 Army of Darkness 1993  R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Evil Dead 3
Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Bridget Fonda, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Ted Raimi, Richard Grove, Timothy Patrick Quill, Michael Earl Reid, Patricia Tallman, Deke Anderson, Bruce Thomas, Sara Shearer, Shiva Gordon, Billy Bryan
Our hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell), is a store clerk who manages to get transported (along with his chain saw) back to the 13th century. In order to return to the present, Ash must steal the "Book of the Dead." Ash is aided in his task by Sheila (Embeth Davidtz) whose family and friends are being victimized by an army of skeletons. To the rescue comes Ash with his chain saw!
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Bicentennial Man 1999 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Wendy Crewson, Kiersten Warren, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Lynne Thigpen, Stephen Root, Bradley Whitford, Lindze Letherman, Angela Landis, John Michael Higgins, Igor Hiller, Brett Wagner
Based on Isaac Asimov's short story, this is the tale of an android that performs household tasks is what the Martin family wanted when they purchased Andrew (Robin Williams). They got that and more when they realize that Andrew not only thinks for himself but experiences emotions as well.
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 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz, Honor Blackman, James Faulkner, Charmian May, Paul Brooke, Shirley Henderson, James Callis
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single woman who lives in London, works in the publishing industry, and worries about not finding success–both romantically and professionally. After being snubbed by Mark (Colin Firth), Bridget begins writing in her diary about trying to cut back on wine, cigarettes, and men. She begins getting sexy e-mails from her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant) and meets him for dinner. Daniel tells her that he and Mark went to college together, and Mark seduced his fiancee. Later, Bridget runs across Mark again, he expresses an interest in her, and now both men compete for Bridget's attention. Zellweger excels in her role of the biologically ticking Bridget, and she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Deadly Matrimony 1992 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Treat Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Lisa Eilbacher, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, George Morfogen, Susan Ruttan, Sean McCann, James Rebhorn, Kerrie Keane, Terry Kinney
Chicago cop John Reed (Brian Dennehy) is intent on proving that mob lawyer Alan Masters (Treat Williams) killed his own wife. But that won't be easy since Alan has friends in high places AND controls the crooked cops. This made-for-TV film is based on a true story.
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The Emperor's Club 2002  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Patrick Dempsey, Steven Culp, Rob Morrow, Edward Herrmann, Harris Yulin, Joel Gretsch, Paul Dano
Based on Ethan Canin's short story, "The Palace Thief," this plot revolves around the once-stormy relationship between a Classics teacher and his young student. Today, more than 25 years later, the now-retired teacher, William Hundert (Kevin Kline) and the student, Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), who is currently a CEO for a major corporation, reunite. Old problems rise to the surface.
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 Fallen 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz, Elias Koteas, James Gandolfini, Robert Joy, Aida Turturro, Allelon Ruggiero, Gabriel Casseus, Michael J. Pagan, Frank Medrano, Ray Xifo, Tara Carnes, Tony Michael Donnelly
The demon spirit–Azazel–of an executed killer is the focus of Detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) after he had captured and prosecuted the killer. Hobbes and his partner Jonesy (John Goodman) believe that Azazel possesses one person after another, and after Hobbes kills a man possessed by Azazel, he becomes suspect. He gets advice from theology professor Gretta Milano (Embeth Davidtz) whose father had been killed by Azazel and gets drawn into the occult as he continues his search for the truth to save his family and others from the demon spirit.
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Feast of July 1995 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Menaul
Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, James Purefoy, Kenneth Anderson, Ben Chaplin, Greg Wise, Gemma Jones
Set in Victorian England, poor downtrodden Bella Ford (Embeth Davidtz) is rescued after giving birth to a stillborn baby and brought to the country home of Ben Wainwright (Tom Bell). She is admired by all three of Wainwright's sons but settles on Con (Ben Chaplin). All goes well until Con confronts the ogre who was responsible for Bella's earlier pregnancy.
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 Fracture 2007 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton, Josh Stamberg, Xander Berkeley, Zoe Kazan, Judith Scott, Gary Cervantes
Aeronautical engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) and young attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) match wits when Crawford acts as his own attorney after he is accused of shooting his wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz). Jennifer has survived the shooting but remains comatose, and what at first looked like an open-and-shut case turns out to be not so easy when Ted begins finding holes in Willy's case. Willy's future employer, Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike), tries to get him to walk away, but Willy will not give up until the court puts Ted away for life.
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The Garden of Redemption 1997 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Embeth Davidtz, Dan Hedaya, Marta Amaro, Joao Arouca, Peter Firth, Rui Pedro Cardoso, M. Castro e Silva, Brad Cherry, Jorge Sanz
A priest, Don Paolo Montale (Anthony LaPaglia), and a Parisian, Adriana (Embeth Davidtz), are physically attracted to each other during the confusing days of World War II fascist Italy in a world gone mad.
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 The Gingerbread Man 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen, Mae Whitman, Robert Duvall, Jesse James, Clyde Hayes, Troy Beyer, Julie Ryder Perce
Robert Altman brings this John Grisham tale to the screen, and the result is a very good film. The plot involves a high-powered lawyer, Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh), who is seduced by a sexy waitress, Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), whose father (Robert Duvall) is tormenting her. Magruder takes on her case, and very soon finds himself in a situation way over his head.
