The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 2000  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Des McAnuff
Cast: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Kel Mitchell, James Rebhorn, Kenan Thompson
This film version of the TV show (canceled in 1964) mixes animation and live action. Rocky and Bullwinkle remain cartoon characters rescuing Earthlings from Natasha (Rene Russo) and Boris (Jason Alexander) who cross over into the human world where they join Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro) in an evil plot to take over the world. It seems like a good idea, but it goes nowhere.
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Always 1989  PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom, Keith David, Dale Dye, Marg Helgenberger, Brian Haley, Ed Van Nuys, James Lashly, Kim Robillard
A daredevil pilot (Richard Dreyfuss) dies while saving his friend (John Goodman). However, he is allowed to return to Earth as a guardian angel helping a young pilot. 2 User Reviews
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| | Very romantic movie - different in a good way. | Anonymous 03/24/2009 | | |
| | Dreyfuss/Hunter Movie | Anonymous 06/18/2007 | Dreyfuss/Hunter at their best.
Interestingly I would have thought that these two would have starred in more movies together, because they obviously have a connection which shows in the movie.
I love Holly Hunter in this movie. She is a classy actor. |
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Arachnophobia 1990  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Stuart Pankin, Brian McNamara, Henry Jones, Peter Jason, Mark L. Taylor
A small town in California is being invaded by deadly Venezuelan spiders. The last this town needs is a doctor (Jeff Daniels) who is an arachnophobiac (afraid of spiders). Nevertheless, it is the doctor who must become involved if the problem is to be remedied.
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The Babe 1992  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter Donat, James Cromwell, J.C. Quinn, Joe Ragno, Richard Tyson, Michael McGrady, Ralph Marrero, Robert Swan, Bernard Kates, Stephen Caffrey, Gene Ross
John Goodman plays the role of home-run hitter George Herman "Babe" Ruth in this biographical drama. The story begins in Baltimore where George's brother Mathias (James Cromwell) teaches him the game of baseball. George is later signed with the Boston Red Sox, and he begins his career of hitting homers. Ruth is sold to the Yankees and brings his wife Helen (Trini Alvarado) to the city, but their marriage breaks up soon after. Ruth's second wife is Ziegfeld showgirl Claire Hodgeson (Kelly McGillis), and life becomes fun–for awhile. This script also objectively relates the ups and downs of Ruth's career. The on-field play is enhanced by use of good old Danville (Illinois) Stadium.
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Barton Fink 1991 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, Richard Portnow, David Warrilow, Christopher Murney, I.M. Hobson
When New York playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) goes to Hollywood, he checks into a seedy hotel and becomes friends with Charlie Meadows (John Goodman). Fink has trouble writing his story, and, instead of getting over writer's block, he becomes a murder suspect. The film received three Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor Michael Lerner for his role as the studio chief.
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 Bee Movie 2007 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, Barry Levinson, Larry King, Ray Liotta, Sting, Oprah Winfrey, Rip Torn, Larry Miller, Megan Mullally
Bee-college graduate Barry B. Benson (voice of Jerry Seinfeld) questions whether making honey in the hive is all there is in a bee's life. He ventures into New York City and makes friends with a human, friendly florist Vanessa Bloome (Renee Zellweger). Barry is shocked to learn that humans steal and eat the bee's honey and decides to team up with Vanessa and sue the honey manufacturers for stealing the honey.
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 Beyond the Sea 2004 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi, Caroline Aaron, Peter Cincotti, Michael Byrne, Matt Rippy, Gary Whelan, Jake Broder
The romance and marriage of singer Bobby Darin and actress Sandra Dee is the subject of this Kevin Spacey biopic in which Spacey does a good job of recreating Darin's vocal style.
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 The Big Easy 1987  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jim McBride
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, Ebbe Roe Smith, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Marc Lawrence, Grace Zabriskie, Gailard Sartain, Charles Ludlam
A police homicide detective and an assistant D.A. (Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin) become involved with each other while he is investigating a drug war and she is probing allegations of corruption on the New Orleans police force. An excellent thriller.
