Alphabet City 1984  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amos Poe
Cast: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Raymond Serra, Kenny Marino, Daniel Jordano, Tom Mardirosian, Christina Marie Denihan
Johnny (Vincent Spano) is an up-and-coming drug dealer on NYC's Lower East Side who is faced with orders from the Mob that involve endangering his own family.
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Flood: A River's Rampage 1997 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Pittman
Cast: Richard Thomas, Kate Vernon, Nigel Bennett, Jan Rubes, Gabriel Hogan, Mairon Bennett, Kristen Bone, Vince Corazza, Bill MacDonald, J. Winston Carroll
Based on the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River, this is the fictionalized account of two people who bring their small town together to save it from the flood waters.
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 Malcolm X 1992  PG-13, 201 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Lonette McKee, Debi Mazar, Joe Seneca, Kate Vernon, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, LaTanya Richardson
This is a very good biographical film about Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) and his rise from Black activist to influential leader of the Nation of Islam and his assassination at age 39.
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Pretty in Pink 1986 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Jim Haynie, Emily Longstreth, Alexa Kenin, Andrew Dice Clay, Kate Vernon, Dweezil Zappa, Margaret Colin, Jamie Anders, Gina Gershon
High-school insecurities are portrayed in this film about Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) from the wrong side of the tracks. She lives with her father (Harry Dean Stanton) and runs around with Iona and Duckie (Annie Potts and Jon Cryer). Andie falls for rich kid Blane McDonnagh (Andrew McCarthy). Blane does ask her to the Senior Prom, but then his friends tease him about his choice for a date.
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Roadhouse 66 1984  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Mark Robinson
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Judge Reinhold, Kaaren Lee, Kate Vernon, Stephen Elliott, Alan Autry, Kevyn Major Howard, Peter Van Norden, Erica Yohn, James Intveld
When Beckman's (Judge Reinhold) T-bird is damaged by locals in a small Arizona town, he and Johnny (Willem Dafoe), a hitchhiker that Beckman had picked up, check out the town while the car is being repaired. They even get a chance for revenge against the youngsters that shot the car's radiator. The only thing saving this dull tale is the soundtrack that is packed with popular rock songs of the day.
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Wilder Days 2003  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David M. Evans
Cast: Peter Falk, Tim Daly, Josh Hutcherson, Kate Vernon, Conchita Campbell, Colin Cunningham, Daniella Evangelista, Andrew Campbell, Ben Cotton
To prove that his stories are not made up and that what he talks about really happened, James "Pop Up" Morse (Peter Falk) takes his 11-year-old grandson Chris (Josh Hutcherson) on a road trip to find the boat, "Wilder Days," that he once worked on. He did not tell his son, John (Tim Daly), about the trip, and John is determined to track down his father and son. But he must remember the old stories told by "Pop Up" in order to figure out where his father and son are.
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| 1. Alphabet City (1984)
2. Blackjack (1998)
3. Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)
4. Malcolm X (1992)
5. Pretty in Pink (1986)
6. Roadhouse 66 (1984)
7. Wilder Days (2003)
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