21 2008  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Donna Lows, Butch Williams, Jeffrey Ma
Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior Ben (Jim Sturgess) needs money to pay for medical school next year at Harvard. He finds the answer to his problem through math Professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) who has cracked the code for winning at blackjack. Ben joins a group from MIT who, using fake I.D.s, head for Las Vegas to beat the odds. All goes well–until the casino's enforcer Cole Williams (Laurence Fishbourne) realizes that there is a problem involving the gambling and determines to expose the scam. Based on a true story.
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Adventureland 2009  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margarita Levieva, Jack Gilpin, Josh Pais, Wendie Malick, Mary Birdsong, Matt Bush, Paige Howard, Dan Bittner, Ryan Reynolds, Kelsey Ford
James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has just graduated from college and learns that he must give up a planned trip to Europe because his parents (Jack Gilpin and Wendie Malick) are hit with the 1987 recession and cannot afford the trip. Instead, James finds work at a local amusement park, Adventureland, in an effort to save money for grad school. Life isn't great, until James makes friends with co-workers Joel (Martin Starr) and Mike (Ryan Reynolds). But the one who really makes a difference in James' life is another co-worker Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart) with whom he falls in love. Now life is looking much better.
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 Barcelona 1994 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Whit Stillman
Cast: Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, Mira Sorvino, Jack Gilpin, Pep Munne, Nuria Badia, Thomas Gibson
Spain in general, Barcelona in particular, is the setting for this drama that contains romance and intrigue during the Cold War. It is the story of two American cousins (Taylor Nichols and Chris Eigeman) whose lives are touched by anti-American zealots and terrorists in Barcelona.
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The Dream Team 1989   PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Jack Gilpin
This is a confusing film about some mental hospital patients who solve a murder case involving their doctor, who has witnessed a murder. Could be better, but good cast gets the job done.
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Funny Farm 1988 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith-Osborne, Kevin O'Morrison, Joseph Maher, Jack Gilpin, Brad Sullivan, MacIntyre Dixon, Caris Corfman, William Severs, Mike Starr
This entertaining comedy is about a writer and his wife who move to rural Vermont. The purpose of the change of pace is to enable the writer to find peace and quiet as he creates his new book. What they discover is that rural living has unique problems that are unsuspected by the couple.
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The Juror 1996 R, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Brian Gibson
Cast: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Heche, James Gandolfini, Lindsay Crouse, Tony Lo Bianco, Matt Craven, Michael Constantine, Jack Gilpin
Based on George Dawes Green's novel, this suspenseful story involves a single mother serving on the jury for a Mafia member's trial. The mob quickly makes her understand that the road to her young son's safety lies in a vote of "innocent."
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The Life Before Her Eyes 2008 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Vadim Perelman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Gabrielle Brennan, Brett Cullen, Oscar Isaac, Jack Gilpin, Maggie Lacy, John Magaro, Lynn Cohen, Nathalie Paulding, Molly Price, James Urbaniak
Seventeen-year-old Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) and her friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) have direct opposite personalities. Maureen is a devout church goer, while Diana lives on the wild side. One day, a classmate holds them at gun point in a bathroom at school and demands that they tell him which one he should shoot. Skip ahead 15 years, and Diana (now played by Uma Thurman) is married to Paul (Brett Cullen), and they have a young daughter, Emma (Gabrielle Brennan). But Diana is haunted by survivor's guilt and has never gotten over the tragedy. Matters grow worse as the anniversary of that fateful day draws near, and another problem from Diana's past enters the picture.
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Lifebreath 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Last Breath
Director: P.J. Posner
Cast: Luke Perry, Francie Swift, Gia Carides, Gary Basaraba, Jack Gilpin, Lisa Gay Hamilton, David Margulies, Matt McGrath, Hillary Bailey Smith, Karen Shallo, Diane Kagan, Maureen Shannon
Chrystie (Francie Swift) suffers from cystic fibrosis and requires a new set of lungs. Finding a donor is made more difficult by the fact that Chrystie has a rare blood type. Her husband, Marty (Luke Perry), desparately searches for a donor and finds Gale (Gia Carides) with whom he starts an affair. Chrystie fnds out about the affair and, furthermore, figures out that Marty intends to murder Gale for her lungs.
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Quick Change 1990 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray
Cast: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Jack Gilpin, Phil Hartman, Stanley Tucci, Bob Elliott, Bill Raymond, Victor Argo, Tony Shalhoub, Garry Goodrow
Grimm, Phyllis, and Loomis (Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid) find that robbing a bank is relatively easy compared to the getaway. This movie, adapted from the 1981 novel by Jay Cronley, is a fast-paced, humorous film that has one wondering what will go wrong next.
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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 1987  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Robert Carradine, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Curtis Armstrong, Donald Gibb, Ed Lauter, Anthony Edwards, James Hong, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford, Barry Sobel, Tom Hodges, Jack Gilpin, Priscilla Lopez
The United Fraternity Council is meeting at Fort Lauderdale, and, once again, those cool jocks of Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Roger (Bradley Whitford), try to put down the nerds–Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine), Dudley "Booger" Dawson (Curtis Armstrong), Lamar Latrelle (Larry B. Scott), Arnold Poindexter (Timothy Busfield), and Harold Wormser (Andrew Cassese)–of Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity. What are the odds that the nerds' skill and cunning will once again win the game?
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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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She-Devil 1989 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles, A Martinez, Bryan Larkin, Mary Louise Wilson, Maria Pitillo, Jack Gilpin
Taken from Fay Weldon's novel, "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil," this movie is about a frumpy housewife (Roseanne) who plots to upset her husband's (Ed Begley Jr.) affair with a self-centered romance novelist (Meryl Streep).
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Something Wild 1986 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Jack Gilpin, Robert Ridgely, Tracey Walter, Adelle Lutz, Charles Napier, John Sayles
Charlie (Jeff Daniels) is a conservative businessman who hooks up with wild Lulu (Melanie Griffith). Soon, the couple is on the run, and when they meet up with Lulu's ex-con husband (Ray Liotta), the plot shifts to the relationship between Charlie and the husband.
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White Mile 1994 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Alan Alda, Peter Gallagher, Robert Loggia, Bruce Altman, Fionnula Flanagan, Jack Gilpin, Dakin Matthews, Don McManus, Ken Jenkins, Robert Picardo, Max Wright, Tim Choate
After advertising executive Dan Cutler (Alan Alda) arranges a white-water rafting trip for his employees and friends, what starts out as a bonding experience turns deadly when the raft capsizes and some of the boaters are killed. A court battle ensues, brought about by a widow of one of the victims. Based on a true story.
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| 1. 21 (2008)
2. Adventureland (2009)
3. Barcelona (1994)
4. The Dream Team (1989)
5. Funny Farm (1988)
6. The Juror (1996)
7. The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
8. Lifebreath (1997)
aka: Last Breath
9. Quick Change (1990)
10. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
11. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
12. She-Devil (1989)
13. Something Wild (1986)
14. White Mile (1994)
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