All I Want for Christmas 1991  G, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Ethan Embry, Thora Birch, Harley Jane Kozak, Jamey Sheridan, Amy Oberer, Lauren Bacall, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Alaimo, Kevin Nealon, Andrea Martin, Renee Taylor, Felicity LaFortune, Camille Saviola, Joanne Baron, Alan Brooks
All that seven-year-old Hallie (Thora Birch) and her 13-year-old brother, Ethan (Ethan Embry), want for Christmas is to have their divorced parents Catherine and Michael (Harley Jane Kozak and Jamey Sheridan) reconcile. This is the story of how Hallie and Ethan set out to make that happen.
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Can't Hardly Wait 1998  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Cast: Ethan Embry, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, Lauren Ambrose, Jerry O'Connell, Melissa Joan Hart, Jenna Elfman, Charlie Korsmo, Amber Benson, Alexander Martin, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jay Paulson, Brian Hall, Jaime Pressly
The last party at the end of Huntington Hills High School is eagerly anticipated by seniors who see it as their final hurrah. The night turns into one long drunken fling filled with romantic confrontations and "deep" conversations.
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Confidence 2003   R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Donal Logue, Luis Guzman, Brian Van Holt, Franky G, Morris Chestnut, Robert Forster, Ethan Embry
Small-time con man Jake Vig (Edward Burns) pulls off a scam that ultimately involves big-time Mob boss King (Andy Garcia). Now, it's payback time. 1 User Review
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| | Convoluted and intriguing | rnjen63 09/14/2009 | | Like layers of an onion...very deep and multifaceted. Have watched this more than a few times; and each time, will find something missed the time before. Pay attention...you will not be disappointed. |
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 1998 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim McCanlies
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill, Eddie Jones, Wayne Tippet, Alexandra Holden
Four friends, members of the high-school senior class, made a pact to leave their small town of Dancer, Texas, and move to Los Angeles when they graduated. Now they, and the town as well, struggle with that decision.
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Defending Your Life 1991  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Shirley MacLaine, Buck Henry, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse, Gary Beach, Julie Cobb, Peter Schuck, Sharlie Stuart, Ethan Embry
Writer, director, and star Albert Brooks presents this movie about Daniel Miller (Brooks)–a man caught in Limbo. His predicament can be solved by defending his past actions so that he will not be sent back to Earth. As usual, Brooks is inventive, too much so for some, but this one is fun.
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 Disturbing Behavior 1998 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Nutter
Cast: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Steve Railsback, Bruce Greenwood, William Sadler, Chad Donella, Ethan Embry, Katharine Isabelle
Steve Clark (James Marsden) moves to Cradle Bay–a town in which the young people are just too good. He makes friends with two of the "outcasts," Rachel and Gavin (Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl), and they discover the townsfolk are actually lobotomized zombies, under the control of a sinister cult who had turned misfits into model citizens. Who is next?
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Dutch 1991 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Faiman
Cast: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams, Ari Meyers, Christopher McDonald, Elizabeth Daily, L. Scott Caldwell, Kathleen Freeman, Shelby Leverington, Lisa Figus
Construction worker Dutch (Ed O'Neill) drives his girlfriend's (JoBeth Williams) elitist pre-teen son, Doyle (Ethan Embry), home from boarding school for the Thanksgiving holiday. Although they have entirely different personalities, along the way the two bond. Dutch: "I don't care for caviar; I make it a policy never to eat something a fish deposits in a riverbed."
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Eagle Eye 2008  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Ethan Embry, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Azizi, Cameron Boyce, Lynn Cohen, Bill Smitrovich, Charles Carroll, William Sadler, Deborah Strang, Dariush Kashani
Jerry (Shia LaBeouf) has just returned home to Chicago following his twin brother's funeral and discovers thousands of dollars have been deposited in his ATM account. His apartment is filled with military gear, and a phone call warns him to follow instructions or he will be arrested as a terrorist. The FBI arrives at his door, and Jerry is grilled by Agent Thomas Morgan (Billy Bob Thornton). Meanwhile, Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) has just put her eight-year-old son, Sam (Cameron Boyce), on a train bound for Washington, D.C. where his school band is scheduled to perform at the Kennedy Center. Rachel also receives a phone call from the same stranger telling her to follow directions or Sam will die. The stranger arranges for Rachel and Jerry to get together, and, with Morgan in hot pursuit, they become fugitives desperately trying to find out what is really happening.
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 Empire Records 1995 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Liv Tyler, Debi Mazar, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane, Ethan Embry, Brendan Sexton III, Maxwell Caulfield, Renee Zellweger, Johnny Whitworth, Coyote Shivers, James "Kimo" Wills, Ben Bode, Gary Bolen, Julia Howard
This story takes place in just one day at the small-town record store, Empire Records, where the teenage employees find TROUBLE is their middle names. The Music Town franchise wants to buy out Empire Records, which means that the employees' jobs are on the line. Their solution is to raise money and help their manager Joe Reaves (Anthony LaPaglia) buy the store. However, between work problems and personal problems, the task will not be easy.
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 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 2004 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny Leiner
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garces, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ryan Reynolds, Fred Willard, Ethan Embry, Christopher Meloni, Neil Patrick Harris, Luis Guzman, Jamie Kennedy
While stoner roommates spend hours driving around Princeton looking for a White Castle restaurant, they encounter numerous obstacles.
