Animal Farm 1999  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Stephenson
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Alan Stanford, Caroline Gray, Gail Fitzpatrick, Jimmy Keogh, Jer O'Leary
George Orwell's allegory of Communist Russia is told in this film about the animals on Manor Farm. Led by the pig, Old Major (voice of Peter Ustinov), the animals stage a revolution only to find out that one very ambitious pig, Napoleon (voice of Patrick Stewart), deems himself "more equal than others" and turns their dreamed-of Utopia into a world they had not envisioned.
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Antony and Cleopatra 1974  TV, 161 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Scoffield
Cast: Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman, Patrick Stewart, Corin Redgrave, Mary Rutherford, Philip Locke, Rosemary McHale, Tony Osoba, Ben Kingsley, William Morgan Sheppard, Derek Godfrey, Joseph Marcell
This version of Shakespeare's play, which appeared on ABC Theater, is enhanced by the superb acting and staging of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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The Canterville Ghost 1996 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Sydney Macartney
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, Joan Sims, Donald Sinden, Cherie Lunghi, Edward Wiley, Daniel Betts, Leslie Phillips, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Raymond Pickard
This made-for-TV film involves the relationship of teenager Ginny (Neve Campbell) and the 400-year-old ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville (Patrick Stewart). The two meet shortly after Ginny's family has moved to England and into Canterville Hall. Ginny befriends Sir Simon and learns his secret: if a mortal will perform just one heroic act for him, he will no longer be trapped on Earth. Will she be able to help?
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 Chicken Little 2005 G, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, Amy Sedaris, Steve Zahn, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Patrick Warburton
One year ago, Chicken Little (voice of Zach Braff) caused panic in his Oakey Oaks community when he told everyone that a piece of the sky landed on his head. Matters have quieted down, but now Chicken Little gets hit on the head again–this time by a piece of a spaceship–and he is afraid to tell even his own dad, Buck Cluck (voice of Garry Marshall). But, it isn't long before Chicken Little and his friends are involved in an intergalactic war to save the world.
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A Christmas Carol 1999 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Desmond Barrit, Bernard Lloyd, Dominic West, Trevor Peacock, Liz Smith, Claire Slater, Ben Tibber, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kenny Doughty, Laura Fraser
Patrick Stewart makes an excellent Ebenezer Scrooge in this fine TV adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story. After visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Joel Grey), Present (Desmond Barrit), and Future (Tim Potter), Scrooge re-evaluates his treatment of Tiny Tim (Ben Tibber) and and his family. It ranks among the best of the several film renditions.
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 Conspiracy Theory 1997 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart, Bert Remsen, Saxon Trainor, Steve Kahan, Terry Alexander, Alex McArthur, G.A. Aguilar, Rod McLachlan, Michael Potts, Jim Sterling, Brian J. Williams, Dean Winters
Taxicab driver Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a critic of the government and doesn't hesitate to share his conspiracy theories with his fares. His confidante, Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts), is a Justice Department employee who becomes Jerry's reluctant ally when one of Jerry's conspiracy theories looks like it hit home. Jerry and Alice look for answers that lead to the evil Jonas (Patrick Stewart) and a mind control project funded by the government.
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Death Train 1993  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Alistair MacLean's Death Train
Detonator
Director: David Jackson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Alexandra Paul, Ted Levine, Christopher Lee, John Abineri, Nic D'Avirro, Clarke Peters, Andreas Jung, Ron Berglas, Vili Matula, Lorrie Marlow
Plutonium is stolen from a German lab, AND terrorists hijack a train and race across Europe with a nuclear bomb on board. Will the crack UN team of Mike and Sabrina (Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul) uncover the nefarious plot that has been devised by ex-Russian General Konstantin Benin (Christopher Lee) and save the day?
