Aces: Iron Eagle III 1992  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Iron Eagle III: Aces
Iron Eagle 3: Aces
Director: John Glen
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Cazenove, Sonny Chiba, Fred Dalton Thompson, Mitch Ryan, J.E. Freeman, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Rob Estes, Tom Bower, Phill Lewis, Juan Fernandez, Inez Perez
In this, the third of the series, our hero, Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.), is back. This time around, Chappy gets a group of World War II veterans together to fight a drug cartel in South America. They even use World War II planes but with updated weapons.
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Appaloosa 2008  R, 114 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ed Harris
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Robert Jauregui, Renee Zellweger, Luce Rains, James Tarwater, Boyd Kestner, Timothy V. Murphy, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall, Benjamin Rosenshein, Tom Bower, Erik J. Bockemeier, Gabriel Marantz
The year is 1882 when Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his long-time buddy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) are hired by the town council of the Western mining town of Appaloosa. Their job is to bring to justice cattle baron Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) who has shot the sheriff and his deputies when they tried to arrest him. Virgil and Everett are setting out to find witnesses to Bragg's crimes when a piano-playing widow, Allie French (Renee Zellweger), arrives in town with plans of her own for stealing Virgil's heart. Soon, the friendship of Everett and Virgil is tested when both men fall for Allie, but they must unite if they are to achieve their mission of keeping the witnesses alive and sending Bragg to court.
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The Badge 2002  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind the Badge
Director: Robby Henson
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, Sela Ward, William Devane, Jena Malone, Tom Bower, Ray McKinnon, Julie Hagerty, Deana Carter, Hill Harper, John McConnell
Darl (Billy Bob Thorton) is sheriff in a small Louisiana town in this made-for-TV film. When a transsexual is murdered and the local judge attempts to keep the murder quiet, Darl, whose prejudices against transsexuals is apparent, decides to dig deeper to find out what's going on.
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The Dain Curse 1978 TV, 225 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: James Coburn, Hector Elizondo, Jason Miller, Jean Simmons, Nancy Addison, Paul Stewart, Beatrice Straight, Tom Bower, David Canary, Beeson Carroll, Brian Davies, Martin Cassidy
Set in 1928, this TV miniseries is based on a Dashiell Hammett story. Private detective Hamilton Nash (James Coburn) investigates the case of stolen diamonds that may be cursed. His investigation leads him to a family, which may be affected by a family curse that causes premature death. Several edited versions are available.
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Die Hard 2 1990 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, John Leguizamo, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower, Sheila McCarthy, Don Harvey, Tony Ganios
Action, action, and more action fill the screen in this sequel to "Die Hard." John McClane (Bruce Willis) must come to the aid of his hostage wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). This time, terrorists plan to invade Dulles Airport, and, as luck would have it, Holly's plane is about to land. John has no choice but to single-handedly fight the terrorists.
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 Dillinger 1991 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Cast: Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Tom Bower, Patricia Arquette, Xander Berkeley, Vince Edwards, Amy Yasbeck, John Philbin, Yvonne Suhor, Lawrence Tierney, David Neidorf, Joe Guzaldo, Michael Krawic
Mark Harmon takes on the role of bank robber John Dillinger in this version that takes liberties with the story while looking at Dillinger's personal relationships as he lives life on the edge. After his prison sentence is completed, Dillinger is determined to never again serve time while he continues his illegal activities. He does get arrested again but escapes and has plastic surgery to disguise himself. J. Edgar Hoover (Vince Edwards) is determined to capture him, and Dillinger is betrayed by his girlfriend Billie's (Sherilyn Fenn) landlady, which leads to the Feds ending his life outside Chicago's Biograph Theater. Look quickly for Lawrence Tierney–who played Dillinger 1945 film–as a sheriff gunned down by Dillinger's gang.
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Distant Thunder 1988  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Kean, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin, Denis Arndt, Jamey Sheridan, Tom Bower, Michael Currie, Hilary Strang, Robyn Stevan, Gordon Currie
Emotionally troubled Vietnam veteran Mark (John Lithgow) abandons his family and lives in the Washington wilderness with other similarly troubled buddies. After years of wandering, he is ready to reunite with his now-grown son, Jack (Ralph Macchio). Heavy drama.
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Follow Me Home 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bratt
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Calvin Levels, Steve Reevis, Tom Bower, John Allen Nelson, Ahimsa Stone, Salma Hayek, Akima
Four graffiti artists take a road trip. Destination: Washington, D.C. where they plan to "paint" the White House. The artists represent minority races, while their adversaries are white. For many viewers the caricatures of white men as indecent souls may be uncomfortable, but the concept is insightful.
