Another Stakeout 1993  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty, John Rubinstein, Miguel Ferrer, Madeleine Stowe, Sharon Maughan
This time around those wacky police detectives (Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez) are joined by one very large dog and the Assistant District Attorney (Rosie O'Donnell) as they search for a witness needed for a trial in the near future.
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Blank Check 1994  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Cast: Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, James Rebhorn, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Faustino, Chris Demetral, Miguel Ferrer, Michael Lerner, Tone Loc, Rick Ducommun, Debbie Allen, Alex Zuckerman
Eleven-year-old Preston (Brian Bonsall) becomes a millionaire when a gangster gives him a blank check after wrecking Preston's bike. Preston goes on a spending frenzy, but the bad guys want their money back–badly. A weak, Disney offering.
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Deepstar Six 1989 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Cast: Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard, Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples, Matt McCoy, Cindy Pickett, Marius Weyers, Elya Baskin, Thom Bray
Deep under the sea is a research base where a nuclear missile site is to be completed soon. When it is discovered that the base is resting on a thin layer of seabed, it makes sense to use explosives to destroy the layer–well, the team leader thought it made sense. Wouldn't you know it, a sea monster is unleashed–and it is hungry. Slow, poor.
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 The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca 1997  R, 109 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Marcos Zurinaga
Cast: Esai Morales, Andy Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Jeroen Krabbe, Miguel Ferrer, Giancarlo Giannini, Marcela Walerstein, Tony Plana, Eusebio Lazaro, Jose Coronado
Based on Ian Gibson's two books on the subject, poet Garcia Lorca's violent death is examined through the eyes of Ricardo (Esai Morales) who met Lorca years before.
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Flashpoint 1984  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: William Tannen
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Miguel Ferrer, Jean Smart, Roberts Blossom, Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith, Mark Slade
An unsolved mystery becomes the focus of Texas border patrolmen Bob Logan (Kris Kristofferson) and Ernie Wyatt (Treat Williams) after they stumble upon a skeleton and $800,000 in buried treasure.
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Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, David Wohl, Mitch Ryan, Gregory Sierra
In this satire on adventure films, Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) rescues U.S. prisoners who are still in the Persian Gulf area following the war.
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It's All True 1993 G, 89 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Richard Wilson
Cast: Miguel Ferrer
"It's All True" started as an Orson Welles documentary in 1942; however, it was never finished. This is the story of the trials and tribulations of Welles' efforts. Much of the footage was thought lost for decades before being found in the studio vault. Fascinating.
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Jack Reed: A Search for Justice 1994  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Deadly Justice
Director: Brian Dennehy
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Charles S. Dutton, Susan Ruttan, Joe Grifasi, Charles Hallahan, Rex Linn, Miguel Ferrer, Michael C. Gwynne, Michael Talbot, Amber Benson, Allison Mackie, Ed Cambridge
Policeman Jack Reed (Brian Dennehy) investigates the brutal murder of a nightclub employee, and the trail leads to corruption in his own department.
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The Man 2005 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman, Anthony Mackie, Gigi Rice, Philip Akin, Joel S. Keller, Randy Butcher, Horatio Sanz, Michael Cameron
Detroit ATF agent Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson) sets out to get the goods on arms-dealer Joey (Luke Goss) while Internal Affairs agent Peters (Miguel Ferrer) is determined to find hard evidence that Vann is corrupt. Meanwhile, uptight, dental supply salesman Andy Fidler (Eugene Levy) is stuck in the middle because of a case of mistaken identity that falsely shows him to be "The Man"–an important link to the gun-running gang.
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 The Man Who Wasn't There 1983  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart, William Forsythe, Vincent Baggetta, Michael Ensign, Miguel Ferrer, John C. Becher
This 3-D comedy represents an inept attempt to mix an espionage plot with special effects.
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 The Manchurian Candidate 2004 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, Vera Farmiga, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Sakina Jaffrey, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney, Pablo Schreiber, Dorian Missick, Anthony Mackie
In this updated version of "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), Gulf War veteran Captain Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) is still in the Army, but his squad sergeant, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), left the Army a hero and is now running for Vice President. Marco is having nightmares over what happened to their platoon while under the leadership of Shaw and tries to contact him. But, a big player in Shaw's campaign is his mother, Eleanor (Meryl Streep), who is determined to keep Marco away from her son. She wants him to be Vice President–no matter what!
