Dourif, Cheech Marin, Charles Hallahan, Neill Barry, Mike Jolly, David Harris, James LeGros, Mark Pellegrino, Fred Asparagus
Tenacious narcotics cop Detective Rita Rizzo (Whoopi Goldberg) is on the trail of drug kingpin Conrad Kroll (Harris Yulin), but, after problems arise, she is taken off the case. Small-time dealers Leo Nova and Earl Skinner (Brad Dourif and Mike Jolly) have hijacked the drug "Fatal Beauty" and have a problem: they do not know that "Fatal Beauty" has been contaminated, is poisonous, and is killing people. Now, Rizzo goes undercover posing as a prostitute, but Kroll has assigned Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott) to keep an eye on Rita, and he becomes her companion as she hunts down Nova and Skinner.
| | |
Five Easy Pieces 1970  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, John P. Ryan, Marlena MacGuire, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, Lorna Thayer, William Challee
After an extended separation from his wealthy family, California oil rigger Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) returns to Puget Sound to visit his ailing father Nicholas (William Challee) with his pregnant girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) in tow. Bobby cannot stand the atmosphere in his family's upper-class mansion and seduces his uptight brother Carl's (Ralph Waite) fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach). Now pulled between Rayette and Catherine and his family, Bobby cannot decide which way to go and simply runs away from it all. Several Oscar nominations were received including Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), and Supporting Actress (Black).
| | |
Futureworld 1976 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner, John P. Ryan, Stuart Margolin, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Antonio, Angela Greene, Bert Conroy, Allen Ludden, Darrell Larson, Nancy Bell, Dana Lee, John Fujioka
This sequel to "Westworld" is every bit as gripping as its predecessor. Dr. Duffy (Arthur Hill) has been in charge of robots replacing his theme park Westworld with Futureworld. Investigative reporter Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda) teams up with Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) to investigate the park, and they discover that Duffy is plotting to take over the world by inviting world leaders to visit and then replacing them with robot clones.
| | |
Hoffa 1992 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly, Frank Whaley, Kevin Anderson, John P. Ryan, Robert Prosky, Nicholas Pryor
This story begins with the day labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Jack Nicholson) disappeared. Flashbacks adroitly tell the story of his associations with the Mafia and confrontations with United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy (Kevin Anderson).
| | |
Houston: The Legend of Texas 1986 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Gone to Texas
Director: Peter Levin
Cast: Sam Elliott, Michael Beck, Devon Ericson, Bo Hopkins, Michael C. Gwynne, William Russ, John P. Ryan, G.D. Spradlin, James Stephens, Claudia Christian
This made-for-TV biography was originally 2 1/2 hours long but was reduced in length for subsequent release. It is the story of Sam Houston (Sam Elliott), who was instrumental in freeing Texas from Mexican rule and making it into a power to be reckoned with.
| | |
It Lives Again 1978 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: It's Alive II
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, Eddie Constantine, John Marley, John P. Ryan, Andrew Duggan, James Dixon, Melissa Inger, Bobby Ramsen, Glenda Young, Dennis O'Flaherty, Victoria Jill, Lynn Wood, Greg Cannom
In this sequel to "It's Alive" (1974), Frank Davies (John P. Ryan), the father of the original monster baby from the first film, warns Eugene and Jody Scott (Frederic Forrest and Kathleen Lloyd) that their expected baby may also be at risk and that a national task force, led by Mallory (John Marley), is ruthlessly killing the monster babies. Eugene and Jody escape to Davies' hideout where Jody gives birth to her killer baby, and bloody mayhem ensues when their baby is joined by two others in their search for survival through human blood.
| | |
 It's Alive 1974 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, James Dixon, Michael Ansara, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke, Daniel Holzman, Robert Emhardt, Mary Nancy Burnett, Diana Hale
Frank and Lenore Davies (John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell) get a terrible surprise when Lenore gives birth to a mutated baby who needs to drink human blood for survival. The baby tears the doctor to pieces, escapes from the hospital, and destroys everything in its path. Frank joins the police manhunt searching for his murdering infant, but at a crucial moment he has a change of heart and tries to defend his baby.
