Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell 1968  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas, Lee Grant, Janet Margolin, Marian Moses, Naomi Stevens, Philippe Leroy
During their 20-year reunion, three ex-servicemen realize each one has been financially supporting Carla (Gina Lollobrigida) and her daughter because each believes he is the father.
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Castle of the Living Dead 1964  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Luciano Ricci, Lorenzo Sabatini, Michael Reeves
Cast: Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Mirko Valentin, Donald Sutherland, Antonio De Martino, Luigi Bonos, Jacques Stany, Luciano Pigozzi, Renato Terra, Ennio Antonelli
A circus troupe is invited to perform at evil Count Drago's (Christopher Lee) castle. The count experiments with potions that mummify animals, and he has a "nice" collection. Now, he is working on a human collection, and his new guests start becoming part of the collection. But, one member, a dwarf (Antonio De Martino) becomes the hero in dealing with the Count. Don Sutherland's film debut playing three roles.
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Le Trou 1960 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Hole
The Night Watch
Director: Jacques Becker
Cast: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel, Andre Bervil, Eddy Rasimi, Jean-Paul Coquelin, Catherine Spaak, Dominique Zardi
Director Jacques Becker used non-professional actors in this excellent prison-break story. A man (Marc Michel) awaiting trial for attempting to murder his wife joins a group of men planning a jail break from Sante Prison. The details of the plan are meticulously presented, keeping you on the edge of your seat. His wife drops the attempted murder charge, and he tries to get a further reduction of charges by ratting on his cellmates.
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A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later 1986  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry, Evelyne Bouix, Robert Hossein, Marie-Sophie Pochat, Philippe Leroy, Charles Gerard, Thierry Sabine, Antoine Sire
A widow (Anouk Aimee) and a racecar driver (Jean-Louis Trintignant) find love during the Paris to Dakar Rally. Very poor sequel to the fine film with the same stars 20 years before.
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Mannaja 1977 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: A Man Called Blade
Director: Sergio Martino
Cast: Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Donald O'Brien, Martine Brochard, Sonja Jeannine, Philippe Leroy, Rik Battaglia, Salvatore Puntillo, Nino Casale, Enzo Fiermonte
Bounty hunter Blade (Maurizio Merli) starts out in this late spaghetti Western by throwing his hatchet at, cutting off the hand of, and capturing bad guy Curt (Donald O'Brien). Things get even meaner when another bad guy blinds Blade (by burying him up to his neck and sewing Blade's eyes open). But Blade is saved by Burt, who Blade freed after not being able to get a reward. After learning to shoot by sound rather than sight, Blade gets his revenge.
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Moses 1996  TV, 188 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella, David Suchet, Christopher Lee, Anna Galiena, Enrico Lo Verso, Geraldine McEwan, Maurice Roeves, Anthony Higgins, Philippe Leroy, Philip Stone, Anton Lesser
This made-for-TV account of the Old Testament prophet Moses is highlighted by the fine performance of Ben Kingsley in the title role. The story begins with the baby Moses being placed in a basket by his mother and floated down the Nile to save him from the wicked pharaoh who called for the death of all Hebrew children. Found by a princess, he is raised in luxury, but his destiny is to lead his people out of Egypt to the promised land.
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Mother of Tears 2007 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias, Valeria Cavalli, Philippe Leroy, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Udo Kier, Robert Madison, Jun Ichikawa, Tommaso Banfi, Massimo Sarchielli
In this, the final film of Dario Argento's trilogy, American art student Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) is visiting Rome when she breaks the seal on an ancient urn and, in the process, unwittingly unleashes terror in the form of a plague of witches. Now, Sarah must use her own psychic powers to stop the most powerful witch, "Mother of Tears," from destroying Rome. The first two films in the trilogy are " Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980).
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 Nikita 1990 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Romance
aka: La Femme Nikita
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Jean Bouise, Philippe Du Janerand, Roland Blanche, Philippe Leroy, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathiere, Philippe Leroy
A drug addict who commits robbery and murder, Nikita (Anne Parillaud), is tried, convicted, and then sent to a school for special operatives. She is given a second chance when she is recruited as a hired assassin, then is pronounced dead and presumed buried. One night, Nikita is enjoying a dinner at a restaurant when she is handed a gun and told to kill the man seated next to her. She does and heads back to headquarters where she is told she has graduated. Thus begins her double life, but she is torn between this new life and leading a normal one. Remade in 1993 as "Point of No Return."
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| 1. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
2. Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
3. Le Trou (1960)
aka: The Hole
aka: The Night Watch
4. A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
5. Mannaja (1977)
aka: A Man Called Blade
6. Moses (1996)
7. Mother of Tears (2007)
aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
8. The Night Porter (1974)
9. Nikita (1990)
aka: La Femme Nikita
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