Steve Eastin
Also Known As: Stephen Eastin , Steve Easton
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor. He has appeared in over 150 television and film roles throughout his decades long career. Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to study acting at the young age of six at his local theater. He received his Actor Equity card at age 16 when he performed in two musicals choreographed by Micheal Bennet. Later, he attended the University of Northern Colorado where he appeared in several productions at the Little Theater of the Rockies, whose alumni include Nick Nolte. After college, Eastin received a fellowship to teach at the University of Arizona where he appeared in his first SAG role opposite Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd. It was shortly after this when Eastin moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his acting career, enrolling in the Charles Conrad Studio upon arrival in 1974. While attending Charles' class, Eastin became interested in teaching acting as well. In 1991, he founded his own acting school, The Steve Eastin Studio. The studio believes in what Eastin refers to as "Choiceless Awareness", where the actors do not read into the script, nor prepare their "beats" or think about what or how they may read their lines. Instead, the actors are encouraged to be in the moment and let their natural, emotional power take over and thus tap into the vast collective unconscious all humans are capable of attuning themselves to. Eastin is best known for appearing in such films as Field of Dreams (1989), Con Air (1997) and A Man Apart (2003), where he developed a reputation as the tough guy with a heart of gold underneath. He played opposite Leonardo Dicaprio in two pivotal scenes in Catch Me if You Can (2002). Eastin has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, and Jason Reitman. Eastin is also known for his numerous television appearances throughout the years on such shows as Little House on the Prairie, CHiPS, T.J. Hooker, St. Elsewhere and L.A. Law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Eastin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Colorado, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 22, 1948
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Male
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Catch Me If You Can
Overview: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-16
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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Overview: Jesse Walsh moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. There, he is bedeviled by nightmares and inexplicably violent impulses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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Con Air
Overview: Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-05
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When a Stranger Calls
Overview: Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-03
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The Patricia Neal Story
Overview: The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-08
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Wagons East!
Overview: After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-16
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Up in the Air
Overview: Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-04
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It's a Mile from Here to Glory
Overview: A high school track star is involved in a life-threatening accident and now must learn to depend on others for his day-to-day living.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-05
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A Man Apart
Overview: When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-04
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Matchstick Men
Overview: A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-12
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Happily Ever After
Overview: Suzanne Somers appears in her first TV starring role in this romantic comedy about an aspiring singer torn between making the most of her one chance at fame in Las Vegas or giving her heart to a love-struck mountain man.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-05
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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Overview: Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-20
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Gasoline Alley
Overview: A man implicated in the triple homicide of three Hollywood starlets begins his own investigation. Needing assistance, he enlists the two detectives on his tail in order to expose a conspiracy more explosive than any of them imagined.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Last Man Standing
Overview: A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent detective Kurt Bellmore and going by the book just isn't going to be enough...
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-01
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Crash Landing
Overview: When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-11
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Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home
Overview: A single father and his children come to Little Bigfoot's rescue when a wealthy landowner hunts him down, hoping to use him as a profitable circus attraction.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-04
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The Deliberate Stranger
Overview: Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-04
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Overview: When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Genres: Crime History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-18
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Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Overview: The true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's parents are forced to act on their own to find her. They must battle the bureaucracy of the police department while they are searching all over town for clues to Sarah's whereabouts. When the crucial clue is discovered, Shara's father confronts her kidnapper at gunpoint.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Sleeping with the Devil
Overview: Professional nurse Rebecca Dubrovich is swept off her feet by charming millionaire Dick Strang, and the two begin a passionate romance. Only when it is too late does Rebecca discover that Strang has a very dark side...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-22
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By Dawn's Early Light
Overview: A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-19
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The Black Dahlia
Overview: In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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Trouble in High Timber Country
Overview: A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his three sons, his daughter and his nephew in this pilot film to "The Yeagers" TV series that actually ended months before it aired.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-27
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Shallow Ground
Overview: A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff's station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Shepherd, guilt ridden over the girl's murder, must confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy's true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-28
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Silence of the Heart
Overview: A mother going through a painful, protracted divorce realizes too late the effect it's having on her troubled son.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-30
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Dying to Love You
Overview: Roger Paulson is lonely after his divorce. He thinks he has finally found the woman of his dreams...until he uncovers her web of lies.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-16
