 Along Came a Spider 2001  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Jay O. Sanders, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Moriarty, Raoul Ganeev, Billy Burke, Anton Yelchin, Kimberly Hawthorne, Anna Maria Horsford, Scott Heindl, Christopher Shyer
In this follow-up to "Kiss the Girls," Morgan Freeman is back as Detective Alex Cross, and his new case is the abduction of a congressman's daughter, Megan Rose (Mika Boorem). The perpetrator is Gary Soneji (Michael Wincott) who spent two years waiting for the opportunity to pull off the kidnapping. Now, despite losing his partner, Cross takes on the job and tries to save the day.
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Bang the Drum Slowly 1973  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Ann Wedgeworth, Patrick McVey, Danny Aiello, Barbara Babcock, Barton Heyman, Heather MacRae, Danny Burks, Selma Diamond, Maurice Rosenfield, Tom Signorelli, Marshall Efron
"Just one more season," is what Bruce Pearson (Robert De Niro) wants. He is a baseball catcher who knows that he has a fatal disease.
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 Courage Under Fire 1996 R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Mystery
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon, Seth Gilliam, Scott Glenn, Regina Taylor, Bronson Pinchot, Sean Astin, Zeljko Ivanek, Kathleen Widdoes, Tim Guinee, Tim Ransom, Mark Adair-Rios
After overcoming his own scandal involving a night tank battle during the 1991 Gulf War, Colonel Serling (Denzel Washington) is now called upon to investigate the bravery of deceased Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan) who has been nominated as the first woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor. His investigation results in inconsistencies concerning Walden's leadership of her downed helicopter crew. Ilario (Matt Damon) describes Walden as courageous, but Monfriez (Lou Diamond Phillips) remembers her actions as cowardly–leading Serling to question the wisdom of awarding Walden the Medal of Honor.
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Crime of the Century 1996  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, David Paymer, Barry Primus, Bert Remsen, J.T. Walsh, Michael Moriarty, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Mickey Knox, Allen Garfield
In 1932 famed aviator Charles Lindberg's 14-month-old son was kidnapped and killed. The subsequent police investigation is the focus of this film, which shows the pressure placed on investigators to find the kidnapper.
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Holocaust 1978 TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods
This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along–until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany.
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It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Neal Israel, Art Lund, Ann Dane, Macdonald Carey, Gerrit Graham, William Watson, Patch Mackenzie, Rick Garia, C.L. Sussex, Carlos Palomino, Tony Abatemarco
Following on with the story started in "It's Alive!" and "It Lives Again," the monster babies that have survived are shipped off to a remote island to live out their lives. When checked on several years later, it is found that they have reproduced and are ready to invade the mainland. Cohen continues his satire on the issues alive in the 1980s, such as abortion and AIDS, in an effective manner.
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The Last Detail 1973 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty, Luana Anders, Nancy Allen, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Miller
While two sailors in the U.S. Navy are awaiting transfer, they are given the job of escorting another sailor to the brig at Portsmouth Naval Base. Along the way, they decide to let their prisoner have a few good days before reaching the prison. Nicholson and Quaid were both nominated for Oscars.
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 Pale Rider 1985  R, 113 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chris Penn, Carrie Snodgress, Michael Moriarty, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan
Gold prospectors are in trouble–until drifter "Preacher" (Clint Eastwood) arrives, organizes the miners, and leads them in a fight against the large mining company that is out for profit only.
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Report to the Commissioner 1975 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo, Tony King, William Devane, Stephen Elliott, Richard Gere, Vic Tayback, Michael McGuire
An innocent rookie cop, Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty), does not understand the politics at the NYPD and is caught in the middle when his supervisors hide evidence in a murder case. Richard Gere has a small role in his film debut as a pimp, Billy.
