 Against All Odds 1984  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Swoosie Kurtz, Dorian Harewood, Saul Rubinek, Pat Corley, Bill McKinney, Allen Williams, Tamara Stafford, Jon St. Elwood, Sam Scarber
Based on the 1947 film "Out of the Past," a love triangle develops when a gambling man, Jake Wise (James Woods), hires injured football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) to track down his missing girlfriend, Jessie (Rachel Ward), in Mexico. Once Terry finds Jessie in Cozumel, he falls in love with her. But, there is more to Jessie than meets the eye, and there's also a lot of plot out there besides the obvious.
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Alex & the Gypsy 1976  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Love and Other Crimes
Alex and the Gypsy
Director: John Korty
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Genevieve Bujold, James Woods, Gino Ardito, Robert Emhardt, Titos Vandis, Joe Flaherty, Todd Martin, Frank Doubleday, Clyde Kusatsu
Alexander Main (Jack Lemmon) is a bail bondsman who is obsessed with gypsy Maritza (Genevieve Bujold). Even though she dumped him, he comes to her aid when she is accused of murder.
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An American Carol 2008 PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Trace Adkins, Geoffrey Arend, Robert Davi, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Jon Voight, Serdar Kalsin, Gary Coleman, David Alan Grier, Paris Hilton, Gail O'Grady, Chriss Anglin
In this satire on the career of liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Kevin P. Farley takes on the role of filmmaker Michael Malone who wants to abolish the Fourth of July holiday. He is visited by his idol John Kennedy's ghost (Chriss Anglin) who tells him that he will be visited by ghosts–including those of George Washington (Jon Voight) and General George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer)–whose appearances will show him that the American military and patriotism are good.
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Another Day in Paradise 1998 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Clark
Cast: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner, James Otis, Paul Hipp, Brent Briscoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Kim Flowers, Branden Williams
Based on ex-con Eddie Little's novel, this is a story about people who depend on sex and drugs to get them through the day. The plot revolves around two couples–Mel (James Woods) & Sid (Melanie Griffith) and Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) & Rosie (Natasha Wagner)–who, after Bobbie is physically beaten, form a dysfunctional family of unredemptive souls.
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Any Given Sunday 1999 R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Lauren Holly, Charlton Heston, Ann - Margret, Matthew Modine, LL Cool J, Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Bellamy, Andrew Bryniarski, Lela Rochon
Professional football fills the screen in Oliver Stone's depiction of the sport's violent struggles brought on by the pressure of winning. Miami Sharks quarterback Cap Rooney (Dennis Quaid) is injured, and Coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino) pulls Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench to replace him. Willie excels and becomes a star player, which gives the new owner of the Sharks, Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), the incentive to place pressures on D'Amato to win at any cost.
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The Black Marble 1980  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, James Woods, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley, Judy Landers
Joseph Wambaugh's screenplay provides good entertainment as he, once again, presents a police story. This time around, two cops, Valmikov (Robert Foxworth) and Natalie Zimmermann (Paula Prentiss), fall for each other while pursuing a dognapper.
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The Boost 1988 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, Kelle Kerr, John Rothman, Amanda Blake, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Poppel, Fred McCarren, Suzanne Kent, Zina Bethune
This film chronicles the rise and fall of loving couple Lenny and Linda (James Woods and Sean Young). Fast-talking, NYC hustler Lenny strikes it big as a real estate tycoon, but with success comes a severe drug addiction problem for both. A good effort by Woods.
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 Casino 1995 R, 171 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, Pasquale Cajano, Vinny Vella, Joseph Rigano, John Bloom, Melissa Prophet
Accomplished gambler Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), who plays by the rules, enters the mob-controlled Las Vegas scene in the 1970s when he becomes an operator of the Tangiers Casino. His best friend, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), is a Mafia under-boss who robs locals and cheats his way to the top of the gambling world. Now, Las Vegas hustler Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) becomes part of their lives when Ace falls in love with her. This leads to the downfall of Ace, Ginger, and Nicky as they seek new heights in the world of drugs and violence. The message of this film is that greed, lust, and corruption lie just below the surface glitz that is Las Vegas.
