 Air Bud 1997  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Cast: Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Bill Cobbs, Eric Christmas, Brendan Fletcher, Norman Browning, Jay Brazeau, Shayn Solberg, Nicola Cavendish, Stephen E. Miller, Frank C. Turner
Josh (Kevin Zegers) is suffering emotionally after his father's death and has now been placed in a new school. One day, he finds an abandoned Golden Retriever, Buddy. It turns out that Buddy can shoot hoops, and since Josh wants to try out for the school basketball team, Buddy can help him practice. Josh makes the team, and he and Buddy perform at half-time. Buddy is a hit with the media, which is good IF the notoriety does not cause his previous owner Norm Snively (Michael Jeter) to reclaim him and cash in on his celebrity status.
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American Graffiti 1973  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Spano, Candy Clark, Wolfman Jack, Charles Martin Smith, Bo Hopkins, Beau Gentry, Manuel Padilla Jr.
"Cruising" in the early 1960s on a hot summer night is the setting for this story of an end-of-summer good-bye as one of the group is leaving for college in the morning. It is an insightful glimpse of high-school seniors in a more innocent era before the Vietnam controversies when "Wolfman Jack" introduced their songs and represented their cultures. The five Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Candy Clark).
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The Culpepper Cattle Company 1972 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, Wayne Sutherlin, John McLiam, Matt Clark, Raymond Guth, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Hal Needham, Jerry Gatlin, Royal Dano
Sixteen-year-old Ben Mockridge (Gary Grimes) talks trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) into hiring him as a cook's helper on a cattle drive, and Ben learns first-hand just how rugged the life of a cowboy can be.
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Dead Heat 2002  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Mark Malone
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Lothaire Bluteau, Daniel Benzali, Kay Panabaker, Denis Arndt, Charles Martin Smith, Michael Benyaer, Alf Humphreys
Retired Boston policeman Pally LaMarr (Kiefer Sutherland) and his half-brother Ray (Anthony LaPaglia) invest in a race horse, and Ray hires his friend, Tony (Lothaire Bluteau), to be the jockey. But Tony owes money to the mob, and mob boss Frank Finnegan (Daniel Benzali) steals the horse as payment for a gambling debt. Now it is the two brothers who try to outwit Finnegan. Will they get the horse back in time to win the big race?
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Dead Silence 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: James Garner, Kim Coates, Marlee Matlin, Lolita Davidovich, Charles Martin Smith, Kenneth Welsh, James Villemaire, Gary Basaraba, Barclay Hope, Blu Mankuma
FBI agent John Potter (James Garner) is assigned to deal with a hostage crisis in which three escaped convicts have captured a school bus transporting deaf students and their teacher Melanie Charrol (Marlee Matlin).
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Deep Cover 1992  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra, Rene Assa, Alex Colon, Sydney Lassick, Roger Guenveur Smith
When a police officer (Larry Fishburne) is given an undercover assignment that puts him in the Los Angeles drug world, he is slowly lured into the web of drugs and money–with devastating results.
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The Experts 1989  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dave Thomas
Cast: John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston, Charles Martin Smith, Deborah Foreman, James Keach, Jan Rubes, Rick Ducommun, Brian Doyle-Murray
A KGB agent kidnaps two New York City men-about-town and takes them to Russia where they find a secret progressive town. Then, the fun begins in this so-so farce.
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Go Ask Alice 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: William Shatner, Jamie Smith-Jackson, Andy Griffith, Julie Adams, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Robert Carradine, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Michael Morgan, Jennifer Edwards, Ayn Ruymen
Alice is the pseudonym for the author of a "real-life" diary in which 15-year-old Alice (Jamie Smith-Jackson) writes about moving to a new school and getting involved in drugs. She ends up running away from her home and parents (William Shatner and Julie Adams) who have no clue as to her problems. Alice becomes a prostitute before crashing and realizing the error of her ways.
