Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 2002  R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wych Kaosayananda
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto, Miguel Sandoval, Terry Chen, Roger R. Cross, Sandrine Holt, Steve Bacic
Former FBI Agent Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas) and NSA Agent Sever (Lucy Liu), bent on destroying each other, soon switch the focus to the wealthy, powerful, and evil Robert Gant (Gregg Henry).
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 Blow 2001  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray Liotta, Paul Reubens, Jordi Molla, Ethan Suplee, Max Perlich, Cliff Curtis, Miguel Sandoval, Kevin Gage, Jesse James, Miguel Perez, Dan Ferro
Based on the true story of cocaine smuggler George Jung (Johnny Depp)–currently serving a 60-year jail sentence–whose 30-year illegal trade ran from Columbia to the California coast, this story explores Jung's personal ups and downs. Ultimately, the effects of drugs take their toll on his wife (Penelope Cruz) and parents (Ray Liotta and Rachel Griffiths).
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Bottle Shock 2008 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Eliza Dushku, Bradley Whitford, Dennis Farina, Miguel Sandoval, Joe Regalbuto, Hal B. Klein, Kirk Baily, Philippe Bergeron, Mark Famiglietti
In 1976, British expatriate Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), now living in Paris where he owns a wine shop, sets up a wine competition. Having heard about California wines, Spurrier researches the wineries there and finds Jim Barret's (Bill Pullman) winery, Chateau Montelana. Jim's hippie son Bo (Chris Pine) isn't very interested in the family business, but Jim agrees to enter the contest, despite being suspicious that the contest is rigged in favor of the French. He brings his wine to Paris–and the rest is history when Napa Valley gains its reputation worldwide as a superior wine region. Based on a true story.
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 Clear and Present Danger 1994  PG-13, 142 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Donald Moffat, Harris Yulin, Joaquim de Almeida, Dean Jones, Thora Birch, Hope Lange, Henry Czerny, Miguel Sandoval, Benjamin Bratt, Raymond Cruz, Ann Magnuson
In the United States, the President is given the power to order military might only in the case of "clear and present danger" to the national security. This is the reasoning behind President Edward Bennett (Donald Moffat) ordering Special Forces into Colombia to break up a drug cartel. Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is the President's intelligence deputy who leads the covert military attack. Intrigue and action prevail from beginning to end.
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Collateral Damage 2002  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Andrew Davis
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Lindsay Frost, Jsu Garcia, Shelley Malil, Tyler Posey, Michael Milhoan, Rick Worthy, Raymond Cruz, Ethan Dampf, Miguel Sandoval
After his wife and son are killed by a terrorist's bomb. When the government refuses to investigate the tragedy, firefighter Gordon Brewer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) heads for Colombia in pursuit of the alleged perpetrator, Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini (Cliff Curtis).
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The Crew 2000 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Dinner
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jennifer Tilly, Lainie Kazan, Miguel Sandoval, Jeremy Piven, Casey Siemaszko
Four retired mobsters–Joey "Bats" Pistella (Burt Reynolds), Bobby Bartellemeo (Richard Dreyfuss), Mike the Brick (Dan Hedaya), and Tony "The Mouth" Donato (Seymour Cassel)–are living out their days at a Miami hotel. But the hotel is rapidly becoming home to the Yuppie crowd. When the four senior citizens face eviction, they stage a mock murder hoping to scare the up-scale clientele. A problem surfaces: their "corpse" turns out to be the father of a drug lord!
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Death and the Compass 1996 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Peter Boyle, Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Alonso Echanove, Ariane Pellicer, Gabriela Gurrola, Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Eduardo Lopez Rojas
This tale is set in what appears to be a futuristic city where a popular detective, Erik Lonnrot (Peter Boyle), is working on the case of a murdered rabbi. He believes that the murder was occult motivated, but his superior believes it was a simple botched theft by a notorious criminal. Another death further convinces Erik that his theory is correct. The story plays out in a surreal environment as good fights evil.
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Do the Right Thing 1989  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, John Turturro, John Savage, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Rick Aiello, Joie Lee, Robin Harris, Miguel Sandoval
Italian-American Sal (Danny Aiello) owns a pizzeria in a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, and his sons–angry bigoted Pino (John Turturro) and congenial Vito (Richard Edson)–work at the pizzeria. The only Black employee is Mookie (Spike Lee) who drives the delivery truck. One hot summer day, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito) arranges a boycott of Sal's pizzeria because of the lack of racial diversity. Tensions rise and erupt in violence. Spike Lee created critical attention with his much discussed finale.
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Fair Game 1995  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andy Sipes
Cast: William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff, Elizabeth Pena, Christopher McDonald, Miguel Sandoval, Johann Carlo, Salma Hayek, John Bedford Lloyd
A Miami cop (William Baldwin) tries to protect a family attorney (Cindy Crawford) from would-be assassins–lots of chase scenes and gun battles, but not much else.
