Catherine Dao

Contact (1997)

EpicThought provoking

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Jodie Foster  •  David Morse  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  James Woods

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Jodie Foster  •  David Morse  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  James Woods

Inside Out 4 (1992)

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Natalie Would"; "Modivation"; "Put Asunder"; "Save The Wetlands"; "The Thief"; "Jilted Lover"; "Three On A Match"; "What Anna Wants..."; "Video Mate"; and "My Cyberian Rhapsody".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Fuqua  •  Paul Rachman  •  Bernard Rose  •  Richard Shepard  •  Adam Friedman  •  Charles McDougall  •  Robert Kubilos  •  Nigel Dick  •  John Wentworth
CAST:  Anthony Addabbo  •  Phil Brock  •  Denise Buick  •  Susan Byun

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Natalie Would"; "Modivation"; "Put Asunder"; "Save The Wetlands"; "The Thief"; "Jilted Lover"; "Three On A Match"; "What Anna Wants..."; "Video Mate"; and "My Cyberian Rhapsody".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Fuqua  •  Paul Rachman  •  Bernard Rose  •  Richard Shepard  •  Adam Friedman  •  Charles McDougall  •  Robert Kubilos  •  Nigel Dick  •  John Wentworth
CAST:  Anthony Addabbo  •  Phil Brock  •  Denise Buick  •  Susan Byun

Pushed to the Limit (1992)

Magnificent Mimi is a woman with a destiny and a bright future ahead of her. She is the world's greatest female wrestling champion, she has a loving boyfriend and loyal family members who care and love her. But things take a turn for the worst when Mimi's boyfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mileham
CAST:  Mimi Lesseos  •  Eidan Hanzei  •  Verrel Reed  •  Greg Ostrin

Magnificent Mimi is a woman with a destiny and a bright future ahead of her. She is the world's greatest female wrestling champion, she has a loving boyfriend and loyal family members who care and love her. But things take a turn for the worst when Mimi's boyfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mileham
CAST:  Mimi Lesseos  •  Eidan Hanzei  •  Verrel Reed  •  Greg Ostrin

Cyber Bandits (1995)

A navigator aboard a millionaire's yacht, Jack Morris discovers that the millionaire's mistress has stolen the data for his secret Virtual Reality. To escape, they encrypt, miniaturize, and tattoo the data onto Jack's back. The pair share a VR adventure on the run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Fleming
CAST:  Martin Kemp  •  Alexandra Paul  •  Adam Ant  •  Grace Jones

A navigator aboard a millionaire's yacht, Jack Morris discovers that the millionaire's mistress has stolen the data for his secret Virtual Reality. To escape, they encrypt, miniaturize, and tattoo the data onto Jack's back. The pair share a VR adventure on the run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Fleming
CAST:  Martin Kemp  •  Alexandra Paul  •  Adam Ant  •  Grace Jones

Love Can Be Murder (1992)

Elizabeth Bentley is a successful lawyer who suddenly has some "punkish" daydreams of being "Rambo" right around the time her clueless boyfriend Brad asks her to marry him. After a therapy session, she quits her job to the surprise of her family and Brad, and goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Bender
CAST:  Jaclyn Smith  •  Corbin Bernsen  •  Doug Hale  •  Tom Bower

Elizabeth Bentley is a successful lawyer who suddenly has some "punkish" daydreams of being "Rambo" right around the time her clueless boyfriend Brad asks her to marry him. After a therapy session, she quits her job to the surprise of her family and Brad, and goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Bender
CAST:  Jaclyn Smith  •  Corbin Bernsen  •  Doug Hale  •  Tom Bower

China Cry: A True Story (1990)

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new society", but soon becomes disenchanted by the economic misery the changes bring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James F. Collier
CAST:  Julia Nickson  •  France Nuyen  •  James Shigeta  •  Russell Wong

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new society", but soon becomes disenchanted by the economic misery the changes bring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James F. Collier
CAST:  Julia Nickson  •  France Nuyen  •  James Shigeta  •  Russell Wong

Ping Pong Playa (2008)

Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessica Yu
CAST:  Jimmy Tsai  •  Andrew Vo  •  Khary Payton  •  Peter Paige

Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessica Yu
CAST:  Jimmy Tsai  •  Andrew Vo  •  Khary Payton  •  Peter Paige

Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. (1994)

Professional assassin Drew Fontaine puts her talents to her own ends to pay off those involved in killing her Buddhist mentor and maybe in the disappearance of her father. Amongst those in the frame are a crowd of somewhat dysfunctional lesbian-led Nazis, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margot Hope
CAST:  Margot Hope  •  James Hong  •  Catherine Dao  •  David "Shark" Fralick

Professional assassin Drew Fontaine puts her talents to her own ends to pay off those involved in killing her Buddhist mentor and maybe in the disappearance of her father. Amongst those in the frame are a crowd of somewhat dysfunctional lesbian-led Nazis, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margot Hope
CAST:  Margot Hope  •  James Hong  •  Catherine Dao  •  David "Shark" Fralick

Symphoria (2021)

JT Dalton, professor, runs the mentoring program at the local university. Shawn Wittig, spoiled heir to a playboy father, is ordered to attend the program. Professor Dalton's discipline sparks a connection between them. The professor finds herself involved in an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Dao
CAST:  Catherine Dao  •  Tyler Wolfe  •  A Martinez

JT Dalton, professor, runs the mentoring program at the local university. Shawn Wittig, spoiled heir to a playboy father, is ordered to attend the program. Professor Dalton's discipline sparks a connection between them. The professor finds herself involved in an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Dao
CAST:  Catherine Dao  •  Tyler Wolfe  •  A Martinez