 Hamlet 2000  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Steve Zahn, Dechen Thurman, Rome Neal, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Bartel, Casey Affleck
This Shakespeare classic is updated. The year is 2000 and set in hi-tech corporate America at the multinational conglomerate Denwick Corporation in Manhattan. Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) is struggling as a young filmmaker in New York City trying to gain control in his deceased father's company while also dealing with his mother Gertrude's (Diane Venora) marriage to her brother-in-law Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan). His father's Ghost (Sam Shepard) appears and wants Hamlet to be kind to Gertrude but to get revenge against Claudius who killed him. Once again, Shakespeare's drama proves timeless.
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Happy Here and Now 2002  R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy, Josephine Martin, Gloria Reuben, Liane Balaban, Isabel Gillies, David Arquette, Quintron, Nic Ratner, Larry Fessenden
While searching for missing sister Muriel (Shalom Harlow), sixteen-year-old Amelia (Liane Balaban) is aided by ex-CIA agent Bill (Clarence Williams III). Together, they uncover a software program that disguises people on the Internet. Amelia goes online, pretending to be Muriel in her attempt to find her sister, and finds herself in a dreamlike world.
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Nadja 1994  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda, Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze, Martin Donovan, Karl Geary, Jared Harris, David Lynch, Jack Lotz, Isabel Gillies, Jose Zuniga, Bernadette Jurkowski, Jeff Winner, Sean, Nic Ratner
In this black-and-white, dream-like film, vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda) has killed Count Dracula, and Dracula's daughter, Nadja (Elina Lowensohn), takes her father's ashes to Brooklyn where she visits her brother Edgar (Jared Harris). Edgar is ill and is being nursed by his live-in lover Cassandra (Suzy Amis). Meanwhile, Van Helsing is on Nadja's trail because he knows that if Dracula's ashes are not properly disposed of, he will come back to life. Van Helsing finds Nadja and kills her, but Nadja has now taken over Cassandra's body, and a new life begins for Nadja.
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Trance 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Eternal
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Alison Elliott, Jared Harris, Christopher Walken, Rachel O'Rourke, Lois Smith, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Sinead Dolan, Raina Feig, Jason Miller
Nora and Jim (Alison Elliott and Jared Harris) need a change of pace, so they head to Nora's homeland of Ireland. They are met by Nora's Uncle Bill (Christopher Walken), who proudly shows off the mummy of a druid witch that he dug up. The mummy looks a lot like Nora, and after Nora starts feeling strange and has hallucinations it's time for the witch to act.
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| 1. Hamlet (2000)
2. Happy Here and Now (2002)
3. Nadja (1994)
4. Trance (1998)
aka: The Eternal
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