Catch That Kid 2004  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch, James LeGros, Michael Des Barres, Stark Sands, Lennie Loftin, Francois Giroday, Christine Estabrook
Pre-teen Maddy (Kristen Stewart) solves the problem of how to pay for her disabled, daredevil father's (Sam Robards) hospital bills. With help from her friends (Corbin Bleu and Max Thieriot), Maddy will pull off a heist from the bank where her mother (Jennifer Beals) works.
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Diary of a Sex Addict 2001  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Brutsman
Cast: Michael Des Barres, Nastassja Kinski, Rosanna Arquette, Ed Begley Jr., A.J. Benza, Alex M. Douglas, Alexandra Paul, Jimmy Flynt, Aviva Gale, Troy Winbush
Sammy (Michael Des Barres) appears to be an all-American family man, but he leads a second life–he is a sex addict–and will do anything to feed his hunger. Cheap junk.
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The Hungry Bachelors Club 1999  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Food for the Heart
Director: Gregory Ruzzin
Cast: Jorja Fox, Bill Nunn, Suzanne Mara, Paul Provenza, William Morgan Sheppard, Katherine Kendall, David Shackelford, Michael Des Barres, Candice Azzara, Peter Murnik, Rachel Bard, Leigh Ann Post
Divorcee Delmar (Jorja Fox) and roommate Hortense (Suzanne Mara) would love to open a restaurant and employ their culinary skills, which they now use weekly to host dinner parties for their 30-something friends. Lack of money is the missing link standing in the way for their future restaurant–until Delmar learns that if she will become the surrogate mother to Harold Spinner's (Michael Des Barres) baby, she will be paid enough to open the restaurant. And, that is just one of many subplots in this melodrama.
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I, Monster 1971 PG, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stephen Weeks
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt, Kenneth J. Warren, Chloe Franks, Susan Jameson, Michael Des Barres
This eerie variant of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" features Christopher Lee in the role of Dr. Charles Marlowe who experiments with a drug that is intended to relieve inhibitions. When the drug is taken, Dr. Marlowe turns into the evil Mr. Blake. Each transformation results in an ever-increasingly hideous monster. Lawyer friend Frederick (Peter Cushing) tries to intervene.
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The Man from Elysian Fields 2001  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, James Coburn, Olivia Williams, Anjelica Huston, Michael Des Barres, Maureen McCormack, Joe Santos, Richard Bradford, Xander Berkeley
Elysian Fields is a male escort service that unsuccessful novelist Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) turns to for work when his novels don't pay the rent. The owner, Luther (Mick Jagger), assures the happily married Byron that the clients are old, rich women who probably don't want sex. To Byron's surprise, his first client is the beautiful young wife (Olivia Williams) of a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (James Coburn) who encourages his wife's extramarital sex.
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Poison Ivy: New Seduction 1997  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kurt Voss
Cast: Jaime Pressly, Megan Edwards, Michael Des Barres, Greg Vaughan, Susan Tyrrell, Tenaya Erich, Trishalee Hardy, Sabrinah Christie, Merete Van Kamp, Gregory Vignolle
Violet (Jaime Pressly) comes to visit the Greer home and, during her stay, wrecks the lives of family members.
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A Simple Twist of Fate 1994  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin, Kristoffer Tabori, Michael Des Barres, Ed Grady, Byron Jennings, David Dwyer, Tim Ware
Michael McCann (Steve Martin) lives alone but he learns that love for others is more important than all the gold in the world when he takes in an orphaned young girl.
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Sugar Town 1999 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allison Anders, Kurt Voss
Cast: Jade Gordon, Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, Larry Klein, John Taylor, Lumi Cavazos, Michael Des Barres, John Doe, Lucinda Jenney, Martin Kemp
Don't look for any deep insightful moments in this amusing comedy/drama about LA entertainers who often use drugs as a panacea for problems.
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Waxwork II: Lost in Time 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp, Bruce Campbell, Michael Des Barres, Jim Metzler, John Ireland, David Carradine, Drew Barrymore, Anthony Hickox
"Waxwork II" picks up right where "Waxwork" left off. But, a dismembered hand got away from Waxwork and is following our heroes (Zach and Monika). The hand kills the girl's father and she is accused of the murder. They must find clues to show that such a thing can happen, and find just about more than bargained for when they are sent back in time to get the evidence. Things get weird, don't they.
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| 1. Catch That Kid (2004)
2. Diary of a Sex Addict (2001)
3. The Hungry Bachelors Club (1999)
aka: Food for the Heart
4. I, Monster (1971)
5. The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
6. Pink Cadillac (1989)
7. Poison Ivy: New Seduction (1997)
8. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
9. Sugar Town (1999)
10. Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
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