All the Pretty Horses 2000  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Cast: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penelope Cruz, Lucas Black, Ruben Blades, Miriam Colon, Bruce Dern, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard, Elizabeth Ibarra
In the late 1940s, down-on-his-luck John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) convinces his friend Lacey (Henry Thomas) to join him on a trip to Mexico. They plan to work as cowboys on one of Mexico's many cattle ranches. Along the way, the duo hooks up with Jimmy (Lucas Black), but misfortune follows, and they part company. More misfortune lies ahead when they get work on Don Hector Rocha's (Ruben Blades) horse ranch, and Cole becomes romantically involved with Don Hector's daughter, Alejandra (Penelope Cruz).
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 Assassination Tango 2003 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Duvall
Cast: Robert Duvall, Ruben Blades, Kathy Baker, Luciana Pedraza, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Frank Glo, James Keane, Katherine Micheaux Miller, Frank Cassavetes, Michael Corrente
Hit man John J. Anderson (Robert Duvall) is in Argentina on a mission to assassinate a war criminal who, it turns out, is now confined in a hospital. While John bides his time in Argentina, he meets a professional dancer (Luciana Pedraza), and romance blooms as she teaches him the history and mastery of the tango.
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Chinese Box 1997  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui, Ruben Blades, Russell Cawthorne, Jared Harris, Chaplin Chang, Noel Rands, Emma Lucia
Based on the story of Hong Kong after the British turned it over to the People's Republic of China in 1997, this is the tale of John (Jeremy Irons), a dying photojournalist. His death coincides with, and is symbolic of, the end of British domination of the city.
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Cradle Will Rock 1999  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Robbins
Cast: Hank Azaria, Ruben Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Philip Baker Hall, Cherry Jones, Angus Macfadyen, Bill Murray, Vanessa Redgrave
Set in 1936, this Tim Robbins story gives insight into how President Franklin Roosevelt's subsistence program for artists often proved suspect to redbaiters. In this case, a pro-labor musical does not stand a chance of making it when it is threatened by Congressional testimony about the production team's leftist leanings.
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Critical Condition 1987   R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Ruben Blades, Joe Mantegna, Bob Dishy, Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Garrett Morris, Bob Saget
Richard Pryor plays a hustler who, after his arrest, must prove he is insane in order to avoid prison. While at a mental hospital for evaluation, he finds himself left in charge. Could be better–a lot better. 1 User Review
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The Devil's Own 1997 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Ruben Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitch Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Simon Jones, Julia Stiles, Paul Ronan, Ashley Carin, David Wilmot, David O'Hara
An honest cop, Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford), unwittingly allows an Irish Republican Army leader, McGuire Devaney (Brad Pitt), into his home as a boarder and suffers the consequences when Devaney's other personality of cold-blooded killer emerges.
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Disorganized Crime 1989  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Kouf
Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Fred Gwynne, Hoyt Axton, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ed O'Neill, Ruben Blades, William Russ, Daniel Roebuck, John Oblinger, Dean Norris
After the leader of five criminals is arrested, the four remaining decide to rob a bank in rural Montana. Like the title suggests, the robbery is anything but orderly.
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 Fatal Beauty 1987 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren, Brad Dourif, Cheech Marin, Charles Hallahan, Neill Barry, Mike Jolly, David Harris, James LeGros, Mark Pellegrino, Fred Asparagus
Tenacious narcotics cop Detective Rita Rizzo (Whoopi Goldberg) is on the trail of drug kingpin Conrad Kroll (Harris Yulin), but, after problems arise, she is taken off the case. Small-time dealers Leo Nova and Earl Skinner (Brad Dourif and Mike Jolly) have hijacked the drug "Fatal Beauty" and have a problem: they do not know that "Fatal Beauty" has been contaminated, is poisonous, and is killing people. Now, Rizzo goes undercover posing as a prostitute, but Kroll has assigned Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott) to keep an eye on Rita, and he becomes her companion as she hunts down Nova and Skinner.
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 Imagining Argentina 2003 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Christopher Hampton
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Ruben Blades, Maria Canals-Barrera, Leticia Dolera, John Wood, Claire Bloom, Anton Lesser, Kuno Becker, Fernando Tielve, Stella Maris, Concha Hidalgo
During Argentina's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, theater director Carlos Rueda (Antonio Banderas) uses psychic powers as he desperately searches for his wife, Cecilia (Emma Thompson), and teenage daughter Teresa (Leticia Dolera). The two women have been abducted and are among Argentina's 30,000 "disaparecidos" who have vanished under the corrupt junta rule.
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The Lemon Sisters 1990 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joyce Chopra
Cast: Diane Keaton, Carol Kane, Kathryn Grody, Elliott Gould, Ruben Blades, Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Richard Libertini, Sully Boyar, Bill Boggs
Eloise, Franki, and Nola (Diane Keaton, Carol Kane, and Kathryn Grody) have been best friends in Atlantic City since childhood and currently moonlight as a not-too-successful singing trio, the Lemon Sisters. They are always on the lookout for money schemes so they can get their own club, but have been unsuccessful. When Eloise and Nola strike it rich by selling their small businesses to a casino developer, things change for all.
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Life with Mikey 1993 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Lapine
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christina Vidal, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper, David Krumholtz, David Huddleston, Christine Baranski, Ruben Blades, Mandy Patinkin, Victor Garber
Down-and-out talent agency director Michael Chapman (Fox) thinks he has found a gold mine in Angie Vega (Vidal) who he is sure is a child prodigy.