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Flight of Fancy 2000 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Flight
Facing Fear
Director: Noel Quinones
Cast: Dean Cain, Talisa Soto, Miguel Sandoval, Kristian de la Osa, Carmen Moreno, Juan Piedrahita, Ron Michaels
Clay (Dean Cain), a young aviator, makes a forced landing on a remote island. A young native boy (Kristian de la Osa) becomes attached to both Clay and his airplane–which the boy thinks can communicate with him. The friendship has an impact on the boy's mother (Talisa Soto) and her fiance (Miguel Sandoval), and lessons are learned by all in this family film.
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 Get Shorty 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Miguel Sandoval, Martin Ferrero, Jon Gries, Renee Props, Jacob Vargas, Linda Hart, Bobby Slayton
Miami loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) heads for Hollywood to collect on a gambling debt from B-movies producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman). After meeting Harry, Chili stays on to be part of the film business when Harry convinces him that he has a great script that could be Academy Award material IF Harry can convince a major star, Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), to take the lead role. Meanwhile, Harry is in cahoots with drug dealer Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) who also wants in on the action. Bette Midler and Harvey Keitel are among several guest stars in this enticing crime story.
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Girls in Prison 1994 R, 83 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Missy Crider, Ione Skye, Anne Heche, Nicolette Scorsese, Bahni Turpin, Jon Polito, Nestor Serrano, Miguel Sandoval, Richmond Arquette, Tom Towles, Raymond O'Connor
Young singer Aggie (Missy Crider) is an up-and-comer until she is framed for the murder of a record producer in the 1950s. She is convicted and sent to prison where she befriends others in the grim surroundings. But someone who thinks she knows too much about the murder is out to get her. A good prison tale with comedy, sex, drugs, and action.
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Jurassic Park 1993 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Ariana Richards, Miguel Sandoval, Cameron Thor, Christopher John Fields, Gerald R. Molen
Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) is ready to open a dinosaur theme park where scientists have used DNA from extinct dinosaurs to create present-day clones. Hammond invites dinosaur experts Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), along with scientist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Hammond's grandchildren Lex and Joe (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello) to preview the park prior to its opening. While they are touring the park, the security system is broken into, and the man-eating dinosaurs break free turning their delightful day at the park into just the opposite. Plenty of action and thrills with Oscar-winning visual and sound effects.
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Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 2005 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Astin, Danny DeVito, Donnie Wahlberg, David Paymer, Camryn Manheim, Adam Arkin, Sonia Braga, Elden Henson, Ernie Hudson, Miguel Sandoval
Grieving widower Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) promised Steve Mills (John Goodman), who is dying, that he will relay a message to Steve's childhood sweetheart, Marilyn, at the Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School. Upon arrival at the school, Frank learns that Marilyn has died but that her daughter, Marienne (Mary Steenburgen), now runs the school. Frank opts to take classes offered at the school, his life begins anew, and he brings members of his support group to class.
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Mrs. Winterbourne 1996 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser, Miguel Sandoval, Loren Dean, Paula Prentiss, Susan Haskill, Peter Gerety, Jane Krakowski, Debra Monk
Connie Doyle (Ricki Lake) arrives in New York and is quickly seduced, made pregnant, and dumped by Steve DeCunzo (Loren Dean). She is rescued by Hugh Winterbourne (Brendan Fraser) and his wife, Patricia (Susan Haskell), whom Connie meets on a train. The train crashes, the couple is killed, and Connie is mistaken for Patricia. Hugh's mother, Grace (Shirley MacLaine), sends for the new "widow," and Connie heads to the family's Boston home where she meets Hugh's twin brother, Bill (Brendan Fraser). All goes well until sleazy Steve re-enters the scene.
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Nine Lives 2005 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Cast: Glenn Close, Dakota Fanning, Amy Brenneman, Holly Hunter, Joe Mantegna, Ian McShane, Aidan Quinn, Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn, Kathy Baker, Elpidia Carrillo, Stephen Dillane, Miguel Sandoval, Amanda Seyfried, Lisa Gay Hamilton
Key moments in the lives of nine women are told in a series of 10-minute vignettes. The women include prisoner Sandra (Elpidia Carrillo) waiting for her children to visit, ex-wife Lorna (Amy Brenneman) attending her ex-husband's wife's funeral, mother and daughter Maggie and Maria (Glenn Close and Dakota Fanning) having a picnic at a graveside, and Ruth who is thinking about having an affair. Other stories involve Diana (Robin Wright Penn) running into an old boyfriend, cancer patient Camilla (Kathy Baker) preparing for surgery, teenage Samantha (Amanda Seyfried) caring for her invalid father, and Sonia (Holly Hunter) who is upset with her cheating boyfriend. Good acting.
