 Bad Company 2002  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Gabriel Macht, Matthew Marsh, Peter Stormare, Kerry Washington, Garcelle Beauvais, Brooke Smith, Adoni Maropis, Daniel Sunjata, Dragan Micanovic, John Slattery, DeVone Lawson Jr., Wills Robbins, Marek Vasut
Jake Hayes (Chris Rock) is recruited by the CIA after his twin is killed while on a mission. But, the street-wise Hayes is not as polished as his brother and needs training. His brother's former partner, Gaylord Oakes (Anthony Hopkins), is chosen to teach Hayes how to impersonate his brother well enough to continue with the operation.
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Charlie Wilson's War 2007  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt, Om Puri, Ken Stott, John Slattery, Denis O'Hare, Jud Tylor, Christopher Denham, Brian Markinson, Peter Gerety
Based on George Crile's popular book, this story, based on fact, involves funding for a covert war operation, which provided money and weapons to Afghan rebels. Liberal living and thinking Texas playboy congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) joins forces with CIA Agent Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and wealthy, anti-communist Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts). Charlie manages to squeeze money out of a House subcommittee giving the Afghan resistance the means to fight off the Soviet invaders. Throughout the 1980s, money was provided, and, by the end of the decade, the Soviets were on the run–thanks to Charlie. Hoffman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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A Death in the Family 2002  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Annabeth Gish, Austin Wolff, David Alford, John Slattery, Bill Raymond, James Cromwell, Dan Beene, Christopher Strand, Matthew Carlton, Mari Askew
This made-for-TV film is adapted from James Agee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel and is set in Knoxville, Tennessee, during 1915. Mary Follet (Annabeth Gish) and her seven-year-old son, Rufus (Austin Wolff), have problems coping when they hear the news that their husband/father Jay (John Slattery) has been killed in a car crash.
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Dirty Dancing 2 2004 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
aka: Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Director: Guy Ferland
Cast: Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, John Slattery, Jonathan Jackson, January Jones, Mika Boorem, Rene Lavan, Mya, Polly Cole, Chris Engen, Marisol Padilla Sanchez, Tommy Kavelin, Wilmer Cordero, Charlie Rodriguez
Just before the Cuban Revolution, American teen Katey (Romola Garai) and her family move to Havana when her father's company transfers him there. Katey falls for a sexy dancer, Javier (Diego Luna), and secretly takes dancing lessons from him. The couple enters a dance competition, which, of course, will bring their relationship out into the open.
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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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 Flags of Our Fathers 2006  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, Neal McDonough, Ned Eisenberg, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Robert Patrick, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas McCarthy, Judith Ivey
This story, which is built around the battle of Iwo Jima, cuts back and forth between the actual battle and the three surviving soldiers–John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe), Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford), and Ira Hayes (Adam Beach)–of six who raised the flag depicted in the powerful picture taken by Joe Rosenthal (Ned Eisenberg). Rosenthal's picture was used to raise the spirits of a war-worn American public, and the soldiers were sent on a tour to sell war bonds. The story begins in the present when Bradley's son, James (Thomas McCarthy), interviews Rosenthal trying to get information on how the soldiers coped with the attention received from his photograph. Superb directing by Clint Eastwood. An Oscar was received for Best Sound Editing.
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Harvest 1999  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Cash Crop
Director: Stuart Burkin
Cast: Mary McCormack, John Slattery, Wil Horneff, Jeffrey DeMunn, Lisa Emery, Anthony Ruivivar, Fred Weller, Paula Garces, Julianne Nicholson, Sheila Marr
Times are tough in a Pennsylvania farming community, so the farmers augment their income by growing marijuana. When the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) gets wind of the practice, an agent is sent, who teams with the local sheriff, to stop this nonsense. But, there are loyalties and consciences that get in the way.