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 The Big Lebowski 1998 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, John Turturro, Sam Elliott, David Thewlis, Ben Gazzara, Tara Reid, John Seymour Hoffman, Philip Moon, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Stormare, Flea
A case of mistaken identity brings together ex-surfer, now-bowler Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) and a pompous millionaire, Jeffrey "The Big" Lebowski (David Huddleston), whose wife Bunny (Tara Reid) owes money to Jackie Treehorn (Ben Gazzara). When Treehorn hires thugs to retrieve the money, they break into "The Dude's" house by mistake. Later, they kidnap Bunny, and "The Dude" agrees to help by delivering the $1 million ransom–and finds himself in the midst of the Los Angeles underworld and part of the schemes of the daughter of "The Big" Lebowski, Maude (Julianne Moore).
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Blues Brothers 2000 1998 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples, Kathleen Freeman, Frank Oz, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Steve Lawrence
The Blues are back as Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) again tries to aid Mother Superior Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman) in her quest for funds for a children's hospital. Elwood heads for New Orleans hoping to reunite the band and enter the New Orleans' Battle of the Bands. While the plot involves Elwood leading cops and Russian mobsters on a merry chase, this film works as a tribute to the blues.
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Born Yesterday 1993 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, John Goodman, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich, Michael Ensign, Ted Raimi, Fred Dalton Thompson, Benjamin C. Bradlee, Sally Quinn
This is a remake of the classic 1950 hit starring Judy Holliday. This time around, Melanie Griffith takes on the role of the delightful Billie Dawn. When she appears a little too dizzy to help her real estate tycoon lover, a tutor (Don Johnson) is hired to enlighten her. Watch the earlier version.
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The Borrowers 1997 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Tom Felton, Aden Gillett, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce, Celia Imrie
Pod, Arrietty, Peagreen, and Homily Clock are members of a family of Borrowers (four-inch high people who live under the floorboards of the Lender's home). When the diabolical lawyer, Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) swindles the Lenders out of their inherited house and plans to build luxury apartments in its stead, the Borrowers plot to expose Potter for what he is and return the home to the Lenders.
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 Bringing Out the Dead 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt, Cliff Curtis, Nestor Serrano, Aida Turturro, Sonja Sohn, Arthur J. Nascarella, Cynthia Roman, Afemo Omilami, Cullen O. Johnson
Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage) is a burned-out paramedic working in Gotham's Hell's Kitchen. After five years on the job, Frank finds himself hallucinating about two women: 18-year-old Rose (Cynthia Roman), who he was unable to save and for whom he wants redemption, and Mary Burke (Patricia Arquette) whose father, a heart attack victim, Frank was unable to resuscitate. Through it all, the unrelenting chaos of answering emergency calls continues to take its toll.
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Chiefs 1983 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Charlton Heston, Paul Sorvino, Billy Dee Williams, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, John Goodman, Tess Harper, Leon Rippy
This made-for-TV miniseries is filled with suspense as a small town's police chief (Billy Dee Williams) reopens a 40-year-old murder case that his predecessors were unable to bring to conclusion. 3 User Reviews
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| | BEST MOVIE | Anonymous 11/12/2009 | | I was only a youngster at the time my family and I sat down to watch this movie in the 80s considering I was born in 1980. This movie left me stunned, captivated!! I remeber this movie so vividly in my mind. I've only seen it once in my life and I would love to purchase this movie buy dvd,vhs... |
| | It was an excellent movie I would love to purchase it. | mshelen3 02/22/2007 | | |
| | to buy Chiefs | Lorilee 01/28/2007 | | i would like to buy or rent this movie |
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Clifford's Really Big Movie 2004 G, 73 min.
Genre: Animation / Family
Director: Robert C. Ramirez
Cast: John Ritter, Wayne Brady, Grey DeLisle, Jenna Elfman, John Goodman, Jess Harnell, Kel Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Kath Soucie, Cree Summer, Wilmer Valderrama, Ernie Hudson
Fearing he is costing the family too much for food, Clifford (voice of John Ritter)–the big red dog of children's books–joins a carnival in hopes of winning a talent contest offering a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies as its prize.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Fred Armisen, Leslie Bibb, Lynn Redgrave, Julie Hagerty, Wendie Malick, Robert(2) Stanton, Nick Cornish, Clea Lewis
Despite growing up as the daughter of conservative spending parents (Joan Cusack and John Goodman), Rebecca (Isla Fisher) loves shopping for clothes and has incurred over 10,000 dollars in credit card debt. She dreams of working for the elite fashion magazine, "Alette," but lands a job as an advice columnist for a finance company. Rebecca keeps her own financial problems a secret while her column becomes a great success. As her career soars, Rebecca finds it more and more difficult to hide her money troubles from her readers–and even more so from her boss Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) when romance blooms between them.