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A Return to Salem's Lot 1987  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Evelyn Keyes, June Havoc, James Dixon, Ricky Addison Reed, Andrew Duggan, Ronee Blakely, Jill Gatsby, David Holbrook, Katja Crosby, Tara Reid, Brad Rijn, Janelle Webb, Robert Burr
Anthropologist/Filmmaker Joe Weber (Michael Moriarty), trying to make friends with his son Jeremy (Ricky Addison Reed), goes back to his hometown in New England. Joe is unaware that vampires make up most of the population, and they request that Joe produce a history of them. Meanwhile, Joe and Jeremy become romantically involved with vampires. Stephen King was a consultant for this movie, which takes its characters from a King story, "Salem's Lot."
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Shiloh 1997 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Dale Rosenbloom
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Rod Steiger, Blake Heron, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bartlett, Ann Dowd, J. Madison Wright, Shira Roth, Tori Wright, Montrose Hagins
This film adaptation of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's novel (it won the Newbury Prize) is the story about Marty Preston (Blake Heron), a rural West Virginia boy, who loves a mistreated dog he calls "Shiloh." Marty deals with the ethical question of whether he should take Shiloh from its legal owner in order to give the animal a quality life.
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Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season 1999 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Sandy Tung
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Zachary Browne, Scott Wilson, Rod Steiger, Caitlin Wachs, Ann Dowd, Rachel David, Bonnie Bartlett, Marissa Leigh, Joe Pichler
This morality tale revolves around that cute beagle, Shiloh. This time around, Shiloh's mean-spirited ex-owner, Judd Travers (Scott Wilson), wants his dog back, but young Marty Preston ((Zachary Browne) proves that kindness begets kindness and heals Judd's hatred.
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The Stuff 1985  R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, James Dixon, Alexander Scourby, Rutanya Alda
David (Michael Moriarty) is an industrial spy whose mission is to find the source of a yogurt that turns those who consume it into zombies in this satire on 1950s horror films.
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Too Far to Go 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Kathryn Walker, Ken Kercheval, Josef Sommer, Glenn Close, Reed Birney, Doran Clark, Lori Loughlin, Adam Storke
Based on John Updike's tales, this adaptation was originally made for TV and features Michael Moriarty and Blythe Danner as Richard and Joan Maple whose marriage is disintegrating on a downward spiral. This film marks Glenn Close's film debut.
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Troll 1986 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: John Carl Buechler
Cast: Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, Phil Fondacaro, Brad Hall, Anne Lockhart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, June Lockhart
An unwary family moves to an apartment building where an evil troll, Torok (Phil Fonadcaro), has its own diabolical plans for the residents.
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Who'll Stop the Rain? 1978 R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dog Soldiers
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Mazur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, David Opatoshu, Charles Haid, Joaquin Martinez, Timothy Blake, James Cranna, Jean Howell, Shelby Balik, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel "Dog Soldiers," this story begins with Marine Corps combat veteran John Converse (Michael Moriarty) returning to Vietnam as a journalist and deciding to smuggle heroin into the United States. Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks (Nick Nolte) delivers the drugs to John's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld) in California, but then thugs–Smitty and Danskin (Ray Sharkey and Richard Mazur)–steal the drugs. It isn't long before Ray and Marge are on the lam–with crooked narcotics agent Antheil (Anthony Zerbe) close behind.
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| 1. Along Came a Spider (2001)
2. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
3. Courage Under Fire (1996)
4. Crime of the Century (1996)
5. Full Fathom Five (1990)
6. The Glass Menagerie (1973)
7. The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
8. Holocaust (1978)
9. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
10. The Last Detail (1973)
11. Pale Rider (1985)
12. Q (1982)
aka: The Winged Serpent
aka: Q: The Winged Serpent
13. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
14. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
15. Shiloh (1997)
16. Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)
17. The Stuff (1985)
18. Too Far to Go (1979)
19. Troll (1986)
20. Who'll Stop the Rain? (1978)
aka: Dog Soldiers
21. Woman Wanted (2000)
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