Mark Malone

A retired cop's brother convinces him to purchase a racehorse with a lucrative payoff potential. Their jockey, however, is deeply indebted to the mob, and the mob seizes the racehorse. The brothers decide to take on the mob themselves.

Dead Heat -- A tough Boston Cop, Pally LeMarr, who's forced to retire, is unwillingly transformed into a criminal by his brother, Ray, a small-time crook with connections to the mob.

It is New Years Eve and Kevin Healy and Tiffany Matthews head out to celebrate the New Year and a new beginning in their 7-year relationship. In the midst of the celebration the young couple decide to mark the occasion by experimenting with Crystal Meth. Unbeknownst to them, town bad boy Randy slips LSD in their drinks, setting into motion a night of life-altering events. The young couple leaves the party and quickly realizes they are not alone. They run into the woods to escape their stalker. Alone in the woods with the delusions of being chased the couple slowly begins to turn on each other. On the verge of being rescued everything falls apart in this fast paced, psychological thriller.

Mary Steenburgen gives an arresting performance as an actress-in-distress in an isolated country estate. She has been called there by psychiatrist/now-turned film producer Roddy McDowall to "double" for an actress who has suffered a complete nervous breakdown during production of a film. Arriving during a violent snowstorm, she undergoes a complete makeover until she--almost uncannily--resembles the ill actress. But, she will discover that her real role is not to act in a film but to act as the real-life double of the actually quite-dead actress in a ruthless blackmailing scheme. When she attempts to escape, she will find herself under the tender psychiatric care of the murderous McDowall. The suspense-inducing direction is by Arthur Penn.

A tough Boston Cop, Pally LeMarr, who's forced to retire, is unwillingly transformed into a criminal by his brother, Ray, a small-time crook with connections to the mob.

A tough Boston Cop, Pally LeMarr, who's forced to retire, is unwillingly transformed into a criminal by his brother, Ray, a small-time crook with connections to the mob.

A tough Boston Cop, Pally LeMarr, who's forced to retire, is unwillingly transformed into a criminal by his brother, Ray, a small-time crook with connections to the mob. When Ray convinces him to join a money-making scheme by purchasing a racehorse with a lucrative payoff potential, Pally ends up with more than he bargained for. Unfortunately for all concerned, the stallion catches the eye of the mob and the lucrative payoff the brother were counting on now becomes a struggle between life and death.

This lyrical, modern-day film noir finds cynical hit man Mick (Anthony LaPaglia) tiring of his job and asking his boss, mob kingpin George (Peter Boyle), for time off. George gives him the assignment of his life, however, prompting Mick's soul-searching to reach new heights. Mick is asked to kill the sultry Fiona (Mimi Rogers), who owes George money and claims she wants to die. But as Mick spends time with her, he finds himself falling for her.

Fed up with living in the projects and seeing his family go with-out, a young teenager and his friends devise a plan to rob the local drug pin and use the money for a fresh start. Only problem is escaping before the drug lord tracks them down.

SIGNS OF LIFE stars veteran actor Arthur Kennedy as a cranky, set-in-his-ways Maine shipbuilder. Unable to keep apace with the 1980s, Kennedy is forced to close up shop. The film probes the various effects this decision has on Kennedy's employees.

When aging New England shipbuilder Owen Coughlin (Arthur Kennedy) decides to shut down his business and retire in the face of mounting competition, his actions affect his employees' lives in surprisingly unexpected ways. Beau Bridges, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathy Bates and Mary-Louise Parker co-star in this poignant ensemble drama about small-town survival -- and making the best of a seemingly bad situation.

Signs of Life -- A touching story of life in rural Maine, and the changes brought about by the closing of a town's small boat-building company -- on which many of the residents depended upon for a living.