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Herbie Goes Bananas 1980 G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephen W. Burns, John Vernon, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Rocco, Fritz Feld, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III, Vito Scotti, Ruben Moreno, Tina Menard, Jorge Morena, Allan Hunt
The "Love Bug"–the intelligent Volkswagen, Herbie–is back. Pete (Stephen W.Burns) has inherited Herbie, and he and his friend D.J. (Charles Martin Smith) take Herbie to Brazil for the Grand Primio race. Along the way, Herbie plays the matador in a bull ring, and more complications await as they encounter a smuggling ring. But, Herbie, of course, foils its plans to steal the gold.
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I Love Trouble 1994 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, Robert Loggia, Olympia Dukakis, James Rebhorn, Marsha Mason, Eugene Levy, Charles Martin Smith, Jane Adams
Experienced and famous columnist Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) runs into more than he is ready for when he competes with cub reporter Sabrina (Julia Roberts). Both fight for the story about the real causes of a train wreck and, in the process, fall in love. Entertaining, with a touch of humor, action, suspense, and romance.
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Left Behind: World at War 2005 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Jessica Steen, Gordon Currie, Janaya Stephens, Chelsea Noble, Laura Catalano, Arnold Pinnock, Charles Martin Smith, David Eisner, Phillip Jarrett, David Macniven
It has been 18 months since Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) rose to power in the new Global Community. Meanwhile, American President Gerald Fitzhugh (Louis Gossett Jr.) has been powerless as Carpathia has outlawed Christianity, controlled the media, and strengthened the military. Now, after surviving an assassination attempt, Fitzhugh turns to Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron) and his underground Tribulation Force and, against insurmountable odds, takes on Carpathia in order to save the world.
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 Lucky You 2007  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Charles Martin Smith, Horatio Sanz, Robert Downey Jr., Debra Messing, Jean Smart, Evan Jones, Phyllis Somerville, Delaine Yates, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Saverio Guerra, Danny Hoch, Olivia Tracey
Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is a big-time Las Vegas cardsharp who loses as often as he wins. He learned poker from his father, L.C. Cheever (Robert Duvall), who is a two-time World Series of Poker champion, and Huck hopes to be competing against L.C. in the next World Championship. The other part of Huck's life is aspiring lounge singer Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore) who hooks up with him, leaves him, comes back, and leaves again in their on-again, off-again relationship. But the main thrust of this story is Huck trying to obtain the $10,000 needed to enter the World Poker Championship.
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More American Graffiti 1979 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill L. Norton
Cast: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Scott Glenn, Mary Kay Place, Harrison Ford
The characters from "American Graffiti" are back in this sequel. Now, they work their ways through the turbulent 1960s–including the Vietnam War and its accompanying protest movement. It just doesn't click this time around. That motorcycle cop is Harrison Ford.
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Never Cry Wolf 1983  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Carroll Ballard
Cast: Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah, Martha Ittimangnaq, Hugh Webster, Tom Dahlgren, Walker Stuart, Christina Luescher, Eugene Corr
A biologist is sent to the Yukon to determine if white wolves are the reason caribou are declining in number. The film brings a new understanding and appreciation for Arctic wolves and their quest for survival.
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No Deposit, No Return 1976 G, 115 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Barbara Feldon, John Williams, Charles Martin Smith, Vic Tayback, Bob Hastings, Kim Richards
When two run-away children try to get to Hong Kong where their mother is, they end up in the middle of a robbery. The safecrackers turn out to be kind-hearted, and the adventures begin. Disney.
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Roswell 1994 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Xander Berkeley, Bob Gunton, Kim Greist, Peter MacNicol, John M. Jackson, Nick Searcy, Charles Martin Smith
Jesse (Kyle MacLachlan) attends a military reunion in 1977 with the intent of clearing his name from an incident 30 years previously when he was assigned to investigate a possible extraterrestrial crash landing. He had been the fall guy for a cover-up, and what he learns at the reunion indicates that the deceit may be bigger than he thought. There could even be aliens among us.
