The Bone Collector 1999 R, 118 min. Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Phillip Noyce Cast: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Mike McGlone, Luis Guzman, Leland Orser, John Benjamin Hickey, Bobby Cannavale, Ed O'Neill, Gary Swanson, Frank Fontaine, Richard Zeman, Olivia Birkelund, James Bulleit
A serial killer is on the loose in New York City with a modus operandi of torturing first, killing next, and finally removing a bone from the victim to save as a souvenir. Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), a bedridden paraplegic, becomes interested in locating the killer and recruits Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) to help. Working against the clock–and Rhyme's seizures–the two cohorts set out on the trail of the brutal killer.
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Convicts 1991 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Masterson Cast: Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, James Earl Jones, Starletta DuPois, Carlin Glynn, Gary Swanson, Mel Winkler, Calvin Levels
Adapted from Horton Foote's play, this film is about young Horace Robedaux (Lukas Haas) and his lesson learned about injustice in the early 1900s' South as taught to him by Soll Gautier, a senile plantation-owner who uses Black convicts for back-breaking field labor. This film and "On Valentine's Day" are prequels to "1918."
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Double Threat 1992 R, 96 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David A. Prior Cast: Sally Kirkland, Andrew Stevens, Sherrie Rose, Chick Vennera, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Lynch, Ted Prior, Gary Swanson
Watch out if you are dealing with a jealous, aging movie star! In this case, her double (Rose) pays the price when she falls in love with Eric (Stevens), who also happens to be the star's (Kirkland) leading man and love interest.
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Kimberly 1999 R, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Frederic Golchan Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Sean Astin, Jason Lewis, Robert Mailhouse, Christopher Rydell, Patty Duke, Molly Ringwald, Lainie Kazan, Edward R. Pressman, Gary Swanson
Kimberly (Gabrielle Anwar), the daughter of an Olympic rowing champion, coaches a four-man crew–and sleeps with each one as well. Soon, she is pregnant and does not know who the father is, but the men help her through her pregnancy as she continues to coach them.
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Mambo Cafe 1999 PG-13, 95 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Reuben Gonzalez Cast: Danny Aiello, Rick Gonzalez, Rosanna DeSoto, Thalia, Robert Costanzo, Paul Rodriguez, Richard Hillman, Lillo Brancato, Raymond Serra, Gary Swanson
A Puerto Rican family runs a restaurant in NYC, and business isn't good. Here's an idea: rumor has it that a local mobster is about to be taken out by his superiors, and the restaurant would become famous if the gangster got killed there. So–the gangster accepts the invitation to dine daily at the family's cafe, and the plan works. One result is favorable–the place is now packed; the problem is that now the mob boss is suspicious of what happened.
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Sniper 1993 R, 98 min. Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Luis Llosa Cast: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young, Ken Radley, Richard Lineback, Dale Dye, Gary Swanson, Hank Garrett, Reynaldo Arenas, Frederick Miragliotta, Vanessa Steele, Carlos Alvarez, Tyler Coppin, Edward Wiley
Drugs in Panama are the centerpiece of this story in which two United States Marines (Tom Berenger and Billy Zane) are on a search and destroy mission in the jungles to seek out rebels and the drug king leader who is financing them. Their mission is to kill them using their sniper skills.
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Vice Squad 1982 R, 97 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sherman Cast: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Joseph DiGiroloma, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd, Maurice Emmanuel, Wayne Hackett, Michael Ensign, Jonathan Haze
Season Hubley stars as a prostitute who helps the police track down a sadistic pimp, Ramrod (Wings Hauser).
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| 1. The Bone Collector (1999)
2. Convicts (1991)
3. Double Threat (1992)
4. Kimberly (1999)
5. Mambo Cafe (1999)
6. Sniper (1993)
7. Vice Squad (1982)
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