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 Coyote Ugly 2000  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Musical
Director: David McNally
Cast: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Tyra Banks, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Adam Alexi-Malle, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Weston, Del Pentecost, LeAnn Rimes, Jeremy Rowley, Ellen Cleghorne, Bud Cort
Violet (Piper Perabo) heads for New York, dreaming of becoming a successful songwriter, and enters a world unknown to her in South Amboy, NJ. She joins up with the Coyotes–Cammie (Izabella Miko) and Rachel (Bridget Moynahan)–and convinces Lil (Maria Bello) to hire her as a waitress at the Manhattan bar, Coyote Ugly. Soon, Violet is bumping and grinding on top of the bar, pouring drinks, and spritzing male customers with seltzer. Get the idea?
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Death Sentence 2007 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: James Wan
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett, Stuart Lafferty, Aisha Tyler, John Goodman, Matt O'Leary, Edi Gathegi, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Kanin J. Howell, Dennis Keiffer, Leigh Whannell
Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) is part of an ideal family with his wife Helen (Kelly Preston) and sons Lucas (Jordan Garrett) and Brendan (Stuart Lafferty). All goes well until the day Brendan is murdered by a gang of thugs. Nick is an eyewitness and names Joe Darley (Matt O'Leary) as the killer. But, when Nick learns about a plea bargain, he withdraws his testimony, takes the law into his own hands, and kills Joe. Now the remaining gang members target Nick's family, and the bloodbaths continue.
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 Dirty Work 1998 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Saget
Cast: Norm MacDonald, Artie Lange, Chevy Chase, Christopher McDonald, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles, Jack Warden, Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, John Goodman
Mitch Weaver's (Norm MacDonald) motto is "Never take crap from anybody." To that end he and his friend Sam McKenna (Artie Lange) have mastered the art of executing dirty tricks to get revenge. Now, when Sam's father (Jack Warden) needs money for a heart transplant, Mitch and Sam help out by performing their dirty tricks for cash.
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Eddie Macon's Run 1983 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Leah Ayres, Lisa Dunsheath, Tom Noonan, J.C. Quinn, Jay O. Sanders, J.T. Walsh, John Goodman
Eddie (John Schneider) has escaped from prison and is determined to get to Mexico where his family is. Police officer Marzack (Kirk Douglas) is one small step behind. John Goodman's film debut.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2000 G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Eli Russell Linnetz, Kellyann Kelso, John Fiedler, Tom Jones, Patti Deutsch, Stephen J. Anderson, Rodger Bumpass
In this good Disney comedy, scheming ex-administrator Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) turns the Emperor Kuzco (voice of David Spade) into a talking llama. Now, with the help of the llama herder, Pacha (voice of John Goodman), Kuzco tries to find his way back to the palace.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove 2005 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: Kronk's New Groove
Director: Saul Andrew Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele
Cast: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade, John Goodman, Wendie Malick, John Mahoney, John Fiedler, Eli Russell Linnetz, Jessie Flower, Kath Soucie, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Patti Deutsch
In this follow-up to "The Emperor's New Groove," Kronk (voice of Patrick Warburton) is now the owner of a restaurant that has not yet established a large clientele. One day, Kronk receives a llama-gram announcing his father's upcoming visit. The news sets Kronk and partner Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) into action to make the restaurant appear successful. In the process, a massive cheese explosion erupts in the kitchen, but Kronk's friends come to his aid, and he learns the lesson to be "True to his Groove."
