 The American President 1995  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, David Paymer, Richard Dreyfuss, Samantha Mathis, John Mahoney, Shawna Waldron, Anne Haney, Nina Siemaszko, Wendie Malick, Beau Billingslea, Joshua Malina
This Bill Clinton-like American President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) deals with media attention along with criticism when he (a widower) becomes involved with environmental lobbyist Sydney Wade (Annette Bening). Political enemies, including Kansas Senator Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss), have a field day when Shepherd and Wade begin their love affair. This film provides great satire on today's made-for-TV Washington, D.C., politics and how issues get lost in the race for ratings.
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Cry Wolf 2005   PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki, Sandra McCoy, Kristy Wu, Paul James, Ethan Cohn, Anna Deavere Smith, Gary Cole, Michael Kennedy, Jesse Janzen, Erica Yates, Jane Beard, Marty Terry
A practical joke goes awry when a group of high-school students–Owen (Julian Morris), Dodger (Lindy Booth), and Tim (Jared Padalecki)–start an online rumor that the murder of a woman was the result of a serial killer, "The Wolf" and that others will be murdered. When others are murdered, the practical jokers come clean, but who will believe them, and how did "The Wolf" know so much about their rumors?
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 Dave 1993  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Parley Baer, Stefan Gierasch, Faith Prince, Laura Linney, Tom Dugan, Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Hallahan
Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline), who looks exactly like U.S. President Bill Mitchell (also played by Kline), runs an employment agency specializing in temp. work. The President's Chief-of-Staff Bob Alexander (Frank Langella) asks Dave to stand in for the President at a luncheon, and Dave agrees. While Dave is attending the luncheon, the President suffers a stroke when he is having sex with his mistress. In order to keep the indiscretion a secret, Dave agrees to continue his impersonation of the President. It doesn't take long for Dave to learn how to run the government and promote changes he feels will improve the country. And, in the process, he also falls in love with the President's wife Ellen (Sigourney Weaver). 1 User Review
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| | asmara 08/20/2009 | | where can i buy this fantastic movie? been trying to buy one for years. Help!! |
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 The Human Stain 2003  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller, Jacinda Barrett, Harry Lennix, Clark Gregg, Anna Deavere Smith, Lizan Mitchell, Kerry Washington, Phyllis Newman
After making a racist statement about two students, esteemed Professor Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) is forced to retire. But that's just the beginning of this story, which deals with the issue of those who "pass" for white.
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The Kingdom 2007  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Sullivan, Jeremy Piven, Kyle Chandler, Richard Jenkins, Frances Fisher, Danny Huston, Kelly AuCoin, Anna Deavere Smith, Tom Bresnahan
While watching a softball game on their Saudi Arabian compound, American men, women, and children are gunned down leaving more than 100 dead. The Saudis are investigating when FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) gets permission for his team (Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman) to assist and advise in the efforts. But, they are given only five days to perform their investigation and help find the criminal responsible for the attack. When Fleury and his group find that they are not welcome and that they lack the trust of their Saudi counterparts, they get aid from Saudi Arabian police officer Colonel Fares Al Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom), and, together, they narrow the evidence down to the work of an anti-Western Wahhabi extremist who is part of a jihad determined to destroy Western business interests. 1 User Review
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| | I Give a **** Rating !!! | EDROCK 10/02/2009 | | |
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Rachel Getting Married 2008  R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Debra Winger, Mather Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Jerome LePage, Victoria Haynes, Beau Sia
Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt) is getting married to African American Sidney (Tunde Adebimpe), and the wedding party assembles at her family's Connecticut home. Rachel's sister, neurotic Kim (Anne Hathaway), leaves rehab to attend, and she makes herself the center of the wedding weekend. First, Kim manages to get Rachel to dump her maid of honor, and then she becomes involved with the best man who happens to be another recovering alcoholic. Rachel's father (Bill Irwin) is divorced from her mother Abby (Debra Winger) and is now married to a Black woman, Carol (Anna Deavere Smith). Since the divorce, Abby has become estranged from her family. Tensions flare over the long weekend as Kim goes out of her way to make everything go wrong and creates one emotional drama after another. Hathaway received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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| 1. The American President (1995)
2. Cry Wolf (2005)
3. Dave (1993)
4. The Human Stain (2003)
5. The Kingdom (2007)
6. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
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