 Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Sam McMurray, Mindy Sterling, Will Sasso, Brittany Murphy, Matt Malloy, Amy Adams, Laurie A. Sinclair, Shannon Nelson, Alexandra Holden, Sarah Stewart
When Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst) enters the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Miss Teen Princess beauty contest in Mt. Rose, Minnesota, her alcoholic mother, Annette (Ellen Barkin), stops at nothing to ensure that her daughter wins the title. But, first, she must get past the former winner, Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley), whose own daughter, Becky (Denise Richards), also seeks the beauty prize.
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Edmond 2006 R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna, Bai Ling, Jeffrey Combs, Denise Richards, Mena Suvari, Dylan Walsh, Russell Hornsby, Debi Mazar, Rebecca Pidgeon, Lionel Mark Smith, Marcus Thomas, Jack Wallace
Bored and discontented, middle-class businessman Edmund Burke (William H. Macy) stops by a tarot reader storefront on his way home from work. The message he receives, "You are not where you belong." encourages him to leave his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon). That act begins his downhill spiral into the city's violent underworld where Edmund responds in kind.
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Elvis Has Left the Building 2004  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: Kim Basinger, John Corbett, Annie Potts, Sean Astin, Denise Richards, Mike Starr, Phill Lewis, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Tom Hanks, Angie Dickinson, Pat Morita, David Leisure
Harmony Jones (Kim Basinger) has always been an Elvis fan, but now she finds that Elvis impersonators she meets are dying in her presence. Matters come to a head when Harmony drives her car into a car carrying Elvis impersonators and kills them, and her immediate reaction is to flee the scene. Now, on the run from the FBI, Harmony meets NYC lawyer Miles Taylor (John Corbett) but suspects that he is also an Elvis impersonator and rejects his advances because she is afraid she will jinx him.
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Empire 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franc. Reyes
Cast: John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca, Isabella Rossellini, Sonia Braga, Delilah Cotto, Nestor Serrano, Anthony "Treach" Criss, Rafael Baez, Fat Joe
Drug dealer Vic Rosa (John Leguizamo) decides to go straight and befriends a shady investment banker, Jack (Peter Sarsgaard), who invests Vic's ill-gotten money in the stock market. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Good Advice 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, Denise Richards, Jon Lovitz, Rosanna Arquette, Estelle Harris, Barry Newman, Lisa Rinna, John de Lancie, Francoise Surel
Ryan (Charlie Sheen) is a successful stockbroker until he sleeps with the wrong woman and gets bad advice from the woman's husband. Now he's out of work, and his live-in girlfriend, Cindy (Denise Richards), leaves him and heads to Brazil. When Cindy's boss, for whom she writes an advice column for a newspaper, wants to know where her column is, Ryan starts writing it. Ryan falls for the boss, Page (Angie Harmon), in this comedy that's better than most direct-to-video films.
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In the Blink of an Eye 1996  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Micki Dickoff
Cast: Veronica Hamel, Mimi Rogers, Carlos Gomez, Polly Bergen, Piper Laurie, Keith Brunsmann, Denise Richards, Brian Markinson, Mary Mara, J. Scott Bronson
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film concerns movie producer/director Micki Dickoff (Veronica Hamel) who directs this account of her story. She puts her career on hold to help a friend when she finds out that the friend has been in prison for over 15 years, along with her husband, after being convicted of murder. 1 User Review
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Lookin' Italian 1998  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Showdown
Director: Guy Magar
Cast: Jay Acovone, Matt LeBlanc, Stephanie Richards, Lou Rawls, John LaMotta, Ralph Manza, Denise Richards, Argentina Brunetti, Mary Pat Gleason, Real Andrews, Dennis Paladino
Following a bad incident, Vinny (Jay Acovone) left the Mob in New York and moved to L.A. where his nephew Anthony (Matt LeBlanc) comes to move in with him. Vinny realizes that Anthony is headed for trouble with neighboring gangs and tries to keep him out of trouble. But, will Vinny's past stand in the way?
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 Starship Troopers 1997 R, 129 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside, Seth Gilliam, Patrick Muldoon, Rue McClanahan, Timothy Omundson
Set in the future, this film is about a group of young paratroopers who battle insect aliens from Klendathu in a fight to the finish. Although this story glorifies war, it does provide good sci-fi thrills.
