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Die Hard 2
Directed by Renny HarlinWritten by Steven E de Souza, Doug RichardsonBased on the novel 58 minutes by Walter Wager (characters by Roderick Thorp) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedilia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower. In this sequel to the 1987 smash hit, sees…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
Director Renny HarlinWritten by Shane Black Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, Tom Amandes, Yvonne Zima, David Morse, Melina Kanakaredes, GD Spradlin, Rex Linn, Joseph McKenna. Eight years ago Charlene Baltimore (Davis) was one of the best assassins within the secret US Government group ‘Chapter’. When her potential target, tried…
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Analyze This
Director Harold RamisWritten by Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Viterelli, Bill Macy. New York Mob Boss Paul Vitti (DeNiro) is weeks away from one of the biggest meetings of the “Families”. The original meeting, decades earlier was hampered by the involvement of law enforcement.…
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Batman & Robin (1997)
Director Joel SchumacherWritten by Akiva Goldsman Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, John Glover, Elle Macpherson, Vivica A Fox, Jeep Sweenson. Where to begin? Batman and Robin find themselves up against Dr Victor “Mr. Freeze” Fries, who wants to freeze Gotham City, so he can live comfortably…
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The Shawshank Redemption
Directed by Frank DarabontWritten by Stephen King (novella) & Frank Darabont Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore, Jeffrey DeMunn. In 1946, despite claiming his innocence, educated banker Andy Dufrensne (Robbins), is sent to prison for two life sentences over the murder of his wife and…
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The Jackal (1997)
Director Michael Caton-JonesWritten by Kenneth Ross, Chuck Pfarrer Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Mathilda May, JK Simmons, Richard Lineback, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Tess Harper, Leslie Philips, Stephen Spinella. An international, and interagency mission between the American FBI and Russian MVD, goes wrong, ending in the death of a high ranking Russian…
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Freeway (1996)
Directed and Written by Matthew Bright Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Susan Barnes, Brittany Murphy, Brooke Shields, Conchata Farrell Amanda Plummber, Alanna Ubach, Michael T Weiss, Bokeem Woodbine, Guillermo Diaz. Modern retelling of the fable of Red Riding Hood, sees 15 year old, illiterate Vanessa (Witherspoon in one of her earliest roles)…
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Meet Joe Black (1998)
Director Martin BrestWritten by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bob GoldmanInspired by works by Alberto Casella Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Haden, Jeffrey Tambor, Lois Kelly-Miller, June Squibb. Loosely based on 1934 film Death takes a Holiday, in this film ‘Death’ decides to come to earth, taking the body…
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Batman Returns (1992)
Director Tim Burton Written by Daniel Waters, Sam Hamm & Bob Kane (characters) Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Michael Murphy, Cristi Conaway, Andrew Bryniarski, Vincent Schiavelli, Paul Reubens, Diane Salinger. Follow up to 1989’s Batman, is quite a bit darker, and has a more gothic tone. It has…
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The Edge (1997)
Director Lee TamahoriWritten by David Mamet Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle MacPherson, Harold Perrineau, LQ Jones, Bart the Bear, Kathleen Wilhoit. Intellectual Billionaire magazine owner Charles Morse (Hopkins) and two of his colleagues; photographer Robert (Baldwin), and his assistant Stephen (Perrineau), survive a plane crash while on a short getaway for a photoshoot with Morse’…
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