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Evan Almighty 2007 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Molly Shannon, Harve Presnell, Arden Myrin, Brian Howe
In this sequel to "Bruce Almighty" (2003), Steve Carell is back in his role of Evan Baxter who is now a newly elected U.S. Congressman. Evan, his wife Joan (Lauren Graham), and sons (Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, and Jimmy Bennett) move to suburban Virginia into the neighborhood of Prestige Crest and settle into the Beltway life. In his congressional campaign, Evan had promised to "change the world," and now God (Morgan Freeman) enters his life and asks him to follow up on his promise. God gives Evan a copy of the book "Ark Building for Dummies" and commands him to build an ark. Evan ignores the challenge, but when God provides him with an overnight growth of beard that he cannot shave off and a myriad of paired animals, Evan becomes convinced and gathers his sons around him to help build that ark.
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 Fallen 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz, Elias Koteas, James Gandolfini, Robert Joy, Aida Turturro, Allelon Ruggiero, Gabriel Casseus, Michael J. Pagan, Frank Medrano, Ray Xifo, Tara Carnes, Tony Michael Donnelly
The demon spirit–Azazel–of an executed killer is the focus of Detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) after he had captured and prosecuted the killer. Hobbes and his partner Jonesy (John Goodman) believe that Azazel possesses one person after another, and after Hobbes kills a man possessed by Azazel, he becomes suspect. He gets advice from theology professor Gretta Milano (Embeth Davidtz) whose father had been killed by Azazel and gets drawn into the occult as he continues his search for the truth to save his family and others from the demon spirit.
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The Flintstones 1994 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Moll, Jonathan Winters, Sheryl Lee Ralph
The Flintstones leap from pages of animation into the human world as they portray America's favorite prehistoric family. Fans of the Flintstones will thoroughly enjoy this clever presentation with John Goodman as the family patriarch, Fred.
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The Jack Bull 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Badham
Cast: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley, John Savage, Rodney A. Grant, Jay O. Sanders, Kurt Fuller, Rex Linn
In this made-for-HBO video the focus is on Myrl Redding (John Cusack), a Wyoming horse trader who has a run-in with Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones) and ends up in front of Judge Tolliver (John Goodman). Tolliver throws the case out of court, which forces Myrl to wage a violent war that threatens Wyoming's bid for statehood.
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 The Jungle Book 2 2003 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Musical
Director: Steve Trenbirth
Cast: John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Tony Jay, Phil Collins, John Rhys-Davies, Jim Cummings, Connor Funk, Bob Joles, Jeff Bennett, Veena Bidasha, Brian Cummings, Bobby Edner, Jess Harnell
When Mowgli (Voice of Haley Joel Osment) misses his jungle friends and returns to the jungle, troubles await.
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King Ralph 1991 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips, James Villiers, Joely Richardson, Niall O'Brien, Julian Glover
Las Vegas lounge singer Ralph's (John Goodman) life takes a major turn when a search reveals that he is the only heir to the English throne after the entire royal family is accidentally wiped out. Can Willingham (Peter O'Toole) school him in the ways of royalty?
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Maria's Lovers 1984 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine, Tracy Nelson, John Goodman, Danton Stone, Vincent Spano, Bud Cort, Bill Smitrovich
Returning from a Japanese prison camp after World War II, Ivan (John Savage), the husband of Maria (Nastassja Kinski), faces problems resulting from his years of torture.
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Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 2005 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Astin, Danny DeVito, Donnie Wahlberg, David Paymer, Camryn Manheim, Adam Arkin, Sonia Braga, Elden Henson, Ernie Hudson, Miguel Sandoval
Grieving widower Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) promised Steve Mills (John Goodman), who is dying, that he will relay a message to Steve's childhood sweetheart, Marilyn, at the Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School. Upon arrival at the school, Frank learns that Marilyn has died but that her daughter, Marienne (Mary Steenburgen), now runs the school. Frank opts to take classes offered at the school, his life begins anew, and he brings members of his support group to class.
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 Masked and Anonymous 2003 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, Bruce Dern, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Cheech Marin
When producer Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) puts together a benefit concert, she doesn't have much luck getting an all-star cast. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is in charge of lining up the talent, and the best he can get is hard-drinking Jack Fate (Bob Dylan) as the headliner. Yes, the music is good.
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Matinee 1993 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lucinda Jenney, Jesse White, Dick Miller, John Sayles, David Clennon
Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his horror film to the Key West area just as the Cuban Missile crisis is in full swing. The combination of real and pretend horror sets off a chain of events that affects some teenage lives.
