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Best Movies by Orion Pictures

In order by year (oldest to most recent): Time After Time (1979, Malcolm McDowell) Wolfen (1981, Albert Finney) First Blood (1982, Sylvester Stallone) Gorky Park (1983, William Hurt) The Terminator (1984, Arnold Schwarzenegger) The Mean Season (1985, Kurt Russell) The Heavenly Kid (1985, Lewis Smith & Jason Gedrick) Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985, Fred Ward) F/X (1986, Bryan Brown) At Close Range (1986, Sean Penn & Christopher Walken) Back to School (1986, Rodney Dangerfield) Haunted Honeymoon (1986, Gene Wilder) Platoon (1986, Charlie Sheen) Robocop (1987, Peter Weller) No Way Out (1987, Kevin Costner) No Man's Land (1987, Charlie Sheen & D.B. Sweeney) The Package (1989, Gene Hackman & Tommy Lee Jones) Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner) Silence of the Lambs (1991, Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster) Addams Family (1991, Raul Julia & Angelica Huston) For a more comprehensive list, check out this Wikipedia entry .

8-Out-of-10 Movies

The Fix [ IMDb ] (2024, Grace Van Dien / Daniel Sharman / Keenan Arrison, d: Kelsey Egan) {best casting, direction, music supervision, special make-up fx; seemed a bit short, but sweet; refreshing and definitely not "meh," as I have seen in reviews; the budget was low, but more than adequate (right in the sweet spot where I like it, actually} Havoc [ IMDb ] (2025, Tom Hardy, d: Gareth Evans) {best action sequences} No Man's Land [ IMDb ] (1987, D.B. Sweeney / Charlie Sheen / Lara Harris, d: Peter Werner) {sexiest woman: Lara Harris}

JPJ Video Productions

Brandished Guns (1995) [ YTV ] Breakfast at Nanny's (1995) [ YTV ] The Great Stove Adventure, Pt. 2, "We in Monroe?" (1995) [ YTV ] Powderman (1995) [ YTV ] River Body (1995) [ YTV ] Shooting Hoops (1994) [ YTV ]

5-Out-of-10 Movies

Hard Target (1993, Jean-Claude Van Damme / Lance Henriksen / Yancy Butler, d: John Woo) {sexiest woman: Yancy Butler (for a better in introduction to Yance, see Witchblade); Lance Henriksen's least impressive performance (so John Woo must suck ass as a director); today, they'd paste Van Damme's face onto that of his stunt man, and that'd make the movie a whole point better. And I docked an entire point for Wilford Brimley's single-handed dismantling of the movie with his phony Cajun accent and lackluster performance.}

Actors (A-Z)

 I will only mention their very best performances, and I'm talking about my version of Oscar and Emmy worthy. Bonnie Bedelia (Salem's Lot) Wilford Brimley (China Syndrome, The Thing) Yancy Butler (Witchblade) Keith David (The Thing) Jeffrey DeMunn (The Hitcher) Michael Douglas (China Syndrome, The Game, Romancing the Stone) Jane Fonda (China Syndrome, Klute) Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner, The Hitcher) Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark) C. Thomas Howell (The Hitcher) Lance Kerwin (Salem's Lot) Will Yun Lee (Witchblade) Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hitcher) Jack Lemmon (China Syndrome) William H. Macy (Door to Door) James Mason (Salem's Lot) Adrian Pasdar (Near Dark) Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, Point Break) Kurt Russell (The Thing) David Soul (Salem's Lot) Patrick Swayze (Point Break) Jean-Claude Van Damme (Cyborg) Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy) Jenny Wright (Near Dark)