The Bedroom Window 1986  R, 112 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Brad Greenquist, Maury Chaykin, Mark Margolis
Sylvia (Elizabeth McGovern) witnesses an attack on Denise (Isabelle Huppert) while having an affair with Terry (Steve Guttenberg), one of her husband's associates. In order to protect her reputation, Terry tells the police that he was the witness. When Denise's body is found nearby, Terry becomes the suspect because his story has more holes in it than Swiss cheese. A good little thriller.
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Beulah Land 1980  TV, 265 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Falk, Virgil W. Vogel
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin, Eddie Albert, Hope Lange, Paul Rudd, Dorian Harewood, Martha Scott, Paul Shenar, Allyn Ann McLerie, Jenny Agutter, Don Johnson, Meredith Baxter
This three-part, TV miniseries based on Lonnie Coleman's novel spans the era from 1827 to the end of the century and revolves around the changing fortunes of two Georgia families before, during, and after the Civil War.
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The Big Blue 1988  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne
Boyhood friends (and rivals) meet again during free diving championships, both having held deepest dive records. Thus, the old rivalry heats up again. Meanwhile, Joanna (Rosanna Arquette) had met Jacques (one of the divers) and now follows him to the competition in the Mediterranean off Italy in attempts to gain his love. So-so, but the underwater photography is good.
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Dream Lover 1986  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar, Justin Deas, John McMartin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Joseph Culp, Matthew Penn, Paul West, Jon Polito
After being attacked by an intruder whom she kills, Kathy Gardner (Kristy McNichol) seeks help overcoming her trauma. She goes to a dream research center, but suffers some unexpected results when her researcher, Michael Hansen (Ben Masters), uses Kathy as a guinea pig for his experiments.
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 Man on Fire 1987  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Joe Pesci, Jonathan Pryce, Paul Shenar, Lorenzo Piani, Inigo Lezzi
In this comedy/action film, an ex-CIA agent (Scott Glenn) works as a bodyguard for the daughter (Jade Malle) of a wealthy family. When she is kidnapped, he goes after the terrorists who hold her captive.
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 Raw Deal 1986  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Blanche Baker, Steven Hill, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Davi, Ed Lauter, Mordecai Lawner, Louise Robey, Victor Argo, George P. Wilbur, Denver Mattson
After his son is killed while trying to protect a man scheduled to testify against mobster Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker), FBI chief Shannon (Darren McGavin) calls former FBI agent Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back into service. His assignment is to infiltrate Chicago's largest mob, led by Max (Robert Davi). As Kaminsky works undercover to put away the gang members, violence is the order of the day–especially when he is given orders to kill Shannon.
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 Scarface 1983 R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, Mark Margolis, Miriam Colon, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Angel Salazar, Pepe Serna, Arnaldo Santana, Michael P. Moran, Dennis Holahan
This gangster movie is good and on a par with Howard Hawks' 1932 version. Tony Montana aka Scarface (Al Pacino) is a Cuban refugee who claws his way to the top of the illicit Miami cocaine empire–only to be defeated by his own addiction, which will lead to his assassination.
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The Secret of NIMH 1982 G, 82 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Peter Strauss, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Arthur Malet, Paul Shenar, Aldo Ray, Wil Wheaton, Shannen Doherty, Jodi Hicks, Ian Fried, Lucille Bliss, Tom Hatten
This feature-length animated film tells a delightful story about a mouse, Mrs. Brisby (voice of Elizabeth Hartman), who goes out to look for a way to save her home and children from a farmer who is preparing to plow his field. With help from a crow, Jeremy (voice of Dom DeLuise), Mrs. Brisby discovers the secret society of NIMH. They are lab rats who have escaped from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) laboratory, and they just might have the solution to Mrs. Brisby's dilemma.
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| 1. The Bedroom Window (1986)
2. Best Seller (1987)
3. Beulah Land (1980)
4. The Big Blue (1988)
5. Dark Mansions (1986)
6. Deadly Force (1983)
7. Dream Lover (1986)
8. Man on Fire (1987)
9. Raw Deal (1986)
10. Scarface (1983)
11. The Secret of NIMH (1982)
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