 Christmas with the Kranks 2004  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston, Julie Gonzalo, Felicity Huffman
When daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves for the Peace Corps before Christmas, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to skip Christmas and embark on a cruise instead. But, the Krank's cranky neighbors are not pleased with the idea of foregoing Christmas, and disharmony threatens to ruin Christmas for all.
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 Georgia Rule 2007 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Garrett Hedlund, Cary Elwes, Hector Elizondo, Dylan MacLaughlin, Zachary Gordon, Laurie Metcalf, Tereza Stanislav, Fred Applegate, Rance Howard
Seventeen-year-old Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) has rebelled one too many times, and now her alcoholic mother, Lilly (Felicity Huffman), leaves San Francisco and takes her spoiled daughter to grandmother Georgia's (Jane Fonda) home in the Mormon town of Hull, Idaho, to spend the summer. Although Georgia lays down her "Georgia Rules" to enforce good behavior, Rachel still manages to shake up the townsfolk but, in the process, learns compassion and understanding for her mother and grandmother.
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Golden Years 1991  TV, 232 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Golden Years
Director: Josef Anderson
Cast: Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter, R.D. Call, Bill Raymond, Frances Sternhagen, Matt Malloy, Adam Redfield, Jeff Williams, Peter McRobbie
There's secret stuff going on at the military laboratory. When an accident occurs, releasing chemicals, the old janitor (Keith Szarabajka) starts getting younger. Now, government agents are hot on his trail to find out how the chemical works. Originally a TV miniseries. Based on a Stephen King story.
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Path to War 2002  TV, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, James Frain, Felicity Huffman, Frederic Forrest, Philip Baker Hall, Tom Skerritt, Cliff De Young, John Aylward, Chris Eigeman
This made-for-TV film covers President Lyndon Johnson's presidency from his 1965 inauguration to the 1968 decision not to seek another term. The Vietnam War decisions (and indecisions) are the main focus as the President and his advisors struggle to make the right choices.
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Phoebe in Wonderland 2008 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Barnz
Cast: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Ian Colletti, Caitlin Sanchez, Max Baker, Maddie Corman, Peter Gerety, Madhur Jaffrey, Bailee Madison, Austin Williams, Teala Dunn, Connor Douglas
Phoebe Lichten (Elle Fanning) is a little girl whose parents, Hilary and Peter (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman), worry about her because she does not follow the rules. Her mother tries to deal with the problem but is frustrated while trying to write a book about the tales of Lewis Carroll. When the drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson), offers Phoebe a role in the school production of "Alice in Wonderland," Phoebe is thrilled and accepts the role of "Alice." Rehearsals begin, but problems ensue when Phoebe slips away from reality and sees the play's characters leading her through a magical maze of life, which could lead to her downfall.
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 Raising Helen 2004 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin, Helen Mirren, Sakina Jaffrey, Kevin Kilner, Felicity Huffman, Sean O'Bryan, Amber Valletta
Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) takes over the guardianship of her sister's three children and finds that, despite having to change her nightclub lifestyle, family is what really matters.
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Reversal of Fortune 1990  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Fisher Stevens, Uta Hagen, Christine Baranski, Julie Hagerty, Jack Gilpin, Felicity Huffman, Stephen Mailer, Christine Dunford
This black comedy is about Claus von Bulow's (Jeremy Irons) legal battles over the attempted murder of his wealthy wife, Sunny (Glenn Close). The hook is that the story is told from Sunny's viewpoint, which makes this a very funny flick. Jeremy Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Claus von Bulow, and the film was nominated for two others, including Best Director.
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The Spanish Prisoner 1997 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin, Ricky Jay, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Ed O'Neill, Richard L. Friedman, Jerry Graff, G. Roy Levin
The con game involving the promise of a fortune IF the mark can come up with some up-front money is the theme of this very good thriller in which a naive inventor, Joe Ross (Campbell Scott), becomes involved in a web of industrial espionage.
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Transamerica 2005 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Duncan Tucker
Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Graham Greene, Burt Young, Elizabeth Pena, Carrie Preston, Venida Evans, Jon Budinoff, Raynor Scheine, Danny Burstein, Paul Borghese
Seventeen-year-old Toby (Kevin Zegers) is being held in a New York prison for drug possession when he is released into the custody of born-again Christian transsexual Bree (Felicity Huffman) who is saving money for the operation that will finally make him a woman. What Toby does not understand is that Bree is really his birth-father, but the two set off on a father-son, cross-country road trip, and discoveries lie ahead. Two Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actress (Felicity Huffman).
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| 1. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
2. Georgia Rule (2007)
3. Golden Years (1991)
aka: Stephen King's Golden Years
4. Path to War (2002)
5. Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
6. Raising Helen (2004)
7. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
8. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
9. Transamerica (2005)
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