 Babes in Toyland 1986   TV, 150 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Richard Mulligan, Eileen Brennan, Keanu Reeves, Pat Morita, Jill Schoelen, Shari Weiser, Googy Gress, Walter Buschhoff, Rolf Knie, Gaston Hani, Pipo Sosman, Bill Marcus, Chad Carlson, Jean Moake
Victor Herbert's operetta is once again brought to the screen with Drew Barrymore in the role of 11-year-old Lisa Piper who bumps her head and finds herself in Toyland. After she runs into Barnaby (Richard Mulligan) who is plotting to take over Toyland, Lisa joins Mary Contrary (Jill Schoelen), Jack-be-Nimble (Keanu Reeves), and Georgie Porgie (Googy Gress) and asks the Toymaster (Pat Morita) for help. But, he can only help if Lisa can become a small child once more and truly believe in toys. 1 User Review
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| | blah blah blah | Anonymous 01/23/2007 | | OMG!!!! THIS IS LIKE MY FAVE MOVIE!!!!!!! I LUVE IT SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! U HAVE TO C IT OR ELSE... WELL I CAN THINK OF ANYTHING RITE NOW BUT I LUVE THIS MOVIE! LUVE IT! LUVE! |
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Boys Life 2 1997  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nickolas Perry, Tom DeCerchio, Mark Christopher, Peggy Rajski
Cast: Michael Saucedo, Justin Urich, Travis Sher, Milo Ventimiglia, Vincent D'Onofrio, Eileen Brennan, Miles Perlich, Mary Beth Hurt, J.D. Cerna, Brett Barsky
Four short stories are told in this second edition of "Boys Life." "Must Be the Music" (directed by Nickolas Perry)-Friends out for the evening end up at a disco. "Nunzio's Second Cousin" (directed by Tom DeCerchio)-A cop forces a gay basher to join him for dinner. "Alkali, Iowa" (directed by Mark Christopher)-A young, gay farmer comes of age. "Trevor" (directed by Peggy Rajski)-A gay adolescent is obsessed with Diana Ross music, another boy in school, and suicide. Funny.
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Changing Habits 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lynn Roth
Cast: Moira Kelly, Christopher Lloyd, Dylan Walsh, Eileen Brennan, Teri Garr, Shelley Duvall, Anne Haney, Frances Bay, Taylor Negron, Jennifer Aspen
Deciding to get away from home and her father (Christopher Lloyd), who she blames for her mother's suicide, Soosh (Moira Kelly) fends for herself, shoplifting as necessary, and moves into a convent. She starts a painting on the basement walls of the convent, which the Mother Superior thinks may save the convent. But when she is caught by the shop owner shoplifting painting supplies, she agrees to date the owner and avoid prosecution. And so it continues in this serio-comedy.
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The Cheap Detective 1978  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann - Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn
In this Neil Simon story, which is a parody of Humphrey Bogart films, Peter Falk stars as Lou Peckinpaugh, the "Cheap Detective."
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 Clue 1985 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving, Bill Henderson, Jeffrey Kramer, Jane Wiedlin, Kellye Nakahara, Will Nye, Rick Goldman
The popular game of Clue is brought to the screen in which Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Col. Mustard (Martin Mull), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and the rest of the "guests" are greeted by their host Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving). They spend a night of murder and mischief in a spooky old manor.
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Comic Book Villains 2002 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Robinson
Cast: Donal Logue, Michael Rapaport, Natasha Lyonne, DJ Qualls, Cary Elwes, Eileen Brennan, James Duval, Chris Weber, Monet Mazur, Gabriel Koloyan
The town may not be big enough for rival comic bookstores–one owned by Raymond (Donal Logue) and the other by husband and wife Norman and Judy (Michael Rapaport and Natasha Lyonne). Things get out of control when a priceless comic book collection is up for grabs. Not a bad comedy/thriller.
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FM 1978 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John A. Alonzo
Cast: Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Cassie Yates, Norman Lloyd, James Keach, Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt
Behind the scenes problems at a rock station result in DJs and fans joining forces against the powers that be. Good concert moments by great rock stars (Linda Ronstadt, REO Speedwagon, Tom Petty, and others) are featured.
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If These Walls Could Talk 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nancy Savoca, Cher
Cast: Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek, Anne Heche, Shirley Knight, Xander Berkeley, Cher, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eileen Brennan, Harris Yulin, CCH Pounder
This made-for-HBO film tells the stories of how three women who, at different times (1952, 1974, and 1992), deal with unplanned pregnancies.
