Showtime 2006-04-18--2006-04-19

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.

Thriller, USA. Gavin St.Claire is an attorney who meets a beautiful topless dancer. Driven by suddenly aroused feelings, Gavin sets out to free her from her seedy lifestyle and abusive boyfriend. Something that turns out to be more dangerous than he thought. Director: Geroge Case (100) With Tom Berenger, Nancy Travis, Robert Patrick.

Sci-Fi, USA. The Twilight Zone goes rock & roll in the creepy anthology series Strange Frequency. Director: Brenton Spencer (84) With Illeana Douglas, Jamie Kennedy, Roger Daltrey.

Sci-Fi, USA. Gracie is a girl who is infected by a strange extraterrestrial substance that makes her invulnerable. A mean reseacrher plans to exploit her for his own purposes but security expert Joe Keys is hired to protect her. Director: Craig R. Baxley (86). With Lindsey Haun, Michael Biehn, Tobin Bell.

Thriller, USA. A group of high school friends gather at a secluded cabin for their 10 year reunion. But when the hostess turns up dead after allegedly hanging herself, the group comes together to find the reason and dark secrets behind her death. Director: Cameron Thor (89). With Christina Applegate, Justin Lazard, Johnathon Schaech.

Action, USA. A secret code was embedded in the original texts of the Torah that will allow the person who cracks it to unlock the secret powers of the Christian scriptures; if it falls into the wrong hands, it could mean the end of Man's Reign on Earth. Director: Robert Marcarelli (100). With Casper van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg.

Sci-Fi, Japan. Timetravellers goes back through time to 1992 to warn Japan that Godzilla will cause a catastrophic nuclear incident in the 21st century. Director: Kazuki Omori (103). With Kosuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka.

Crime, USA. V.I. Warshawski is a freelance private investigator who gets involved with a hockey player named Boom-Boom Grafalk. One night he brings his daughter and asks Warshawski to watch her for him. Later that night Boom-Boom is killed. Director: Jeff Kanew (89). With Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning.

Horror, USA. A psychologist gets involved in a series of brutal murders of children. Through policeman Tom Lopez, who believes the killers have supernatural powers, Cal learns of Santeria, a voodoo-like Latin American sect that mixes elements of Christianity and pagan mysticism. Director: John Schlesinger (114). With Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross.

Action, USA. Tony is offered a job with a powerful Mafia family after he saves the life of the capo's nephew. To give him a crash course in his new line of work, Tony is sent to L.A. to study with Rosellini, a hired killer of no small reputation. Director: David Corley (100) With James Belushi, Sheryl Lee, Kyle Chandler.

Horror, USA. Duane is half of a pair of Siamese twins who were separated against their will in a brutal operation a decade earlier. Belial, his lumpen, beachball-sized brother, secretly survived the procedure and now wants to exact revenge on those who separated him from Duane. Director: Frank Henenlotter (90) With Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner.

Thriller, USA. Sammy Saxo is the personal assistant to one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood. Dreaming of becoming a powerful producer himself Saxo one day manages to score a huge deal, only to be cut out by his boss. Saxo decides to listen to his killer instinct and not give up. Director: Tom Burruss (86) With Lillo Brancato, Daniel Baldwin, Angie Everhart.