 Apt Pupil 1998  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison, Elias Koteas, Joshua Jackson, David Schwimmer, Joe Morton, Mickey Cottrell, Jan Triska, Michael Byrne
Straight A student Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) recognizes Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen) as a former Nazi SS officer and proceeds to blackmail him in exchange for details about the holocaust. Tables are turned as Todd, himself, finds his life deteriorating as he becomes an apt pupil and, eventually, a menacing young man. From a Stephen King story.
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 2000  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Battlefield Earth
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Richard Tyson, Marie-Josee Croze, Kelly Preston, Michael Byrne, Sean Hewitt, Christian Tessier, Silvain Landry, Christopher Freeman, Tim Post, Michel Perron
Set in the year 3000, L. Ron Hubbard's (the founder of Scientology) story is about manipulative aliens, led by Teri (John Travolta), who have rounded up humans to mine Earth. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) is captured and sent to the mines, he determines to beat the aliens at their own game.
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 Beyond the Sea 2004  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi, Caroline Aaron, Peter Cincotti, Michael Byrne, Matt Rippy, Gary Whelan, Jake Broder
The romance and marriage of singer Bobby Darin and actress Sandra Dee is the subject of this Kevin Spacey biopic in which Spacey does a good job of recreating Darin's vocal style.
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Blood: The Last Vampire 2009  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Chris Nahon
Cast: Gianna Jun, Koyuki, Michael Byrne, Colin Salmon, Alison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Liam Cunningam, Yasuaki Kurata, Andrew Pleavin, Larry Lamb, Constantine Gregory, Ailish O'Connor, Joey Anaya
In this live-action adaptation of the animated film, Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), half-vampire, half-human Saya (Gianna Jun) has been hunting demons and vampires for over 400 years. Now, the Council has sent Saya to a U.S. military base in Tokyo where she befriends a general's daughter, Alice McKee (Alison Miller), and battles the demon vampire Onigen (Koyuki).
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Butley 1974  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Pinter
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Susan Engel, Georgina Hale, Michael Byrne, Simon Rouse, John Savident, Oliver Maguire, Patti Love, Susan Wooldridge, Darien Angadi, Colin Haigh, Lindsay Ingram
Alan Bates reprises his Broadway role of English Literature Professor Ben Butley who returns to London University after a vacation weekend. On his first day back, Butley learns that his estranged wife Anne (Susan Engel) wants a divorce and plans to remarry. Then, his male lover Joey (Richard O'Callaghan) announces that he has a new boyfriend. The bad news continues with Edna (Jessica Tandy) complaining that Butley has stolen one of her tutorial students, and it goes on and on–making for one VERY BAD day.
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Conduct Unbecoming 1975 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, James Faulkner, James Donald, Helen Cherry, Michael Byrne
This film examines the truth behind the hypocrisy of the British rule of India.
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The Eagle Has Landed 1976 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh, John Standing, Judy Geeson, Treat Williams, Sven-Bertil Taube, Larry Hagman, Michael Byrne, Alexei Jawdokimov, Richard Wren
During World War II, in November 1943, Winston Churchill goes on vacation at an English country estate, and Hitler makes plans to kidnap and murder him. Under orders from Hitler, Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasence) assigns the job of masterminding the kidnapping to Col. Max Radl (Robert Duvall). With aid from Col. Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine) and IRA lifer Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland) plans are made to parachute into the English village of Sudley camouflaged as Polish soldiers. Plans go forward, they arrive at the appointed place and time, but then the well-laid plans begin to unravel.
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The Good Father 1985 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Frances Viner, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes, Joanne Whalley, Michael Byrne, Jennie Stoller, Johanna Kirby, Stephen Fry, Clifford Rose
Embittered over his own marriage failure and loss of his son's custody, Bill (Anthony Hopkins) encourages, and even funds, his friend Roger's (Jim Broadbent) court case for custody of Roger's young son.
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Gunshy 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Celentano
Cast: William Petersen, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane, Kevin Gage, Michael Byrne, Eric Schaeffer, Meat Loaf, Musetta Vander, R. Lee Ermey, Badja Djola
After the breakup with his girlfriend, a journalist, Jake Bridges (William Petersen) heads for Atlantic City where he embraces alcohol as his cure-all. A small-time mobster (Michael Wincott) spots Jake, saves him from himself, and introduces him to his girlfriend Melissa (Diane Lane). Now a new kind of "friendship" develops.
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 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, Michael Byrne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Paul Maxwell, Kevork Malikyan, Alex Hyde-White, Richard Young, Alexei Sayle
In this third installment in the "Indiana Jones" series, the quest for the Holy Grail sends Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his father (Sean Connery) on an adventure in search of the Holy Grail–an artifact that is rumored to give eternal life to its owner. A problem lies in their way in the form of Elsa (Alison Doody) who just happens to be a Nazi spy with her own agenda for the Holy Grail.
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The Mists of Avalon 2001 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall, Edward Atterton, Michael Vartan, Michael Byrne, Hans Matheson, Mark Lewis Jones
So you thought you knew something about the legend of King Arthur. Well, the story was recast by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her bestseller and is now brought to the screen (TV screen, originally). Yes, it was really the women in Arthur's life that brought about his success, and this is their story. Whatever.
