Bonneville 2006   PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Christopher N. Rowley
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Tom Skerritt, Christine Baranski, Victor Rasuk, Tom Amandes, Tom Wopat, Arabella Field, Jodi Russell, Ivey Lloyd, Jayson Creek
After 20 years of marriage to Joe, he has died, and Arvilla (Jessica Lange) learns that because he never updated his will, Francine (Christine Baranski), who is Joe's daughter from his first marriage, will inherit their Pocatello, Idaho, home. Francine is willing to bargain. If Arvilla will deliver Joe's ashes to her, she will give the house to Arvilla. To settle the matter, Arvilla and her good friends Margene (Kathy Bates) and Carol (Joan Allen) join her on a car trip in Joe's 1966 red Pontiac Bonneville to deliver his ashes to Francine in Santa Barbara. And the adventure begins with many stops along the way–including a flat tire in Utah, hitchhiker Bo (Victor Rasuk) who is looking for the father he never knew, and truck driver Emmett (Tom Skerritt) who treats them to dinner in Las Vegas. The trip turns out to be much more than they expected, and, along the way, the women learn many new things about themselves. 1 User Review
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| | movie girl 04/21/2012 | | This movie has heart. Widows will enjoy this movie. It is life. Keeping a promise to someone you love. LOved it. |
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The Bourne Supremacy 2004  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen, Marton Csokas, Tom Gallop, Karel Roden, John Bedford Lloyd, Ethan Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, Karel Roden, Tomas Arana
In this sequel to "The Bourne Identity," Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is living in India where he has been in hiding with Marie (Franka Potente). When he learns that he has been framed for the murders of two CIA agents in Berlin, the chase is on as Bourne traverses Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia in search of the truth.
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The Bourne Ultimatum 2007   PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Tom Gallop, Corey Johnson, Daniel Bruhl, Joey Ansah, Colin Stinton
Matt Damon is back as ex-assassin Jason Bourne in this third episode of Robert Ludlum's tale. Suffering from amnesia, trained assassin Bourne leaves Moscow on a quest to put together the puzzle pieces that will lead to his identity and past. A London newspaper article written by Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) offers a ray of light into Bourne's true identity, and Bourne contacts Ross. This begins the trek back during which Bourne connects again with CIA agent Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) who comes to his aid. But, CIA agent Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), who heads the covert Blackbriar wing, wants to cover all tracks and orders Bourne's assassination. And the deadly cat and mouse game continues–culminating in the Big Apple with Vosen directing the bloody action using a surveillance-camera system. The film received three Academy Awards: Best Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing 1 User Review
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Compromising Positions 1985  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Perry
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Mary Beth Hurt, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey, Anne DeSalvo, Josh Mostel, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Deborah Rush
Susan Isaacs wrote the screenplay for this film based on her novel of the same name. When a skirt-chasing dentist is murdered in New York, a local homemaker turns amateur sleuth. Some pretty good (black) humor keeps this from being a bomb.
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 The Contender 2000  R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rod Lurie
Cast: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Mike Binder, Robin Thomas
U.S. President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) nominates Ohio Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) to replace his deceased Vice President. But problems rise to the surface during Hanson's House Judiciary Committee hearings when a background check reveals a dark secret in her past. Allen was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar and Bridges was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Crucible 1996 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes, Mary Pat Gleason, Robert Breuler
Based on Arthur Miller's classic play about the Salem witch trials, this is an excellent film concerning the effects caused by jealousy and religion in old Massachusetts. Paul Scofield stands out as Judge Danforth who is determined to rid evil from Salem, and Winona Ryder is very convincing as Abigail Williams who deceives, lies, and wreaks havoc in order to steal her ex-lover who is the husband (Daniel Day-Lewis) of hated rival Elizabeth Proctor (Joan Allen).
