Adventures of Huck Finn 1993  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Ron Perlman, Dana Ivey, Anne Heche, Curtis Armstrong, Frances Conroy, James Gammon, Paxton Whitehead, Tom Eldredge, Laura Bell Bundy, Mary Louise Wilson, Danny Tamberelli
This production stays close to the first half of Mark Twain's novel. The con-men, "the King" (Jason Robards) and "the Duke" (Robbie Coltrane), are played well with hints of humor as they impersonate royalty and try to swindle two sisters (Anne Heche and Laura Bell Bundy) out of their fortune. Meanwhile, the innocent boy, Huck (Elijah Wood), has escaped from his brutal father, Pap (Ron Perlman), and has joined escaped slave Jim (Courtney B. Vance) on a rafting trip down the Mississippi River. Huck and Jim develop an understanding of each other and then run into "the King" and "the Duke" along the way. It doesn't take long for Huck and Jim to be drawn reluctantly into the schemes of "the King" and "the Duke."
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Another Woman 1988  PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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 Broken Flowers 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Alexis Dziena, Chloe Sevigny, Christopher McDonald, Larry Fessenden, Pell James
Poor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has been dumped again by a girlfriend (Julie Delpy) and now has received a letter from a former lover who tells him that he has an 18-year-old son who is searching for him. With encouragement from his neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), Don heads out on a cross-country trek bringing flowers to old girlfriends. The experience is filled with surprises as Don finally faces his past and, now, his future.
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 Catwoman 2004  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Pitof
Cast: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein, Michael Massee, Byron Mann, Kim Smith, Christopher Heyerdahl, Peter Wingfield, Berend McKenzie
Shy Patience Phillips (Halle Berry) turns into Catwoman after the cosmetics company she works for orders her demise. Patience is reborn as Catwoman–unlike many superheroes–who walks a thin line between good and evil. Patience by day, turned into Catwoman at night, she takes on the role of vigilante against the cosmetics company owner and his wife–George and Laurel (Lambert Wilson and Sharon Stone).
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The Crucible 1996 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes, Mary Pat Gleason, Robert Breuler
Based on Arthur Miller's classic play about the Salem witch trials, this is an excellent film concerning the effects caused by jealousy and religion in old Massachusetts. Paul Scofield stands out as Judge Danforth who is determined to rid evil from Salem, and Winona Ryder is very convincing as Abigail Williams who deceives, lies, and wreaks havoc in order to steal her ex-lover who is the husband (Daniel Day-Lewis) of hated rival Elizabeth Proctor (Joan Allen).
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Die, Mommie, Die 2003  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Rucker
Cast: Charles Busch, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Priestley, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Stark Sands, Victor Raider-Wexler, Nora Dunn, Stanley DeSantis, Josh Hutchinson, Angela Paton, Christopher McDaniel
Drag queen Charles Busch takes on the role of ex-pop singer Angela Arden who murders her producer husband (Philip Baker Hall) so she can be with her gigolo boyfriend (Jason Priestley) in this campy tale of greed, corruption, and revenge. A dark comedy.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Frances Conroy, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid, Dana Ivey, Louis Zorich, Meagen Fay, Nicole Calfan, Aina Walle, Cheryl Pay, Nathalie Auffret, Lolly Susi
This is the remake of "Bedtime Story" about a slick Riviera con man Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) and a scruffy American scam artist Freddy Benson (Steve Martin) who meet on a train. Caine realizes that Martin is planning on infiltrating his territory, theorizing that bad crooks give the sophisticated ones a bad name. The entire tale is a series of sequences in which one con man tries to outwit the other. Fun.
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Falling in Love 1984 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Dianne Wiest, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin, David Clennon, Victor Argo, Frances Conroy, Kenneth Welsh, Wiley Earl, Jesse Bradford, James Ryan
Frank (Robert De Niro) and Molly (Meryl Streep) commute between Westchester County and Manhattan but do not meet until they run into each other while Christmas shopping for their respective families and their packages get mixed up. They meet again on the train home months later, and their brief encounters grow into romance as their marriages are thrown to the wind in an instant of passion.
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Love Happens 2009 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Brandon Camp
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer, Frances Conroy, Joe Anderson, Sasha Alexander, Clyde Kusatsu, Michelle Harrison, Michael Kopsa, Anne Marie DeLuise, Tyler McClendon, Panou
Dr. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is a widower who has written a self-help book but is still having problems dealing with his own pain over the death of his wife three years ago. While teaching a seminar in Seattle, Burke meets and falls in love with Eloise Chandler (Jennifer Aniston) who has sworn off of men and is spending most of her time working in her floral business. Burke and Eloise have not met at the right time for either of them, but Jennifer makes Burke realize that he has not faced up to the loss of his wife–and, maybe in this case, love happens.
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Maid in Manhattan 2002   PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Tyler Posey, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Marissa Matrone, Bob Hoskins, Frances Conroy, Chris Eigeman, Amy Sedaris, Priscilla Lopez, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Maddie Corman, Sharon Wilkins, Jayne Houdyshell
While running for the U.S. Senate, Republican candidate Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) runs into hotel maid Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) who is a single mother. Christopher mistakes Marisa for a socialite, and falls in love. Complications ensue, but, when the truth comes out, social status is ignored, and love conquers all.
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Neon Bible 1995 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid, Denis Leary, Jacob Tierney, Leo Burmester, Frances Conroy, Peter McRobbie, Joan Glover, Bob Hannah
Set in Georgia during World War II, this is the film adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's novel about David (Jacob Tierney) who grows up in a dysfunctional household and rebels against the bigotry he sees in his Southern town.
