The Cry of the Owl 1987  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Virginie Thevenet, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Patrice Kerbrat, Jean-Claude Lecas, Agnes Denefle, Victor Garrivier, Jacques Brunet
In this dark, dark comedy/thriller, Robert (Christophe Malavoy) moves to a quiet town to overcome his depression resulting from a divorce. With no erotic intent, he spies on his neighbor, Juliette (Mathilda May), and finds that she leads a well-rounded life. When Juliette breaks off with her boyfriend, Patrick (Jacques Penot), in order to pursue Robert, Patrick intends to get revenge.
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The Jackal 1997  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Diane Venora, Sidney Poitier, Mathilda May, Tess Harper, J.K. Simmons, Richard Lineback, Jack Black, Leslie Phillips, John Cunningham, Sophie Okonedo, Stephen Spinella, David Hayman
In this remake of 1973's "The Day of the Jackal," the Russian Mafia has paid The Jackal (Bruce Willis) 70 million dollars to assassinate a high-ranking American government official. When the FBI figures out the plot, they hire imprisoned, IRA sniper Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere) because he is the only person who can identify The Jackal. Now, FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and Mulqueen work together in their attempt to prevent the assassination plans of The Jackal from being carried out.
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Lifeforce 1985  R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball, Aubrey Morris, Nancy Paul, John Hallam, John Keegan, Chris Jagger, Bill Malin, Jerome Willis, Derek Benfield
When uninvited extraterrestrial vampires visit Earth, the terror begins.
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The Whipping Boy 1994  G, 96 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
Director: Sydney Macartney
Cast: Truan Munro, Nic Knight, George C. Scott, Karen Salt, Andrew Bicknell, Kevin Conway, Vincent Schiavelli, Mathilda May, Jean Anderson, Nicolas Amer
This is a pretty good Disney family film that revolves around a growing friendship between a prince and a "whipping boy" that the prince talked his father, the king, into using to take the prince's punishment when discipline was needed. Based on Sid Fleischman's children's book.
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| 1. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
2. The Jackal (1997)
3. Lifeforce (1985)
4. The Whipping Boy (1994)
aka: Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
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