Best Laid Plans 1999  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Barker
Cast: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Rocky Carroll, Mike Hagerty, Terrence Howard, James Marsh, Gene Wolande, Jonathan McMurty, Rebecca Klingler, Kate Hendrickson, Owen Bush, Sean Nepita, Jose Menoza, Jane Morris
Nick (Alessandro Nivola) and Lissa (Reese Witherspoon) need cash–especially now that Nick has discovered he is out of his father's will. Their solution is to pull off a drug heist and then get out of their small town, but they don't reckon on the drug dealer tracking them down.
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 Carolina 2003  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marleen Gorris
Cast: Julia Stiles, Alessandro Nivola, Shirley MacLaine, Mika Boorem, Azura Skye, Edward Atterton, Randy Quaid, Dwight Armstrong, Anna Ortiz, Jennifer Coolidge, Daveigh Chase, John Capodice
Carolina (Julia Stiles) leaves her meddling Grandma Mirabeau (Shirley MacLaine) and moves to California in search of a peaceful life. But "peaceful" turns out to be just a dream when two men (Alessandro Nivola and Edward Atterton) vie for Carolina's affection.
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 The Clearing 2004 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pieter Jan Brugge
Cast: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven, Melissa Sagemiller, Wendy Crewson, Larry Pine, Diana Scarwid, Elizabeth Ruscio, Gwen McGee, Sarah Koskoff
Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) kidnaps wealthy businessman Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) and demands a $1 million ransom while Wayne's wife, Eileen (Helen Mirren), is left at home with their family trying to keep cool even with FBI Agent Ray Fuller (Matt Craven) digging into her past and Eileen admitting to Fuller that Wayne had, indeed, cheated on her.
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The Eye 2008  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Cast: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija, Fernanda Romero, Rachel Ticotin, Obba Babatunde, Danny Mora, Chloe Moretz, Brett Haworth, Kevin K., Tamlyn Tomita, Karen Austin
Concert violinist Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) lost her sight when she was a young child in an accident that her sister Helen (Parker Posey) still blames herself for. Now, Sydney is given the chance to see again through double corneal transplant surgery, which, it turns out, leaves her with a new problem. Following her restoration surgery, Sydney is now experiencing ghostly shadows of dead people as well as people who are about to die. Her vision therapist, Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola), tries to help and tells her that she is just going through a transition stage. But, Sydney realizes that her troubles relate to her new eyes and that she must find the donor in order to uncover what secret visions those eyes have held if she is ever going to solve her current problems.
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 Face/Off 1997  R, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, CCH Pounder, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Wisdom, Matt Ross, Margaret Cho, James Denton
As the means of getting information about a time bomb that terrorist Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage) has planted to destroy Los Angeles, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) undergoes surgery to take on the appearance of Castor who is presumed dead. He believes this will give him the means of getting information from Troy's brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola) about the time bomb. However, it turns out that Troy is merely in a coma, and when he recovers he turns the tables and assumes the identity of Archer–now, the fight to the finish is on.
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Goal II: Living the Dream 2007 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Goal 2
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Rutger Hauer, Frances Barber, Miriam Colon, Leonor Varela, Nick Cannon, Elizabeth Pena, Sean Pertwee, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane
The story of football (soccer) player Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) continues. This time around, he is traded from England's Newcastle United team to the Real Madrid's Galacticos where he plays with real-life stars David Beckham, Ronaldo, and Zinedine Zidane. Meanwhile his fiancee Roz (Anna Friel) plans their wedding. But, Santiago basks in his new-found fame and takes on the "good life" risking not only his career but his relationships with his friends and Roz as well.
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Goal! The Dream Begins 2005  TV, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Goal!
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Tony Plana, Marcel Iures, Leonardo Guerra, Miriam Colon, Jorge Cervera, Sean Pertwee, Cassandra Bell, Donald Li
Hard-working Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) dreams of becoming a professional football (soccer) player but sees little hope of succeeding in that quest. One day, a scout, Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane), watches Santiago play and sets up a tryout with the British football club, Newcastle United. But, first Santiago must find funding for the trip to England–and that's just one of the many obstacles he encounters and overcomes on his way to, as well as during play on and off, the football fields of northern England.
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Grace is Gone 2007 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James C. Strouse
Cast: John Cusack, Shelan O'Keefe, Gracie Bednarczyk, Alessandro Nivola, Dana Lynne Gilhooley, Katie Honaker, Doug Dearth, Doug James, Marisa Tomei, Penny Slusher, Mary Kay Place, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence
While his wife Grace ((voice of Katie Honaker) has been fighting in Iraq, Stanley (John Cusack) has been tending to their daughters–eight-year-old Dawn (Gracie Bednarczyk) and 12-year-old Heidi (Shelan O'Keefe)–at their home in Minnesota. One day, an Army captain (Doug Dearth) and a chaplain (Doug James) appear at the door to tell Stanley that Grace has died. As his method of putting off telling his daughters the news about their mother, Stanley takes the girls to a Florida amusement park. On the long car trip south, Stanley and the girls become closer despite the fact that Stanley knows that the time is coming when he must tell the girls about their mother.
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I Want You 1998 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola, Luka Petrusic, Labina Mitevska, Carmen Ejogo, Ben Daniels, Graham Crowden, Geraldine O'Rawe, Des McAleer, Phyllida Law
Honda (Luka Petrusic) is a mute teenager is smitten by the sexy Helen (Rachel Weisz), but, instead of revealing his affection, Honda sends flowers and secretly tapes Helen's conversations. When a mysterious stranger (Alessandro Nivola) arrives in town, it becomes obvious that he shares a past with Helen. Honda gets it all on tape.
