3000 Miles to Graceland 2001  R, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Cast: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Howie Long, Thomas Haden Church, Bokeem Woodbine
It's Elvis Presley convention week in Las Vegas, and a group of six conspirators (Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Howie Long, David Arquette, Christian Slater, and Bokeem Woodbine) have a plan: dress up like Elvis and rob a casino. As in many movies preceding this one, the thieves soon become enemies, and the result is good entertainment. But this film misses its mark, and we are left with little in entertainment value.
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D 2005  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Action
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, David Arquette, Kristin Davis, Jacob Davich, Sasha Pieterse, Marc Musso, Rico Torres
Daydreaming 10-year-old Max (Cayden Boyd) retreats into his fantasy world where his superhero friends–Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner) and Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley)–need his help to save Planet Drool. The 3-D effects provide good entertainment.
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The Alarmist 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Evan Dunsky
Cast: David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack, Ryan Reynolds, Tricia Vessey, Ruth Miller, Michael Learned, Lewis Arquette, Hoke Howell
Tommy Hudler (David Arquette) takes on the job of a security systems salesman but soon discovers that the owner of his company, Heinrich Grigoris (Stanley Tucci), uses fear tactics to attract customers-many customers have experienced an unusual number of tragic events. Based on Dunsky's Broadway play "Life During Wartime."
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 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Cast: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Michele Abrams, Hilary Swank, Paris Vaughan, David Arquette, Randall Batinkoff
When teenager Buffy (Kristy Swanson) finds out that she is descended from vampire slayers, she learns how to ply her skills. And just in time, too, since L.A. is being invaded by vampires. Some funny scenes, and the film spawned a TV series.
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The Darwin Awards 2006 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Finn Taylor
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, Tim Blake Nelson, Wilmer Valderrama, David Arquette, Ty Burrell, Lukas Haas, Tom Hollander, Brad Hunt, Julianna Margulies, Kevin Dunn, Nora Dunn, D.B. Sweeney, Robin Tunney, Chris Penn
San Francisco Police Detective Michael Burrows (Joseph Fiennes) suffers with a major problem: he faints at the sight of blood. While trying to capture the "North Beach Serial Killer," Burrows' paranoia takes over, he fails to make the arrest, and is fired. Burrows has spent much of his time studying the Darwin Awards books that recognize people who have killed themselves when attempting something foolish, and he offers his knowledge to an insurance company. The company gives Burrows 30 days to prove that he has the ability to distinguish between legitimate and false claims. Off to the Midwest he goes with field agent Siri Tyler (Winona Ryder) and a film school student (Wilmer Valderrama) who is using Burrows for his thesis topic. The investigations begin as the trio runs across more than a few Darwinesque events leading to deaths.
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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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 Eight Legged Freaks 2002 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ellory Elkayem
Cast: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton, Leon Rippy, Eileen Ryan, Matt Czuchry, Jay Arlen Jones
After ingesting hazardous chemicals, spiders grow to gigantic sizes on Taft's Exotic Spider Farm in Prosperity, Arizona, and go on a feeding frenzy eating all humans in sight.
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Fall Time 1995 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Warner
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Stephen Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Jason London, David Arquette, Jonah Blechman, J. Michael Hunter, Richard K. Olsen, Sammy Kershaw, Steve Alden
Three young men decide to celebrate their high-school graduation in 1957 by pulling off a fake bank robbery. Mistake! During the prank, an actual robbery is taking place at the same bank by Florence and Leon (Mickey Rourke and Stephen Baldwin). When the pranksters are taken hostage by the robbers, Florence's sadistic behavior makes matters even worse.
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A Foreign Affair 2003 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: 2 Brothers and a Bride
Director: Helmut Schleppi
Cast: David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer, Larry Pine, Lois Smith, Allyce Beasley, Megan Follows, Redmond Gleeson, Rocio Linares, Nonna Velikaya
Midwestern brothers–Josh (David Arquette) and Jake (Tim Blake Nelson)–are helpless souls now that their mother (Lois Smith) has died leaving them to fend for themselves. Jake comes up with a solution: he and Josh will take a two-week trip to Russia in search of one traditionally minded wife who will take over their mother's household chores.
