27 Dresses 2008  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Edward Burns, Judy Greer, Melora Hardin, Brian Kerwin, Maulik Pancholy, David Castro, Krysten Ritter, Jennifer Lim, Danielle Skraastad, Anne Fletcher
Jane (Katherine Heigl) lives for the weddings of her friends–in fact, she has been a bridesmaid 27 times. When she is not at her friends' weddings Jane dreams about her boss George (Edward Burns). Her sister Tess (Malin Akerman) comes to town, she meets George, romance blooms, and they plan a wedding. Now, Jane begins to examine her "bridesmaid" lifestyle. Meanwhile, New York Times columnist Kevin Doyle (James Marsden) is assigned to do a story on Tess and George's wedding. Kevin picks up on the story of Jane's life as a perennial bridesmaid. The two bicker over Kevin's opinions of women and weddings, but after a rocky start, Kevin and Jane begin to see good things in each other.
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Antony and Cleopatra 1983  N/R, 183 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Carra
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave, John Carradine, Nichelle Nichols, James Avery, Anthony Geary, Brian Kerwin, Walter Koenig, Barrie Ingham, Kim Miyori
Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave, and John Carradine all put in fine performances in this filmed version of the stage play of Shakespeare's classic.
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Flash 1997  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Lucas Black, Brian Kerwin, Ellen Burstyn, Shawn Toovey, Tom Nowicki, Von Coulter, Dan Biggers, Sharon Blackwood, Whitt Brantley, Jill Jane Clements
A boy and a horse set the stage for this Disney family made-for-TV movie. Connor (Lucas Black) dreams of having Flash (the horse) for his own and saves his money, though the family is poor. Matters are made worse when the horse falls into the hands of a mean man.
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Getting Away with Murder 1996  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harvey Miller
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, Bonnie Hunt, Lily Tomlin, Brian Kerwin, Jerry Adler, Andy Romano, Robert Fields, J.C. Quinn, Marissa Chibas
The laborious plot for this film involves a university professor, Lambert (Dan Aykroyd), who thinks it is his moral duty to assassinate his neighbor, Max Mueller (Jack Lemmon), who the FBI suspects of being a Nazi war criminal.
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain 1995 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Kevin Dobson
Cast: Anna Chlumsky, Christina Ricci, Polly Draper, Brian Kerwin, Diana Scarwid, David Keith, Gillian Barber, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Dwight McFee, Andrew Wheeler, Jewel Staite, Amy Kirk, Roger R. Cross, Jesse Moss, Kimberly Warnat
Two young girls, Jody Salerno and Beth Easton (Anna Chlumsky and Christina Ricci), find an outlet from their non-understanding parents; they hunt for a treasure in gold that was supposed to have been buried near a cave more than 100 years ago.
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 Hard Promises 1991 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Martin Davidson
Cast: Sissy Spacek, William Petersen, Brian Kerwin, Mare Winningham, Jeff Perry, Olivia Burnette, Peter MacNicol, Ann Wedgeworth, Amy Wright, Lois Smith, Ed Geldart, Jerry Haynes
After Joey (William Petersen) receives an invitation–sent by daughter Beth (Olivia Burnette)–to ex-wife Chris' (Sissy Spacek) wedding, he rushes home to Texas with plans of stopping the upcoming marriage.
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Jack 1996  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Adam Zolotin, Todd Bosley, Seth Smith, Allan Rich, Don Novello, Mario Yedidia
Robin Williams plays 10-year-old Jack who suffers from a disease that ages his physical body at an excessive rate. While touted as a comedy, this film is really a drama about acceptance in a civilization that does not always understand people different from themselves.
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King Kong Lives 1986  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, Peter Michael Goetz, George Yiasoumi, Peter Elliott, Frank Maraden, John Ashton, Alan Sader, Lou Criscuolo, Marc Clement, Debbie McLeod, Ted Prichard, Richard Rhodes, Larry Souder, Jayne Gray
King Kong did not die after all, and now he has a female, Lady Kong, for company. The couple (Peter Elliott and George Yiasoumi) escapes and leads the Army on a hearty, if not very believable, chase.
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Love Field 1992 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie McFadden, Brian Kerwin, Louise Latham, Peggy Rea, Beth Grant, Cooper Huckabee, Troy Evans, Johnny Ray McGhee, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Pearl Jones, Janell McLeod, Rhoda Griffis, Bob Gill
Lurene (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a Dallas housewife who is enamored with Jacqueline Kennedy. Following the assassination of J.F.K., Lurene takes off on a bus to attend the funeral and befriends Paul Cater (Dennis Haysbert) and his daughter Jonell (Stephanie McFadden) along the way. Michelle received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress.
