Blood Ties 1991  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jim McBride
Cast: Jason London, Harley Venton, Kim Johnston-Ulrich, Salvator Xuereb, Patrick Bauchau, Grace Zabriskie, Bo Hopkins, Michelle Johnson, Michael C. Gwynne, Robia La Morte
Vampire hunters kill Cody's (Jason London) parents and burn their house. Cody gets away and joins a cult that lives in their own community. But the hunters are hot on Cody's trail. Not bad.
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 The Cell 2000  R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jake Weber, Dylan Baker, James Gammon, Patrick Bauchau, Tara Subkoff, Catherine Sutherland
After capturing serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), FBI Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) turns to a child psychologist, Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), whose ability to journey inside the minds of patients might provide the only chance to save Stargher's latest victim. Stargher has kidnapped and hidden a girl; now it is a race against the clock to find her while she is still alive.
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Choose Me 1984  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau, Rae Dawn Chong, John Larroquette, Edward Ruscha, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould, John Considine
This is one of the best movies of 1984. It is a very clever comedy/drama that centers on relationships among a group of late-night owls. The group includes such people as a nightclub owner, a radio sex talk-show hostess, and an escapee from a mental hospital.
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The Collector 1967 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: La Collectionneuse
Director: Eric Rohmer
Cast: Patrick Bauchau, Haydee Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy, Mijanou Bardot, Annik Morice, Dennis Berry, Eugene Archer, Brian Belshaw, Anne Dubot
While vacationing on the Mediterranean, Adrien (Patrick Bauchau) shares a villa with his friend Daniel (Daniel Pommereulle)–and promiscuous teenager Haydee (Haydee Politoff). Adrien is attracted to Haydee, but the attraction appears to be one-sided. This film is the third in the series, "Six Moral Tales," by Eric Rohmer.
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Entre Nous 1983 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Robin Renucci, Patrick Bauchau, Francois Cluzet
This is an insightful examination of two women, Madeline (Miou-Miou) and Lena (Isabelle Huppert), who bond with each other through their long-term friendship. This is the second film based on Director Diane Kurys' life, the first being "Entre Nous" and the third being "C'est la Vie".
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Jackpot 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Patrick Bauchau, Adam Baldwin, Rosie O'Grady, Peggy Lipton, Mac Davis, Rick Overton, Suzanne Krull
Sunny Holiday (John Gries) is a loser who dreams of becoming a famous singer, and his means to that end is competing in karaoke contests on a 43-city tour. He has left his wife, Bobbi (Daryl Hannah), behind with their daughter and sends her a weekly $1.00 lottery ticket in lieu of child support. Traveling with his manager, Les (Garrett Morris), in Bobbi's pink New Yorker, Sunny heads for Jackpot, Nevada, for the next contest and then, ultimately, on to L.A. for that big break.
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Lisbon Story 1994 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Vasco Sequeira, Canto e Castro, Viriato Jose da Silva, Joao Canijo, Ricardo Colares, Joel Ferreira, Sofia Benard da Costa, Vera Cunha Rocha
Phillip Winter (Rudiger Vogler) arrives in Lisbon after receiving a call for help from his friend, the director Friedrich Monroe (Patrick Bauchau), who needs help finishing his film. But when Winter arrives, there is no sign of Monroe and, while searching for his friend, Winter makes use of sound equipment with which he captures the sounds of Lisbon and meditates on the nature of cinema.
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The Music Teacher 1988  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gerard Corbiau
Cast: Jose van Dam, Philippe Volter, Patrick Bauchau, Anne Roussel, Sylvie Fennec, Johan Leysen, Marc Schreiber, Alain Carre, David Ashman, Bob Bender
From Belgium comes this film about an aspiring singer (Anne Roussel) who falls in love with her trainer (Jose Van Dam), a famous opera singer who has retired to help this talented newcomer and one other–a thief. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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The New Age 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Tolkin
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau, Adam West, Rachel Rosenthal, Samuel L. Jackson, John Diehl, Audra Lindley, Corbin Bernsen
An upscale Los Angeles couple, Peter (Peter Weller) and Katherine Winter (Judy Davis), lose their jobs, look for new meanings in life, and ultimately end up in the divorce courts.