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 Monsters, Inc. 2001 G, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Cast: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Bonnie Hunt, Bob Peterson, John Ratzenberger, Frank Oz, Kay Panabaker, Jack Angel, Patti Deutsch, Pat Fraley
Monsters, Inc. is a power company run by monsters in the city of Monstropolis. To generate electricity, the scare assistants enter children's closets, and the ensuing screams are turned into electrical energy. There is a crisis in the land: screams are becoming hard to find, and rolling blackouts are predicted. Mike (voice of Billy Crystal) and Sulley (voice of John Goodman) are the company's best scream producers, but when they allow a little girl (voice of Mary Gibbs) from Earth to enter their domain, chaos becomes the order of the day. Randy Newman's song "If I Didn't Have You" won an Oscar, and his musical score was nominated. The film was also nominated for Best Animated Feature, a new category.
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Mother Night 1996 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst, Arye Gross, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Henry Gibson, Bernard Behrens
Based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel, this is the story of Howard W. Campbell Jr. (Nick Nolte) who is recruited as a spy for the US during World War II. Following the war, he comes to NYC where 15 years later a neo-Nazi newspaper airs his address, and Campbell must come to terms with his true feelings about Nazism.
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My First Mister 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Lahti
Cast: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place, Michael McKean, John Goodman, Rutanya Alda, Lisa Jane Persky, Natasha Braisewell
Black-clad, pierced, tattooed, and 17-years-old Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) forms a troubled relationship with 49-year-old Randall (Albert Brooks) in this May/December comedy drama.
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 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning, Chris Thomas King, Michael Badalucco, Daniel von Bargen, Stephen Root, Del Pentecost, J.R. Horne, Brian Reddy, Wayne Duvall, Ray McKinnon
Basing its characters on those met by Odysseus in Homer's "Odyssey," this comedy adventure revolves around a search by three convicts–Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro), and Delmar O'Donnel (Tim Blake Nelson)–who escape from their Mississippi chain gang, intent on finding a buried treasure. Just like Odysseus, they make various stops along the way and meet strangers who are not always what they seem.
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One Night at McCool's 2001 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harald Zwart
Cast: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, John Goodman, Michael Douglas, Reba McEntire, Richard Jenkins, Andrew Dice Clay, Leo Rossi, Eric Schaeffer
Through flashbacks, told through second-hand testimony, the viewer learns versions of the story as told by three men: bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), detective Dehling (John Goodman), and lawyer Carl (Paul Reiser). All are involved with the devastatingly beautiful Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler), but Jewel sees these three as mere patsies who could provide the means for getting whatever she wants.
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 Raising Arizona 1987 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb, M. Emmet Walsh
A childless couple, ex-con (Nicolas Cage) and his cop wife (Holly Hunter), decide they want a child. Not being the conventional couple, they find an alternative to adoption–they steal a child. The story goes on from there as the dizzy duo tries child rearing.
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Revenge of the Nerds 1984 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Robert Carradine, Julia Montgomery, Ted McGinley, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Michelle Meyrink, Bernie Casey, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Andrew Cassese, Larry B. Scott, Brian Tochi, Matt Salinger, David Wohl, Donald Gibb
Adams College nerds Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) have arrived on campus and find that the fraternities are not asking them to join. They join other nerds on campus and start their own branch of Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity. Now, the college jocks at Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Stan (Ted McGinley), start picking on the nerds in their free time. As a result of the harassment, the nerds proceed to show that skill and cunning will beat out strength and agility any time.
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 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 1998 G, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Musical
Director: Bill Kowalchuk
Cast: John Goodman, Whoopi Goldberg, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Gary Chalk, Richard Simmons, Kathleen Barr, Eric Pospisil, Alec Willows, Lee Tockar, Christopher Gray, Paul Dobson, Colin Murdock
With new twists and characters, the story of poor Rudolph, that outcast reindeer, is once again presented as an animated musical. The story may have changed, but the message remains the same: there is nothing wrong with being different.
