Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty 1993  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Tim Daly, Dan Lauria, William O'Leary, Neal McDonough, Lewis Smith, Marley Shelton, Jeri Ryan, Geoffrey Rivas, Debra Jo Rupp, Clu Gulager, Gordon Clapp, Susanna Thompson
This action/drama is based on the 1993 Waco, Texas, tragedy when David Koresh (Tim Daly) and his religious fanatics barricaded themselves for 51 days while surrounded by Federal agents. The stand-off ended when police raided their building, and Koresh's followers chose death over captivity.
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose 2005  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rebecca Miller
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener, Paul Dano, Ryan McDonald, Beau Bridges, Jena Malone, Jason Lee, Susanna Thompson, Anna Mae Clinton
As the last members of a 1960s' environmental activist commune, Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his 16-year-old daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), live peacefully on their abandoned island. But life takes a turn when a developer (Beau Bridges) plans a housing development next to them, and Jack's girlfriend, Kathleen (Catherine Keener)–along with her two sons (Ryan McDonald and Paul Dano)–come to live with them. While Rose is intimidated by the presence of Kathleen and the boys, Jack sees the new housing project as a direct infringement on his efforts to keep the environment pure. The writer and director of this film, Rebecca Miller, is the wife of Daniel Day-Lewis, and his father was playwright Arthur Miller.
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 Dragonfly 2002 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Kathy Bates, Linda Hunt, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Jay Thomas, Matt Craven, Kathryn Erbe, Jacob Smith
A Chicago doctor, Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner), has kept busy through work following the untimely death of his pregnant wife (Susanna Thompson). But, now he begins to believe that his wife is trying to contact him from beyond the grave. A mediocre movie, at best.
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Ghosts of Mississippi 1996  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Susanna Thompson, Virginia Madsen, William H. Macy, Lucas Black, Joseph Tello, Alexa Vega
This pretty good film unravels the story of prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter's (Alec Baldwin) unfailing efforts to win a conviction against racist Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods) for the premeditated murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evars in June 1963.
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 High Noon 2000 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Susanna Thompson, Randy Birch, Reed Diamond, Maria Conchita Alonso, Dennis Weaver, Michael Madsen, August Schellenberg, David Lereaney, Matthew Walker
This TV remake of the 1952 classis is weak, but watchable, as Will Kane (Tom Skerritt) must stand alone against the man who he sent to jail and now seeks revenge.
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In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory 1997 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Lori Loughlin, Bruce Campbell, Bradley Whitford, Brad Sullivan, Susanna Thompson, Victor Morris, Shannon Day, Russ Fast, Karen Stapleton, Mariangela Pino, Cheryl Hansen, Michael Lucas
Explosives expert Jill (Lori Loughlin) and hubby, ex-cop Jeff (Bruce Campbell), decide on a life of crime as bank robbers to satisfy their love of money–and the inherent dangers involved. As the FBI tries to stop them and the press glorifies their escapades, their heists become bigger and more explosive until the inevitable showdown.
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 Random Hearts 1999 R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S. Dutton, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack, Richard Jenkins, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Susanna Thompson, Peter Coyote, Dylan Baker, Lynne Thigpen, Bill Cobbs, Kate Mara, Susan Floyd
Washington, D.C., Internal Affairs Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broeck (Harrison Ford) learns that his wife has just been killed in a plane crash, and, to make matters worse, she was flying to Miami with her lover. Dutch tracks down the lover's widow, Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott Thomas), who turns out to be running for reelection in New Hampshire. Kay does not want news of the affair to reach the press or her daughter. But Dutch is obsessed with finding out all the details of the adulterous affair.
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When a Man Loves a Woman 1994 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Ellen Burstyn, Tina Majorino, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mae Whitman, LaTanya Richardson, Eugene Roche, Gail Strickland, Susanna Thompson, Al Franken
Finally, alcoholism is portrayed as what it is–an illness and NOT a personality flaw. Meg Ryan plays Alice Green, wife, mother, and alcoholic, who hits her low point and recovery begins. The message is great, but there's not much entertainment value.
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| 1. Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty (1993)
2. The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
3. Dragonfly (2002)
4. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
5. High Noon (2000)
6. In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory (1997)
7. Random Hearts (1999)
8. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
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