Backfire! 1995  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dean Bell
Cast: Kathy Ireland, Josh Mosby, Mary McCormack, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Edie Falco, Jeffrey Howard, Michelle Miller, Marissa Copeland
In the tradition of "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun," this film is a spoof on another movie, in this case "Backdraft." The main difference is that this movie is not funny, though it crudely tries to be. Jeremy Jackson (Josh Mosby) is the only male fireman in an all-female fire department. Then fires break out in toilets, and the old fire marshal (Robert Mitchum) investigates. Jeremy uncovers the culprit, "The Most Evil Man" (Telly Savalas).
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 Freedomland 2006  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters, Peter Friedman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Aasif Mandvi, Philip Bosco
White single mother Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) from Gannon, New Jersey, reports a carjacking in the Armstrong project neighborhood during which a young Black male took off with her car while her four-year-old son was in the back seat. Black detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) is assigned to the case, he barricades the Armstrong project, and racial tensions erupt between the Gannon and Armstrong residents in this psychological mystery pointing out that racial prejudice still prevails in parts of America today.
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The Girl from Monday 2005 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos, Leo Fitzpatrick, D.J. Mendel, James Urbaniak, Juliana Francis, David Neumann, Michael Cassidy, Ryan Bronz, Edie Falco
This sci-fi tale is set in the future, and the United States has come under the rule of the Multi-Media Monopoly under which consumers are bar-coded and have sex to raise their credit ratings and buying power. But, there are rebels (Bill Sage and Sabrina Lloyd) in the midst, and they find an ally in The Girl From Monday (Tatiana Abracos), an alien from a distant planet.
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The Great New Wonderful 2006  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Danny Leiner
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas McCarthy, Judy Greer, Naseeruddin Shah, Sharat Saxena, Tony Shalhoub, Jim Gaffigan, Olympia Dukakis, Dick Latessa, Edie Falco, Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett, Rosemarie DeWitt
Found in this film are five overlapping stories about New Yorkers from very different backgrounds and their uniquely different problems dealing with life in the city one year after the attacks of 9/11.
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Hurricane 1998  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hurricane Streets
Director: Morgan J. Freeman
Cast: Brendan Sexton III, Shawn Elliott, Jose Zuniga, David Roland Frank, Isidra Vega, Antoine McLean, Carlo Alban, Lynn Cohen, Edie Falco, Heather Matarazzo, Mtume Gant, Adrian Grenier, L.M. Kit Carson, Andy Ko, Terry Alexander
Fifteen-year-old Marcus (Brendan Sexton III) is troubled but dreams of leaving his life of petty crime in NYC and moving to the calmer world of his uncle's New Mexico home. "I just want space man," says Marcus, but he is stuck in his world of "Hurricane Streets."
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Judy Berlin 2000 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Mendelsohn
Cast: Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Julie Kavner, Madeline Kahn, Carlin Glynn, Aaron Harnick, Bette Henritze, Anne Meara, Novella Nelson
Babylon is a NYC suburb and a total eclipse is on the way at noon. Thus the stage is set for a slice of life centering on schoolteacher Sue (Barbara Barrie); her daughter, Judy (Edie Falco); the school principal, Arthur (Bob Dishy); his wife, Alice (Madeline Kahn); and their son, David (Aaron Harnick). David has just returned from a failed effort as a movie director in Hollywood and meets an old high-school classmate, Judy, an aspiring actress about to leave town to make it big. Meanwhile, Sue and Arthur start an affair while depressed, whining Alice ponders life. Though all of the characters have problems, the film works well as a fine mood piece, much of which takes place in the semi-darkness of the eclipse. Remarkable black and white photography, and the last film appearance by the late Madeline Kahn.
