Beyond Reasonable Doubt 1980  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Laing
Cast: David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Martyn Sanderson, Grant Tilly, Diana Rowan, Ian Watkin, Terence Cooper, Bruno Lawrence, Marshall Napier, John Bach
Based on an actual murder case, this story involves Inspector Bruce Hutton's (David Hemmings) efforts–including planting evidence–to convict an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas (John Hargreaves), of murder.
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Flirting 1991  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, Felix Nobis, Josh Picker, Bartholomew Rose, Kiri Paramore, Jeff Truman, Marshall Napier, Freddie Paris
In this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke", Director and Screenwriter Duigan has again come up with a winner. Awkward, shy Danny (Noah Taylor) is now in boarding school and his questioning attitude challenges conventional wisdom. He falls in love with Ugandan Thandiwe (Thandie Newton), a pretty, smart, and intelligent girl who, like Danny, has a rebellious spirit. This is a wonderful film of the pains of growing up.
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Lucky Break 1994 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Paperback Romance
Director: Ben Lewin
Cast: Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Sioban Tuke, Jacek Koman, Robyn Nevin, Marshall Napier, Lewis Fiander, Mary-Anne Fahey, Michael Edward-Stevens, Steady Eddy, Michael Veitch, Nicholas Bell
Sex novelist Sophie (Gia Carides) is in love with a scoundrel, Eddie (Anthony LaPaglia), who is engaged to another. When Sophie breaks her leg, she uses the catastrophe to make a play for Eddie–with disastrous results.
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Strange Planet 1999  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Emma-Kate Croghan
Cast: Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner, Tom Long, Aaron Jeffery, Felix Williamson, Hugo Weaving, Rebecca Frith, Marshall Napier, Leone Carmen
During the year leading up to 2000, this romantic comedy follows three women friends and three men friends living in Sydney, Australia. The women and men are destined to meet in this enjoyable effort.
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep 2007 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Jay Russell
Cast: Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Priyanka Xi, Marshall Napier, Joel Tobeck, Erroll Shand, Brian Cox, Bruce Allpress, Craig Hall, Bill Johnson
While Angus MacMorrow's (Alex Etel) father is off fighting in World War II, Angus walks along the shores of Loch Ness, finds an encrusted object, and brings it home. It turns out that the object is an egg that pops open to reveal a living creature with flippers, horns, and sharp teeth. Angus names it Crusoe. When Angus's mother (Emily Watson) hires a handyman, Lewis Mowbray (Ben Chaplin), Ben shows Lewis Crusoe. Lewis thinks Crusoe is a water horse, and the two take on the task of keeping Crusoe safe. But when Crusoe grows too big, Lewis and Ben release Crusoe into Loch Ness where Ben hopes he can still protect his pet–despite the fact that the British militia believes that Crusoe is a Nazi submarine.
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| 1. Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
2. Flirting (1991)
3. Lucky Break (1994)
aka: Paperback Romance
4. Strange Planet (1999)
5. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
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