American Graffiti 1973  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Spano, Candy Clark, Wolfman Jack, Charles Martin Smith, Bo Hopkins, Beau Gentry, Manuel Padilla Jr.
"Cruising" in the early 1960s on a hot summer night is the setting for this story of an end-of-summer good-bye as one of the group is leaving for college in the morning. It is an insightful glimpse of high-school seniors in a more innocent era before the Vietnam controversies when "Wolfman Jack" introduced their songs and represented their cultures. The five Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Candy Clark).
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Apollo 13 1995  PG, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley, Miko Hughes, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, Chris Ellis
Often, real life is better than fiction. This true story of the ill-fated, 1970's Apollo 13 space mission that suffered an explosion in the command module, is gripping from beginning to end. "Houston, we have a problem" is the message sent from the astronauts–mission leader Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton)–while on their lunar landing mission. At Mission Control, leader Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and the original mission commander Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) work together with technicians and scientists to bring the crew home alive. The film won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Sound and had several nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Ed Harris).
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The Battle of Shaker Heights 2003  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Efram Potelle, Kyle Rankin
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Billy Kay, Kathleen Quinlan, Shiri Appleby, William Sadler, Ray Wise, Philipp Karner, Anson Mount, Dale R. Simonton, Michael McShane
This coming-of-age story is set in Shaker Heights, an upper-middle class suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Two teenagers–Bart (Elden Henson) and Kelly (Shia LaBeouf)–come from very different backgrounds but join forces and use military strategy to take on a local bully.
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 Breach 2007  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Billy Ray
Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Watton, Tom Barnett, Jonathan Potts, David Huband, Scott Gibson
Based on the true story of treasonous FBI agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), this drama involves his success in feeding secrets to the Soviet Union for over 20 years. The film's focus is on the turning point of Hanssen's work as a traitor when bureau rookie Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is assigned to spy on him. Despite putting a strain on his marriage and forcing him to reconsider working for the FBI, O'Neill does gain Hanssen's trust and brings about his downfall.
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Breakdown 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Harris, Kim Robillard, Thomas Kopache, Vincent Berry, Helen Duffy, Jack McGee, Ancel Cook, Gene Hartline
Jeff and Amy Taylor (Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan) leave Massachusetts to embark on a cross-country trip. Their new Jeep breaks down in a Southwest desert, and Amy accepts a ride from truck driver Red Barr (J.T. Walsh) who offers to take her to a diner where she can call for help. Jeff manages to fix the Jeep, but Amy has not returned. After driving to the diner, Jeff meets Red who claims that he never saw Amy. Jeff files a missing person's report and learns that there are others who have disappeared while traveling that stretch of desert. Now, the question is: Who can Jeff trust?
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 A Civil Action 1998 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, James Gandolfini, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Sydney Pollack
This story details Jan Schlichtmann's (Travolta) legal case against two corporations that leaked toxins into Boston's water supply. The fact that the focus is on the lawyer's efforts to win the case while downplaying the victims and their families seems out of kilter. Robert Duvall received a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
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 The Doors 1991 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kevin Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan, Dennis Burkley, Josh Evans, Michael Wincott, John Densmore, Gretchen Becker, Jerry Sturm, Sean Stone
Val Kilmer stars in this Oliver Stone movie about the late rocker, The Doors' front man Jim Morrison. As is often the case, Stone's work is unique. It not only tells the story, almost documentary style, of a beach boy-poet who turns into a self-destructive, obnoxious rock star. It is a good example of how fame is often a two-edged sword.
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Event Horizon 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, Peter Marinker, Holley Chant, Noah Huntley, Barclay Wright, Robert Jezek, Teresa May, Emily Booth
The year is 2047, and Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne) leads a crew of astronauts on a mission to investigate the disappearance of the starship "Event Horizon," which disappeared seven years earlier but is now sending out a garbled transmission. The crew reaches the starship and discovers that it is now a haunted house where dangers await.
