At Sachem Farm 1998  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Uncorked
Director: John Huddles
Cast: Rufus Sewell, Nigel Hawthorne, Minnie Driver, Amelia Heinle, Michael E. Rodgers, Keone Young, Gregory Sporleder, Chalvay Srichoom, Jim Beaver
A somewhat dysfunctional family of transplanted Brits lives in the wine country of California. Ross (Rufus Sewell) is bankrupt and decides to sell the family's wine collection to finance yet another venture, but eccentric Uncle Cullen (Nigel Hawthorne) has plans of his own. An entertaining film.
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 Auto Focus 2002  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Maria Bello, Rita Wilson, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon, Michael E. Rodgers, Kurt Fuller, Christopher Neiman, Lyle Kanouse, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean
This story involves the rise and fall of radio/TV star Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) who gained fame only to take a down-hill journey, which began when he met sleazy, video technician John Carpenter (Willem Dafoe), continues through an addiction to sex, and ends, eventually, with Crane's murder. Carpenter was tried, and acquitted, for the still-unsolved murder.
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad 2000  G, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Britt Allcroft
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Michael E. Rodgers, Cody McMains, Jared Wall, Laura Bower, Lori Hallier
This film is not adult fare, and it was never designed as such. Instead, it is a gentle adventure meant to amuse young children. It succeeds in telling a happy story about two places and the magic railroad that connects them.
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The Triangle 2005 TV, 270 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Sam Neill, Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Davison, Michael E. Rodgers, Lisa Brenner, John Sloan, Charles Martin Smith, Barrie Ingham, Marius Weyers, Shannon Esrechowitz, Adrienne Pierce
In this made-for-TV miniseries, strange things are happening in the Bermuda Triangle, and billionaire shipping magnate Eric Benirall (Sam Neill) is losing ships and crews. His solution is to hire specialists–journalist Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), engineer Emily Patterson (Catherine Bell), psychic Stan Lathem (Bruce Davison), meteorologist Bruce Geller (Michael E. Rodgers), and the sole survivor of one of the shipwrecks Meeno Paloma (Lou Diamond Phillips). Off they go to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, but the more they investigate, the more nightmarish the answers become.
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Under Pressure 2000  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Escape Under Pressure
Director: Jean Pellerin
Cast: Rob Lowe, Craig Wasson, Larissa Miller, Harry Van Gorkum, Scott Anthony Viscomi, Stanley Kamel, Mike White, Michael E. Rodgers, Tommy Hinkley, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Adoni Maropis, Ravil Issyanov
On board a Greek ocean liner, American tourists John (Rob Lowe) and Chloe Spencer (Larissa Miller) find themselves caught in the middle of a plot by international thieves to steal a valuable Greek artifact.
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| 1. At Sachem Farm (1998)
aka: Uncorked
2. Auto Focus (2002)
3. Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
4. The Triangle (2005)
5. Under Pressure (2000)
aka: Escape Under Pressure
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