Elva Mai Hoover

Superman II (1980)

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Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Margot Kidder  •  Gene Hackman  •  Jackie Cooper

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Margot Kidder  •  Gene Hackman  •  Jackie Cooper

Rated X (2000)

Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 60's. After creating such legendary porn films as "Behind the Green Door" and "Inside Marily Chambers", they later became addicted to drugs and began a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Estevez
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Emilio Estevez  •  Tracy Hutson  •  Nicole de Boer

Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 60's. After creating such legendary porn films as "Behind the Green Door" and "Inside Marily Chambers", they later became addicted to drugs and began a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Estevez
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Emilio Estevez  •  Tracy Hutson  •  Nicole de Boer

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)

Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she turns to murder when she learns the man had previously been convicted of the same crime in 1983 and got off with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Tolkin
CAST:  Christine Lahti  •  Mary Kay Place  •  Andrew Ducote  •  Robert Bockstael

Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she turns to murder when she learns the man had previously been convicted of the same crime in 1983 and got off with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Tolkin
CAST:  Christine Lahti  •  Mary Kay Place  •  Andrew Ducote  •  Robert Bockstael

Stolen Miracle (2001)

Karen and Phil's first male child is stolen by a false nurse on Christmas' Eve. A determined policewoman follows all clues in order to find the baby before it's too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norma Bailey
CAST:  Leslie Hope  •  Nola Augustson  •  Gabriel Hogan  •  Michael Cera

Karen and Phil's first male child is stolen by a false nurse on Christmas' Eve. A determined policewoman follows all clues in order to find the baby before it's too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norma Bailey
CAST:  Leslie Hope  •  Nola Augustson  •  Gabriel Hogan  •  Michael Cera

Escape: Human Cargo (1998)

An American entrepreneur is closing a deal in Saudi Arabia in 1977. After a fallout with his influential Saudi partners, they have him arrested. Due to the US policy of noninterference in SA, the embassy won't help him. He must escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Treat Williams  •  Stephen Lang  •  Sasson Gabai  •  Ze'ev Revach

An American entrepreneur is closing a deal in Saudi Arabia in 1977. After a fallout with his influential Saudi partners, they have him arrested. Due to the US policy of noninterference in SA, the embassy won't help him. He must escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Treat Williams  •  Stephen Lang  •  Sasson Gabai  •  Ze'ev Revach

Midwives (2001)

It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of a homebirth. As time passes, the woman in labor meets with difficulties and Sibyl concludes that it would be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  Sissy Spacek  •  Peter Coyote  •  Terry Kinney  •  Alison Pill

It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of a homebirth. As time passes, the woman in labor meets with difficulties and Sibyl concludes that it would be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  Sissy Spacek  •  Peter Coyote  •  Terry Kinney  •  Alison Pill

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995)

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Shapiro
CAST:  Dana Delany  •  Henry Czerny  •  Rod Steiger  •  Julie Khaner

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Shapiro
CAST:  Dana Delany  •  Henry Czerny  •  Rod Steiger  •  Julie Khaner

A Map of the World (1999)

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Elliott
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  David Strathairn  •  Julianne Moore  •  Chloë Sevigny

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Elliott
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  David Strathairn  •  Julianne Moore  •  Chloë Sevigny

My Husband's Double Life (2001)

A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Metzger
CAST:  Margaret Colin  •  Jay O. Sanders  •  Aaron Ashmore  •  Michael Cera

A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Metzger
CAST:  Margaret Colin  •  Jay O. Sanders  •  Aaron Ashmore  •  Michael Cera

Gate II (1990)

It's been five years since Terry's friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen's old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tibor Takács
CAST:  Louis Tripp  •  Simon Reynolds  •  James Villemaire  •  Pamela Adlon

It's been five years since Terry's friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen's old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tibor Takács
CAST:  Louis Tripp  •  Simon Reynolds  •  James Villemaire  •  Pamela Adlon

Equus (1977)

A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Peter Firth  •  Joan Plowright  •  Harry Andrews

A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Peter Firth  •  Joan Plowright  •  Harry Andrews

The Terry Fox Story (1983)

