American Dreamz 2006  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Sam Golzari, Marcia Gay Harden, Seth Meyers, John Cho, Judy Greer, Bernard White, Shohreh Aghdashloo
This satire aims at a variety of subjects, but the Presidency of George W. Bush and the reality show, American Idol, are the prime targets. Dennis Quaid takes on the role of recovering alcoholic President Staton who seldom reads the newspaper and relies on the advice of his Dick Cheney-like Chief of Staff (Willem Dafoe) who, to increase the President's ratings, books him as a guest judge on the popular reality show, American Dreamz. The TV show, featuring aspiring musical artists, is easily identified as a satirical view of American Idol with the popular program's self-absorbed Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant) preparing the season's new shows. Contestants include blonde redneck Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore) and show-tune loving terrorist Omer Obeidi (Sam Golzari). The President agrees to a live presentation, and Omer prepares to assassinate him during his appearance on live TV.
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Bigfoot 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Danny Huston
Cast: Colleen Dewhurst, James Sloyan, Gracie Harrison, Joseph Maher, Adam Carl, Dianne Wiest, Candace Cameron Bure, Timothy Brown, Lucy Butler, Jerry Chambers, Dawan Scott, Bernard White
Not only one but Bigfoot AND his mate are encountered by an anthropologist and two kids in this Disney offering.
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The Entertainers 1991  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul(2) Schneider
Cast: Bob Newhart, Linda Gray, Richard Romanus, Sly Smith, Bernard White, Bill Erwin, Colin Ward, Ray Spinka, Joe Faust, Richard Wagner
This made-for-TV film stars Bob Newhart as a struggling comic who has an opportunity to take his act to Las Vegas–IF he includes his ex-sidekick, a chimpanzee, in his act. He also has the opportunity to reunite with longtime love, Laura (Linda Gray).
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Land of Plenty 2004 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce, Richard Edson, Burt Young, Yuri Elvin, Jeris Poindexter, Rhonda Stubbins White, Bernard White, Matthew Kimbrough, Gloria Stuart
Paul Jeffries (John Diehl) served with the Special Forces in Vietnam, and his niece, Lana (Michelle Williams), worked as a missionary in the Middle East. They use their past experiences to deal in their own unique ways with the effects of the events of September 11, 2001.
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Quarantine 2008 R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short, Rade Serbedzija, Greg Germann, Dania Ramirez, Joey King, Andrew Fiscella, Bernard White, Elaine Kagan, Marin Hinkle, Sharon Ferguson, Jermaine Jackson
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her crew follow L.A. firefighters for an overnight shoot. Early in the A.M., the firefighters are called to an apartment complex where they find police on the scene responding to a call because some of the residents are infected by a rare strain of rabies that turns them into infected cannibals. The government cordons off the building, and now without cell phones, TVs, internet, and telephones, Angela fights to stay alive in the midst of the hysterical residents who are being attacked–one after the other.
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| 1. American Dreamz (2006)
2. Bigfoot (1987)
3. The Entertainers (1991)
4. Land of Plenty (2004)
5. Quarantine (2008)
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