 Analyze That 2002  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Cathy Moriarty, John Finn, Kyle Sabihy, Callie Thorne, James Biberi, Pat Cooper
In this sequel to "Analyze This," Dr. Ben Sobol (Billy Crystal) agrees to take neurotic mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) into his home to counsel and help clean up his act before an impending parole hearing. More problems than anticipated ensue.
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 Analyze This 1999  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri, Bill Macy, Leo Rossi, Kyle Sabihy, Rebecca Schull, Molly Shannon
When a Mafia boss, Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro), suffers anxiety attacks, he calls on New York psychotherapist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) for help in this slick comedy about a serious subject.
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 Eraser 1996  R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, Robert Pastorelli, James Coburn, Michael Papajohn, James Cromwell, Danny Nucci, Andy Romano, Nick Chinlund, Mark Rolston, Joe Viterelli, John Slattery, Robert Miranda, Roma Maffia
Working for the FBI's Witness Protection Program, United States Marshal John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is assigned to protect Lee Cullin (Vanessa Williams) who has blown the whistle on her employer, a weapons manufacturer. It appears her company had been selling high-tech weapons to terrorists. Problems accelerate when government officials, who are in on the deal, plot to get Cullin before her identity can be erased.
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Jane Austen's Mafia! 1998 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Mafia!
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke, Christina Applegate, Pamela Gidley, Olympia Dukakis, Jason Fuchs, Joe Viterelli, Tony Lo Bianco, Seth Adkins, Blake Hammond, Philip Suriano, Vincent Pastore, Gregory Sierra, Marisol Nichols
Vincenzo Cortino (Lloyd Bridges) rose from a poor Sicilian background to the top of the U.S. Mafia. After an attempt on his life, his son Anthony (Jay Mohr) heads for Las Vegas and runs a casino where things get complicated.
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 Mickey Blue Eyes 1999 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kelly Makin
Cast: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow, Paul Lazar, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Scott Thompson, John Ventimiglia, Margaret Devine
A very respectable Manhattan art auctioneer, Michael Felgate (Hugh Grant), proposes marriage to Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and only later learns that she is a Mafia princess–the daughter of Mafia chief Frank Vitale (James Caan). Frank takes a liking to Michael, and Michael's life changes: his trucked-in deliveries start arriving on time, but he pays the price via favors expected by the mobsters.
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Ruby 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti, Jeffrey Nordling, Veronica Hart, Maurice Benard, Joe Viterelli, Robert S. Telford, John Roselius, David Duchovny, Richard C. Sarafian, Marc Lawrence
This interesting fictionalized account of the assassination of JFK is from the perspective of strip-joint owner Jack Ruby (Danny Aiello), who shot the person, Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of the assassination in front of a national TV audience. It brings out the various conspiracy theories of the assassination.
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See Spot Run 2001  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Whitesell
Cast: David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Joe Viterelli, Angus T. Jones, Steve Schirripa, Anthony Anderson, Paul Sorvino, Kavan Smith, Kimberly Hawthorne
Spot/Agent 11 is an FBI drug-sniffing dog that has cost mafioso Sonny Talia (Paul Sorvino) a fortune. When Talia orders a hit on the dog, Spot finds refuge in the mail truck of Gordon (David Arquette) who just happens to hate dogs. The chase is on in this attempt at comedy.
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 Serving Sara 2002  98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell, Amy Adams, Vincent Pastore, Cedric the Entertainer, Jerry Stiller, Marshall Bell, Derek Southers, John Wayne Shafer, Terry Crews, Robin McGee, Brent Duncan, Eli Jacques, Joe Viterelli
New York process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) tries to present Sara (Elizabeth Hurley) with divorce papers and, before long, finds himself teamed up with Sara on a trip to Texas. Mission: serve her about-to-be ex-husband with his divorce papers first.
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Shallow Hal 2001 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby, Bruce McGill, Tony Robbins, Susan Ward, Zen Gesner, Brooke Burns
Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow) may weigh 300 pounds, but to Hal (Jack Black)–who has just learned how to see the beauty of a person from within–Rosemary is slender and lovely. While the story is entertaining, the "fat" jokes wear thin quickly.
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State of Grace 1990 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Joanou
Cast: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, John C. Reilly, R.D. Call, Joe Viterelli, Burgess Meredith, Deirdre O'Connell, Marco St. John
A police officer, Terry Noonan (Sean Penn), returns to his childhood neighborhood in New York's Hell's Kitchen with orders to infiltrate a gang led by Frankie (Ed Harris), the brother of Terry's childhood best friend, Jackie (Gary Oldman). When Terry realizes that he still loves his childhood sweetheart, Frankie and Jackie's sister Kathleen (Robin Wright Penn), his loyalties become divided. It all leads to a bloody climax in this violent film.
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| 1. Analyze That (2002)
2. Analyze This (1999)
3. Eraser (1996)
4. Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
aka: Mafia!
5. Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
6. Ruby (1992)
7. See Spot Run (2001)
8. Serving Sara (2002)
9. Shallow Hal (2001)
10. State of Grace (1990)
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