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The Doctor and the Devils 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Stephen Rea, Phyllis Logan, Beryl Reid, Patrick Stewart, Sian Phillips
In this Mel Brooks production, Doctor Thomas Rock (Timothy Dalton) enlists the aid of grave robbers to obtain cadavers for his scientific experiments.
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 Excalibur 1981 R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, Patrick Stewart
This entertaining film about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table adds new dimensions to the legend by providing an adult version starring Nigel Terry as King Arthur.
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The Game of Their Lives 2005 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Miracle Match
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: John Rhys-Davies, Wes Bentley, Gerard Butler, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Patrick Stewart, Jay Rodan, Gavin Rossdale, Zachery Ty Bryan, Costas Mandylor, Louis Mandylor, Bill Smitrovich, Terry Kinney
The U.S. soccer team won an exciting match against England's team in 1950. This is the story about the personal lives of the players on that team of underdogs who performed a stunning upset at the World Cup match.
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Gunmen 1994  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Deran Sarafian
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Kadeem Hardison, Sally Kirkland, Richard C. Sarafian, Robert Harper, Brenda Bakke, James Chalke
Smuggler Dani (Christopher Lambert) teams up with DEA cop Cole (Mario Van Peebles) to find $400 million that was stolen from drug boss Loomis (Patrick Stewart) by Dani's brother, who was killed in the process. Now Loomis sends killers after Dani and Cole. Lots of action and some laughs thrown in as the pair bicker their way from one scrape to another.
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Hennessy 1975 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter, Peter Egan, Ian Hogg, John Hallam, Patrick Stewart
An Irish Republican Army officer, Hennessy (Rod Steiger), plots to assassinate the Royal family while avenging the death of his own family members.
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Jeffrey 1995 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Ashley
Cast: Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Batt, Christine Baranski, Nathan Lane, Kathy Najimy, Olympia Dukakis, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Klein
This film is adapted from Paul Rudnick's play about a gay couple who have the threat of AIDS hovering over their sex lives.
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 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2001 G, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: John A. Davis
Cast: Debi Derryberry, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Rob Paulsen, Andrea Martin, Megan Cavanagh, Carolyn Lawrence, Candi Milo, Mark DeCarlo, Crystal Scales, Bob Goen, Jim Cummings, David L. Lander
Boy genius Jimmy Neutron (voice of Debi Derryberry) leads the town's children into space in a rescue attempt to save their kidnapped parents–with much help from Jimmy's robot dog, Goddard (named after space pioneer Robert Goddard). The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, a new category.
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King of Texas 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, Roy Scheider, David Alan Grier, Colm Meaney, Patrick Bergin, Matt Letscher, Liam Waite, Steven Bauer, Richard Lineback
This made-for-cable TV film is another adaptation of a Shakespeare play, King Lear in this case. John Lear (Patrick Stewart), a powerful rancher in the 19th century, decides to divide his vast empire among his three daughters. The bulk of the land will go to the one who is most convincing at expressing her love and devotion.
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L.A. Story 1991 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patrick Stewart, Kevin Pollak, Iman, Sam McMurray, Frances Fisher
A Los Angeles TV weatherman (Steve Martin) is bored with his career and his girlfriend (Marilu Henner). But, he adds zest to his life when he falls in love with a British reporter (Victoria Tennant).
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Lady Jane 1986 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern, Jill Bennett, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Joss Ackland, Lee Montague, Richard Johnson, Warren Saire, Sara Kestelman, Ian Hogg, Richard Vernon, David Waller
When Henry VIII died, he left the English throne to his sickly son Edward (Warren Saire) who died a short time later. On his death, 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) became Queen of England. Her right to the crown was immediately challenged, and this is the story of her battle for what was hers.
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Lifeforce 1985  R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball, Aubrey Morris, Nancy Paul, John Hallam, John Keegan, Chris Jagger, Bill Malin, Jerome Willis, Derek Benfield
When uninvited extraterrestrial vampires visit Earth, the terror begins.
