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1. (2002) After his wife is killed in a freak accident, Graham Hess' faith is shaken to the point that he can't continue to serve as the community's minister. When 500 foot crop circles appear in fields all over the world, including on his own farm, his faith is tested even further.
2. (1984) Imagine waking up one morning and finding that WWIII had started, and right in your own backyard. An interesting premise, but one that falls apart when the viewer is expected to believe that a team of teenagers, led by Patrick Swayze, provided the resistance that turned the tide and sent the communist invasion force running home.
3. (2002) Poor Warren, played by Jack Nicholson, is having a hard time. He's forced to retire, his daughter is marrying someone he doesn't think is good enough for her, and his wife dies. It's hard for a man to handle that much change, so he takes a cross-country trip, to try to figure out when everything started to go so wrong.
4. (1959) This biblical epic starred Charlton Heston as a Jewish prince who was betrayed, and sent into slavery by his Roman friend. The climatic chariot race resulted in several horses being literally run to death, which is why this movie is on my banned list.
5. (2001) Frank Fowler, the only child of Ruth and Matt, worries his parents when he falls for Natalie, an older woman with 2 kids and a controlling ex-husband. But when that ex kills Frank in a jealous rage, they take the law into their own hands to exact their revenge.
6. (1996) Jerry needs money, and he needs it badly. His wife's father has lots of money but he's not about to share any with Jerry. So Jerry hits upon the brilliant idea of having his wife kidnapped and demanding a ransom from her father. Unfortunately he hires a couple of losers to do the deed, and people start getting killed, including a police officer.
7. (1979) Ridley Scott directed this futuristic movie about a mining ship in deep space that responds to a distress call, causing them to land on distant planet. When they get there, they find that it was a warning signal, not a distress call, but it's too late for them because they've already brought the danger on ship with them, incubating in the belly of one of the crew.
8. (1999) In October of 1994 three student filmakers disappeared while making a documentary film about a local legend in the woods of Maryland. One year later the footage that they shot turned up. At least that's how this film was promoted. The three principal actors did shoot most of the footage, and were given very little script or foreknowledge of what was going to happen, so all dialogue was improvised.
9. (1982) This incredible movie stars Meryl Streep as a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, and Kevin Kline as the slightly damaged, Holocaust-obsessed young man that she hooks up with. Alan J. Pakula directed.
10. (1996) Tim Burton directed this all-star spoof of the invasion of Earth by little aliens with twisted senses of humour and incredibly nasty weapons. The movie was intended to be campy, but came off as far too slapsticky for my tastes.
11. (1979) This Viet Nam movie, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was based on Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. It's the story of a renegade Green Beret, played by Marlon Brando, who has set himself up as a kind of a god in the jungle, and the man, played by Martin Sheen, who is sent to kill him.
12. (2002) The suave, debonair spy travels back in time to rescue his kidnapped father and defeat the bad guy, in the third movie of this Jay Roach trilogy.
13. (1994) This whimsical movie, about a slightly challenged young man who just happened to be present at many historically important events, won 6 Oscars, including Best Actor for Tom Hanks in the title role. So obviously not very many people agreed with me when I found it maybe just a tad too whimsical.
14. (1999) Clint Eastwood stars as a journalist whose fondness for alcohol and women has trapped him in a small time job. When a colleague is killed in a car crash, he is given the last minute job of covering an upcoming execution. Amazingly enough, a few hours is all he needs to prove the innocence of the convicted man, and prevent a gross miscarriage of justice.
15. (1998) Ted has carried a torch for his high school sweetheart for 13 years, so much so that he hires a private investigator to track her down. But the P.I. falls in love with her too, and of course they're not the only ones vying for her attention.
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