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 Jeepers Creepers 2001 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Salva
Cast: Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Eileen Brennan, Jon Beshara, Peggy Sheffield, Jeffrey William Evans, Patrick Cherry, Avis-Marie Barnes
Driving home for Spring break, Trish (Gina Philips) and Darryl (Justin Long) note suspicious activities, investigate, and end up in the bowels of an abandoned church where they are pursued by a lunatic.
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The Last of the Cowboys 1976 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Great Smokey Roadblock
Director: John Leone
Cast: Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, Robert Englund, John Byner, Susan Sarandon, Austin Pendleton, Melanie Mayron, Dub Taylor, Leigh French, Valerie Curtin
This is the story of an aging trucker (Henry Fonda) who is deep in debt. To stay one step ahead of his creditors, he steals a truck and heads across country.
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The Last Picture Show 1971  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Bill Thurman, Sam Bottoms, Noble Willingham, Joe Heathcock, Jessie Lee Fulton, Sharon Taggart
In the small town of Anarene, Texas, during the 1950s, high-school football players Sonny and Duane (Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges) are best friends. The boys hang out at the local pool hall owned by Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson) who also owns the town's old movie house. There isn't much going in their world. Both boys are enamored with their beautiful fellow student Jacy (Cybill Shepherd in her first film), and Duane begins dating her. As graduation approaches, Duane enlists to serve in the Korean War, and Sonny continues his fling with Coach Popper's (Bill Thurman) wife Ruth (Cloris Leachman). Now, Sam the Lion has died, his theater is closing, and the boys find their own changing lives paralleling those of the world around them. Oscars went to Johnson and Leachman for their supporting roles. There were also six other nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Bridges), Supporting Actress (Ellen Burstyn for her role as Jacy's mother), and Director.
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous 2005 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Heather Burns, Ernie Hudson, Diedrich Bader, Treat Williams, Abraham Benrubi, Nick Offerman, Eileen Brennan, Lusia Strus, Elisabeth Rohm, Molly Gottlieb, Leslie Grossman
Gracie (Sandra Bullock) and bodyguard Sam (Regina King) head for Las Vegas after her colleague in the Miss United States contest, Cheryl (Heather Burns), is kidnapped along with the contest's host Stan Fields (William Shatner). Despite orders from FBI Chief Collins (Treat Williams) to stay out of the case, Gracie sets out to solve the case.
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Murder by Death 1976 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker
This Neil Simon story is about five fictional detective heroes who receive and accept dinner invitations to an old mansion. Their host is Sheridan Whiteside (Truman Capote) who is fed up with the usual plots in mystery stories and wants his guests to solve a mystery.
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My Old Man 1979 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Warren Oates, Eileen Brennan, Joseph Maher, Jess Osuna, David Margulies, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joseph Leon, Mark Arnold, Michael Jeter, Peter Maloney, Kenneth Kimmins
After 14 years of separation, teenager Jo (Kristy McNichol) and her horse-trainer dad, Frank (Warren Oates), reunite, select a horse, and enter it in a race. Things look good for father and daughter, but problems lie just around the corner.
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 1988  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Tami Erin, David Seaman Jr., Cory Crow, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, Dianne Hull, George DiCenzo, J.D. Dickinson, Chub Bailly, Dick Van Patten
Astrid Lindgren's young heroine comes to the screen for the third time as the precocious Pippi falls overboard from her father's pirate ship and ends up in a coastal town. Her antics cause problems for everyone. Pippi doesn't come across too well in this one, since she behaves like an obnoxious brat, but children will enjoy it.
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Pandemonium 1982  PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Sole
Cast: Tom Smothers, Judge Reinhold, Carol Kane, Miles Chapin, Marc McClure, Paul Reubens, Tab Hunter, Donald O'Connor, Eve Arden, Eileen Brennan
Bambi's Cheerleading School is the setting for this tasteless take-off on horror movies showing innocent young girls murdered. A slasher is on the loose, and he seems to prefer cheerleading camps as his hunting ground–guess where he is going to appear next?!? Occasionally funny.
