The Andromeda Strain 1971  G, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Mark Jenkins, Carl Reindel
A U.S. Army satellite carrying a virus from outer space has crashed on Earth. It has landed in a remote village in the Southwest and has killed everyone, except a crying baby and a wino. Top scientists gather at the site to figure out what is happening. After intense examinations, they isolate the organism–Andromeda Strain–that has caused the deaths. Now the race against time begins as the scientists attempt to find a cure before more people die.
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Beyond Witch Mountain 1982  TV, 60 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Eddie Albert, Tracey Gold, Andy Freeman, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., J.D. Cannon, Noah Beery Jr., Stephanie Blackmore, Peter Hobbs, James Luisi, William Bassett, Eric Aved, Gene Dynarski, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Kirk Cameron, Lola Mason
In this third installment of the "Witch Mountain" movies, those alien kids Tia and Tony (Tracey Gold and Andy Freeman) are on Earth helping their Uncle Ben (Noah Beery Jr.) search for his grandson, Gregory (Eric Aved). Their old friend Jason (Eddie Albert) once again comes to their aid, but then Jason is kidnapped by their nemesis from the past, billionaire Aristotle (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), who wants to use Tia and Tony's telepathic powers to control the world. Tia and Tony rescue Jason, and, together, they race to find Gregory with Aristotle in hot pursuit.
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Death Sentence 1974 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Murder One
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill, Nick Nolte, Alan Oppenheimer, William Schallert, Yvonne Wilder, Herb Voland, Hope Summers, Peter Hobbs, Doreen Lang
When Susan Davies (Cloris Leachman) is selected for the jury in a murder case, she begins to believe the defendant is innocent, and the real killer goes after her–and he's a very close friend.
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Good Neighbor Sam 1964  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Mike Connors, Louis Nye, Charles(2) Lane, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Seymour, Edward Andrews, Tristram Coffin, Robert Q. Lewis, Joyce Jameson, Linda Watkins, Peter Hobbs, Neil Hamilton
Advertising executive Sam Bissell (Jack Lemmon) is happily married to Minerva (Dorothy Provine) when he helps out his neighbor, Janet (Romy Schneider), by pretending to be her husband so she can inherit $15 million. Janet is married but separated from Howard (Mike Connors) and does not want to share the inheritance with him. Many complications arise when Sam's biggest client, Simon Nurdlinger (Edward G. Robinson), uses Sam and Janet as "the ideal married couple" in an ad campaign and features their pictures on billboards throughout the town.
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In the Mood 1987  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Beverly D'Angelo, Talia Balsam, Michael Constantine, Betty Jinette, Kathleen Freeman, Peter Hobbs, Tony Longo, Brian McNamara
The premise for this movie was good, the movie wasn't. It is about a teenager who marries older women and becomes a media star.
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The Lady in Red 1979 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher, Robert Hogan, Laurie Heineman, Glenn Withrow, Rod Gist, Peter Hobbs, Christopher Lloyd, Dick Miller
Polly (Pamela Sue Martin) led a life of crime and has spent time in prison. Now, as a prostitute, she meets and becomes the girlfriend of John Dillinger (Robert Conrad)–though she doesn't know who he is. After his violent death, she returns to crime in this Roger Corman low-budget effort.
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The Man with Two Brains 1983 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Randi Brooks, Sissy Spacek, Paul Benedict, Richard Brestoff, James Cromwell, George Furth, Peter Hobbs
A scientist (Steve Martin) has two women in his life. One is his nasty wife (Kathleen Turner) who he saved from an accident with his screw-top brain surgery technique. The other (Sissy Spacek's voice) is sweet tempered, but she has one major problem: she has been disembodied and all that is left is her brain. Whatever is a man to do?
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The Next One 1984  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Time Traveller
Director: Nico Mastorakis
Cast: Keir Dullea, Adrienne Barbeau, Jeremy Licht, Peter Hobbs, Phedon Georgitsis, Betty Arvaniti
Widow Andrea (Adrienne Barbeau), who lives on a Greek Island with her son Timmy (Jeremy Licht), finds a stranger, Glenn (Keir Dullea), on the beach where he had washed ashore. She takes him home and cares for him while he recuperates. He has awesome powers, and he reveals that he is a time traveler and has a brother who traveled even farther back in time–2,000 years farther. Is he the second Jesus Christ?
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Promises to Keep 1985   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noel Black
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Christopher Mitchum, Bentley Mitchum, Tess Harper, Claire Bloom, Merritt Butrick, Peter Hobbs, Jane Sibbett, Verna Bloom, George Cheung
A man (Robert Mitchum) returns to his family after abandoning them for 30 years. Of interest is that Robert Mitchum plays the neglectful patriarch while his real-life son (Christopher Mitchum) plays the movie son and his real-life grandson (Bentley Mitchum) plays the grandson.
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Sleeper 1973 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Marya Small, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer, John McLiam, Bartlett Robinson, Peter Hobbs, Chris Forbes
Woody Allen plays a man who has been asleep for 200 years and wakes up in a futuristic world where he becomes involved with a rebel cause and falls in love with a poetess (Diane Keaton).
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| 1. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
2. Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)
3. Death Sentence (1974)
aka: Murder One
4. Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
5. In the Mood (1987)
6. The Lady in Red (1979)
aka: Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin
7. The Man with Two Brains (1983)
8. The Next One (1984)
aka: Time Traveller
9. Promises to Keep (1985)
10. Sleeper (1973)
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