 The Blob 1988  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Ricky Paull Goldin, Kevin Dillon, Billy Beck, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Art LaFleur, Del Close, Michael Kenworthy
There is plenty of gore and fair special effects in this remake of the 1958 film. The gooey mess falls from the sky and devours all in its path in gruesome ways. Will our teen duo save the day? It'll be hard when the townsfolk won't believe them. How about that restaurant cook who is sucked, head first, down the drain when he tries to plunge the Blob?
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Dead Men Can't Dance 1997  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Michael Biehn, Kathleen York, Adrian Paul, R. Lee Ermey, Rodney Eastman, Wendy Gazelle, Hiep Thi Le, John Carroll Lynch, Shawnee Smith, Grace Zabriskie
Combat training and later military action in Korea is the theme for this very dull movie.
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Desperate Hours 1990 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, David Morse, Robert Evans, Elias Koteas, Mike Nussbaum, Shawnee Smith
This is a remake of 1955's excellent film starring Humphrey Bogart. This time around, Mickey Rourke plays the role of the escaped convict who holds a family hostage. Watch the earlier version.
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Dogtown 1997  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Karen Black, Harold Russell, Erin Murphy, Shawnee Smith, John Livingston, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Philip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) returns to his small town in Missouri after several years of trying to make it in Hollywood. He had little luck, but becomes a hometown hero of sorts and pursues his old flame Dorothy (Mary Stuart Masterson) who is now a bored, drunken hairdresser.
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Face of Evil 1996 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mary Lambert
Cast: Tracey Gold, Perry King, Shawnee Smith, Don Harvey, Simi Mehta, Brigitta Dau, Nicole Prescott, Heather Hansen, Karen Alston, David Jensen, Mireille Enos
Darcy (Tracey Gold) has a habit of killing people and stealing their identities. Now, she takes the place of her latest victim at college where she falls in love with her roommate's (Shawnee Smith) father, Russell (Perry King), and decides to "retire." But things aren't that simple, and she must return to her killings.
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Iron Eagle 1986  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Larry B. Scott, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson, Jerry Levine, Michael Bowen, Caroline Lagerfelt, Robbie Rist, Tom Fridley, Michael Alldredge, Robert Jayne, Melora Hardin, David Greenlee, Shawnee Smith
Doug's (Jason Gedrick) father (Tim Thomerson) is an Air Force pilot whose plane has been shot down, and he is being held prisoner in the Middle East. In order to save his father, Doug hatches a plan. With help from retired Air Force Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.) who trains Doug and his school friends, they steal two F-16s and head off to the Middle East to perform their rescue mission.
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The Low Life 1995  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Rory Cochrane, Sean Astin, Kyra Sedgwick, Ron Livingston, Christian J. Meoli, Sara Melson, James LeGros, J.T. Walsh, Shawnee Smith, Antoni Corone, Angel Aviles, Mark Blum
Director George Hickenlooper uses this story–about self-centered Yale graduates living in L.A., working at mundane jobs, and drifting aimlessly–to make a point about the inability of some Ivy League graduates with everything going for them to make it in the real world.
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Men 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
Cast: Sean Young, Dylan Walsh, John Heard, Richard Hillman, Karen Black, Beau Starr, Shawnee Smith, Glenn Shadix, Annie McEnroe, Shannon Conlon, Kenneth Moskow, Annie Fitzgerald, Keith Odett, Gary Wolf, Eric B. Jones
Stella (Sean Young) lives with her alcoholic ex-boyfriend Teo (Dylan Walsh) and spends her time picking up men for one-night stands. Desiring to become a chef, but happy in her adventures with men, she accepts her ex's offer of a one-way ticket to L.A. Once there, she gets a job as a chef, does well at it, but still likes to continue going through men. After falling for one, she starts thinking that perhaps it is time to settle down. But tragedy strikes. Sean Young is good in this otherwise weak effort.