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Mr. Magoo 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Tong
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Malcolm McDowell, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson, Miguel Ferrer, Jennifer Garner, Matt Keeslar, L. Harvey Gold, Jerry Wasserman, Terence Kelly, Rick Burgess
The myopic Mr. Magoo (Leslie Nielson) is cutting a ceremonial ribbon at a museum when he accidentally cuts a power line–just in time for a robbery. During the resulting confusion, Mr. Magoo ends up with a priceless ruby, the Star of Kuristan. And the chase is on with Mr. Magoo the target of an international manhunt.
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 Mulan 1998 G, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Cast: Ming-Na, Lea Salonga, Eddie Murphy, B.D. Wong, Donny Osmond, Harvey Fierstein, James Hong, Gedde Watanabe, Miguel Ferrer, Soon-Tek Oh, June Foray, Miriam Margolyes, Pat Morita, James Shigeta, George Takei
Disney presents this classic story, which is set in ancient China. Mulan (voice of Ming-Na, singing voice of Lea Salonga) is a Chinese maiden who dresses as a male and joins the army to fend off the invading Mongols. She prays for help from her ancestors, and they send the 18-inches tall dragon Mushu (voice of Eddie Murphy) to protect Mulan. Mulan hides Mushu from others but takes Mushu with her when she joins the command of Captain Shang (B.D. Wong, singing voice of Donny Osmond), and risks everything to gain victory over the Huns.
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The Night Flier 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's The Night Flier
Director: Mark Pavia
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss, John Bennes, Beverly Skinner, Rob Wilds, Richard K. Olsen, Elizabeth McCormick, J.R. Rodriguez
Richard Dees (Miguel Ferrer), a reporter for the tabloid, "Inside View," tracks down the story of a series of vampire killings that take place around rural airports to get the scoop on fellow reporter, Katherine Blair (Julie Entwisle). One of the better adaptations of a Stephen King story.
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 Point of No Return 1993 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Olivia d'Abo, Richard Romanus, Harvey Keitel, Geoffrey Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Rapaport, Mic Rodgers, Ray Oriel, Lieux Dressler, Spike McClure
Maggie (Bridget Fonda) has lived on the seamier side of life–she was a drug addict. Sentenced to death after she killed a policeman, Maggie is given a second chance through recruitment as a hired assassin. During training, she begins to come to grips with her true self, which is not quite so dark as she previously thought. A remake of "La Femme Nikita."
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Project: ALF 1996 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Martin Sheen, Scott Michael Campbell, William O'Leary, Miguel Ferrer, Ed Begley Jr., Jensen Daggett, Ray Walston, Charles Robinson, Beverly Archer, John Schuck, Erick Avari, Markus Redmond
This made-for-TV film picks up where the TV series ended. Our alien buddy, ALF, is in the hands of the Alien Task Force. Now it's time to destroy him, keep him hidden and continue experimentation, or let the world know about him. Sympathetic task force members free him, and the adventures continue on the road to freedom.
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Revenge 1990  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Tomas Milian, Sally Kirkland, Joaquin Martinez, James Gammon, Miguel Ferrer, John Leguizamo, Joe Santos
This film is adapted from Jim Harrison's novel about a love triangle between a pilot (Kevin Costner), a married woman (Madeleine Stowe), and her husband (Anthony Quinn) who plots revenge when he learns of his wife's affair. 1 User Review
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| | RascalBrat 02/25/2007 | | Excellent! |
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 RoboCop 1987 R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Dan O'Herlihy, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Felton Perry, Kevin Page, Paul McCrane, Jesse D. Goins, Del Zamora, Calvin Jung, Lee de Broux
In Detroit in the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is shot and killed by drug dealers. But, luckily for him, a method has been devised to make a cyborg (half-man, half-machine) ready to fight for all that is just and right in Detroit. The operation is performed at OCP–Omni Consumer Products, the corporation that runs the futuristic city–and RoboCop is out on the streets defending justice. His former partner Officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) tries unsuccessfully to help RoboCop remember his past as he pursues the criminals who tried to kill him. Followed by two sequels.
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Sightings: Heartland Ghost 2002 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Heartland Ghost
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Cast: Randy Birch, Beau Bridges, Richard Halliday, Lori Ravensborg, Nia Long, Thea Gill, Gabriel Olds, Matthew Currie Holmes, Miguel Ferrer, Trevor Roberts, Rachel Hayward, Joe Norman Shaw
A visit to a haunted house is the setting for this horror film about a producer (Beau Bridges), a director (Nia Long), and a psychic (Miguel Ferrer) who pay a visit to the house they are planning to use for a TV documentary.
