Peter Mills Movies
Directors Jaime and Tony Vallés's Spanish-language, teen-oriented romantic comedy Casi, Casi unfolds in a Puerto Rican high school. Backward and introverted Emilio (Mario Pabon) nurtures a deep-seated infatuation for the class princess, Jacklynne Matos (Maite Canto) and views her through rose-colored glasses that utterly blind him to her jerk streak. He devises a wild scheme to attract her attention with a successful bid for president of the Student Council - but discovers, all too late, that she is running opposite him. In a last-minute reversal, Emilio and his five colorful friends opt to break into the school computer system and "fix" the race in the girl's favor (thus rendering Emilio infinitely more attractive to Jacklynne) but must contend with the doings of the monstrous, icewater-veined principal, Raquel Richardson (Marian Pabon). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mario Pabon, Marian Pabon, (more)
This murder mystery from director Carl Schenkel stars Christopher Lambert (Highlander) as Peter Sanderson, an expert chess champion. When a woman Sanderson has recently slept with is among several women brutally murdered at a chess tournament, he becomes a suspect. But when the murderer contacts Sanderson and informs him that he's set up a maniacal human chess game, he realizes that he'll have to beat the murderer to stop the killings and clear his own name. Diane Lane plays a psychologist who falls for Sanderson, and Tom Skerritt is the local sheriff investigating the case. Knight Moves won the Critics Award at the 1992 Cognac Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, (more)
- 1977
- R
In this actioner, a WW II vet attempts to run his own farm and finds himself in dire straits when he cannot pay his mortgage. In desperation, he hits up a gangster for financial aide. Unfortunately, in exchange for money, the gangster wants the vet to kill a few people. The would-be farmer does just that and each killing is quite graphically presented. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gary Conway, Angel Tompkins, (more)
- 1947
A grieving war widow goes upon a coastal retreat to deal with her loss and heal in this drama. There she soon finds herself romantically involved with a man whom she believes to be a smuggler. This threatens to thwart their affair until she learns the truth--he is actually an undercover cop posing a smuggler to break up a black market ring. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