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Panic 2000 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Bromell
Cast: William H. Macy, John Ritter, Neve Campbell, Donald Sutherland, Tracey Ullman, Barbara Bain, David Dorfman, Miguel Sandoval, Nicholle Tom, Greg Pitts
Alex (William H. Macy) is a mild-mannered family man who, unbeknownst to his wife (Tracey Ullman), has been performing hit man duties for years under his father's (Donald Sutherland) orders. Now, Alex wants to quit, but neither his mother (Barbara Bain) nor his father will let him off the hook. To make matters worse, Alex's psychiatrist, Josh Parks (John Ritter), is next on the hit list. As if that's not bad enough, Alex appears headed for a disastrous affair with 24-year-old Sarah (Neve Campbell).
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Puerto Vallarta Squeeze 2004 R, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Scott Glenn, Harvey Keitel, Craig Wasson, Giovanna Zacarias, Jonathan Brandis, Miguel Sandoval, Roger Cudney, Patrick David, Gabriel Pingarron, Omar Diaz
American hit-man Clayton Price (Scott Glenn) goes on the lam in Mexico and makes a pact with two tourists, Danny Pastor and Maria de la Luz Santos (Craig Wasson and Giovanna Zacarias), who help him find safety in the jungle.
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Scorpion Spring 1995  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian Cox
Cast: Alfred Molina, Patrick McGaw, Angel Aviles, Esai Morales, Kevin Tighe, Matthew McConaughey, John Doe, Ruben Blades, Miguel Sandoval, Richard Edson
On his way to California, a French rogue (Alfred Molina) teams up with a drifter (Patrick McGaw); the two then join forces with a man and a woman (Esai Morales and Angel Aviles). Danger lurks, and the result is a fight to the death.
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Straight to Hell 1987 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Xander Berkeley, Jim Jarmusch, Miguel Sandoval, Gloria Miralles Ruiz
This film comes close to being the most inane movie ever made. In this satire on Westerns, three outlaws and Velma (Courtney Love) rob a bank and then hide out in a dusty, old town.
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her 2000 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Cast: Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Valeria Golino, Miguel Sandoval, Matt Craven, Gregory Hines
Five interweaving stories are told of women whose lives intersect with the others. Great cast and interesting, but it drags at times.
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Three Businessmen 1998 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Miguel Sandoval, Alex Cox, Robert Wisdom, Isabel Ampudia, Andrew Schofield, John McMartin, Masatoshi Nagase, Tomorowo Taguchi, Ryoko Takizawa, Adrian Henri
Another unusual Alex Cox film comes our way in this fantasy/comedy. Bennie (Miguel Sandoval) and Frank (Alex Cox), one an American art dealer and the other a British art dealer, meet at the dank, Liverpool hotel where they are staying. Unable to get a dinner at the hotel, they take off through the deserted streets in search of a meal. But that's not easy, since everything seems to be closed. They get lost and end up is such places as Tokyo, Hong Kong, and a desert still in search of dinner.
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Up Close and Personal 1996  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Kate Nelligan, Glenn Plummer, Joe Mantegna, James Rebhorn, Noble Willingham, Dedee Pfeiffer, Miguel Sandoval
Tally (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an ambitious TV anchorwoman guided to success by the veteran Warren Justice (Robert Redford), with whom she becomes romantically involved in this story about the backstage world of TV news. 1 User Review
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| | Jonnne 08/28/2009 | | AWSOME MOVIE AWSOME ACTORS REDORD IS SOOOOOOO CUTE AND ROMANTIC AND JUST PERFECT IN THIS MOVIE AND MICHELLE PFIFFER JUST KEPT IT REAL |
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Walker 1987 R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Rene Assa, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gerrit Graham, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Sandoval
Backed by multi-millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle), mid-19th century American doctor, lawyer, journalist William Walker (Ed Harris) gathers together a group of mercenaries, invades Nicaragua, and takes over the government. His purpose is to bring stability to the country and, in the process, ensure the safety of Vanderbilt's steamships traveling in the area. Walker proclaims himself President, but government corruption continues, Walker loses all support, and the Nicaraguans drive him out after just a couple of years.
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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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White Sands 1992 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, Mimi Rogers, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Beth Grant, Miguel Sandoval
A small-town sheriff in the Southwest finds a body in a remote desert area–with half a million dollars among his possessions. It turns out the man was an FBI agent, and the sheriff assumes the identity of the dead man to find out what is going on. The answer is drugs, and our sheriff is now in hot water.
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| 1. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
2. Blow (2001)
3. Bottle Shock (2008)
4. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
5. Collateral Damage (2002)
6. The Crew (2000)
7. Death and the Compass (1996)
8. Do the Right Thing (1989)
9. Fair Game (1995)
10. Flight of Fancy (2000)
aka: Flight
aka: Facing Fear
11. Get Shorty (1995)
12. Girls in Prison (1994)
13. Jurassic Park (1993)
14. Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
15. Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
16. Nine Lives (2005)
17. Panic (2000)
18. Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)
19. Scorpion Spring (1995)
20. Straight to Hell (1987)
21. Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
22. Three Businessmen (1998)
23. Up Close and Personal (1996)
24. Walker (1987)
25. Where's Marlowe? (1999)
26. White Sands (1992)
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