Adventures of Huck Finn 1993  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Ron Perlman, Dana Ivey, Anne Heche, Curtis Armstrong, Frances Conroy, James Gammon, Paxton Whitehead, Tom Eldredge, Laura Bell Bundy, Mary Louise Wilson, Danny Tamberelli
This production stays close to the first half of Mark Twain's novel. The con-men, "the King" (Jason Robards) and "the Duke" (Robbie Coltrane), are played well with hints of humor as they impersonate royalty and try to swindle two sisters (Anne Heche and Laura Bell Bundy) out of their fortune. Meanwhile, the innocent boy, Huck (Elijah Wood), has escaped from his brutal father, Pap (Ron Perlman), and has joined escaped slave Jim (Courtney B. Vance) on a rafting trip down the Mississippi River. Huck and Jim develop an understanding of each other and then run into "the King" and "the Duke" along the way. It doesn't take long for Huck and Jim to be drawn reluctantly into the schemes of "the King" and "the Duke."
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Alien: Resurrection 1997  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, Raymond Cruz, Kim Flowers, Marlene Bush, Leland Orser, Carolyn Campbell, David St. James
In this sequel to "Alien 3," the time is 200 years later, and Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has died., but she has been cloned. Scientists remove the baby Alien Queen from the cloned Ripley's chest. Unfortunately, some of the old Queen Alien DNA is still present, and, once again, the Queen Alien begins giving birth to a new breed of deadly aliens.
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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island 2000  G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Musical
Director: Larry Latham
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Lacey Chabert, Pat Musick, Erica Yohn, John Kassir, Rene Auberjonois, David Carradine, Ron Perlman, Sherman Howard, Tony Jay, Richard Karron, Elaine Bilstad
Little Fievel the mouse is back. This time he comes across a tribe of American mice holed out in NYC and helps them protect a hidden treasure.
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Battle for Terra 2009 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure
aka: Terra
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, James Garner, Chris Evans, Dennis Quaid, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Beverly D'Angelo, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, Danny Trejo
In this 3-D animated adventure, young Mala (voice of Evan Rachel Wood) is enjoying life on her peaceful, gravity-defying planet Terra when humans from Earth, led by the evil General Hammer (voice of Brian Cox), invade Terra and kidnap Mala's father Roven (voice of Dennis Quaid). Mala captures Earth pilot Jim (voice of Luke Wilson) after he crash lands and nurses him back to health. She learns from Jim that the humans who have invaded Terra are the last of their species and that they have exhausted Earth's resources. Jim and Mala form a friendship, and, as they set out to rescue Mala's father, they realize that the inhabitants of Earth and Terra are not really different from each other. They may now hold the key to helping them coexist.
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 Blade II 2002 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Horror
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Luke Goss, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, Thomas Kretschmann, Matt Schulze, Danny John-Jules, Donnie Yen, Tony Curran, Daz Crawford, Karel Roden, Marit Velle Kile, Santiago Segura
In this sequel, Marvel Comics character–half-human, half-vampire warrior Blade (Wesley Snipes)–is reunited with his mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), and forms a truce with enemies Reinhardt (Ron Perlman) and Damaskinos (Thomas Kretschmann). Now, Blade commands the Bloodpack in a valiant effort to save the world from a mutation that has resulted in vampires that prey not only on humans but on other vampires as well.
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Bread and Roses 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, George Lopez, Alonso Chavez, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila, Benicio Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Lillian Hurst, Mayron Payes
When illegal immigrant Maya (Pilar Padilla) arrives in L.A., she moves in with her sister Rosa's (Elpidia Carrillo) family. In need of money, the sisters work as janitors, meet union organizer Sam (Adrien Brody), and join the union–despite fears that they will lose their much-needed jobs.
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City of Lost Children 1995 R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Genevieve Brunet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marc Caro, Joseph Lucien
Mad Krank (Daniel Emilfork) orders Cyclops (men who have had one eye removed and replaced with computer-driven devises) to kidnap children. He then steals the children's dreams and cannibalizes them.
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Desperation 2006 R, 131 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Mystery / Drama / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Desperation
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, Charles Durning, Matt Frewer, Ron Perlman, Shane Haboucha, Kelly Overton, Sylvia Kelegian, Henry Thomas, Sammi Hanratty, Ewan Chung, Tom Parker
Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman) is the sheriff in Desperation, Nevada, where the streets are littered with the bodies of townsfolk. He arrests travelers Peter and Mary Jackson (Henry Thomas and Annabeth Gish) and then Steve (Steven Weber), Cynthia (Kelly Overton), and John (Tom Skerritt) who are tossed in jail where they meet young, mysterious David (Shane Haboucha) who seems to have strange powers and an idea of what is going on. They realize that something very eerie is happening in Desperado. But, can these mere mortals really put an end to the devastation, or will friendly ghosts come to their aid?
