Firefox 1982 PG, 136 min. Genre: Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey, Stefan Schnabel, Kenneth Colley, Klaus Lowitsch, Nigel Hawthorne, Thomas Hill, Clive Merrison, Kai Wulff, Michael Currie, Dimitra Arliss, Austin Willis
Called back into service, American fighter pilot Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood), who speaks fluent Russian but is suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder following his duty in Vietnam, is hired by the United States to steal a secret fighter plane from the Soviet Union. Gant succeeds in capturing the plane, but now a cat-and-mouse chase ensues across the Arctic.
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The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter 1990 PG, 89 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: George Miller Cast: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, John Wesley Shipp, Martin Umbach, Alexandra Johnes, Thomas Hill, Helena Michell, Christopher Burton, Patricia Fugger, Birge Schade, Colin Gilder, Andraes Borcherding, Claudio Maniscalco, Ralf Weikinger
Bastian Bux (Jonathan Brandis) is a young schoolboy who uses the world of books to escape from reality. In this sequel, Bastian returns to the dream world of Fantasia and joins young warrior Atreyu (Kenny Morrison) on a mission to save Fantasia from destruction caused by sorceress Xayide (Clarissa Burt). In the process, Bastian finds himself saving the Childlike Empress (Alexandra Johnes).
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The Neverending Story 1984 PG, 94 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Wolfgang Petersen Cast: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Gerald MacRaney, Moses Gunn, Sydney Bromley, Patricia Hayes, Alan Oppenheimer, Thomas Hill, Deep Roy, Tilo Pruckner, Moses Gunn, Drum Garrett, Darryl Cooksey, Nicholas Gilbert
A young boy, Bastian (Barret Oliver), finds a peculiar-looking book and goes up to the school attic to read it. No sooner does he start reading than he enters a world of fantasy where a force called "The Nothing" is destroying the universe. Only Bastian has the power to beat "The Nothing."
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The Nude Bomb 1980 PG, 94 min. Genre: Comedy aka: The Return of Maxwell Smart Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb
Director: Clive Donner Cast: Don Adams, Sylvia Kristel, Rhonda Fleming, Pamela Hensley, Bill Dana, Gary Imhoff, Robert Karvelas, Vittorio Gassman, Walter Brooke, Norman Lloyd, Dana Elcar, Andrea Howard, Sarah Rush, Joey Forman, Thomas Hill
A villain, Nino Salvatore Sebastiani (Vittorio Gassman), plots the launching of missiles that will destroy clothing, and everyone will go naked. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) trips into action, and the fun begins.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 R, 122 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, William Traylor, Thomas Hill, Albert Henderson, Jon Van Ness, Brian Farrell, Ken Magee, Don Calfa, Brion James
In this remake of the 1946 film, Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Chambers, the drifter who takes a job at Nick Papadakis' (John Colicos) diner and is soon involved in an affair with Nick's wife Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick has no idea that the affair is going on as Frank and Cora plot to kill Frank and collect on his insurance. But fate steps in, and "living happily ever after" may not be as easy as Frank and Cora think.
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Quintet 1979 R, 110 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Robert Altman Cast: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Nina Van Pallandt, Brigitte Fossey, David Langton, Thomas Hill, Craig Richard Nelson, Monique Murcure, Anne Gerety, Maruska Stankova, Michel Maillot, Max Fleck, Francoise Berd
The world is in the midst of another Ice Age when seal hunter Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant wife, Vivia (Brigitte Fossey), search for Essex's brother Francha (Thomas Hill). They find Francha in a remote city where survivors are playing the game, "Quintet," in which losing players are murdered. They join in the game, and, after Francha and Vivia are killed, Essex tries to stay alive but becomes obsessed with the game.
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| 1. Firefox (1982)
2. The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
3. The Neverending Story (1984)
4. The Nude Bomb (1980) aka: The Return of Maxwell Smart aka: Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb
5. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
6. Quintet (1979)
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