 Days of Thunder 1990  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Don Simpson, Donna W. Scott, Fred Dalton Thompson, J.C. Quinn, Caroline Williams, Chris Ellis, Peter Appel, Stephen Michael Ayers
"Top Gun" (Tom Cruise) tactics have moved from the air to the racetrack in this fast-paced film about a young rookie who tries to unseat the champion. Cole Trickle (Cruise) is discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) who commissions former stock-car racer Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) to build a car and then hires Cole to drive it. Cole wins the respect of Hogge who teaches him the intricacies of winning on the stock car circuit. But, a crash lands Cole in the hospital with his rival Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), and Cole and Rowdy now become friends after Rowdy's injuries force him to bow out of racing. At the same time, Cole is attracted to his doctor, Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), who gives him the courage to race again.
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Delirious 2007  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon, Callie Thorne, Kevin Corrigan, Richard Short, Elvis Costello, David Wain, Mel Gorham, Peter Appel, Doris Belack, Tom Aldredge, Nicole Vicius, Cinque Lee
Poor and homeless Toby Grace (Michael Pitt) wants to become an actor. He befriends NYC tabloid photographer Les Galantine (Steve Buscemi) who teams up with him, offers a job as his assistant, and introduces him to casting agent Dana (Gina Gershon). Dana helps Toby with his acting career, and Toby meets pop star K'Harma Leeds (Alison Lohman) at a press event. Toby and K'Harma get together, and now, with his connections, Toby is on the verge of gaining celebrity status, but that leaves Les back in the shadows.
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Everybody Wins 1990  R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey, Jack Warden, Kathleen Wilhoite, Frank Converse, Frank Military, Mary Louise Wilson, Peter Appel
This screenplay by Arthur Miller is about a prostitute (Debra Winger) who talks a private detective (Nick Nolte) into investigating the murder of a prominent doctor in a small Connecticut town.
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Leon 1994  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Professional
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Danny Aiello, Natalie Portman, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco, Ellen Greene, Frank Senger, Geoffrey Bateman, Tommy Hollis, Elizabeth Regan, Carl J. Matusovich, Lucius Wyatt Cherokee, Luc Bernard, Kent Broadhurst
Twelve-year old Mathilda (Natalie Portman) lives with her family in a slum, and her father (Michael Badalucco) works for drug agents. One day, Mathilda returns home to find that most of her family has been killed in a botched drug deal. Corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss, Stansfield (Gary Oldman), ordered her family's murder. Mathilda takes refuge in the apartment of hit man Leon (Jean Reno) from whom she hopes to learn how to exact revenge on the killers. Leon becomes transfixed by Mathilda, and his life appears to be changing. Mathilda's intended victim is Stansfield, but her plans to avenge the murder of her family fail, and Mathilda is captured. Now, Leon must rescue Mathilda.
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 Man of the House 1995 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Orr
Cast: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt, David Shiner, Art LaFleur, Richard Portnow, Richard Foronjy, Peter Appel, Chief Leonard George
The trials and tribulations of a stepfather (Chevy Chase) trying to bond with his new son (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) are exacerbated during an Indian Guides camping trip.
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Six Ways to Sunday 1998  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Adam Bernstein
Cast: Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Elina Lowensohn, Adrien Brody, Jerry Adler, Peter Appel, Paul Lazar, Holter Graham, Anna Levine, Isaac Hayes, Vincent Pastore, Clark Gregg, Paul D'Amato
Eighteen-year-old Harold (Norman Reedus) lives with his overprotective mother, Kate (Deborah Harry), but grows up fast when he hooks up with a local gangster, Arnie (Adrien Brody).
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Standard Time 2002  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Anything But Love
Director: Robert Cary
Cast: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Ilana Levine, Victor Argo, Eartha Kitt, Alix Korey, Sean Arbuckle, Michael J. Burg, Josh Stamberg, Peter Appel, Bart DeFinna
This tribute to Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s features Isabel Rose in the role of down-on-her-luck cabaret singer Billy Golden. She is torn between the affections of her piano teacher and those of a very successful lawyer who can offer Billy financial support but lacks appreciation for her world of music. Guess who wins!
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 Tadpole 2002 PG-13, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Winick
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Stanford, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Iler, Adam LeFevre, Peter Appel, Alicia Van Couvering, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin
Fifteen-year-old Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford), known to his Manhattan friends as "Tadpole," returns home from boarding school eager to see his friends but even more anxious to see the object of his affection: his stepmother, Eve (Sigourney Weaver). As luck would have it, a one-night stand with Eve's best friend, Diane (Bebe Neuwirth) complicates matters even further.
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| 1. Days of Thunder (1990)
2. Delirious (2007)
3. Everybody Wins (1990)
4. Leon (1994)
aka: The Professional
5. Man of the House (1995)
6. Six Ways to Sunday (1998)
7. Standard Time (2002)
aka: Anything But Love
8. Tadpole (2002)
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