Anna 1987  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yurek Bogayevicz
Cast: Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Gibby Brand, John Robert Tillotson, Joe Aufiery, Larry Pine, Charles Randall, Mimi Weddell, Julianne Gilliam, Lance Davis, Deirdre O'Connell
When Krystyna (Paulina Porizkova) migrates from Czechoslovakia to NYC with neither money nor the ability to speak English, she tracks down her idol, middle-aged actress Anna (Sally Kirkland), who had once been a film star. Anna takes Krystyna under her wing and leads her to success as an actress.
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CrissCross 1992 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Menges
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Arliss Howard, James Gammon, David Arnott, Keith Carradine, J.C. Quinn, Steve Buscemi, Paul Calderon, Deirdre O'Connell, Annie McEnroe
Criss Cross (David Arnott) is a 12-year-old boy who deals with his newfound knowledge that his single mother, Tracy (Goldie Hawn), works as a stripper to make ends meet.
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 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Jane Adams, David Cross, Thomas Jay Ryan, Deirdre O'Connell, Ryan Whitney, Debbon Ayer
After enduring many bad moments in her relationship with Joel (Jim Carrey), Clementine (Kate Winslet) utilizes a technology that erases memories of Joel from her mind. Joel follows suit; however, in the middle of the procedure, Joel changes his mind and tries to resist the technology by hiding a memory of Clementine somewhere in his brain. The film received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Kate Winslet was nominated for Best Actress.
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Falling from Grace 1992  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mellencamp
Cast: John Mellencamp, Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, Larry Crane, Kate Noonan, Deirdre O'Connell, John Prine, Brent Huff
Realizing that his personal life is out of control, country music star Bud Parks (John Mellencamp) heads home to Indiana to find peace and security. But going back to his earlier life doesn't work as Bud learns that old resentments do not fade away, and he jumps into a torrid affair with P.J. (Kay Lenz), which leaves his wife, Alice (Mariel Hemingway), out in the cold.
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Fearless 1993 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce, John Turturro, Benicio Del Toro, Deirdre O'Connell, Rance Howard, John de Lancie, Spencer Vrooman, Daniel Cerny, Eve Roberts
The shock of a near-death experience affects the psyche of Max Klein (Jeff Bridges), and the only person he seems able to relate to is Carla Rodrigo (Rosie Perez) who was also in the same accident.
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Hearts in Atlantis 2001 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, David Morse, Anton Yelchin, Mika Boreem, Will Rothhaar, Deirdre O'Connell, Eric Eggen, Bourke Floyd, Kathie France
Culled from two Stephen King stories–"Low Men in Yellow Coats" and "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling"–and set in the late 1950s, this film revolves around 11-year-old Bobby (Anton Yelchin) and the mysterious boarder, Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins), who has moved into the family home that Bobby shares with his embittered, single mother (Hope Davis). Ted offers Bobby money to read from the daily paper, and as their friendship grows Ted asks Bobby to keep an eye out for Low Men who want to steal Ted's psychic powers.
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Imaginary Heroes 2004 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Dan Harris
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams, Kip Pardue, Deirdre O'Connell, Ryan Donowho, Suzanne Santo, Jay Paulson, Luke Robertson, Sara Tanaka, Terry Beaver, Lee Wilkof, Ned Benson, Larry Fessenden
After their son Matt (Kip Pardue) commits suicide, the Travis family traits of drug use, secrets, homosexuality, and alcoholism rise to the fore. The father, Ben (Jeff Daniels), turns away from the family, and their college student daughter Penny (Michelle Williams) rarely comes home from school. Meanwhile, the mother, Sandy (Sigourney Weaver), becomes sarcastic and smokes marijuana, while youngest son Tim (Emile Hirsch) uses drugs and sex to find meaning in his life. Will these family members finally learn to accept each other for what they really are?
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Pastime 1991 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: One Cup of Coffee
Director: Robin B. Armstrong
Cast: William Russ, Scott Plank, Reed Rudy, Glenn Plummer, Ricky Paull Goldin, Peter Murnik, Deirdre O'Connell, Patrick O'Bryan, Noble Willingham, Charles Tyner, Jeffrey Tambor, Troy Evans
The love of baseball and the "simplicity" of the 1950s when the game meant more than the money–that's the theme of this film that follows aging pitcher Roy Dean Bream (William Russ) as his career nears an end with a losing minor league team. The manager is under pressure to let Roy go to make room for a new player, Tyrone (Glenn Plummer), the team's first black player. A friendship grows between the two, and Roy shows Tyrone his "special" pitch that once gave him a short stay in the major leagues. But, Roy's days are numbered on the team.
