Bubble Boy 2001  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blair Hayes
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, Dave Sheridan, Verne Troyer, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Cranshaw, Stephen Spinella, Brian George
Lacking an immune system, Jimmy Livingston (Jake Gyllenhaal) has lived his life inside a bubble. Now he meets a crisis head on. When the woman he loves, (Marley Shelton), is ready to marry another man, Jimmy designs a portable bubble suit and sets off from California to Niagara in search of her love.
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Catch That Kid 2004  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch, James LeGros, Michael Des Barres, Stark Sands, Lennie Loftin, Francois Giroday, Christine Estabrook
Pre-teen Maddy (Kristen Stewart) solves the problem of how to pay for her disabled, daredevil father's (Sam Robards) hospital bills. With help from her friends (Corbin Bleu and Max Thieriot), Maddy will pull off a heist from the bank where her mother (Jennifer Beals) works.
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 The Cure 1995  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Horton
Cast: Brad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, Annabella Sciorra, Diana Scarwid, Bruce Davison, Nicky Katt, Renee Humphrey, Mary McCusker, John Carroll Lynch, John Beasley
When 11-year-old Dexter (Joseph Mazzello) contracts AIDS from a blood transfusion, an unlikely friendship develops with another boy (Brad Renfro). This liaison leads to a summer adventure as the two boys look for an AIDS cure.
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Dead Men Can't Dance 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Michael Biehn, Kathleen York, Adrian Paul, R. Lee Ermey, Rodney Eastman, Wendy Gazelle, Hiep Thi Le, John Carroll Lynch, Shawnee Smith, Grace Zabriskie
Combat training and later military action in Korea is the theme for this very dull movie.
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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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 Fargo 1996  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare, Steve Reevis, Kristin Rudrud, John Carroll Lynch, Tony Denman, Gary Houston, Warren Keith, Larry Brandenburg, Bruce Bohne
This film by Joel and Ethan Coen is based on actual events that took place in Fargo, ND. Car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) plots to have his wife (Kristin Rudrud) kidnapped so he can collect the ransom from his wealthy father-in-law (Harve Presnell). Frances McDormand won an Oscar as Best Actress for her role as the pregnant policewoman. An Oscar also went to the Coens for Writing, and five other nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (William H. Macy).
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 The Good Girl 2002 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson, Zooey Deschanel, Mike White, Deborah Rush, John Carroll Lynch, John Doe, Roxanne Hart, Jacquie Barnbrook, Annie O'Donnell, Jon Shere, Jean Rhodes, Alice Amter
Thirty-year-old Justine (Jennifer Aniston) works at the Retail Rodeo department store and is married to her slacker husband Phil (John C. Reilly). She makes a BIG mistake when she has an illicit affair with the mysterious stock boy, Holden (Jake Gyllenhaal). The affair becomes an obsession, and now Justine's marriage is threatened as trouble looms in this dark comedy.
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 Gothika 2003 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch, Bernard Hill, Penelope Cruz, Dorian Harewood, Bronwen Mantel, Kathleen Mackey, Matthew G. Taylor, Michel Perron, Andrea Sheldon, Anana Rydvald, Laura Mitchell, Amy Sloan
Criminal psychologist Miranda Grey (Halle Berry) awakens in Woodward Penitentiary for Women to learn that her husband has been murdered. Miranda has no memory of the murder but learns that she is the prime suspect. Will she be able to solve her problem?
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Gran Torino 2008  R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Brooke Chia Thao, Chee Thao, Scott Eastwood, Xia Soua Chang, Doua Moua
Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) lives in a Detroit neighborhood with his Golden Labrador Retriever, Daisy. Walt is racially biased against his Hmong immigrant neighbors and doesn't hesitate to express his views. When the Hmong teenage neighbor Thao (Bee Vang) is ordered by a gang to steal Walt's 1972 Gran Torino, Walt saves him, takes Thao in, and serves as his role model–an act that will change both of their lives as Walt becomes a hero to his Hmong neighbors.
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 Grumpy Old Men 1993 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann - Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry, Christopher McDonald, Steve Cochran, Joe Howard, Isabell O'Connor, John Carroll Lynch, Buffy Sedlachek, Charles Brin
What happens when a good-looking widow moves into the neighborhood? Lots, when the widow, Ariel Truax, is played by Ann-Margret, and the other roles of John Gustafson and Max Goldman are taken on by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. This is a good flick, set in Minnesota where the winter nights are a lot colder than this street's residents who have been feuding all their lives. Be sure to catch the outtakes at the end of the movie.
