Albino Alligator 1996  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, M. Emmet Walsh, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, Frankie Faison, Joe Mantegna
Three criminals (Gary Sinise, Matt Dillon, and William Fichtner) hold hostages in a local New Orleans bar, Dino's Last Chance, where they are trapped–criminals as well as hostages–unless someone comes up with a solution to their predicament.
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Black Rain 1989  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kate Capshaw, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shigeru Koyama, Yuya Uchida, Miyuki Ono, John Spencer, Guts Ishimatsu, Luis Guzman, John Costelloe, Stephen Root, Richard Riehle
American police detective Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) and his partner Charlie Vincent (Andy Garcia) take a Japanese yakuza gangster, Sato (Yusaku Matsuda), back to Osaka where he is to go on trial for murder. But, they inadvertently hand Sato over to yakuza members who are dressed like police. Now, Conklin is put in the position of trying to recapture Sato, and he gets help from Japanese cop Masahiro "Mas" Masumoto (Ken Takakura) and from bargirl Joyce Kingsley (Kate Capshaw) who has information on the yakuza gang. During the investigation, Vincent is killed, and Conklin and "Mas" blend their cultures to work on the crime together.
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Cafe Society 1995  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raymond DeFelitta
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frank Whaley, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer, Anna Levine, Christopher Murney, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Richard B. Shull, David Patrick Kelly
Mickey Jelke (Frank Whaley) is heir to the oleo fortune. When his parents cut him off financially, he talks his girlfriend into performing acts of prostitution so they can collect enough cash to marry. Justice prevails, and Mickey Jelke gets his due when she testifies against him, and he pays the consequences.
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Cold Around the Heart 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Cold Heart
Director: John Ridley
Cast: David Caruso, Kelly Lynch, Stacey Dash, Chris Noth, John Spencer, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Richard Kind, Kirk Baltz, Jennifer Jostyn, Tom McGowan
A jewel thief, Ned Tash (David Caruso), picks up a pregnant hitchhiker, Bec Rosenberg (Stacey Dash), and gets more than he bargained for when she pulls a gun on him–a fitting reward for Tash who is tracking down his double-crossing lover, Jude (Kelly Lynch). Jude, in turn, has made off with $250,000 worth of diamonds, which the pair had stolen during a murderous heist.
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Echoes 1983 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Living Nightmare
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Richard Alfieri, Nathalie Nell, Ruth Roman, Gale Sondergaard, Mercedes McCambridge, Mike Kellin, John Spencer, Paul Joynt, Leonard Crofoot, Dennis Wayne
In this psychic tale, Michael Durant (Richard Alfieri) is suffering from recurrent nightmares about being attacked by his unborn twin brother.
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Hiding Out 1987 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Bob Giraldi
Cast: Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Oliver Cotton, Claude Brooks, Ned Eisenberg, Anne Pitoniak, Tim Quill, John Spencer, Alexandra Auder, Tony Soper, Ned Eisenberg, Marita Geraghty, Steven Small, Johnny Walker
When the mob is looking for Boston stockbroker Andrew Morenski (Jon Cryer), he tries to escape their notice by enrolling as "Max Hauser" in his nephew Patrick's (Keith Coogan) high school, which is located in another state. As he is adjusting to changes since his teenage days, the mob finds Andrew, and a fight in the high school gym ensues.
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The Negotiator 1998  R, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Regina Taylor, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gomez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano
Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top-notch police negotiator who discovers that he has been set up and that the police are about to arrest him for the death of his partner and embezzlement of pension funds. In a panic, he seizes the building, holds hostages, and asks for another negotiator, Lt. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), to help him make a deal.
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O.K. Garage 1998 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: All Revved Up
Director: Brandon Cole
Cast: John Turturro, Lili Taylor, Will Patton, Gemma Jones, Joseph Maher, Paul Calderon, Bruce MacVittie, Richard Bright, Olek Krupa, John Spencer
Rachel (Lili Taylor) has continuing car problems but keeps taking her car to the same shady mechanic. She finally turns to friend Sean (Will Patton) for help, and he brings Johnny (John Turturro) along, starting a love triangle in this weak effort, despite the good cast.
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Presumed Innocent 1990 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, Joe Grifasi, John Spencer, Anna Maria Horsford, Sab Shimono, Tom Mardirosian, Bradley Whitford, Christine Estabrook, Michael Tolan, Madison Arnold
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) is a deputy prosecutor forced to investigate the murder of a woman with whom he once had an affair. After a few twists and turns, Sabich becomes the accused killer who must go on trial for his life. The ending is a shocker.
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 Ravenous 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, Bill Brochtrup, Sheila Tousey
This story begins when a nearly dead man, Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) staggers into a U.S. Army camp during the Mexican-American War. He tells the story of cannibalism that he just encountered when his party of settlers began to eat each other while stranded in the snow. Convinced they should look for other survivors, the "rescuers" are not prepared for what they find.
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 The Rock 1996 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Bokeem Woodbine, Tony Todd, Vanessa Marcil, Gregory Sporleder, Brendan Kelly, Greg Collins
Self-proclaimed patriots, led by Brigadier General Frank Hummel (Ed Harris), hold 81 tourists hostage on Alcatraz and aim deadly nerve gas at San Francisco in an attempt to get funds to support families of those Americans who died performing covert government missions. Navy SEALs–assisted by the only man who ever escaped from Alcatraz, John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery)–are sent in to rescue the hostages. Also helping lead the mission is FBI chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage). The SEALs head out on their mission to break into Alcatraz, but they are ambushed. Now it is up to Mason and Goodspeed to complete the mission.
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Sea of Love 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, William Hickey, Michael Rooker, Richard Jenkins, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Larry Joshua, John Spencer
The newspaper's lonely-hearts column is somehow connected to a number of serial killings in New York. Two cops, Detectives Keller and Sherman (Al Pacino and John Goodman) are given the case, and Keller, in particular, goes after the solution with a vengeance.
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 Twilight 1998 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Stockard Channing, Reese Witherspoon, Giancarlo Esposito, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, M. Emmet Walsh, Margo Martindale, John Spencer, Peter Gregory, Patrick Malone, Jason Clarke, Rene Mujica
Retired detective Harry Ross (Paul Newman) is living with movie star friends Jack and Catherine Ames (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon) in Santa Monica. When Harry delivers a package for Jack, he finds Lestar Ivar (M. Emmet Walsh) dying after being shot. Harry looks around Ivar's apartment and finds 20-year-old newspaper articles about Catherine's first husband who disappeared 20 years ago. Now, Harry's curiosity is peaked, and he asks LAPD detective Verna Hollander (Stockard Channing) for help in finding answers to the unsolved case. The trail leads to other unsolved cases–including one involving Harry's old colleague Raymond Hope (James Garner) who also runs errands for Jack and just might have the answers that Harry seeks.
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| 1. Albino Alligator (1996)
2. Black Rain (1989)
3. Cafe Society (1995)
4. Cold Around the Heart (1997)
aka: Cold Heart
5. Echoes (1983)
aka: Living Nightmare
6. Hiding Out (1987)
7. The Negotiator (1998)
8. O.K. Garage (1998)
aka: All Revved Up
9. Presumed Innocent (1990)
10. Ravenous (1999)
11. The Rock (1996)
12. Sea of Love (1989)
13. Twilight (1998)
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