After Hours 1985  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Heard, Dick Miller, Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Catherine O'Hara, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block
Martin Scorsese directed this dark comedy about an upwardly mobile man who meets an engaging girl in a coffee shop in Manhattan, and unusual adventures follow. Scorsese won a Best Director award at the Cannes film festival for this different film.
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From Other Worlds 2007  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Barry Strugatz
Cast: Cara Buono, Isaach De Bankole, David Lansbury, Melissa Leo, Joel de la Fuente, Robert Peters, Jonah Meyerson, Quinn Shephard, Robert Downey Sr., Paul Lazar, Sharon Wilkins, Laura Esterman, Lori Tan Chin, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Larry Block
Joanne Schwartzbaum (Clara Buono) is leading a somewhat boring life in Brooklyn with her husband Brian (David Lansbury) and children Linda and Henry (Quinn Shephard and Jonah Meyerson). Then, one night, Joanne walks into the kitchen and is kidnapped by aliens. Afterwards, they remove Joanne's memory of them and leave her on her patio with a fan-shaped bruise on her abdomen. As she tries to sleuth out the mystery, Joanne joins a UFO support group where she meets and joins forces with Abraham (Isaach De Bankole). Together, Joanne and Abraham convince the UFO support group to help them break into the Brooklyn Art Museum in order to steal a certain artifact. Their actions result in saving the whole world.
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High Stakes 1989  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Melanie Rose
Director: Amos Kollek
Cast: Sally Kirkland, Robert LuPone, Richard Lynch, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathy Bates, W.T. Martin, Betty Miller, Eddie Earl Hatch, Maia Danziger, Larry Block
Sally Kirkland plays a stripper who tries to save her daughter from trouble and finds love with a Wall Street speculator along the way.
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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.
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| 1. After Hours (1985)
2. From Other Worlds (2007)
3. High Stakes (1989)
aka: Melanie Rose
4. Shamus (1973)
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