1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992   PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Angela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Tcheky Karyo, Frank Langella, Mark Margolis
This celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of America provides a complex look at the relationship of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella in his quest for exploration.
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Addicted to Love 1997  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Remak Ramsay, Lee Wilkof, Dominick Dunne, Larry Pine
Naive astronomer Sam (Matthew Broderick) meets and joins forces with a photographer/artist, Maggie (Meg Ryan), in their obsessive moves to keep track of ex-lovers. The plot is pure "Hollywood": boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl falls in love with boy. But the actors are engaging, and this comedy works.
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All Night Long 1981 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean-Claude Tramont
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson, William Daniels, Ann Doran, Terry Kiser, Tcheky Karyo
Although an executive (Gene Hackman) is demoted to running a 24-hour drugstore, his love life improves when he becomes interested in one of the store's patrons: a bizarre housewife (Barbra Streisand).
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Arabian Nights 2000 TV, 175 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tcheky Karyo, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo, Vanessa Mae, Rufus Sewell, Jim Carter, Peter Guinness, Andy Serkis, Hugh Quarshie, Amira Casar, Pik Sen Lim
This made-for-TV miniseries captures the spell of Scheherezade's (Mili Avital) stories that she tells to the Sultan (Dougray Scott). She drags out her tales night after night–leaving each ending for the following evening's fare–in an effort to cure the Sultan's madness and save her own life as well.
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Bad Boys 1995  R, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Tea Leoni, Tcheky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Michael Imperioli, Marg Helgenberger, Nestor Serrano, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Joe Pantoliano, Saverio Guerra, Karen Alexander, Anna Levine, Vic Manni, Frank John Hughes
Evidence in the form of $100 million worth of heroin has been stolen by French drug kingpin Fouchet (Tcheky Karyo). Two Miami cops, Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Will Smith), team up to recover the loot, and the only witness, Julie Mott (Tea Leoni) comes to their aid. Problems develop, and Mike is forced to impersonate Marcus and move in with Marcus' wife Theresa (Theresa Randle) and family. Meanwhile, Marcus moves into Mike's bachelor pad. While on the trail of the loot, Julie is kidnapped by Fouchet. Car chases ensue amidst Marcus' and Mike's bantering.
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 The Core 2003 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, DJ Qualls, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Jenkins, Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, Dion Johnstone, Nicole Leroux, Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti, Eileen Pedde, Glenn Morshower
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that the electromagnetic forces within the Earth's core are collapsing. In an attempt to solve the problem, the Department of Defense sends Keyes and his team of gifted scientists aboard a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts" Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca Childs (Hilary Swank). Their mission is to burrow beneath the Earth's surface to set off a nuclear device that will jump-start the core.
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 GoldenEye 1995 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Joe Don Baker, Tcheky Karyo, Famke Janssen, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Michael Kitchen, Serena Gordon, Simon Kunz
It has been six years since the last James Bond film entry. GoldenEye is named after Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate, and Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan in his debut as James Bond) is back in business with lots of gadgets, beautiful ladies, and location filming in Monte Carlo, the Caribbean, and St. Petersburg. In this film, 1990s' Russia is chaotic and filled with scheming military officers and an underworld syndicate. Great scene alert: Bond rolling a tank over St. Petersburg's cars.
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The Good Thief 2002 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Said Taghmaoui, Nino Kukhianidze, Gerard Darmon, Marc Lavoine, Emir Kusturica, Ouassini Embarek, James Quattrochi, Patricia Kell, Mark Polish, Michael Polish
In an effort to change his luck, American expatriate gambler Bob Montagnet (Nick Nolte) plans to steal the art works from a Monte Carlo casino. But, is his luck really about to change?
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Kiss of the Dragon 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Chris Nahon
Cast: Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tcheky Karyo, Laurence Ashley, Burt Kwouk, Cyril Raffaelli, Didier Azoulay, John Forgeham, Max Ryan, Colin Prince
A deadly conspiracy confronts Liu Jian (Jet Li) when he goes on temporary assignment in Paris and finds himself framed for murder. As is expected in a Jet Li film, the action scenes are top-notch, taking advantage of Jet Li's martial arts prowess.
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La Balance 1982 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Nark
Director: Bob Swaim
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry, Bernard Freyd, Christophe Malavoy, Jean-Paul Comart, Maurice Ronet, Albert Dray, Florent Pagny, Tcheky Karyo
Police employ brutal tactics to force Parisian prostitute Nicole (Nathalie Baye) and her racketeer pimp, Dede (Philippe Leotard), to become informers and help breakup a drug syndicate.
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Like a Fish Out of Water 1999 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Herve Hadmar
Cast: Tcheky Karyo, Monica Bellucci, Dominique Pinon, Michel Muller, Mehmet Ulusoy, Gerard Ismael, Beatrice Palme, Jose Garcia, Andre Pousse, Karine Nuris
Who doesn't like a spy film? This take-off on 1960s' spy flicks follows meek Desire (Michel Muller) who is engaged to the beautiful Myrtille (Monica Bellucci). But Myrtille isn't what she seems; she and her cohorts are con artists and want Desire's help.
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Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Cassel, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Ridings, Desmond Harrington, Timothy West
The inspired teenage heroine, Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich) leads the French forces against the English to free her country from foreign domination. This film features realistic 15th-century combat scenes–flaming arrows, catapults, etc.