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Death Race 2008  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke, Frederick Koehler, Jacob Vargas, Justin Mader, Robert LaSardo, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, Danny Blanco, Christian Paul
It is the future, and America's economy has collapsed. Prisons are now privatized, and Warden Hennessy (Joan Allen) at Terminal Island Penitentiary has come up with a scheme to raise funds for running the prison: a three day pay-per-view "Death Race" and promises that the winner of the race will be released from prison. Terminal Island prisoner Jenson Ames (Jason Stratham) had been a race car driver, and Hennessy forces him to don the mask of dead racing hero "Frankenstein" and enter the race. Ames is in prison wrongly accused of murdering his wife and, if released, could once again be with his baby daughter. And the race is on–a combination of NASCAR and demolition derby with prison drivers accompanied by navigators from a women's prison. Racers are armed with grenade launchers, machine guns, flame throwers, and napalm as Ames and his navigator Case (Natalie Martinez) set out against other prison drivers–along with their chief opponent Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson)–in what is truly a race to the death.
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 Face/Off 1997 R, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, CCH Pounder, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Wisdom, Matt Ross, Margaret Cho, James Denton
As the means of getting information about a time bomb that terrorist Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage) has planted to destroy Los Angeles, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) undergoes surgery to take on the appearance of Castor who is presumed dead. He believes this will give him the means of getting information from Troy's brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola) about the time bomb. However, it turns out that Troy is merely in a coma, and when he recovers he turns the tables and assumes the identity of Archer–now, the fight to the finish is on.
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The Ice Storm 1997 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Sigourney Weaver, Jamey Sheridan, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Courtney Peldon, David Krumholtz, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire, Kate Burton, Katie Holmes, Maia Danziger, Michael Cumpsty
Set in Connecticut during the weekend after Thanksgiving, 1973, this is a tale about members of the wealthy Hood and Carver families who have lost purpose in their lives. Sixteen-year-old Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) is home from prep school but wishing he was nearer to Casey (Katie Holmes) who he has a crush on. Meanwhile, his 14-year-old sister Wendy (Christina Ricci) has been playing around sexually with neighbor Mikey Carver (Elijah Wood)–whose mother Janey (Sigourney Weaver) is having an affair with Wendy's father Ben (Kevin Kline). Ben's wife Elena (Joan Allen) knows that there are problems but has no idea of how to cope. The ice storm hits, and they find things turning from bad to worse.
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In Country 1989 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen, Kevin Anderson, John Terry, Peggy Rea, Judith Ivey, Daniel Jenkins, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Beaver, Richard Hamilton, Heidi Swedberg
Samantha (Emily Lloyd) lives with her Uncle Emmett (Bruce Willis) in Kentucky. Her father was killed in Vietnam, and Uncle Emmet also served in that war. When Samantha becomes obsessed with learning more about the father she never knew and to better understand the war, she and Uncle Emmett travel to Washington, D.C. to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and gain some emotional release from the traumas caused by the war.
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Mad Love 1995 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Chris O'Donnell, Joan Allen, Jude Ciccolella, Matthew Lillard, Robert Nadir, Kevin Dunn, Liev Schreiber, Richard Chaim, Amy Sakasitz
Good boy Matt (Chris O'Donnell) meets and falls in love with wild and crazy Casey (Drew Barrymore) and runs away with her when her parents plan to send her to a sanitarium.
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Manhunter 1986 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Red Dragon
Red Dragon: The Curse of Hannibal Lecter
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Frankie Faison, Benjamin Hendrickson, Dan Butler, David Seaman, Michael Talbott, Michele Shay, Robin Moseley, Paul Perri
"The Tooth Fairy," a serial killer who kills families and leaves bite marks on the victims, is on the loose, and retired FBI agent Will Graham (William Petersen) is called back into service to track him down. Will had captured psychotic killer Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox) who is now in prison, and he visits Lecktor in search of clues concerning "The Tooth Fairy" who Graham is certain will strike again during the next full moon. Adapted from Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon," this is one story of the character Doctor Hannibal Lecktor (the other is "Silence of the Lambs").
