Affliction 1997  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True-Frost, Marian Seldes, Holmes Osborne, Brigid Tierney, Sean McCann, Tim Post, Christopher Heyerdahl, Janine Theriault, Wayne Robson, Sheena Larkin
Based on Russell Banks' novel, this film adaptation features Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse, a small-town sheriff in New England who delves into an "accidental" hunting accident to redeem his bleak life–both professionally and personally. He reexamines his life and the relationship he has with his abusive father Glen (James Coburn). Meanwhile, his ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) hates him, and his relationship with his daughter Jill (Brigid Tierney) is badly in need of repair. Wade is dating Margie (Sissy Spacek) who is the only one he seems capable of relating to. After his mother dies, Wade's brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) comes home to pay his respects, and now Wade suspects Rolfe of being involved in the criminal world. James Coburn won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Nick Nolte was nominated for Best Actor.
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 2000  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Battlefield Earth
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Richard Tyson, Marie-Josee Croze, Kelly Preston, Michael Byrne, Sean Hewitt, Christian Tessier, Silvain Landry, Christopher Freeman, Tim Post, Michel Perron
Set in the year 3000, L. Ron Hubbard's (the founder of Scientology) story is about manipulative aliens, led by Teri (John Travolta), who have rounded up humans to mine Earth. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) is captured and sent to the mines, he determines to beat the aliens at their own game.
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Codebreakers 2005  TV, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Code Breakers
Director: Rod Holcomb
Cast: Scott Glenn, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jake Busey, Jude Ciccolella, Jeff Roop, Corey Sevier, Shane Daly, Robin Dunne, Adam Grimes, Theo Rossi, Richard Zeppieri, Jonathan Walker, Tim Post, Sarah Gadon
This ESPN film examines the academic cheating scandal at West Point in 1951, which involved 83 cadets after Coach Blaik (Scott Glenn) and his Assistant Coach Vince Lombardi (Richard Zeppieri) relentlessly drove their players to excel on the football field at the expense of cheating at academics and violating the honor code.
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Mambo Italiano 2003  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Emile Gaudreault
Cast: Luke Kirby, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino, Claudia Ferri, Peter Miller, Mary Walsh, Tara Nicodemo, Richard Jutras, Tim Post, Pierrette Robitaille, Dino Tavarone, Lou Vani
Angelo Barberini's (Luke Kirby) apartment is robbed, and the investigating policeman turns out to be a childhood friend, Nino Paventi (Peter Miller). The friendship resumes; but this time Angelo and Nino become gay lovers. When the parents learn of the affair, both families–steeped in Italian traditions–become unglued.
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The Peacekeeper 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Frederic Forestier
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Roy Scheider, Montel Williams, Christopher Heyerdahl, Monika Schnarre, Allen Altman, Tim Post, Chip Chuipka, Roc LaFortune
A mercenary, Lt. Col. Douglas Murphy (Michael Sarrazin), takes over a U.S. missile site and aims one of its missiles at Washington, D.C. in an act of revenge against U.S. President Robert Baker (Roy Scheider). But wait, could it be that we have a hero inside the facility and ready to fight the odds? Yes, Lt. Col. Northrop (Montel Williams) fits that description.
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| 1. Affliction (1997)
2. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
aka: Battlefield Earth
3. Codebreakers (2005)
aka: Code Breakers
4. Mambo Italiano (2003)
5. The Peacekeeper (1997)
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