The Lawnmower Man

God made him simple. Science made him a god.

GENRE: Science-Fiction Thriller
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright
Running Time: 108 mins
Certificate: 15

SYNOPSIS:
Worldwide box office success The Lawnmower Man, based on a story by Stephen King, was one of the first films to enter the realms of virtual reality. The story of a simple man transformed into a genius through the application of computer science. (1992)

The Lawnmower Man II: Beyond Cyberspace

Science gave him the tools to create a universe where he is God. Only one man can stop him.

GENRE: Science-Fiction Thriller
Director: Farhad Mann
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer
Running Time: 92 mins
Certificate: 12

SYNOPSIS:
The sequel to the hugely successful The Lawnmower Man and based on a story by Stephen King, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace tells the story of the mysterious victim of a lab explosion who returns to wreak vengeance on the scientists who had failed him and to use his superior knowledge to control the world… Only one man has the power to stop him. (1996)

Nostradamus

Never before has one man seen so much of the future. Our future.

GENRE: Drama
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Tcheky Karyo, Rutger Hauer, Julia Ormond
Running Time: 120 mins
Certificate: 15

SYNOPSIS:
Contemporary audiences cannot escape the unsettling predictions of a man who lived centuries ago. The film recounts the life and loves of the famed physician and astrologer whose predictions have proved correct – including the assassination of Kennedy, the first man on the moon, the last two world wars – and horrors beyond.(1994)

The Lake

GENRE: Drama
Director: Robert Golden
Cast: Eve Pearce ( Topsy Turvy ), Sandra Voe ( Breaking The Waves )
Running Time: 103 mins

SYNOPSIS:
Anne, an English woman in her early seventies, is incorrectly diagnosed with terminal cancer. In the belief that she has just three weeks left to live, she decides to revisit a lake in northern Italy where she had restored paintings as a young woman after the Second World War. Anne hopes to discover what became of Antonio, her first and only passionate love, from whom she was forced to flee years before.

Rawhead Rex

He is pure evil, pure power, pure terror. Someone has awakened him.

GENRE: Horror
Director: George Pavlou
Cast: David Dukes, Kelly Piper
Running Time: 85 mins
Certificate: 18

SYNOPSIS:
Rawhead Rex is a demon, alive for millennia, trapped in the depths of hell, and waiting for release. He is held by an ancient seal, imprisoned for centuries, until one day the seal is broken and the unspeakable evil is unleashed. (1986)

Underworld

In a secret world, deep underground, the mutant victims of a cruel chemical experiment lie in wait..

GENRE: Horror
Director: George Pavlou
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Steven Berkoff, Denholm Elliott
Running Time: 90 mins
Certificate: 18

SYNOPSIS:
Based on a story by renowned horror genius Clive Barker, George Pavlov directs a superior cast in the cult movie UNDERWORLD …as they search for an antidote, the disfigured victims of a cruel chemical experiment come into brutal collision with the king-pin of the underground criminal universe. (1985)

Thunder Point

Hitler's last deadly orders are found on a Caribbean reef.

GENRE: Thriller
Director: George Mihalka
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Pascale Bussieres, Michael Sarrazin
Running Time: 96 mins

SYNOPSIS:
Whilst diving in tropical waters, a British expatriate comes across a barnacle-encrusted briefcase with the seal of the Fuhrer himself on it – a discovery that would cost him his life and plunge his daughter and her friends into terrible danger. (1996)

The Windsor Protocol

An explosive document may put a neo-Nazi in the White House.

GENRE: Thriller
Director: George Mihalka
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Macha grenon, Alan Thicke
Running Time: 94 mins

SYNOPSIS:
Sean Dillon is called into action to recover an explosive Nazi document which lists bank accounts holding billions of dollars and the names of those who are hell bent on establishing the Fourth Reich in the White House. (1996)

The Howling VII: New Moon Rising

Somewhere out there a new terror is breeding.

GENRE: Horror
Director: Clive Turner
Cast: John Ramsden, Ernest Kester
Running Time: 90 minutes
Certificate: 15

SYNOPSIS:
From the people who brought you Nightmare on Elm Street comes the latest installment in one of the biggest horror franchises in history. The story of a quiet Californian town rocked by a series of gruesome slayings that can only have been the work of a werewolf. At each new moon the creature strikes, making new werewolves of its chosen victims… (1995)

Deadline

A tragic romance set against the backdrop of a military coup.

GENRE: Drama
Director: Richard Stroud
Cast: John Hurt, Imogen Stubbs
Running Time: 91 mins
Certificate: USA: R

SYNOPSIS:
One of England's finest actors, John Hurt gives an intense performance in DEADLINE, a film of poignancy and authenticity. As Granville Jones, John Hurt plays one of the great foreign correspondents of old-time Fleet Street who finds himself in the position to reverse an international catastrophe..(1988)

Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

She is a teacher, a whore, an assassin, trapped in a web of seduction, intrigue and murder.

GENRE: Thriller
Director: Bob Ellis
Cast: Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye
Running Time: 91 mins
Certificate: USA: R

SYNOPSIS:
The dark tale of an art teacher driven to selling herself on a cross-country night sleeper. All her clients have a different story to tell and she makes sure she is in control of each encounter until one client reaches her more than she expects – forceful and dominant he draws her into the twilight world of espionage. (1988)

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The Whole Shebang

On a mission to save his family's fireworks business, a man becomes distracted after he falls in love.

