Big Bad Love 2001  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arliss Howard
Cast: Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette, Angie Dickinson, Michael Parks, Alex Van, Zachary Moody, Olivia Kersey, Sue Peavey
Taken from Larry Brown's short story collection, this is the story of alcoholic, Vietnam vet Leon Barlow (Arliss Howard). He yearns to be a writer, but everyday his mailbox is filled with rejection slips. Add to this a disapproving mother (Angie Dickinson), a restraining order placed against him by his ex-wife (Debra Winger), and children he is not allowed to see. The result is a troubled man living on alcohol and hallucinations.
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The Return of Swamp Thing 1989  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Action / Comedy
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Sarah Douglas, Dick Durock, Ace Mask, Joe Sagal, Monique Gabrielle, RonReaco Lee, Daniel Emery Taylor, Ralph Pace, Timothy Birch, Alex Van, Chris Doyle, Tony Cecere, Rex Pierson
While visiting her diabolical stepfather Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan) who experiments with turning humans into weird animals, Abby (Heather Locklear) doesn't realize that Anton is planning to use her body to rejuvenate himself. But her life is saved, and she falls in love with Swamp Thing (Dick Durock) after Swamp Thing appears on the scene just in time to save Abby from being killed by Arcane. In the process, Swamp Thing avenges himself for his condition that Arcane imposed on him years before.
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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. Big Bad Love (2001)
2. The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
3. The Tempest (1998)
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