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The Devil's Tomb 2009  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jason Connery
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Winstone, Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Henry Rollins, Valerie Cruz, Franky G, Bill Moseley, Stephanie Jacobsen, Sarah Ann Morris, Zack Ward, Jason London, Weston Blakesley, Brandon Fobbs, Mia Miller
War veteran Mack (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is contracted by CIA operative Elissa (Valerie Cruz) to rescue a scientist, Wesley (Ron Perlman), who is trapped in a Middle East desert underground lab. Mack leads his team of mercenaries, and, with help from a mysterious priest, Fulton (Henry Rollins), they discover a secret that has been hidden for thousands of years. Now, weird events occur as they explore the area and encounter zombie colonists.
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 Enemy at the Gates 2001 R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Gabriel Thomson, Eva Mattes, Matthias Habich, Sophie Rois, Ivan Shvedoff, Mario Bandi, Mikhail Matveyev, Hans Martin Stier, Clemens Schick
This film is based on true facts of a cat-and-mouse game of survival played between a Russian, Vassily Zaitsev (Jude Law), and his enemy, German businessman Major Koenig (Ed Harris) during World War II. When fate brings them together, Zaitsev and Koenig, who have both fallen in love with Tanya (Rachel Weisz), engage in their own battle while the Battle of Stalingrad rages.
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Fluke 1995 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Carlo Carlei
Cast: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Nancy Travis, Max Pomeranc, Ron Perlman, Jon Polito, Bill Cobbs, Samuel L. Jackson, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Federico Pacifici, Clarinda Ross, Adrian Roberts, Deborah Hobart, Bart Hansard, Libby Whittemore
In this "talking dog" film, a Chocolate Labrador (voice of Matthew Modine) discovers that he was once a man, Thomas P. Johnson (also played by Modine) who was killed in an accident, and now he is back on Earth as a dog named Fluke. He returns to his wife and son–Carol and Brian (Nancy Travis and Max Pomeranc)–in time to save them from an evil acquaintance, Jeff Newman (Eric Stoltz).
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Frogs for Snakes 1998  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amos Poe
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Hamlin, Ian Hart, John Leguizamo, Lisa Marie, Debi Mazar, Ron Perlman, Clarence Williams III, Justin Theroux
This gangster farce features Barbara Hershey in the role of Eva, a waitress who moonlights for her loan shark husband, Al Santana (Robbie Coltrane)–who, in turn, moonlights as an Off Off-Broadway performer. Eva is fed up with the collection game, but Al sends her out on one last assignment: collecting $100,000 from his son, Flav (Justin Theroux). "Frogs for Sale" combines violence with comedy and takes it too far over the limit.
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Happy, Texas 1999 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Illsley
Cast: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Ally Walker, Illeana Douglas, M.C. Gainey, Ron Perlman, Mo Gaffney, Paul Dooley, Tim Bagley
Two escaped cons, Harry Sawyer (Jeremy Northam) and Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr. (Steve Zahn), steal a camper belonging to two gay men who produce beauty pageants. When Sawyer and Wayne arrive in Happy, Texas, they are mistaken for the producers. As two heterosexual men, they quickly enjoy the benefits of their new station in life.
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 Hellboy 2004 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Corey Johnson, Doug Jones, Biddy Hodson, David Hyde Pierce, Angus MacInnes, Brian Caspe, Brian Steele, Ladislav Beran, Kevin Trainor
During World War II, the Nazis conjured up a red-skinned devil baby. U.S. soldiers rescued him, named him Hellboy, and Professor Bruttenholm (John Hurt) took him under his wing. Flash ahead in time; seven-feet-tall Hellboy (Ron Perlman) is now a muscular, cigar-chomping spewer of one-liners who sports a red tail. Although he doesn't fit the typical description of an agent, the FBI uses him as their special weapon to protect the U.S. against supernatural powers.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy / Drama
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, James Dodd, Seth MacFarlane, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, John Hurt, Brian Steele, Andrew Hefler, Ivan Kamaras, Mike Kelly, Jeremy Zimmerman
That cigar-chomping agent, Hellboy (Ron Perlman), is back, and this time he battles the evil Prince Nuada (Luke Goss). Aiding Hellboy in his mission of using superpowers for good are his Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development colleagues: his girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), Johann Krauss (John Alexander and James Dodd), and robotic/aquatic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones). In order to raise the Golden Army of wind-up people that lunge forward on springs for the powers of darkness, Prince Nuada must first reassemble the mystical crown that is being protected by his sister Princess Nuala (Anna Walton). Now, the future of mankind lies in the hands of Hellboy and his cohorts as they try to stop Prince Nuada from succeeding in his evil mission. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Makeup.
