Edtv 1999  PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Ellen DeGeneres, Woody Harrelson, Martin Landau, Sally Kirkland, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Hurley, Clint Howard
An up-and-coming producer, Cynthia (Ellen De Generes), develops an idea to increase the ratings of her San Francisco cable station, True TV. The plan is to follow and film one person for 24 hours every day of every week. An underachieving video store clerk, Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey), is chosen as the new star of this unique virtual-reality show. As we meet his not-so-average family, it becomes increasingly clear how the media is able to distort the truth and how people get trapped in the celebrity thing.
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 Finding Nemo 2003  G, 101 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Geoffrey Rush, Vicki Lewis, Joe Ranft, Andrew Stanton
After boy clownfish Nemo (Alexander Gould) disobeys his father (Albert Brooks) by leaving the security of their reef, a scuba diver captures him. This act sets off the ensuing search, which develops into a very funny, animated adventure film. The film received a Best Animated Film Oscar.
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Goodbye Lover 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Don Johnson, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray McKinnon, Alex Rocco, Andre Gregory, John Neville, Barry Newman
In this black comedy, real estate agent Sandra Dunmore (Patricia Arquette) is enjoying a love affair with Ben (Don Johnson). There is a BIG catch: Sandra is married to Ben's younger brother, Jake (Dermot Mulroney). Before long, Sandra hatches a scheme to murder her husband, collect the insurance money, and marry Ben. Ben, however, has other plans that don't quite match Sandra's.
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If These Walls Could Talk 2 2000 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Marian Seldes, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Perkins, Michelle Williams, Nia Long, Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Sevigny, Sharon Stone, Ellen DeGeneres
This made-for-TV drama covers the lesbian owners of a house at three different times: 1961, 1972, and 2000. The first episode is the best, telling of an older couple, Edith and Abby (Vanessa Redgrave and Marian Seldes), and how Edith handles the death of her long-time mate.
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 The Love Letter 1999 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Chan
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Gloria Stuart, Geraldine McEwan, Tom Selleck, Julianne Nicholson, Tom Everett Scott, Erik Jensen, Margaret Ann Brady
A bookstore owner and divorced mother, Helen MacFarquhar (Kate Capshaw), searches for the author of an anonymous love letter that seems to touch the lives of all who read it and mistakenly believe it was written for them.
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Mr. Wrong 1996  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright, Dean Stockwell, John Livingston, Robert Goulet, Peter White, Hope Davis, Polly Holliday
Martha is a TV producer who, at 31 years of age, is under pressure from her family and friends to get married. The problem is finding the RIGHT man, not the WRONG one.
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| 1. Edtv (1999)
2. Finding Nemo (2003)
3. Goodbye Lover (1999)
4. If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
5. The Love Letter (1999)
6. Mr. Wrong (1996)
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