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Cat's Eye 1985 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Alan King, Robert Hays, James Naughton, Charles S. Dutton, James Woods, Kenneth McMillan, Candy Clark, Patricia Kalember, Tony Munafo, Russell Horton, James Rebhorn, John Francis Dillon, Sal Richards, Jesse Doran
In this trilogy written by Stephen King, a mysterious cat links the stories together. The first story involves a chain-smoker (James Woods) and his treatment by a sadistic doctor (Alan King). The second story is about a gambler (Kenneth McMillan) and how he deals with the man (Robert Hays) who he is sure has been sleeping with his wife. And, the third story centers around a young girl (Drew Barrymore) who is being terrorized by a troll. Good special effects.
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 Chaplin 1992 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rhys, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, James Woods, John Thaw, Moira Kelly, Maria Pitillo, Milla Jovovich, Kevin Dunn
Screen pioneer Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr.) discusses events of his life with his editor George Hayden (Anthony Hopkins) concerning his professional as well as his controversial personal life–as covered in Chaplin's autobiography. Through flashbacks, Chaplin's childhood in London, his vaudeville days, many marriages, and accusations of anti-American sentiments are told in this enjoyable film, which features Chaplin's real-life daughter Geraldine in the role of his mentally ill mother Hannah.
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The Choirboys 1977   R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Clyde Kusatsu, Stephen Macht, Tim McIntire, Randy Quaid, Don Stroud, James Woods, Robert Webber
Based on a Joseph Wambaugh novel, this story, naturally, is about LA cops. But, this film deviates so widely from the book that Wambaugh disavowed the film version. Foul and obnoxious and a waste of all that talent. 1 User Review
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| | Cruel | Me 02/28/2007 | Ugly and boring and very cruel film.
Based on a Joseph Wambaugh novel, this story, naturally, is about LA cops. But, this film deviates so widely from the book that Wambaugh disavowed the film version. Foul and obnoxious and a waste of all that talent
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Citizen Cohn 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders, Lee Grant, Frederic Forrest, Pat Hingle, John McMartin, Josef Sommer, Daniel Benzali
This made-for-HBO film tells the story of Roy Cohn (James Woods), Senator Joseph McCarthy's right-hand man and chief counsel during the 1950s. This was the time when McCarthy and Cohn promoted the "Red Scare" as they hunted down Communists. Cohn used this notoriety to his advantage in his career. Now, as he lies dying of AIDS, he reflects on his life.
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 Contact 1997  PG, 150 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, David Morse, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jena Malone, Geoffrey Blake, Sami Chester, Timothy McNeil, Laura Elena Surillo, Max Martini
All of her life, Ellie Arroway has been hoping to receive a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence that will prove there is another world out there. Now, as an adult researcher, Ellie (Jodie Foster) discovers a signal from outer space that gives instructions for building and piloting a space craft as the means for communicating with the aliens. With financial help from multi-millionaire S.F. Hadden (John Hurt), Ellie sets out to contact the message's source. Based on astronomer Carl Sagan's 1985, thought-provoking bestseller.
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Diggstown 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, Heather Graham, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Marshall Bell, Cyndi James Gossett, Thomas Wilson Brown, Duane Davis
Gabriel Caine (James Woods) and "Honey" Roy Palmer (Louis Gossett Jr.) pair up as con men who set up the ultimate scam on John Gillon (Bruce Dern), the owner of Diggstown. The deal–Palmer can win 10 boxing matches in 24 hours.
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Dirty Pictures 2000 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Leon Pownall, David Huband, Judah Katz, R.D. Reid, Matt North, Allegra Fulton, Muzzi Michele
Protection of the First Amendment is the subject of this docudrama, which reenacts the 1990 trial of Cincinnati museum director Dennis Barrie (James Woods). Barrie was prosecuted for exhibiting the sexually explicit photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. An interesting examination of the museum's right to use controversial art in its exhibition.
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Eyewitness 1981 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, James Woods, Christopher Plummer, Irene Worth, Pamela Reed, Steven Hill, Kenneth McMillan, Morgan Freeman
When a television reporter (Sigourney Weaver) investigates a murder, she interviews the janitor (William Hurt) who happened upon the murder. Unbeknownst to the reporter, the janitor has been an overzealous fan of hers. To keep in contact, he pretends to know more about the murder than he does, thus throwing himself into the murder investigation.
