Catch Me If You Can 2002  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, James Brolin, Frank John Hughes, Brian Howe, Steve Eastin, Chris Ellis, John Finn
Based on a true story, FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is on the trail of con-artist Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) who has used numerous identities to collect over $2 million from his victims. Very entertaining. Christopher Walken received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; the film was also nominated for its Musical Score.
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A Change of Seasons 1980  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Lang
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek, Michael Brandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Edward Winter, Paul Regina, K Callan, Rod Colbin, Steve Eastin, Christopher Coffey, Albert Carriere, Billy Beck, Blake Harris, Karen Philipp
This poor attempt at humor involves male-swapping between Adam (Anthony Hopkins) and Karen (Shirley MacLaine) Evans and Lindsey Rutledge (Bo Derek).
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Con Air 1997  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, Colm Meaney, M.C. Gainey, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Mykelti Williamson, Steve Eastin, Renoly Santiago
On a flight transporting convicts to a maximum-security prison, the convicts murder their guards, take over the plane, and head for South America. Also on board is Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) who is on his way home to begin his parole–after being unfairly imprisoned for eight years. Now, Poe is trapped on the hijacked plane, and, as the good hero, he cannot walk away from this fight.
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Field of Dreams 1989  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, Gaby Hoffmann, Frank Whaley, Art LaFleur, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a mysterious voice telling him, "If you build it, he will come." He heeds the voice and turns his Iowa cornfield into a beautiful baseball diamond. Although his neighbors do not understand his actions, Kinsella continues to listen to the voice and finds a second chance to correct a past mistake. Great, especially if you like baseball.
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Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home 1997 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Art Camacho
Cast: Stephen Furst, Taran Noah Smith, Michael Fishman, Melody Clarke, Steve Eastin, Joseph S. Griffo, Tom Bosley, Kelly Hirano, Erika Page, Art Camacho
Three children (Taran Noah Smith, Michael Fishman, and Melody Clarke) find an abandoned baby sasquatch and name it Little Bigfoot. They try to hide it but eventually tell their dad (Stephen Furst) who helps return Little Bigfoot to its mountain home.
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 A Man Apart 2003  R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant, Steve Eastin, Jacqueline Obradors, Geno Silva, Juan Fernandez, Mike Moroff, George Sharperson, Emilio Rivera, Santiago Verdu, Laura Salem, Jeff Kober, Marco Rodriguez, Alice Amter
DEA agents Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) track down the leader of a drug cartel operating along the California/Mexico border. When Sean's wife, Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors), is murdered as a result of the drug wars, Sean seeks revenge and will stop at nothing in his no-holds-barred vendetta.
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 Matchstick Men 2003 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce McGill, Bruce Altman, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin, Beth Grant, Sheila Kelley, Fran Kranz, Tim Kelleher, Nigel Gibbs
Con artists–spendthrift Frank Mercer (Sam Rockwell) and obsessive-compulsive Roy Waller (Nicolas Cage)–run into problems when Roy loses his source for medication. Roy sees a psychiatrist who recommends that Roy contact his ex-wife from whom Roy learns of the existence of his 14-year-old, skateboarding daughter, Angela (Alison Lohman). Intrigued and eager to learn the tricks of the trade, Angela moves in with Roy and joins in on Roy and Frank's latest swindle.
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Rails & Ties 2007 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alison Eastwood
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer, Marin Hinkle, Eugene Byrd, Bonnie Root, Steve Eastin, Laura Ceron, Margo Martindale, Kathryn Joosten, Steven M. Porter, Jim Cody Williams, Kerri Randles
Tom Stark (Kevin Bacon) is the engineer when a fatal train/car crash occurs after suicidal Laura Danner (Bonnie Root) parks her car on the tracks. Laura is killed, but her young son Davey (Miles Heizer) survives the crash. One day, Davey appears at Tom's door, and Tom's wife, Megan (Marcia Gay Harden), demands that he be allowed to stay with them. Davey is struggling to get over his mother's death, and Tom is trying to deal with Megan's life-threatening cancer. Working together, the healing begins for both Davey and Tom. Alison Eastwood, the daughter of Clint Eastwood, makes her directing debut in this film.
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 When a Stranger Calls 2006 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman, Arthur Young, Madeline Carroll, Steve Eastin, Karina Logue
Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle) is babysitting for two children (Arthur Young and Madeline Carroll) in their spacious home when she begins to receive telephone calls in which a husky voice asks if she has checked the children. Jill calls the police and soon realizes that the calls are coming from inside the house! Not as well received as the original 1979 thriller by the same name.
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| 1. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
2. A Change of Seasons (1980)
3. Con Air (1997)
4. Field of Dreams (1989)
5. Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home (1997)
6. A Man Apart (2003)
7. Matchstick Men (2003)
8. Rails & Ties (2007)
9. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
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