 101 Dalmatians 1996  G, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, John Shrapnel, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Fraser, Zohren Weiss, Mark Haddigan, Michael Percival, John Evans, Frank Welker, Bill Stewart
In this live-action remake of the classic Disney animated film, Dalmatians Pongo and Perdy meet at the park, and their owners Roger (Jeff Daniels) and Anita (Joely Richardson) fall in love and marry. Pongo and Perdy are also attracted to each other and soon become parents of 15 Dalmatian puppies. Meanwhile, Anita's boss Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close), who already has 84 Dalmatians, wants to purchase Anita's dogs to make a coat of Dalmatian fur. When Anita refuses the offer, Cruella sends her henchmen Jasper (Hugh Laurie) and Horace (Mark Williams) to kidnap the Dalmatians. Will Pongo and Perdy be able to save the day and prevent Cruella's plans for coat making with the 101 Dalmatians?
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The Borrowers 1997  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Tom Felton, Aden Gillett, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce, Celia Imrie
Pod, Arrietty, Peagreen, and Homily Clock are members of a family of Borrowers (four-inch high people who live under the floorboards of the Lender's home). When the diabolical lawyer, Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) swindles the Lenders out of their inherited house and plans to build luxury apartments in its stead, the Borrowers plot to expose Potter for what he is and return the home to the Lenders.
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 Cousin Bette 1998 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Des McAnuff
Cast: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Kelly Macdonald, Aden Young, Geraldine Chaplin
Set in 19th-century France, this is the story of a poor seamstress, Bette (Jessica Lange)–the black sheep of her family who is spurned by her relatives. She exacts her revenge with the help of a courtesan, Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth Shue), and destroys those who earlier scorned her.
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 Flight of the Phoenix 2004  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Moore
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Tony Curran, Sticky Fingaz, Jacob Vargas, Hugh Laurie, Scott Michael Campbell, Kevork Malikyan, Jared Padalecki, Paul Ditchfield
In this remake of the 1966 film, Dennis Quaid plays Captain Frank Towns who pilots a cargo plane filled with oil workers that crashes in the desert. With no immediate hope of being rescued, the crew makes a plane out of metal scraps in an effort to rescue themselves.
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Girl from Rio 2001 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Monger
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Vanessa Nunes, Santiago Segura, Lia Williams, Patrick Barlow, Nelson Xavier, Hugh Lloyd, John Junkin, Paul Jerrico, Julio Levi
After discovering that his wife, Cathy (Lia Williams), is having an affair with his bank boss (Patrick Barlow), Raymond (Hugh Laurie) robs money from his bank and heads for Rio with plans to dance the Samba with his favorite dancer, Orlinda (Vanessa Nunes). But, Rio is where his problems REALLY heat up.
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 The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Randall Wallace
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud, Judith Godreche, Edward Atterton, Peter Sarsgaard, Hugh Laurie, David Lowe, Brigitte Boucher
In this rendition of Alexandre Dumas' story, Aramis (Jeremy Irons), Athos (John Malkovich), and Porthos (Gerard Depardieu) plot to save France by putting the imprisoned Philippe on the throne of France–Philippe is the unknown twin brother of King Louis (Leonardo DiCaprio plays both Louis and Philippe). But to succeed in their mission, they must outwit D'Artagnan (Gabriel Byrne) who will protect his king at all cost.
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 Maybe Baby 2000 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ben Elton
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Joely Richardson, Adrian Lester, James Purefoy, Emma Thompson, Tom Hollander, Joanna Lumley, Rowan Atkinson, Matthew Macfadyen, Yasmin Bannerman
Lucy Bell (Joely Richardson) wants desperately to have a baby, and her husband, Sam (Hugh Laurie), is eager to oblige. But, Sam takes things a big step over the line when he writes a script about Lucy's experiences–without Lucy's consent!
