How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
aka: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Howard, T.J. Thyne, Lacey Kohl, Clint Howard, Josh Ryan Evans, Rance Howard, Mindy Sterling, Rachel Winfree
Anthony Hopkins narrates this remake of the Dr. Seuss classic cartoon story based on the 1957 book. Jim Carrey stars as that despicable villain, the Grinch, who observes the residents of Whoville preparing to celebrate Christmas and plots to steal all the holiday celebration from them. But, young Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) sees goodness in the Grinch, tries to make friends with him, and melts his heart with kindness.
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Igby Goes Down 2002 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman, Amanda Peet, Jared Harris, Rory Culkin, Kathleen Gati, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Bill Irwin, Celia Weston, Elizabeth Jagger, Gannon Forrester
Raised by schizophrenic father Jason (Bill Pullman) and self-absorbed mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon), 17-year-old Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. (Kieran Culkin) has problems coping. He is foisted off on his godfather, D.H. Baines (Jeff Goldblum), who decides Igby will spend weekdays in NYC and weekends in the Hamptons. But events don't proceed as planned in this dark comedy about the problems Igby faces growing up as a member of a wealthy, East Coast family.
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Illuminata 1998 R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Turturro
Cast: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, Beverly D'Angelo, Bill Irwin, Rufus Sewell, Georgina Cates, Donal McCann, Ben Gazzara
The opening performance of Tuccio's (John Turturro) new play falls flat and is panned by the influential critic, Umberto Bevalaqua (Christopher Walken). But it is the behind-the-scenes sex and infidelity of those involved in the play that provide this film's intrigue.
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 Lady in the Water 2006  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, M. Night Shyamalan, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris, Mary Beth Hurt, Noah Gray-Cabey, Joseph D. Reitman
After rescuing a "Narf" named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) from his apartment swimming pool, superintendent Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) learns that she is a nymph from a fairy tale who is trying to make her way back home. But, Story is being pursued by a "Scrunt" (a wolf that camouflages itself to look like a lawn). In an effort to help, Cleveland recruits his apartment tenants to protect Story from harm.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, Dominic West, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau, Roger Rees, Sam Rockwell, Gregory Jbara, Bill Irwin, Max Wright
One of the marvels of Shakespeare's comedies is that they are timeless. This version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in 19th-century Tuscany, and the star-crossed lovers Nick Bottom and Titania (Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer) ride bicycles to their moonlight rendezvous.
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My Blue Heaven 1990 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Melanie Mayron, Carol Kane, Bill Irwin, William Hickey, Ed Lauter, Colleen Camp, Daniel Stern
Vinnie (Steve Martin) is part of the Witness Protection Program because of his pending testimony against the mob. FBI agent Coopersmith (Rick Moranis) is assigned the job of relocating Vinnie and keeping him out of trouble. This proves easier said than done. Goldie Hawn was the Executive Producer of this film.
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Popeye 1980  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt, Richard Libertini, Linda Hunt, Donald Moffat, MacIntyre Dixon, Roberta Maxwell, Donovan Scott, Allan F. Nicholls, Bill Irwin, Robert Fortier
This financially less-than-successful rendition of the cartoon character who is "strong to the finish because he eats his spinach" is still OK, but slow, fare as Robin Williams plays the "human" version of Popeye the sailorman, and Shelley Duvall plays the light of his life, Olive Oyl. Popeye and Olive Oyl get together, and Popeye adopts Swee'pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), but problems lie ahead with Bluto (Paul L. Smith).
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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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Scenes from a Mall 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin, Paul Mazursky, Daren Firestone, Rebecca Nickels, Paul Mazursky, Joan Delaney, Amanda Bruce, Glen Alterman
Nick (Woody Allen) and Deborah Fifer (Bette Midler) are a bizarre couple who discuss and fight about their extramarital affairs while shopping.
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Stanley's Gig 2000 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Lazard
Cast: William Sanderson, Marla Gibbs, Faye Dunaway, Stephen Tobolowsky, Paul Benjamin, Kevin Jackson, Ian Whitcomb, Justin Lazard, Max Perlich, Lilyan Chauvin, Bill Irwin, Jim Ishida
Talented, but lonely, Stanley Myer (William Sanderson) has been hired by a nursing home for a gig as a ukelele player. While performing, he meets once-famous jazz great Elinor Whitney (Marla Gibbs), and a friendship develops.
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Stepping Out 1991 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters, Bill Irwin, Ellen Greene, Julie Walters, Robyn Stevan, Jane Krakowski, Andrea Martin, Sheila McCarthy, Nora Dunn
Mavis Turner (Liza Minnelli) is a former dancer who agrees to teach a class of clumsy students to tap dance for a performance in a charity show.
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| 1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
aka: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2. Igby Goes Down (2002)
3. Illuminata (1998)
4. Lady in the Water (2006)
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
6. My Blue Heaven (1990)
7. Popeye (1980)
8. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
9. Scenes from a Mall (1991)
10. Stanley's Gig (2000)
11. Stepping Out (1991)
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