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph L. Thomas
CAST:  Eric Fryer  •  Robert Duvall  •  Chris Makepeace  •  Saul Rubinek

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph L. Thomas
CAST:  Eric Fryer  •  Robert Duvall  •  Chris Makepeace  •  Saul Rubinek

Class of 1984 (1982)

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark L. Lester
CAST:  Perry King  •  Merrie Lynn Ross  •  Tim Van Patten  •  Michael J. Fox

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark L. Lester
CAST:  Perry King  •  Merrie Lynn Ross  •  Tim Van Patten  •  Michael J. Fox

The Truth About Alex (1986)

Brad Stevens and Alex Prager are best friends. They are both popular high school students and key members of the football team. Brad is up for nomination to West Point, and Alex is a talented pianist who’s counting on his football skills to land him a university ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Shapiro
CAST:  Scott Baio  •  Peter Spence  •  Jessica Steen  •  Jeremy Ratchford

Brad Stevens and Alex Prager are best friends. They are both popular high school students and key members of the football team. Brad is up for nomination to West Point, and Alex is a talented pianist who’s counting on his football skills to land him a university ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Shapiro
CAST:  Scott Baio  •  Peter Spence  •  Jessica Steen  •  Jeremy Ratchford

Custody of the Heart (2000)

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hugh Jones
CAST:  Lorraine Bracco  •  Martin Donovan  •  Dennis Boutsikaris  •  Sheila McCarthy

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hugh Jones
CAST:  Lorraine Bracco  •  Martin Donovan  •  Dennis Boutsikaris  •  Sheila McCarthy

Entertaining Christmas (2018)

Candace, daughter of lifestyle mogul Liz Livingstone, has never lived up to her mother’s standards. When a young girl posts a video begging Liz to help arrange a special Christmas party, Candace is sent in her place. As she struggles to prove herself worthy of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Dunne
CAST:  Jodie Sweetin  •  Brendan Fehr  •  Jane Moffat  •  Ana Araújo

Candace, daughter of lifestyle mogul Liz Livingstone, has never lived up to her mother’s standards. When a young girl posts a video begging Liz to help arrange a special Christmas party, Candace is sent in her place. As she struggles to prove herself worthy of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Dunne
CAST:  Jodie Sweetin  •  Brendan Fehr  •  Jane Moffat  •  Ana Araújo

The Christmas Chalet (2019)

A recently divorced mother books a chalet in a beautiful Christmas village in Vermont to try and rekindle Christmas magic for her teenaged daughter who feels like her family is ruined forever. When they arrive, they find that the house has been double booked and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Gibson
CAST:  Erica Durance  •  Robin Dunne  •  Elva Mai Hoover  •  Micah Kalisch

A recently divorced mother books a chalet in a beautiful Christmas village in Vermont to try and rekindle Christmas magic for her teenaged daughter who feels like her family is ruined forever. When they arrive, they find that the house has been double booked and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Gibson
CAST:  Erica Durance  •  Robin Dunne  •  Elva Mai Hoover  •  Micah Kalisch

Christmas in Toyland (2022)

When Charlie Sawyer, a data analyst at a toy store chain, discovers the only way to keep their brick and mortar locations open is to replicate whatever the company’s best performing location is doing, she's sent by corporate to meet convivial, yet stubborn, store ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Corcoran
CAST:  Vanessa Lengies  •  Jesse Hutch  •  Lara Amersey  •  Jane Moffat

When Charlie Sawyer, a data analyst at a toy store chain, discovers the only way to keep their brick and mortar locations open is to replicate whatever the company’s best performing location is doing, she's sent by corporate to meet convivial, yet stubborn, store ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Corcoran
CAST:  Vanessa Lengies  •  Jesse Hutch  •  Lara Amersey  •  Jane Moffat

For Love of Olivia (2001)

To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young man accused of murder, all while running for Congress and encountering personal threats to his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Barr
CAST:  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Lonette McKee  •  Kathryne Dora Brown  •  Robert Urich

To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young man accused of murder, all while running for Congress and encountering personal threats to his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Barr
CAST:  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Lonette McKee  •  Kathryne Dora Brown  •  Robert Urich