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 Panic Room 2002 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam, Patrick Bauchau, Ian Buchanan, Ann Magnuson, Andrew Kevin Walker, Paul Schulze
Meg (Jodie Foster) and daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) have just moved into a Manhattan townhouse when three burglars break in. The house just happens to have a secret "panic" room in which Meg and Sara hide. The problem is that what the intruders want is located inside the panic room, and they are not about to leave empty-handed. A good thriller.
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The Rapture 1991 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tolkin
Cast: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau, Will Patton, Dick Anthony Williams, James LeGros, Kimberly Cullum, Terri Hanauer
Sin and redemption are the themes of this religious film. Following her conversion to a fundamentalist faith, Sharon (Mimi Rogers) marries, has a child, and is widowed. She then finds herself looking up to the skies waiting for the second coming of Jesus Christ.
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The Sculptress 2000  R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Demon Within
Director: Ian Merrick
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Patrick Bauchau, Katie Wright, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Allen Cutler, Vivis Colombetti, Miriam Babin, Katriona Browns, Johanna Falls, Bridget Nelson
Sarah (Katie Wright) is a naive, art student who lives next door to a truly weird psycho killer, Matthew (Jeff Fahey). As time passes Sarah has uneasy dreams, and then she begins to notice (somehow) that her sculptures look a lot like Matthew's victims. Bad acting, bad plot, etc., etc...
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 Secretary 2002  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Patrick Bauchau, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Oz Perkins, Jessica Tuck, Amy Locane, Mary Joy, Michael Mantell, Lily Knighr, Sabrina Grdevich, Lacey Kohl, Julene Renee
Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has been released after a short stay at a sanitarium but still practices masochistic behavior, inflicting pain on herself when she encounters her drunken father (Stephen McHattie). Her overprotective mother (Leslie Ann Warren) has encouraged Lee to gain secretarial skills, and now Lee is hired as a secretary in the office of Florida attorney F. Edward Grey (James Spader). Grey often criticizes Lee, and Lee, in turn, thrives on his mental and physical abuse. Even after being fired, Lee plots to get her job–and Grey–back.
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Shade 2003 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Damian Nieman
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Hal Holbrook, Thandie Newton, Stuart Townsend, Dina Merrill, Bo Hopkins, Jamie Foxx, Patrick Bauchau, Roger Guenveur Smith, Charles Rocket, Joe Nicolo, George Tovar, Frank Medrano
Charlie (Gabriel Byrne) and Tiffany (Thandie Newton) join forces with fellow L.A. poker players Larry (Jamie Foxx) and Vernon (Stuart Townsend) to carry out a sting in which they plan to beat "The Dean" (Sylvester Stallone) in a poker game. There is one catch: the ill-begotten money belongs to a mob boss, he wants his money back, and now they are pursued by gangsters.
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The State of Things 1982  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Paul Getty III, Roger Corman, Patrick Bauchau, Isabelle Weingarten, Geoffrey Carey, Rebecca Pauly, Geoffrey Carey, Jeffrey Kime
This film is a remake of Roger Corman's "The Day the World Ended" is a tribute to the producer and tries to present an insider's perspective of the film industry.
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Twin Falls Idaho 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Michele Hicks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jon Gries, Patrick Bauchau, Garrett Morris, William Katt, Teresa Hill, Holly Woodlawn
Conjoined at the hip, twins Francis (Michael Polish) and Blake (Mark Polish) live fairly reclusive lives until Penny (Michele Hicks) arrives on the scene, moves in to care for the brothers, and falls in love with Blake. The strength of this film lies in the subject matter of the seriousness of physical separation when Francis seems to be dying.
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 A View to a Kill 1985 PG, 131 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Grace Jones, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Walter Gotell, Dolph Lundgren
James Bond (Roger Moore) must fight off both Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) and May Day (Grace Jones) in this thriller about their planned destruction of Silicon Valley. Probably the weakest of the series and Moore's last film as Bond.
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| 1. Blood Ties (1991)
2. The Cell (2000)
3. Choose Me (1984)
4. The Collector (1967)
aka: La Collectionneuse
5. Entre Nous (1983)
6. Jackpot (2001)
7. Lisbon Story (1994)
8. The Music Teacher (1988)
9. The New Age (1994)
10. Panic Room (2002)
11. The Rapture (1991)
12. The Sculptress (2000)
aka: The Demon Within
13. Secretary (2002)
14. Shade (2003)
15. The State of Things (1982)
16. Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
17. A View to a Kill (1985)
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