 Analyze That 2002  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Cathy Moriarty, John Finn, Kyle Sabihy, Callie Thorne, James Biberi, Pat Cooper
In this sequel to "Analyze This," Dr. Ben Sobol (Billy Crystal) agrees to take neurotic mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) into his home to counsel and help clean up his act before an impending parole hearing. More problems than anticipated ensue.
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Another Stakeout 1993  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty, John Rubinstein, Miguel Ferrer, Madeleine Stowe, Sharon Maughan
This time around those wacky police detectives (Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez) are joined by one very large dog and the Assistant District Attorney (Rosie O'Donnell) as they search for a witness needed for a trial in the near future.
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A Brother's Kiss 1997  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Cast: Nick Chinlund, Michael Raynor, Cathy Moriarty, Rosie Perez, Justin Pierce, Joshua Danowsky, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, Michael Rapaport, Adrian Pasdar
As a youngster, Nick was sodomized by a cop; his brother Lex then stabbed the cop and ended up in reform school. Now, as adults, Mick is a cop and Lex is still having trouble with the law. Then one day Lex calls with a problem: his drug dealer is threatening both his supply and his life.
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But I'm a Cheerleader 1999  R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jamie Babbit
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Mink Stole, RuPaul, Michelle Williams, Melanie Lynskey, Julie Delpy, Richard Moll
This satire, based on the premise that homosexuality can be cured, features Natasha Lyonne as the cute, all-American, Christian cheerleader: Megan. When friends and family suspect that she has homosexual tendencies, they pack Megan off to the True Directions Program where she–predictably–meets lesbian Graham (Clea DuVall) and falls in love. Fresh ideas do not abound in this plot.
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 Casper 1995 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson, Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett, Rodney Dangerfield, Dan Aykroyd
Casper The Friendly Ghost returns after years of reruns on Saturday cartoon shows. This time, the computer-generated ghosts are nearly as real as humans in the movie. A woman inherits a haunted mansion that supposedly has hidden treasure in the environs. Her attempts to rid the mansion of ghosts are unsuccessful, so Casper influences her to bring in a ghost psychiatrist. Overall, it's enough fun that part of the family will enjoy it.
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 Crazy in Alabama 1999  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonio Banderas
Cast: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Rod Steiger, Richard Schiff, John Beasley, Robert Wagner, Noah Emmerich
In Antonio Banderas' first directorial effort, he combines two stories in one. The first involves an eccentric woman, Lucille (Melanie Griffith), who beheads her husband and flees to Hollywood. At the same time her nephew, Peejoe (Lucas Black), becomes involved in the meaning of another death that propels him into the middle of the 1960's civil rights battle.
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Digging to China 1998 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Timothy Hutton
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cathy Moriarty, Evan Rachel Wood, Marian Seldes, Joanne Pankow
Dreaming of a better world occupies 10-year-old Harriet's (Evan Rachel Wood) time as she tries to escape the reality of an alcoholic mother and a trampy, resentful, older sister. Then one day, Harriet meets and bonds with a 30-year-old retarded man, Ricky Schroth (Kevin Bacon). Together, they engage in innocent flights of fancy as they cope with the struggles life has dealt them.
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Dream with the Fishes 1997 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Finn Taylor
Cast: David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty, Kathryn Erbe, Patrick McGaw, J.E. Freeman, Timi Prulhiere, Anita Barone, Allyce Beasley, Richmond Arquette
Nick (Brad Hunt) is talked out of committing suicide by jumping off a bridge by his would-be attacker Terry (David Arquette). The two men become friends and head off on a strange, but funny, odyssey.
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 Forget Paris 1995 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Crystal
Cast: Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Julie Kavner, Joe Mantegna, Cynthia Stevenson, Richard Masur, Cathy Moriarty, William Hickey, Robert Costanzo, Tom Wright
NBA referee Mickey (Billy Crystal) heads for Paris to bury his father. Along the way the airline loses the casket, and Ellen (Debra Winger) is given the assignment of helping Mickey find his lost "luggage." Romance follows and comedy continues as the couple tries to live happily ever after.
