Edmond 2006  R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna, Bai Ling, Jeffrey Combs, Denise Richards, Mena Suvari, Dylan Walsh, Russell Hornsby, Debi Mazar, Rebecca Pidgeon, Lionel Mark Smith, Marcus Thomas, Jack Wallace
Bored and discontented, middle-class businessman Edmund Burke (William H. Macy) stops by a tarot reader storefront on his way home from work. The message he receives, "You are not where you belong." encourages him to leave his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon). That act begins his downhill spiral into the city's violent underworld where Edmund responds in kind.
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 Galaxina 1980  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: William Sachs
Cast: Stephen Macht, Dorothy Stratten, James David Hinton, Avery Schreiber, Ronald Knight, Lionel Mark Smith, Tad Horino, Herb Kaplowitz, Nancy McCauley, Fred Daniel Scott
This low-budget effort is supposed to be a spoof of the biggie sci-fi flicks of the day, but the rocket fuse must have gotten wet. In the 31st century, the interstellar police are on their way to recover "The Blue Star" jewel. On the way, the crew must fill in the time: a crewmember falls in love with a robot; the captain swallows an egg, which turns out to be an alien; and so it goes. Dorothy Stratten, the Playboy Playmate, plays Galaxina the robot, and Stratten was murdered around the time of this film's premiere.
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King of the Ants 2004 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Chris McKenna, Kari Wuhrer, Daniel Baldwin, George Wendt, Timm Sharp, Ron Livingston, Vernon Wells, Lionel Mark Smith, Carlie Westerman, Steve Heller, Carissa Kosta, Briana Beghi, Ian Patrick Williams, Antoine Joseph, Shuko Akune
"Re-Animator" director Stuart Gordon brings us a brutal story of drifter Sean (Chris McKenna) who accepts a job from construction boss Ray (Daniel Baldwin) and Ray's henchman Duke (George Wendt) to follow and, later, kill a man. After completing the job, Sean learns that he will not be paid, so he threatens the pair with the fact that he has evidence on Ray. Sean is taken hostage by them and tortured in unimaginable ways during which he undergoes a change in character. Revenge will be sweet–and brutal.
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 Spartan 2004  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Kristen Bell, Johnny Messner, Alexandra Kerry, Tia Texada, Lionel Mark Smith, Chris LaCentra, Jeremie Campbell, Renato Magno
After the President's daughter (Kristen Bell) is kidnapped, military special-operations officers–Scott (Val Kilmer) and Curtis (Derek Luke)–are called in to rescue her before the press gets wind of what is going on.
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Stuck 2008 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Lionel Mark Smith, Wayne Robson, R.D. Reid, Patrick McKenna, Sharlene Royer, John Dartt, John Dunsworth, Mauricio Hoyos, Brian Johnson, Wally MacKinnon
In Providence, Rhode Island, nurse's assistant Brandi Boski (Mena Suvari) celebrates the possibility of a job promotion at a bar with co-worker Tanya (Rukiya Bernard). Brandi drinks too much, and when she drives home, she runs into a homeless man, Tom (Stephen Rea). The impact smashes Tom through Brandi's broken windshield. Knowing that the accident will ruin her promotion possibilities, Brandi drives the car into her garage and plans to let Tom die there. But, Tom doesn't die and now realizes that he, and he alone, must save himself from certain death.
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| 1. Edmond (2006)
2. Galaxina (1980)
3. Homicide (1991)
4. King of the Ants (2004)
5. Spartan (2004)
6. Stuck (2008)
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