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Fallen Angels, Volume 1 1993 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Cruise
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Alan Rickman, Diane Lane, James Woods, Tim Matheson, Peter Gallagher, Gary Busey
This is the first part of a two-part anthology series based on 1940s literature. All three stories are set in Los Angeles during the World War II era of tough, hard-living characters. In this part of the series, Tom Cruise makes his directorial debut in "The Fighting Frammis." Other stories are "Since I Don't Have You" and "Murder Obliquely."
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi
Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Cast: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Keith David, Jean Simmons, Matt McKenzie
This animated film is a video game brought to the screen. It is the year 2065, and alien phantoms are set to invade Earth. But they must reckon with a scientist, Dr. Aki Ross (Ming-Na), who teams up with the Deep Eyes military squadron led by Captain Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin). Aki, Edwards, and Aki's mentor, Dr. Sid (Donald Sutherland), work for a peaceful end to the problem. Meanwhile, alien hater General Hein (James Woods) has other plans.
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The Gambler 1974 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Morris Carnovsky, Burt Young, Stuart Margolin, M. Emmet Walsh, Vic Tayback, James Woods
A gambling addict (James Caan), who cannot be convinced that he has an illness, suffers when his family refuses to come to his aid, and he is forced to deal with the vindictive world of loan sharks.
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 The General's Daughter 1999 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon West
Cast: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Leslie Stefanson, Daniel von Bargen, Clarence Williams III, James Woods, Peter Weireter, Boyd Kestner
When General Campbell's (James Cromwell) daughter, Elisabeth (Leslie Stefanson), is found brutally murdered on the Army base, Paul Brenner (John Travolta) and Sarah Sunhill (Madeleine Stowe) are assigned to investigate the case.
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The Getaway 1994  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burton Gilliam, Royce D. Applegate, Alex Colon, Daniel Villarreal, Scott McKenna, Justin Williams
In this violent film–a remake of the 1972 movie–gangster Jack Benyon (James Woods) arranges for Doc McCoy's (Alex Baldwin) release from a Mexican jail after making a deal with Doc's wife Carol (Kim Basinger). The deal involves Doc holding up an Arizona race track, and Doc, along with Rudy (Michael Madsen) and Frank (Philip Seymour Hoffman), pulls off the heist. But, problems follow, and Doc and Carol try to escape to Mexico with their stolen million dollars.
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Ghosts of Mississippi 1996 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Susanna Thompson, Virginia Madsen, William H. Macy, Lucas Black, Joseph Tello, Alexa Vega
This pretty good film unravels the story of prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter's (Alec Baldwin) unfailing efforts to win a conviction against racist Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods) for the premeditated murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evars in June 1963.
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The Gift of Love 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Marie Osmond, Timothy Bottoms, David Wayne, James Woods, Anne Ramsey, Bethel Leslie, June Lockhart, Donald Moffat, Sondra West, Robert Pierce, Fred Stuthman, Peggy Rea
Poor, Swiss immigrant Rudi Miller (Timothy Bottoms) and upper-class Beth Atherton (Marie Osmond) meet; fall in love; and, despite the odds, live happily ever after.
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The Hard Way 1991 R, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Penny Marshall, John Capodice, Luis Guzman, LL Cool J, Delroy Lindo, Christina Ricci, Mary Mara, Conrad Roberts, George Cheung, Frank Geraci, Sophie Maletsky
A pampered actor, Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), wants to play a cop in his next movie. In order to research the role, he teams up with a real-life cop, Detective John Moss (James Woods). John happens to be on the trail of a serial killer when Nick meets him and uses the case for Nick's research. Lots of action and laughs.
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Hercules 1997 G, 93 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Cast: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Rip Torn, Danny DeVito, Bob Goldthwait, Matt Frewer, Samantha Eggar, Hal Holbrook, Barbara Barrie, Josh Keaton, Amanda Plummer, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Charlton Heston
Hercules (voice of Tate Donovan) and Hades (voice of James Woods) fight to the death–ala Disney Studios' animation, and Greek mythology will never be the same.
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Holocaust 1978 TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods
This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along–until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany.
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John Q. 2002 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Anne Heche, Eddie Griffin, Shawn Hatosy, Ray Liotta, Daniel E. Smith, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Obba Babatunde, Ron Annabelle, Ethan Suplee, Jay Leno, Larry King
John Quincy Archibald's (Denzel Washington) medical insurance will not cover a heart transplant. He seeks revenge and takes over the emergency room of a hospital that has refused a heart transplant for his 14-year-old son Mike (Daniel E. Smith). Hostage negotiators call on Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) to diffuse the situation.
