Bobby 2006   R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, Helen Hunt, Heather Graham, Christian Slater, Laurence Fishburne, Freddy Rodriguez, Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Joshua Jackson, Dave Fraunces
This story covers events in the lives of several staff members and guests at the Ambassador Hotel as they cross paths in the hours before U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in the hotel kitchen. 1 User Review
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| | mich 03/16/2007 | | I think Emilio Estevez had made a powerful film. I hope some day it goes down as one of the greats of American independent filmmaking- which always has different values from the mega-budget "blockbusters", so it needs to be judged on its own terms.In a way, it reminded me of Garden State-simple, elegant and slightly under-drawn figures -just as we all are .I think Estevez captured that characteristic mundanity and chaotic inner-life of the subjects very well. Forget about looking for obvious thematic links between RFK and the disparate characters.It didnt need to be obvious, because at a subconscious level, there was a sense of tension slowly building out of the ordinary grist of daily life- and isnt that just how cataclysmic moments are formed? The ending was so incredibly moving- it was tinged with sentimentality and nostalgia for a lost moment but not at all mawkish, and it was just so sad. Estevez is agreat film maker when he really cares about his subject. |
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Bottle Shock 2008  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Eliza Dushku, Bradley Whitford, Dennis Farina, Miguel Sandoval, Joe Regalbuto, Hal B. Klein, Kirk Baily, Philippe Bergeron, Mark Famiglietti
In 1976, British expatriate Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), now living in Paris where he owns a wine shop, sets up a wine competition. Having heard about California wines, Spurrier researches the wineries there and finds Jim Barret's (Bill Pullman) winery, Chateau Montelana. Jim's hippie son Bo (Chris Pine) isn't very interested in the family business, but Jim agrees to enter the contest, despite being suspicious that the contest is rigged in favor of the French. He brings his wine to Paris–and the rest is history when Napa Valley gains its reputation worldwide as a superior wine region. Based on a true story.
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 Chasing Papi 2003 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Linda Mendoza
Cast: Roselyn Sanchez, Sofia Vergara, Jaci Velasquez, Eduardo Verastegui, Lisa Vidal, D.L. Hughley, Freddy Rodriguez, Maria Conchita Alonso, Walter Mercado, Carlos Ponce
Unbeknownst to his fiancees, Papi (Jaci Velasquez) is engaged to three different women who live in three different cities. The deceit works well for Papi–until one weekend when the fiancees are advised by an astrologer to drop everything and meet Papi in L.A.
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 Dallas 362 2003 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Caan
Cast: Scott Caan, Jeff Goldblum, Shawn Hatosy, Kelly Lynch, Heavy D, Bob Gunton, Marley Shelton, Val Lauren, Selma Blair, Freddy Rodriguez, Isla Fisher, James Caan
Rusty (Shawn Hatosy) and best friend Dallas (Scott Caan) are headed down the path to destruction. Then, Rusty, with help from an analyst (Jeff Goldblum), turns onto a different path that leads to positive decisions. Dallas, meanwhile, continues in the wrong direction and tries to draw Rusty in with him.
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 Dead Presidents 1995  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Cast: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Rose Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, Freddy Rodriguez, Bokeem Woodbine, Martin Sheen, Alvaleta Guess, James Pickens Jr., Jenifer Lewis, Clifton Powell, Terrence Howard, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Anthony (Larenz Tate) leaves his Bronx neighborhood and joins the Marines to fight in Vietnam. When he returns after two tours in Vietnam, he finds his old neighborhood besieged by drugs, and he finds himself sucked into the criminal aspects of his environment when he joins in a plot to rob an armored car. 1 User Review
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| | see | Ahmad 02/23/2008 | | I love N'Bushe Wright |
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 2005  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Gatins
Cast: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Oded Fehr, Ken Howard, Holmes Osborne, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Antonio Albadran, Kayren Butler, John Moyer, Tommy Barnes
Horse trainer Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) and daughter Cale (Dakota Fanning) rehabilitate a horse with a broken leg and plan to race it in the Breeders' Cup. In the process, Ben is drawn closer to his wife, Lily (Elisabeth Shue); his father, Pop (Kris Kristofferson); and Cale as well. 1 User Review
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| | an endearing film for the whole family | findingavoice 01/14/2007 | This is one of those films that lifts one's spirits - - a joy with every viewing. As it explores the stresses within a family it creates a new connection among the principals as a result of the father's effort to save an injured horse and the daughter's love for and belief in both her father and the animal.
Everyone contributes to this cinematic delight, but Dakota Fanning and Kurt Russell provide the basic elements that make this unlikely success story a heartwarming experience. The horse is pretty special too. |
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story 2000  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, Mia Maestro, David Paymer, Charles S. Dutton, Tomas Milian, Freddy Rodriguez, Andy Mendez, Jose Zuniga, Felix David Manrique
This is the story of famed jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) who fled from Cuba to the U.S. with his family. An HBO production.
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Grindhouse 2007 R, 140 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Bruce Willis, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Parks, Hung Nguyen, Tom Savini, Carlos Gallardo
In this double bill, Robert Rodriguez's offering is "Planet Terror," which takes place in Texas where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The situation escalates when zombies fight to take over the human population. Quentin Tarantino presents "Death Proof"–a story about stunt-car driver Mike (Kurt Russell) who is now a psycho killer playing deadly vehicle games. But tables are turned when he targets four women on a road trip and gets more than he bargained for.
