Against Time 2001  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
aka: All Over Again
Director: Cleve Nettles
Cast: Ean Mering, Robert Loggia, Craig T. Nelson, John Amos, Cory King, Emilie Jacobs, Monique Edwards, Shane McRae, Chris Roy, Jeanine Pellegrino, Patti Gross, Toi Svane Stepp, Ronnie Steadman, Walker Haynes, Willie Hines
In this fantasy drama, teenager Z.T. (Ean Mering) has been dreaming of leaving his town and getting away from his widowed father Cole (Craig T. Nelson). When elderly alcoholic Zack (Robert Loggia) arrives in town claiming to be Z.T.'s "older incarnation," the two work together to stop Z.T. from making the mistake that Zack made years ago when his life spiraled downward. Matters come to a head when Cole makes an astonishing confession, and now Z.T. realizes that bringing his life into focus through time travel to piece together Zack's life and finding out what really happened 50 years ago will be a race against time.
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 Coming to America 1988  R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Calvin Lockhart, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Shari Headley, Paul Bates, Eriq La Salle, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Another Eddie Murphy vehicle, but this time he stars as pampered, African Prince Akeem who, against his family's wishes, is trying to find a bride in New York City. Arsenio Hall costars as his buddy Semmi. Akeem and Semmi assume false identities as Akeem tries to find a woman who will not fall for him simply because he is a prince. They get jobs at Cleo McDowell's (John Amos) food emporium, and romance blossoms between Akeem and Cleo's daughter Lisa (Shari Headley). But now, Akeem's parents (James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair) arrive on the scene prepared to take Akeem home to Africa. Eddie and Arsenio take on several other roles in addition to their primary ones. Good fun.
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Die Hard 2 1990  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, John Leguizamo, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower, Sheila McCarthy, Don Harvey, Tony Ganios
Action, action, and more action fill the screen in this sequel to "Die Hard." John McClane (Bruce Willis) must come to the aid of his hostage wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). This time, terrorists plan to invade Dulles Airport, and, as luck would have it, Holly's plane is about to land. John has no choice but to single-handedly fight the terrorists.
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Disappearing Acts 2000 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gina Prince
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, CCH Pounder, John Amos, Clark Johnson, Q-Tip, Aunjanue Ellis, John Beasley
Schoolteacher Zora (Sanaa Latham), who dreams of becoming a singing sensation, moves into a new neighborhood. She meets soon-to-be-divorced Franklin (Wesley Snipes), an out-of-work construction worker who wants to open his own business. A stormy love affair begins in this good, made-for-HBO film from a novel by Terry McMillan.
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Dr. Dolittle 3 2006  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Rich Thorne
Cast: Kyla Pratt, Kristen Wilson, Walker Howard, John Amos, Ryan McDonell, Luciana Carro, Tara Wilson, Chelan Simmons, Gary Busey, Mark Moseley, Chenier Hundal, Tommy Snider
In this direct-to-video sequel, veterinarian John Doolittle's daughter, Maya (Kyla Pratt), has inherited her father's innate ability to talk to the animals. When she gets in trouble, her mother (Kristen Wilson) sends Maya off to Durango, a dude ranch, where she makes new friends and gives the animals a pep talk to encourage them to perform well in an upcoming rodeo, which could provide the needed funds to keep Durango out of bankruptcy.
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Hologram Man 1995 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Richard Pepin
Cast: Joe Lara, Evan Lurie, Michael Nouri, John Amos, William Sanderson, Arabella Holzbog, Anneliza Scott, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Nicholas Worth, Alex Cord, Michele Smith, Derek McGrath
Set in the future, this story involves a terrorist, Slash Gallagher (Evan Lurie), whose body has been reduced to a holographic state while in police custody. Then, his old gang helps him break out of prison but can only free his mind and soul–not his body. Slash is doomed to exist as a hologram unless policeman Kurt Decoda (Joe Lara) can find the means to destroy him.
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Let's Do It Again 1975 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Julius Harris, Val Avery
Two Atlanta members (Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby) of a fraternal lodge find a way to con gamblers by using the occult to turn Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a winning prizefighter. This film follows "Uptown Saturday Night" and is followed by "A Piece of the Action."
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Lock Up 1989  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Flynn
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Darlanne Fluegel, Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore, Frank McRae, William Allen Young, Larry Romano, Jordan Lund, John Lilla, Dean Duval, Jerry Strivelli, David Anthony Marshall, Kurek Ashley
Prison Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) had refused to give prisoner Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) a weekend pass to visit his dying father when Frank escaped and told the media about Drumgoole's evil treatment of prisoners. Frank is now back in prison serving the last six months of his sentence, and Warden Drumgoole is determined to exact revenge on Leone for ruining his "good" name.