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The Lion in Winter 2003 TV, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Glenn Close, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Andrew Howard, Yuliya Vysotskaya, John Light, Rafe Spall, Clive Wood, Soma Marko, Antal Konrad
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Glenn Close) plans the murder of her aging husband, King Henry II (Patrick Stewart), as the means to put her favorite son, Richard (Andrew Howard), on the throne. Meanwhile, the remaining two sons–John (Rafe Spall) and Geoffrey (John Light)–join forces with France's King Philip (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) in their own plot for Henry II's demise.
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 Masterminds 1997  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker, Bradley Whitford, Matt Craven, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jon Abrahams, Katie Stuart, Michael MacRae, Callum Keith Rennie
Ox (Vincent Kartheiser) was expelled from Shady Glen School and has decided to return for one last prank. After sneaking into the school's basement, he discovers that a fired school employee (Patrick Stewart) is already there and has taken the student body captive as part of his plan to get a huge ransom. Oz uses his brains and knowledge of computers as he leaps into action and saves the day.
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Moby Dick 1998 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: Henry Thomas, Patrick Stewart, Bruce Spence, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robin Cuming, Shane Feeney-Connor, Piripi Waretini, Vivianne Benton, Dominic Purcell, Gregory Peck
The Melville classic tale becomes a TV miniseries and a Video/DVD release. Ishmael (Henry Thomas) ships out on the whaler Pequad, captained by Ahab (Patrick Stewart) who is out to get revenge on the great white whale that took Ahab's leg. Gregory Peck, who starred in the 1956 version, makes an appearance as a priest.
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The Pagemaster 1994 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Action / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Joe Johnston, Maurice Hunt, Pixote Hunt
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Mel Harris, Whoopi Goldberg, Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker, Phil Hartman, Patrick Stewart, Jim Cummings, George Hearn, B.J. Ward, Dorian Harewood, Ed Gilbert
Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin) is a wimp who is teased by the other kids. One day, he falls and loses consciousness at the library. As a result, he slides into the animated world between the covers of books. In his attempt to get back to the real world, Richard encounters adventures with pirates and dragons. The message of this movie: READ BOOKS.
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 The Prince of Egypt 1998 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
Cast: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Steve Martin, Helen Mirren, Michelle Pfeiffer, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, James Avery, Linda Shayne, Brian Stokes Mitchell
This animated film makes use of computer-aided animation as it presents the story of Moses (voice of Val Kilmer) from the day he was rescued from the Nile to the day he comes down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments. Academy Award-winning song: "When you Believe." The musical score was also nominated for an Oscar.
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 Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Mark Blankfield, Tracey Ullman, Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Dick Van Patten, Isaac Hayes, Megan Cavanagh, Eric Allan Kramer, Matthew Porretta, Patrick Stewart
The evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) and his henchman, the Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees), are oppressing the people while King Richard (Patrick Stewart) is in exile. Robin Hood (Cary Elwes) gathers together a band of men to protect the people, and, in his spare time, Robin Hood falls in love with Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck). The humor is delightful, and, while a satire, this film somehow brings to life all that Robin Hood represents in the genre of swashbuckling heroes.
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The Secret of Life on Earth 1993 N/R, 41 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Adrian Warren
Cast: Patrick Stewart
This IMAX presentation covers the beginnings of life on Earth to the present, highlighting the relationship between animals and plants and how humans are destroying Earth's resources.
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Smiley's People 1982 TV, 325 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton, Michael Byrne, Barry Foster, Michael Lonsdale, Bill Paterson, Beryl Reid, Curt Jurgens, Vladek Sheybal, Patrick Stewart
George Smiley (Alec Guinness) comes out of retirement and rejoins the British Intelligence to investigate the death of an agent friend. Clues lead Smiley to Paris, Germany, and Switzwerland as he tracks down his old nemesis, the Soviet double-agent Karla (Patrick Stewart).