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Kicked in the Head 1997 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Harrison
Cast: Kevin Corrigan, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, James Woods, Burt Young, Olek Krupa, Bianca Bakija, Sol Frieder, Gary Perez
Uncle Sam (James Woods) sends shiftless Redmond (Kevin Corrigan) on a drug delivery, which goes awry and takes Redmond further into the underworld. Saving graces in this film are Megan (Linda Fiorentino) and tough-guy Stretch (Michael Rapaport).
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Night Moves 1975 R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Ed Binns, Harris Yulin, Melanie Griffith, Susan Clark, Kenneth Mars, James Woods, John Crawford, Max Gail
Loser private eye Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) uncovers a smuggling operation while on a routine missing-person investigation.
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Nixon 1995 R, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Paul Sorvino, James Woods, J.T. Walsh, Bob Hoskins, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, David Paymer, Tony Goldwyn, Mary Steenburgen, E.G. Marshall, David Hyde Pierce, Brian Bedford, Kevin Dunn
This Oliver Stone film journeys from Richard Nixon's (Anthony Hopkins) law-school days, through his marriage to Pat (Joan Allen), to his Presidency, and then through his fateful fall from the highest office in the land. Academy Award nominations were received by Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor) and Joan Allen (Best Supporting Actress).
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 Northfork 2003 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: James Woods, Mark Polish, Nick Nolte, Duel Farnes, Daryl Hannah, Claire Forlani, Robin Sachs, Anthony Edwards, Ben Foster, Graham Beckel, Peter Coyote, Josh Barker
The year is 1955, and engineers have constructed a new dam near the small town of Northfork, Montana. Now–48 hours before flooding is scheduled for their community–the few remaining residents must face the fact that time is running out.
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 Once Upon a Time in America 1984  R, 226 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Danny Aiello, William Forsythe, Richard Bright
Mid-1900s' Jewish gangsters in New York City is the theme of this movie, which, after a confusing beginning, becomes an effective vehicle for Robert De Niro. The plot finally takes off when a briefcase filled with money is found, and the real story begins. This is the "full" version, which is significantly better than the one originally released which had been chopped to a point that it often didn't make sense. 1 User Review
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| | siscopop 06/18/2007 | | One of the grates movies ever made |
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The Onion Field 1979 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: John Savage, Ted Danson, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ronny Cox, Dianne Hull, David Huffman, Christopher Lloyd, Priscilla Pointer, Richard Venture, Ned Wilson
Based on Joseph Wambaugh's book about cop killers using the California legal system to their advantage, this psychological drama is riveting.
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Pretty Persuasion 2005 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marcos Siega
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Ron Livingston, Elisabeth Harnois, Adi Schnall, Jane Krakowski, Selma Blair, Danny Comden, Stark Sands, Jaime King, Alex Desert, Mike Erwin
After English teacher Mr. Anderson (Ron Livingston) takes her out of the lead role in the play at her elite Beverly Hills private school, Kimberly (Evan Rachel Wood) gets aid from her friends, Randa (Adi Schnall) and Brittany (Elisabeth Harnois), in framing him for sexual harassment.
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Race to Space 2001 104 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: James Woods, Alex D. Linz, Annabeth Gish, William Devane, William Atherton, Barry Corbin, Mark Moses, Patrick Richwood, Wesley Mann, John O'Hurley
Based loosely on the U.S. efforts to put a man in space, this is the story of a boy (Alex D. Linz) and his trials and victories as he grows up in his new environment with a famous father (James Woods), a former German scientist who now leads the NASA space efforts.
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Raid on Entebbe 1977 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Dinah Manoff, James Woods, Sylvia Sidney
This film is about the Israeli raid on July 4, 1976, to free Jewish hostages being held in Uganda.
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 Riding in Cars with Boys 2001 PG-13, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, James Woods, Sara Gilbert, Desmond Harrington, David Moscow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rosie Perez, Peter Facinelli, Mika Boorem, Vincent Pastore, Maryann Urbano
Beverly (Drew Barrymore), a promising high-school student in 1968, learned she was pregnant, quit school, and married the father (Steve Zahn). Now, 20 years later, after a failed marriage and major conflicts with her son, Jason (Adam Garcia), she is ready to publish her memoirs. Director Penny Marshall goes for the humor instead of the pathos in this story. It works.