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 Georgia 1995 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham, Ted Levine, Max Perlich, John Doe, John C. Reilly, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jason Carter, Tom Bower
Sadie Flood (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is a rock-star hopeful living in the shadow of her sister who has made it in show business. Georgia's (Mare Winningham) retreat is a lovely home in Washington where she looks forward to enjoying her husband (Ted Levine) and children. But, Sadie always manages to enter the blissful scene and ruin things. Throughout her life, Sadie is bailed out of one problem or another by her sister. Leigh won the 1995 Montreal Best Actress award for her role in this film and Winningham was nominated for an Oscar.
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High Crimes 2002  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Michael Gaston, Jude Ciccolella, Michael Shannon, Dendrie Taylor, Paula Jai Parker, John Billingsley, Emilio Rivera
Attorney Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) teams up with military lawyer Lt. Terrence Embry (Adam Scott) and civilian attorney Charles W. Grimes (Morgan Freeman) after her ex-USMC husband Tom(James Caviezel) is arrested and charged with murder for war crimes he supposedly committed while serving in El Salvador many years earlier.
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 The Hills Have Eyes 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Ted Levine, Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, Tom Bower, Billy Drago, Desmond Askew, Ezra Buzzington, Michael Bailey Smith, Laura Ortiz
In a remake of the 1977 film, Wes Craven produced this version of the Carter family's trip through the American Southwest. While on a road trip in their vintage Airstream trailer, the Carters find themselves stranded miles from nowhere. They soon realize that they are the prey of blood-thirsty, desert-dwelling atomic mutants that live in an abandoned nuclear testing site, and their days are numbered.
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Lady in White 1988 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Frank LaLoggia
Cast: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond, Jason Presson, Renata Vanni, Angelo Bertolini, Jared Rushton, Gregory Levinson, Joelle Jacobi, Lucy Lee Flippin, Tom Bower
One Halloween night, schoolboy Frankie (Lukas Haas) is locked in a classroom where he witnesses the reenactment of young Amanda's (Katherine Helmond) murder years ago. Then, he and Amanda's ghost work together to solve not only her murder but those of nine other children as well.
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The Last Time I Committed Suicide 1997 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen T. Kay
Cast: Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Tom Bower, Adrien Brody, John Doe, Claire Forlani, Jim Haynie, Marg Helgenberger, Lucinda Jenney, Gretchen Mol, Pat McNamara, Kate Williamson, Amy Smart, Clark Gregg
The 1940s' Beat generation is portrayed in this story about Neal Cassady's (Thomas Jane) relationship with his suicidal girlfriend, Joan (Claire Forlani), and his friendship with a loser, Harry (Keanu Reeves).
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The Million Dollar Hotel 2000 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Gloria Stuart, Tom Bower, Donal Logue, Bud Cort
While investigating the possible murder of a billionaire's son, FBI agent Skinner (Mel Gibson) moves in on a group of misfits living in a decrepit hotel in L.A. and becomes so emotionally involved with the tenants that it threatens his investigation.
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Pollock 2000 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ed Harris
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan, Jennifer Connelly, Jeffrey Tambor, Bud Cort, John Heard, Val Kilmer, Stephanie Seymour, Tom Bower, Robert Knott, David Leary, Sally Murphy, Molly Regan, Matthew Sussman
American painter Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is the subject of this biography, which doesn't hesitate to illustrate his degrading personal life. But the film shows how Pollock's energetic and creative work of splashing paint on canvas resulted in his rise to fame as an abstract artist. Marcia Gay Harden won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Pollock's long-suffering wife and caretaker. Ed Harris was nominated for Best Actor.
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Raising Cain 1992 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Teri Austin, Gabrielle Carteris, Barton Heyman, Amanda Pombo, Kathleen Callan
John Lithgow takes on multiple roles in this psycho thriller about child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix (Lithgow) who is obsessed with bringing up his daughter Amy (Amanda Pombo). His wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is too busy with her extramarital affair to pay attention–until children begin to disappear. Now Jenny begins to suspect that Carter is behind the mystery and is delivering the missing children to his father (also played by Lithgow) and his brother (also played by Lithgow) so that they can use them for psychological experiments.
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Relentless 3 1993 R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Relentless III
Director: James Lemmo
Cast: Leo Rossi, William Forsythe, Tom Bower, Robert Costanzo, Signy Coleman, Edward Wiley, Savannah Smith Boucher, Stacy Edwards, Mindy Seeger, George Tovar, Jack Knight, Felton Perry, Charles Dennis
Once again, Detective Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi) is on the trail of a psychopathic serial killer. This time around, William Forsythe plays the killer who, after murdering his victims, sends their body parts to the police. This killer seems to be performing murders with the intent of drawing Sam into the case, and the evidence indicates a connection to a previous case of Dietz.
