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| Based on a real life story, "Dangerous Minds" is a Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer production which stars actress Michelle Pfeiffer as former Marine LouAnne Johnson, who leaves an officer's commission and a nine-year military career to pursue her dream of becoming an English teacher. But while earning her credentials at a Northern California high school, she is assigned to a group of students who change her life forever. And she changes theirs. Although each of her charges exhibits a seemingly impenetrable facade, these kids are desperate to connect with someone who cares about them. However, life has already taught them to trust no one and count on nothing. As their new instructor, the feisty Ms. Johnson defies all the rules, creates her own curriculum and instructs this class of tough, inner-city teenagers from college- level texts. Frustrated that her students, whose standardized test scores range from average to excellent, have come to accept failure as a way of life, she cajoles and tricks them, even bribes them, into learning. More important, she loves them and helps them to believe in themselves, in their spirit and in their potential. |
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| When High School Guidance counselor Sam Lombardo
is accused of raping the popular student Kelly Van Ryan, his carefully
structured life is ruined. But as the case heads to trial, an outcast school
girl Suzie, may have information to free Sam. But the investigating Detective
Ray, thinks that a more devious plan is at work that involves Sam, Kelly,
and Suzie. As Ray digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a scheme that
has very high stakes and where nothing is as it seems. WILD THINGS is an
irreverent tale of revenge, lust and murder played out in the murky swamps
of the
Florida Everglades and the tony yachting enclave of Blue Bay. Passion ignites passion, mystery uncovers mystery, as the lives of four cunning characters twist and turn amid a bizarre labyrinth of truth and illusion. |
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William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Brute. |
| April O'Neil a beautiful, young television investigative
reporter at Channel 3's Eyewitness News, is doing a series of stories on
the recent excalation of theivery in New York City. One evening after her
nightly newscast she encounteers thieves in the act of robbing one of the
TV stations's remote vans. The street lights go out. We hear the sounds
of a struggle. Shadowy figures lock in combat in the darkness behind her.
When the police arrive, they find April dazed but unharmed, with her assailants
neatly tied up around her. Inside the sewers of New York, April's
rescuers are revealed: Raphael, Leonardo, Michaelangelo, and Donatello
-- the illustrious Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- who have returned to
their subteranean den to report to their ninja master: an aging, four-foot
tall talking rat named Splinter. After some pizza, the tempestuous Raphael
goes out and wins a Central Park fight with Casey Jones a self-appointed
vigilante who wields a variety
of sports implements as weapons. Meanwhile, the silent crimes continue to escalate, despite April's prodding of ineffective police chief Ross Sterns to clean up the city. But April does manage to incite the group responsible for the crimes: a clandestine organization known as The Foot which attacks her again, this time in the subway. Again, the heroic Raphael saves her. This time, however, he brings her to the Turtles' sewer den. Here, Splinter and his Turtles tell the spooked April the story of their origin, which involves a sewer encounter with radioactive ooze which caused them to grow to the size of men and gave them the gift of speech. As the Turtles escort April to her apartment, Splinter is "rat-napped" by The Foot. The heartbroken and confused Turtles return to April's apartment. The Foot launches an all-out attack, demolishing April's apartment in a knock-down, drag-out battle as she, the Turtles and Casey Jones all flee. They arrive at April's childhood home in thee country, where the somber Turtles deal with their defeat, each in his own way. In the calm serenity of the countryside Casey and April discover each other. At the same time, with somewhat mixed emotions, April and Raphael feel an attraction to each other -- but this feeling can never be acknowledged because of the difference in species. The Turtles now discover, through a mystical communique with their still-imprisoned Master Splinteer, that the true ninja is not of the body, but of the mind. Accordingly, they all begin to retrain and hone their ninja abilities. With their new knowledge and skills, the Turtles return to the city. While Casey manages to rescue Splinter with Danny's help the Turtles engage in their final battle with The Foot -- below the streets, on the streets, and above the streets. The battle climaxes with Splinter defeating The Shredder, who is revealed to be the assasin of Splinter's own ninja master. New York is saved, and the Turtles are reunited with their "father." |
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After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin's father has been murdered by the Sheriff of Nottingham and when Robin returns home he vows to avenge his father's death. Even though Marian, his childhood friend, cannot help him, he escapes to the Forest of Sherwood where he joins a band of exiled villagers and becomes their leader. With their help he attempts to cleanse the land of the evil that the Sheriff has spread. |
| Forrest Gump, the runaway hit of the summer 1994
box office season, stars Tom Hanks in the
award-winning role as Forrest Gump. Joining Hanks in the leading roles are Robin Wright, Gary Sinese, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field. The story follows the life of Forrest Gump, a not-so-smart American citizen, and his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events of the latter part of the 20th century. He blindly walks through life not knowing the significance of his actions, and soon stands as the representative to all baby boomers who've carelessly lived their lives. |
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A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger..... Former rock star and San Francisco nightclub owner Johnny Boz is found murdered in his bed. Detective Nick Curran is assigned to the case; he has a history of alcoholism and drug abuse although he is clean now. The prime suspect is Catherine Tramell, an attractive and manipulative novelist who had been seeing Boz for a while. Police psychiatrist Beth Gardner (who happens to be Nick's ex-girlfriend) is brought in on the case when it is discovered that Boz's murder was copied directly from one of Catherine's novels. Nick starts to get too involved and everyone seems to be a suspect. |
| As a child Brian McCafferty (William Baldwin) watched his firefighter father die. Years later he joins his brother, Steven (Kurt Russell) on the force by becoming a rookie firefighter. There is a history of conflict between the two brothers that is heated up by working together. Meanwhile, a series of suspicious fires are set throughout the city, each made to kill a specific person. Due to Steven's constant intimidation, Brian continues to doubt that he has what it takes to be a fireman. After becoming frightened at a building fire, Brian pulls strings to get into an investigative office working along side the Fire Inspector (played superbly by Robert DeNiro) and finds that he is now not putting out the arsonist's fires, but trying to track him down. |  |
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LAPD cops Jack Traven and Harry Temple rescue
a group of executives trapped in a sabotaged elevator, thus foiling mad
bomber Howard Payne's ransom demands. In retaliation, Payne sets a new
challenge for Traven: a bomb on a city bus which will arm itself when the
bus reaches 50
mph, and which will explode if the bus drops below that speed or if any of the passengers try to escape. |
| Stanley Ipkiss is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoony romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel, comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed. |  |