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Salvador 1986 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, John Doe, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernandez, Salvador Sanchez
Richard Boyle (James Woods) is a down-on-his-luck photojournalist who joins his disc-jockey friend Dr. Rock (Jim Belushi) on a car trip to El Salvador in 1980 to cover the war. Boyle forms uneasy alliances with both the guerillas and the right-wing military and realizes that the U.S. press is not adequately reporting the situation. Meanwhile, Boyle falls in love with a Salvadorian, Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), and must find the means to get her out of the country alive. This is based on a true story and conveys the excitement of the time. Woods was nominated for an Oscar.
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Scary Movie 2 2001 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Kathleen Robertson, Tori Spelling, Chris Elliott, Tim Curry, James Woods, Natasha Lyonne
One year after Shorty (Marlon Wayans), Ray (Shawn Wayans), Cindy (Anna Faris), and Brenda (Regina Hall) survived their original ordeal, they are once again confronted with a "Scary" situation. As college freshman, their class assignment is to spend the weekend in a haunted mansion.
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 The Specialist 1994 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Luis Llosa
Cast: Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger, James Woods, Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Sergio Dore Jr., Chase Randolph, Jeana Bell, Brittany Paige Bouck, Emilio Estefan Jr., LaGaylia Frazier, Tony Munafo, Ramon Gonzalez Cuevas, Cheito Quinonez
When she was a child twenty years ago, May Munro (Sharon Stone) witnessed her parents' murders. Now, she wants revenge and calls on Ray Quick (Sylvester Stallone) to avenge her parents' deaths. Ray is a former CIA bomb expert, and the target of May's revenge is Miami drug kingpin Joe Leon's (Rod Steiger) son Tomas (Eric Roberts). Ray agrees, but complications ensue after he kills Tomas and two others involved in May's parents' murders. Ray's former CIA colleague Ned Trent (James Woods) has ties to Joe, and Joe assigns him to track down the man who killed Tomas–and Ned has his own personal reason to seek revenge against Ray. Meanwhile, Ray is attracted to May but then becomes suspicious that she is in cahoots with Ned, and more problems present themselves.
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Split Image 1982 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, James Woods, Pamela Ludwig, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush
This film is about religious cults and what happens when young people are caught in the web. Danny Stetson (Michael O'Keefe) joins a cult led by Neal Kirklander (Peter Fonda), and his parents (Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Dennehy) strive to bring their son to his senses.
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Straight Talk 1992 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barnet Kellman
Cast: Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, Deirdre O'Connell, John Sayles, Teri Hatcher, Spalding Gray, Jerry Orbach, Philip Bosco, Amy Morton, Jay Thomas
Shirlee (Dolly Parton), fired from her job and tired of her boyfriend, heads to the big city, Chicago. She takes a job as a receptionist at a radio station and is mistaken for a guest psychiatrist who is to host a talk show. She becomes a hit with her home-spun talk and advice, but reporter Jack Russell (James Woods) suspects her credentials.
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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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Surf's Up 2007 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Action
Director: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, Diedrich Bader, Mario Cantone, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, Brian Posehn, Dana Belben
In this animated, family comedy, under-sized penguin Cody Maverick (voice of Shia LaBeouf) doesn't fit in with his penguin family in Antarctica and dreams of becoming a surfer like his idol Big Z (voice of Jeff Bridges). So, Cody hitches a ride on the back of a whale and ends up on a tropical island where he hopes to win the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. But, the bully Tank Evans (voice of Diedrich Bader) humiliates Cody during the contest. When Cody wipes out, he is rescued by lifeguard Lani (voice of Zooey Deschanel) who introduces him to her Uncle Geek who, it turns out, is really Big Z. Now, Big Z trains Cody for the next surfing competition, and Cody has a chance of getting his act together. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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True Believer 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Kurtwood Smith, Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Tom Bower, Charles Hallahan, Luis Guzman, Miguel Fernandes, Graham Beckel
This story will hold your attention from beginning to end as a lawyer (James Woods) runs into official roadblocks after he agrees to look into the case of a convicted murderer.
