2B Perfectly Honest 2004   R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Randel Cole
Cast: Adam Trese, Andrew McCarthy, John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Aida Turturro, Robert Vaughn, Hayley Mills, Mark Margolis, Kathleen Chalfant, Rick Washburn, Bruce MacVittie, Paul Lazar
When social climber Frank's (Adam Trese) ad agency, that he owns with Josh (Andrew McCarthy), fails, he moves back home with parents Nick and Terri (Robert Vaughn and Hayley Mills). He sets out to regain his stature, but roadblocks lie ahead. 1 User Review
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| | jcpjackie@comcast.net 02/24/2007 | | OVER THE YEARS I FIND THAT NO MATTER WHAT ANDREW MCCARTHY IS A PART OF IN HIS ACTING CAREER, HE IS A JOY TO WATCH, HE'S AN OUTSTANDING ACTOR. I WISH I COULD SEE AND HEAR MORE OF HIM. HOPE HE'S DOING WELL. |
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Class 1983  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, Stuart Margolin, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen, Casey Siemaszko, Anna Maria Horsford
Naive prep-schooler Skip (Rob Lowe) has an affair with his roommate Jonathan's (Andrew McCarthy) mother, Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset). Problems accelerate when Skip learns of the affair.
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Heaven Help Us 1985  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Dinner
Cast: Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kate Reid, Wallace Shawn, Jay Patterson, Philip Bosco, John Bentley
This story takes place in Brooklyn during the mid-1960s, and it does a good job of interpreting life as it was then. The focus is on a group of Catholic schoolboys who manage to keep themselves in trouble.
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Heaven Must Wait 2003 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Diggity: A Home at Last
Diggity's Treasure
Director: Tom Reeve
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Louise Lombard, Bill Treacher, Max Dolbey, Stefan Jurgens, Lynda Baron, Fiona Fullerton, Derek Kueter, Christopher P. Kibbey, Sonny Shroyer, Jamie Treacher
Family black sheep Raymond Cane (Andrew McCarthy) inherits a crumbling stone church in the English countryside. Raymond is ready to sell the church to the scheming Malcolm Slee (Bill Treacher)–until he learns that Slee believes there is a treasure chest buried on the property. Next, Raymond learns that a poor family with children lives on the property, and begins to change his ways with help from young orphan Diggity (Max Dolbey).
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 1998  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Aris Iliopulos
Cast: Billy Zane, Abraham Benrubi, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Mark Boone Junior, Tippi Hedren, Eartha Kitt, Ann Magnuson, Andrew McCarthy, Will Patton
This homage to Ed Wood Jr. is based on one of his scripts. While originally written for a silent movie, the music and sound effects take over to replace Wood's usual bad dialogue. The result is the same!
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I'm Losing You 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Wagner
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Andrew McCarthy, Frank Langella, Elizabeth Perkins, Salome Jens, Buck Henry, Gina Gershon, Amanda Donohoe, Ed Begley Jr., Laraine Newman
When Perry Needham Krohn (Frank Langella), a movie producer, learns that he is dying of cancer, the tragedy serves as a catalyst for his highly dysfunctional family. The ensuing saga is pure soap opera.
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Less Than Zero 1987  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Tony Bill, Nicholas Pryor, Donna Mitchell, Michael Bowen, Sarah Buxton, Lisanne Falk, Michael Greene, Neith Hunter, Brian Wimmer
Based on Bret Easton Ellis' popular novel that is a biting account of the 1980s' young, rich, adult culture in Los Angeles, this film attempts to capture the mood of the book. Clay (Andrew McCarthy) is home from his first year in college for the Christmas holidays. His old girlfriend, Blair (Jami Gertz), is now seeing Julian (Robert Downey Jr.). While Clay makes a play for Blair, Julian becomes more and more addicted to cocaine, and his drug debts are mounting–forcing him to prostitute himself in order to get money.
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Mannequin 1987 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, Meshach Taylor, G.W. Bailey, James Spader, Steve Vinovich, Christopher Maher, Phyllis Newman, Phil Rubenstein, Carole Davis, Jeffrey Lampert
Emmy (Kim Cattrall) had been friends with Christopher Columbus and Michelangelo in her past lives. With her reincarnation as a mannequin, she is able to come to life only at night when she dances around the store with the window dresser (Andrew McCarthy). "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 1994  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Andrew McCarthy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Keith Carradine, Sam Robards, Martha Plimpton, David Gow
This is a biography of Dorothy Parker's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) life and wit revolving around the Algonquin Round Table where she and other writers met for lunch during the 1920s and 1930s.
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New Waterford Girl 1999 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Liane Balaban, Andrew McCarthy, Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Cathy Moriarty, Susan Laney Dalton, Darren Keay, Cassie MacDonald, Krista MacDonald, Kevin Curran, Adrien Dixon, Mark McKinney
In the dreary Canadian mining town of New Waterford, 15-year-old "Mooney" (Liane Balaban) dreams of a better life than that endured by other young girls in her town. Her chance comes when she strikes up a friendship with the new neighbor, Lou (Tara Spencer-Nairn).
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Nowhere in Sight 2000 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Douglas Jackson
Cast: Helen Slater, Christopher Heyerdahl, Mark Camacho, Andrew McCarthy, Richard Jutras, Miklos Perlus, Lynne Adams, Frank Fontaine, Joanna Noyes, Kevin Woodhouse
In this direct-to-video flick, Carly (Helen Slater), is blind as a result of an accident. She has difficulty adjusting to her new condition, but her boyfriend helps her get by. When he must leave town, life gets tougher and then grave when thugs break in her apartment and hold her captive.