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The Hole 2001 R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: After the Hole
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Keira Knightley, Laurence Fox, Daniel Brocklebank, Embeth Davidtz, Steven Waddington, Emma Griffiths Malin, Gemma Powell, Gemma Craven, Anastasia Hille, Kelly Hunter
Liz (Thora Birch) arrives back at her posh British school after a two-week absence, being the only one of four missing students that has returned. She cannot remember what happened. But, under questioning by Psychiatrist Philippa (Embeth Davidtz) her story unfolds. She didn't want to go on a field trip and her friend Martyn (Daniel Brocklebank), knowing she also had a crush on Mike (Desmond Harrington), suggested a weekend hideout for Liz, Mike, and two others in an abandoned bunker. The weekend was fun, but the group became trapped. Is Liz telling the whole story? And what about Martyn and his crush on Liz?
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Junebug 2005 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Morrison
Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams, Benjamin McKenzie, Celia Weston, Scott Wilson, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Beth Bostic, Joanne Pankow, Laura Lashley
Chicago art dealer Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) flies to North Carolina with her new husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), to meet his family and to encourage a North Carolina artist to work for her. During the visit, family bonding, along with sibling tensions, rise to the fore as family members protect their unique roles within the family. Amy Adams was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Mansfield Park 1999 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Patricia Rozema
Cast: Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Harold Pinter, Lindsay Duncan, Sheila Gish, James Purefoy, Hugh Bonneville, Justine Waddell, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Talya Gordon, Lindsay Duncan, Bruce Byron, Philip Sarson
Based on Jane Austen's novel, set in 1806 London, this story revolves around the premise of Austen's day that money determines society. Fanny Price (Hannah Taylor-Gordon) is a poor ten-year-old girl who has been sent to live with well-to-do relatives in Mansfield Park. She establishes a bond with her cousin, Edmund Bertram (Philip Sarson), and later Fanny (now played by Frances O'Connor) and Edmund (now played by Jonny Lee Miller) fall in love. But love does NOT conquer all in 19th-century England, and when Fanny refuses an arranged marriage to Henry Crawford (Alessandro Nivola), she is sent out on her own.
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Matilda 1996  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Paul Reubens, Tracey Walter, Brian Levinson, Jean Speegle Howard, Sara Magdalin
Roald Dahl's children's story is brought to the screen with Mara Wilson in the title role. Matilda is a very bright girl whose parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman) neglect her. When she is enrolled in Crutchem Hall, a grade school with the evil Trunchbul (Pam Ferris), Matilda's problems increase. Finally, to the rescue comes Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz) who befriends and encourages Matilda. 1 User Review
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| | Brucie013 04/15/2009 | | Excellent film with a great cast, especially the wonderful little Mara Wilson, who is so adorable, as she plays the part of Matilda. |
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 Murder in the First 1995 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, William H. Macy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Stefan Gierasch, Mia Kirshner, Amanda Borden, Ben Slack, Kyra Sedgwick, Alex Bookston, Richie Allan
Based on a true story, this film relates the violence and horror of Alcatraz Prison. Even worse is the fact that Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) should never have been there in the first place. 1 User Review
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| | scary and sad | lit rose 10/22/2009 | | This is an extremely explicit movie of the treatment Henri Young received in Alctraz. You will cry (mostly), and laugh a tiny bit also |
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 Schindler's List 1993  R, 195 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz, Norbert Weisser, Elina Lowensohn, Andrzej Seweryn, Malgoscha Gebel, Shmuel Levy, Mark Ivanir, Beatrice Macola, Friedrich von Thun
With this film, Steven Spielberg finally won his Oscar. It is the story about Oscar Schindler (Liam Neeson) who saved hundreds of Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. An Oscar was also presented to this film for Best Picture, along with five other Oscars. Neeson and Ralph Fiennes were nominated for Best Actor and Supporting Actor.
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Simon Magus 1999 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hopkins
Cast: Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Sean McGinley, Embeth Davidtz, Amanda Ryan, Rutger Hauer, Ian Holm, Terence Rigby, Toby Jones, Jim Dunk
Set in Europe during the 19th century, this story revolves around a small town divided between its Jewish and Christian communities. Matters come to a head over the arrival of a local railway. Simon, who claims he talks to the devil and can put curses on crops, becomes a central player in the controversy.
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Thir13en Ghosts 2001  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: 13 Ghosts
Thirteen Ghosts
Director: Steve Beck
Cast: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, F. Murray Abraham, Rah Digga, JR Bourne, Alec Roberts, Kathryn Anderson, John DeSantis, Matthew Harrison, Jacob Rupp, Mike Crestejo, Aubrey Culp, Mikhael Speidel
After his Uncle Cyrus (F. Murray Abraham) dies, nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub) inherits Cyrus' mansion and moves in with teenage daughter Kathy (Shannon Elizabeth) and young son Bobby (Alec Roberts). The mansion is filled with gadgets that, to the new occupants' horror, unleash ghosts that want one more ghostly member. Can the family escape before one of them becomes the 13th ghost?
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| 1. Army of Darkness (1993)
aka: Evil Dead 3
aka: Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3
2. Bicentennial Man (1999)
3. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
4. Deadly Matrimony (1992)
5. The Emperor's Club (2002)
6. Fallen (1998)
7. Feast of July (1995)
8. Fracture (2007)
9. The Garden of Redemption (1997)
10. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
11. The Hole (2001)
aka: After the Hole
12. Junebug (2005)
13. Mansfield Park (1999)
14. Matilda (1996)
15. Murder in the First (1995)
16. Schindler's List (1993)
17. Simon Magus (1999)
18. Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
aka: 13 Ghosts
aka: Thirteen Ghosts
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