Fancy Dancing 2002  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Brock Simpson
Cast: Jason Priestley, Tanya Allen, Connor Price, Ewen Bremner, Dave Thomas, Dave Foley, Deborah Odell, Jake Simons, Christian Lloyd, Dan Chameroy
Deadbeat Asa (Jason Priestley) lives off a trust fund, writing music by day and partying at night. He does have one responsibility: his son (Connor Price) who lives with Asa's ex-wife Charity (Deborah Odell). When Charity finds out that Asa takes her son to his night spots, Asa must clean up his act or lose his son.
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Liberty Stands Still 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Kari Skogland
Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Wesley Snipes, Oliver Platt, Martin Cummins, Ian Tracey, Brian Markinson, Jeff Seymour, Roger R. Cross, Hart Bochner, Tanya Allen
Liberty (Linda Fiorentino), an arms manufacturing executive, is handcuffed to a hotdog cart, which, in turn, is actually a bomb. A sniper (Welsey Snipes) has his high-powered rifle aimed at Liberty and is talking to Liberty on her cell phone. The bomb will go off if she hangs up. Contrived anti-gun statement.
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 Regeneration 1997  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind the Lines
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller, David Hayman, Stuart Bunce, Tanya Allen, Dougray Scott, John Neville, Paul Young, Alastair Galbraith, Julian Fellowes, David Robb
Two poets, Siegfried Sassoon (James Wilby) and Wilfred Owen (Stuart Bunce), meet in an asylum during World War I. Owen is there because he could not cope with battlefield horrors, but Sassoon has been committed because he made a public statement condemning the war. Dr. William Rivers (Jonathan Pryce) is the psychiatrist whose job it is to "cure" the men quickly so they can be sent back into battle. Based on a novel by Pat Barker, which is based on the real-life story of Siegfried Sassoon.
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 Silent Hill 2006  R, 127 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, Jodelle Ferland, Colleen Williams, Eve Crawford
Rose Da Silva's (Radha Mitchell) adopted daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) is suffering from a fatal disease, and Rose flees from her home and husband Christopher (Sean Bean) with Sharon in tow in search of a faith healer. They arrive in the eerily foggy town of Silent Hill, which Sharon seems to remember from her past, and Sharon disappears following a car accident leaving Rose to follow what she believes is Sharon's silhouette. Accompanied by police officer Cybil Bennett ((Laurie Holden), Rose searches the dark town for Sharon while demons and zombies rise from the ground, and Rose soon realizes she is only a pawn in a very dangerous game.
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Tail Lights Fade 1999 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Ingram
Cast: Denise Richards, Breckin Meyer, Jake Busey, Tanya Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Jaimz Woolvett, Lisa Marie, Chris Hagel, Ben Derrick, Doug Hardwick
Two couples race across Canada after Angie's (Tanya Allen) brother has been busted for marijuana. Since he had a big stash and Angie knows where it is, the racers intend beat to others to it. The trip brings out the best and worst of the foursome.
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White Lies 1998  TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kari Skogland
Cast: Sarah Polley, Tanya Allen, Jonathan Scarfe, Lynn Redgrave, Joseph Kell, Albert Schultz, Toby Proctor, Drew Coombs, Joe Roncetti, Rob Stefaniuk
Catherine (Sarah Polley) is a Canadian college student who is frustrated with the liberal bias at the school. On the internet she finds people who share her views–a neo-Nazi hate group–and becomes a spokesperson for their cause. As she gets more deeply involved with the group, she finds that its views are questionable. This made-for-TV film falls a little short of the mark.
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Wish You Were Dead 2000  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Valerie McCaffrey
Cast: Cary Elwes, Elaine Hendrix, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Sally Kirkland, Gene Simmons, Tanya Allen, Dennis Burkley, Lin Shaye, Robert Englund, Shannon Tweed
Macbeth (Cary Elwes), an insurance adjuster in a small Southern town, is conned into signing over a big policy to harlot Sally Rider (Mary Steenburgen). Sally then hires a hit woman, Jupiter (Elaine Hendrix), to kill Macbeth in this black crime comedy. Saved (somewhat) by the good supporting cast who play various eccentrics in the town.
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| 1. Fancy Dancing (2002)
2. Liberty Stands Still (2002)
3. Regeneration (1997)
aka: Behind the Lines
4. Silent Hill (2006)
5. Tail Lights Fade (1999)
6. White Lies (1998)
7. Wish You Were Dead (2000)
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