After Hours 1985  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Heard, Dick Miller, Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Catherine O'Hara, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block
Martin Scorsese directed this dark comedy about an upwardly mobile man who meets an engaging girl in a coffee shop in Manhattan, and unusual adventures follow. Scorsese won a Best Director award at the Cannes film festival for this different film.
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 High Plains Drifter 1973  R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Billy Curtis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch, Geoffrey Lewis, Walter Barnes, Paul Brinegar, Ted Hartley, Richard Bull, Robert Donner, John Hillerman
Clint Eastwood plays a cowboy known only as "the Stranger" who drifts into the town of Lagos that contains more dishonest citizens than one could count. As a matter of fact, it is hard for "the Stranger" to keep track of the good guys and the bad guys when the townsfolk hire him for protection from outlaws.
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The Hired Hand 1971  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Fonda
Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden, Ted Markland, Ann Doran, Owen Orr, Rita Rogers, Al Hopson, Megan Denver, Gray Johnson, Michael McClure, Larry Hagman
Harry Collings (Peter Fonda) has been wandering from town to town with his friends Arch Harris (Warren Oates) and Dan (Robert Pratt). Dan is killed by McVey (Severn Darden), and Arch and Harry avenge his death. Now, Harry returns to his wife Hannah's (Verna Bloom) good graces after a seven-year absence. She will not reconcile right away, but she will take him back on a trial run as her hired hand. This works for awhile–until Arch is taken hostage, and Harry must decide where his loyalties really lie.
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Honkytonk Man 1982 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Alexa Kenin, Verna Bloom, Barry Corbin, Matt Clark, Jerry Hardin, Tim Thomerson, Macon McCalman, Joe Regalbuto, Gary Grubbs, Linda Hopkins
Red Stoval (Clint Eastwood) is a tubercular alcoholic who travels to Nashville to sing at the Grand Ole Opry. Along for the ride is Red's nephew Whit (Kyle Eastwood) who serves as his uncle's protector. Red's Grandpa (John McIntire) and aspiring singer Marlene (Alexa Kenin) also join them on the interesting trek. Clint Eastwood's son Kyle makes his acting debut in this film, and he IS good.
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The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Verna Bloom, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Andre Gregory, Nehemiah Persoff, Roberts Blossom, John Lurie, Paul Greco, Barry Miller, Gary Basaraba, Irvin Kershner, Victor Argo
Based on Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, this controversial biblical interpretation presents Christ as a man in the middle of a dilemma of life as the Son of God or that of an ordinary man. Scorsese received an Oscar nomination for his Directorial efforts.
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Medium Cool 1969 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Haskell Wexler
Cast: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Peter Boyle, Marianna Hill, Christine Bergstrom, Harold Blankenship, Charles Geary, Doug Kimball, Robert McAndrew
This excellent semi-documentary makes a statement about the influence of TV on society. It focuses on a disinterested cameraman who unemotionally films the street riots, which were a facet of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.
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 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Animal House
Director: John Landis
Cast: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Cesare Danova, Mary Louise Weller, Peter Riegert, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, James Daughton, Mark Metcalf
This movie set a trend for several films to come. Faber College's Dean Wormer (John Vernon) plots with Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) of Omega fraternity to rid the campus of the disreputable Delta House fraternity. The fraternity boys–seniors Otter (Tim Matheson), D-Day (Bruce McGill), Boon (Peter Riegert), and "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi)–at the Delta House provide plenty of laughs as they party, chase coeds, and battle school authorities.
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Promises to Keep 1985   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noel Black
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Christopher Mitchum, Bentley Mitchum, Tess Harper, Claire Bloom, Merritt Butrick, Peter Hobbs, Jane Sibbett, Verna Bloom, George Cheung
A man (Robert Mitchum) returns to his family after abandoning them for 30 years. Of interest is that Robert Mitchum plays the neglectful patriarch while his real-life son (Christopher Mitchum) plays the movie son and his real-life grandson (Bentley Mitchum) plays the grandson.
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| 1. After Hours (1985)
2. Badge 373 (1973)
3. High Plains Drifter (1973)
4. The Hired Hand (1971)
5. Honkytonk Man (1982)
6. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
7. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
8. Medium Cool (1969)
9. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
aka: Animal House
10. Promises to Keep (1985)
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