Another Day in Paradise 1998  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Clark
Cast: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner, James Otis, Paul Hipp, Brent Briscoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Kim Flowers, Branden Williams
Based on ex-con Eddie Little's novel, this is a story about people who depend on sex and drugs to get them through the day. The plot revolves around two couples–Mel (James Woods) & Sid (Melanie Griffith) and Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) & Rosie (Natasha Wagner)–who, after Bobbie is physically beaten, form a dysfunctional family of unredemptive souls.
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Dogtown 1997  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Karen Black, Harold Russell, Erin Murphy, Shawnee Smith, John Livingston, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Philip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) returns to his small town in Missouri after several years of trying to make it in Hollywood. He had little luck, but becomes a hometown hero of sorts and pursues his old flame Dorothy (Mary Stuart Masterson) who is now a bored, drunken hairdresser.
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First Love, Last Rites 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Eli Marienthal, Robert John Burke, Donal Logue, Jeanetta Arnette, L. Christian Mixon, Jimmy McBride, Randy Quaid, Hugh Joseph Babin
Sissel (Natasha Wagner) and Joey (Giovanni Ribisi) share an obsessively naive love for each other that is gradually fizzling out in this haunting tale set in a Louisiana bayou town where nothing much ever happens.
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 High Fidelity 2000  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Joelle Carter, Lili Taylor, Drake Bell, Ben Carr, Chris Rehmann, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Shannon Stillo
Set in the Chicago suburbs, this story is narrated by 30-something, record store owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack) who has not grown beyond the "obsession-with-music-and-chicks" stage. Rob's geeky co-owners of the record store are Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso) who are so offbeat that they have been driving away customers. Meanwhile, Rob has other problems with his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) who tires of him and starts dating Rob's neighbor Ian (Tim Robbins). Rob's solution to handling that problem is to track down his ex-girlfriends to find answers to his lack of success with women. The story is a wry and witty offering about music geeks and the rhythm of their lives: commitment, jobs, and falling in love.
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High School High 1996 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hart Bochner
Cast: Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Jon Lovitz, John Neville, Mekhi Phifer, Malinda Williams, Guillermo Diaz, Lexie Bigham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Marco Rodriguez
An idealistic teacher opts for teaching in a tough, inner-city school.
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 Lost Highway 1997 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Richard Pryor, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Lucy Butler, Michael Massee, Jack Nance, Jack Kehler, Henry Rollins, Giovanni Ribisi
This David Lynch film puts the viewer into a dream where characters are replaced by others in a "never-never" existence. Jazz saxophonist Fred (Bill Pullman) is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. Then, one day he is no longer in jail but is converted into another person (Balthazar Getty). Very weird, as we follow Fred into his new adventures with a gangster's moll (Patricia Arquette).
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The Method 1997 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Kevin Lewis
Cast: Nicholas Sadler, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tyrin Turner, Michael P. Bondies, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Robert Forster, Amanda Anka, Laurie Bogdanovich, Dennis James, Monica Evans
Jack (Nicholas Sadler), the director of a university theater production concerning a bank robbery, is having troubles motivating the cast. To add to the reality and creativity of the cast, he provides real guns. This does the trick when the cast decides to rob a real bank.
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Modern Vampires 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Elfman
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger, Robert Pastorelli, Natasha Lyonne, Udo Kier, Kim Cattrall, Gabriel Casseus, Richard Elfman, John Fleck
Count Dracula (Robert Pastorelli) runs a hideous club in L.A. but his business is interrupted when young Dallas (Casper Van Dien) enters the scene and joins forces with the slasher, Nico (Natasha Wagner). Adding to the turmoil is Dr. Frederick Van Helsing's (Rod Steiger) arrival; as a notorious vampire hunter, has his own plans for the Count's future.
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Quiet Days in Hollywood 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Josef Rusnak
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe, Peter Dobson, Daryl Mitchell, Meta Golding, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Stephen Mailer, Joe Estevez, Jake Busey, Scott Colomby
Hollywood characters participate in aimless sexual liaisons and become part of a myriad of connections that extend far and wide.
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Urban Legend 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jamie Blanks
Cast: Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Robert Englund, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid, John Neville, Loretta Devine, Brad Dourif, Michael Rosenbaum, Julian Richings, Danielle Harris, Kay Hawtrey, Angela Vint
This horror story takes place on the 25th anniversary of a mass murder in a dormitory at Pendleton College. Now, students are again killed–this time the methods are based on today's fears (e.g., the axe murderer in the back seat of one's car).
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Vampires: Los Muertos 2002 R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Cast: Jon Bon Jovi, Cristian de la Fuente, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Arly Jover, Darius McCrary, Anilu Pardo, Javier Grajeda, Tommy Lee Wallace, Diego Luna, Honorato Magaloni
Although John Carpenter's name is associated with this sequel to his 1998 "John Carpenter's Vampires," it is directed by one of his associates, Tommy Lee Wallace, who has a few horror flicks to his credit. The Vampire hunters are back, funded by the Vatican, to rid the world of those pesky vampires. Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi) is sent to Mexico to take care of a particularly nasty nest of the bloodsuckers. Direct to video/DVD.
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| 1. Another Day in Paradise (1998)
2. Dogtown (1997)
3. First Love, Last Rites (1997)
4. High Fidelity (2000)
5. High School High (1996)
6. Lost Highway (1997)
7. The Method (1997)
8. Modern Vampires (1999)
9. Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997)
10. Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
11. Urban Legend (1998)
12. Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
aka: John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos
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