Bubble Boy 2001  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blair Hayes
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, Dave Sheridan, Verne Troyer, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Cranshaw, Stephen Spinella, Brian George
Lacking an immune system, Jimmy Livingston (Jake Gyllenhaal) has lived his life inside a bubble. Now he meets a crisis head on. When the woman he loves, (Marley Shelton), is ready to marry another man, Jimmy designs a portable bubble suit and sets off from California to Niagara in search of her love.
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Connie and Carla 2004  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Stephen Spinella, Alec Mapa, Chris Logan, Robert Kaiser, Ian Gomez, Nick Sandow, Dash Mihok, Robert John Burke, Debbie Reynolds
After good friends–Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette)–witness a mafia hit in Chicago, they hightail it out of the Midwest and end up on the West Coast where they pose as drag queens in an L.A. nightclub.
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David Searching 1998 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie L. Smith
Cast: Anthony Rapp, Camryn Manheim, Julie Halston, Joseph Fuqua, David Courier, Michael Rupert, Craig Chester, Stephen Spinella, Kathleen Chalfant, David Drake
Gay David (Anthony Rapp) is searching to find himself and find love and understanding in this big, cruel world. He uses his video camera to capture it all. Meanwhile, his roommate, Gwen (Camryn Manheim), is about to get divorced and is likewise looking for love.
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 Great Expectations 1998  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Josh Mostel, Kim Dickens, Nell Campbell, Gabriel Mann, Jeremy James Kissner, Raquel Beaudene, Stephen Spinella, Marla Sucharetza, Isabelle Anderson
Charles Dickens' classic is modernized in this story of Finnegan Bell's (Ethan Hawke and Jeremy James Kissner as young Finnegan) love for Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow and Raquel Beaudene as young Estella). He has loved Estella since childhood despite the differences in their upbringings and expectations. Now, Pip learns that a mysterious benefactor Lustig (Robert De Niro) has provided him with wealth, and Pip takes on the role of "gentleman" in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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The Jackal 1997  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Diane Venora, Sidney Poitier, Mathilda May, Tess Harper, J.K. Simmons, Richard Lineback, Jack Black, Leslie Phillips, John Cunningham, Sophie Okonedo, Stephen Spinella, David Hayman
In this remake of 1973's "The Day of the Jackal," the Russian Mafia has paid The Jackal (Bruce Willis) 70 million dollars to assassinate a high-ranking American government official. When the FBI figures out the plot, they hire imprisoned, IRA sniper Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere) because he is the only person who can identify The Jackal. Now, FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and Mulqueen work together in their attempt to prevent the assassination plans of The Jackal from being carried out.
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Milk 2008  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Brandon Boyce, Howard Rosenman, Kelvin Yu, Jeff Koons
Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) was serving as a spokesman for the gay rights' movement when he was assassinated in 1978. This film involves the bigotry Milk experienced while organizing San Francisco's gay community to gain political clout and stand up for their rights. Milk is elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and fights for the rights of not only the gay community but senior citizens and union workers as well and, in the process, gives hope to those in need. Among his problems is his continuing battle with another supervisor, Dan White (Josh Brolin). The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Penn) and was nominated for six other Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin).
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 Ravenous 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, Bill Brochtrup, Sheila Tousey
This story begins when a nearly dead man, Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) staggers into a U.S. Army camp during the Mexican-American War. He tells the story of cannibalism that he just encountered when his party of settlers began to eat each other while stranded in the snow. Convinced they should look for other survivors, the "rescuers" are not prepared for what they find.
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Virtuosity 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe, William Forsythe, Louise Fletcher, Kevin J. O'Connor, Traci Lords, Stephen Spinella, William Fichtner, Costas Mandylor, Kaley Cuoco, Christopher Murray, Heidi Schanz, Gordon Jennison Noice, Mari Morrow
Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) was once an LA cop, but now he is in prison. Barnes is given a chance for redemption if he can track down Lindenmeyer's (Stephen Spinella) creation: Sid 6.7 (Russell Crowe), a cyberspace villain with 183 different criminal minds– including those of Hitler, John Wayne Gacy, and Charles Manson.
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What the Deaf Man Heard 1997 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Kent Harrison
Cast: Matthew Modine, Claire Bloom, Judith Ivey, James Earl Jones, Jerry O'Connell, Bernadette Peters, Tom Skerritt, Anne Bobby, Stephen Spinella, Jake Weber
Sammy (Matthew Modine) was left on a bus headed for Georgia by his mother when Sammy was 10. Since she had told him not to say a word if they were separated, he never spoke. He was taken in and grew up as a handyman, but, true to his mother's admonition, he stayed silent. People in town assumed that he could not hear nor speak, so would confide in him when they needed to talk. Then along comes Archibald (James Earl Jones), the junkman, who learns the truth. Not bad. Made for TV.
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| 1. Bubble Boy (2001)
2. Connie and Carla (2004)
3. David Searching (1998)
4. Great Expectations (1998)
5. The Jackal (1997)
6. Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
7. Milk (2008)
8. Ravenous (1999)
9. Virtuosity (1995)
10. What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
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