A Blade in the Dark 1983 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Thriller aka: House of the Dark Stairway
Director: Lamberto Bava Cast: Andrea Occhipinti, Anny Papa, Fabiola Toledo, Michele Soavi, Valeria Cavalli, Stanko Molnar, Lara Naszinsky
A young composer, Bruno (Andrea Occhipinti), is hired to score a horror movie. When strange things start happening that relate to both the former tenant of the villa he has rented and to the film, he realizes that something sinister is going on.
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Double Team 1997 R, 90 min. Genre: Action
Director: Tsui Hark Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Natacha Lindinger, Valeria Cavalli, Jay Benedict, Joelle Devaux-Vullion, Bruno Bilotta, Mario Opinato
Counterterrorist Jack-Paul Quinn (Jean-Claude Van Damme) joins forces with weapons supplier Yaz (Dennis Rodman) to retrieve Quinn's wife and son from the clutches of the diabolical Stavros (Mickey Rourke). Along the way they dodge land mines and battle a tiger.
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Joseph 1995 TV, 185 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Roger Young Cast: Paul Mercurio, Ben Kingsley, Martin Landau, Lesley Ann Warren, Alice Krige, Dominique Sanda, Warren Clarke, Monica Bellucci, Stefano Dionisi, Valeria Cavalli, Kelly Miller, Michael Angelis
This TV miniseries provides a good retelling the Biblical story of Joseph (Paul Mercurio). Joseph's brothers, jealous of his being the favorite son and his ability to interpret dreams, sell Joseph into slavery to the Egyption Pharaoh. Joseph eventually rises to a powerful position in the government and, eventually, is reunited with his family.
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Mother of Tears 2007 N/R, 98 min. Genre: Horror / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
Director: Dario Argento Cast: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias, Valeria Cavalli, Philippe Leroy, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Udo Kier, Robert Madison, Jun Ichikawa, Tommaso Banfi, Massimo Sarchielli
In this, the final film of Dario Argento's trilogy, American art student Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) is visiting Rome when she breaks the seal on an ancient urn and, in the process, unwittingly unleashes terror in the form of a plague of witches. Now, Sarah must use her own psychic powers to stop the most powerful witch, "Mother of Tears," from destroying Rome. The first two films in the trilogy are " Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980).
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Shadows in the Sun 2005 N/R, 99 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance aka: The Shadow Dancer
Director: Brad Mirman Cast: Joshua Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Claire Forlani, John Rhys-Davies, Giancarlo Giannini, Armando Pucci, Albert Dray, Silvia De Santis, Jake Broder, Valeria Cavalli
British book agent and aspiring writer Jeremy Taylor (Joshua Jackson) is sent to Italy in search of author Weldon Parish (Harvey Keitel). In the process, he encounters Weldon's daughter Isabella (Claire Forlani), falls in love with her, meets Weldon, and the two men help each other to overcome problems and encourage each other to write as they deal effectively with life.
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| 1. A Blade in the Dark (1983) aka: House of the Dark Stairway
2. Double Team (1997)
3. Joseph (1995)
4. Mother of Tears (2007) aka: Mother of Tears: the Third Mother
5. Shadows in the Sun (2005) aka: The Shadow Dancer
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