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Monsters vs. Aliens 2009 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Colbert, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd, Julie White, Jeffrey Tambor, Renee Zellweger, Amy Poehler, Ed Helms, John Kransinski, Sean Bishop
This 3-D animated adventure begins with bride Susan Murphy ( voice of Reese Witherspsoon) preparing for her wedding to TV weatherman Derek Dietl (voice of Paul Rudd). Outside the church, Susan is hit by a meteor, and, instantly, she begins to grow to the enormous size of 50 feet tall. Military helicopters arrive on the scene, swoop her up, and deliver her to a government prison for monsters. Susan is given the new name of Ginormica (voice of Witherspoon), and is welcomed by the other imprisoned monsters–insect-headed Dr. Cockroach (voice of Hugh Laurie), blobish B.O.B. (voice of Seth Rogen), and half-human/half-fish Missing Link (voice of Will Arnett)–welcome her. Susan is doomed to spend her life in the prison–until an evil alien, Galaxhar (voice of Rainn Wilson), threatens to conquer Earth. Now, Gen. W.R. Monger (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) convinces the President (voice of Stephen Colbert) to promise the monsters their freedom if they can defeat Galaxhar and his army of clones and robots.
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Peter's Friends 1992 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rita Rudner, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briers, Alex Scott, Phyllida Law, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Edward Jewesbury, Hetta Charnley, Ann Davies, Alex Lowe
When Peter (Stephen Fry) inherits an estate in the English countryside, he invites his friends from Cambridge University to visit. It has been 10 years since they were all together, and their revelations and new thoughts on how to live their lives fill the weekend. By the end of the reunion, many issues have been discussed, but when Peter shares his secret that he has been found HIV positive, all are shocked.
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 Sense and Sensibility 1995  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, Imogen Stubbs, Emilie Francois, Harriet Walter, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Gemma Jones, Robert Hardy, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie
Jane Austen's tale is brought to the screen in this witty film with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Emma Thompson. It is the story of an attempt by the women of the Dashwood family to balance sense with sensibility in 19th-century British society. When they are left with nothing because the estate passed to the eldest son, sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) is the daughter who sees the farce of courtship to attain social status through marriage. In addition to the Oscar, the film had six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet).
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Strapless 1989 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Hare
Cast: Blair Brown, Bruno Ganz, Bridget Fonda, Alan Howard, Michael Gough, Hugh Laurie, Camille Coduri, Imogen Annesley, Suzanne Burden, Rohan McCullough
Dr. Lillian Hempel (Blair Brown) is an American doctor who marries a man (Bruno Ganz) while on vacation in Lisbon. When her younger sister, Amy (Bridget Fonda), visits the newlyweds at home in London, Lillian starts rethinking her marriage.
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Street Kings 2008  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Cedric the Entertainer, Jay Mohr, Terry Crews, Naomie Harris, Common, The Game, Amaury Nolasco, Michael Monks, Clifton Powell, Noel Gugliemi
Los Angeles Police Detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is under investigation by Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie) for adding corpses to his body count. Meanwhile, his former partner Terry Washington (Terry Crews) is murdered, and Ludlow's supervisor Captain Wander (Forest Whitaker) is trying to tell him to let the matter go and forget about it. Instead, Ludlow teams up with young homicide Detective Paul Diskant (Chris Evans) to track down the killers and bring them to justice in his own unique way.
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 Stuart Little 1999 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Julia Sweeney, Nathan Lane, Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, Estelle Getty, Dabney Coleman, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, David Alan Grier, Stan Freberg, Jeffrey Jones
Based on one of E.B. White's children's classics, this is the light-hearted adventure of a mouse, Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), that is adopted by the Little family of NYC. Stuart must overcome obstacles along the way that include his major nemesis, the family cat, Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane).
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 Stuart Little 2 2002 PG, 76 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Anna Hoelck, Ashley Hoelck, Nathan Lane, Melanie Griffith, Steve Zahn, James Woods, Marc John Jefferies, Angelo Massagli, Brad Garrett, Jim Doughan
Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox) and his now friend and cohort, Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane), come to the rescue when bird-friend Margalo (voice of Melanie Griffith) vanishes from the Little's family home.
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 Valiant 2005  G, 78 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Gary Chapman
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, John Hurt, Pip Torrens, Rik Mayall, Olivia Williams
Valiant (voice of Ewan McGregor), a small pigeon, joins the Royal Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. Following boot camp, Valiant finds romance and, later, enemy fire when his unit of pigeons steals secret plans and saves an imprisoned pigeon (voice of John Cleese).
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| 1. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
2. The Borrowers (1997)
3. Cousin Bette (1998)
4. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
5. Girl from Rio (2001)
6. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
7. Maybe Baby (2000)
8. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
9. Peter's Friends (1992)
10. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
11. Strapless (1989)
12. Street Kings (2008)
13. Stuart Little (1999)
14. Stuart Little 2 (2002)
15. Valiant (2005)
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