Aliens 1986  R, 137 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Mark Rolston, Paul Maxwell, Blain Fairman, Al Matthews, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller
Fifty-seven years have passed since the last encounter, and Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)–the only survivor of "Alien"–awakens from hibernation and becomes a member of a crew of soldiers on the trail of the alien in her nest (where she has devoured an entire colony except for one little girl). Intense and scary. Weaver continues her good performances and received an Oscar nomination. The film also received two Oscars (Best Visual Effects and Sound Effects Editing) and was nominated for four others.
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The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission 1985  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Ken Wahl, Larry Wilcox, Sonny Landham, Richard Jaeckel, Wolf Kahler, Gavan O'Herlihy, Ricco Ross, Jay Benedict, Stephen Hattersley, Rolf Saxon, Michael John Paliotti, Paul Herzberg, Jeff Harding
Nearly 20 years after the first "Dirty Dozen" was filmed, this story begins when Maj. Gen. Warden (Ernest Borgnine) orders Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin) on another mission. Convicts–the Dirty Dozen–are again rounded up and, this time, led by Reisman to parachute behind enemy lines during World War II in order to kill a Nazi general and foil his plot to assassinate Hitler. You'll have to watch the film to understand why they would be ordered to do that!
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Slipstream 1989 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Lisberger
Cast: Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton, Susan Leong, Rita Wolf, Eleanor David, F. Murray Abraham, Ben Kingsley, Robbie Coltrane, Paul Reynolds, Ricco Ross
Set in a future era, when pollution reigns over the Earth, two police officers–Tasker (Mark Hamill) and sidekick Belitski (Kitty Aldridge)–arrest a fugitive, Byron (Bob Peck). Bounty hunter Matt (Bill Paxton) hears there is a bounty out for Byron, tricks Tasker and Belitski, grabs the prisoner, and whisks him away on his plane. Tasker and Belitski follow in hot pursuit.
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Wishmaster 1997   R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Kurtzman
Cast: Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff, Tony Todd, Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Wendy Benson-Landes, Chris Lemmon, Tony Crane, Jenny O'Hara, Ricco Ross
Gemologist Alexandra Amberson (Tammy Lauren) is stalked by a diabolical genie, "the "Djinn" (Andrew Divoff), whose intent is to make people wish for things that will ensure his plan for destroying the world. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 03/03/2007 | | Great movie - very twisted! |
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| 1. Aliens (1986)
2. The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985)
3. Slipstream (1989)
4. Wishmaster (1997)
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