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The Abyss
1989 M lva showtime action
Screening: April 18
Running Time: 2hrs 43mins
Genre: Adventure
Director/s: James Cameron
Actor/s: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn
From director James Cameron (Titanic) comes this Oscar-winning underwater adventure about a mission to rescue a submarine mysteriously balanced on the edge of a deep-sea abyss. An oil... read more
Against All Odds
1984 M vsa showtime action
Screening: March 26
Running Time: 1hr 56mins
Genre: Thriller
Director/s: Taylor Hackford
Actor/s: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods
Rachel Ward stars as Jessie, who flees to Mexico to escape her shady night-club boyfriend Jake (James Woods, Ghosts of Mississippi). Jeff Bridges stars as a down-on-his-luck footballe... read more
Against The Wall
1994 MA vl showtime action
Running Time: 1hr 46mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: John Frankenheimer
Actor/s: Kyle Maclachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Anne Heche
In this in-your-face re-enactment of the 1971 Attica prison riots, jam-packed with political and sociological implications, Emmy Award winner John Frankenheimer directs Golden Globe wi... read more
Albino Alligator
1996 MA vl showtime action
Screening: April 07
Running Time: 1hr 32mins
Genre: Crime
Director/s: Kevin Spacey
Actor/s: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise
In this intense crime drama directed by Kevin Spacey three armed felons take hostages at a sleazy bar while the Feds close in. read more
Alien 3
1992 M vl showtime action
Screening: April 02
Running Time: 1hr 50mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: David Fincher
Actor/s: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance
Sigourney Weaver returns as Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the spaceship Nostromo's encounter with a deadly extraterrestrial in Alien. Now she finds herself strande... read more
Alien: Resurrection
1997 MA v showtime action
Screening: April 02
Running Time: 1hr 44mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actor/s: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon
In this spectacular fourth instalment of the Alien franchise, Sigourney Weaver is back as Ripley as back as you've never seen her before. To combat the alien menace Ripley must team u... read more
Along Came A Spider
2001 MA v showtime action
Screening: March 18
Running Time: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Thriller
Director/s: Lee Tamahori
Actor/s: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Penelope Ann Miller
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
American Me
1992 MA vl showtime action
Screening: March 23
Running Time: 2hrs
Genre: Crime
Director/s: Edward James Olmos
Actor/s: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna
For some men there is no going back in this hard-hitting story of a generation lost to crime. Award-winning Edward J. Olmos is Santana, a barrio hood who rises to powerful kingpin stat... read more
American Ninja
1985 MA v showtime action
Screening: April 23
Running Time: 1hr 32mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Sam Firstenberg
Actor/s: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson
Michael Dudikoff as a sullen GI named Joe who arrives at US Army base Fort Sonora with a chip on his shoulder. He quickly alienates everyone except the pretty daughter of the commandin... read more
Anaconda 3: Offspring
2008 MA hv showtime action
Screening: May 10
Running Time: 1hr 26mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Don E. Fauntleroy
Actor/s: David Hasselhoff, Crystal Allen, John Rhys-Davies
Action abounds when David Hasselhoff (Click) stars as a mercenary-for-hire who accepts a mission after two genetically-altered 60-foot anaconda snakes escape their lab cages. A select... read more
Another 48 Hrs.
1990 M vl showtime action
Screening: March 18
Running Time: 1hr 31mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Walter Hill
Actor/s: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Kevin Tighe, Brion James
In this action adventure sequel, directed by Walter Hill, the boys are as feisty as ever. Nick Nolte stars as a rumpled cop who breaks prisoner Eddie Murphy out of jail to help him tak... read more
Art Of Action:Martial Arts In The Movies
2002 M v showtime action
Screening: April 23
Running Time: 1hr 33mins
Genre: Documentary
Director/s: Keith Clarke
Actor/s: Samuel L. Jackson
A comprehensive look through the history of martial arts in films. From their origins in Chinese Opera, to Bruce Lee, to John Woo, and back to the Wizard of Oz. Even for the unitiate... read more
The Art Of War II: Betrayal
2008 M v showtime action
Screening: May 03
Running Time: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Josef Rusnak
Actor/s: Wesley Snipes, Athena Karkanis, Ryan Macdonald
Wesley Snipes stars as Agent Neil Shaw in this no-holds-barred action adventure sequel, when Shaw is called out of retirement as a Hollywood film consultant to investigate the murder o... read more
The Assignment
1997 MA lva showtime action
Screening: March 22
Running Time: 1hr 54mins
Genre: Thriller
Director/s: Christian Duguay
Actor/s: Aidan Quinn, Ben Kingsley, Donald Sutherland
Aidan Quinn stars as Annibal Ramirez, an American serviceman travelling in Israel who is mistakenly arrested as international terrorist Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez. When Ramirez's ide... read more