Adam 2009  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Max Mayer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker, Haviland Morris, Adam LeFevre, Mike Hodge, Peter O'Hara, John Rothman, Susan Porro, Maddie Corman, Terry Walters, Jeff Hiller
Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne) moves into her Manhattan apartment and soon meets her new neighbor, Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy). Adam, who suffers from Aspberger's Syndrome, lacks communication skills and is often embarrassed, but Beth is intrigued by Adam. They form a friendship despite concerns of Beth's mother Rebecca (Amy Irving), and, as their friendship deepens, Beth pulls Adam into the outside world.
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 Arthur and the Invisibles 2006  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Penny Balfour, Doug Rand, Adam LeFevre, Jean Bejote Njamba, Serge Blumental, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Chazz Palminteri, Emilio Estevez, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie
Ten-year-old Arthur's (Freddie Highmore) grandfather disappeared four years ago and left behind notebooks filled with stories about a place in the back field of their farm. That area marks the spot of the magical land of the Minimoys where tiny invisible people live. The land is also where Arthur's grandfather hid a treasure. While Arthur and Granny (Mia Farrow) are waiting for the grandfather to return, bank collectors decide to take over the family farm. Arthur tries to save the farm by finding his way into the magical land where he meets the King (voice of Robert De Niro) and his daughter (voice of Madonna)–a big step in Arthur's adventure in which he has three days to rescue the treasure and his grandfather. In the process, Arthur tries to prevent the evil wizard Maltazard the Cursed (voice of David Bowie) from taking over the Minimoys' land.
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College Road Trip 2008  G, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone, Brenda Song, Kym Whitley, Adam LeFevre, Eugene Jones III, Donny Osmond, Molly Ephraim, Matthew Schlein, Eshaya Draper, Will Sasso, Geneva Carr, Lonny Ross, Margo Harshman, Lucas Grabeel
Illinois police chief James Porter (Martin Lawrence) drives his high-school daughter Melanie (Raven-Symone) to Washington, D.C., for her interview at Georgetown University. But, along the way, more than a few problems await. They get lost and then discover that Melanie's 10-year-old brother Trey (Eshaya Draper) and his pet pig have stowed away in the van, and, of course, they total the van. They get a ride with show-tune singing Doug (Donny Osmond) and his college-age daughter Wendy (Molly Ephraim) and end up on a tour bus where karaoke is the order of the day. By story's end, father and daughter form a bond as lessons are learned during their unique adventure.
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 Dummy 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Greg Pritikin
Cast: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris, Mirabella Pisani, Helen Hanft, Richmond Hoxie, Adam LeFevre, Poppi Kramer, Joanne Bayes, John Elsen, Tom Plotkin
Although it has been 10 years since his high-school graduation, Steven (Adrien Brody) still lives at his dysfunctional family's home. Jobless, he spends time as a ventriloquist talking to his dummy. His only friend, Fangora (Milla Jovovich), wants to be a punk rocker. But, together they join in self-discoveries about their roles in life and attain more than once was thought possible.
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Fool's Gold 2008  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone, Kevin Hart, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Brian Hooks, David Roberts, Michael Mulheren, Adam LeFevre
Although he has been searching for years and has gone into debt in the process, Ben "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) has not given up on his dream of finding a sunken treasure: the Queen's Dowry. He goes through a divorce with Tess (Kate Hudson), and just when she finds a new life, Finn uses Tess's employer, billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland) to continue his quest. Finn convinces Nigel and his spoiled daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) to join Tess and himself in searching for the treasure. But, they are not the only ones out there; Finn's mentor Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has been hired by crime boss Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) to retrieve the treasure. And, the race is on–over and under the sea.
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The Invasion 2007 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright, Josef Sommer, Celia Weston, Roger Rees, Eric Benjamin, Susan Floyd, Stephanie Berry, Adam LeFevre, Joanna Merlin, Alexis Raben
A space shuttle crashes in flames on Earth and spreads extraterrestrial spores than ominously transform the actions and emotions of ordinary people who come in contact with them. After pricking his finger on one of the spores, Centers for Disease Control official Tucker Kaufman (Jeremy Northam) goes through a personality transformation. His ex-wife, Washington, D.C. psychiatrist Carol (Nicole Kidman), notices the change and becomes even more concerned when Tucker takes off with their son Oliver (Jackson Bond). Now, Carol and her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) put their heads together looking for a cure before the Earth is devastated by extraterrestrials.
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I'll Take Manhattan 1987 TV, 450 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Hickox, Richard Michaels
Cast: Valerie Bertinelli, Francesca Annis, Perry King, Jane Kaczmarek, Ken Olin, Jack Scalia, Barry Bostwick, Paul Hecht, Tim Daly, Robert Addie, Walter Gotell, Adam LeFevre
Based on a novel by Judith Krantz, this TV miniseries tells the story of Maxi's (Valerie Bertinelli) struggles to save her father's empire from her uncle (Perry King), who married her mother after her father's death and is now ruining the publishing business. A long "soaper."
