Jesse Doran

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

BrainySleep-throughBrilliantSlow moving

John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Russell Crowe  •  Ed Harris  •  Jennifer Connelly  •  Christopher Plummer

John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Russell Crowe  •  Ed Harris  •  Jennifer Connelly  •  Christopher Plummer

Cat's Eye (1985)

Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Teague
CAST:  Drew Barrymore  •  James Woods  •  Alan King  •  Kenneth McMillan

Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Teague
CAST:  Drew Barrymore  •  James Woods  •  Alan King  •  Kenneth McMillan

Izzy & Moe (1985)

The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jackie Cooper
CAST:  Jackie Gleason  •  Art Carney  •  Cynthia Harris  •  Zohra Lampert

The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jackie Cooper
CAST:  Jackie Gleason  •  Art Carney  •  Cynthia Harris  •  Zohra Lampert

Staying Alive (1983)

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvester Stallone
CAST:  John Travolta  •  Cynthia Rhodes  •  Finola Hughes  •  Steve Inwood

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvester Stallone
CAST:  John Travolta  •  Cynthia Rhodes  •  Finola Hughes  •  Steve Inwood

Toy Soldiers (1991)

After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie Jr.
CAST:  Sean Astin  •  Wil Wheaton  •  Keith Coogan  •  George Perez

After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie Jr.
CAST:  Sean Astin  •  Wil Wheaton  •  Keith Coogan  •  George Perez

Street Asylum (1990)

In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Dark
CAST:  Wings Hauser  •  Alex Cord  •  Roberta Vasquez  •  Sy Richardson

In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Dark
CAST:  Wings Hauser  •  Alex Cord  •  Roberta Vasquez  •  Sy Richardson

El Diablo (1990)

When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger (Joe Pantoliano) and a no-nonsense cowboy (Louis Gossett Jr.) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Markle
CAST:  Anthony Edwards  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  John Glover  •  Joe Pantoliano

When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger (Joe Pantoliano) and a no-nonsense cowboy (Louis Gossett Jr.) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Markle
CAST:  Anthony Edwards  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  John Glover  •  Joe Pantoliano

Heart (1987)

Eddie Brennan, once a boxer with a killer right, is now a has been who loads trucks for a living. A worn out boxer who dreams of making a comeback seems the perfect candidate for a rigged fight against an up and coming young fighter...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lemmo
CAST:  Brad Davis  •  Steve Buscemi  •  Frances Fisher  •  Frank Adu

Eddie Brennan, once a boxer with a killer right, is now a has been who loads trucks for a living. A worn out boxer who dreams of making a comeback seems the perfect candidate for a rigged fight against an up and coming young fighter...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lemmo
CAST:  Brad Davis  •  Steve Buscemi  •  Frances Fisher  •  Frank Adu