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Star Trek: First Contact 1996 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Marnie McPhail, Dwight Schultz
It is the 24th century, and the Enterprise is on a mission in space when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew become involved in a battle between a Borg Cube and Federation ships. The Enterprise destroys the Cube, but part of it escapes. Now, the alien Borgs, led by Borg Queen (Alice Krige), are set to attack Earth. The Enterprise chases the Borgs but end up in a time distortion and are now in the 21st century. The only hope is for warp drive inventor Zefram Cochran (James Cromwell) to make a faster-than-light trip to the stars.
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Star Trek: Generations 1994 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Carson
Cast: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Alan Ruck, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Jenette Goldstein, Thomas Kopache
Retired officers James T. Kirk (William Shatner), "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), and Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) are guests on the maiden voyage of Enterprise-B when disaster strikes. Kirk is presumed dead, but he is really trapped in the Nexus purgatory. Now, 78-years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of Enterprise-D rescue Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell) who, unknown to Picard, is plotting to destroy the world. When Picard realizes that Soran presents a real danger, he convinces Kirk to leave his comfort zone in purgatory and come to his aid. This is a milestone film in that two generations of starship officers, Kirk and Picard, work together to stop an alien from destroying the universe.
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Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew risk courts martial as they try to save the peaceful Ba'ku race from a forced relocation by the Son'a who want them exiled from the planet.
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Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Muldaur
The Enterprise has been diverted to the planet Romulus where the crew uncovers plans by the Romulans to attack Earth and throw the universe out of kilter.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... 1994 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Denise Crosby
It's hard for Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew to remember where or when they are, as they bounce back and forth between the past, present and future. Meanwhile, a space anomaly must be figured out in this film, the swan song for the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.
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 Steamboy 2004 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Cast: Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Patrick Stewart, Kari Wahlgren, Robin Atkin Downes, Rick Zieff, Kim Thomson, Mark Bramhall, David S. Lee, Oliver Muirhead, Oliver Cotton, Paula J. Newman, Julian Stone
This animated adventure is set in Victorian England during the Great Exhibition of 1851, which marked strides in the Industrial Revolution. Pre-teen Ray Steam (voice of Anna Paquin) tries to keep the contents of a package containing a "steam ball" from the clutches of the unscrupulous O'Hara Foundation with whom his father (voice of Alfred Molina) is involved. It is Ray's own grandfather (voice of Patrick Stewart) who has sent him the package and given him instructions to protect it. Now, Ray is in the middle of the battle between his grandfather and father to control the development of steam machines.
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TMNT 2007 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Kevin Munroe
Cast: Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Zhang Ziyi, Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell Whitfield, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Nolan North, John Di Maggio, Kevin Michael Richardson
The Teenage Mutant Turtles–Donatello (voice of Mitchell Whitfield), Leonardo (voice of James Arnold Taylor), Michelangelo (voice of Mikey Kelly), and Raphael (voice of Nolan North)–have grown apart, but strange things are going on in New York City, and Turtle pal April (voice of Sarah Michelle Gellar) helps to bring them together. With aid from April's boyfriend Casey (voice of Chris Evans), the Turtles fight mystical beings that tech-industrialist Max Winters (voice of Patrick Stewart) has resuscitated.
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Whales 1997 N/R, 44 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: David Clark, Al Giddings, Roger Payne
Cast: Patrick Stewart
This beautifully filmed documentary is an IMAX offering that captures the graceful movements and mournful "songs" of the world's largest mammals–the humpback whales–as they migrate from Alaska to Hawaii.