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 True Crime 1999 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Diane Venora, Michael Jeter, Mary McCormack
Hotshot reporter Steve Everett–"Ev"–(Clint Eastwood) may be a reformed alcoholic, but he hasn't changed enough to stop cheating on his wife–a trait that has ruined his career. When given another reporter's assignment to interview condemned killer Frank Beachum (Isaiah Washington), Ev believes his story and is convinced of his innocence but has only 12 hours to find the proof.
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 Vampires 1998 R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Action
aka: John Carpenter's Vampires
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tim Guinee, Maximilian Schell, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mark Boone Junior, Thomas Rosales Jr., Gregory Sierra, Mark Sivertsen, Henry Kingi, Clarke Coleman, David Rowden, John Furlong
To avenge his parents' murders by vampires, Jack Crow (James Woods) hunts vampires. One night, master vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) appears and wipes out most of Crow's team of vampire hunters. Crow knows that something big is up because Valek knew his name. Now, Crow and his friend Montoya (Daniel Baldwin) use vampire-bitten Katrina (Sheryl Lee) as a decoy and enlist the aid of Father Adam Guitean (Tim Guinee) in finding the Black Cross to end the killings.
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Videodrome 1983 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Sonja Smits, Jack Creley, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, Reiner Schwartz, David Bolt
When Max Renn (James Woods) uses his satellite dish to beam in a show called "Videodrome," he tries to find out more about it and discovers that the tales of human bondage may be for real. Interesting premise not pulled off too well.
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 The Virgin Suicides 1999 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sofia Coppola
Cast: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Hanna Hall, Chelse Swain, A.J. Cook, Leslie Hayman, Danny DeVito, Michael Pare
After their sister commits suicide at their first girl-boy party, the remaining four siblings fail to get over her untimely death. The parents (Kathleen Turner and James Woods) suffer the ultimate tragedy when, by the end of the year, all four of their surviving daughters will meet tragic ends.
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction 1990 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Director: Frederic Raphael, Tony Richardson, Ken Russell
Cast: Beau Bridges, Elizabeth McGovern, Molly Ringwald, Peter Weller, James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Kyra Sedgwick, Philip O'Brien
This made-for-TV film is really three different stories taken from works of Mary McCarthy, Dorothy Parker, and Ernest Hemingway. Frederic Raphael, Ken Russell, and Tony Richardson each directed one segment. Overall, well done, and a follow-up was made the following year.
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| 1. Against All Odds (1984)
2. Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
aka: Love and Other Crimes
aka: Alex and the Gypsy
3. An American Carol (2008)
4. Another Day in Paradise (1998)
5. Any Given Sunday (1999)
6. Best Seller (1987)
7. The Black Marble (1980)
8. The Boost (1988)
9. The Boys (1991)
10. Casino (1995)
11. Cat's Eye (1985)
12. Chaplin (1992)
13. The Choirboys (1977)
14. Citizen Cohn (1992)
15. Contact (1997)
16. Cop (1987)
17. Curse of the Starving Class (1995)
18. Diggstown (1992)
19. Dirty Pictures (2000)
20. Distance (1975)
21. Eyewitness (1981)
22. Fallen Angels, Volume 1 (1993)
23. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
24. The Gambler (1974)
25. The General's Daughter (1999)
26. The Getaway (1994)
27. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
28. The Gift of Love (1978)
29. The Hard Way (1991)
30. Hercules (1997)
31. Holocaust (1978)
32. Immediate Family (1989)
33. Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
34. John Q. (2002)
35. Joshua Then and Now (1985)
36. Kicked in the Head (1997)
37. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
38. Night Moves (1975)
39. Nixon (1995)
40. Northfork (2003)
41. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
42. The Onion Field (1979)
43. Pretty Persuasion (2005)
44. Race to Space (2001)
45. Raid on Entebbe (1977)
46. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
47. Salvador (1986)
48. Scary Movie 2 (2001)
49. The Specialist (1994)
50. Split Image (1982)
51. Straight Talk (1992)
52. Stuart Little 2 (2002)
53. Surf's Up (2007)
54. True Believer (1989)
55. True Crime (1999)
56. Vampires (1998)
aka: John Carpenter's Vampires
57. Videodrome (1983)
58. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
59. Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
aka: Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
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