Actor Powers Boothe (1948)

Hatfields & McCoys (2013) is a Western television miniseries produced by History channel in 2012. The three two-hour episodes aired over three consecutive days in May, and became the network’s first scripted drama (excluding a previous miniseries, The Kennedys, which was not aired in the US). While the story takes place in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia and Kentucky, it was actually filmed in Romania near Brașov using the Carpathian Mountains as a stand-in. The debut of part one drew record-breaking ratings for History channel and some of the highest numbers in cable TV history. Over 13 million viewers tuned into the first episode, making it the ...

Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012) is an American action crime thriller film written and directed by Michael Winnick. John Smith’s luck just keeps getting worse. First, his girlfriend leaves him for a doctor. Then, a hooker swipes his wallet at an Apache Reservation casino. To top it off, he loses both an Elvis Impersonation contest and a poker game against fellow impersonators Gay Elvis, Little Person Elvis, Asian Elvis, and the victor, Elvis Elvis. As if things couldn’t get any more complicated, John is falsely accused of stealing a valuable ancient Apache mask from ‘The Chief’, the casino’s ...

24: Redemption (2008) is a TV movie set in the world of 24. It occurs four years after the sixth season and two months before the seventh, in real time between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm (Sangala Time Zone) on Inauguration Day in the US. After the events of Day Six, a young boy is taken from his home in Sangala and forced into joining a rebel militia led by General Benjamin Juma. The coup they are planning is being financed by an American secret organization run by Jonas Hodges. During this time, Jack Bauer is working at a school owned by his old colleague Carl Benton, when he is served with a subpoena by US Embassy official Frank Trammel, who wants him to testify ...

Men of Honor (2000) is an American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. In the movie, Carl Brashear leaves his life as a sharecropper in Kentucky behind to join the United States Navy in 1949. Prior to leaving, he made a promise to his father that he would never give up and would fight for what he wants. Carl serves on the USS Hoist as part of the crew, working in the galley. During his time on the ship, he witnesses Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William ‘Billy’ Sunday’s courageous actions as he rescues a diver who had fallen overboard without an air line. Unfortunately, Sunday suffers from an ...

The American Western CBS TV miniseries, True Women (1997), is based on a 1993 novel by Janice Woods Windle and directed by Karen Arthur. It follows the story of sisters Euphemia Texas Ashby and Sara McClure. Euphemia returns home from picking flowers to find that Sam Houston is visiting. As Santa Anna approaches, they are forced to flee east in the Runaway Scrape. Sara suffers a miscarriage and her son Little Johnnie dies in Euphemia’s arms while attempting to cross a river. Along the way, many other Texans, both ...

U Turn (1997) is a neo-noir crime thriller directed by renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone. The plot follows the story of Bobby Cooper, a struggling drifter who finds himself in a tough spot when his red 1964½ Ford Mustang Convertible breaks down in Superior, Arizona. Penniless and stranded, Bobby crosses paths with Jake and Grace McKenna, a married couple also facing their own financial struggles. Both Jake and Grace separately offer Bobby money to kill the other, leaving him desperate and filled with fear. Eventually, Bobby decides to pursue Grace’s proposition and eliminate Jake in order to start a new life ...

Oliver Stone’s American epic historical drama film, Nixon (1995), follows the events of the Watergate scandal. In 1972, members of the White House Plumbers break into The Watergate and are arrested. A year and a half later, Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff, Alexander Haig, provides Nixon with audio tapes regarding the scandal. As they discuss the chaos that ensued from Watergate and the passing of J. Edgar Hoover, Nixon expresses his anger towards John Dean, James McCord, and others involved in the scandal. He even questions why he has not been given a pistol to end his own life like an honorable soldier. Most ...