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Speechless 1994 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Bonnie Bedelia, Christopher Reeve, Ernie Hudson, Charles Martin Smith, Gailard Sartain, Ray Baker, Mitch Ryan, Steven Wright
Shades of real life Mary Matalin and James Carville, only this time it is Kevin Vallick (Michael Keaton) and Julia Mann (Geena Davis) representing their respective Republican and Democrat parties. Love amidst politics on the campaign trail is the theme for this "missable" movie.
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The Spikes Gang 1974 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Smith, Don Fellows, Elliott Sullivan, Robert Beatty, Bert Conway, Ralph Brown, Bill Curran, David Thomson, Ricardo Palacios
Garry Spikes (Lee Marvin) is a veteran gunman who is wounded, and runaway boys–Les Richter (Ron Howard) and Will Young (Gary Grimes)–nurse him back to health. They love hearing Spikes tell about his past adventures, and Spikes encourages them to form an outlaw gang with him as their leader. Les and Will enter the world of bank robberies with Spikes, but then Spikes double-crosses them and hunts them as a bounty hunter. When Will decides to settle the score and get revenge, mayhem is certain to follow.
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Starman 1984 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Ted White, M.C. Gainey, George "Buck" Flower, Mickey Jones, Lu Leonard, Tony Edwards, John Walter Davis, Sean Stanek, David Wells, Dirk Blocker
Starman (Jeff Bridges) comes to Earth with the mission of learning about the civilization of Earth's human beings and to give a message of peace. He takes on the form of Jenny Hayden's (Karen Allen) deceased husband. At first, Jenny's response is fear, which changes to love when she takes Starman to the Nevada desert where he plans to depart Earth. Along the way, they unite against National Security Council agent George Fox (Richard Jaeckel), and Jenny helps Starman reach his fellow aliens who pick him up and take him home. Bridges was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
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The Triangle 2005 TV, 270 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Sam Neill, Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Davison, Michael E. Rodgers, Lisa Brenner, John Sloan, Charles Martin Smith, Barrie Ingham, Marius Weyers, Shannon Esrechowitz, Adrienne Pierce
In this made-for-TV miniseries, strange things are happening in the Bermuda Triangle, and billionaire shipping magnate Eric Benirall (Sam Neill) is losing ships and crews. His solution is to hire specialists–journalist Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), engineer Emily Patterson (Catherine Bell), psychic Stan Lathem (Bruce Davison), meteorologist Bruce Geller (Michael E. Rodgers), and the sole survivor of one of the shipwrecks Meeno Paloma (Lou Diamond Phillips). Off they go to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, but the more they investigate, the more nightmarish the answers become.
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 The Untouchables 1987 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Vito D'Ambrosio, Steven Goldstein, Peter Aylward, Don Harvey, Robert Swan
During the Prohibition Era in Chicago, Federal Agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) sets out to stop Al Capone (Robert De Niro) who controls the underworld alcohol empire. Sean Connery won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor as Jim Malone, the cop who Ness asks for help in beating the mob:.
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Wedding Bell Blues 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dana Lustig
Cast: Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova, Julie Warner, John Corbett, Jonathan Penner, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Edson, Debbie Reynolds, Stephanie Beacham, Leo Rossi
Three unmarried career women head to Las Vegas looking for quick marriages followed by equally quick divorces so they can turn 30-years of age as divorcees instead of old maids.
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| 1. Air Bud (1997)
2. American Graffiti (1973)
3. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
4. The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972)
aka: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
5. Dead Heat (2002)
6. Dead Silence (1997)
7. Deep Cover (1992)
8. The Experts (1989)
9. Go Ask Alice (1973)
10. Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
11. The Hot Spot (1990)
12. I Love Trouble (1994)
13. Left Behind: World at War (2005)
14. Lucky You (2007)
15. More American Graffiti (1979)
16. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
17. No Deposit, No Return (1976)
18. Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
aka: Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers
19. Roswell (1994)
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
20. Speechless (1994)
21. The Spikes Gang (1974)
22. Starman (1984)
23. The Triangle (2005)
24. The Untouchables (1987)
25. Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
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