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Private Benjamin 1980 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks, Alan Oppenheimer
A young, pampered Jewish princess (Goldie Hawn) suffers misfortune when her husband dies on their wedding night. During her bereavement, she impulsively decides to join the Army–with hilarious results. Hawn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and Eileen Brennan was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Rented Lips 1988  R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Downey Jr., Mel Welles, Shelley Berman, Edy Williams, June Lockhart, Kenneth Mars, Eileen Brennan
When two filmmakers (Martin Mull and Dick Shawn) find that their talents are not appreciated in the field of documentaries, they begin work on a porno movie. This film is a sleeper that continues to doze.
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Scarecrow 1973 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Dorothy Tristan, Al Pacino, Ann Wedgeworth, Eileen Brennan, Richard Lynch, Rutanya Alda, Penelope Allen, Richard Hackman, Al Cingolani
Two losers, Max (Gene Hackman) and Lion (Al Pacino), try to improve their lots in life; one is a paroled ex-con and the other is a very weak person.
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Stella 1990 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason, Eileen Brennan, Linda Hart, Ben Stiller, William McNamara, Charles W. Gray
This is an update to Olive Higgins Prouty's novel "Stella Dallas," though it strays far afield from the book or earlier movie versions. As Stella's daughter matures, her single mother (Midler) decides it is time for the father to contribute financially to the daughter. 2 User Reviews
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| | TINKERXL@YAHOO.COM 09/30/2009 | | One of her best movies, be prepared to cry |
| | lady_harley47 05/16/2009 | | great acting by Midler |
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The Sting 1973  PG, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Robert Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, John Heffernan, Dimitra Arliss, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Sally Kirkland
To avenge the death of a friend, two small-time con men (Robert Redford and Paul Newman) decide to pull a fantastic scam. They set up a sting operation to cheat the killer, Doyle Lonnigan (Robert Shaw), out of half a million dollars. The film won seven Academy Awards; among them were Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Robert Redford received a nomination for Best Actor.
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Take Me Home Again 1994 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lies Boys Tell
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson, Bess Armstrong, Bonnie Bartlett, Richard Gilliland, Ernest Thompson, Nancy McLoughlin, Lee Garlington, Anne Haney, Jason Hervey, Eileen Brennan, Marley Shelton
Elderly Ed Reece (Kirk Douglas) wants to spend his final days in the town where he was born. He talks his son (Craig T. Nelson) into accompanying him on this, his final journey. Based on a novel ("The Lies Boys Tell") by Lamar Herrin.
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Texasville 1990 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts, Timothy Bottoms, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Eileen Brennan, William McNamara, Angie Bolling, Pearl Jones
This sequel to "The Last Picture Show" features the same cast of characters who are now middle-aged and enjoying a reunion after 30 years.
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Toothless 1997 TV, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Melanie Mayron
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Dale Midkiff, Lynn Redgrave, Ross Malinger, Melanie Mayron, Daryl Mitchell, Kathryn Zaremba, Marcus Toji, Eileen Brennan, Kimberly Scott, Helen Slater, Catlin Adams
A dentist, Katherine Lewis (Kirstie Alley), dies in an accident and is assigned to be the tooth fairy in order to determine her worthiness to enter heaven. Kids can see her, but the adults can't. After a fairly unsuccessful start, she solves one boy's problem. Her fame spreads, and the children begin to lose their teeth at a high rate in order to get her advice. A Disney film made for TV.
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White Palace 1990 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Eileen Brennan, Spiros Focas, Jeremy Piven, Renee Taylor, Gina Gershon, Steven Hill
Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) is in her 40s and works at a fast-food joint. Max Baron (James Spader) is an advertising executive in his mid-20s. They meet; the unlikely couple fall in love; and, in spite of great odds, they find happiness together.
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| 1. At Long Last Love (1975)
2. Babes in Toyland (1986)
3. Boys Life 2 (1997)
4. Changing Habits (1997)
5. The Cheap Detective (1978)
6. Clue (1985)
7. Comic Book Villains (2002)
8. Daisy Miller (1974)
9. FM (1978)
10. Hustle (1975)
11. If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
12. Jeepers Creepers (2001)
13. The Last of the Cowboys (1976)
aka: The Great Smokey Roadblock
14. The Last Picture Show (1971)
15. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
16. Murder by Death (1976)
17. My Old Man (1979)
18. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
19. Pandemonium (1982)
20. Private Benjamin (1980)
21. Reckless (1995)
22. Rented Lips (1988)
23. Scarecrow (1973)
24. Stella (1990)
25. The Sting (1973)
26. Take Me Home Again (1994)
aka: The Lies Boys Tell
27. Texasville (1990)
28. Toothless (1997)
29. White Palace (1990)
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