Showtime 2006-03-06--2006-03-07

Fantasy, UK. Ming the Merciless has a plan to destroy the earth and Flash Gordon sets out to stop him. With him is his attractive companion Dale Arden. Director: Mike Hodges (111). With Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow.

Action, USA. Eric Masters is an ultra-smooth counterfeiter who has managed to sidestep the police for years. But when young and eager Secret Service agent Richard Chance finds out that his partner has been murdered by Eric, Chance trains his relentlessness upon capturing him. Director: William Friedkin (114). With William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow.

Action, USA. George Kuffs is an irresponsible 21-year-old who leaves his pregnant girlfriend to see his brother Bruce. Bruce is the owner of a Special Patrol, a franchised civilian auxiliary police force, and when he is killed George takes over the patrol to seek revenge. Director: Bruce A. Evans (103). With Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Bruce Boxleitner.

Thriller, USA. Gwen McGerrall is a police sketch-artist who finds herself forced to deal with painful events from her past when she gets involved in tracking down a child molester. Director: Rob Fresco (98). With Sean Young, William R. Moses, Joe Guzaldo.

Thriller, NZE. Melanie is charmed into joining a perfect stranger at his small house on a deserted island. Pretty soon however, the stranger's charm turns into obsession and Melanie has to face the fact that she's actually been kidnapped. Director: Gaylene Preston (96). With Gaylene Preston, Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck.

Action, SK. Terror strikes from below in a small coastal town. A young couple disappears into the sea and a large claw is found stuck in their abandoned raft. A marine expert believes the claw belongs to a giant sea creature, but the rest of the community is hard to convince. Director: Jeff Bleckner (90). With William L. Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith.

Action, USA. The Bandit is a maverick car racer who makes an $80,000 bet that he can transport a shipment of beer from Texarkana, Texas to Atlanta in 28 hours. Smokey is the sheriff who goes after him. Director: Hal Needham (96). With Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed.

Action, USA. T.J. and Dex are two skiing instructors in Aspen who lives out their bachelor fantasy until T.J. attracts the attention of two women and Dex loses his job and starts dealing drugs. While trying to sort everything out they're preparing for a big race. Director: Patrick Hasbourgh (113). With Paul Gross, Peter Berg, Teri Polo.

Thriller, USA. Naval officer Tom Farrell meets Susan Atwel at a party and shares a steamy one-night-stand with her. After several months he discovers she's the mistress of the US Secretary of Defense, and when she's murdered he is assigned to find the killer. Director: Roger Donaldson (114). With Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young.

Horror, USA. Catherine is an art student who inherits a mysterious Italian castle. What she doesn't know is that the castle is cursed and that she is the next in line to be brutally murdered. Director: Charles Band (85). With Sherilyn Fenn, Malcolm Jamieson, Charlie Spradling.

Action, Hong Kong. Jet Li stars as a former elite soldier who used to be a part of a genetically-engineered super squad. When some drug lords begin turning up dead he learns that it is the work of his former squad comrades who are planning to take over the drug kingpin's illegal trade. Director: Daniel Lee (84). With Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Matt McKenzie.

Action, USA. An Air Force pilot is assigned to carry the President's black bag, a special briefcase loaded with a computer that the Executive in Chief can use to launch a nuclear war. After a terrorist attack the bag is lost and the pilot now has to stop the terrorists before they use it. Director: Frederic Forestier (98). With Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Montel Williams.