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 My Life So Far 1999 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irene Jacob, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Norman, Tcheky Karyo, Kelly Macdonald, Roddy McDonald, Daniel Baird
Set in Scotland during the 1930s, 10-year-old Fraser Pettigrew (Robert Norman) gives his view of family events in this sentimental tale of growing up with an eccentric father (Colin Firth) who leaves his mark on the rest of the extended family.
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 Nikita 1990 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Romance
aka: La Femme Nikita
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Jean Bouise, Philippe Du Janerand, Roland Blanche, Philippe Leroy, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathiere, Philippe Leroy
A drug addict who commits robbery and murder, Nikita (Anne Parillaud), is tried, convicted, and then sent to a school for special operatives. She is given a second chance when she is recruited as a hired assassin, then is pronounced dead and presumed buried. One night, Nikita is enjoying a dinner at a restaurant when she is handed a gun and told to kill the man seated next to her. She does and heads back to headquarters where she is told she has graduated. Thus begins her double life, but she is torn between this new life and leading a normal one. Remade in 1993 as "Point of No Return."
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Nostradamus 1994 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Tcheky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick, Michael Gough, Maia Morgenstern, Magdalena Ritter, Bruce Meyers, Leon Lissek, Michael Byrne
Set in France during the 16th century, this story explores the life of doctor/scientist Nostradamus (Tcheky Karyo) whose Jewish family posed as Catholics to escape the Inquisition. As a student of scientist Scalinger (F. Murray Abraham), Nostradamus develops medical theories and creates herbal cures but loses his wife Marie (Julia Ormond) and their two children to the Black Plague. Nostradamus then moves to a remote village where he marries a widow, Anne (Assumpta Serna), with whom he begins a large family. At Scalinger's urging, Nostradamus begins writing and publishes a book of prophecies that includes the forecast of King Henry II's (Anthony Higgins) death. After seeing the book, Queen Catherine de Medici (Amanda Plummer) takes an interest and, later, after the King dies, gives Nostradamus lifelong protection from the Inquisition court, and he continues his prophecies.
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Operation Dumbo Drop 1995 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug, Corin Nemec, Tcheky Karyo, James Hong
In this Disney offering, American soldiers show good will to the locals when they replace a killed, sacred elephant, with a new one that they parachute down into the Southeast Asian jungle.
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 The Patriot 2000 R, 160 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tcheky Karyo, Rene Auberjonois, Lisa Brenner, Tom Wilkinson, Donal Logue, Leon Rippy, Adam Baldwin, Jay Arlen Jones, Gregory Smith, Mika Boorem
In 1780 the British thought they had a stronghold on South Carolina, but guerilla activities helped to confuse Cornwallis as he squandered his strength chasing American forces across the area. The famous "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion understood the role of a guerilla force and proceeded to snap up, one by one, the British posts that Cornwallis had carefully set up in South Carolina. In this rewrite of history, "Swamp Fox" is transformed into the "Ghost," Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson), widower and father of seven children. Another history rewrite takes place in the perception of slavery: slaves seem happy to serve their masters. In reality, in the South more than 10,000 African Americans supported the British forces and were relocated to Nova Scotia, Florida, Jamaica, and Africa at the end of the war. But if you are looking for rousing action and great special effects–and are willing to go along with the premise that the American Revolution was won because Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) led the guerrillas against the evil British (especially Col. William Tavington (Jason Isaacs))–then this movie will prove entertaining.
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Saving Grace 2000 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nigel Cole
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tcheky Karyo, Jamie Forman, Bill Bailey, Valerie Edmond, Phyllida Law, Clive Merrison, Leslie Phillips
"Saving Grace" is one British comedy that travels well across the sea into America's mainstream. The plot revolves around the proper, middle-aged, widow Grace Trevethan, who turns her greenhouse into a hydroponic marijuana farm in order to pay off family debts.
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 Taking Lives 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez, Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Paul Dano, Justin Chatwin, Andre Lacoste, Billy Two Rivers, Richard Lemire
FBI agent Illeana (Angelina Jolie) is summoned to Canada to help Montreal police officers solve a murder. During the investigation, Illeana determines that the person they are looking for is really a serial killer who has been assuming the identities of his latest victims.
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Wing Commander 1999  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Chris Roberts
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Jurgen Prochnow, Tcheky Karyo, David Warner, David Suchet, Ginny Holder, John Bondi, Ken Bones
Based on a video game, this movie is set in the year 2654 (or so) and involves a plot by the dreaded Kilrathi to destroy the universe. Not so fast; first those noble Earthlings–Christopher "Maverick" Blair (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Todd "Maniac" Marshall (Matthew Lillard), and Jeanette "Angel" Devereaux (Saffron Burrows)–must be dealt with, and they are well prepared for all-out battle.
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| 1. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
2. Addicted to Love (1997)
3. All Night Long (1981)
4. Arabian Nights (2000)
5. Bad Boys (1995)
6. The Bear (1988)
7. The Core (2003)
8. GoldenEye (1995)
9. The Good Thief (2002)
10. Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
11. La Balance (1982)
aka: The Nark
12. Like a Fish Out of Water (1999)
13. Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
14. My Life So Far (1999)
15. Nikita (1990)
aka: La Femme Nikita
16. Nostradamus (1994)
17. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
18. The Patriot (2000)
19. The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
20. Saving Grace (2000)
21. Taking Lives (2004)
22. Wing Commander (1999)
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