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Orion Pictures Corporation is an American distribution company that produced and released films from 1978 until 1999, and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s. In 2013, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer revived the Orion name for television; a year later Orion Pictures was quietly relaunched by the studio. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion achieved a comparatively high reputation for Hollywood quality. Woody Allen, James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Oliver Stone, and several other prominent directors worked with Orion during its most successful years from 1978 to 1992. Of the films distributed by Orion, four won Academy Awards for Best Picture: Amadeus (1984), Platoon (1986), Dances with Wolves (1990), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Only two other Orion films, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Mississippi Burning (1988), were nominated for that same category.
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Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Directed by Dean Parisot
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Samara Weaving, Kid Cudi
Theodore « Ted » Logan et William « Bill » S. Preston ont désormais la quarantaine et sont devenus pères de famille. Ils ne sont jamais parvenus à concrétisér leur rêve : devenir des stars du rock. Un messager, venu du futur, leur demande d'écrire la chanson qui pourrait changer la destinée de tout l'univers. Les deux compères vont pouvoir compter sur l'aide de leur famille, de vieux amis et de fameux musiciens.
Child's Play (2019)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Robot films
Actors Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Tim Matheson
Une mère offre une poupée à son fils pour son anniversaire. Elle ignore que ce jouet est défectueux et que son système de programmation a été piraté afin qu'il n'ait aucune limite en matière de violence.
Grace Unplugged (2013)
, 1h42Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Amanda Michalka, James Denton, Kevin Pollak, Shawnee Smith, Michael Welch, Emma Catherwood
"Grace Unplugged" is the story of an 18-year-old girl who leads worship on Sundays at church, but decides to leave her family and Christianity to pursue fame in the music industry.
Double Edge (1998)
Directed by Ralph Hemecker
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Michael Biehn, Park Joong-hoon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Don Stark, Byron Mann, Lorena Gale
Detective Tony Luca (Michael Biehn) is sent on a homicide investigation of a Yakuza leader after a bungled undercover sting to capture notorious gangster Rocco (Don Stark). After finding a folded origami lotus with the black lotus insignia Tony is assigned a partner, Detective Kim (Park Joong-hoon) from Seoul, South Korea. Kim is described by Luca's captain as an expert on the league of assassins known as the Black Lotus. Both Yakuza and Mafia gangsters are begin being assassinated all over town by the mysterious assassin known to Kim as Shadow.
Gang Related (1997)
, 1h42Directed by Jim Kouf
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors James Belushi, James Earl Jones, Dennis Quaid, David Paymer, Gary Cole, Tupac Shakur
Vice police detectives Frank Divinci (James Belushi) and Jake Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) gun down narcotics dealer Lionel Hudd (Kool Moe Dee), after the three engage illegally in drug trafficking; this is in order to recover the cocaine Hudd purchased from them. When Divinci and Rodriguez find out Hudd was actually a "deep cover" DEA agent—because Hudd's partner, Richard Simms (Gary Cole) drops by their precinct for help sniffing out the killers—they try to frame anyone else with the murder. It does not help that Rodriguez has outstanding gambling debts, and that a huge man known only as "Mr. Cutlass Supreme" (Tiny Lister) is on his case for it. After arresting numerous felons without success (because they cannot possibly link Hudd's murder to any of them), Divinci and Rodriguez arrest a homeless drunk by the name of Joe Doe (Dennis Quaid). While Joe is still intoxicated, the detectives convince him that he shot Hudd. They even make him sign a confession. Divinci and Rodriguez convince local stripper Cynthia Webb (Lela Rochon), also Divinci's mistress, who was the "bait" in their trap for Hudd, to "identify" Joe in a police line-up.
The Locusts (1997)
, 2h4Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Jessica Capshaw
Clay Hewitt (Vince Vaughn) is a drifter who wanders into a small Kansas town and quickly becomes popular. Soon after arriving he punches out the local town drunk, falls in love with local beauty Kitty (Ashley Judd), and is hired on the local feed ranch, owned by the alcoholic widow Delilah (Kate Capshaw). Delilah is notorious for her attraction to younger men, and allows Clay to stay in her estate's carriage house. Her son Flyboy (Jeremy Davies) has recently returned from a mental hospital and hasn't said a word to anyone other than his pet bull. Clay slowly breaks Flyboy out of his shell, which unleashes a complex turn of events.
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
, 1h31Directed by Tom Schulman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon, David Spade
Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is a wiseguy hired by a pair of dimwitted hit men to transport a duffel bag full of severed heads across the United States to a crime boss (as proof of the deaths). While on a commercial flight, his bag is accidentally switched with that of Charlie Pritchett (Andy Comeau), a friendly, talkative, young American tourist who is going to Mexico to see his girlfriend Laurie (Kristy Swanson) and her parents (George Hamilton and Dyan Cannon).