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Laws of Gravity 1992 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Gomez
Cast: Peter Greene, Edie Falco, Paul Schulze, Adam Trese, James Michael McCauley, Anibel Lierras, Arabella Field, Bill Sage, Saul Stein
This story chronicles the lives of small-time Brooklyn thieves–Jimmy (Peter Greene), Frankie (Paul Schulze), and Jon (Adam Trese)–as they step down into the world of big-time crime.
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A Price Above Rubies 1998 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boaz Yakin
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne, Julianna Margulies, Kathleen Chalfant, Edie Falco, John Randolph, Kim Hunter
Sonia (Renee Zellweger) and her husband are Hasidic Jews. But Sonia finds problems adhering to the restrictions imposed on her by the Orthodox sect, and her actions lead to public humiliation.
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The Quiet 2006 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jamie Babbit
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Shawn Ashmore, Katy Mixon, David Gallagher, Shannon Woodward, Steve Uzzell, Ken Thomas, Rudy Costa, Maria Cash
Orphaned deaf-mute Dot (Camilla Belle) moves in with her godparents–Olivia and Paul Deer (Edie Falco and Martin Donovan)–and their popular cheerleader daughter, Nina (Elisha Cuthbert). There is a dark secret in this home: Nina is having an incestuous affair with her father, and Dot's presence will have a decisive impact on the family.
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The Sunshine Boys 1995 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Erman
Cast: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael McKean, Liev Schreiber, Edie Falco, Tyler Noyes, Olga Merediz, Andy Taylor, Jose Soto
Neil Simon updated his 1972 play for this made-for-TV offering about the proposed reunion of two comedians–Al Lewis (Woody Allen) and Willie Clark (Peter Falk)–after they had gone their separate ways. The film suffers in comparison to the original starring Walter Matthau and George Burns.
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Sunshine State 2002 PG-13, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Edie Falco, Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Timothy Hutton, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Edson, Miguel Ferrer, Mary Alice, Ralph Waite, James McDaniel, Bill Cobbs
Plantation Island off Florida's coast is the location developers have chosen on which to build expensive condos, hotels, and golf courses. But, first, the developers must talk property owners into selling. The owners consist of two side-by-side, but very different, beach communities: Lincoln Beach's African-American community and the tourist town of Delrona Beach.
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Sweet Lorraine 1987 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Gomer
Cast: Maureen Stapleton, Trini Alvarado, Lee Richardson, John Bedford Lloyd, Freddie Roman, Giancarlo Esposito, Todd Graff, Edie Falco, Tamara Tunie, Evan Handler
The Lorraine is a hotel in the Catskills that is falling on hard times. Maureen Stapleton plays the owner who must decide whether to sell out to developers or hang in there with her dreams for the hotel.
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Trouble on the Corner 1997 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Madison
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Debi Mazar, Charles Busch, Roger Rees, Edie Falco, Tammy Grimes, Giancarlo Esposito, Mark Margolis, Joe Morton, Daniel von Bargen
A psychologist, Jeff Stewart (Tony Goldwyn), takes on his patients' neuroses and becomes obsessed with his upstairs neighbor in this very amusing comedy.
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Trust 1990 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, John MacKay, Edie Falco, Gary Sauer, Marko Hunt, Matt Malloy, Suzanne Costollos, Karen Sillas
Pregnant Maria (Adrienne Shelly) has dropped out of high school and is now estranged from her family. But when she meets a troubled young man, Matthew Slaughter (Martin Donovan), they form a friendship that changes both of them and gives hope for the future.
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| 1. The Addiction (1995)
2. Backfire! (1995)
3. Freedomland (2006)
4. The Girl from Monday (2005)
5. The Great New Wonderful (2006)
6. Hurricane (1998)
aka: Hurricane Streets
7. Judy Berlin (2000)
8. Laws of Gravity (1992)
9. A Price Above Rubies (1998)
10. The Quiet (2006)
11. The Sunshine Boys (1995)
12. Sunshine State (2002)
13. Sweet Lorraine (1987)
14. Trouble on the Corner (1997)
15. Trust (1990)
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