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Montana 1998 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Jennifer Leitzes
Cast: Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney, Robbie Coltrane, John Ritter, Ethan Embry, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Boone Junior, Jerry Grayson, Paul Calderon, Ajay Naidu, Karl Geary, Richard Zobel, Alan Manson, Raynor Scheine
In this double-crossing hit man story, the "heroine," Claire (Kyra Sedgwick), is sent off by her gangster boss (Robbie Coltrane) to track-down his runaway girlfriend, Kitty (Robin Tunney). Along on the mission are Claire's terminally ill hit man lover Nick (Stanley Tucci) and the boss' son, Jimmy (Ethan Embry). But, when Claire kills Jimmy during a rape attempt, the tables are turned, and Claire becomes the foil when the boss' right-hand man, Duncan (Philip Seymour Hoffman), takes over.
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Standing Still 2006 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Cole Weiss
Cast: Jon Abrahams, Amy Adams, Ethan Embry, Roger Avary, Xander Berkeley, Adam Garcia, Lauren German, Colin Hanks, Marne Patterson, Melissa Sagemiller, Nikki Schieler Ziering, Mena Suvari, Aaron Stanford, James Van Der Beek
Four years after graduation, college friends of Elise (Amy Adams) and Michael (Adam Garcia) reunite for their wedding in Los Angeles. Bachelor and bachelorette parties ensue, secrets are revealed, and issues–such as lesbianism, marriage, and estranged dads (Xander Berkeley)–are tackled in a variety of ways.
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Sweet Home Alabama 2002 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, Melanie Lynskey, Dakota Fanning
Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have it made; she has obtained the status of a top fashion designer and has been proposed to by one of NYC's most eligible bachelors (Patrick Dempsey). But, there is one little problem: she must first return to Alabama and obtain a divorce from the husband (Josh Lucas) she left seven years ago.
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 That Thing You Do! 1996 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Tom Hanks
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Charlize Theron, Obba Babatunde, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Ellis, Alex Rocco, Bill Cobbs, Rita Wilson, Peter Scolari, Chris Isaak
In 1964, a young rock group, The Wonders (Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, and Ethan Embry), is signed by agent/manager Mr. White (Tom Hanks) and instant stardom results. This story is about one summer of joy for the group's members and their gradual realization that they are only one facet of the huge industrial complex dominating the music world.
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 They 2002 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Wes Craven Presents: They
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jon Abrahams, Alexander Gould, Jessica Amlee, Desiree Zurowski, Mark Hildreth, Jonathan Cherry
Psychology student Julia Lund (Laura Regan) begins to suspect that her childhood fears–including monsters in the closet–may not have been simply figments of her imagination.
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 Timeline 2003 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, Ethan Embry, Anna Friel, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Lambert Wilson, Matt Craven, David La Haye, David Thewlis, Neal McDonough, Rossif Sutherland, Steve Kahan
A teleportation machine, developed by the International Technology Corporation, sends a group of archaeologists back in time to medieval France where a war between England and France is raging. Will the scientists survive the battle, and, if so, will they be able to return to the 21st century?
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 Vacancy 2007 R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nimrod Antal
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry, Scott G. Anderson, Mark Casella, David Doty, Norm Compton, Caryn Mower, Meegan Godfrey, Kym Stys, Andrew Fiscella
Although divorce is in the near future for Amy (Kate Beckinsale) and David (Luke Wilson), they do attend Amy's parents' anniversary celebration. Problems develop on the trip home when David gets lost, they argue, their BMW breaks down, and they rent a shabby room from night manager Mason (Frank Whaley) at the Pinewood Motel. To relieve the tension, David plays an unmarked videocassette that he finds in the motel room. There is a problem with the cassette: the video appears to have been filmed in David and Amy's motel room and involves frightened guests being tortured and murdered. David and Amy realize that they, too, are being filmed by hidden cameras and that, if they cannot find a means of escape, they are doomed to be the next victims.
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Vegas Vacation 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
Director: Stephen Kessler
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Christie Brinkley, Wayne Newton, Jerry Weintraub, Sid Caesar, Shae D'Lyn, Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Wallace Shawn, Julio Oscar Mechoso
This is the fourth in the series of Chevy Chase "Vacation" films about the hapless Griswold family who–by now–should know to NEVER take a family vacation together. The Griswolds visit Las Vegas, and Clark (Chevy Chase) hits the blackjack table and, encouraged by the dealer Marty (Wallace Shawn), loses all of his money. Meanwhile, Clark's wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) falls for lounge singer Wayne Newton (Himself) and is invited to sing with him. Their daughter Audrey (Marisol Nichols) joins up with her stripper cousin Vickie (Shae D'Lyn), and they visit dance clubs. To make the vacation a complete disaster, their son Rusty (Ethan Embry is great at playing dice and falls in with gangsters. Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) offers to help, but will Eddie succeed in bringing the family to its senses?
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| 1. All I Want for Christmas (1991)
2. Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
3. Confidence (2003)
4. Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
5. Defending Your Life (1991)
6. Disturbing Behavior (1998)
7. Dutch (1991)
8. Eagle Eye (2008)
9. Empire Records (1995)
10. A Far Off Place (1993)
11. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
12. Montana (1998)
13. Standing Still (2006)
14. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
15. That Thing You Do! (1996)
16. They (2002)
aka: Wes Craven Presents: They
17. Timeline (2003)
18. Vacancy (2007)
19. Vegas Vacation (1997)
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
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