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 Gloria 1999 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Mike Starr, George C. Scott, Bonnie Bedelia, Antonia Rey, Don Billett, Sarita Choudhury
Gloria (Sharon Stone) is released from prison after taking the rap for her boyfriend, Kevin (Jeremy Northam). When she arrives at Kevin's place, she robs him and makes off with a seven-year-old boy, Nicky (Jean-Luke Figueroa), whose family has been murdered by one of Kevin's hit men. While Kevin may have written Nicky and Gloria off, this time it doesn't work because Nicky has a computer disk Kevin needs. So, the chase is on.
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag 1992 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Moore, Andy Romano, Ray McKinnon, William Forsythe, Xander Berkeley, Michael O'Neill, Christopher John Fields, Cathy Moriarty, Billie Neal
Timid librarian Betty Lou (Penelope Ann Miller) endures many woes: a whining sister; a fundraiser she is heading that is getting out of control; and, worst of all, a cop husband, Alex (Eric Thal), who is too busy investigating a murder to come home for their wedding anniversary dinner. So, when Betty Lou finds the murder weapon while walking the dog and can't get hold of Alex, she turns herself in as the murderess in order to get attention. During detention, her cellmate provides some assertiveness training, and the fun really begins. Miller's performance saves this otherwise so-so film.
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Hugo Pool 1997  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Alyssa Milano, Cathy Moriarty, Sean Penn, Bert Remsen, Chuck Barris, Sean Glenn
Swimming pool attendant Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) lives and works in a world of bizarre clients, including babbling idiot Franz Mazur (Robert Downey Jr.) and wheelchair-bound ALS victim Floyd Gaylen (Patrick Dempsey) with whom she falls in love.
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Kindergarten Cop 1990 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Cathy Moriarty, Park Overall, Richard Portnow, Angela Bassett, Joseph & Christian Cousins, Jane Brook, Tom Kurlander, Alix Koromzay, Betty Lou Henson
L.A. cop John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is gathering evidence to convict psychopathic drug lord Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) and his cold-blooded mother Eleanor (Carroll Baker). After learning that Crisp is searching for his ex-wife (Penelope Ann Miller) and young son (Joseph and Christian Cousins), Kimble heads to Astoria, Oregon, with his partner Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) where he believes the son is a kindergarten student. Although mother and son have assumed different identities, Kimble is banking on the fact that getting close to the situation will lead him to Crisp. Phoebe has teaching credentials and plans to teach in the Astoria kindergarten class, but she gets food poisoning, and Kimble ends up going undercover as the kindergarten teacher.
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Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure 2001 G, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Rob Rooney, Jeannine Roussel
Cast: Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, Chazz Palminteri, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Bill Fagerbakke, Mickey Rooney, Bronson Pinchot, Cathy Moriarty, Mary Kay Bergman
When Lady (voice of Jodi Benson) and Tramp's (voice of Jeff Bennett) son, Scamp (voice of Scott Wolf), rebels and runs away from home, he tries to emulate his father's past lifestyle but finds himself missing the love and security of home.
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The Mambo Kings 1992 R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz Jr., Celia Cruz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tito Puente, Talisa Soto, Joe Petruzzi, Anh Duong
Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo (Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas) leave Cuba and travel to the U.S. in the early 1950s to pursue their dream of making names for themselves on the Latin music scene. They succeed as The Mambo Kings but encounter more than a few problems in the process. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("Beautiful Maria of My Soul").
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Matinee 1993 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lucinda Jenney, Jesse White, Dick Miller, John Sayles, David Clennon
Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his horror film to the Key West area just as the Cuban Missile crisis is in full swing. The combination of real and pretend horror sets off a chain of events that affects some teenage lives.
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Me and the Kid 1993 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano, Cathy Moriarty, David Dukes, Anita Morris, Abe Vigoda, Rick Aiello, Desmond Wilson, Ben Stein, Robin Thomas, Todd Bryant
After failing a robbery attempt at 10-year-old Gary's (Alex Zuckerman) home, Harry (Danny Aiello) kidnaps the boy. Events surrounding Harry's plans to hold Gary for ransom change when he and Gary strike up a friendship; the two of them collect the ransom and go on to become partners in crime.
