Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 2000  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Battlefield Earth
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Richard Tyson, Marie-Josee Croze, Kelly Preston, Michael Byrne, Sean Hewitt, Christian Tessier, Silvain Landry, Christopher Freeman, Tim Post, Michel Perron
Set in the year 3000, L. Ron Hubbard's (the founder of Scientology) story is about manipulative aliens, led by Teri (John Travolta), who have rounded up humans to mine Earth. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) is captured and sent to the mines, he determines to beat the aliens at their own game.
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 Masterminds 1997  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker, Bradley Whitford, Matt Craven, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jon Abrahams, Katie Stuart, Michael MacRae, Callum Keith Rennie
Ox (Vincent Kartheiser) was expelled from Shady Glen School and has decided to return for one last prank. After sneaking into the school's basement, he discovers that a fired school employee (Patrick Stewart) is already there and has taken the student body captive as part of his plan to get a huge ransom. Oz uses his brains and knowledge of computers as he leaps into action and saves the day.
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Nostradamus 1994  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Tcheky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick, Michael Gough, Maia Morgenstern, Magdalena Ritter, Bruce Meyers, Leon Lissek, Michael Byrne
Set in France during the 16th century, this story explores the life of doctor/scientist Nostradamus (Tcheky Karyo) whose Jewish family posed as Catholics to escape the Inquisition. As a student of scientist Scalinger (F. Murray Abraham), Nostradamus develops medical theories and creates herbal cures but loses his wife Marie (Julia Ormond) and their two children to the Black Plague. Nostradamus then moves to a remote village where he marries a widow, Anne (Assumpta Serna), with whom he begins a large family. At Scalinger's urging, Nostradamus begins writing and publishes a book of prophecies that includes the forecast of King Henry II's (Anthony Higgins) death. After seeing the book, Queen Catherine de Medici (Amanda Plummer) takes an interest and, later, after the King dies, gives Nostradamus lifelong protection from the Inquisition court, and he continues his prophecies.
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The Sender 1982  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman, Marsha A. Hunt, Sean Hewitt, Harry Ditson, Angus MacInnes, Al Matthews, Jana Sheldon, Olivier Pierre, Tracy Harper, Manning Redwood, John Stephen Hill, Monica Buford
A psychiatrist, Gail Farmer (Kathryn Harrold), deals with a suicidal patient who she dubs "John Doe" (Zeljko Ivanek) when he is put under her care. As he mysteriously disappears and then reappears, "John Doe" telepathically sends his thoughts into the minds of doctors and patients at the hospital. The hospital turns into a nightmare situation as Gail tries to help "John Doe" and solve the problems he appears to be causing.
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Underworld 1996  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna, Annabella Sciorra, Larry Bishop, Abe Vigoda, Robert Costanzo, Traci Lords, Jimmie F. Skaggs, James Tolkan, Heidi Schanz, Cristi Conaway, Angela Jones, Amy Moon, Marc Baur, Michael David Simms
In his effort to find out who made an assassination attempt on his father's life seven years before, ex-con Johnny (Denis Leary) abducts mob boss Frank Gavilan (Joe Mantegna). Johnny suspects that Frank might be behind the assassination attempt and uses the psychotherapy degree he earned in prison as the means of uncovering the assassin. He even takes Frank to sex therapist Dr. Diane Leah (Annabella Sciorra) as one of the steps in learning who attacked his father.
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| 1. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
aka: Battlefield Earth
2. Masterminds (1997)
3. Nostradamus (1994)
4. The Sender (1982)
5. Underworld (1996)
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