Alvin Ing

Brother (2000)

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Omar Epps  •  Claude Maki  •  Susumu Terajima

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Omar Epps  •  Claude Maki  •  Susumu Terajima

Moving Violations (1985)

A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal Israel
CAST:  John Murray  •  Jennifer Tilly  •  James Keach  •  Wendie Jo Sperber

A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal Israel
CAST:  John Murray  •  Jennifer Tilly  •  James Keach  •  Wendie Jo Sperber

Stir Crazy (1980)

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Poitier
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Richard Pryor  •  Georg Stanford Brown  •  JoBeth Williams

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Poitier
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Richard Pryor  •  Georg Stanford Brown  •  JoBeth Williams

The Final Countdown (1980)

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Martin Sheen  •  Katharine Ross  •  James Farentino

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Martin Sheen  •  Katharine Ross  •  James Farentino

Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kanew
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Betty Thomas  •  Mary Gross

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kanew
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Betty Thomas  •  Mary Gross

Made For Each Other (1971)

An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Bean
CAST:  Renée Taylor  •  Joseph Bologna  •  Paul Sorvino  •  Helen Verbit

An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Bean
CAST:  Renée Taylor  •  Joseph Bologna  •  Paul Sorvino  •  Helen Verbit

The Gambler (2014)

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rupert Wyatt
CAST:  Mark Wahlberg  •  Brie Larson  •  John Goodman  •  Jessica Lange

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rupert Wyatt
CAST:  Mark Wahlberg  •  Brie Larson  •  John Goodman  •  Jessica Lange

People vs. Jean Harris (1981)

This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Ellen Burstyn  •  Martin Balsam  •  Richard Dysart  •  Peter Coyote

This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Ellen Burstyn  •  Martin Balsam  •  Richard Dysart  •  Peter Coyote

Pacific Overtures (1976)

In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Prince  •  Marty Pasetta
CAST:  Mako  •  Soon-Tek Oh  •  Yuki Shimoda  •  Sab Shimono

In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Prince  •  Marty Pasetta
CAST:  Mako  •  Soon-Tek Oh  •  Yuki Shimoda  •  Sab Shimono

Just Say When (2020)

When the one you want… Is the one you can’t seem to have… Can love conquer all?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louise Alston
CAST:  Alvin Ing  •  Shaw Purnell  •  Khylin Rhambo  •  Keelin Woodell

When the one you want… Is the one you can’t seem to have… Can love conquer all?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louise Alston
CAST:  Alvin Ing  •  Shaw Purnell  •  Khylin Rhambo  •  Keelin Woodell

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (2009)

The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-workers, and others who knew him best. From his early appearances on programs such as The Jack Benny Show and Valentines' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Adachi
CAST:  George Takei  •  Nancy Kwan  •  Irene Tsu  •  Alvin Ing

The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-workers, and others who knew him best. From his early appearances on programs such as The Jack Benny Show and Valentines' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Adachi
CAST:  George Takei  •  Nancy Kwan  •  Irene Tsu  •  Alvin Ing

Stone (1979)

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corey Allen
CAST:  Dennis Weaver  •  Pat Hingle  •  Roy Thinnes  •  Joby Baker

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corey Allen
CAST:  Dennis Weaver  •  Pat Hingle  •  Roy Thinnes  •  Joby Baker