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Airport 1975

1974

showtime action

Screening: March 22
Running Time: 1hr 41mins
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director/s: Jack Smight
Actor/s: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Karen Black

When a midair collision with a small plane leaves a 747 without its pilot, the ground crew must struggle to somehow get a pilot on board! Featuring Karen Black, Charlton Heston, Linda ... read more

Alien Nation

1988

vl showtime action

Screening: February 17
Running Time: 1hr 26mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: Graham Baker
Actor/s: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp

Set in an LA of the future - 1993! - a nation of alien newcomers are absorbed into LA society and pose no threat. Or do they? Combining science fiction, suspense and comedy, James Caa... read more

Alive

1993

a showtime action

Screening: March 03
Running Time: 2hrs 1mins
Genre: Adventure
Director/s: Frank Marshall
Actor/s: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Joshua Hamilton

Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke stars in this harrowing true story, directed by Oscar-nominee Frank Marshall (Indiana Jones IV) of the Uruguayan Rugby team who survived the impossible by doi... read more

Allan Quatermain: The Lost City Of Gold

1987

showtime action

Screening: March 03
Running Time: 1hr 35mins
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director/s: Gary Nelson
Actor/s: Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain, James Earl Jones

A man puts his wedding plans on hold to search for his brother who goes missing in Africa while on the trail of a vanished white civilisation. The search takes him to a mysterious cit... read more

Along Came A Spider

2001

v showtime action

Screening: March 22
Running Time: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Crime, Suspense, Thriller
Director/s: Lee Tamahori
Actor/s: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter

In this thriller based on the novel by James Patterson, whose work also formed the basis of Kiss the Girls, Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) directs Morgan Freeman as forensic psychol... read more

Amazons and Gladiators

2001

vn showtime action

Screening: March 05
Running Time: 1hr 31mins
Genre: Adventure
Director/s: Zachary Weintraub
Actor/s: Patrick Bergin, Jennifer Rubin, Richard Norton

During the Roman Empire, General Crassius (Patrick Bergin) ruled a small province with an iron fist. Serena (Jennifer Rubin), a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her paren... read more

An American Werewolf In Paris

1997

va showtime action

Screening: February 09
Running Time: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Black Comedy, Horror
Director/s: Anthony Waller
Actor/s: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf

Things get hairy for an American tourist in Paris when he falls for a she-werewolf and takes on the pack leader who wants to rule the world. read more

The Andromeda Strain

1971

va showtime action

Screening: March 02
Running Time: 2hrs 5mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: Robert Wise
Actor/s: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson

From Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, comes the story of three scientists racing against time to save the world from a deadly strain of alien bacteria. read more

Angel Heart

1987

svl showtime action

Running Time: 1hr 47mins
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director/s: Alan Parker
Actor/s: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling

This steamy supernatural thriller from Alan Parker (Midnight Express) stars Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel, a world weary detective hired by an illusive mogul (Robert De Niro) to find a ... read more

April Fool's Day

1986

svl showtime action

Screening: February 06
Running Time: 1hr 25mins
Genre: Thriller
Director/s: Fred Walton
Actor/s: Amy Steel, Ken Olandt, George Foreman

A wealthy heiress throws an April Fool's weekend party for her college friends. But the jokes become murderous when an unseen assassin goes on the prowl and begins to dispatch the eigh... read more

Arctic Predator

2010

v showtime action

Screening: February 06
Running Time: 1hr 23mins
Genre: Horror
Director/s: Victor Garcia
Actor/s: Dean Cain, Lucy Brown, Erbi Ago

A dedicated explorer and his team search for a 19th century shipwreck off the coast of Antarctica. After the team digs up an alien ice creature that has been buried in the ice for over... read more

Avenging Force

1986

v showtime action

Screening: February 17
Running Time: 1hr 39mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Sam Firstenberg
Actor/s: Michael Dudikoff, James Booth, John P. Ryan

When Matt Hunter (Michael Dudikoff), a retired Secret Service agent, spoils an assassination attempt on a friend who is running for a seat in the Louisiana Senate, he incurs the wrath ... read more

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