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Silver City 2004  R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Chris Cooper, Michael Murphy, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Huston, Miguel Ferrer, Ralph Waite, Daryl Hannah, Tim Roth, Billy Zane, Kris Kristofferson, Maria Bello, Thora Birch
In a not very subtle imitation of George W. Bush, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dickie Pilager (Chris Cooper) reels in a corpse from the lake during the taping of a political ad to roll back pollution controls. His manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), promptly hires investigator Danny O'Brien (Kris Kristofferson) to look for links between the corpse and political enemies, which results in the discovery of corruption emanating from the Pilager family. 2 User Reviews
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| | Joanna 10/18/2009 | | Wonderfully droll look at a clueless or is it a ruthless political family. Chris Cooper is a delight to watch. Great fun! |
| | fair | suzette 02/21/2007 | | fair show better if billy zane got girl |
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The Stand 1994 TV, 366 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's The Stand
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Walston, Matt Frewer, Rob Lowe
A deadly virus from a government lab decimates most of the world's population, but this end of the world is just the beginning. The few human survivors dream of either the mystical Mother Abigail (Ruby Dee) or of the amiable Randall Flagg (Jamey Sheridan) whose smile seems a bit diabolical. These two characters represent either good or evil; followers on both sides prepare to take a stand.
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Sunshine State 2002 PG-13, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Edie Falco, Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Timothy Hutton, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Edson, Miguel Ferrer, Mary Alice, Ralph Waite, James McDaniel, Bill Cobbs
Plantation Island off Florida's coast is the location developers have chosen on which to build expensive condos, hotels, and golf courses. But, first, the developers must talk property owners into selling. The owners consist of two side-by-side, but very different, beach communities: Lincoln Beach's African-American community and the tourist town of Delrona Beach.
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Traffic 2000  R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Bauer, Jacob Vargas, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Tomas Milian, Miguel Ferrer, Jose Yengue, Emilio Rivera, Michael O'Neill
Interlocking stories allow this film to cover the cocaine world from several aspects. In one story, Tijuana cops (Benicio Del Toro and Jacob Vargas) are involved in efforts to crash a drug cartel, but they begin to suspect motives of authorities. Meanwhile, on the San Diego side of the border, DEA agents (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) arrest a big drug supplier (Steven Bauer), leaving his pregnant wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) in a precarious situation. Finally, an Ohio Supreme Court Justice (Michael Douglas) is appointed to head the U.S. war on drugs, but he has his own personal problems: a daughter who has been freebasing with friends. An excellent examination of the illegal drug world. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Director and Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro). A nomination was also received for Best Picture. Based on the British miniseries "Traffik."
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 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan, Dana Ashbrook, David Bowie, Harry Dean Stanton, Kiefer Sutherland, James Marshall, Grace Zabriskie, Pamela Gidley, David Lynch, Peggy Lipton, Moira Kelly, Miguel Ferrer, Heather Graham
This film was followed by the TV series and told of the events that would later haunt the characters in the series. Laura's (Sheryl Lee) last days are spent with her boyfriend James Hurley (James Marshall) and her best friend Donna Hayward (Moira Kelly). At night, however, drug-addicted Laura hangs out with dope dealer Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook). When Laura's father, Leland (Ray Wise), learns of Laura's double life he goes into a fit of rage, which ends in tragedy for Laura and her friends.
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Where's Marlowe? 1999 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Pyne
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, John Livingston, Mos Def, John Slattery, Allison Dean, Clayton Rohner, Elizabeth Schofield, Barbara Howard, Kirk Baltz, Miguel Sandoval
This spoof on the art of documentary making features Wilt Crawley (Mos Def) and A.J. Edison (John Livingston) filming a down-and-out detective, John Boone (Miguel Ferrer), as their subject. But soon they offer to help out by working for Boone and, in the process, assume starring roles in their own documentary.
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| 1. Another Stakeout (1993)
2. Blank Check (1994)
3. Deepstar Six (1989)
4. The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)
5. Flashpoint (1984)
6. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
7. Incident at Deception Ridge (1994)
8. It's All True (1993)
9. Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994)
aka: Deadly Justice
10. The Man (2005)
11. The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
12. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
13. Mr. Magoo (1997)
14. Mulan (1998)
15. The Night Flier (1997)
aka: Stephen King's The Night Flier
16. Point of No Return (1993)
17. Project: ALF (1996)
18. Revenge (1990)
19. RoboCop (1987)
20. Sightings: Heartland Ghost (2002)
aka: Heartland Ghost
21. Silver City (2004)
22. The Stand (1994)
aka: Stephen King's The Stand
23. Sunshine State (2002)
24. Traffic (2000)
25. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
26. Where's Marlowe? (1999)
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