Catch Me If You Can 2002  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, James Brolin, Frank John Hughes, Brian Howe, Steve Eastin, Chris Ellis, John Finn
Based on a true story, FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is on the trail of con-artist Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) who has used numerous identities to collect over $2 million from his victims. Very entertaining. Christopher Walken received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; the film was also nominated for its Musical Score.
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Dead Man on Campus 1998  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Cohn
Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro, Randy Pearlstein, Corey Page, Alyson Hannigan, Mari Morrow, Linda Cardellini, Brian Howe, Dave Ruby, Mark Carapezza, Jeff Tarpley, Jason Segel, Aeryk Egan
Josh (Tom Everett Scott) and Cooper (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) are college roommates who scheme to raise their sagging grades. They use a bizarre act of getting a roommate to commit suicide so they can benefit from the college rule that provides a 4.0 GPA to any student who suffers the mental anguish of a roommate's suicide.
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Deja Vu 2006  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Bruce Greenwood, Rich Hutchman, Matt Craven, Donna W. Scott, Elle Fanning, Brian Howe
While ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) investigates the bombing of a New Orleans ferry in which 543 people were killed, he is recruited by FBI agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer). The FBI provides Carlin with a top-secret surveillance machine that allows him to look through a time window and observe events that took place four days and six hours ago. Carlin watches events in the life of Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton) whose body was found in the ferry wreckage. Carlin knows that Claire had been murdered previously before the ferry explosion, and now, events heat up as Carlin watches, tries to save Claire from being murdered, and falls in love with her in the process.
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Evan Almighty 2007  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Molly Shannon, Harve Presnell, Arden Myrin, Brian Howe
In this sequel to "Bruce Almighty" (2003), Steve Carell is back in his role of Evan Baxter who is now a newly elected U.S. Congressman. Evan, his wife Joan (Lauren Graham), and sons (Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, and Jimmy Bennett) move to suburban Virginia into the neighborhood of Prestige Crest and settle into the Beltway life. In his congressional campaign, Evan had promised to "change the world," and now God (Morgan Freeman) enters his life and asks him to follow up on his promise. God gives Evan a copy of the book "Ark Building for Dummies" and commands him to build an ark. Evan ignores the challenge, but when God provides him with an overnight growth of beard that he cannot shave off and a myriad of paired animals, Evan becomes convinced and gathers his sons around him to help build that ark.
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Gran Torino 2008 R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Brooke Chia Thao, Chee Thao, Scott Eastwood, Xia Soua Chang, Doua Moua
Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) lives in a Detroit neighborhood with his Golden Labrador Retriever, Daisy. Walt is racially biased against his Hmong immigrant neighbors and doesn't hesitate to express his views. When the Hmong teenage neighbor Thao (Bee Vang) is ordered by a gang to steal Walt's 1972 Gran Torino, Walt saves him, takes Thao in, and serves as his role model–an act that will change both of their lives as Walt becomes a hero to his Hmong neighbors.
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 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer, Kevin West, George Cheung, David Michael Silverman, Domenic Bove, Scott Klace
This film is based on the true story of down-on-his-luck Chris Gardner (Will Smith) whose wife (Thandie Newton) has left him, and now Chris is responsible for the care of their young son, Christopher (Jaden Smith). Stumbling blocks abound as homeless Chris tries to protect Christopher from the evils surrounding them. Will Smith received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. 1 User Review
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| | 01/10/2007 | | will go watch movie again.wonderful |
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RV 2006 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Brian Howe, Richard Cox
Advertising executive Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is scheduled for a meeting in Colorado at the same time he has scheduled a family vacation in Hawaii with his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines) and kids–teenager Cassie (JoJo) and pre-teen Carl (Josh Hutcherson). Bob finds a solution: a cross-country trip in an oversized RV. The family embarks on the camping trip, but problems arise; in fact, they erupt in the form of the septic tank's contents. That's when they meet the Gornecke family (Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, and Alex Ferris). As homeless campers, the Gornickes home-school their kids at the campground. The snooty Munros try to avoid the Gornickes, but they keep crossing paths, and, by story's end, the Gornickes have taught the Munros a valuable lesson in family relationships.
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| 1. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
2. Dead Man on Campus (1998)
3. Deja Vu (2006)
4. Evan Almighty (2007)
5. Gran Torino (2008)
6. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
7. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
8. RV (2006)
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