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Tail Lights Fade 1999 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Ingram
Cast: Denise Richards, Breckin Meyer, Jake Busey, Tanya Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Jaimz Woolvett, Lisa Marie, Chris Hagel, Ben Derrick, Doug Hardwick
Two couples race across Canada after Angie's (Tanya Allen) brother has been busted for marijuana. Since he had a big stash and Angie knows where it is, the racers intend beat to others to it. The trip brings out the best and worst of the foursome.
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The Third Wheel 2002 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jordan Brady
Cast: Luke Wilson, Ben Affleck, Denise Richards, Jay Lacopo, Matt Damon, Neal Matarazzo, Mike Schwartz, Marilyn Staley, David Koechner, Phil Reeves, Meredith Salenger, Bobby Slayton
After a year of admiring her from afar, Stanley (Luke Wilson)–with help form friend Michael (Ben Affleck)–gets up enough nerve to ask Diana (Denise Richards) out on a date. And what a date it is! Stanley runs his car into a homeless man, Phil (Jay Lacopo), who says he is not hurt. But Diana doesn't believe him and invites Phil along on the date, which turns the entire evening into one unbelievable event.
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Undercover Brother 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Chi McBride, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Noseworthy, James Brown
When a black, four-star general (Billy Dee Williams) considers running for President of the USA, "The (white) Man" tries to stop him. But, "The Man" doesn't plan on Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) entering the fray and foiling the evil plans.
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Valentine 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jamie Blanks
Cast: David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw, Jessica Cauffiel, Katherine Heigl, Fulvio Cecere, Daniel Cosgrove, Johnny Whitworth, Benita Ha
Valentine's Day 2001 looms in the near future, and it is the date that Victor plans to kill the last survivor of four women who played a nasty practical joke on him 16 years ago.
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 Wild Things 1998 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray, Jeff Perry, Carrie Snodgress, Marc Macaulay, Cory Pendergast, Eduardo Yanez, Toi Svane Stepp, Dennis Neal
High-school guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) was named "educator of the year" and prided himself on his accomplishments UNTIL students Suzy (Neve Campbell) and Kelly (Denise Richards) testify that he raped them. Detectives Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) and Gloria Perez (Daphne Rubin-Vega)–despite disapproval of the department–begin their investigation into the campaign to destroy Lombardo.
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 The World Is Not Enough 1999 PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Adventure
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese, Serena Scott Thomas, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Michael Kitchen, Colin Salmon, Goldie, David Calder
Pierce Brosnan takes on the James Bond role for the third time in this action-filled thriller. After Bond's friend Sir Robert King (David Calder) is killed at M16 headquarters, Bond takes on the mission of protecting King's daughter Electra (Sophie Marceau) who has inherited his oil rights. Bond teams up with nuclear weapons expert Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), and they investigate the plot of international terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) who feels no pain because a bullet lodged in his brain is robbing him of his senses. Renard has been instrumental in sabotaging a new King pipeline that is under construction, and Bond and Jones set out to stop his devious actions that could result in destroying Europe.
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You Stupid Man 2002 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Brian Burns
Cast: David Krumholtz, Milla Jovovich, Denise Richards, William Baldwin, Jessica Cauffiel, Dan Montgomery Jr., Landy Cannon, Katia Corriveau, Christopher Crumb, Jordan Hecht
Owen (David Krumholtz) was dropped by his girlfriend, Chloe (Denise Richards), when she found success in Hollywood. Owen later falls in love with Nadine (Milla Jovovich), but Chloe returns home after her TV show is cancelled and wants to reunite with Owen. Now, it is Owen who must choose between two important choices in his life.
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| 1. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
2. Edmond (2006)
3. Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
4. Empire (2002)
5. Good Advice (2001)
6. In the Blink of an Eye (1996)
7. Lookin' Italian (1998)
aka: Showdown
8. Starship Troopers (1997)
9. Tail Lights Fade (1999)
10. The Third Wheel (2002)
11. Undercover Brother (2002)
12. Valentine (2001)
13. Wild Things (1998)
14. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
15. You Stupid Man (2002)
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