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The Runner 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Moler
Cast: Ron Eldard, Courteney Cox, John Goodman, Joe Mantegna, Bokeem Woodbine, David Jensen, John David Condi, Terrence Evans, Gary Grossman, Steve Schirripa
Loser Edward Harrington (Ron Eldard) is addicted to gambling and, to get himself out of debt to the bookies, gets a job as a "Runner" for a gangster (John Goodman). Eventually he succumbs to the temptation of having lots of money not belonging to him and is now on the run from the mob.
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Sea of Love 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, William Hickey, Michael Rooker, Richard Jenkins, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Larry Joshua, John Spencer
The newspaper's lonely-hearts column is somehow connected to a number of serial killings in New York. Two cops, Detectives Keller and Sherman (Al Pacino and John Goodman) are given the case, and Keller, in particular, goes after the solution with a vengeance.
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Speed Racer 2008 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Drama
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Christina Ricci, Rain, Paulie Litt, Benno Furmann, Navo K. Wallace, Kick Gurry, Roger Allam, Nicholas Elia, Scott Porter, Richard Roundtree, Ariel Winter
Pops Racer (John Goodman) builds cars, his sons Rex (Scott Porter) and Speed (Nicholas Elia) race them, and Mom (Susan Sarandon) gives them all moral support. But, problems develop, and Rex is killed in a crash at the Casa Cristo 5000 rally. Now, ten years later, Speed (now played by Emile Hirsch) is one of the top drivers in the World Racing League driving the Mach 5 that his father designed. E.P. Arnold Royalton (Roger Allam) makes Speed an offer to drive for him, and when Speed turns him down, things turn ugly. Royalton vows that Speed will never win another race–in fact, he is in the business of fixing races. With support from his girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci) and his family, Speed joins forces with former rival Racer X (Matthew Fox) and competes in the Casa Cristo 5000 rally. A win will save his family's business.
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Stella 1990 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason, Eileen Brennan, Linda Hart, Ben Stiller, William McNamara, Charles W. Gray
This is an update to Olive Higgins Prouty's novel "Stella Dallas," though it strays far afield from the book or earlier movie versions. As Stella's daughter matures, her single mother (Midler) decides it is time for the father to contribute financially to the daughter. 2 User Reviews
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| | TINKERXL@YAHOO.COM 09/30/2009 | | One of her best movies, be prepared to cry |
| | lady_harley47 05/16/2009 | | great acting by Midler |
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Storytelling 2001 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Todd Solondz
Cast: Selma Blair, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty, Mike Schank, Mark Webber, Noah Fleiss, Lupe Ontiveros, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom
Divided into two sections, Todd Solondz first presents "Fiction," the story about white college student (Selma Blair) who finds that when she writes about an actual sexual encounter with her black professor, her work must be called fiction. The second story, "Nonfiction," involves an aspiring filmmaker (Mike Schank) who follows a high-school senior (Mark Webber) around with a video camera, capturing moments within his dysfunctional family.
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 A Streetcar Named Desire 1995 TV, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Patricia Herd, Rondi Reed, Frederick Coffin, Carlos Gomez, Matt Keeslar, Jerry Hardin, Tina Lifford, Carmen Zapata
In this made-for-TV version of Tennessee Williams' classic story, Jessica Lange performs as the Mississippi Southern belle, Blanch DuBois, who visits her pregnant sister Stella (Diane Lane) and Stella's husband Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin) in their run-down French Quarter apartment in New Orleans. Although Blanche appears to be a refined woman, Stanley learns there is more to her than meets the eye and sabotages her romance with his friend Mitch (John Goodman). Alec Baldwin and Lange repeated their Broadway roles in this film.
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The Survivors 1983 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robin Williams, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright, Anne Pitoniak, John Goodman, Kristen Vigard, Annie McEnroe, Bernard Barrow, Michael P. Moran, Marian Hailey, Joseph Carberry, Skipp Lynch, Meg Mundy, Yudie Bank
Robin Williams plays unemployed executive Donald Quinelle who is taken under the wing of gas station owner Sonny Paluso (Walter Matthau). Because of a strange set of circumstances, they are on the list of hit man Jack Locke (Jerry Reed). From there, they end up in a survival-training unit where things really get "Robin Williams" strange.
