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The Siege (1998)
Dir Edward Zwick Written by Edward Zwick, Menno Meyjez, Lawrence Wright Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, David Proval, Mark Valley, Lance Reddick. In New York City (in a pre 9/11), a series of terrorist attacks are occurring, due to America’s holding of known terrorist bomber. FBI agents Anthony ‘Hub’ Hubbard…
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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Dir Richard Donner Written by Jeffrey Boam, Robert Mark Kamen Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson, Steve Kahan, Darlene Love, Traci Woolfe. In the third film in the franchise, Murtaugh (Glover) is preparing for retirement. he and Riggs (Gibson) are soon demoted due to mistake that saw them accidentally blow up…
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End of Days (1999)
Dir Peter Hymas Writer Andrew W Marlowe Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollack, CCH Pounder, Derrick O’Connor, Miriam Margolyes, Udo Kier, Mark Margolis, Rod Steiger. At the end of 1979, the birth of a girl signalled the possible ‘End of Days’ when she was born with a mark on her arm. Now, twenty…
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Dir Steven Spielberg Written by Michael Crichton, David Koepp Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Ariana Richards, Joseph Mazello, Samuel L Jackson, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, BD Wong, Wayne Knight A wealthy businessman, John Hammond (Attenborough) has spent the last five years developing an island where his scientific team have brought Dinosaurs back…
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Copycat (1995)
Dir Jon Amiel Written by Ann Biderman, David Madsen Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr, J.E. Freeman, Will Patton, John Rothman. San Francisco is being plagued by potential serial killer. Partnered Investigators, the senior MJ Monahan (Hunter), and the junior Ruben Goetz (Mulroney) are the leads on the case. When…
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The Santa Clause (1994)
Dir John Pasquin Written by Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, David Krumholtz, Peter Boyle, Judith Scott. Toy company executive Scott Calvin (Allen) has his son Charlie (Lloyd) overnight on Christmas Eve, and is desperately trying to keep the belief of Santa Claus alive in him. his mother Laura…
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Armageddon (1998)
Dir Michael Bay Written by Jonathan Hensleigh, JJ Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy. Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Will Patton, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stomare, Keith David, Jason Isaacs, Ken Hudson Campbell. One of the two asteroid movies of 1998; in this NASA…
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Deep Impact (1998)
Dir Mimi Leder Written by Bruce Joel Ruben, Michael Tolkin Robert Duval, Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Alexander Baluev, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau, Laura Innes, Mary McCormack, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Richard Schiff, Leelee Sobieski, Blair Underwood, James Cromwell, Dougray Scott. One of the two ‘asteroid’ movies of 1998, in which school senior Leo…
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Speed (1994)
Directed by Jan de BontWritten by Graham Yost Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Beth Grant, Hawthorne James Months after stopping him from blowing up an elevator, LAPD Detective Jack Traven (Reeves), is called back in by bomber Hopper, who has now put a bomb on a bus. When…
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U Turn
Director Oliver StoneWritten by John Ridley (based on the novel Stray Dogs) Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Powers Booth, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Julie Hagerty, Laurie Metcalf, Liv Tyler. Bobby Cooper (Penn) is headed to Vegas to pay off a gambling debt, when his car requires urgent repair. Stopping…
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The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Directed by Tony ScottWritten by Shane Black & Greg Hicks Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Bruce McGill, Kim Coats, Chelcie Ross Quintessential early 1990’s action romp, sees PI Willis tagged with protecting dancer Berry, despite her boyfriend Damon’s wishes. When things go sour, Damon and Willis…
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Independence Day
Directed by Roland EmmerichWritten by Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Vivica A Fox, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Brent Spiner, Adam Baldwin, James Duvall, Lisa Jakub, Ross Bagley, Mae Whitman, Kiersten Warren, Giuseppe Andrews, Harry Connick Jr. Aliens have come to…
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Hard Rain
Directed by Mikael SalomonWritten by Graham Yost Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Richard Dysart, Betty White, Ed Asner, Michael Goorjian, Dann Florek, Ricky Harris, Mark Rolston, Peter Murnik, Wayne Duvall. From the writer of Speed (perhaps the best action movies of the 1990s), Graham Yost, comes this action yarn from the late…
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Batman Forever
Director Joel SchumacherWritten by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Akiva Goldsman Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Drew Barrymore, Debi Mazar, Rene Auberjonois, Ed Begley Jnr (unbilled). With a fresh ‘mid 90s’ take on the Batman saga, a new director, new Batman, and a much more…
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The Shadow (1994)
Directed by Russell MulcahyWritten by David Koepp Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Anne Miller, Ian McKellen, Peter Boyle, Tim Curry, Johnathan Winters, Sab Shimono, James Hong. Not long after the First World War, Lamont Cranston (Baldwin), has set himself up in Tibet as Ying-Ko, a drug kingpin. one day he is kidnapped by a mysterious…
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