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Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Overview: The sequel to "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" in which Betty Broderick is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband and his new wife.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-14
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Crisis in Mid-Air
Overview: The life of a stressed-out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air collision for which an investigator is trying to hold him responsible.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-13
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The Best Place to Be
Overview: A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-27
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Field of Dreams
Overview: Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-21
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The 60s
Overview: The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-07
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Jesus Comes to Town
Overview: An underground poker game amongst card sharps is interrupted by the second coming of Christ who comes back to the world cynical, dejected and having lost faith in humanity. Jesus beats hell out of everyone at the table and takes all their money with one straight flush after the next until The Man - The best card player this side of the Mason-Dixon decides to bluff Jesus with his last stack of chips...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-17
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Peril
Overview: A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-17
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Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Overview: In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, but no one believes her story because the hotel has no 13th floor.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-31
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The Clone Master
Overview: In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-14
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Agent Red
Overview: Matt Hendricks is the US Navy's top Marine Special Operations Commander and is facing his toughest challenge yet - escorting the deadliest viral weapon on the planet back to a secure storage facility.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-13
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Watercolor Postcards
Overview: A Hollywood actress and a former NFL star strive to save a troubled Texas town while bonding over their shared love of a very special 10-year-old girl who has found herself alone in the world for the very first time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Robot Wars
Overview: In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-28
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Desperado: Badlands Justice
Overview: Alex McArthur returns as cowboy Duell McCall, who wanders the wide frontier in search of the one man who will clear him of a murder charge (What price Fugitive?) Once more, McCall finds himself in a corruption-ridden mining town. Since no one knows his true identity, he is able to establish a modicum of law and order, despite the concerted efforts of greedy land baron John Rhys-Davies. It is only a matter of time, however, before McCall will be forced to move on to other adventures.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-17
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Warning Shot
Overview: A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-14
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Sliver
Overview: A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-21
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The Sweeper
Overview: A young cop, haunted by the murder of his entire family years earlier, is recruited by a shadowy organization to hunt down criminals who are beyond the reach of the law.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-25
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Diplomatic Siege
Overview: When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long, a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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Night Games
Overview: A Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of murdering her husband. This is the pilot TV movie for what would become the Petrocelli TV series.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-16
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Overview: A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-10
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Three Secrets
Overview: Three women each cling to the hope that an 8 year old boy that survives an airplane crash is their son that was put up for adoption as a baby. This is a remake of the 1950 film by the same name.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-11
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The Hidden
Overview: When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-30
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Ed
Overview: Jack Cooper could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. He tries to keep his spirits up after he's traded to a minor league team but loses all hope when he discovers that Ed, one of his teammates, is a chimp. Ed used to be the team mascot, but was promoted to third base when the owners realized he had a talent for baseball. As Jack struggles to get used to his new surroundings, Ed helps him regain his confidence on and off the field.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-15
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A Change of Seasons
Overview: Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a younger lover of her own.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-01
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The Scout
Overview: When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-30
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Gotcha!
Overview: A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-03
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Overview: When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-08
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The Hidden II
Overview: The alien criminal from the first movie is dead, but he left a few eggs which are hatching now. The good alien, who still inhabits Tom Beck's body, has been waiting just in case this happened. Unfortunately, his presence in the body has taken a terrible toll on it, draining it of life energy. Additionally relations with Beck's daughter Juliet (now a cop) have deteriorated. But when the killing starts again, they will need to work together to stop the new generation of aliens.
Genres: Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-06
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Bound by Honor
Overview: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-05
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Joe Kidd
Overview: A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-19
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Rails & Ties
Overview: A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-01
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Overview: Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-14
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Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Overview: Based on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Ice Skating team. When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry between the two was motivation for someone.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-30
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Catalyst
Overview: Seven men are abducted and held by mysterious masked captors. As the mystery behind their captivity unfolds, they must decide their path: choose one of them to die, or take the leap of faith there may be another way out to save them all.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-11
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