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Mac 1992 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Turturro
Cast: John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto, Katherine Borowitz, John Amos, Olek Krupa, Ellen Barkin, Steven Randazzo, Matthew Sussman, Nicholas Turturro, Joe Paparone, Dennis Farina
Following their father's death, his three sons–Mac (John Turturro), Vico (Michael Badalucco), and Bruno (Carl Capotorto)–decide to follow on in the family business and form Vitelli Construction Company. But, working together proves difficult, and a falling-out develops in their relationships with each other.
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The President's Plane Is Missing 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Buddy Ebsen, Peter Graves, Arthur Kennedy, Raymond Massey, Mercedes McCambridge, Rip Torn, Louise Sorel, Dabney Coleman, Joseph Campanella, John Amos
There's a threat to overthrow the U.S. Government, and the action starts when the president's plane (with the president on board) mysteriously disappears. So-so made-for-TV flick.
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Ricochet 1991 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner, Mary Ellen Trainor, John Amos, Victoria Dillard, Josh Evans, Jesse Ventura
After rookie cop Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) captures psychopath Blake (John Lithgow), Styles rises to the position of Assistant District Attorney. What he has not counted on is Blake's revenge.
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Roots 1977  TV, 573 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Cast: LeVar Burton, John Amos, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Maya Angelou, O.J. Simpson, Ben Vereen, Moses Gunn, Leslie Uggams, Lynda Day George, Beverly Todd, Edward Asner, Madge Sinclair, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene
Alex Haley's classic story of his family history involving Kunta Kinte's (LeVar Burton) abduction in 18th-century Africa and then being sold into slavery and sent to America is the focus of Chapter 0ne in this six-part made-for-TV epic. The mini-series received 37 Emmy nominations and won nine. Chapters continue through Kunta's (now played by John Amos) marriage to Bell (Madge Sinclair) and the birth of their daughter Kizzie. Then the saga follows with the birth of Kizzie's (Leslie Uggams) son Chicken George (Ben Vereen) who grows up to buy his freedom and pave the way for future generations to live in freedom following the Civil War.
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Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song 1971 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dallaghan, Rhetta Hughes, West Gale, Niva Rochellle, Nick Ferrari, John Amos, Mario Van Peebles
This powerful, angry attack on Whites begins with Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) performing his job as a prostitute. When he observes two policemen beating up a Black man, he brutally attacks the policemen. Now, he is on the run making his way from L.A. to Mexico. This violent film was originally rated 'X'
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Touched by Love 1980 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: To Elvis, with Love
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, Cristina Raines, Mary Wickes, Clu Gulager, John Amos, Clive Shalom, Twyla Volkins, Jason Bates
Based on a true story, this is a poignant film about the pen-pal relationship between Elvis Presley and a young Cerebral Palsy sufferer.
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Two Evil Eyes 1990 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento, George A. Romero
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Potter, Bingo O'Malley, Martin Balsam, Kim Hunter, Sally Kirkland, John Amos, Jeff Howell, Holter Graham, Tom Atkins, Jonathan Adams
European horror master Dario Argento teams up with George A. Romero ("Night of the Living Dead") to present two adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's tales: "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" and "The Black Cat." The latter is the better of the two, though both reduce the stories to plenty of gore. Previously made by Roger Corman in 1962 ("Tales of Terror" with Vincent Price).
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 Vanishing Point 1971 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Severn Darden, Victoria Medlin, Timothy Scott, Karl Swenson, Lee Weaver, Tom Reese, Owen Bush, John Amos, Val Avery, Rita Coolidge
While driving a supercharged Dodge Challenger from Colorado to California, Kowalski (Barry Newman) leads the police on a merry chase and is aided by a blind jockey, Super Soul (Cleavon Little), who monitors police radios and clues Kowalski in as to their whereabouts.
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The World's Greatest Athlete 1973 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dayle Haddon, Billy De Wolfe, Nancy Walker, Leon Askin, Don Pedro Colley, Vito Scotti, Liam Dunn, Ivor Francis
Coaches Sam Archer (John Amos) and Milo Jackson (Tim Conway) travel to Africa where they discover a super athlete, Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent), who they bring back to their college in the United States and turn him into a track star.
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| 1. Against Time (2001)
aka: All Over Again
2. American Flyers (1985)
3. The Beastmaster (1982)
4. Coming to America (1988)
5. Die Hard 2 (1990)
6. Disappearing Acts (2000)
7. Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
8. Hologram Man (1995)
9. Let's Do It Again (1975)
10. Lock Up (1989)
11. Mac (1992)
12. The President's Plane Is Missing (1971)
13. Ricochet (1991)
14. Roots (1977)
15. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song (1971)
16. Touched by Love (1980)
aka: To Elvis, with Love
17. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
18. Vanishing Point (1971)
19. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
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