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 Mona Lisa Smile 2003 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, John Slattery, Marcia Gay Harden, Topher Grace, Laura Allen, Marian Seldes, Donna Mitchell, Terence Rigby, Jennie Eisenhower
Katherine Ann Watson (Julia Roberts) begins the academic year as an art professor at Wellesley College. But, this rebellious, free-thinking UC Berkeley grad may be a bit progressive for her conformist 1953 students at the all-girls' college.
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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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Reservation Road 2007 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Terry George
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning, Sean Curley, Samuel Ryan Finn, Eddie Alderson, Susan Powell, Cordell Clyde, Antoni Corone, Kevin Herbst, John Slattery
A hit-and-run car crash on Reservation Road impacts the lives of two families. It all begins when college professor Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix), his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly), and their children–Josh (Sean Curley) and Emma (Elle Fanning)–are on their way home from a concert. Meanwhile, attorney Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo) and his son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) are returning home from a Red Sox game. Dwight is distracted and accidentally runs over 10-year-old Josh. He then flees the scene. Ethan and Grace are shocked and want to catch the killer. Grace soon gives up, but Ethan is obsessed and hires a lawyer who just happens to be Dwight Arno. How long will it take before the facts come out, and the inevitable confrontation takes place?
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Sam the Man 2000 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gary Winick
Cast: Fisher Stevens, Annabella Sciorra, Ron Rifkin, John Slattery, Annika Peterson, Maria Bello, Saverio Guerra, George Plimpton, Griffin Dunne, Alex Porter, Rob Morrow, Luis Guzman
Novelist Sam (Fisher Stevens) has one hit book to his credit but is having trouble coming up with a second one. So, he cheats on his fiancee (Annabella Sciorra), avoids his agent, and looks for ways to pay his rent. When the husband of one of the women he slept with leaves him with cuts and bruises, he reevaluates his life. Too slow for many, but if you like cynicism and deep thinking, this one is for you.
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The Situation 2007 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, Driss Roukh, Nasser Memarzia, Said Amadis, Cherine Amar, Omar Berdouni, Shaun Evans, Thomas McCarthy, John Slattery, Peter Eyre, Sean Gullette
Set in present-day Iraq, this film reveals human stories behind the headlines of military, political, and CIA actions of the war.
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Underdog 2007  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Cast: Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Alex Neuberger, Taylor Momsen, Amy Adams, John Slattery, Brad Garrett, Samantha Bee, Timothy Crowe, Larry Vigus, Mario Mariani
An ordinary beagle (voice of Jason Lee) gets a dose of mad scientist Simon Barsinister's (Peter Dinklage) potion, escapes the lab, and then is taken in by widower Don Unger (James Belushi) and his depressed son Jack (Alex Neuberger) who name him Shoeshine because he likes to lick shoes. Shoeshine adjusts happily to his new home, but Barsinister's potion has turned him into a dog with super powers. When Dan encourages him to use those powers for a worthy cause, Shoeshine dons a suit and cape and turns into Underdog vowing to protect the citizens of Capitol City–including, of course, that particular spaniel Polly Purebread (voice of Amy Adams). "There is no need to fear! Underdog is here!" 1 User Review
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Where's Marlowe? 1999 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Pyne
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, John Livingston, Mos Def, John Slattery, Allison Dean, Clayton Rohner, Elizabeth Schofield, Barbara Howard, Kirk Baltz, Miguel Sandoval
This spoof on the art of documentary making features Wilt Crawley (Mos Def) and A.J. Edison (John Livingston) filming a down-and-out detective, John Boone (Miguel Ferrer), as their subject. But soon they offer to help out by working for Boone and, in the process, assume starring roles in their own documentary.
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| 1. Bad Company (2002)
2. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
3. A Death in the Family (2002)
4. Dirty Dancing 2 (2004)
aka: Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
5. Eraser (1996)
6. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
7. Harvest (1999)
aka: Cash Crop
8. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
9. The Naked Man (1998)
10. Reservation Road (2007)
11. Sam the Man (2000)
12. The Situation (2007)
13. Underdog (2007)
14. Where's Marlowe? (1999)
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