The Blind Side 2009  PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Jae Head, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Andy Stahl, Tom Nowicki, Adriane Lenox, Catherine Dyer, Libby Whittemore, Melody Weintraub, Sharon Morris
Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is a homeless African-American teenager from a broken home who wealthy Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) spots on a cold, winter night. He is wearing just shorts and a t-shirt, and Leigh Anne invites Michael into her Memphis home. Despite different backgrounds, Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family. His adopted family helps Michael achieve success as a student and hire Miss Sue (Kathy Bates) to tutor Michael. Michael succeeds with his studies and joins the football team at his Briarcrest Christian School. Later, he becomes a star player at the University of Mississippi, and this year signed with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. Based on the true story of Michael Oher's life.
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Claudine's Return 1998  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Kiss of Fire
Director: Antonio Tibaldi
Cast: Christina Applegate, Stefano Dionisi, Matt Clark, Tony Torn, Gabriel Mann, Perry Anzilotti, Torrie Gold, Ric Reitz, Maia Lien, Tom Nowicki
Bi-sexual Claudine (Christina Applegate) works as a laundress at a motel on Dolphin Island off the coast of Georgia; she also has a night job as a stripteaser. Along comes Italian Stefano (Stefano Dionisi) who takes a job as handyman at the motel, and a relationship with Claudine begins. But, he must deal with her major mood swings, as well as the baby that is now due.
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The Code Conspiracy 2001 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Hank Whetstone
Cast: Jim Fitzpatrick, Maria Conchita Alonso, David Warner, Lou Rawls, Marc Macaulay, Tom Nowicki, Hank Stone, Rus Blackwell, Holland Hayes, Russell Warner, Bill Cordell
While developing a computer code, software professionals John and Professor (Jim Fitzpatrick and David Warner) uncover a code that holds the key to the Dead Sea Scrolls, which allows them to predict people's futures as well as prove the existence of God. Of course the government–and others–would like to have that information, and the chase is on.
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Ernest Saves Christmas 1988  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John R. Cherry III
Cast: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Robert Lesser, Gailard Sartain, Billie Bird, Bill Byrge, Buddy Douglas, Patty Maloney, Tom Nowicki, Daniel Butler
Ernest learns that Santa Claus is in trouble and sets out to find a way to save Christmas.
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First-Time Felon 1997  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Cast: Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo, Rachel Ticotin, William Forsythe, Anthony "Treach" Criss, Justin Pierce, Lucinda Jenney, Jo D. Jonz, Badja Djola, Robin Michelle McClamb, Tom Nowicki, Sandra "Pepa" Denton
When petty crook Greg Yance (Omar Epps) is jailed for drug possession, he is offered a choice between five years in jail or two months going through a boot camp. He chooses the latter and becomes a better man as a result. Based on a true story.
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Flash 1997   TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Lucas Black, Brian Kerwin, Ellen Burstyn, Shawn Toovey, Tom Nowicki, Von Coulter, Dan Biggers, Sharon Blackwood, Whitt Brantley, Jill Jane Clements
A boy and a horse set the stage for this Disney family made-for-TV movie. Connor (Lucas Black) dreams of having Flash (the horse) for his own and saves his money, though the family is poor. Matters are made worse when the horse falls into the hands of a mean man.
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 Frankenstein 2004 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Marcus Nispel
Cast: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg, Ivana Milicevic, Michael Madsen, Tom Nowicki, David Jensen, Lauren Swinney, Ann Mahoney, Deborah Duke, Deneen Tyler, Brett Rice, Stocker Fontelieu, Maureen Brennan
New Orleans police detectives Carson O'Conner and Michael Sloane (Parker Posey and Adam Goldberg) investigate a series of murders that lead them to the home of mad scientist Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann). Helios is the original Dr. Frankenstein and has kept himself alive these 200 years through genetic experiments. At first, the detectives suspect Helios' monster, Deucalion (Vincent Perez), but by story's end the villain turns out to be Helios.
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Never Back Down 2008 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope, Djimon Hounsou, Wyatt Smith, Affion Crockett, Neil Brown Jr., Lauren Leech, Tilky Jones, Steven Crowley, Tom Nowicki
In this Mixed-Martial-Arts teen drama, widow Margot Tyler (Leslie Hope) moves to Orlando with her sons–17-year-old Jake (Sean Faris) and 10-year-old Charlie (Wyatt Smith). Jake, who had been a talented football player in Iowa, is troubled by the DWI death of his father and tries to stay in the shadows of his new schoolmates. But, after being goaded by bully Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet), Jake enters into an extreme hand-to-hand combat and is beaten. Jake wants revenge and begins training at the gym under the tutelage of Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou) who takes him under his wing and teaches Jake about honor and winning the mental game of fighting martial arts.
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Selma, Lord, Selma 1999 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Mackenzie Astin, Jurnee Smollett, Stephanie Zandra Peyton, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce, Yolanda King, Elizabeth Omilami, Afemo Omilami, Brett Rice, Tom Nowicki, Zach Rogers, Von Coulter
After listening to Martin Luther King Jr. (Clifton Powell) speak during 1965 in Alabama, 11-year-old Sheyann Webb (Jurnee Smollett) and her best friend, Rachel West (Stephanie Zandra Payton), join the Civil Rights Movement. Despite racial violence permeating their world, the girls persevere in support of Dr. King and join him on the march from Selma to Montgomery.
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The Tempest 1998 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Bender
Cast: Peter Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, Katherine Heigl, John Pyper-Ferguson, Eddie Mills, Dennis Redfield, Donzaleigh Abernathy, Jon Huffman, Tom Nowicki, Tim Parati, Rhoda Griffis, Lonnie Hamilton, Alex Van, Rachel Crouch
In this made-for-TV offering, Shakespeare's play is re-set before and during the Civil War–with slave owners replacing the roles of royalty. Plantation master Gideon Prosper's (Peter Fonda) wife has died, and he uses sorcery to distract himself from his grief. Gideon's brother, Anthony (John Glover), steals the land from Gideon, and, after trying to lynch Gideon, Anthony leaves him for dead. Gideon recovers and finds safety with his daughter, Miranda (Rachel Crouch), on a bayou island. Years pass, the Civil War is in progress, and Anthony is a Confederate spy. While Anthony is paddling a canoe nearby, Gideon uses his sorcery skills to cause a storm that capsizes the canoe. Anthony makes it to shore and shoots Gideon. Meanwhile, Miranda falls in love with a Union soldier, Capt. Frederick Allen (Eddie Mills), and they warn General Grant's troops about a trap set for them.
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| 1. The Blind Side (2009)
2. Claudine's Return (1998)
aka: Kiss of Fire
3. The Code Conspiracy (2001)
4. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
5. First-Time Felon (1997)
6. Flash (1997)
7. Frankenstein (2004)
8. Never Back Down (2008)
9. Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
10. The Tempest (1998)
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