Adam 2009  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Max Mayer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker, Haviland Morris, Adam LeFevre, Mike Hodge, Peter O'Hara, John Rothman, Susan Porro, Maddie Corman, Terry Walters, Jeff Hiller
Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne) moves into her Manhattan apartment and soon meets her new neighbor, Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy). Adam, who suffers from Aspberger's Syndrome, lacks communication skills and is often embarrassed, but Beth is intrigued by Adam. They form a friendship despite concerns of Beth's mother Rebecca (Amy Irving), and, as their friendship deepens, Beth pulls Adam into the outside world.
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Blue Steel 1990  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Pena, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco, Kevin Dunn, Matt Craven, Richard Jenkins, Mary Mara, Mike Starr, Tom Sizemore, Skipp Lynch, Chris Walker, Mike Hodge
Policewoman Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) kills a holdup man on her first assignment. Her gun is picked up by mentally unbalanced Wall Street broker Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver) who then uses it to commit murders throughout the city with the rookie's name engraved on the bullets. The two become involved, and he makes it appear that she is the mass murderer.
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Boycott 2001 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clark Johnson
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Howard, CCH Pounder, Carmen Ejogo, Reg E. Cathey, Brent Jennings, Shawn Michael Howard, Iris Little Thomas, Walter Franks, Mike Hodge
This is the made-for-TV version of the 1955 event in which an African-American woman, Rosa Parks, sat in the White section of a Montgomery, Alabama bus. This started an extensive black boycott of the busses and fired up the civil rights movement, bringing Martin Luther King's work to the forefront. Jeffrey Wright's portrayal of Martin Luther King is particularly good.
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Fiona 1998 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amos Kollek
Cast: Anna Levine, Felicia Maguire, Alyssa Mulhern, Anna Grace, Bill Dawes, Mike Hodge, Christopher McCann, Matthew Powers, Sue Ponczkowski, Susan Santopietro
The theme of down-on-their-luck women is continued by Director Amos Kollek in this film following his "Sue" the year before. Fiona was abused in her foster home and now is a prostitute living the hard life on the streets of New York. Depressing.
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Office Killer 1997  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cindy Sherman
Cast: Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Michael Imperioli, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Barbara Sukowa, Eddie Malavarca, David Thornton, Mike Hodge, Alice Drummond, Florina Rodov
Carol Kane takes on the role of a secretary who systematically murders her office mates and stores their bodies in her home.
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Striking Distance 1993 R, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, Brion James, Robert Pastorelli, Timothy Busfield, John Mahoney, Tom Atkins, Robert Gould, Andre Braugher, Mike Hodge, Jodi Long, Roscoe Orman, Gareth Williams
Through a series of events, Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) has been kicked off the Pittsburgh Police force, has lost his close circle of coworkers, and is now part of the Pittsburgh River Rescue Police. There is a serial killer on the loose, and Hardy is sure that the killer is a member of the police force. Without authorization, Hardy teams up with Jo Christman (Sarah Jessica Parker) and sets out to trap the killer.
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| 1. Adam (2009)
2. Blue Steel (1990)
3. Boycott (2001)
4. Fiona (1998)
5. Office Killer (1997)
6. Striking Distance (1993)
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