 American Gangster 2007   R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Malcolm Goodwin, Ruby Dee, Armand Assante, Carla Gugino, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) takes over the Harlem drug world in 1963 when he sees a big business opportunity: he buys drugs in the Middle East and then manages to use military planes to smuggle the drugs into the United States. Although Frank keeps a low profile, police officer Detective Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) spots him at a boxing match where Frank is wearing a chinchilla coat–given to him by his wife Eva (Lymari Nadal)–and he is sitting in front of Mafia boss Dominic Cattano (Armand Assante). Roberts is an honest cop, but his department is corrupt, and Detective Trupo (Josh Brolin) works to compromise Frank's integrity. Violence erupts in the attempt to pin down Lucas, and during the confrontation between Roberts and Trupo only one will emerge victorious. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee).
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Cool and the Crazy 1994  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Jared Leto, Jennifer Blanc, Matthew Flint, John Hawkes, John Kapelos, Christine Harnos, Bradford Tatum, Tuesday Knight, Christian Frizzell
Once high-school sweethearts, Michael (Jared Leto) and Roslyn (Alicia Silverstone) are now married and have a family. But life is not fun, so Joannie (Jennifer Blanc) talks the bored Roslyn into having an affair with a man of excitement. Speaking of boring... Made for TV.
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 Hardball 2001  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hard Ball
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Julian Griffith, DeWayne Warren, Michael B. Jordan, A. Delon Ellis Jr., D.B. Sweeney, Bryan Hearne, Graham Beckel
Conor O'Neill (Keanu Reeves) obtains a loan to pay off his gambling debts on condition that he coaches an inner-city youth baseball team from Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project. After one season of coaching the kids turns Conor's life around and makes him a winner.
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 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Bill Cobbs, Matthew Settle, Jennifer Esposito, Red West, Jeffrey Combs, John Hawkes, Ellerine Harding, Benjamin Brown, Michael P. Byrne, Michael Bryan French
This is the sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer." It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James, a survivor of the original film, who heads for a Bahamas vacation with her friends, Karla (Brandy), Tyrell (Mekhi Phifer), and Will (Matthew Settle). Once there, they run head on into a stalker–with a hook for a hand that he uses to send his message.
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 Identity 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: James Mangold
Cast: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John C. McGinley, William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Leila Kenzle, Carmen Argenziano, Marshall Bell, Matt Letscher
Travelers–limo driver Ed (John Cusack), prostitute Paris (Amanda Peet), actress Caroline (Rebecca De Mornay), police officer Rhodes (Ray Liotta) and his prisoner Robert Maine (Jake Busey), newlyweds Lou and Ginny (William Lee Scott and Clea DuVall), and married couple George and Alice (John McGinley and Leila Kenzle)–seek refuge from a storm in a seedy hotel run by Larry (John Hawkes). But safety is short-lived as they discover that they are being killed off–one by one.
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Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Miranda July
Cast: John Hawkes, Miranda July, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman, Natasha Slayton, Najarra Townsend, Hector Elias, Tracy Wright, Jo Nelle Kennedy, Brad William Henke, Ellen Geer
Newly divorced, shoe salesman Richard Swersey (John Hawkes) and wanna-be, struggling video performer/elder-cab driver Ellen (Ellen Geer) form a relationship when Richard is left unprepared to supervise his bi-racial sons. Seven-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff) romances older women over the Internet, while 14-year-old Peter (Miles Thompson) enters into a sexual experiment with two classmates. 1 User Review
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 The Perfect Storm 2000 PG-13, 129 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, John Hawkes, Allen Payne, Christopher McDonald, Josh Hopkins, Dash Mihok, Cherry Jones, Rusty Schwimmer
In October, 1991, a bitter storm hit the Atlantic Ocean. The 70-foot swordfishing boat, "Andrea Gail," vanished with all aboard–including Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney), Bobby Shatford (Mark Wahlberg), Sully Sullivan (William Fichtner), Murph Murphy (John C. Reilly), Alfred Pierre (Allen Payne), and Bugsy Moran (John Hawkes). This is the story of the "storm of the century," the ship, the crew, and the families that waited in Gloucester, Mass., for news of their men. Overpowering special effects and sound received Academy Award nominations.
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Playing God 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andy Wilson
Cast: David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Gary Dourdan, Michael Massee, Peter Stormare, Andrew Tiernan, John Hawkes, Will Foster Stewart, Philip Moon
Dr. Eugene Sands (David Duchovny) is a disgraced surgeon; he lost his medical license for performing surgery while under the influence of drugs. Now, he has resorted to performing surgery on criminals who cannot allow themselves to be seen in the public surroundings of hospitals.
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A Slipping-Down Life 1999  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Toni Kalem
Cast: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, John Hawkes, Sara Rue, Veronica Cartwright, Marshall Bell, Shawnee Smith, Bruno Kirby, Tom Bower, Clea DuVall, Lew Temple
A young woman (Lili Taylor), whose life seems to be going nowhere, obsesses over a rock singer and carves his name on her forehead. While this act makes her a celebrity, it also clears the way for her own liberation.
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| 1. American Gangster (2007)
2. Cool and the Crazy (1994)
3. Hardball (2001)
aka: Hard Ball
4. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
5. Identity (2003)
6. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
7. The Perfect Storm (2000)
8. Playing God (1997)
9. Roadracers (1994)
aka: Rebel Highway
10. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
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