The Devil's Playground 1976  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Gerry Duggan, Peter Cox, Thomas Keneally, John Diedrich, Sheila Florance, Alan Cinis, Gary Pixton, Rowan Currie, Richard Morgan
Set during the autumn of 1953 in a Roman Catholic boarding school, this is the story of 13-year-old Tom Allen's (Simon Burke) sexual awakening during which he must decide between restrictions on priests and temptations of the flesh. Brother Francine (Arthur Dignam) patrols the halls in search of evidence of "undisciplined minds," while Brother Victor (Nick Tate) administers discipline that affects both the hearts and minds of the students he reprimands.
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 Pitch Black 2000  R, 107 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, John Moore, Simon Burke, Les Chantery, Firass Dirani, Sam Sari, Ric Anderson, Vic Wilson
A space ship, "Hunter-Gratzner," is carrying an eclectic group of space travelers when it crash lands on an eerily barren planet. They are marooned, and the only member of the crew to survive is a pilot, Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell), who takes charge of the survivors. Out of the 40 people aboard, there are only 10 survivors, and they include a prisoner, Riddick (Vin Diesel), and police officer William J. Johns (Cole Hauser) who is transporting Riddick. Tensions reach new heights when it becomes apparent that lethal creatures prowl by night–stalking aliens. Riddick, who has eyes that can see in darkness, is the only one who can see the creatures, and the survivors realize that they must depend on Riddick if they are to escape the creatures that are eating them, one by one.
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 South Pacific 2001 TV, 129 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Comedy
Director: Richard Pearce
Cast: Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr., Rade Serbedzija, Robert Pastorelli, Jack Thompson, Lori Tan Chinn, Ilene Graff, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Simon Burke, Justin Smith, Steve Bastoni, Kimberly Davies, Craig Ball, Damon Herriman, Peter Lamb
In this made-for-TV remake of the 1958 Rogers and Hammerstein film, Army nurse Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close) finds love on a South Pacific island during World War II. Nellie falls in love with French plantation owner Emile Beque (Rade Serbedzija) after first rejecting him because of his past. Meanwhile, Lt. Joseph Cable (Harry Connick Jr.) romances Liat (Natalie Jackson Mendoza), the daughter of Bloody Mary (Lori Tan Chinn), and they enter into a love affair amidst the Bali Ha'i tropical breezes.
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| 1. The Devil's Playground (1976)
2. Pitch Black (2000)
3. South Pacific (2001)
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