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 Inventing the Abbotts 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Sutton, Liv Tyler, Joanna Going, Barbara Williams, Alessandro Nivola
The three wealthy Abbott sisters–Alice (Joanna Going), Pam (Liv Tyler), and Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly)–are pursued by the less-influential Holt brothers (Joaquin Phoenix and Billy Crudup) in this story set in 1950s Illinois.
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Junebug 2005  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Phil Morrison
Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams, Ben McKenzie, Celia Weston, Scott Wilson, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Beth Bostic, Joanne Pankow, Laura Lashley, David Kuhn, Alicia Van Couvering, Jerry Minor, Matt Besser, Will Oldham
Chicago art dealer Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) flies to North Carolina with her new husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), to meet his family and to encourage a North Carolina artist to work for her. During the visit, family bonding, along with sibling tensions, rise to the fore as family members protect their unique roles within the family. Amy Adams was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Jurassic Park III 2001 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, Bruce A. Young, Laura Dern, Taylor Nichols, Mark Harelik, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Sarah Danielle Madison, Blake Michael Bryan, Linda Park
Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) succumbs to an offer he can't resist from Paul (William H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Tea Leoni) who want him to be their guide on the remote Isla Sorna where they plan to spend their anniversary watching dinosaurs. But once they land (crash-land!) on the island, Grant learns that all is not what it seems. This is no anniversary party; instead, the Kirbys reveal that they are searching for their son, Eric (Trevor Morgan), who is missing after parasailing over the island. Once again, it is humans vs. Raptors, Pterodactyls, and a giant Spinosaurus.
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 Laurel Canyon 2002 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Cast: Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola, Lou Barlow, Russell Pollard, Imaad Wasif, Mickey Petralia, Melissa De Sousa
Jane (Frances McDormand), a Los Angeles record producer, has been enjoying houseguests in her Laurel Canyon home. The guests–a British rock band including her boyfriend, Ian (Allessandro Nivola), who is the band's young lead singer–partake in more than a few pot and poolside parties. When Jane's son Sam (Christian Bale) and wife Alex (Kate Beckinsale)–both recent graduates of Harvard Medical School–arrive for a visit, Sam is disturbed by his mother's lifestyle, but Alex is intrigued by this unfamiliar environment.
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Love's Labour's Lost 2000 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Matthew Lillard, Adrian Lester, Nathan Lane, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortimer, Stefania Rocca
Kenneth Branagh directed and stars in this Shakespearean romantic comedy. Updated to the 1930s, the story of four students who swear off women to allow time for studies is presented as a musical extravaganza, and the result is enjoyable entertainment.
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Mansfield Park 1999 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Patricia Rozema
Cast: Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Harold Pinter, Lindsay Duncan, Sheila Gish, James Purefoy, Hugh Bonneville, Justine Waddell, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Talya Gordon, Lindsay Duncan, Bruce Byron, Philip Sarson
Based on Jane Austen's novel, set in 1806 London, this story revolves around the premise of Austen's day that money determines society. Fanny Price (Hannah Taylor-Gordon) is a poor ten-year-old girl who has been sent to live with well-to-do relatives in Mansfield Park. She establishes a bond with her cousin, Edmund Bertram (Philip Sarson), and later Fanny (now played by Frances O'Connor) and Edmund (now played by Jonny Lee Miller) fall in love. But love does NOT conquer all in 19th-century England, and when Fanny refuses an arranged marriage to Henry Crawford (Alessandro Nivola), she is sent out on her own.
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 The Ring 1996 TV, 178 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Danielle Steel's The Ring
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Michael York, Rupert Penry-Jones, Linda Lavin, Jon Tenny, James Sikking, Carsten Norgaard, Leslie Caron, Alessandro Nivola, Elizabeth Barondes, Tim DeKay, Kenneth Haigh, Jack May, Geno Lechner
Imprisoned by the Nazis and separated from her family, Ariana von Gotthard (Nastassja Kinski) falls in love and marries a German soldier. He is killed, and now-pregnant Ariana treasures the ring her mother gave to her before she committed suicide. With that precious possession reminding her of her family, Ariana sets off for a new life in America. Based on Danielle Steele's novel.
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The Sisters 2006 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Erika Christensen, Tony Goldwyn, Elizabeth Banks, Rip Torn, Chris O'Donnell, Eric McCormack, Steven Culp, Alessandro Nivola, Greg Foote, Ed Ragozzino
This take-off on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters," is updated and now set in the United States where sisters Marcia and Olga (Maria Bello and Mary Stuart Masterson) are planning a surprise for their sister Irene's (Erika Christensen) birthday. The party takes place, but it leads to the siblings' struggle with suppressed memories as they try to overcome their father's death and come to an honest understanding of their relationships with each other.
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| 1. Best Laid Plans (1999)
2. Carolina (2003)
3. The Clearing (2004)
4. The Eye (2008)
5. Face/Off (1997)
6. Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
aka: Goal 2
7. Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
aka: Goal!
8. Grace is Gone (2007)
9. I Want You (1998)
10. Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
11. Junebug (2005)
12. Jurassic Park III (2001)
13. Laurel Canyon (2002)
14. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
15. Mansfield Park (1999)
16. Reach the Rock (1998)
17. The Ring (1996)
aka: Danielle Steel's The Ring
18. The Sisters (2006)
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