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 River's Edge 1986 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Hunter
Cast: Crispin Glover, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, Roxana Zal, Tom Bower, Joshua John Miller, Leo Rossi, Jim Metzler
This film is based on a real story in which a teenage killer showed his friends the corpse of his victim. A pact was made to keep everything hush-hush, and it almost worked as the teens excused themselves from responsibility for their actions.
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Shadrach 1998 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanna Styron
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell, John Franklin Sawyer, Scott Terra, Daniel Treat, Monica Bugajski, Darrell Larson, Deborah Hedwall, Martin Sheen, Tom Bower
In 1935, Shadrach (John Franklin Sawyer), a former slave, turned 101 and returned to his Virginia plantation where he wants to be buried. But, living on the land are the Dabneys–Vernon (Harvey Keitel) and his wife Trixie (Andie MacDowell) and their many children. According to Virginia law, it is illegal to bury a black man on that property; however, the Dabney's hatch a plot that satisfies all involved.
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A Slipping-Down Life 1999 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Toni Kalem
Cast: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, John Hawkes, Sara Rue, Veronica Cartwright, Marshall Bell, Shawnee Smith, Bruno Kirby, Tom Bower, Clea DuVall, Lew Temple
A young woman (Lili Taylor), whose life seems to be going nowhere, obsesses over a rock singer and carves his name on her forehead. While this act makes her a celebrity, it also clears the way for her own liberation.
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Talent for the Game 1991 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco, Jeff Corbett, Terry Kinney, Jamey Sheridan, Thomas Ryan, Felton Perry, Tom Bower, Janet Carroll, Daniel A. Haro, Zachary I. Young, Murphy Sua, David Riley, James Keane, Dennis Boutsikaris
Virgil Sweet's (Edward James Olmos) life is baseball, and he is now a talent scout for the California Angels. When a business whiz, Gil Lawrence (Terry Kinney), buys the team, Virgil's job is in jeopardy unless he can prove his worth. His chance comes when he is stranded in a small town and sees Sammy (Jeff Corbett) pitch. Sammy is a sure thing, and Virgil takes him to L.A. for a tryout. Terry is so impressed that he starts an ad campaign concerning the new pitcher, promising that he will be baseball's new sensation. Now, Virgil is afraid that Sammy is not ready for the pressure. Both of their jobs may be on the line.
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Thr3e 2007 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robby Henson
Cast: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Bill Moseley, Max Ryan, Sherman Augustus, Priscilla Barnes, Tom Bower, Philip Dunbar, Jeffrey Lee Hollis, Kevin Downes, Jack Ryan, Josh Skjold
A homicidal psychopath, the Riddle Killer–known as RK, stalks divinity student Kevin Parson (Marc Blucas) and gives him orders over the telephone to confess his "sin." More telephone calls follow with RK telling Kevin riddles that should help him figure out the "sin." Kevin gets help from Jennifer (Justine Waddell) whose brother was a victim of RK, and Kevin's childhood friend Samantha also joins in on the investigation as they race to win the "game" by figuring out the mystery before one or all of them die.
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True Believer 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Kurtwood Smith, Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Tom Bower, Charles Hallahan, Luis Guzman, Miguel Fernandes, Graham Beckel
This story will hold your attention from beginning to end as a lawyer (James Woods) runs into official roadblocks after he agrees to look into the case of a convicted murderer.
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White Man's Burden 1995 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Desmond Nakano
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower, Margaret Avery, Carrie Snodgress, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lawrence Bender, Tom Wright
Racial roles in America are reversed when Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) inadvertently glimpses the naked wife of his boss, Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte). Pinnock is fired, cannot find a new job, and faces eviction. Next, his wife and kids go home to her mother. Things cannot get much worse than this. BUT, wait, they do!
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| 1. Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
aka: Iron Eagle III: Aces
aka: Iron Eagle 3: Aces
2. Appaloosa (2008)
3. The Badge (2002)
aka: Behind the Badge
4. The Dain Curse (1978)
5. Die Hard 2 (1990)
6. Dillinger (1991)
7. Distant Thunder (1988)
8. Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
9. Follow Me Home (1997)
10. Georgia (1995)
11. High Crimes (2002)
12. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
13. Lady in White (1988)
14. The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
15. The Lightship (1985)
16. The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
17. Pollock (2000)
18. Raising Cain (1992)
19. Relentless 3 (1993)
aka: Relentless III
20. River's Edge (1986)
21. Shadrach (1998)
22. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
23. Talent for the Game (1991)
24. Thr3e (2007)
25. True Believer (1989)
26. White Man's Burden (1995)
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