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Hanky Panky 1982  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Prosky, Josef Sommer, Johnny Sekka, Jay O. Sanders, Sam Gray, Larry Bryggman, Pat Corley, James Tolkan
Chicago architect Michael Jordon (Gene Wilder) takes a cab ride with a stranger, Janet (Kathleen Quinlan), who just happens to be on the run from Ransom (Richard Widmark). She is carrying a mysterious package that Ransom wants. Michael tries to help Janet, but she is killed by Ransom, and Michael becomes the prime suspect. Now, Michael teams up with Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) who helps him locate Janet's package. The search ends in the Grand Canyon where the real showdown takes place.
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 The Hills Have Eyes 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Ted Levine, Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, Tom Bower, Billy Drago, Desmond Askew, Ezra Buzzington, Michael Bailey Smith, Laura Ortiz
In a remake of the 1977 film, Wes Craven produced this version of the Carter family's trip through the American Southwest. While on a road trip in their vintage Airstream trailer, the Carters find themselves stranded miles from nowhere. They soon realize that they are the prey of blood-thirsty, desert-dwelling atomic mutants that live in an abandoned nuclear testing site, and their days are numbered.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Kathleen Quinlan, Ben Piazza, Susan Tyrrell, Signe Hasso, Sylvia Sidney, Dennis Quaid, Diane Varsi, Lorraine Gary, Reni Santoni
Set in a mental hospital, this is the story of a young woman's (Kathleen Quinlan) fight to regain her sanity through the compassionate aid of her psychiatrist (Bibi Andersson).
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 Independence Day 1983 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Follow Your Dreams
Director: Robert Mandel
Cast: Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Frances Sternhagen, Cliff De Young, Dianne Wiest, Josef Sommer, Bert Remsen, Richard Farnsworth, Noble Willingham, Brooke Alderson
Young photographer Mary Ann Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) dreams of making it big but must decide between her career and her love for Jack Parker (David Keith), an auto mechanic with different dreams.
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Last Light 1993 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kiefer Sutherland
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Amanda Plummer, Kathleen Quinlan, Clancy Brown, Cameron Dye, Lynne Moody, Tony T. Johnson, Robert Eisele, Danny Trejo, Gary Cervantes, Valeri Ross
Death row prisoner Denver Bayliss (Kiefer Sutherland) suffers abuse while awaiting his execution, but when he forms a friendship with prison guard Fred Whitmore (Forest Whitaker), the relationship develops meaning, and both men benefit.
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The Last Winter 1984 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Riki Shelach
Cast: Yona Elian, Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Macht, Zipora Peled, Michael Schneider, Avi Uria
At the end of 1973's Yom Kippur War, two wives, Maya (Yona Elian) and Joyce (Kathleen Quinlan), await the return of missing husbands. Each has seen her husband on newsreels and, only now, realize they have identified the same man.
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Lawn Dogs 1997 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce McGill, Mischa Barton, David Barry Gray, Eric Mabius, Tom Aldredge, Beth Grant, Miles Meehan
Devon Stockard's family moves up to an upscale neighborhood. But 10-year-old Devon (Mischa Barton), unlike her social-climbing parents, ignores her neighbors and chooses 21-year-old Trent Burns (Sam Rockwell) as her friend. Trent lives in a trailer and mows lawns. Their friendship grows but, of course, would be unacceptable to any of Devon's "classy" neighbors.
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Little Ladies of the Night 1977 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Diamond Alley
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: David Soul, Louis Gossett Jr., Linda Purl, Carolyn Jones, Clifton James, Kathleen Quinlan, Vic Tayback, Dorothy Malone, Paul Burke, Lana Wood
This made-for-TV film concerns a teenager (Linda Purl) who runs away and gets involved in the world of prostitution.
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Made of Honor 2008 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison, Kathleen Quinlan, Chris Messina, Sydney Pollack, Richmond Arquette, Busy Phillips, Whitney Cummings, Emily Nelson, Selma Stern, James Sikking, Kevin Sussman, Beau Garrett
While in college, Tom (Patrick Dempsey) met Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), and, while romance is not in the picture, they became best friends. Now, ten years later, they are still enjoying their companionship and spending Sundays together. When Hannah travels to Scotland, Tom realizes how much she means to him and plans to tell her when she returns. But when Hannah comes home, she is engaged to Scotsman Colin (Kevin McKidd) and asks Tom to be her MOH ("Maid" of Honor). What will Tom do? His solution: agree to be Hannah's MOH and then use his insider status to sabotage the wedding plans.