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New in Town 2009  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Pierre Morel
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J.K. Simmons, Frances Conroy, Siobhan Fallon, Ferron Guerreiro, James Durham, Mike O'Brien, Barbara James Smith, Robert Small, Wayne Nicklas, Hilary Carroll, Nancy Drake, Stewart J. Zully, Marilyn Boyle
Her Miami-based company sends executive Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger) to New Ulm, Minnesota, to restructure a manufacturing plant. Lucy arrives in New Ulm–not dressed for the winter weather–ready to do her job and return quickly to warm Miami. When her new secretary Blanche Gunderson (Siobhan Fallon) sets Lucy up for a date with local union representative Ted Mitchell (Harry Connick Jr.), their initial meeting is anything but good. However, Ted is the one who Lucy must work with in restructuring the company, and they do become close as they get to know each other. Now, the New Ulm manufacturing plant is closed by Lucy's company, and she may decide to stay in New Ulm with Ted and begin life anew–and, in the process, help New Ulm start up its own plant.
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Rocket Gibraltar 1988 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, Macaulay Culkin, Angela Goethals
A family reunion is planned for grandfather (Burt Lancaster) in this touching film that includes equal amounts of humor and pathos.
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 Scent of a Woman 1992 R, 157 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, Rochelle Oliver, Todd Louiso, Gene Canfield, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Matt Smith, Frances Conroy
High-school student Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) is hired to take care of blind, depressed, and foul-mouthed, retired Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino) during Thanksgiving break. Slade plans to commit suicide AFTER one last fling in which Charlie is his companion. Al Pacino won an Oscar for his portrayal of the Colonel. Nominations were also received for Best Picture and Director. Based on the 1974 Italian film.
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The Seeker: The Dark is Rising 2007 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: David L. Cunningham
Cast: Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston, Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, James Cosmo, Jim Piddock, Amelia Warner, John Benjamin Hickey, Wendy Crewson, Emma Lockhart, Drew Tyler Bell, Gregory Smith, Geoff Bell, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin
Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) has been relegated to the attic of his parents' (John Benjamin Hickey and Wendy Crewson) home to provide space when one of his brothers (Gregory Smith) comes home from college. On his 14th birthday, Will learns that, as the seventh son of a seventh son, he is "The Seeker" and has the power to battle the Dark forces led by "The Rider" (Christopher Eccleston) and save the world. Will travels through time looking for six hidden signs providing the power of Light and the key to defeating the Dark forces.
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Shopgirl 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Samantha Shelton, Gina Doctor, Clyde Kusatsu, Rachel Nichols, Shane Edelman
Mirabelle (Claire Danes) grew up in Vermont but has moved to California where she works as a gloves salesperson at Saks Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles. Now, two very different men enter her life–divorced, wealthy executive Ray (Steve Martin) and struggling, rock-and-roll musician Jeremy (Jason Schwartzman)–and, at some point, Michelle must choose between the two.
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 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner, Gaby Hoffmann, Carey Lowell, Frances Conroy, Victor Garber, Barbara Garrick, David Hyde Pierce, Dana Ivey, Tom Riis Farrell
Talk-show listener Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes emotionally involved in the plight of recent widower Sam (Tom Hanks) when she hears his story over the radio. Sam's eight-year-old son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), had called the show hoping to find a new mother. Annie is engaged to marry Walter (Bill Pullman), but she believes it is Sam who she wants to marry. She travels to Seattle to meet Sam but then changes her mind. Meanwhile, Jonah has booked a flight to New York to meet Annie. Sam follows his son, and finally meets Annie in the observation area of the Empire State Building where love blooms. A nice, sweet, romantic comedy.
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The Tale of Despereaux 2008 G, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Frances Conroy, Richard Jenkins
Narrated by Sigourney Weaver, this is the tale of a brave, lop-earred mouse, Despereaux (voice of Matthew Broderick), who is banished from his home and bonds with outcast rat Roscuro (voice of Dustin Hoffman). When they learn that Princess Pea (voice of Emma Watson) has been kidnapped by her chambermaid Miggery (voice of Tracey Ullman), Despereaux and Roscuro set out to rescue Princess Pea from the revengeful rats who are plotting revenge against the humans.
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 The Wicker Man 2006 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Diane Delano, Michael Wiseman, Erika-Shaye Gair, Christa Campbell, Emily Holmes, Matthew Walker, Sophie Hough
Deeply Christian Sheriff Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) gets a note from ex-fiancee Willow (Kate Beahan) begging for his help in finding her daughter, Rowan (Erika-Shaye Gair). Malus answers the call and arrives on a small island in Puget Sound where he runs into an even larger mystery in the form of a group of pagan women who live in a farming commune and make blood sacrifices. But, Malus connects clues that lead to Rowan's abduction by commune members with the intent of using her as a sacrifice during the upcoming "Day of Death and Rebirth" pageant.
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| 1. Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
2. Another Woman (1988)
3. Broken Flowers (2005)
4. Catwoman (2004)
5. The Crucible (1996)
6. Die, Mommie, Die (2003)
7. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
8. Falling in Love (1984)
9. Love Happens (2009)
10. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
11. Neon Bible (1995)
12. New in Town (2009)
13. Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
14. Scent of a Woman (1992)
15. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007)
16. Shopgirl (2005)
17. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
18. The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
19. The Wicker Man (2006)
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