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The Grey Zone 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Daniel Benzali, David Chandler, Allan Corduner, Natasha Lyonne, Mira Sorvino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lisa Benavides, Lee Wilkof, Brian F. O'Byrne
The Holocaust is the background for this story about Sonderkomando Jews imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp who coerced fellow Jews to march into areas where they met certain death by gassing. But, in the midst of the horror, a few Jews plan and execute an uprising.
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Hamlet 2 2008 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Melonie Diaz, Arnie Pantoja, Michael Esparza, Natalie Amenula, Marshall Bell, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Poehler, Shea Pepe, Marco Rodriguez
Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) teaches drama at West Mesa High School in Tucson, Arizona, where his latest play has been panned by the school's ninth-grade drama critic. Now, the school is considering getting rid of the drama department, and Dana will lose his job. Meanwhile, things at home are not great either–Dana's unhappy wife Brie (Catherine Keener) and their boarder Gary (David Arquette) make his life difficult. In an effort to save the drama department, Dana comes up with an idea to put on a musical sequel to "Hamlet," and, almost immediately, complaints roll in from the citizens of Tucson and school officials about the play's contents. But, the show must go on.
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Happy Here and Now 2002 R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy, Josephine Martin, Gloria Reuben, Liane Balaban, Isabel Gillies, David Arquette, Quintron, Nic Ratner, Larry Fessenden
While searching for missing sister Muriel (Shalom Harlow), sixteen-year-old Amelia (Liane Balaban) is aided by ex-CIA agent Bill (Clarence Williams III). Together, they uncover a software program that disguises people on the Internet. Amelia goes online, pretending to be Muriel in her attempt to find her sister, and finds herself in a dreamlike world.
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 2002 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Kirk R. Thatcher
Cast: Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson, Bill Barretta, David Arquette, Joan Cusack, Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy, Whoopi Goldberg, Kelly Ripa, Molly Shannon, Carson Daly
As the Muppets are preparing for a Christmas show, scheming banker Rachel Bitterman (Joan Cusack) plots ways to take over their theater and build a sleazy nightclub. And it looks as though she will succeed when she forecloses on their theater. Adults can see the spoofs and satire while the children can see the Muppets doing their thing. Cameo appearances abound.
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 Never Been Kissed 1999 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Molly Shannon, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Garry Marshall, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan, Marley Shelton, Sarah DeVincentis
Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) is now a 25-year-old newspaper copy editor, but she never got over the stress of her high-school years–UNTIL she is given an assignment to go undercover and pose as a high-school student. Through the experience of returning to her past, she finally repairs her teen psyche.
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 Never Die Alone 2004 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: David Arquette, DMX, Michael Ealy, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Clifton Powell, Antwon Tanner, Jennifer Sky, Luenell Campbell, Keesha Sharp, Drew Sidora, Aisha Tyler, Rhoda Jordan
Recently slain drug dealer King David (DMX) tells this story through flashbacks that are made possible when an aspiring journalist (David Arquette) recreates events through King David's audio tapes, which provide an oral history of his days in the drug world.
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R.P.M. 1998  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ian Sharp
Cast: David Arquette, Emmanuelle Seigner, Famke Janssen, Steve John Shepherd, Stephen Yardley, Kenneth Cranham, John Bluthal, Debora Weston, Jean-Luc Bideau, George Rossi
You know, they just don't get any worse than this. Luke (David Arquette) is a car thief who decides to pull off the "big one"– the prototype of a super car. Just about everything in this one is bad.
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 Ravenous 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, Bill Brochtrup, Sheila Tousey
This story begins when a nearly dead man, Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) staggers into a U.S. Army camp during the Mexican-American War. He tells the story of cannibalism that he just encountered when his party of settlers began to eat each other while stranded in the snow. Convinced they should look for other survivors, the "rescuers" are not prepared for what they find.
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Ready to Rumble 2000 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Diamond Dallas Page, Martin Landau, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Lineback, Chris Owen
If you are older than 14 and not a young boy, skip this inane story about sewer workers–Gordie (David Arquette) and Sean (Scott Caan)–who can't handle the fact that their hero, Jimmy King (Oliver Platt), has been ousted from the wrestling match they plan to attend.