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The Mists of Avalon 2001 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall, Edward Atterton, Michael Vartan, Michael Byrne, Hans Matheson, Mark Lewis Jones
So you thought you knew something about the legend of King Arthur. Well, the story was recast by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her bestseller and is now brought to the screen (TV screen, originally). Yes, it was really the women in Arthur's life that brought about his success, and this is their story. Whatever.
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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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 The Notebook 2004 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Sam Shepard, David Thornton, Joan Allen, Kevin Connolly, Starletta DuPois, Ed Grady, Heather Wahlquist, Tim Ivey, Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas, Jennifer Echols
As the film opens, elderly and senile Allie (Gena Rowlands) is visited daily in her hospital room by a fellow resident known as Duke (James Garner) who tries to get her to remember the past by reading to her from her notebook. The notebook reveals a 1940s' romance between Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling) that was broken off because of a disparity in social class. Could Duke be the young Noah? 6 User Reviews
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| | I fell in love all over again | Anonymous 02/13/2012 | | This is a wonderful love story of a relationship that breathes freshness and undying love between two families. This movie is a classic for all years to come. A thumbs up in my book! |
| | TrulyTrisha 02/04/2012 | | I love this movie. This is a watch again and again classic. It is my top 3. |
| | Sooo romantic | Anita 10/26/2009 | | Absolutely loved it...watched it many times over!! |
| | Anonymous 12/22/2007 | | Loved it! |
| | Anonymous 03/19/2007 | | I was completely caught up in this romance novel, such, that I had to look for it online. I never got to see the beginning and definitely loved how you go back and forth from the 1940s to the present. |
| | Anonymous 01/14/2007 | | The Best love story I have ever seen |
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Off the Map 2005 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Campbell Scott
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Valentina de Angelis, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Boots Southern, J.D. Garfield, Jim True-Frost, Matthew E. Montoya, Kevin Skousen
Bo (Valentina de Angelis) is a bright young girl who dreams of a new life as her family ekes out an existence in a desert town near Taos, New Mexico. When I.R.S. agent William Gibbs (Jim True-Frost) comes to audit them, he is stung by a bee and collapses. When he recovers, he moves into an abandoned bus, really gets to know Bo's family, and their lives and his are forever changed. While this story is told by the adult Bo (Amy Brenneman), her memories retain the fresh, innocence of 12-year-old Bo.
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Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Barbara Harris, John Carradine, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leon Ames
Peggy (Kathleen Turner) is a 43-year-old housewife and mother having serious difficulties with her husband (Nicholas Cage) because of his infidelity. She attends her 25th high-school reunion, faints, and wakes up in the past when she was a teenager. With the wisdom of 43 years, she experiences again her trials as a teenager. Kathleen was nominated for an Oscar. 1 User Review
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| | 02/23/2013 | | I just saw this movie today and I absolutely loved it. |
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 Pleasantville 1998 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon, Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton, Jane Kaczmarek, Giuseppe Andrews, Jenny Lewis, Marissa Ribisi, Denise Dowse, McNally Sagal
Two 1990s' teens (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) are sucked into their family's TV set and find themselves in the 1950s' black and white sitcom, "Pleasantville." As their 1990s' lifestyle makes an impact on the characters in Pleasantville, the town slowly switches from black and white to color as the story questions the wisdom behind the "good old days." 1 User Review
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| | great | Anonymous 02/04/2007 | | We watched it at school to do an essay on and i think its a really good film the way that Ross uses symbols to put across peoples emotions is very well done and it is a very mooving film. 5 stars! |
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The Room Upstairs 1987 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Margolin
Cast: Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Linda Hunt, Joan Allen, Clancy Brown, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Handy, Jerry O'Connell, De'voreaux White, Renee Estevez
Lonely Leah (Stockard Channing) teaches special needs children and rents rooms in her family house to make ends meet. A simple story of Leah and her boarders, including Cellist Travis (Sam Waterston) who may end her loneliness. Made for TV.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya, Josh Mostel, Hal Scardino, Laura Linney, Vasek Simek, Anthony Heald, Steven Randazzo
Josh (Max Pomeranc) is a seven-year-old boy who loves chess and is very good at it! His father, Fred (Joe Mantegna), tries to pressure him about his chess tournaments and wants him to become famous like Bobby Fischer, but Josh remains true to playing chess for the love it.
