Jay Acovone

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Independence Day (1996)

Action-packed

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Emmerich
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Bill Pullman  •  Jeff Goldblum  •  Mary McDonnell

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Emmerich
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Bill Pullman  •  Jeff Goldblum  •  Mary McDonnell

Cast Away (2000)

AdventurousEmotionalEpicThought provoking

Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Helen Hunt  •  Chris Noth  •  Paul Sanchez

Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Helen Hunt  •  Chris Noth  •  Paul Sanchez

Collateral Damage (2002)

Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Davis
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Francesca Neri  •  Elias Koteas  •  Cliff Curtis

Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Davis
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Francesca Neri  •  Elias Koteas  •  Cliff Curtis

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)

After settling in the tiny Australian town of Walkabout Creek with his significant other and his young son, Mick "Crocodile" Dundee is thrown for a loop when a prestigious Los Angeles newspaper offers his honey a job. The family migrates back to the United States, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Linda Kozlowski  •  Jere Burns  •  Jonathan Banks

After settling in the tiny Australian town of Walkabout Creek with his significant other and his young son, Mick "Crocodile" Dundee is thrown for a loop when a prestigious Los Angeles newspaper offers his honey a job. The family migrates back to the United States, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Linda Kozlowski  •  Jere Burns  •  Jonathan Banks

Cruising (1980)

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as a decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Karen Allen  •  Paul Sorvino  •  Richard Cox

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as a decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Karen Allen  •  Paul Sorvino  •  Richard Cox

Foxfire (1996)

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Haywood-Carter
CAST:  Angelina Jolie  •  Hedy Burress  •  Jenny Lewis  •  Jenny Shimizu

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Haywood-Carter
CAST:  Angelina Jolie  •  Hedy Burress  •  Jenny Lewis  •  Jenny Shimizu

Mobsters and Mormons (2005)

A mafia family from New Jersey is placed in the witness relocation program to an all-Mormon community in Utah.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John E. Moyer
CAST:  Michael Kagan  •  Jeanette Puhich  •  Scott Christopher  •  Clayton Taylor

A mafia family from New Jersey is placed in the witness relocation program to an all-Mormon community in Utah.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John E. Moyer
CAST:  Michael Kagan  •  Jeanette Puhich  •  Scott Christopher  •  Clayton Taylor

Out for Justice (1991)

Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Flynn
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  William Forsythe  •  Jerry Orbach  •  Anthony DeSando

Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Flynn
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  William Forsythe  •  Jerry Orbach  •  Anthony DeSando

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Mostow
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Nick Stahl  •  Claire Danes  •  Kristanna Loken

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Mostow
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Nick Stahl  •  Claire Danes  •  Kristanna Loken

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Weisz
CAST:  Cécile Breccia  •  Michael Bailey Smith  •  Archie Kao  •  Jay Acovone

A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Weisz
CAST:  Cécile Breccia  •  Michael Bailey Smith  •  Archie Kao  •  Jay Acovone

The Peacemaker (1997)

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mimi Leder
CAST:  George Clooney  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Marcel Iureș  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mimi Leder
CAST:  George Clooney  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Marcel Iureș  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl

World Trade Center (2006)

Action-packedCute

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Maria Bello  •  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Michael Peña

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Maria Bello  •  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Michael Peña

Times Square (1980)

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Moyle
CAST:  Tim Curry  •  Trini Alvarado  •  Robin Johnson  •  Steve James

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Moyle
CAST:  Tim Curry  •  Trini Alvarado  •  Robin Johnson  •  Steve James

Molly (1999)

Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her neurotypical, older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Duigan
CAST:  Elisabeth Shue  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Jill Hennessy  •  Thomas Jane

Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her neurotypical, older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Duigan
CAST:  Elisabeth Shue  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Jill Hennessy  •  Thomas Jane

Nails (1992)

The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Flynn
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Anne Archer  •  Tomas Milian  •  Keith David

The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Flynn
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Anne Archer  •  Tomas Milian  •  Keith David

A Stranger in Paradise (2013)

On the verge of making partner, Josh Pratt’s (Colin Egglesfield) life is turned upside down when the SEC investigates the head of his multi-billion dollar hedge fund for insider trading. Forced into a well-timed “vacation” he never asked for Josh finds himself in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corrado Boccia
CAST:  Colin Egglesfield  •  Catalina Sandino Moreno  •  Byron Mann  •  Stuart Townsend

On the verge of making partner, Josh Pratt’s (Colin Egglesfield) life is turned upside down when the SEC investigates the head of his multi-billion dollar hedge fund for insider trading. Forced into a well-timed “vacation” he never asked for Josh finds himself in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corrado Boccia
CAST:  Colin Egglesfield  •  Catalina Sandino Moreno  •  Byron Mann  •  Stuart Townsend

Opposite Corners (1997)

A rising boxing star faces success while trying to cope with his parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis D'Esposito
CAST:  Billy Warlock  •  Cathy Moriarty  •  Tony Denison  •  Ray Mancini

A rising boxing star faces success while trying to cope with his parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis D'Esposito
CAST:  Billy Warlock  •  Cathy Moriarty  •  Tony Denison  •  Ray Mancini

Shadow People (2007)

Dan and Gretchen, a couple with a secretive past and a failing relationship, rent a guest house from another couple in California's San Fernando Valley. But jealousy and betrayal turn a casual friendship into a game of manipulation and deception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Coulouris
CAST:  Lesli Kay  •  Keith Coulouris  •  Kaela Dobkin  •  Lee Spencer

Dan and Gretchen, a couple with a secretive past and a failing relationship, rent a guest house from another couple in California's San Fernando Valley. But jealousy and betrayal turn a casual friendship into a game of manipulation and deception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Coulouris
CAST:  Lesli Kay  •  Keith Coulouris  •  Kaela Dobkin  •  Lee Spencer

Quicksand: No Escape (1992)

A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pressman
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Tim Matheson  •  Jay Acovone  •  Timothy Carhart

A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pressman
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Tim Matheson  •  Jay Acovone  •  Timothy Carhart

Marked for Murder (1993)

Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing by the rules, and he's frustrated with the corruption and impotence of the police. When he takes action against a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mimi Leder
CAST:  Powers Boothe  •  Jay Acovone  •  Lou Liberatore  •  Richard Grove

Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing by the rules, and he's frustrated with the corruption and impotence of the police. When he takes action against a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mimi Leder
CAST:  Powers Boothe  •  Jay Acovone  •  Lou Liberatore  •  Richard Grove
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