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L.I.E. 2001 NC-17, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cuesta
Cast: Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Billy Kay, Bruce Altman, James Costa, Tony Michael Donnelly, Walter Masterson, Marcia DeBonis, Adam LeFevre
Since losing his mother in a car accident, 15-year-old Howie (Paul Dano) has been on his own. Now he is befriended by an ex-Marine, Big John Harrigan (Brian Cox), who is a known sexual predator.
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Only You 1994 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens, Billy Zane, Adam LeFevre, Siobhan Fallon, Phyllis Newman, John Benjamin Hickey, Antonia Rey, Denise Du Maurier, Jessica Hertel, Tammy Minoff, Harry Barandes
When she was a child, Pittsburgh schoolteacher Faith Covatch (Marisa Tomei) was shown on a Ouija Board that she would marry a man named DAMON BRADLEY. Now, on the eve of her wedding to another, Faith takes a telephone call from a man named Damon Bradley (Robert Downey Jr.). In two seconds, Faith is off to Italy in search of her destiny, which includes Damon.
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The Ref 1994  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Glynis Johns, Raymond J. Barry, Richard Bright, Christine Baranski, Adam LeFevre, Ellie Raab
Gus (Denis Leary) just cannot quite make it in his chosen field–burglary! One Christmas Eve, his burglary attempt becomes so fouled up that he must take his victims captive in their own home. There he is faced not only with their arguing but also with all of the relatives who come to "celebrate" the holiday.
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Return of the Secaucus 7 1980 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott, Mark Arnott, David Strathairn, John Sayles
The budget was low for this film, but the impact and performances are top notch. College grads return for a reunion, having gone in different directions from their radical beginnings in the 1960s. It is more than the story of this group–it is the story of a generation. "The Big Chill," made three years later, has the same theme.
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Romance & Cigarettes 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: John Turturro
Cast: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken, Barbara Sukowa, Elaine Stritch, Eddie Izzard, Amy Sedaris, P.J. Brown, Adam LeFevre
In this off-beat musical, Kitty (Susan Sarandon) confronts her Queens construction worker husband, Nick (James Gandolfini), with evidence of pornography he has written. It turns out that Nick is having an affair with sexy underwear salesgirl Tula (Kate Winslet), and Kitty has the solution. With their three daughters–Rosebud (Aida Turturro), Constance (Mary-Louise Parker), and Baby (Mandy Moore)–supporting her, Kitty kicks Nick out of the house leaving him to make up his own mind of what he really should do. Throughout their trials, everyone seems to sing and dance in this down and dirty musical love story.
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 Tadpole 2002 PG-13, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Winick
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Stanford, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Iler, Adam LeFevre, Peter Appel, Alicia Van Couvering, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin
Fifteen-year-old Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford), known to his Manhattan friends as "Tadpole," returns home from boarding school eager to see his friends but even more anxious to see the object of his affection: his stepmother, Eve (Sigourney Weaver). As luck would have it, a one-night stand with Eve's best friend, Diane (Bebe Neuwirth) complicates matters even further.
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Taking Woodstock 2009 110 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Imelda Saunton, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Liev Schreiber, Henry Goodman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Adam LeFevre, Kevin Chamberlin, Jonathan Groff, Edward Hibbert, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Bette Henritze
This film is based on the true story of Greenwich Village interior designer Elliot (Demetri Martin) who moved back to his parents'–Sonia and Jake (Imelda Stanton and Henry Goodman)–home in upstate New York to help manage their run-down Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The year is 1969, and when Elliot gets word that a neighboring town has retracted its permit for a planned hippie music festival, Elliot sees a way to drum-up business for the motel. Elliot contacts the producer, Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff), and offers to board the crew and use his family's land for the concert. Their land is a swamp and will not work, but a few weeks later, half a million people arrive for the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival that takes place on neighbor Max Yasgur's (Eugene Levy) farm. Elliot works hard to keep things running smoothly, and his success changes his life forever.
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 You Can Count on Me 2000  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Cast: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin, Jon Tenney, J. Smith-Cameron, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Ryan, Michael Countryman, Adam LeFevre
This film tied for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. The story revolves around siblings–Sammy (Laura Linney) and Terry (Mark Ruffalo)–who were orphaned as children and whose lives have subsequently taken divergent paths. Now, Terry comes to visit Sammy after being away for two years. Terry stays for awhile, but personality differences ultimately drive them apart. Laura Linney was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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| 1. Adam (2009)
2. Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
3. College Road Trip (2008)
4. Dummy (2003)
5. Fool's Gold (2008)
6. The Invasion (2007)
7. I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
8. L.I.E. (2001)
9. Only You (1994)
10. The Ref (1994)
11. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
12. Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
13. Tadpole (2002)
14. Taking Woodstock (2009)
15. You Can Count on Me (2000)
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