Scott Baker Movies
Director Dominic Sena follows up his stylish action film Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) with this high-tech thriller. John Travolta stars as Gabriel Shear, a charismatic spy who plots to steal a multi-billion-dollar fortune in illegal government funds. In order to make his scheme work, however, Gabriel needs some help from a computer hacker, which is where Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) comes in. Stanley has been paroled from prison after serving a lengthy sentence for penetrating the FBI's cyber-surveillance operations. Issued a restraining order that keeps him away from computers and living penniless in a trailer park, Stanley wants only to be reunited with his daughter Holly, who's in the custody of his ex-wife, now remarried to a pornographer. Gabriel and his partner Ginger (Halle Berry) offer Stanley the chance to get his child back in exchange for his help, but the hacker soon realizes he's a pawn in a larger operation than the high-tech bank heist he thought he was perpetrating. In the meantime, a dedicated federal agent (Don Cheadle), the same man who once arrested Stanley, is trying to expose Gabriel's operation. Swordfish also stars Sam Shepard and Zach Grenier. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, (more)
- 1993
Set in a ghetto neighborhood, the film follows the lives -- and deaths -- of a self-destructive street gang. At times, it looks as though an Important Message will emerge from all the wanton bloodshed. But the principal purpose of the film was to make a swift box-office turnover, not to educate. This direct-to-cable endeavor is unrated, but not recommended for impressionable children. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David John, Ruth Collins, (more)
- 1993
The murder of a cosmetics company tycoon leads lawyer Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) into a strange case involving a new anti-aging concoction. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
As a clairvoyant, Demi Moore awaits signs from beyond that her true love, whomever he may be, is waiting for her, somewhere. When New York butcher George Dzundza shows up on the tiny North Carolina island where Demi lives, she is convinced that he is the man predestined to be her husband. After the wedding, Demi moves into George's blue-collar neighborhood, where she successfully commisserates with such eccentrics as withdrawn teenager Max Perlich, frustrated singer Mary Steenburgen, unlucky-in-love actress Margaret Colin, over-analytical psychiatrist Jeff Daniels, and lesbian Frances McDormand. As Demi helpfully tries to chart the destinies of her new friends, she fails to notice that Dzundza is falling in love with Steenburgen. Though there are many traumatic detours along the way, Demi's psychic talents have very positive effects on at least one of the characters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, (more)
- 1990
- R
When young Bobby Delaney (James Davies) inadvertently releases genie Dancee (Heidi Paine) from her lengthy imprisonment, the grateful girl agrees to grant him three wishes. When Bobby wishes to find his true love, the genie obliges by conjuring up a horde of infatuated women for him to try out. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Davies, Heidi Paine, (more)
- 1989
- R
Leo Blockman (Scott Baker) was an obnoxious male-chauvinist pig, the sort of man who would call out sexually suggestive remarks to women on the street. After he is chased into the Hudson river by one of the irate women he has insulted, and drowns, he comes out changed. At first he doesn't realize it and is as foul-mouthed and obnoxious as ever, but he's become a good looking woman, Cleo (Jane Hamilton. His problems are compounded when he/she is hit on by the same sort of lowlifes that he once was. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jane Hamilton, Scott Baker, (more)
- 1987
- R
In this spoof, a young girl is convicted of a crime she didn't commit and sentenced to serve time in Loch Ness Penitentiary. It is up to a reporter to don the disguise of a woman to enter the prison and prove her innocence. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Devon Jenkin, Jeff Eagle, (more)
- 1987
- R
In this slice-n-dicer, a young woman is delighted to have inherited a drafty old Spanish mansion. She and her boy friend go to check it out and soon discover that the place has been overrun by murderous devil worshipers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1987
- R
Porn director Chuck Vincent presents this R-rated yawner about a male stripper (Blake Bahner) and a hooker (Rebecca Lynn) who initially hate each other but predictably fall in love. Jenny Hunter and Brian Ingles also share in a winning lottery ticket. The steamy eroticism is the highlight of this otherwise forgettable feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rebecca Lynn, Blake Bahner, (more)
- 1987
- R
Three Big Apple prostitutes decide to give up streetwalking and find themselves fabulously wealthy husbands by becoming more cultured. Unfortunately, they are sorely lacking in sophistication, so they go to a highly cultured transvestite for a few lessons in how to be a real ladies. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1986
- R
In this slice-n-dicer acclaimed pop psychologist Dr. David Kelley hosts a radio call-in show in LA. The current topic of discussion is a baffling series of murders that has been occurring throughout the town. All of the victims are beautiful real estate agents. One day he gets a strange call from "Harry," who claims that each of the victims deserved everything they got, because he believes that the real estate agents encourage the further displacement of the poor and homeless. He also describes their murders in detail. When the calls become more frequent, Dr. Kelley becomes even more concerned. He should be because his own lady love is a real estate agent. The film features considerable gore, nudity and simulated sex. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joseph Bottoms, Adrienne Barbeau, (more)
- 1984
- R
In one of the last breakdancing movies of the mid-'80s, two competing breakdancing teams have their eye on a $10,000 prize in an upcoming contest. Three of the dancers on one team work as pizza delivery boys. Mean-spirited Spider (Mario van Peebles) from the opposing team convinces the gullible pizza boss that the three must be detained so they can't enter the contest. So one of the three is set up to make a delivery to a gorgeous woman who seduces him. The second is sent to a hospital where he's given new medicine that sidelines him for the rest of the day. And the third is sent to a gallery where he breaks a statue in an exhibition opening that evening and is forced to pose as the broken image, wearing only a fig leaf. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joss Marcano, Tom Sierchio, (more)
- 1974
Created by Herb Roland, the Canadian continuing drama House of Pride utilized the resources of virtually all the major CBC production facilities. The stories revolved around the landed-gentry Pride family of London, Ontario, headed by patriarch Don Pride (George Waite). Inasmuch as the various younger Prides had left the nest and found spouses of different races and religions throughout the Dominion, there was a certain degree of inner conflict, but things were more or less smoothed out after Don Pride's death and the inevitable return to London of the various Pride factions (including the family's offshot Quebecian clan, the Fortins). The individual episodes were produced in Toronto, Montreal, Hallifax, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, with a different cast and crew in every city. Seen variously on Thursdays and Sundays, House of Pride aired from September 19, 1974 to March 13, 1975, and from October 23, 1975 to May 15, 1976. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- George Waite, Budd Knapp, (more)