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Harsh Times 2006 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria Parker, Terry Crews, Noel Gugliemi, Chaka Forman, J.K. Simmons, Michael Monks, Tammy Trull, Emilio Rivera, Armando Riesco, Blue Mesquita
Jim Davis (Christian Bale) has recently returned from the Gulf War and settles into his old Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles while awaiting an opportunity to join the Los Angeles Police Department. The disturbed, angry Davis returns to his life as a petty thief after not getting the job, but now has an opportunity with Homeland Security. Will he clean up his act?
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Havoc 2005 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barbara Kopple
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matt O'Leary, Freddy Rodriguez, Laura San Giacomo, Mike Vogel, Raymond Cruz, Alexis Dziena, Channing Tatum, Luis Robledo, Sam Hennings
Wealthy teens–Allison (Anne Hathaway), Emily (Bijou Phillips), Sam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Toby (Mike Vogel)–copy the "gangsta lifestyle" of talk and dress. But they run into real trouble on a trip to East L.A. in search of drugs when they run into Mexican drug dealer Hector (Freddy Rodriguez). Wealthy White girls and LA street thugs just do not mix, and danger is sure to follow.
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 Lady in the Water 2006  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, M. Night Shyamalan, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris, Mary Beth Hurt, Noah Gray-Cabey, Joseph D. Reitman
After rescuing a "Narf" named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) from his apartment swimming pool, superintendent Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) learns that she is a nymph from a fairy tale who is trying to make her way back home. But, Story is being pursued by a "Scrunt" (a wolf that camouflages itself to look like a lawn). In an effort to help, Cleveland recruits his apartment tenants to protect Story from harm.
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Nothing Like the Holidays 2008 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alfredo De Villa
Cast: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Pena, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Ferlito, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Ramses Jimenez, Manny Perez, Alexander Bautista, Claudia Michelle Wallace, Manny Sosa, Cheryl Hamada
When a Puerto Rican family reunites at their parents home in Chicago for Christmas, family members–Iraq war veteran Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), his struggling actress sister Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito), lawyer brother Mauricio (John Leguizamo), and his workaholic wife Sarah (Debra Messing)–are told by their mother Anna (Elizabeth Pena) that she is divorcing their father Eduardo (Alfred Molina). This news causes the family to work together, and, in the process, they discover the true meaning of Christmas.
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 The Pest 1997  PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Miller
Cast: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodriguez, Aries Spears, Tammy Townsend, Joe Morton, Charles Hallahan, Tom McCleister, Ivonne Coll, Pat Skipper, Jorge Luis Abreu, Jennifer Broughton, Yau-Gene Chan, Judyann Elder
A con man (John Leguizamo) enters into a deal where, if he can survive a 24-hour deadly game in which he is the "prey" for a hunter (Jeffrey Jones), he will get $50,000–which he needs to pay off the Scottish mob.
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Planet Terror 2007 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Rebel Rodriguez, Bruce Willis, Naveen Andrews, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt, Hung Nguyen
An experimental nerve gas is released in Texas, and those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating zombies. They attack a Texas town where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The zombies are taking over, and Cherry is not the only victim. Now Cherry, armed with a machine-gun leg, and her ex-boyfriend Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) set off to stop the assault.
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 Poseidon 2006 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett, Jacinda Barrett, Andre Braugher, Mia Maestro, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodriguez, Kirk B.R. Woller, Gabriel Jarret
Good stunts and special effects highlight this disaster film about a capsized cruise ship in the North Atlantic Ocean. Survivors, led by John Dylan (Josh Lucas), trudge through twisted steel inside the upside-down ship in a desperate search for the means of escaping the wreckage.
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A Walk in the Clouds 1995 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfonso Arau
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Anthony Quinn, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Giancarlo Giannini, Angelica Aragon, Evangelina Elizondo, Freddy Rodriguez, Don Amendolia, Febronio Covarrubias, Alejandra Flores, Mary Pat Gleason, Juan Antonio Jimenez, Macon McCalman, Ivory Ocean, Gregory Paul Martin
This film is based on the 1942 Italian movie, "Four Steps in the Clouds." This time around, the story is set in California's Napa Valley in 1945. Keanu Reeves plays a World War II veteran, Paul Sutton, who poses as the husband of unwed, pregnant Victoria (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon). Victoria's father is Mexican-American winegrower Alberto Albertini (Giancarlo Giannini) who does not trust Paul even though her grandfather Don Pedro (Anthony Quinn) accepts him. Paul believes that if he sticks around for a few days and then leaves, he will be the bad one, and Alberto will vent his wrath on him instead of Victoria.
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| 1. Bobby (2006)
2. Bottle Shock (2008)
3. Chasing Papi (2003)
4. Dallas 362 (2003)
5. Dead Presidents (1995)
6. Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
7. For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
8. Grindhouse (2007)
9. Harsh Times (2006)
10. Havoc (2005)
11. Lady in the Water (2006)
12. Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
13. The Pest (1997)
14. Planet Terror (2007)
15. Poseidon (2006)
16. A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
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