| | |
A Killing Affair 1977 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Behind the Badge
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, O.J. Simpson, Rosalind Cash, Dean Stockwell, Dolph Sweet, Todd Bridges, John P. Ryan, Priscilla Pointer, John Mahon, Charles Robinson, Fred Stuthman, John Steadman
In this made-for-TV cop movie, two detectives sent on an investigation have their work complicated by an interracial love affair that ensues.
| | |
The King of Marvin Gardens 1972 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Scatman Crothers, John P. Ryan, Sully Boyar, Josh Mostel, Garry Goodrow
Brothers David (Jack Nicholson) and Jason (Bruce Dern) are involved in a scheme to make easy money in an Atlantic City swindle. Overall, a well-made film.
| | |
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark 1980 G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Elliott Gould, Genevieve Bujold, Rick Schroder, Vincent Gardenia, Tammy Lauren, John Fujioka, Yuki Shimoda, John P. Ryan, Dana Elcar, Ruth Manning, Austin Willis, Peter Renaday
Following their forced landing on a Pacific island, Noah Dugan (Elliott Gould) is faced with the dilemma of how to survive with two stow-away kids and a cargo of animals. The solution is to convert the plane into a seaworthy vessel and sail home. Fair Disney.
| | |
The Missouri Breaks 1976 PG, 126 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Lloyd, Randy Quaid, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John P. Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, Luana Anders
Rancher David Braxton (John McLiam) hires Lee Clayton (Marlon Brando) to hunt down horse thieves. Using costumes and other ruses, Clayton begins to kill off the rustlers. But, following the hanging of a horse rustler, war breaks out between the ranchers and horse thieves with Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson) leading the remaining horse thieves–and he is not going to give up.
| | |
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, William Traylor, Thomas Hill, Albert Henderson, Jon Van Ness, Brian Farrell, Ken Magee, Don Calfa, Brion James
In this remake of the 1946 film, Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Chambers, the drifter who takes a job at Nick Papadakis' (John Colicos) diner and is soon involved in an affair with Nick's wife Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick has no idea that the affair is going on as Frank and Cora plot to kill Frank and collect on his insurance. But fate steps in, and "living happily ever after" may not be as easy as Frank and Cora think.
| | |
Runaway Train 1985 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, John P. Ryan, Kenneth McMillan, Kyle T. Heffner, T.K. Carter, Reid Cruickshanks, Walter Wyatt, Stacey Pickren, Edward Bunker, Hank Worden, Dan Wray
Two prison escapees (Jon Voight and Eric Roberts) take their hostage (Rebecca De Mornay) on the trip of a lifetime when they hop on an out-of-control train, with no engineer and no brakes, that travels through the Alaskan wilderness. Academy Award nominations went to Voight for Best Actor and to Roberts as Best Supporting Actor.
| | |
Shamus 1973 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan, Joe Santos, Georgio Tozzi, Kevin Conway, John Glover, Ron Weyand, Beeson Carroll, Larry Block
Private eye Shamus McCoy (Burt Reynolds) is hired to crack a murder and jewel theft case–a feat that requires numerous heroic exploits.
| | |
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill 1995 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).
| | |
| 1. Avenging Force (1986)
2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
3. The Best of the Best (1989)
4. Bound (1996)
5. Breathless (1983)
6. Class of 1999 (1990)
7. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
8. Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold (1990)
9. Dillinger (1973)
10. The Escape Artist (1982)
11. Eternity (1989)
12. Fatal Beauty (1987)
13. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
14. Futureworld (1976)
15. Hoffa (1992)
16. Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
aka: Gone to Texas
17. It Lives Again (1978)
aka: It's Alive II
18. It's Alive (1974)
19. A Killing Affair (1977)
aka: Behind the Badge
20. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
21. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
22. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
23. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
24. Runaway Train (1985)
25. Shamus (1973)
26. Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill (1995)
In The News
|
