Billy Bathgate 1991  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi, Billy Jaye, John Costelloe, Stanley Tucci, Xander Berkeley
Billy Bathgate (Loren Dean) rises from a poor New York City kid to one of the trusted followers of gangster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman). Set during the Great Depression, Billy is given the job of watching after an attractive woman (Nicole Kidman) whose boyfriend (Bruce Willis) has been murdered.
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Black Rain 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kate Capshaw, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shigeru Koyama, Yuya Uchida, Miyuki Ono, John Spencer, Guts Ishimatsu, Luis Guzman, John Costelloe, Stephen Root, Richard Riehle
American police detective Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) and his partner Charlie Vincent (Andy Garcia) take a Japanese yakuza gangster, Sato (Yusaku Matsuda), back to Osaka where he is to go on trial for murder. But, they inadvertently hand Sato over to yakuza members who are dressed like police. Now, Conklin is put in the position of trying to recapture Sato, and he gets help from Japanese cop Masahiro "Mas" Masumoto (Ken Takakura) and from bargirl Joyce Kingsley (Kate Capshaw) who has information on the yakuza gang. During the investigation, Vincent is killed, and Conklin and "Mas" blend their cultures to work on the crime together.
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Doubt 2008  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Alice Drummond, Audrie J. Neenan, Viola Davis, Carrie Preston, John Costelloe, Susan Bloomaert, Joseph Foster, Lloyd Clay Brown, Bridget Megan Clark, Michael Roukis, Haklar Dezso, Frank Shanley
Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) serves as principal at a Catholic middle school where her domineering attitude clashes with popular Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Sister Aloysius becomes suspicious of Father Flynn after he delivers a sermon on the power of "doubt" and asks one of her teachers, Sister James (Amy Adams), to advise her of any strange behavior. Sister James reports that the school's only Black student, Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), smelled like alcohol after visiting Father Flynn. Now, Sister Aloysius sets out to rid the school of Father Flynn's influence and, in the process, nearly tears the community apart. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actor (Hoffman), and both Amy Adams and Viola Davis (for her role as Donald Miller's mother) for Supporting Actress.
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Kazaam 1996  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Cast: Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, Marshall Manesh, James Acheson, John Costelloe, Fawn Reed
Shaquille O'Neal is the genie, Kazaam, who grants wishes to Max (Francis Capra). One of the best moments in this film is provided by special effects–when Max wishes for candy, candy bars fall from the sky.
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Who Do I Gotta Kill? 1992  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Me and the Mob
Director: Frank Rainone
Cast: James Lorinz, Tony Darrow, John Costelloe, Vincent Pastore, Frank Gio, Richard Bright, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Lee, Anthony Michael Hall, Steve Buscemi
Things just aren't going right for Jimmy (James Lorinz). His latest novel isn't selling, his girlfriend left him (right in the middle of sex), he's kicked out of his favorite bar, and he can't seem to come up with a storyline for his next book. He even fails in suicide attempts. So when it is suggested that he write a real-life account of the underworld, he joins the mob. It just keeps on going downhill from there in this low budget effort. It was even renamed as "Me and the Mob" for video release to capitalize on the popular "Married to the Mob."
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| 1. Billy Bathgate (1991)
2. Black Rain (1989)
3. Doubt (2008)
4. Kazaam (1996)
5. Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1992)
aka: Me and the Mob
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