 The American President 1995  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, David Paymer, Richard Dreyfuss, Samantha Mathis, John Mahoney, Shawna Waldron, Anne Haney, Nina Siemaszko, Wendie Malick, Beau Billingslea, Joshua Malina
This Bill Clinton-like American President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) deals with media attention along with criticism when he (a widower) becomes involved with environmental lobbyist Sydney Wade (Annette Bening). Political enemies, including Kansas Senator Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss), have a field day when Shepherd and Wade begin their love affair. This film provides great satire on today's made-for-TV Washington, D.C., politics and how issues get lost in the race for ratings.
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 American Psycho 2000 R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloe Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Matt Ross
Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 satirical novel about the lack of morality on Wall Street in the 1980s features Christian Bale as the young Yuppie who goes to work and, apparently, does nothing but watch TV, make dinner reservations, and listen to pop ballads. It is the nighttime scene at which he excels: macabre acts of sex, violence, and murder.
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 Broken Arrow 1996  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, Bob Gunton, Frank Whaley, Howie Long, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jack Thompson, Kurtwood Smith, Casey Biggs, Shaun Toub, Vyto Ruginis, Qusaun Elam, Joey Box
Vic Deakins (John Travolta) and Riley Hale (Christian Slater) are pilots on a "Stealth" bomber packed with nuclear weaponry. On a routine patrol, Deakins knocks out copilot Hale, crashes the plane, and takes off with the weapons. He then threatens to detonate them if the Pentagon doesn't give him money. The chase is on as a recovered Hale and park ranger Terry Carmichael (Samantha Mathis) set out to track down Deakins.
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992 G, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Bill Kroyer
Cast: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Grace Zabriskie, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Kathleen Freeman, Tone Loc
This animated presentation tells the story of how one human, Zak (Christian Slater)–accidentally shrunk in size–helps the little creatures protect their Australian rainforest from intruding forces.
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Forbidden Sun 1989  R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Bulldance
Director: Zelda Barron
Cast: Lauren Hutton, Cliff De Young, Svetislav Goncic, Renee Estevez, Robert Beltran, Viveka Davis, Christine Harnos, Samantha Mathis, Renee Props, Enver Petrovci
American coach Francine Lake (Lauren Hutton) trains female gymnasts on the island of Crete. After one member of the squad is brutally raped, her teammates set out to find the attacker.
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How to Make an American Quilt 1995   PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes, Johnathon Schaech, Rip Torn, Samantha Mathis, Jean Simmons, Kate Nelligan, Kate Capshaw
Bride-to-be Finn (Winona Ryder) listens to stories of lost loves and eternal happiness as her remarkable circle of women friends and relatives stitch together her wedding quilt.
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Jack and Sarah 1995 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Sullivan
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Imogen Stubbs, Cherie Lunghi, Eileen Atkins, David(2) Swift
Set in London, this is the story of Jack (Richard E. Grant), a yuppie London lawyer, whose wife (Imogen Stubbs) dies in childbirth. Jack gets help from Amy (Samantha Mathis), an American who he hires as a nanny for his baby daughter, Sarah. The story then involves Jack's coming to terms with his new life as a father and trying to become a good parent.
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 Little Women 1994 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Mary Wickes, Susan Sarandon, Eric Stoltz, Christian Bale, John Neville, Florence Patterson, Robin Collins, Corrie Clark, Rebecca Toolan
Louisa May Alcott's delightful story of the New England, March sisters–Meg (Trini Alvarado), Jo (Winona Ryder), Amy (Samantha Mathis), and Beth (Claire Danes)–growing up during the Civil War era is once again interpreted for the screen. Fans of "Little Women" should add this to their list of "must sees." Winona Ryder was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. 1 User Review
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The Mists of Avalon 2001 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall, Edward Atterton, Michael Vartan, Michael Byrne, Hans Matheson, Mark Lewis Jones
So you thought you knew something about the legend of King Arthur. Well, the story was recast by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her bestseller and is now brought to the screen (TV screen, originally). Yes, it was really the women in Arthur's life that brought about his success, and this is their story. Whatever.
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The Music of Chance 1993 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey, Samantha Mathis, Chris Penn, Pearl Jones, Jordan Spainhour, Paul Auster
After losing in a poker game, Jack Pozzi (James Spader) and James Nash (Mandy Patinkin) must satisfy their debt by building a stone wall for on the estate of Willie Stone (Joel Grey) and Bill Flower (Charles Durning). Meanwhile, Calvin Murks (M. Emmet Walsh) diabolically directs their work efforts.
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 The Punisher 2004 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Cast: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, James Carpinello, Laura Harring, Will Patton, Ben Foster, John Pinette, Rebecca Romijn, Eddie Jemison, Samantha Mathis, Roy Scheider, Mark Collie
Former FBI agent Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) seeks revenge against wealthy criminal Howard Saint (James Carpinello) and his troop of assassins after they mercilessly massacred Castle's whole family–including his wife, child, father, and cousins.
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The Simian Line 2000 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Linda Yellen
Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan, Cindy Crawford, Samantha Mathis, Dylan Bruno, Monica Keena, Harry Connick Jr., Tyne Daly, William Hurt, Eric Stoltz
Three couples–Lynn Redgrave and Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford and Jamey Sheridan, and Monica Keena and Dylan Bruno–invite psychic Arnita (Tyne Daly) to their Halloween party where she finds ghosts (Samantha Mathis and William Hurt) present in the house. When the partygoers refuse to believe Arnita's claim, she angrily predicts that by New Year's Eve one of the couples will no longer be together.
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Super Mario Bros. 1993  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Cast: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens, Richard Edson, Fiona Shaw, Gianni Russo, Lance Henriksen, Dan Castellaneta
In this film version of the Nintendo game, the dirty dinos capture Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) and take her to Dinohattan, a world beneath Manhattan. Two Brooklyn plumbers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) come to Princess Daisy's rescue from the evil King Koopa (Dennis Hopper).
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The Thing Called Love 1993 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock, K.T. Oslin, Anthony Clark, Webb Wilder, Earl Poole Ball, Deborah Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore
In the last finished film of River Phoenix, he plays James Wright, an aspiring country singer who meets three others–Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis), Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney), and Linda Lue Linden (Sandra Bullock)–who also plan to hit it big in Nashville. They head for the Bluebell Cafe where many have found the way to stardom through the weekly singer contests. In the process love blooms, fades, and blooms again.
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| 1. The American President (1995)
2. American Psycho (2000)
3. Broken Arrow (1996)
4. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
5. Forbidden Sun (1989)
aka: Bulldance
6. How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
7. Jack and Sarah (1995)
8. Little Women (1994)
9. The Mists of Avalon (2001)
10. The Music of Chance (1993)
11. The Punisher (2004)
12. The Simian Line (2000)
13. Super Mario Bros. (1993)
14. The Thing Called Love (1993)
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