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 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Martin Landau, Joan Allen, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Dean Stockwell, Christian Slater, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Donat, Don Novello, Elias Koteas, Nina Siemaszko, Corin Nemec, Marshall Bell, Jay O. Sanders
Following World War II, Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges) dreams of competing with Detroit in the manufacture of cars. With support from his wife Vera (Joan Allen), son Junior (Christian Slater), and business manager Abe (Martin Landau), Tucker does manage to produce his "car of the future." This true story shows how Tucker was able to get 50 of his cars out of production only to be hauled into court by Detroit's Big Three. Martin Landau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Upside of Anger 2005  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood, Alicia Witt, Mike Binder, Tom Harper, Dane Christensen, Danny Webb, Suzanne Bertish, Magdalena Manville, Stephen Greif, David Firth, Rod Woodruff
After her husband walks out on her, suburban wife Terry (Joan Allen) is left with four daughters to raise. This is not an easy task as is evidenced by Terry's downhill slide from friendly mom to sarcastic shrew. Her attraction to next-door-neighbor, alcoholic Denny Davies (Kevin Costner), contributes to Terry's reliance on booze. But, Denny is basically a good guy and helps keep peace between mother and daughters–some of the time. 1 User Review
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When the Sky Falls 2000 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Jimmy Smallhorne, Pete Postlethwaite, Owen Roe, Jason Barry, Des McAleer, Gerard Mannix Flynn
Award-winning Irish journalist Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) found herself in grave danger when she exposed Dublin's drug lords. For her efforts, she was shot to death. "When the Sky Falls" is a fictional account of her life.
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Yes 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sally Potter
Cast: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Leonidas, Samantha Bond, Sheila Hancock, Gary Lewis, Raymond Waring, Barbara Oxley, Will Johnson, Kev Orkian, George Antoni, Lol Coxhill, Beryl Scott
Speaking in rhymes throughout this story, an Irish American woman (Joan Allen) and a Lebanese man (Simon Abkarian) meet at a party, embark on a torrid affair, and then go their separate ways.
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Zeisters 1986  R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
Director: John Golden
Cast: Tibor Feldman, Douglas Stone, Max Jacobs, John McEvely, John MacKay, Lynne Marie Brown, Joan Allen, Annette Mauer, Joni Ruth White, Libby Miller, Mark Alfred, Ted Bardi, Joyce Sozen, Jerold Goldstein, Chris Liano
Troma Films remains loyal to its fans by presenting another of its terrible, but fun, offerings. It follows a real "nutzoid" who breaks out of his home for the mentally challenged (current politically correct terminology) and has a grand time until he is captured and returned home.
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| 1. Bonneville (2006)
2. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
3. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
4. Compromising Positions (1985)
5. The Contender (2000)
6. The Crucible (1996)
7. Death Race (2008)
8. Ethan Frome (1993)
9. Face/Off (1997)
10. The Ice Storm (1997)
11. In Country (1989)
12. Mad Love (1995)
13. Manhunter (1986)
aka: Red Dragon
aka: Red Dragon: The Curse of Hannibal Lecter
14. The Mists of Avalon (2001)
15. Nixon (1995)
16. The Notebook (2004)
17. Off the Map (2005)
18. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
19. Pleasantville (1998)
20. The Room Upstairs (1987)
21. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
22. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
23. The Upside of Anger (2005)
24. When the Sky Falls (2000)
25. Yes (2004)
26. Zeisters (1986)
aka: Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
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