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World 2006  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Shaheen Sheik, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney, Fred Dalton Thompson, Amy Ryan, Emma Lockhart, Penny Marshall, Victoria Burrows, Paul Eric Jerome, B.J. Ward, Lynda Berg, Steve Kramer
As a method to better understand the Muslims, the White House offers Albert Brooks (playing himself) the Medal of Honor if he will travel to India and Pakistan to discover what makes the Muslims laugh. 1 User Review
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Love Happens 2009 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Brandon Camp
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer, Frances Conroy, Joe Anderson, Sasha Alexander, Clyde Kusatsu, Michelle Harrison, Michael Kopsa, Anne Marie DeLuise, Tyler McClendon, Panou
Dr. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is a widower who has written a self-help book but is still having problems dealing with his own pain over the death of his wife three years ago. While teaching a seminar in Seattle, Burke meets and falls in love with Eloise Chandler (Jennifer Aniston) who has sworn off of men and is spending most of her time working in her floral business. Burke and Eloise have not met at the right time for either of them, but Jennifer makes Burke realize that he has not faced up to the loss of his wife–and, maybe in this case, love happens.
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Mercury Rising 1998  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens, Robert(2) Stanton, Bodhi Elfman, Carrie Preston, John Carroll Lynch, Peter Stormare, Kevin Conway
Chicago-based FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) protects an autistic savant, nine-year-old Simon (Miko Hughes), who has decoded a top-secret document and is now in mortal danger from those who are sent out to assassinate him.
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The Naked Man 1998  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Todd Anderson
Cast: Michael Rapaport, Rachael Leigh Cook, John Slattery, Joe Grifasi, Michael Jeter, Arija Bareikis, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Ferrero, Peter Thoemke, Nancy Plank
In this straight-to-video release, Michael Rapaport plays a chiropractor who makes money on the side as a wrestler. But after finding his family brutally slain, he goes on his own bloody rampage.
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Restaurant 1999 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Bross
Cast: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow, Simon Baker, Catherine Kellner, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, John Carroll Lynch, Jesse L. Martin, Sybil Temchen, Vonte Sweet
P.J. McClures–a Hoboken, New Jersey, restaurant–is the setting for this well-developed character study of young people dealing with issues still unresolved in American culture.
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Things We Lost in the Fire 2007 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry, John Carroll Lynch, Alison Lohman, Robin Weigert, Omar Benson Miller, Paula Newsome, Sarah Dubrovsky, Maureen Thomas
Audrey's (Halle Berry) husband Steven (David Duchovny) is killed trying to protect a battered woman, and at his wake she turns to Steven's friend Jerry (Benicio Del Toro) who–through flashbacks–reveals that he and Steven were close friends. While Steven was a successful real-estate broker, Jerry is a loser and drug addict. Audrey needs someone to turn to and invites Jerry to move in with her and her children (Alexis Llewellyn and Micah Berry). Jerry bonds with the family, and, despite their differences, Jerry and Audrey develop a mutual dependency on each other.
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A Thousand Acres 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle, John Carroll Lynch, Anne Pitoniak
Problems accelerate for an American family–the Cooks–when the patriarch (Jason Robards) decides to step down and, in the process, divides his land between his three daughters (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, and Jennifer Jason Leigh). Each has her own plans. This leads to disagreements that, in turn, end up in the court system.
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 Tuesdays with Morrie 1999 TV, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria, Wendy Moniz, Caroline Aaron, Bonnie Bartlett, Aaron Lustig, Bruce Nozick, Ivo Cutzarida, John Carroll Lynch, Dan Thiel
In this Emmy winner, based on Mitch Albom's best-selling book about his interview with his former college professor Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon), Hank Azaria takes on the role of Mitch Albom. The dying Morrie holds Mitch in his spell with discussions of life, death, and what happiness really is.
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Volcano 1997 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Don Cheadle, John Corbett, Keith David, Gaby Hoffmann, Jacqueline Kim, Michael Rispoli, John Carroll Lynch, Marcello Thedford
When a vent in Earth's crust erupts into a killer volcano that threatens Los Angeles, Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) leaps into action to save citizens in the path of the flowing lava.
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 Zodiac 2007 R, 156 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Richmond Arquette, Bob Stephenson, John Lacy, Chloe Sevigny, Ed Setrakian, John Getz, John Terry, Candy Clark, Elias Koteas
This film presents a fictionalized account of the true story about the Zodiac serial killer who stalked the San Francisco Bay area during the 1970s. Police investigators and newspaper reporters become obsessed with tracking down clues–all of which turn out to be red herrings in this still-unsolved series of murders.
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| 1. Bubble Boy (2001)
2. Catch That Kid (2004)
3. The Cure (1995)
4. Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
5. Face/Off (1997)
6. Fargo (1996)
7. The Good Girl (2002)
8. Gothika (2003)
9. Gran Torino (2008)
10. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
11. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006)
12. Love Happens (2009)
13. Mercury Rising (1998)
14. The Naked Man (1998)
15. Restaurant (1999)
16. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
17. A Thousand Acres (1997)
18. Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
19. Volcano (1997)
20. Zodiac (2007)
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