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Secondhand Lions 2003   PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim McCanlies
Cast: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas, Michael O'Neill, Deirdre O'Connell, Eric Balfour, Christian Kane, Kevin Haberer, Emmanuelle Vaugier
Shy, 14-year-old Walter (Haley Joel Osment) spends the summer in Texas with his cranky great-uncles–Garth (Michael Caine) and Hub (Robert Duvall). Despite a less-than-promising beginning, the three bond and learn about life from each other. 2 User Reviews
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| | banker1 04/04/2009 | | Great movie about living one's life to the fullest! |
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Stars and Bars 1988  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst, Joan Cusack, Martha Plimpton, Maury Chaykin, Deirdre O'Connell, Will Patton, Laurie Metcalf, Keith David
When a very proper British connoisseur of the arts goes to Georgia in search of an expensive painting, he runs into all kinds of people from the seedier side of life. Very weak.
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State of Grace 1990 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Joanou
Cast: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, John C. Reilly, R.D. Call, Joe Viterelli, Burgess Meredith, Deirdre O'Connell, Marco St. John
A police officer, Terry Noonan (Sean Penn), returns to his childhood neighborhood in New York's Hell's Kitchen with orders to infiltrate a gang led by Frankie (Ed Harris), the brother of Terry's childhood best friend, Jackie (Gary Oldman). When Terry realizes that he still loves his childhood sweetheart, Frankie and Jackie's sister Kathleen (Robin Wright Penn), his loyalties become divided. It all leads to a bloody climax in this violent film.
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Stephanie Daley 2007 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hilary Brougher
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaffigan, Deirdre O'Connell, Melissa Leo, Halley Feiffer, Kel O'Neill, Neal Huff, John Ellison Conlee, Vincent Piazza, Marceline Hugot, Kaiulani Lee, Novella Nelson
Sixteen-year-old Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) gives birth in the ladies' room during a school ski trip. Later, when the fetus is discovered dead, and, although she claims the baby was stillborn, Stephanie faces murder charges. Forensic psychologist Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton) is assigned to meet with Stephanie to determine whether or not she is telling the truth. During their sessions Lydie, who is pregnant, deals with her own guilt about a previous pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth as well as her confused feelings about the baby she is now carrying.
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Straight Talk 1992 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barnet Kellman
Cast: Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, Deirdre O'Connell, John Sayles, Teri Hatcher, Spalding Gray, Jerry Orbach, Philip Bosco, Amy Morton, Jay Thomas
Shirlee (Dolly Parton), fired from her job and tired of her boyfriend, heads to the big city, Chicago. She takes a job as a receptionist at a radio station and is mistaken for a guest psychiatrist who is to host a talk show. She becomes a hit with her home-spun talk and advice, but reporter Jack Russell (James Woods) suspects her credentials.
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What Happens in Vegas... 2008  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Tom Vaughan
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Jason Sudeikis, Treat Williams, Deirdre O'Connell, Michelle Krusiec, Dennis Farina, Zach Galifianakis, Queen Latifah, Krysten Ritter, Andrew Daly, Dennis Miller
Jack Fuller (Ashton Kutcher) and Joy McNally (Cameron Diaz) meet in Las Vegas, get drunk, wake up in bed together, and discover that they are now a married couple. But, they can't stand each other and agree to an annulment. Then, Jack puts Joy's quarter into a slot machine and hits the jackpot of $3,000,000. Each of them want the winnings, and they go to court for a settlement. Judge Whopper (Dennis Miller) sentences them to "six months of hard marriage" and orders them to visit marriage counselor Dr. Twitchel (Queen Latifah). And now the fun begins as Jack and Joy both scheme to drive the other out of the marriage.
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Winter Passing 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Adam Rapp
Cast: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Amy Madigan, Amelia Warner, Dallas Roberts, Robert Beitzel, Sam Bottoms, Deirdre O'Connell, Darrell Larson, John Bedford Lloyd, Mandy Siegfried, Mary Jo Deschanel
Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) returns home following a six-year absence after a literary agent (Amy Madigan) offers her $100,000 if she can convince her novelist father, Don Holden (Ed Harris), to release for publication love letters between him and his recently deceased wife, Reese's mother. Reese is surprised to find her ailing father living in the garage and his new friends–ex-grad student Shelly (Amelia Warner) and bodyguard/Christian rock singer Corbit (Will Ferrell) living in the house. Reese is shocked to find that she is the outsider in her childhood home. But there are secrets within those walls that Reese will soon learn.
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| 1. Anna (1987)
2. Cool World (1992)
3. CrissCross (1992)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
5. Falling from Grace (1992)
6. Fearless (1993)
7. Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
8. Imaginary Heroes (2004)
9. Pastime (1991)
aka: One Cup of Coffee
10. Secondhand Lions (2003)
11. Stars and Bars (1988)
12. State of Grace (1990)
13. Stephanie Daley (2007)
14. Straight Talk (1992)
15. What Happens in Vegas... (2008)
16. Winter Passing (2006)
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