The Beautician and the Beast 1997  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Michael Lerner, Phyllis Newman, Todd Graff, Lisa Jakub, Heather DeLoach, Adam LaVorgna
An ex-beauty schoolteacher, Joy Miller (Fran Drescher), heads for the less-than-advanced country of Slovetzia where she becomes (surprise!) a nanny to the children of the nation's despot Boris Pochenko (Timothy Dalton) in this sometimes amusing comedy.
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway 2000  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Duffy
Cast: Elijah Wood, Janeane Garofalo, Roger Rees, Joseph Perrino, Rachael Leigh Cook, George Gore II, Adam LaVorgna, Oni Faida Lampley, Jeffrey Force, Janet Paparazzo
Although not physically ill, a teenage amnesia victim, Barney (Elijah Wood), is part of an experimental therapy group at a hospital for terminally ill children.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas 1998 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arlene Sanford
Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole, Lauren Maltby, Eve Gordon, Andrew Lauer, Sean O'Bryan, Kathleen Freeman, Lesley Boone
College student Jake Wilkinson (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) has been promised a Porsche IF he makes it home for Christmas. It sounds like an easy trip, but Jake's attempt to reach his parents' home in Larchmont, New York, is thwarted by complications.
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Milk Money 1994  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Heche, Casey Siemaszko, Philip Bosco, Brian Christopher, Adam LaVorgna, Kevin Scannell, Jessica Wesson, Amanda Sharkey
Frank (Michael Patrick Carter) and his two buddies pool their money and bike to town to find a prostitute who will strip for them. They are befriended by kind-hearted V (Melanie Griffith), who ends up taking them home after their bikes are stolen. Frank thinks she would be a perfect new wife for his dad, Tom (Ed Harris), who is too preoccupied trying to save the wetlands. She stays in Frank's tree house, unknown to Tom who thinks she is a tutor for Frank. But a crime boss is after V, believing she has run off with the gang's money. Near the bottom of the barrel, jokes and all.
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 Outside Providence 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Corrente
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Alec Baldwin, Jon Abrahams, Tommy Bone, George Wendt, Amy Smart, Jack Ferver, Adam LaVorgna, Gabriel Mann, Jonathan Brandis, Timothy Crowe, Richard Jenkins, Robert Turano
Set in the drug era of the 1970s, this coming-of-age story begins when Timothy Dunphy (Shawn Hatosy) gets into trouble with the police and his father (Alec Baldwin) ships him off to a New England prep school. Once there, Timothy finds more dope fiends to hang around with. He also manages to attract the beautiful Jane Weston (Amy Smart) who just might be able to turn his life around.
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| 1. The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
2. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (2000)
3. I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
4. Milk Money (1994)
5. Outside Providence (1999)
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