Annie: A Royal Adventure! 1995  G, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Ian Toynton
Cast: Ashley Johnson, Joan Collins, George Hearn, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Perry Benson, Ian McDiarmid, Emily Ann Lloyd, Camilla Belle, Antony Zaki, David Tse, Jayne Ashbourne, Carol Cleveland
In this made-for-TV film, orphan Annie (Ashley Johnson) visits London where Daddy Warbucks (George Hearn) is to be knighted and, in the process, foils an attempt by the evil Lady Edwina Hogbottom (Joan Collins) to destroy Buckingham Palace.
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 1998  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim McCanlies
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill, Eddie Jones, Wayne Tippet, Alexandra Holden
Four friends, members of the high-school senior class, made a pact to leave their small town of Dancer, Texas, and move to Los Angeles when they graduated. Now they, and the town as well, struggle with that decision.
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Fast Food Nation 2006 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama, Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzman, Ashley Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Ana Claudia Talancon, Bruce Willis, Kris Kristofferson, Ethan Hawke, Lou Taylor Pucci, Paul Dano, Avril Lavigne
Inspired by Eric Schlosser's best seller that exposed problems with America's fast food industry, this is a fictionalized account that involves characters and situations depicting the concerns expressed in Schlosser's muckraking book. The story begins with fast food ("Mickey's") executive Don Anderson (Greg Kinnear) journeying into Colorado to examine where his burgers really come from. On his trip, he touches the lives of those who have jobs in the meat packing plants–Raul (Wilmer Valderrama), Sylvia (Catalina Sandino Moreno), and Coco (Ana Claudia Talancon)–as well as restaurant workers–Amber (Ashley Johnson) and Mike (Bobby Cannavale)–and gains insights concerning health risks involved in the fast food industry.
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King of the Corner 2004 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Riegert
Cast: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Ashley Johnson, Eli Wallach, Rita Moreno, Jake Hoffman, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Bogosian, Dominic Chianese, Harris Yulin, Frank Wood, Peter Friedman
"Freelance Rabbi" Evelyn Fink (Eric Bogosian) offers spiritual advice to Leo Spivak (Peter Riegert) who is in the midst of a midlife crisis brought on by problems with his father (Eli Wallach), daughter (Ashley Johnson), and wife (Isabella Rossellini).
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 Lionheart 1990 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan, Ashley Johnson, Lawrence Bender, Brian Thompson, Voyo Goric, Michel Qissi, George McDaniel, Eric Karson, Ash Adams, Stefanos Miltsakakis, Christopher M. Brown, Galen Yuen
Lyon (Jean-Claude Van Damme) walks out on the French Foreign Legion and heads for Los Angeles where he becomes a street fighter avenging the drug-related killing of his brother.
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Nine Months 1995 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams, Mia Cottet, Ashley Johnson, Joey Simmrin, Alexa Vega
This film is about a young man's fear of becoming a father. In this case, child psychologist Sam (Hugh Grant) is the father of Rebecca's (Julianne Moore) unborn child. Robin Williams is funny in his role as the obstetrician, and the movie does have some good gags, though overall, it's lightweight stuff.
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Recess: School's Out 2001 G, 84 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Cast: Ricky D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead, Pamela Adlon, Dabney Coleman, Robert Goulet, Melissa Joan Hart, Peter MacNicol
Ten-year-old students spend summer vacation saving their school from a threatened banning of recess in this spin-off of the Disney Channel cartoon series. A likeable family film.
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 What Women Want 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine, Judy Greer, Ana Gasteyer, Lisa Edelstein, Sarah Paulson, Loretta Devine, Diana-Maria Riva
Chicago advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) loses out in the selection for a top job in his agency. Instead, Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt) wins the spot. Nick survives a freak hair dryer accident and discovers that he can now hear what women think. At first, he uses this new power to his own benefit–he is especially effective at stealing Darcy's ideas and using them as his own. Later, when he begins to sympathize with problems women encounter, he finds himself falling in love with Darcy.
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| 1. Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
2. Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
3. Fast Food Nation (2006)
4. King of the Corner (2004)
5. Lionheart (1990)
aka: A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave
6. Nine Months (1995)
7. Recess: School's Out (2001)
8. What Women Want (2000)
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