Elya Baskin
Baskin was born in Riga, the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin. He attended Moscow's prestigious Theatre and Variety Arts College and won a Festival of Young Actors Award at the Moscow Comedy Theatre. Baskin immigrated to the United States in 1976. He has built a considerable... Read full bio →
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Legacy
A war criminal/drug lord is arrested in Beograd by Nolan from MI6 and police. He's flown to The Haag to stand trial. He hires an assassin to take out witnesses, one a teenager in the wilderness with his dad.
Supervized
Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
Jimmy P.
At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets.
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme.
Angels & Demons
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
Spider-Man 3
In the third film from the Spider-man trilogy Peter Parker has finally decides to reconcile his love for Mary Jane and his job as a superhero. Yet dark clouds are on the horizon for Spider-man and they are not only from villans Sandman and Venom but from within. Spider-man must face a new evil.
Wheelmen
A ragtag group of misfit limo drivers find themselves embroiled in a plot to assassinate the Vice President of the United States.
Spider-Man 2
Spider-man is in a slump. His superhero career is affecting his everyday life and he decides he’s had enough and puts away his costume. Yet his urge to serve and protect comes back as Dr. Octopus is causing panic in New York City and Spider-Man must return to protect the people he loves.
Thirteen Days
Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, his staff and advisors.
Runaway Virus
Two virus experts track down contagious people across the world. But it's only a matter of time before L.A. is exposed to the virus.
October Sky
October Sky is a 1999 film produced by Charles Gordon, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. It is based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
An out of control comedy and parody of secret agent films like James Bond. This is the first from three total films starring the secret agent Austin Powers. Produced and written by Mike Myers who also plays Powers as well as his arch nemesis Dr. Evil.
Air Force One
Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he (an ex-soldier) works from hiding to defeat them.
Spy Hard
General Rancor is threatening to destroy the world with a missile he is hiding at his secret base. But to complete his goal, he needs a special computer chip, invented by the scientist Prof. Ukrinsky. Special Agent Dick Steele is assigned to the case, in order to prevent the worst.
Forest Warrior
A shape-shifting mountain man and a group of children team up to protect an enchanted forest from evil lumberjacks.
The Pickle
Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and financial ruin from back taxes, he is forced to take on a very commercial and, he believes, ridiculous movie.
True Blue
True Blue is a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday evenings in 1989 and 1990. The hour-long drama follows the exploits of a squad of uniformed officers assigned to the specialized trucks of the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit.
Enemies: A Love Story
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
DeepStar Six
The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
Big Man on Campus
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He is put on trial and made to go through tests. One of the research doctors falls for him, and he falls for her in the end
Vice Versa
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Der Name der Rose
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Combat High
"Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Written by Mark Lennon
Moscow on the Hudson
Russian circus musician defects on the visit to the US. Living the American dream appears be a lot more difficult then he has imagined.
2010
A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.
American Pop
American Pop is an American animated film that film tells the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music.
Raise the Titanic
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, soon to be known as The Sundance Kid.
Being There
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
The World's Greatest Lover
A neurotic baker travels to Hollywood to attend a talent search for an actor to rival the great Valentino. Although not an actor, through blind luck he succeeds, to a certain degree.