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 Saw 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: James Wan
Cast: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Mike Butters, Paul Gutrecht, Michael Emerson, Benito Martinez, Shawnee Smith, Monica Potter, Makenzie Vega, Ned Bellamy, Avner Garbi, Alexandra Bokyun Chun
A serial killer named "Jigsaw Killer" by the police is on the loose, and his latest victims–Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes)–awaken to find themselves chained to pipes in a warehouse bathroom with a dead body between them. They are told through an electronically produced voice that the only escape route is for one of them to kill the other within the next eight hours.
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 Saw II 2005 R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Erik Knudsen, Tim Burd, Noam Jenkins, Tony Nappo, Lyriq Bent, Noam Jenkins, Kelly Jones
Serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) has cancer and is eager to be put in jail thinking that his imprisonment will throw police off his trail. Once again, Jigsaw is punishing people who he believes have morally misbehaved. Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) investigates and learns that Jigsaw has trapped Matthews' son Daniel (Erik Knudsen) and seven others in a house of horrors from which his unlucky captives must escape before the house fills with nerve gas. Every minute counts if they are to live through the horror.
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 Saw III 2006 R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Mpho Koaho, Barry Flatman, Lyriq Bent, J. LaRose, Debra McCabe, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Kim Roberts, Alan Van Sprang
That evil serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is back. This time around, he has eluded the police but is bedridden and on the verge of death. With help from his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), Jigsaw manages the kidnapping of Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) because he wants her to perform brain surgery on him, which will allow him to watch his next victim, Jeff (Angus Macfadyen), play his vicious "chess game" that takes him through a series of increasingly dangerous traps.
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 Saw IV 2007 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Donnie Wahlberg, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Mike Realba
Serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) was killed at the end of "Saw III," but his autopsy reveals that before he was killed he swallowed a cassette tape. The tape shows Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) and Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) caught in a death trap. Now, a new puzzle presents itself giving Detective Rigg (Lyriq Bent) just 90 minutes to evade interconnected traps, including moral dilemmas, in his quest to find Hoffman and Matthews.
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Saw VI 2009 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Kevin Greutert
Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith, Peter Outerbridge, Samantha Lemole, Tanedra Howard, Marty Moreau, Shawn Ahmed, Janelle Hutchison, Caroline Cave, Gerry Mendicino, Shauna MacDonald, George Newbern
The FBI is on the trail of Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) who they believe is carrying out the deeds of vengeance ordered by Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). The terror continues, and this time it is not only those performing evil who are punished. Insurance executive William (Peter Outerbridge) has denied health care for the needy, and he becomes a victim in the continuing mayhem.
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A Slipping-Down Life 1999 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Toni Kalem
Cast: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, John Hawkes, Sara Rue, Veronica Cartwright, Marshall Bell, Shawnee Smith, Bruno Kirby, Tom Bower, Clea DuVall, Lew Temple
A young woman (Lili Taylor), whose life seems to be going nowhere, obsesses over a rock singer and carves his name on her forehead. While this act makes her a celebrity, it also clears the way for her own liberation.
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Summer School 1987 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Laborteaux, Dean Cameron, Carl Reiner, Ken Olandt, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith, Gary Riley, Fabiana Udenio, Richard Steven Horvitz, Francis X. McCarthy, Tom Troupe
After his fellow teacher Mr. Dearadorian (Carl Reiner) wins big money in the lottery, laid-back P.E. teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) is forced to teach summer school to remedial English students. During those summer months, as a result of Shoop's unorthodox teaching style, not only the students but the coach as well learn much about themselves and what it takes to succeed. Director Carl Reiner is able to keep this movie entertaining and funny.
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Who's Harry Crumb? 1989  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Flaherty
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Barry Corbin, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith, James Belushi, Valri Bromfield, Joe Flaherty, Stephen Young
A wealthy heiress has been kidnapped, and the worst possible choice of detectives is working on the case. This "comedy" has very few laughs.
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| 1. The Blob (1988)
2. Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
3. Desperate Hours (1990)
4. Dogtown (1997)
5. Face of Evil (1996)
6. I Saw What You Did (1988)
7. Iron Eagle (1986)
8. The Low Life (1995)
9. Men (1997)
10. Saw (2004)
11. Saw II (2005)
12. Saw III (2006)
13. Saw IV (2007)
14. Saw VI (2009)
15. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
16. Summer School (1987)
17. Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
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