Black and White 1999  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Yuri Zeltser
Cast: Gina Gershon, Alison Eastwood, Ron Silver, Rory Cochrane, Barry Primus, Marshall Bell, Ross Partridge, James Handy, Carl Anthony Payne II, Ashley Tucker, Joe Unger, Lobo Sebastian, Michael Paul Chan, Kamela Lopez-Dawson
A rookie LAPD cop, Chris O'Brien (Rory Cochrane), is assigned to work with tough cop Nora Hugosian (Gina Gershon) in tracking down a serial killer. As evidence piles up, O'Brien cannot ignore the fact that it is his partner, Hugosian, who must be considered the prime suspect.
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Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure 1995 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Shannon Tweed, Larry Poindexter, Andrew Stevens, Chick Vennera, Larry Manetti, Stella Stevens, Fred Holliday, Marta Martin, Elaine Giftos, Michael Paul Chan
Claire Archer (Shannon Tweed), everyone's favorite killing sexologist, is back again and charged with murder. A torrid affair starts with her attorney during the trial, and when the attorney's associate finds evidence of her guilt, Claire must act. This one really drags on and on. 1 User Review
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Falling Down 1993  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Tuesday Weld, Frederic Forrest, Lois Smith, Raymond J. Barry, Michael Paul Chan, Macon McCalman, Joey Hope Singer, Ebbe Roe Smith, Kimberly Scott, D.W. Moffett, Steve Park
William 'D-Fens' Foster (Michael Douglas) is laid off from his job and ends up in a traffic jam on his way to his daughter's birthday party. He abandons his car and walks to a convenience store, which he demolishes with a baseball bat because the clerk is less than helpful. Next, 'D-Fens' attacks a gang that unsuccessfully retaliates, and 'D-Fens' steals their guns. Now, it is the mission of Detective Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall) to hunt down 'D-Fens' and stop the terror that he is wreaking on the streets of Los Angeles.
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 The Ghost 2001  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Code of the Dragon
Director: Douglas Jackson
Cast: Julie Lee, Michael Madsen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Richard Hatch, James Hong, Michael Paul Chan, Louis Herthum, Brad Dourif, Brad Hunt, George Cheung
Fearing for her life, Chinese Tong hit woman Jing (Julie Lee) escapes to the United States posing as a mail-order bride. But, bounty hunter Dan Olinghouse (Michael Madsen) tracks her down.
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The Immortals 1995 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Brian Grant
Cast: Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, Tia Carrere, Tony Curtis, Chris Rock, Clarence Williams III, William Forsythe, Kevin Bernhardt, Kieran Mulroney, Michael Paul Chan, Alex Meneses, Oleg Vidov
Nightclub owner Jack (Eric Roberts) recruits an assorted group of eight criminals, who have not met before, to perform a series of robberies. They have one thing in common: they all have fatal illnesses, and, too late, they realize that this job is really a suicide mission.
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The Joy Luck Club 1993  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Ming-Na, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao, Victor Wong, Michael Paul Chan, Chao Li Chi, Melanie Chang
This is the film adaptation of Amy Tan's excellent novel about four Chinese women who fled China in the 1930s and became lifelong friends in San Francisco. It is an insightful look into the Joy Luck Club's members as well as their daughters' contemporary problems.
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Cast: Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora, R. Lee Ermey, Udo Kier, Franco Nero, Jim Metzler, Noah Huntley, Michael Paul Chan, David Hedison
Michael York is back in his role of Stone Alexander whose body Satan has taken over to accomplish its goal of controlling the world–and the battleground between good and evil is set.
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Molly 1999 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane, D.W. Moffett, Elizabeth Mitchell, Robert Harper, Elaine Hendrix, Michael Paul Chan, Lucy Liu
Molly (Elisabeth Shue) is an autistic woman who goes to live with her brother, Buck (Aaron Eckhart). When the chance for an experimental operation beckons, Buck encourages Molly to go for it. Her life changes forever.
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Once in the Life 2000  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Fishburne
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Titus Welliver, Eamonn Walker, Paul Calderon, Nick Chinlund, Michael Paul Chan, Dominic Chianese Jr., Gregory Hines, Annabella Sciorra, Tiger Chen, Harsh Nayyar, Justin Pierre Edmund
Adapted from his 1994 stage play, Laurence Fishburne wrote, stars in, and directs this dramatic entry about the exploits of two half-brothers: 20/20 Mike (Laurence Fishburne) and "Torch" (Titus Welliver). When a drug deal goes bad, 20/20 calls on his prison friend, Tony (Eamonn Walker). But, unbeknownst to 20/20, Tony works for a drug lord, and matters go from bad to worse.
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Runaway 1984 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw, G.W. Bailey, Joey Cramer, Chris Mulkey, Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Paul Chan, Elizabeth Norment, Carol Teasdale, Babs Chula, Jackson Davies, Paul Batten
The time is set in the future, and robots have replaced many humans to perform menial labors. When it is learned that "runaways"–robots that have been programmed to kill–are on the loose, police detective Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck) and his partner Karen Thompson (Cynthia Rhodes) are assigned the task of stopping the killing spree. Charles Luther (Gene Simmons) is responsible for programming the robots and is plotting to form his army of robots. Now, Jack's son Bobby (Joey Cramer) is the target, and Jack and Karen must outwit Luther in order to save David and humanity as well.
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 Spy Game 2001  R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Larry Bryggman, Matthew Marsh, Todd Boyce, Michael Paul Chan, Garrick Hagon, Bill Buell, Colin Stinton, Andrew Grainger, Ted Maynard, Tom Hodgkins
About-to-retire, CIA agent Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) gets word that his protege, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), is being held in China on espionage charges and is scheduled for execution in 24 hours. The agency holds a meeting that includes Muir who recalls past events with Bishop that serve to explain why Muir will somehow find a way to save Bishop.
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Stranger on My Land 1988 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Elikann
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Dee Wallace, Ben Johnson, Pat Hingle, Richard Anderson, Ned Romero, Barry Corbin, Michael Paul Chan, Terry O'Quinn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
When the U.S. government plans to build a missile base on a Vietnam veteran's land, he puts more than one obstacle in the way.
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U.S. Marshals 1998 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Kate Nelligan, Joe Pantoliano, Irene Jacob, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, LaTanya Richardson, Michael Paul Chan, Patrick Malahide, Rick Snyder, Johnny Lee Davenport, Donald Li, Marc Vann
In this sequel to 1993's "The Fugitive," Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) leads a team of law-enforcement officers on the trail of the fugitive, Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes). Sheridan just happens to be an ex-CIA agent accused of espionage and the murder of fellow officers. Acting as well as special effects score high, but the film is too long for the material covered.
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| 1. Black and White (1999)
2. Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995)
3. Falling Down (1993)
4. The Ghost (2001)
aka: Code of the Dragon
5. The Immortals (1995)
6. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
7. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
8. Molly (1999)
9. Once in the Life (2000)
10. Rapid Fire (1992)
11. Runaway (1984)
12. Spy Game (2001)
13. Stranger on My Land (1988)
14. U.S. Marshals (1998)
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