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Bat 21   1988     3 stars    PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, Clayton Rohner, David Marshall Grant, Erich Anderson, Joe Dorsey, Alan King

  During the Vietnam War, Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton (Gene Hackman) is lost in the jungles of Vietnam after his aircraft is shot down behind enemy lines. The only man who can rescue him is Capt. Bartholomew Clark (Danny Glover), and he can only be reached through his radio transmitter.


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Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace   1991     2 stars    R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mob Justice

Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: Tony Danza, Ted Levine, Dan Lauria, Frank Vincent, Joe Lisi, James Rebhorn, Nicholas Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Caroline Aaron, Leonardo Cimino, Wendy Makkena, Kevin Corrigan

  Gus Farace (Tony Danza) is a small-time gangster by night and a trusted member of a mob family by day. After he kills a cop (Samuel L. Jackson), both the police and, at police request, the mob are after Gus. But Gus still has friends in the mob that may help. As expected, the film heads to the inevitable showdown. Originally made for TV.

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Faith of My Fathers   2005     2 and a half stars    PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Scott Glenn, J.D. Evermore, Erin Cottrell, Korbi Dean, Chi Muoi Lo, Shea Whigham, Joseph Chrest, Michael Arata, Ashley Taylor, Troy Ruptash

  This made-for-TV production is based on Senator John McCain's memoirs. The story includes his life as a Navy Junior and his years of school and training in the U.S. Navy, but it focuses mainly on his six years as a POW in Vietnam.


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Hot Dog...The Movie   1984     1 star    R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: David Naughton, Patrick Houser, Tracy Smith, John Patrick Reger, Frank Koppola, Shannon Tweed

  California's Squaw Valley is the setting for this story involving the seamy nightlife of athletes. Great shots of acrobatic skiing barely save this film.


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The Last Days of Frankie the Fly   1997     1 star    R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Frankie the Fly

Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Kiefer Sutherland, Dayton Callie, Charles Carroll, Jack McGee

  Frankie (Dennis Hopper) is nothing more than a "gofer" working for mob bosses Sal (Michael Madsen) and Joey (Kiefer Sutherland). But when he falls in love with porn-actress Margaret (Daryl Hannah), he fights back and tries to save her.


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Nightbreaker   1989     3 stars    TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, Joe Pantoliano, Nicholas Pryor

  Thirty years after the 1950s atomic bomb tests, a research doctor realizes the horror of what was involved. In telling this story, Martin and his son, Emilio Estevez, play the role of the same man–before and after.

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Wagons East   1994     half star    PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo, Ed Lauter, William Sanderson, Rodney A. Grant, Russell Means, Charles Rocket

  Not all settlers in the latter half of the 1800s could handle the challenges of the frontier. One such group hires drunken wagon master James Harlow (John Candy) to lead them East to St. Louis. The adventures of the oddball group are chronicled in this terrible, terrible film. John Candy died during the shooting of the film.

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Youngblood   1986     2 stars    R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Markle  
Cast: Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Fionnula Flanagan, Eric Nesterenko

  Hockey and the life of hockey players who spend much time on the road among adoring fans is the subject of this film. A young man (Rob Lowe) sets off on the path of glory when he joins a minor league team and finds many obstacles along the way.


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Movie Quick Pick
1. Bat 21 (1988)
2. Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991)
   aka: Mob Justice
3. Faith of My Fathers (2005)
4. Hot Dog...The Movie (1984)
5. The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1997)
   aka: Frankie the Fly
6. Nightbreaker (1989)
7. Wagons East (1994)
8. Youngblood (1986)


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