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Pretty in Pink 1986 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Jim Haynie, Emily Longstreth, Alexa Kenin, Andrew Dice Clay, Kate Vernon, Dweezil Zappa, Margaret Colin, Jamie Anders, Gina Gershon
High-school insecurities are portrayed in this film about Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) from the wrong side of the tracks. She lives with her father (Harry Dean Stanton) and runs around with Iona and Duckie (Annie Potts and Jon Cryer). Andie falls for rich kid Blane McDonnagh (Andrew McCarthy). Blane does ask her to the Senior Prom, but then his friends tease him about his choice for a date.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger, Andrew McCarthy, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Jordy Benattar, Tod Fennell, Mariah Inger, Tyler Patrick Jones
After ending her marriage, Helen (Mary-Louise Parker) moves with her children–nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore) and their 13-year-old sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger)–into a creepy country home inherited from her Aunt Lucinda (Joan Plowright) who is now in a mental institution. Jared misses his father and has a hot temper. So, when strange things begin to happen, Jared is suspected. But, Jared joins with his siblings in trying to figure out what is going on, and Jared discovers a dusty book with a note containing instructions to not open it. Of course, Jared opens the book and reads about magical creatures living in the woods near the house. Soon after, the children meet a hobgoblin Hogsqueal (voice of Seth Rogen) and a brownie Thimbletack (voice of Martin Short). Now they learn about an ogre Mulgarath (voice of Nick Nolte) who covets the book because it will give him the secrets necessary to rule the world. Will the children be able to protect themselves, and the world, from the army of goblins gathering on their lawn?
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 St. Elmo's Fire 1985 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell, Joyce Van Patten
The "Brat Pack" star in this film about new college graduates finding jobs in Washington D.C. and experiencing life in Georgetown. Each has one problem or another and the lesson learned in this movie is that friends will help you through whatever problems come into your yuppie life.
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Stag 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gavin Wilding
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Taylor Dayne, John Stockwell, John Henson, William McNamara, Jerry Stiller, Ben Gazzara, Jenny McShane, Mark Blum, William Prael
Victor Mallick's (John Stockwell) bachelor party is in full swing, until an accident results in the death of a stripper performing for the young, successful men attending the party. Now, each of the party-goers reacts in his own way of facing, or not facing, the consequences.
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Standard Time 2002 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Anything But Love
Director: Robert Cary
Cast: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Ilana Levine, Victor Argo, Eartha Kitt, Alix Korey, Sean Arbuckle, Michael J. Burg, Josh Stamberg, Peter Appel, Bart DeFinna
This tribute to Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s features Isabel Rose in the role of down-on-her-luck cabaret singer Billy Golden. She is torn between the affections of her piano teacher and those of a very successful lawyer who can offer Billy financial support but lacks appreciation for her world of music. Guess who wins!
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A Storm in Summer 2000 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Peter Falk, Aaron Meeks, Nastassja Kinski, Andrew McCarthy, Ruby Dee, Ingrid Torrance, Keith Gordey, Lillian Carlson, Gillian Barber, Alvin Sanders
This made-for-TV remake of a Rod Serling TV story is the tale of a stubborn, old owner of a deli, Abel (Peter Falk), in upstate New York in 1969. When his nephew sponsors a needy African American boy for the summer, Abel is upset about it, but they develop a strong bond.
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Straight from the Heart 2003 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Cast: Teri Polo, Andrew McCarthy, Patricia Kalember, Greg Evigan, Christine Tucci, David Atkinson, J. Kenneth Campbell, David Jean Thomas, Richard Gross
New York photographer Jordan Donovan (Teri Polo) uses her work as a shield against facing life's problems, while her friend Laurie (Patricia Kalember) searches for a mate for Jordan. Laurie even places a personal ad in a national publication. Meanwhile, Wyoming rancher Tyler Ross (Andrew McCarthy) has difficulty getting over his wife's death. His sister talks him into answering Jordan's ad, and the two meet at his ranch. Though not crazy about each other at first, one can guess that things will turn out fine in this made-for-TV film.
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Weekend at Bernie's II 1993  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Klane
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Troy Beyer, Barry Bostwick, Tom Wright, Steve(2) James, Novella Nelson, Gary Dourdan, Stack Pierce
We didn't really need a sequel, but there may be some appeal to a follow-up of a loser, and this film fills the bill. As the story continues, Larry and Richard (Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman), who are suspected of fraud, set out to clear their names. However, they will need Bernie, but he is dead.
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Year of the Gun 1991 R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone, John Pankow, George Murcell, Mattia Sbragia, Roberto Posse, Thomas Elliot, Carla Cassola, Darren Modder
David (Andrew McCarthy), an American journalist, is covering the political scene in Rome during the 1970s when he becomes entangled in a Red Brigade plan to overthrow the Italian government. Photographer friend Alison (Sharon Stone) also gets embroiled in the fight.
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| 1. 2B Perfectly Honest (2004)
2. Class (1983)
3. Fresh Horses (1988)
4. Heaven Help Us (1985)
5. Heaven Must Wait (2003)
aka: Diggity: A Home at Last
aka: Diggity's Treasure
6. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
7. I'm Losing You (1998)
8. Kansas (1988)
9. Less Than Zero (1987)
10. Mannequin (1987)
11. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
12. New Waterford Girl (1999)
13. Nowhere in Sight (2000)
14. Pretty in Pink (1986)
15. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
16. St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
17. Stag (1997)
18. Standard Time (2002)
aka: Anything But Love
19. A Storm in Summer (2000)
20. Straight from the Heart (2003)
21. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
22. Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
23. Year of the Gun (1991)
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