 America's Sweethearts 2001  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Seth Green, Alan Arkin, Keri Lynn Pratt
America's favorite screen couple, Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (John Cusack), has finished their last movie together and, at the same time, has ended their marriage as well. Now, director Hal Weidmann (Christopher Walken) holds the film's print and refuses to release it until he is satisfied with his finished product. Meanwhile, publicity director Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) gets help from Gwen's sister, Kiki (Julia Roberts), to fool the press into believing that the stars have made up and are headed for a reunion. A good satire on today's Hollywood.
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 Christmas with the Kranks 2004  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston, Julie Gonzalo, Felicity Huffman
When daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves for the Peace Corps before Christmas, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to skip Christmas and embark on a cruise instead. But, the Krank's cranky neighbors are not pleased with the idea of foregoing Christmas, and disharmony threatens to ruin Christmas for all.
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Coupe de Ville 1990   PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern, Annabeth Gish, Rita Taggart, Joseph Bologna, Alan Arkin, James Gammon
Three estranged brothers (Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, and Daniel Stern) drive a vintage Coupe de Ville from Detroit to their mother's Florida home and reestablish relationships along the way. 1 User Review
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| | I loved this movie | nssracer 10/29/2009 | | Would recomend this movie! |
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 Freedomland 2006  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters, Peter Friedman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Aasif Mandvi, Philip Bosco
White single mother Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) from Gannon, New Jersey, reports a carjacking in the Armstrong project neighborhood during which a young Black male took off with her car while her four-year-old son was in the back seat. Black detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) is assigned to the case, he barricades the Armstrong project, and racial tensions erupt between the Gannon and Armstrong residents in this psychological mystery pointing out that racial prejudice still prevails in parts of America today.
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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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Streets of Gold 1986 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, Adam Nathan, John Mahoney, John McCurry, Frances Foster
One way out of the ghetto is being very good at sports. This movie is about a young Irish boy who sets his sights on being a champion boxer.
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| 1. America's Sweethearts (2001)
2. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
3. Coupe de Ville (1990)
4. Freedomland (2006)
5. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
6. Streets of Gold (1986)
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