The Babysitter 1995  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ferland
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy London, J.T. Walsh, Lee Garlington, Nicky Katt, Lois Chiles, George Segal, Ryan Slater, Brittany English Stephens, Tuesday Knight, Eric Menyuk, Noel Evangelisti, Jane Alden, Matthew Kimbrough, Michael Chieffo
Teenager Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is hired to babysit by Harry and Dolly Tucker (J.T. Walsh and Lee Garlington) who are going out on the town. With the help of some booze, Jennifer's boyfriend Jack (Jeremy London) is talked into going with his friend Mark (Nicky Katt) to visit her. The fantasies begin as both boys dream of encounters with Jennifer–as does alcoholic Harry who hired her.
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 Bliss 1997  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lance Young
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Spalding Gray, Casey Siemaszko, Leigh Taylor-Young, Lois Chiles, Blu Mankuma, Ken Camroux, Molly Parker
A newly married couple, Joseph (Craig Sheffer) and Maria (Sheryl Lee), consult a sex therapist. When psychoanalytic methods fail, Maria heads for the strange Dr. Baltazar Vincenza (Terence Stamp), and Joseph soon follows. This is a very graphic film, which deals openly with the subject of sex.
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Broadcast News 1987  R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Jack Nicholson, Peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Stephen Mendillo, Gennie James, Robert Katims
James Brooks directed this much acclaimed film about the romantic and professional entanglements of three television news reporters: a bright, highly principled producer (Holly Hunter), an idiot of an anchorman with public appeal (William Hurt), and a talented reporter (Albert Brooks). Several Oscar nominations were received including Best Picture, Actor (Hurt), Actress (Hunter), and Supporting Actor (Brooks).
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Coma 1978 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Tom Selleck, Ed Harris, Charles Siebert
This suspenseful tale, first presented in Robin Cook's novel, explores the possibilities of scientists gone berserk. In this case, too many patients reach a comatose state during surgery leading to the discovery of illegal medical experiments.
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Creepshow 2 1987  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Gornick
Cast: Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini, Stephen King, Domenick John, Frank Salsedo, David Holbrook, Paul Satterfield, Jeremy Green, Joe Silver, Tom Wright, David Beecroft, Daniel Beer, Dean Smith
"Creepshow" returns–this time in the form of a trilogy. The first is "Old Chief Wood'nhead" about a wooden Indian that comes to life. In the second story, "The Raft," pot smoking teenagers are floating on a raft when they are attacked by a blob of oil. Finally, in "The Hitchhiker," a hit-and-run driver is haunted by her victim. Watch for Stephen King as the truck driver.
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 Curdled 1996 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Reb Braddock
Cast: Angela Jones, William Baldwin, Bruce Ramsay, Lois Chiles, Barry Corbin, Mel Gorham, Daisy Fuentes
Gabriela (Angela Jones) is obsessed with dead bodies, and while the citizens of Miami are subjected to the gruesome murders of the Blue Blood Killer (William Baldwin), Gabriella is thrilled with her job cleaning up the blood and gore from crime scenes. Of course, sooner or later, she is bound to run into the killer.
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Death on the Nile 1978 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jon Finch, Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Harry Andrews, I.S. Johar
Written by Agatha Christie, this is another intriguing mystery for master sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to solve. Poirot and his traveling companion Colonel Race (David Niven) are in Africa enjoying a cruise on the S.S. Karnak, sailing down the Nile River, when a passenger, heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Poirot investigates, and among the suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury), Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Dr. Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow)–nearly all of whom have motives for murder.
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 The Great Gatsby 1974  PG, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Sam Waterston, Howard Da Silva, Edward Herrmann, Patsy Kensit, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles
In this version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, Robert Redford takes on the role of Jay Gatsby who loves Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) and believes that, if he is successful enough in business, Daisy will reciprocate his love.