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Hoodlum & Son 2003 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ashley Way
Cast: Ted King, Ron Perlman, Robert Vaughn, Mia Sara, Myles Jeffrey, Emily McArthur, Ian Roberts, Michael Richard, Charlotte Savage, Russel Savadier, Antony Coleman, Shane Howarth
When unruly ten-year-old Archie Ellroy (Myles Jeffrey) gets involved in his father Charlie's (Ted King) underworld business during the 1930s, Archie's interference results in father and son on the run trying to escape the wrath of Mafia kingpin Benny "The Bomb" Palladino (Robert Vaughn).
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Houdini 1998 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pen Densham
Cast: Johnathon Schaech, Paul Sorvino, Rhea Perlman, Stacy Edwards, George Segal, Ron Perlman, David Warner, Mark Ruffalo, Grace Zabriskie, Judy Geeson
Billed as the "World's Greatest Escape Artist," Harry Houdini is the subject of this biography, which follows his life from birth, immigration to the U.S., and on to fame and fortune as the legendary master of magic.
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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale 2007 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Uwe Boll
Cast: Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Kristanna Loken, Matthew Lillard, Brian J. White, Mike Dopud, Will Sanderson, Tania Saulnier, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Gabrielle Rose, Colin Ford
Based on the "Dungeon Siege" video game, this story involves turnip farmer Farmer (Jason Statham) whose son Zeph (Colin Ford) is killed and his wife Solana (Claire Forlani) kidnapped by the villainous Krugs–an army of beasts that shattered Farmer's nearby village. Farmer, Norick (Ron Perlman), and Bastian (Will Sanderson) venture out into unknown lands to rescue Solana and, in the process, save their king (Burt Reynolds) whose life is threatened by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta) who plots to rule the world.
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 The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman, Marco Hofschneider, Temuera Morrison, Peter Elliott, William Hootkins, Daniel Rigney, Mark Dacascos, Nelson de la Rosa, Neil Young, Miguel Lopez, David Hudson
Based on H.G. Wells' story, this is the tale of Edward Douglas' (David Thewlis) rescue at sea that brings him to Doctor Moreau's (Marlon Brando) island where the evil doctor and his assistant, Montgomery (Val Kilmer), perform grotesque genetic experiments involving the crossbreeding of animals with humans.
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The King's Guard 2000 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jonathan Tydor
Cast: Eric Roberts, Ron Perlman, Lesley-Anne Down, Ashley Jones, Trevor St. John, David Beecroft, Brian Cousins, Gerald Patrick Cox, Khrystyne Haje, Matthias Hues
Princess Gwendolyn (Ashley Jones) is protected by the King's Guard as she travels through territory inhabited by an outlaw band intent on overthrowing the king. Wouldn't you know it, the princess and the guards are chased, take shelter in some ruins, and try to figure out how to get out of trouble. But Augustus Talbert (Eric Roberts), the outcast nobleman and the leader of the outlaws, has his own plans. Low-class acting, fighting scenes, costumes, and so on and so on.
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The Last Supper 1996 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stacy Title
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Annabeth Gish, Courtney B. Vance, Ron Eldard, Jonathan Penner, Bill Paxton, Charles Durning, Jason Alexander, Ron Perlman, Nora Dunn
This black comedy is about a group of five graduate students who plot to take the law into their own hands and poison dinner guests who expound on evils such as homosexuality and promote right-to-life issues.
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The Name of the Rose 1986 R, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Elya Baskin, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Dwight Weist, Volker Prechtel
Murders are occurring in a 14th-century monastery, and a Franciscan monk (Sean Connery) sets out to solve them.
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Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow 1994  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, G.W. Bailey, Christopher Lee, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Charlie Schlatter, Richard Israel, Gregg Berger, Vladimir Dolinsky, Pamela Guest, Stuart Nisbet, David St. James
So–you thought the "Police Academy" series was gone forever, but you were wrong. This time around, America's worst police force heads to Russia to help uncover the tough computer hacker.
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Price of Glory 2000 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carlos Avila
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Jon Seda, Clifton Collins Jr., Maria del Mar, Ernesto Hernandez, Ron Perlman, Sal Lopez, Louis Mandylor, Danielle Camastra, Paul Rodriguez
Arturo Ortega (Jimmy Smits) bullies his three sons (Jon Seda, Clifton Collins Jr., and Ernesto Hernandez) into becoming professional boxers (a sport in which he failed miserably as a young man). When the young Ortegas begin attracting national attention, fight promoter Nick Everson (Ron Perlman) enters the scene and tries to lure the sons away from their domineering father.