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 The Musketeer 2001 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers, Bill Treacher, Daniel Mesguich, David Schofield, Nick Moran, Steve Spiers, Jan Gregor Kremp, Jeremy Clyde, Michael Byrne, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Tsilla Chelton
Yet another adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel comes to the screen in the story about D'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) striving to become a Musketeer like his father. As a child, D'Artagnan had witnessed the evil Febre (Tim Roth) killing his parents, and he arrives in Paris seeking to avenge his parents' deaths. D'Artagnan learns that the Musketeers have been disbanded by Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea), and he searches for Musketeers Aramis (Nick Moran), Athos (Jan Gregor Kremp) and Porthos (Steve Spiers). During his search, D'Artagnan joins forces with Francesca (Mena Suvari), whose mother had served the Queen (Catherine Deneuve), and Francesca has remained close to her. By story's end, D'Artagnan prevents a war and falls in love with Francesca.
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Nostradamus 1994 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Tcheky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick, Michael Gough, Maia Morgenstern, Magdalena Ritter, Bruce Meyers, Leon Lissek, Michael Byrne
Set in France during the 16th century, this story explores the life of doctor/scientist Nostradamus (Tcheky Karyo) whose Jewish family posed as Catholics to escape the Inquisition. As a student of scientist Scalinger (F. Murray Abraham), Nostradamus develops medical theories and creates herbal cures but loses his wife Marie (Julia Ormond) and their two children to the Black Plague. Nostradamus then moves to a remote village where he marries a widow, Anne (Assumpta Serna), with whom he begins a large family. At Scalinger's urging, Nostradamus begins writing and publishes a book of prophecies that includes the forecast of King Henry II's (Anthony Higgins) death. After seeing the book, Queen Catherine de Medici (Amanda Plummer) takes an interest and, later, after the King dies, gives Nostradamus lifelong protection from the Inquisition court, and he continues his prophecies.
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The Pale Horse 1996 TV, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Director: Charles Beeson
Cast: Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne, Hermione Norris, Leslie Phillips, Michael Byrne, Jean Marsh, Andy Serkis, Wendy Nottingham, Johanna Kirby, Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Potter, Anna Livia Ryan
In this Agatha Christie tale, Mark Easterbrook (Colin Buchanan) discovers a priest dying and is handed a list of names by the priest. After being accused of murder by the police, Mark, with the help of Kate (Jayne Ashbourne) and the list of names, sets out to find the real killer. Made for TV.
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Rogue Male 1976 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter, Michael Byrne, Mark McManus, Ray Smith, Hugh Manning, Robert Lang, Cyd Hayman, Philip Jackson, Nicholas Ball, Ian East, Maureen Lipman, Ray Mort
This made-for-TV remake of Fritz Lang's 1941 film, "Man Hunt," is set in 1939 before the British went to war against Germany. Big-game hunter Sir Robert Thorndyke (Peter O'Toole) fails in an attempt to shoot Hitler. Thorndyke is captured, tortured, and left for dead. He survives and heads back to England, but the Gestapo is on his trail, so he must go underground to do battle with his enemies.
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 The Saint 1997 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeri Nikolayev, Henry Goodman, Alun Armstrong, Michael Byrne, Yevgeni Lazarev, Irina Apeksimova, Emily Mortimer
Society, after the fall of communism in Russia, is depicted as filled with criminal intrigue. The Saint, Simon Templar (Val Kilmer), is the man who can change identities at the drop at the hat. Now, he has been hired by a Moscow billionaire to steal the secret of cold fusion from an Oxford scientist, Dr. Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue). While stealing the formula, he falls in love with her.
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Smiley's People 1982 TV, 325 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton, Michael Byrne, Barry Foster, Michael Lonsdale, Bill Paterson, Beryl Reid, Curt Jurgens, Vladek Sheybal, Patrick Stewart
George Smiley (Alec Guinness) comes out of retirement and rejoins the British Intelligence to investigate the death of an agent friend. Clues lead Smiley to Paris, Germany, and Switzwerland as he tracks down his old nemesis, the Soviet double-agent Karla (Patrick Stewart).
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Vampyres 1974 R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Daughters of Dracula
Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness
Director: Jose Ramon Larraz
Cast: Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown, Brian Deacon, Sally Faulkner, Michael Byrne, Karl Lanchbury, Bessie Love, Elliott Sullivan, Margaret Heald
Lesbian vampires Fran and Miriam (Marianne Morris and Anulka Dziubinska–a Playboy centerfold) hang out by the highway at night hitching a ride and luring the victims to their mansion where each is drained of blood. But, one intended victim, Ted (Murray Brown), falls in love with Fran, AND she takes a liking to him. However, he knows he will be drained of blood eventually. Lots of nakedness and blood with good "creepiness." This is a cut down version to get it into the "R" category.
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| 1. Apt Pupil (1998)
2. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
aka: Battlefield Earth
3. Beyond the Sea (2004)
4. Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
5. Butley (1974)
6. Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
7. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
8. The Good Father (1985)
9. Gunshy (1998)
10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
11. The Mists of Avalon (2001)
12. The Musketeer (2001)
13. Nostradamus (1994)
14. The Pale Horse (1996)
aka: Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
15. Rogue Male (1976)
16. The Saint (1997)
17. Smiley's People (1982)
18. Vampyres (1974)
aka: Daughters of Dracula
aka: Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness
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