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Kettle of Fish 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Claudia Myers
Cast: Matthew Modine, Gina Gershon, Christy Scott Cashman, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Kevin J. O'Connor, Lois Chiles, Stephen Mailer, Ewa Da Cruz, Fisher Stevens, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ranjit Chowdhry, Gloria Reuben
When sax player and lifelong bachelor Mel (Matthew Modine) decides to make a commitment and move in with his girlfriend Inga (Ewa Da Cruz), he sublets his apartment to biologist Ginger (Gina Gershon). Later, after Mel and Inga break-up, Mel moves back to his old apartment, which he must share with Ginger because she refuses to find another apartment. At first, Mel and Ginger have problems sharing the apartment, and Mel's obsession with Diana (Christy Cashman) doesn't help. But, as time passes, sparks fly, and Mel and Ginger begin to catch on to the fact that they are meant to be together.
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 Moonraker 1979 PG, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn, Emily Bolton, Toshiro Suga, Blanche Ravalec, Irka Bochenko, Leila Shenna, Mike Marshall
This is the 11th James Bond film, and it is filled with many stunts as Bond, Agent 007, (Roger Moore) investigates the theft of a space shuttle built by Drax Industries. Bond arrives at Drax Industries and meets NASA astronaut and CIA agent Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) who has been investigating Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) for plotting to replace humans with a super race. As Bond and Goodhead attempt to protect the world from the evil outer-space tyrant Drax, they encounter many problems including traps and villains standing in their way.
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Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins, Michael G. Hagerty, Colleen Camp, Lois Chiles, Francis Guinan, Tamia, Jeremy Hotz, Enrique Murciano, Bo Svenson, Connie Ray
Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock) and her boyfriend Alex Shaw (Jason Patric) embark on a cruise, and–as luck would have it–they opt for a ship that is destined for BIG trouble. John Geiger (Willem Dafoe) takes over the ship (via computers) as his method of revenge, and it is up to Annie and Alex to save the day.
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Sweet Liberty 1986 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Lillian Gish, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Saul Rubinek, Lois Chiles, Linda Thorson, Diane Agostini, Antony Alda, Leo Burmester, Alvin Alexis
The quiet town of Sayeville is altered one summer when a Hollywood film crew comes to film a historical saga of the Revolutionary War. The author of the source for the filming is a college professor (Alan Alda) who lives in town and is on hand to watch how the movie moguls are ruining his story.
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Until the End of the World 1991 R, 178 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Max von Sydow, Rudiger Vogler, Jeanne Moreau, Chick Ortega, Lois Chiles, Adelle Lutz, Jean-Charles Dumay, Eddy Mitchell, Allen Garfield, David Gulpilil
As the world worries about a nuclear satellite crashing on Earth, Claire (Solveig Dommartin) has a car accident with bank robbers who then give her some of their heist to drop off in Paris. Along the way, Claire meets an American, Sam Farber (William Hurt), who is trying to elude the CIA. They hit it off until Sam steals some of the heist from Claire. Now Claire travels the world, through many countries, chasing Sam and ends up in Australia where Sam's father (Max von Sydow) has a laboratory in which he has invented a camera used by Sam on his trek. The camera will play back images that Sam's blind mother (Jeanne Moreau) can see. Even more important, the camera will allow dreams to be recorded. All this is accomplished while it is believed that a nuclear holocaust has taken place and presumably destroyed civilization.
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 The Way We Were 1973 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Murray Hamilton, Patrick O'Neal, Viveca Lindfors, Allyn Ann McLerie, Herb Edelman, Sally Kirkland, Diana Ewing, Don Keefer, George Gaynes, Eric Boles, Marcia Mae Jones
This story follows the lives of activist Katie (Barbra Streisand) and writer Hubbell (Robert Redford) through their days in college, subsequent marriage, and inevitable divorce as each one has diverse political views. The title song won an Academy Award, as did the Musical Score by Marvin Hamlish. Streisand was nominated for Best Actress.
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| 1. The Babysitter (1995)
2. Bliss (1997)
3. Broadcast News (1987)
4. Coma (1978)
5. Courage (1984)
aka: Raw Courage
6. Creepshow 2 (1987)
7. Curdled (1996)
8. Dark Mansions (1986)
9. Death on the Nile (1978)
10. The Great Gatsby (1974)
11. Kettle of Fish (2006)
12. Moonraker (1979)
13. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
14. Sweet Liberty (1986)
15. Until the End of the World (1991)
16. The Way We Were (1973)
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