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Romeo Is Bleeding 1993 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Michael Wincott, Roy Scheider, Ron Perlman, Dennis Farina, Will Patton, David Proval
Jack (Gary Oldman), a New York cop who is on the take, has a good life–nice home, wife, and a dumb mistress. His job for the mob is to supply information on mob-related witnesses. When Jack is hired to guard a tough, sexy, Russian hit woman (Lena Olin), his life starts to unravel. Lots of brutality in this modern film noir.
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The Second Civil War 1997 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, Dan Hedaya, James Coburn, Elizabeth Pena, Denis Leary, Ron Perlman, Brian Keith
When the Governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges) refuses to allow Pakistani orphans to relocate in his state, the President of United States (Phil Hartman) does not agree with the decision and sends in federal troops.
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 Sleepwalkers 1992 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Brian Krause, Madchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie, Cindy Pickett, Ron Perlman, Lyman Ward, Dan Martin, Glenn Shadix, Cynthia Garris
A mother (Alice Krige) and her son (Brian Krause) move into a sleepy Midwestern town; it soon becomes clear that the couple is not your run-of-the-mill family, but turn into monstrous sleepwalkers that prey on young virgins for their life force. Descended from cats, they are only vulnerable to a cat's scratch. Their next victim, Tanya (Madchen Amick), proves to be a tough one to deal with. Bad, but might be fun on a winter's night.
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Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Muldaur
The Enterprise has been diverted to the planet Romulus where the crew uncovers plans by the Romulans to attack Earth and throw the universe out of kilter.
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A Stoning in Fulham County 1988 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Elikann
Cast: Ken Olin, Jill Eikenberry, Ron Perlman, Gregg Henry, Theodore Bikel, Nicholas Pryor, Peter Michael Goetz, Noble Willingham, Brad Pitt, Olivia Burnette
In this made-for-TV movie Amish parents, following the murder of their infant by local teenagers, refuse to help prosecute the case.
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Titan A.E. 2000 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Art Vitello
Cast: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings, Alex D. Linz, Charles Rocket, Ken Hudson Campbell, Tsai Chin
In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.
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A Town Has Turned to Dust 1998 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Rob Nilsson
Cast: Ron Perlman, Stephen Lang, Gabriel Olds, Zahn McClarnon, Judy Collins, Barbara Jane Reams, Frankie Avina, J. Scott Bronson, Neblis Francois, Maxx Payne
In this futuristic Western, Earth has turned into a radioactive wasteland, and only a few forsaken souls are left on the planet. Now, with a big news story in the making, reporter Hanifen (Gabriel Olds) has been dispatched to Earth to get the scoop. As the story unravels, a ruthless town boss, Jerry Paul (Ron Perlman), leads a lynch mob against an innocent Native American teen, setting off a confrontation with the town's sheriff, Harvey Denton (Stephen Lang).
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When the Bough Breaks 1993 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Cohn
Cast: Ally Walker, Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman, Tara Subkoff, Robert Knepper, Scott Lawrence, John P. Connolly, Dick Welsbacher, James Medina, Julianna McCarthy
Police forensic expert Audrey Macleah (Ally Walker) investigates the serial killing of children, which included severed hands. The trail leads to an institutionalized teen, Jordan (Tara Subkoff), a selective mute who had been abandoned as a child. Through Jordan, the terrible truth emerges.
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| 1. Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
2. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
3. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (2000)
4. Battle for Terra (2009)
aka: Terra
5. Blade II (2002)
6. Bread and Roses (2000)
7. City of Lost Children (1995)
8. Cronos (1992)
9. Desperation (2006)
aka: Stephen King's Desperation
10. The Devil's Tomb (2009)
11. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
12. Fluke (1995)
13. Frogs for Snakes (1998)
14. Happy, Texas (1999)
15. Hellboy (2004)
16. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
17. Hoodlum & Son (2003)
18. Houdini (1998)
19. Ice Pirates (1984)
20. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
21. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
22. The King's Guard (2000)
23. The Last Supper (1996)
24. The Name of the Rose (1986)
25. Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
26. Price of Glory (2000)
27. Quest for Fire (1981)
28. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
29. The Second Civil War (1997)
30. Sleepwalkers (1992)
aka: Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
31. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
32. A Stoning in Fulham County (1988)
33. Titan A.E. (2000)
34. A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
35. When the Bough Breaks (1993)
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