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Riding the Bullet 2004 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Cliff Robertson, Barbara Hershey, Erika Christensen, Barry W. Levy, Chris Gauthier, Robin Nielsen, Matt Frewer, Nicky Katt, Jeffrey Ballard, Peter LaCroix
College student Alan Parker (Jonathan Jackson) is hitchhiking across Maine on Halloween to reach his dying mother's hospital when he is picked up by George Staub (David Arquette). George, it turns out, is really dead and collects souls. He gives Alan the choice: his soul or his mother's.
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 Scream 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Liev Schreiber, Rose McGowan, Joseph Whipp
Scream is a horror film about actors making a horror film that will entertain fans of that genre. As one could guess, the actors become victims in this Wes Craven film.
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Scream 2 1997  R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, David Warner, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liev Schreiber
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), after surviving her ordeal in "Scream," is now a college co-ed, but massacres seem to remain her fate as her fellow students are carved to pieces by a maniac killer.
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 Scream 3 2000 R, 116 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Deon Richmond, Liev Schreiber, Lance Henriksen, Jenny McCarthy
In this final episode of the "Scream" trilogy, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is still haunted by her terrifying past, has changed her name, and is hiding out in Monterey. Despite hopes that she will not be bothered again, Sidney's ordeal is far from over.
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See Spot Run 2001 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Whitesell
Cast: David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Joe Viterelli, Angus T. Jones, Steve Schirripa, Anthony Anderson, Paul Sorvino, Kavan Smith, Kimberly Hawthorne
Spot/Agent 11 is an FBI drug-sniffing dog that has cost mafioso Sonny Talia (Paul Sorvino) a fortune. When Talia orders a hit on the dog, Spot finds refuge in the mail truck of Gordon (David Arquette) who just happens to hate dogs. The chase is on in this attempt at comedy.
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Stealing Sinatra 2004 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: David Arquette, William H. Macy, Ryan Browning, Sam McMurray, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Brandy Heidrick, Kevin McNulty, Eric Johnson, Gillian Barber, Angelika Libera, James Russo, Desiree Zurowski
This film, based on a true story, revolves around three bumbling men who decide to kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. and use the ransom money to start a business. Weak.
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The Tripper 2007 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: David Arquette
Cast: Lukas Haas, Balthazar Getty, Jaime King, Courteney Cox, Paul Reubens, David Arquette, Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Rick Overton, Richmond Arquette, Brad Hunt, Paz de la Huerta, Marsha Thomason
This attack on the morally righteous right-wing political establishment involves a group of hippie friends attending an annual music festival in the woods. This time, the festival turns into a scene of terror when a psycho killer–who, as a boy, was traumatized by hippies in the same woods being used for the festival. The killer wears a Ronald Reagan mask, brandishes an ax, and chops up the hippies, which, needless to say, accounts for plenty of blood and gore in this film.
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Wild Bill 1995 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, David Arquette, Keith Carradine, Bruce Dern, Marjoe Gortner, James Gammon, James Remar
Although this film begins with Wild Bill Hickok's (Jeff Bridges) early days as a gunslinger, most of the movie involves Wild Bill's later life as an opium-smoking older man living in Hollywood with his wife, Calamity Jane (Ellen Barkin). Some would call this revisionist history.
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| 1. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
2. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)
3. The Alarmist (1998)
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
5. The Darwin Awards (2006)
6. Dream with the Fishes (1997)
7. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
8. Fall Time (1995)
9. A Foreign Affair (2003)
aka: 2 Brothers and a Bride
10. The Grey Zone (2001)
11. Hamlet 2 (2008)
12. Happy Here and Now (2002)
13. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
14. Johns (1996)
15. Never Been Kissed (1999)
16. Never Die Alone (2004)
17. R.P.M. (1998)
18. Ravenous (1999)
19. Ready to Rumble (2000)
20. Riding the Bullet (2004)
aka: Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
21. Roadracers (1994)
aka: Rebel Highway
22. Scream (1996)
23. Scream 2 (1997)
24. Scream 3 (2000)
25. See Spot Run (2001)
26. Stealing Sinatra (2004)
27. The Tripper (2007)
28. Wild Bill (1995)
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