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Sweet Dreams 1985 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, P.J. Soles, Bruce Kirby, Terry Gardner
Who else could this movie be about but country singer Patsy Cline? Jessica Lange does a remarkable job portraying the singer who lived life on the edge by hard drinking and fast living. Lange received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
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True Stories 1986 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David(2) Byrne
Cast: David(2) Byrne, Annie McEnroe, Swoosie Kurtz, John Goodman, Spalding Gray, Alix Elias
The imaginary town of Virgil, Texas, is examined by David Byrne in this funny, humanistic, and sometimes depressing view of the "goodness" of America.
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1993 G, 72 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag
Cast: John Goodman, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno, Julia Child, Martin Short, Kenneth Mars, Walter Cronkite, Felicity Kendal, Charles Fleischer, Yeardley Smith, Rene Le Vant, Larry King
Make an animated cartoon, combine Walter Cronkite, dinosaurs, and a circus of stars' voices (John Goodman, Jay Leno, Rhea Perlman, and Julia Child, etc.), and the result is a so-so movie. It could have been so much better, but will probably be enjoyed by children.
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What Planet Are You From? 2000 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, Judy Greer, Danny Zorn, Harmony Smith, Richard Jenkins
Out there in the cosmos is a planet, and on that planet are people who want to rule the universe; Earth is their next target. They are REALLY boring: they have no emotions and no genitals. They decide to send one of their own (Garry Shandling) to Earth, after fitting him with the appropriate body parts, to foster a child to assist in their quest (how that helps, this viewer is not sure). One problem on Earth is that, when aroused, his "equipment" makes a whirring noise, an irritating consequence of the equipment. He meets Susan (Annette Bening) and decides she's the one.
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The Wrong Guys 1988 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny Bilson
Cast: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye, Tim Thomerson, Brion James, Biff Manard, John Goodman, Ernie Hudson, Timothy Van Patten
Yes, there are even reunions for Cub Scout members, and at this reunion the five decide to go on a camping trip. That was a mistake, since they get involved in several misadventures, including running across childhood enemies and an escaped convict. Too poorly written and acted to be funny for these stand-up comedians, but it may appeal to those who liked the "Police Academy" series.
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The Year Without a Santa Claus 2006 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Griffin, Delta Burke, Harvey Fierstein, Michael McKean, Carol Kane, Carson Kressley, Dylan Minnette, Lara Grice, Tracey Walter, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Jack LaLanne, Andrea Powell
The worst has happened: children have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas–or so Santa (John Goodman) believes. He decides to take the year off, and he will not deliver any gifts. This doesn't sit well with his most loyal elves, Jingle and Jangle (Ethan Suplee and Eddie Griffin), who try to prove to Santa that he is wrong. Unfortunately for them, Sparky (Chris Kattan) is making their job an awful lot harder. This story delivers loads of Christmas spirit. (Review by LW)
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2. Always (1989)
3. Arachnophobia (1990)
4. The Babe (1992)
5. Barton Fink (1991)
6. Bee Movie (2007)
7. Beyond the Sea (2004)
8. The Big Easy (1987)
9. The Big Lebowski (1998)
10. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
11. Born Yesterday (1993)
12. The Borrowers (1997)
13. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
14. Burglar (1987)
15. Chiefs (1983)
16. Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
17. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
18. Coyote Ugly (2000)
19. Death Sentence (2007)
20. Dirty Work (1998)
21. Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
22. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
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24. Evan Almighty (2007)
25. Everybody's All-American (1988)
26. The Face of Rage (1983)
27. Fallen (1998)
28. The Flintstones (1994)
29. The Jack Bull (1999)
30. The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
31. King Ralph (1991)
32. Maria's Lovers (1984)
33. Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
34. Masked and Anonymous (2003)
35. Matinee (1993)
36. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
37. Mother Night (1996)
38. My First Mister (2001)
39. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
40. One Night at McCool's (2001)
41. Punchline (1988)
42. Raising Arizona (1987)
43. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
44. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
45. The Runner (1999)
46. Sea of Love (1989)
47. Speed Racer (2008)
48. Stella (1990)
49. Storytelling (2001)
50. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
51. The Survivors (1983)
52. Sweet Dreams (1985)
53. True Stories (1986)
54. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
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56. The Wrong Guys (1988)
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