Best Men (1997)
, 1h30Directed by Tamra Davis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Dean Cain, Luke Wilson, Andrew Roane Dick, Fred Ward, Mitchell Whitfield
Jesse Reilly was released from prison and he is to be married to Hope. Shortly before the wedding he is involved in a bank robbery with his friends Buzz Thomas, Teddy Pollack and Billy Phillips. It escalates to a hostage crisis, and the FBI is called. In an exchange of fire, a few men are shot. Hope and Jesse are then rescued by John G. Coleman in a helicopter.
Blue Sky (1994)
, 1h41Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, Chris O'Donnell
In 1962, Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) and his wife, Carly (Jessica Lange), are having marital problems because of the pressures of his job and her mental illness. He is a nuclear engineer who favors underground nuclear testing and is at odds with his superiors over the wisdom of above-ground, open-air detonations. She is a free spirit who appears to be mentally unbalanced and who is slowly being suffocated by domestic torpor and encroaching age. Her behavior is, to say the least, embarrassing for him, especially in the confines of a military base. His reactions to this behavior are among the most interesting aspects of the film. Their move from Hawaii to an isolated base in Alabama alarms their oldest daughter, Alex (Amy Locane), and sends Carly into an affair with the base commander, Vince Johnson (Powers Boothe).
RoboCop 3 (1993)
, 1h57Directed by Fred Dekker
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films
Actors Robert John Burke, Lee Arenberg, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill Hennessy
After Robocop 2, Detroit is on the verge of bankruptcy after a series of failed business plans and drop of stocks, and are now struggling with their plans to create the new Delta City. To speed up the process, OCP creates an armed force called the Urban Rehabilitators, nick-named "Rehabs," under the command of Paul McDaggett (John Castle). Ostensibly its purpose is to combat rising crime in Old Detroit, augmenting the ranks of the Detroit Police Department in apprehending violent criminals. In reality, it has been set up to forcibly relocate the residents of Cadillac Heights. Nikko, a Japanese-American computer whiz kid, loses her parents in the process.
The Dark Half (1993)
, 1h56Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about writers, Serial killer films
Actors Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Rutanya Alda, Chelsea Field
The author of highbrow literary novels under his own name, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) is better known for the bestselling suspense-thrillers he writes under the pen name "George Stark". Beaumont wishes to retire the Stark name and symbolically buries Stark in a mock grave.
Shadows and Fog (1992)
, 1h22Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Circus films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Philip Bosco
Kleinman (Allen) is awakened from a deep sleep by a vigilante mob. They claim to be looking for a serial killer who strangles his victims and to need his help. Before he leaves, his landlady who wants to marry him gives him a small paper bag with pepper in it.
Article 99 (1992)
, 1h40Directed by Howard Deutch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, John Mahoney, John C. McGinley
When Dr. Peter Morgan (Kiefer Sutherland) begins his medical internship at a Veteran's Administration hospital, he expects to breeze through on his way to a cushy practice. Instead, he's thrust into a bizarre bureaucratic maze where the health of patients is secondary to politics. And the temperature really rises when he teams up with some freewheeling physicians, led by Dr. Richard Sturgess (Ray Liotta), who think they've learned how to break the rules-and save lives-without getting caught.
Universal Soldier (1992)
, 1h43Directed by Roland Emmerich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Sports films, Martial arts films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Leon Rippy, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Orbach
In 1969, an American US Army Special Forces team receives orders to secure a village against North Vietnamese forces. Private Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) discovers members of his squad and various villagers dead, all with their ears removed. Deveraux finds Sergeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), who has gone insane, with a string of severed ears and holding a young boy and girl hostage. Devereaux, who is near the end of his tour of duty, tries to reason with Scott, who shoots the boy and orders Devereaux to shoot the girl to prove his loyalty. Deveraux refuses and tries to save the girl, but Scott kills her with a grenade. The two soldiers shoot each other to death. Deveraux and Scott's corpses are recovered and iced by a second U.S. Special Forces squad, their deaths covered up as "missing in action.
F/X2 (1991)
, 1h44Directed by Richard Franklin, Brian W. Cook, Vic Armstrong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason, Philip Bosco, Kevin J. O'Connor
Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is asked by his girlfriend's ex-husband, a cop, to use his special-effects expertise to help catch a serial killer. However, when things go wrong and the cop is killed, he begins to suspect a setup and corruption within the police department. He calls on the help of his friend Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) to investigate the death and they discover the trail leads to an old case involving stolen gold medallions that have been missing for decades. The antagonists mean to retrieve the stolen Medallions and return them to their proper owner, the Catholic church. At the same time, an unknown assassin is trying to kill Rollie and his family in an attempt to destroy all evidence of the murder.