Absolute Beginners 1986  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Julien Temple
Cast: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox, Ray Davies, Mandy Rice-Davies, Steven Berkoff, Bruce Payne, Anita Morris, Paul Rhys
This musical is based on Colin MacInnes' popular novel and revolves around young Colin's efforts to get into London's pop world during the late 1950s.
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Attila 2001  TV, 170 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe, Simmone Mackinnon, Tim Curry, Reg Rogers, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, Tommy Flanagan, Pauline Lynch, Liam Cunningham
This made-for-TV movie proves to be an enjoyable biography of the life of the fabled Attila who unites the Huns and attempts to overthrow the Roman Empire.
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 Barry Lyndon 1975  PG, 183 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Leonard Rossiter, Godfrey Quigley, Andre Morell, Michael Hordern
What develops when young Irishman Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) is tricked into leaving home and goes off to seek his fortune at the hands of a number of unsavory characters is the theme of this film. John Alcott's photography makes this movie worth watching. The film received four Oscars as well as receiving nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.
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 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Elliott, Paul Reiser, Gilbert R. Hill, Art Kimbro, Joel Bailey, Bronson Pinchot, Michael Champion
This is Eddie Murphy's first portrayal of Axel Foley, the Detroit "cop from Hell." When Foley tracks a friend's killer back to Southern California, he finds that the ultra-snooty citizens of Beverly Hills are not quite ready for him. Neither are the cops who find themselves involved with a big time cocaine smuggler. Murphy steals the show.
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Fair Game 1995 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andy Sipes
Cast: William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff, Elizabeth Pena, Christopher McDonald, Miguel Sandoval, Johann Carlo, Salma Hayek, John Bedford Lloyd
A Miami cop (William Baldwin) tries to protect a family attorney (Cindy Crawford) from would-be assassins–lots of chase scenes and gun battles, but not much else.
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Flynn 1996 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Howson
Cast: Guy Pearce, Steven Berkoff, Claudia Karvan, John Savage, Wendy Matthews, William Gluth, Nicki Paull, Tim Hughes, Adrian Wright, Jan Friedl
The life of a swashbuckling, but trouble-plagued, movie star of the 1930s and 1940s–Errol Flynn–is brought to the screen with Guy Pearce in the title role.
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Head in the Clouds 2004 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann, Steven Berkoff, David La Haye, Karine Vanasse, Gabriel Hogan, Peter Cockett, John Jorgenson, Allen Altman, Mark Antony Krupa
During the pre-World-War-II era in Europe, roommates Gilda (Charlize Theron), Guy (Stuart Townsend), and Mia (Penelope Cruz) are sexually attracted to each other and take part in a menage a trois. But, when war breaks out, their differing personal convictions prove more important than passion, and they go their separate ways–for awhile.
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In the Beginning 2000  TV, 185 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Bill Campbell, Eddie Cibrian, Diana Rigg, Fred Weller, Alan Bates, Steven Berkoff, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Lee, Art Malik, Amanda Donohoe
Bible stories from Genesis and Exodus are the focus of this two-part, made-for-TV miniseries, which includes the troubles and testing of Abraham (Martin Landau) and continues through the stories of Joseph (Eddie Cibrian) and his coat of many colors and Moses (Bill Campbell) and the Ten Commandments.
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Legionnaire 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jim Carter, Steven Berkoff, Ana Sofrenovic, Nicholas Farrell, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Caltagirone
In this direct-to-video offering, a French legionnaire, Alain Lefevre (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and his cohorts defend a desert fort. So–it isn't Shakespeare, but it does have an interesting plot and is entertaining.
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 Octopussy 1983 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, David&Tony Meyer, Vigay Amritaj, Albert Moses, Geoffrey Keen, Douglas Wilmer
Roger Moore takes over the role of James Bond for the sixth time in this 13th movie of Agent 007 and his daring exploits. This time, Bond goes to East Berlin to investigate the murder of a fellow agent after he dropped off a Faberge egg at the British Embassy. The trail leads to a traveling circus whose assistant manager Kamal (Louis Jourdan) outbids Bond for the egg. Now, Bond follows Kamal to India where he meets beautiful circus leader Octopussy (Maud Adams) who uses the circus as the cover for her smuggling operations. Through his association with Octopussy, Bond figures out that the crazed Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) is raising needed money by selling fake Faberge eggs to get needed money to pay for his plot to detonate a nuclear bomb in order to cripple Europe and defeat NATO.
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Outland 1981 R, 109 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham, Clarke Peters, Steven Berkoff, John Ratzenberger, Hal Galili, Angus MacInnes
There is drug smuggling taking place on the third moon of Jupiter. But, the world should rest easy because the Marshal (Sean Connery) is on the trail of evil and will save the day.
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The Passenger 1975  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff, Ambrose Bia, Jose Maria Caffarel, James Campbell, Manfred Spies, Jean-Baptiste Tiemele, Angel del Pozo, Charles Mulvehill, Narciso Pula, Miguel Bordoy
Disillusioned, television journalist David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is on location in the Sahara Desert. He learns that the man in the hotel room next to his has died, and, looking for a "better" life, David takes the dead man's passport and assumes his identity. Now, David keeps the dead man's appointments and uncovers smuggling plots involving a terrorist group. Along the way, David finds companionship with a mysterious woman (Maria Schneider) who is also disillusioned with life.
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 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier, Richard Crenna, Martin Kove, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson-Soul, George Cheung, Andy Wood, William Ghent, Voyo Goric, Dana Lee, Baoan Coleman
In this sequel, Rambo's (Sylvester Stallone) former superior officer Col. Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) is authorized to release Rambo from prison and send him on a journey to Vietnam searching for POWs. Rambo teams up with Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao (Julia Nickson-Soul), and he falls in love with her. After Co Bao is killed by Captain Vinh (William Ghent), Rambo goes on a killing spree, and the action accelerates.
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Revolution 1985  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Annie Lennox, Dave King, Steven Berkoff, Gian Maria Volonte, Richard O'Brien, Harry Ditson
This story uses a few people as its core to show how they were affected and participated in America's Revolutionary War. The idea was good, but the movie comes off looking like a movie that might be shown in History 101.
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Riders 2002 R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Steal
Director: Gerard Pires
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Natasha Henstridge, Bruce Payne, Steven Berkoff, Cle Bennett, Karen Cliche, Steven McCarthy, Alain Goulem, Andreas Apergis, Tom McCamus, Andy Bradshaw, David Gow
A group of young, extreme-sport lovers become bank robbers, with the getaway chases being the highlight as they use various methods such as snowboarding. Before "retirement," they decide to pull off five more heists in five days. But the police AND the mob are on their trail.
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| 1. Absolute Beginners (1986)
2. Attila (2001)
3. Barry Lyndon (1975)
4. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
5. Fair Game (1995)
6. Flynn (1996)
7. Head in the Clouds (2004)
8. In the Beginning (2000)
9. Legionnaire (1998)
10. Octopussy (1983)
11. Outland (1981)
12. The Passenger (1975)
13. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
14. Revolution (1985)
15. Riders (2002)
aka: Steal
16. Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
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