 Assault on Precinct 13 1976  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Austin Stoker, Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Nancy Kyes, Darwin Joston, Martin West, Marc Ross, Charles Cyphers, Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, John J. Fox, Frank Doubleday, Alan Koss, Kim Richards, Gilbert De la Pena
A street gang is trying to get revenge on the man who shot some of their gang members after they accidentally shot his daughter. The father of the dead girl runs into the police station for help, but the police station is about to be closed, and only policeman Ethan Bishop (Austin Stoker) and two secretaries (Laurie Zimmer and Nancy Kyes) are inside with a few prisoners. Now the station is under siege, and war results between the two forces. This movie is surprisingly thoughtful in its treatment of its adversaries.
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Lord Love a Duck 1966  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Axelrod
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West, Ruth Gordon, Harvey Korman, Sarah Marshall, Lynn Carey, Max Showalter, Donald Murphy
This film is nearly as weird as its title. Alan (Roddy McDowall) is one extremely bright high-school senior who looks after new arrival Barbara (Tuesday Weld). Madcap humor, much of it black, has made this before-its-time movie a cult favorite.
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Mac and Me 1988  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stewart Raffill
Cast: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Jade Calegory, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley, Martin West, Vinnie Torrente, Ivan J. Rado, Danny Cooksey, Laura Waterbury
With profits going to Ronald MacDonald's children's charities, this is a story about a paraplegic and an outer space thing called Mac. Of course Mac also refers to MacDonald's Big Mac in this movie ad.
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Soldier Blue 1970  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson, Jorge Rivero, Dana Elcar, Martin West, Mort Mills, Jorge Russek, James Hampton, Bob Carraway, Aurora Clavel, Ralph Nelson, Conrad Hool, Lance Hool
A cavalry unit escorting Cresta (Candice Bergen), who just escaped after being taken by the Cheyenne two years ago, and paymaster Captain Battles (Dana Elcar) is headed to Fort Reunion, Colorado, when they are ambushed by a Cheyenne war party. Only Cresta and trooper Honus Grant (Peter Strauss) survive, and, together, they continue their journey on foot. Along the way, Honus falls in love with Cresta but is disgusted by her belief that the Cheyenne village where she stayed is peaceful–until he witnesses the massacre of Cheyenne old men, women, and children–and tries to stop the killing.
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 Sweet November 1968 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel, Burr DeBenning, Sandy Baron, Marj Dusay, Martin West, Virginia Vincent, King Moody, Robert Gibbons
Although Sara (Sandy Dennis) knows she is dying from a terminal disease, that doesn't stop her from finding one insecure man every month, allowing him to move in with her, helping him to gain self-confidence, and then sending him on his way. All goes well until Charlie Blake (Anthony Newley) becomes Sara's "man of the month." Charlie falls in love with Sara, and love does not fit into Sara's plans.
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| 1. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
2. Lord Love a Duck (1966)
3. Mac and Me (1988)
4. Soldier Blue (1970)
5. Sweet November (1968)
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