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Miss All-American Beauty 1982   TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Diane Lane, Cloris Leachman, David Dukes, Jayne Meadows, Alice Hirson, Brian Kerwin, Norman Bennett, Jim Mills, Bobby Fite, Jane Roberts, Stephanie Dunnam, Debra Lynn Rogers
All is not sweetness behind the scenes of a beauty contest as demonstrated by this made-for-TV film. Innocent Sally (Diane Lane) hopes for money to go to college while her coach (Cloris Leachman) has plans to send Sally to the top of the entertainment world. 1 User Review
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| | mommy 02/02/2007 | | I really like this movie....it shows the "other" side of what goes on with pageants and what winning can mean to your life. I really enjoyed Diane Lane and Debra Lynn Rogers and Stephanie Dunnam! |
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Mr. Jealousy 1997 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Brian Kerwin, Peter Bogdanovich, Bridget Fonda, John Lehr, Noah Baumbach
Lester Grimm (Eric Stoltz) is so jealous of his girlfriend Ramona's (Annabella Sciorra) last lover, Dashiell (Chris Eigeman), that he joins a therapy group to get close to Dashiell and learn whether or not he still has feelings for Ramona.
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Murphy's Romance 1985  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Georgann Johnson, Dortha Duckworth, Charles(2) Lane, Bruce French, Henry Slate
This is a delightful tale about a love triangle. Sally Field is a determined divorcee who is trying to make a living with her children. She meets the town's pharmacist (James Garner) and just when romance seems to blossom, her ex-husband (Brian Kerwin) appears back in the picture. Field and Garner make a charming couple in this movie and Garner received and Oscar nomination.
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The Myth of Fingerprints 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle, Hope Davis, James LeGros, Julianne Moore, Brian Kerwin, Laurel Holloman, Michael Vartan, Christopher Duva
At a Thanksgiving family reunion, four siblings–Leigh (Laurel Holloman), Mia (Julianne Moore), Jake (Michael Vartan), and Warren (Noah Wyle)–gather at their parents' (Blythe Danner and Roy Scheider) home where they face up to their problems and reevaluate their conflicts.
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Power, Passion and Murder 1987 TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Director: Paul Bogart, Leon Ichaso
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Darren McGavin, Stella Stevens, Hector Elizondo, Brian Kerwin, George Murdock, Holland Taylor, Bryan Montgomery, David Ackroyd, Tracy Bogart, Gail Youngs, Christopher Darga
In 1930s' Hollywood, rising star Natica (Michelle Pfeiffer) begins an affair with a married, studio head (Hector Elizondo) that leads to her downfall. Made for TV.
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Torch Song Trilogy 1988 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young, Ken Page, Bob Minor, Eddy Castrodad, Charles Pierce, Axel Vera
Female impersonator Arnold Beckoff (Harvey Fierstein) is lonely and looking for love. He falls in love with a man he meets in a gay bar (Brian Kerwin) and is heart-broken when he later finds him in the arms of a woman. From Fierstein's popular Broadway play.
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Unlikely Angel 1996 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Michael Switzer
Cast: Dolly Parton, Roddy McDowall, Brian Kerwin, Allison Mack, Eli Marienthal, Maria del Mar, Gary Sandy, Terrie Snell, James Lurie, Ricki Dale, Frances Peach, Jana Stave, Billy "Sly" Williams, Ron Wolf
Country music performer Ruby Diamond (Dolly Parton) is killed in a car crash, but when she reaches the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter (Roddy McDowall) tells her that she may not enter Heaven until she performs a good deed. So, back to Earth she comes and tries to reunite workaholic widower Ben Bartilson (Brian Kerwin) and his children, Sarah and Matthew (Allison Mack and Eli Marienthal) in time for Christmas.
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| 1. 27 Dresses (2008)
2. Antony and Cleopatra (1983)
3. Flash (1997)
4. Getting Away with Murder (1996)
5. Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
6. Hard Promises (1991)
7. Jack (1996)
8. King Kong Lives (1986)
9. Love Field (1992)
10. Miss All-American Beauty (1982)
11. Mr. Jealousy (1997)
12. Murphy's Romance (1985)
13. The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
14. Power, Passion and Murder (1987)
aka: Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
15. A Real American Hero (1978)
aka: Hard Stick
16. Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
17. Unlikely Angel (1996)
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