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New Waterford Girl 1999 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Liane Balaban, Andrew McCarthy, Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Cathy Moriarty, Susan Laney Dalton, Darren Keay, Cassie MacDonald, Krista MacDonald, Kevin Curran, Adrien Dixon, Mark McKinney
In the dreary Canadian mining town of New Waterford, 15-year-old "Mooney" (Liane Balaban) dreams of a better life than that endured by other young girls in her town. Her chance comes when she strikes up a friendship with the new neighbor, Lou (Tara Spencer-Nairn).
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P.U.N.K.S. 1999 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: Tim Redwine, Randy Quaid, Jessica Alba, Cathy Moriarty, Brandon Baker, Kenneth A. Brown, Patrick Renna, Louan Gideon, Roger Clinton, Henry Winkler, Kim Morgan Greene, Megan Blake
Drew (Tim Redwine) is harassed at school by bullies, and his dad (Randy Quaid) is tired of being pushed around at work. But watch out bad guys, a group of teens has a secret weapon that will take care of you. My, oh my.
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Pontiac Moon 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ryan Todd, Eric Schweig, Cathy Moriarty, Max Gail, Lisa Jane Persky, J.C. Quinn, John Schuck, Don Swayze, Gene Borkan, Ron Burke, Frank Carl Fisher Jr., Suzanne Ircha, Ramsey Ellis
Leaving his agoraphobic wife, Katherine (Mary Steenburgen), at home, absent-minded professor Washington Bellamy (Ted Danson) hatches a plan to support son Andy's (Eric Schweig) interest in space: on the eve of Neil Armstrong's landing on the Moon, they will embark on a road trip that will take the same time as space travel from Earth to the Moon. Thus begins their symbolic adventure from California to Idaho. Meanwhile, Katherine senses that her family needs her and ventures from the security of home to join Washington and Andy.
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Prince of Central Park 1999 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Leekley
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Nasso, Lauren Velez, Jerry Orbach, Mtume Gant, Tina Holmes, Carmen Moreno
When Rebecca (Kathleen Turner) and Noah Cairn (Danny Aiello) take JJ Somerled (Frank Nasso) under their wing, the act helps them recover from the grief over their own son's death and, at the same time, gives them all a fresh start in life.
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 Raging Bull 1980  R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Martin Scorsese, Geraldine Smith, Theresa Saldana, Frank Adonis, Mario Gallo, Michael Badalucco, John Turturro, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax
Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for his performance as Jake La Motta, boxing's middleweight champion. Jake's brother Joey (Joe Pesci) has helped him gain the right to fight for the title against Sugar Ray Robinson. Then, jealousy raises its ugly head over Jake's wife Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), and the self-destructive Jake takes out his rage in the ring. A downward spiral is inevitable, and Jake not only loses his title but also destroys his marriage to Vickie and his relationship with Joey as well. The boxing scenes are works of art in this well-presented film. Other Oscar nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Joe Pesci), Supporting Actress (Cathy Moriarty), and Director (Martin Scorsese).
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Soapdish 1991 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall, Teri Hatcher, Kathy Najimy, Arne Nannestad, Paul Johansson, Sheila Kelley, Leeza Biggons, John Tesh
This movie is a parody of personal lives of soap opera stars' personal lives. Leading lady Celeste Talbut (Sally Field), "Soap Queen," has problems keeping her professional status and living in the real world. This film works in pointing out the large egos of stars who work in the relatively unimportant field of daytime soap operas.
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| 1. Analyze That (2002)
2. Another Stakeout (1993)
3. A Brother's Kiss (1997)
4. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
5. Casper (1995)
6. Crazy in Alabama (1999)
7. Digging to China (1998)
8. Dream with the Fishes (1997)
9. Forget Paris (1995)
10. Gloria (1999)
11. The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
12. Hugo Pool (1997)
13. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
14. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
15. The Mambo Kings (1992)
16. Matinee (1993)
17. Me and the Kid (1993)
18. Neighbors (1981)
19. New Waterford Girl (1999)
20. P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
21. Pontiac Moon (1994)
22. Prince of Central Park (1999)
23. Raging Bull (1980)
24. Soapdish (1991)
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