 The Dead Pool 1988  R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Michael Currie, Michael Goodwin, Jim Carrey, Louis Giambalvo, Darwin Gillett, Anthony Charnota, Christopher P. Beale, John Allen Vick
Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) is back, and he's investigating the deaths of a bizarre gambling game (The Dead Pool) in which a list of eight celebrities is distributed, and the gamblers place bets on which of the eight will be the first to die. But as the plot develops, it seems that someone is killing the members of the Dead Pool.
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 Gia 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Cristofer
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John Considine, Scott Cohen, Edmund Genest, Mercedes Ruehl, Faye Dunaway, Holly Baker, Joe Basile, Rick Batalla, Lombardo Boyar, Jullian Dulce Vida
This made-for-cable TV biography stars Angelina Jolie as supermodel Gia Carangi. Arriving in NYC shortly after high school, Gia soon becomes an extremely popular model. She starts a lesbian affair with her photographer's assistant, Linda (Elizabeth Mitchell), and begins a life of drug addiction that results in a downward spiral, which includes AIDS. She died in 1986 at the young age of 26. The film received an Emmy Nomination and Angelina Jolie won a Golden Globe Award.
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Jagged Edge 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, John Dehner, Karen Austin, Guy Boyd, Leigh Taylor-Young, Louis Giambalvo, Lance Henriksen, Maria Mayenzet, Dave Austin, Richard Partlow, Ben Hammer, James Karen
San Francisco newspaper publisher Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges) is accused of murdering his wife, heiress Paige (Maria Meyenzet), and hires lawyer Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) to defend him. In the course of the trial, Forrester and Teddy have an affair. The burning question is whether or not justice was served.
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 Real Genius 1985 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, William Atherton, Michelle Meyrink, Patti D'Arbanville, Robert Prescott, Louis Giambalvo, Ed Lauter, Deborah Foreman, Jon Gries
When a group of young scientists discover that their research is being used to build a new weapon, they decide to interfere with the intended plans.
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil 1989  R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Alan North, Anthony Zerbe, Louis Giambalvo, Kristen Childs, Hardy Rawls, Audrie J. Neenan, John Capodice
A blind man (Richard Pryor) and a deaf man (Gene Wilder) work at a newspaper stand in New York. One day, a murder takes place near their newsstand, and guess who is arrested for the dirty deed? The stars are there, the idea is there, but the execution of the film isn't all it could be.
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| 1. The Dead Pool (1988)
2. Gia (1998)
3. Jagged Edge (1985)
4. Real Genius (1985)
5. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
6. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
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