Starring: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside, John C. McGinley, Allan Rich

Note: this will be a print of the original theatrical version

In the year 2024, Connor MacLeod, an aging man in mortal form, is bemoaning his life’s work. The electromagnetic shield that once saved the earth from the scorch of the sun after the ozone thinned out has now, 25 years later, created a brutalist environment with a miserable populous. But the corporation that maintains the shield is unwilling to give up its cash cow, despite emerging proof that the ozone has repaired itself.

As flamboyant as it is bloated, Highlander II: The Quickening is brimming with pleasures for the cinematically adventurous. You need not know or care about the Highlander canon (but it’s okay if you do) – show up for the ever-villainous Michael Ironside’s Katana, wreaking havoc over all modes of transport, and Sean Connery’s Ramirez, marveling at the modern world, plus a well-placed bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace,” and multiple decapitations. It’s the kind of pile of nonsense we crave.

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane

B-Sides, Nicole Kidman: One year before she would have her Hollywood breakthrough with Days of Thunder, Nicole Kidman starred in this solid Aussie thriller that effectively showed off her dramatic range.

Rae Ingram (Nicole Kidman) and her husband, John (Sam Neill), struggle to overcome the sudden death of their young son. In an attempt to move past their loss, the couple take their yacht out for an extended vacation trip. While far out at sea, they come across a sinking schooner and rescue the ship’s sole survivor, Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane). Hughie claims the crew of the ship died from food poisoning. Though Rae is empathetic towards Hughie, John is suspicious of his story.

Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King

B-Sides, Will Smith: Will Smith was several years into his film career when he starred in Tony Scott’s thriller, which has him front and center, proving he made for a compelling lead.

Corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight) has a congressman assassinated to assure the passage of expansive new surveillance legislation. When a videotape of the murder ends up in the hands of Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer and dedicated family man, he is framed for murder. With the help of ex-intelligence agent Edward “Brill” Lyle (Gene Hackman), Dean attempts to throw Reynolds off his trail and prove his innocence.

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Jonathan Pryce

B-Sides, Whoopi Goldberg: One year after she blew everyone away in The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg went in a totally different direction, embracing her comedic roots in a film that shows off her natural charm.

Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works with computers in a bank office. She routinely talks with others via her computer, but one day she connects with a mysterious user by the name of Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Jonathan Pryce). It takes her a while to decode his message, but Terry figures out that Jack is a British secret agent trapped behind enemy lines. Terry agrees to help him, but her activities attract the attention of the KGB, who want to know Jack’s real identity — and will kill to get it.

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer

B-Sides, Sylvester Stallone: Sandwiched between Rocky sequels and before he was fully immersed in muscled-up action roles of the 80s, Sylvester Stallone starred in Nighthawks, a 1981 crime thriller that feels more like a dark 70s approach to noir, sporting a beard and wardrobe that suggest an alternate universe for the star, had the movie been more of a hit.

Fresh from mounting a devastating bomb attack in London, an international terrorist arrives in New York and remains intent upon wreaking further havoc. His preparation is clinical and thorough but he overlooks one thing – the grit and steely determination of one New York cop.

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Darren McGavin

B-Sides, Arnold Schwarzenegger: Having already starred in some of his most iconic roles (The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, Commando), Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed to be a part of Raw Deal so he could get out of contractual obligations with producer Dino De Laurentiis. Still, it is a fun, gritty action movie brimming with violence and the usual legendary line delivery of this icon.

When efforts to prosecute mob boss Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker) are repeatedly derailed thanks to a mole in the FBI, the only choice is to bring in an outsider — specifically, Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a disgraced agent who leaps at a chance for reinstatement. After FBI chief Shannon (Darren McGavin) gives him his orders, Kaminsky fakes his death and reemerges as an ex-con named Brenner. Undercover and accountable to no one, the former Fed tears up the mob from the inside.

Starring: Teyana Taylor, William Catlett, Josiah Cross

A Thousand and One follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Teyana Taylor), who kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, Marlon Wayans, Damian Young

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, Air reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

Starring: Terry O’Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack

Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn) is a family man, but he happens to have a series of families, with each one on the receiving end of his murderous ways. When Jerry sets his sights on a lovely widow named Susan (Shelley Hack) and her headstrong daughter, Stephanie (Jill Schoelen), it appears that his brutal pattern of killings will continue. However, Stephanie begins to suspect that there’s something wrong with the seemingly well-adjusted Jerry, and a violent confrontation is inevitable.

Starring: James Glickenhaus. Starring: Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Steve James, Christopher George

This July take a dark dive with The Deuce into the underbelly of America with THE EXTERMINATOR!! Best-buddy soldiers manage to survive ‘Nam – but can they survive being back in “The World” – as in 1979 NYC?? A flamethrower might help… Working-class stiffs get stiffed at every turn by corrupt bosses, piddling politicians, and “Ghetto Ghouls” – until it’s time to turn the table on the tormentors!

James Glickenhaus’s gloomy, doomy, grim exercise in vigilante ulta-violence shows a society soured and starving for saving… a world of gangsters, gutter trash, pedophiles, pushers… “chicken boys” and mom-muggers… where a meat-grinder and mercury-filled bullets make for obvious go-to solutions. With packed Lyric Theatre crowds of the same scuzzes being portrayed on the screen all caterwauling the cruel calamity – as though clamoring for their own due demise… the movie Roger Ebert called “… a small, unclean exercise in shame.” – THE EXTERMINATOR would be a big shame to miss!!