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My Giant 1998 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan, Joanna Pacula, Zane Carney, Rider Strong, Steven Seagal, Harold Gould, Doris Roberts, Philip Sterling
While traveling in Romania, a talent agent, Sammy (Zane Carney), finds a 7 1/2-foot tall giant, Max (Gheorghe Muresan), and brings him home to America for what Sammy is sure will be fame and fortune on the silver screen.
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The Runner Stumbles 1979 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Tammy Grimes, Beau Bridges, Allen Nause, John Procaccino, Bill Dore, Jock Dove
Director Stanley Kramer adapted this film from a Broadway play about a priest, Father Rivard (Dick Van Dyke), accused of murdering a young nun, Sister Rita (Kathleen Quinlan).
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Sunday Lovers 1980  R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Ugo Tognazzi, Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave, Kathleen Quinlan, Priscilla Barnes, Denholm Elliott, Rossana Podesta, Robert Webber
Four short stories set in four separate countries relate the sexual exploits of four middle-aged men in this tasteless film, which is made worse by poor acting. Directors: Bryan Forbes, Edouard Molinaro, Dino Risi, and Gene Wilder. Wilder's story is probably the worst one.
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Sunset 1988  R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Dallesandro, Jennifer Edwards, Patricia Hodge, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Bradford
During the making of a Hollywood movie, cowboy star Tom Mix (Bruce Willis) teams up with the subject of his film, Wyatt Earp (James Garner), to solve a real murder. This is a real dog.
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Trial by Jury 1994 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Margaret Whitton, Ed Lauter, Richard Portnow, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jack Gwaltney
Mob boss Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante) goes on trial and juror Valerie (Joanne Whalley) is paid a visit by his henchman with a message: acquit or she and her son will be killed. What WILL she do? A premise with promise is torpedoed by weak acting (except by Assante) and lame storyline.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante
Cast: Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin McCarthy, John Lithgow, John Larroquette, Scatman Crothers, Selma Diamond, Abbe Lane, Burgess Meredith, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Bill Quinn, Murray Matheson
This is Vic Morrow's last film as he and two Asian children were killed in a tragic helicopter accident while filming this movie. It is actually a remake of the TV show, and the last segment with George Miller directing is the best story with John Lithgow portraying a terrified passenger on an airplane. Each of the four Directors headed one segment.
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Warning Sign 1985 R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hal Barwood
Cast: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Dysart, G.W. Bailey, Jerry Hardin, Rick Rossovich, Cynthia Carle, Scott Paulin
When deadly microbes are accidentally spilled at a research lab, the security system activates–locking scientists inside. Now they must fend for themselves.
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Zeus and Roxanne 1997 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: George Miller
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Arnold Vosloo, Dawn McMillan, Miko Hughes, Majandra Delfino, Jessica Howell, Duchess Tomasello, Shannon K. Foley, Jim R. Coleman
Roxanne, the dolphin, is being studied by a single mother, marine biologist (Kathleen Quinlan). Zeus is a dog that seems to enjoy the company of Roxanne. Zeus is owned by a widower (Steve Guttenberg). Can you guess where this story is going?
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| 1. American Graffiti (1973)
2. Apollo 13 (1995)
3. The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
4. Breach (2007)
5. Breakdown (1997)
6. A Civil Action (1998)
7. The Doors (1991)
8. Event Horizon (1997)
9. Hanky Panky (1982)
10. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
11. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
12. Independence Day (1983)
aka: Follow Your Dreams
13. Last Light (1993)
14. The Last Winter (1984)
15. Lawn Dogs (1997)
16. Lifeguard (1976)
17. Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
aka: Diamond Alley
18. Made of Honor (2008)
19. My Giant (1998)
20. The Runner Stumbles (1979)
21. Sunday Lovers (1980)
22. Sunset (1988)
23. Trial by Jury (1994)
24. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
25. Warning Sign (1985)
26. Wild Thing (1987)
27. Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
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