 The Associate 1996  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Austin Pendleton, Lainie Kazan, Donald Trump, Billy Jaye, Helen Hanft
Overtly based on the "Tootsie" premise, Whoopi Goldberg plays "Cutty"–a figment of Laurel's (also Goldberg) imagination. Disguised as a man, Laurel is able to gain respect as a financial analyst on Wall Street. Goldberg is funny, the cast is great, and while the story errs in the premise that women get no respect on Wall Street, it does provide good entertainment.
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Clinton and Nadine 1988   TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Blood Money: The Story of Clinton and Nadine
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Michael Lombard, John C. McGinley, Brad Sullivan, Alan North, Bill Raymond, Anthony Correa, Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Helen Hanft
While looking for his brother's murderer, small-time smuggler Clinton (Andy Garcia) seeks help from call-girl Nadine (Ellen Barkin}. The couple gets more than they bargained for when they become involved in gun-smuggling to support the Contras in Nicaragua.
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 Dummy 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Greg Pritikin
Cast: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris, Mirabella Pisani, Helen Hanft, Richmond Hoxie, Adam LeFevre, Poppi Kramer, Joanne Bayes, John Elsen, Tom Plotkin
Although it has been 10 years since his high-school graduation, Steven (Adrien Brody) still lives at his dysfunctional family's home. Jobless, he spends time as a ventriloquist talking to his dummy. His only friend, Fangora (Milla Jovovich), wants to be a punk rocker. But, together they join in self-discoveries about their roles in life and attain more than once was thought possible.
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Fever 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alex Winter
Cast: Henry Thomas, David O'Hara, Teri Hatcher, Bill Duke, Sandor Tecsy, Irma St. Paule, Marisol Padilla Sanchez, Patricia Dunnock, Helen Hanft, Remak Ramsey
Struggling artist Nick Parker (Henry Thomas) has much to worry about: he is a suspect in his landlord's vicious murder. As if that was not enough, Nick now has come down with a fever that is causing hallucinations, which may represent real events.
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I.Q. 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau, Charles Durning, Lou Jacobi, Gene Saks, Joseph Maher, Stephen Fry, Frank Whaley, Tony Shalhoub, Keene Curtis, Alice Playten, Danny Zorn, Helen Hanft
With Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau) playing Cupid, Catherine Boyd (Meg Ryan) and Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) find each other in this romantic comedy. Ed starts out as an automobile mechanic (great looks–not so great mentality), but Einstein tutors him so that he can impress mathematician Catherine. It works.
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 Moonstruck 1987  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello, John Mahoney, Julie Bovasso, Louis Guss, Joe Grifasi, Anita Gillette, Leonardo Cimino, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Nada Despotovich, Helen Hanft, Robin Bartlett
Loretta (Cher) is a superstitious woman who feels that bad luck has caused her tragedies in life. She accepts Johnny Commarari's (Danny Aiello) marriage proposal because she wants the security of a husband. After Johnny leaves for a trip to Sicily to visit his dying mother, Loretta meets his brother Ronny (Nicholas Cage), and she finds the great love of her life. Cher and Olympia Dukakis (in the role of Loretta's mother) won Oscars for this film, as did the Writing-Screenplay. Nominations were received for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Vincent Gardenia as Loretta's father) and Director.
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| 1. The Associate (1996)
2. Clinton and Nadine (1988)
aka: Blood Money: The Story of Clinton and Nadine
3. Dummy (2003)
4. Fever (1999)
5. I.Q. (1994)
6. Moonstruck (1987)
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