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Of Mice And Men

    Director/Star Gary Sinise's 2nd feature behind the camera is a masterful work of art that features bravura performances across the board, wonderful cinematography, and a first rate script that adds new depth to the characters while maintaining the powerful emotions of the original story.  Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.
    George and Lenny are two depression era drifters looking for work as farm hands.  They are bound to travel together based on a promi...

Zelig

    Writer/Director/Star Woody Allen's 12th feature film is a tremendously funny faux documentary about a man that is able to change his physical appearance to match those around him in order to fit in as a means to combat a deeply rooted psychological ailment developed out of an acute fear of alienation.

    The faux documentary chronicles the events of one Leonard Zelig, a seemingly ordinary man, who has the innate ability to camouflage his physical appearance while takin...

3000 Miles To Graceland

    Writer/Director Demian Lichtenstein's 2nd feature film is a wild and crazy muddle of cliches, bad jokes, explosions, shoot outs, double crosses, and a casino heist, all surrounded by a nonsensical story about two ex cons that may well be the illegitimate children of Elvis Presley.


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Infamous

    Writer/Director Douglas McGrath's 4th feature film is a poignant docudrama focusing on the events surrounding Capote's life during the 4 year span in which he wrote "In Cold Blood".    Based on the book "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career" by George Plimpton.
    After reading about the events surrounding the murder of a Kansas family, author Truman Capote is suddenly compelled to wri...

Get Carter (2000)

    Director Stephen Kay's 2nd feature film is a hard hitting remake of the 1971 classic featuring a strong lead performance from Sylvester Stallone as the vengeful Jack Carter seeking for those responsible for the death of his younger brother.

    Jack Carter is a hard nosed Vegas enforcer that is hell bent on finding the men responsible for the death of his younger brother.  Upon his return home to the Pacific North West, Jack is confronted with an assortment of fami...

The Limey

    Director Steven Soderbergh's 7th feature film is a highly stylised remake of the 1971 British action/thriller "Get Carter" that features some clever editing, great performances, and a simplistic cliched plot that is as straight forward as they come.

    Wilson has just been released from a long stint in an English prison to find that his daughter has died in a fiery crash in the Hollywood Hills.  Upon his arrival in L.A. Wilson immediately sets forth to tracking do...

Get Carter (1971)

    Writer/Director Mike Hodges debut feature is a stylish, hard-hitting, gritty action thriller that grabs the viewer by the throat from the first frame and doesn't let go until the unforgettable last frame.  Based on the novel "Jack's Return Home" by Ted Lewis.

    Jack Carter returns to Newcastle looking for answers that will lead him in the right direction to find the people responsible for the mysterious death of his brother.  As Jack digs deeper he finds a s...

The Quick And The Dead (1995)

    Director Sam Raimi's 6th feature film is one of the most inventive westerns of all time featuring: inventive gun fight sequences, a dynamite script, and a tremendous cast of stars that make the most of their screen time to provide a truly unique film experience.

    A mysterious woman rides into the town of Redemption on the eve of a local gun fight contest in search of vengeance for a wrong committed more than twenty years past.  Local tyrant John Herod, former ou...

Assassins

    Director Richard Donner's 17th feature film is a terrific action/thriller about the world's top assassin attempting to find the person behind a mysterious hit that has been put out on his life by protecting a high price target in order to lure his would be killer out into the open.

    Robert Rath is an ageing assassin that is looking to get out of the business after having to complete a difficult mission where he was forced to retire a former colleague.  When a yo...

16 Blocks

    Director Richard Donner's 21st feature film is a well crafted action thriller featuring a commanding performance from Bruce Willis as an ageing alcoholic cop attempting to evade a barrage of attacks from his fellow police officers while escorting a federal witness to court.

    Det. Jack Mosley is a burnt out alcoholic cop that is looking forward to ending a long shift and crawling into bed.  Before he can go home he is assigned the unenviable task of escorting a f...