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The Maldonado Miracle 2003 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Salma Hayek
Cast: Peter Fonda, Mare Winningham, Ruben Blades, Eddy Martin, Bill Sage, Dan Merker, Soledad St. Hilaire, Scott Michael Campbell, Jesse Borrego, Christina Cabot, Frank Gerrish, Jeanette Longoria
In San Ramos, the statue of Jesus appears to be shedding tears. Although Father Russell (Peter Fonda) doubts that a miracle is really happening, word spreads, and tourists flock to the small, dying town giving its residents hope.
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The Milagro Beanfield War 1988 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Chick Vennera, Christopher Walken, Sonia Braga, Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, M. Emmet Walsh
When big money interests want to build a resort near a small town, a group of its citizens fight for the right to cultivate the land. Great scenery.
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 Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Ruben Blades, Willem Dafoe, Gerardo Vigil
In this sequel to 1991's "El Mariachi," drug lord Barillo (Willem Dafoe) and General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) have hatched a plot to overthrow the president of Mexico. CIA Agent Sands (Johnny Depp) recruits Gen. Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) to help prevent Marquez from assuming power after the assassination. Double crosses prove to be the mainstay of this story.
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 Predator 2 1990 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Robert Davi, Adam Baldwin, Morton Downey Jr., Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo, Kent McCord, Morton Downey Jr., Steve Kahan, Calvin Lockhart, Henry Kingi
Set in 1997 (at the time–the future), the Predator (Kevin Peter Hall) has relocated to Los Angeles, and LAPD Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) and his partners–Danny (Ruben Blades), Leona (Maria Conchita Alonso), and Jerry (Bill Paxton)–set out to stop the havoc being wreaked on Los Angeles citizens. FBI investigator Peter Keyes (Gary Busey) warns Harrigan and his team to stay out of it, but his advice goes unheeded. More people are killed, including some of Harrigan's team, before Harrigan confronts the Predator, injures it, and becomes the hunter rather than the hunted.
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Scorpion Spring 1995  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian Cox
Cast: Alfred Molina, Patrick McGaw, Angel Aviles, Esai Morales, Kevin Tighe, Matthew McConaughey, John Doe, Ruben Blades, Miguel Sandoval, Richard Edson
On his way to California, a French rogue (Alfred Molina) teams up with a drifter (Patrick McGaw); the two then join forces with a man and a woman (Esai Morales and Angel Aviles). Danger lurks, and the result is a fight to the death.
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Secuestro Express 2004 R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Kidnap Express
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast: Mia Maestro, Ruben Blades, Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Perez, Carlos Madera, Jean Paul Leroux
Inspired by an epidemic of kidnappings in Latin America, this story revolves around one terrifying night in Caracas when the lives of kidnap victims Carla (Mia Maestro) and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux) depend on Carla's father's (Ruben Blades) ability to raise $20,000 in ransom to be paid within 24 hours. The three kidnappers (Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Perez, and Carlos Madera) do not always agree with each other on the types of violence involved in the crime, and one even becomes protective of Carla.
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Spin 2004 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Redford
Cast: Ryan Merriman, Stanley Tucci, Dana Delany, Paula Garces, Ruben Blades, Max Madore, Marissa Baca, Daniel O'Haco, Miguel Ortega, Rich Montague
After Eddie (Max Madore when young, Ryan Merriman when older) loses his parents in a plane crash, he is taken in by his uncle (Stanley Tucci). The uncle leaves on an extended absence placing Eddie in the care of a ranch-hand and the ranch-hand's wife. The boy grows into a troubled teen, and when his uncle returns, he and the ranch-hand try to put Eddie back on track. This is 0James Redford's (son of Robert) debut as a director.
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The Super 1991 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rod Daniel
Cast: Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith-Osborne, Ruben Blades, Stacey Travis, Carole Shelley, Kenny Blank, Paul Benjamin, Beatrice Winde, Carol Jean Lewis, Anthony Heald, Jack Hallett
Wealthy slumlord Louie Kritski (Joe Pesci) owns a rundown tenement building to which the court orders him to make needed repairs. But when he is also ordered to take up residence in the building for 120 days, Louie gets a firsthand look at life on the other side of the tracks.
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The Two Jakes 1990 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Nicholson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter, Joe Pantell, James Hong, Perry Lopez, Rebecca Broussard
In this sequel to "Chinatown," detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) finds himself in the middle of an illegal land-development scheme that also involves murder. It all begins when Gittes is hired by another Jake–L.A. realtor tycoon Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel)–who suspects his wife Kitty (Meg Tilly) of cheating on him. They plot to have Berman walk in on Kitty and her lover while Gittes records the conversation from the next room. But, plans go awry when Berman kills Kitty's lover–and things are not always what they seem as Gittes is about to discover.
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| 1. All the Pretty Horses (2000)
2. Assassination Tango (2003)
3. Chinese Box (1997)
4. Cradle Will Rock (1999)
5. Critical Condition (1987)
6. The Devil's Own (1997)
7. Disorganized Crime (1989)
8. Fatal Beauty (1987)
9. Imagining Argentina (2003)
10. The Lemon Sisters (1990)
11. Life with Mikey (1993)
12. The Maldonado Miracle (2003)
13. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
14. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
15. Predator 2 (1990)
16. Scorpion Spring (1995)
17. Secuestro Express (2004)
aka: Kidnap Express
18. Spin (2004)
19. The Super (1991)
20. The Two Jakes (1990)
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