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The Wild Geese II 1985 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Cast: Scott Glenn, Edward Fox, Barbara Carrera, Laurence Olivier, Robert Webber, Robert Freitag, Kenneth Haigh, Stratford Johns, Derek Thompson, Paul Antrim, John Terry, Ingrid Pitt, Patrick Stewart, David Lumsden, Michael N. Harbour
Brother and sister, Michael and Kathy Lukas (John Terry and Barbara Carrera)–along with his old comrade Alex Faulkner (Edward Fox)–aid John Haddad (Scott Glenn) who is hired by an American TV station to free Nazi war criminal Rudolph Hess (Laurence Olivier) from a Berlin prison and force Hess to reveal hidden Nazi secrets. German Heinrich Stroebling (Robert Freitag), who is working with the Russians and Palestinian terrorists, organizes assassination attempts on Haddad. Meanwhile, Kathy is kidnapped, and Haddad's assignment proves to be more and more dangerous.
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 X-Men 2000 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Tyler Mane, Bruce Davison, Ray Park, Rebecca Romijn, Matthew Sharp, Rhona Shekter, Kenneth McGregor, Shawn Roberts
This film is based on the popular Marvel comic book series about children born with the special X-Factor in their genes that turns them into mutant superheroes. While psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) heads the school that turns skilled mutants into X-Men–including Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Meanwhile, Magneto (Ian McKellen) organizes his team of mutants to fight the X-Men. Magneto kidnaps Rogue (Anna Paquin) from the school, and now Xavier and his X-Men come to her rescue. As if dealing with Magneto was not enough, they must also contend with Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison) who wants to force all mutants to register as his anti-mutant solution. Good special effects.
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 X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, Rebecca Romijn, Ben Foster, Dania Ramirez, Ellen Page
In this last entry of the X-Men trilogy, those mutant heroes are back and must now face a choice to retain their unique powers or give up those powers and become human. Battle lines are drawn with mutant leader Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) preaching tolerance versus Magneto (Ian McKellen) who believes in survival of the fittest. Their followers meet on Alcatraz Island–after Magneto levitates the Golden Gate Bridge–and a battle follows involving not only the two mutant armies but the real army that, instead of firing guns, fires needles filled with a potion to cure the mutants.
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 X2 2003 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thiller
aka: X2: X-Men United
X-Men 2
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, Anna Paquin, Kelly Hu, Aaron Stanford, Shawn Ashmore, Cotter Smith
The X-Men return. This time they search for mutant assassin Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) whose attempt on the President's (Cotter Smith) life has led to the government's cracking down on all mutants. This even includes the X-Men who attend Charles Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) school that trains mutants to peacefully exist. Because the government believes that the X-Men are responsible for the attack, the President appoints military scientist William Stryker (Brian Cox) to investigate the school. Stryker uses foul means to get information from the X-Men's old foe Magneto (Ian McKellan) and leads an attack on the school. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is the only adult at the school for the time being, and his overwhelming job is to defend the school and save the students as the war escalates between the mutants and humans.
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| 1. Animal Farm (1999)
2. Antony and Cleopatra (1974)
3. The Canterville Ghost (1996)
4. Chicken Little (2005)
5. A Christmas Carol (1999)
6. Conspiracy Theory (1997)
7. Dad Savage (1998)
8. Death Train (1993)
aka: Alistair MacLean's Death Train
aka: Detonator
9. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
10. Excalibur (1981)
11. The Game of Their Lives (2005)
aka: The Miracle Match
12. Gunmen (1994)
13. Hedda (1975)
14. Hennessy (1975)
15. Jeffrey (1995)
16. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
17. King of Texas (2002)
18. L.A. Story (1991)
19. Lady Jane (1986)
20. Lifeforce (1985)
21. The Lion in Winter (2003)
22. Masterminds (1997)
23. Moby Dick (1998)
24. The Pagemaster (1994)
25. The Prince of Egypt (1998)
26. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
27. The Secret of Life on Earth (1993)
28. Smiley's People (1982)
29. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
30. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
31. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
32. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
33. Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994)
34. Steamboy (2004)
35. TMNT (2007)
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
36. Whales (1997)
37. The Wild Geese II (1985)
38. X-Men (2000)
39. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
40. X2 (2003)
aka: X2: X-Men United
aka: X-Men 2
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