GENRE: Romantic Comedy
Director: George Zaloom
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Bridget Fonda, Giancarlo Giannini
Running Time: 97 mins

SYNOPSIS:
The Whole Shebang is a tale of families and loyalties, life and death, dreams and answered prayers. In a family steeped in tradition, nothing can happen to one without it affecting the whole. Tragedy meets comedy when the bumbling and passionate Giovanni Bazinni (Stanley Tucci) is summoned to work in his family's fireworks factory in America. Forlorn and suicidal after recently being dumped by Maria (Jo Champa), the woman of his dreams, Giovanni gets his death wish when he takes the dangerous job after his cousin Frank Bazinni (Christian Boucher) is killed in a factory explosion. Unaware of Giovanni's problems, Pop Bazinni (Giancarlo Giannini) embraces his relative from Naples in the hope that he will help save the family business from a rival. Sparks begin to fly when Giovanni falls for Frank's beautiful widow Val (Bridget Fonda) and they show each other how to love again. His special bond with his American relatives and Val's son Bobby (Alexander Milani) makes him soon realize that life is indeed worth living.

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Savage Messiah

He promised them...Love, Healing, Salvation.

GENRE: Thriller
Director: Mario Azzopardi
Cast: Polly Walker, Luc Picard, Isabelle Blais, Pascale Montpetit
Running Time: 92 mins

SYNOPSIS:
This is a powerful, psychological movie about a small-town social worker who brings a diabolical cult leader to justice. Roch Thériault presides over a bizarre commune that includes his eight wives and 26 children. The film follows the social worker who visits the commune and, although everything on the surface seems fine, she senses desperation among the wives. Even though her department co-workers are indifferent, she investigates further and discovers a dead child, strange, ritualistic goings-on and shocking mental and physical abuse. With her job and life on the line, she is determined to free the members from Roch's tyranny. But she faces numerous obstacles. The major one is Roch's astonishing ability to manipulate people and the system, including the court appointed investigators.

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Deadly Friends

Her first mistake was trusting him.

GENRE: Thriller
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Alice Krige, Jessica Paré, Brendan Fletcher, Leslie Hope
Running Time: 90 mins

SYNOPSIS:
Deadly Friends (The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton) is a chilling two-hour tale based on the book 'A Question of Guilt: The Murder of Nancy Eaton' by William Scoular and Vivian Green. The book details the story behind the tragic death of Nancy Eaton, brutally murdered by her childhood family friend in 1985. The screenplay, adapted by Scoular, chronicles the troubling relationship between Eaton and 17-year-old Andrew Leyshon-Hughes, her childhood friend. The twisted tale ends in a shocking encounter that shakes two of Canada's wealthiest families to the core and robs a mother of her only daughter. Narrated from beyond the grave, this unusual film offers an examination of fate versus free will and questions the nature of evil.

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Chasing Cain

Murder wears many Faces

GENRE: Crime Thriller
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Peter Outerbridge, Alberta Watson, Janet Wright
Running Time: 87 mins

SYNOPSIS:
A brutal drive-by shooting of a Croatian woman who works at an abortion clinic sends two homicide detectives out onto the streets of one of the world's most culturally diverse cities. Their first suspect has ties to the pro-life movement. But a sudden turn of events, a fresh trail of clues and a suicide attempt by the victim's Serbian husband lead the detectives into the impenetrable world of Balkan politics and prejudices. As they hunt for the killer, they uncover an ethnic war between Croatians and Serbians amid the urban backdrop of downtown Toronto.

Chasing Cain II: Face

GENRE: Crime Thriller
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Peter Outerbridge, Alberta Watson, Karen LeBlanc
Running Time: 87 mins

SYNOPSIS:
Chasing Cain II is the true story of two homicide detectives investigating the murder of a young Jamaican woman who seems to have lived in two separate worlds. It is set in the heart of the Caribbean community in Toronto, one of the world's most multi-cultural cities. The film gives a gritty and realistic look at police work as well as a compelling portrait of police officers determined to seek justice in a racially explosive environment.

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The Many Trials of One Jane Doe

She demanded justice...She got a trial.

GENRE: Drama
Director: Bob Ellis
Cast: Wendy Crewson, Steven Mackintosh, Gary Lewis
Running Time: 105 minutes

SYNOPSIS:
The Many Trials of One Jane Doe is based on the true story of an extraordinary woman, who, after a traumatizing rape refused to become a victim. Jane Doe (as she legally must be called) discovers that she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist that the police knew was operating in the 2-block area where she lived. Outraged, she sues the police for negligence in a criminal investigation. Her legal battle is ultimately successful - and makes legal history.

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The Investigation

The never-before-told story of the bungled manhunt for a serial-killer.

GENRE: Thriller
Director: Anne Wheeler
Cast:Nick Lea, Reece Dinsdale, Lochlyn Munro
Running Time: 90 mins

SYNOPSIS:
This TV drama tells the true story of a bungled and obstructed police manhunt for a serial killer who could and should have been imprisoned after his first crime. Two young RCMP officers, each seperately investigating a rape and murder, cuptured the culprit, but because of legal red tape, jurisdictional chaos and incompetence, the suspect was allowed to continue his rampage until he was finally arrested and imprisoned - several murders later.

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