Afterglow 1997 R, 113 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph Cast: Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Jay Underwood, Domini Blythe, Yves Corbeil, Alan Fawcett, France Castel, Claudia Besso
Two couples–Phyllis (Julie Christie) and Lucky (Nick Nolte) and Marianne (Lara Flynn Boyle) and Jeffrey (Jonny Lee Miller)–are suffering because of unhappy marriages. When repair contractor Lucky arrives at Marianne and Jeffrey's apartment, Marianne becomes the object serviced. Meanwhile, Jeffrey finds comfort in Lucky's wife Phyllis who is only too happy to take on the mother role for Jeffrey. Julie Christie received a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
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Baby's Day Out 1994 G, 96 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Patrick Read Johnson Cast: Adam & Jacob Worton, Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Nixon, Eddie Bracken, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Neville
Twins, Adam and Jacob Worton, play Baby Bink who is kidnapped by three inept criminals (Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, and Brian Haley). Baby Bink escapes from his captors and manages to crawl through, over, and under obstacles that would stop grown men. The weak humor in this story is that of the kidnappers as they try to recapture Baby Bink.
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Cafe Society 1995 R, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Raymond DeFelitta Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frank Whaley, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer, Anna Levine, Christopher Murney, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Richard B. Shull, David Patrick Kelly
Mickey Jelke (Frank Whaley) is heir to the oleo fortune. When his parents cut him off financially, he talks his girlfriend into performing acts of prostitution so they can collect enough cash to marry. Justice prevails, and Mickey Jelke gets his due when she testifies against him, and he pays the consequences.
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Cannes Man 1996 R, 90 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Martini Cast: Seymour Cassel, Francesco Quinn, Rebecca Broussard, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, Treat Williams, Jim Jarmusch, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Ann Cusack, Jon Cryer
Producer Sy Lerner (Seymour Cassel) makes a bet that he can turn a nobody into the talk of the Cannes Film Festival overnight. Cameo appearances abound in this Troma film.
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Chain of Fools 2000 R, 95 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Traktor Cast: Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum, Elijah Wood, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tom Wilkinson, David Cross, David Hyde Pierce, Orlando Jones, Kevin Corrigan, John Cassini, Michael Rapaport
Hapless barber Kresk (Steve Zahn) gains possession of a valuable treasure of ancient coins after killing the person who stole them. Now an assortment of oddballs who want the loot are on his trail, as is police Sergeant Kolko (Salma Hayek) who Kresk falls for. A wacky, off-kilter film with several well-known stars.
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The Dark Backward 1991 R, 97 min. Genre: Comedy / Fantasy aka: The Man with Three Arms
Director: Adam Rifkin Cast: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe, King Moody, Claudia Christian, Danny Dayton, Carrie Lynn, Anna Berger, Tom Hodges, Adam Rifkin
Unhappy garbage man Marly Malt (Judd Nelson) moonlights as a comedian, but his fellow garbage man Gus (Bill Paxton) is the only one who enjoys his humor. Marty is a failure in the comic genre–until he grows a third arm out of his back and is billed as "Desi the Three-Armed Wonder Comic." With Gus providing backup on his accordion, Marty finally gets laughs.
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Equinox 1993 R, 108 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Marisa Tomei, Tyra Ferrell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tate Donovan, Lori Singer, M. Emmet Walsh, Gailard Sartain
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace (both played by Modine) are twin brothers who were separated at birth. They meet and the results make for a good story as they have led extremely diverse lives.
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Eye of the Storm 1991 R, 98 min. Genre: Thriller
Director: Yuri Zeltser Cast: Craig Sheffer, Bradley Gregg, Lara Flynn Boyle, Leon Rippy, Dennis Hopper, Ally Walker, Bruce Gray, John Storey, Barbara Lindsay, Adrian Arnold
Following their parents' brutal murder during which Steven (Bradley Gregg) was blinded, Steven and his brother, Ray (Craig Sheffer), took charge of the family motel. Now, 10 years later, Steven and Ray are still in the motel business but are haunted by the past. One night, Marvin and Sandra Gladstone (Dennis Hopper and Lara Flynn Boyle) check into one of the motel rooms for what will turn out to be a night of terror.
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Happiness 1998 R, 139 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Solondz Cast: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser, Jared Harris, Jon Lovitz, Elizabeth Ashley
Middle-class New Jersey sisters–Joy (Jane Adams), Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle), and Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) live their individual lives, each filled with misery, in this story of inter-connected episodes focusing on self-absorption, aimlessness, pedophilia, and murder.
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Jacob 1994 TV, 94 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Peter Hall Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Bean, Joss Ackland, Giancarlo Giannini, Irene Papas, Juliet Aubrey, Cecilia Dazzi, Christoph M. Ohrt, Yvonne Scio, Philip Locke, Daniel Newman
The love story of the Bible's Jacob and Rachel (Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle) is told in this made-for-TV film. After fleeing his home to avoid his older brother's wrath and finding Rachel, he must become a servant to Rachel's father (Giancarlo Giannini) in order to gain Rachel's hand in marriage. But there are many hardships to overcome to realize life's dreams.
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Land of the Blind 2006 R, 101 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Edwards Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tom Hollander, Camilla Rutherford, Marc Warren, Robert Daws, Don Warrington, Ron Cook, Laura Fraser, Jonathan Hyde, Harry Eden
In this political satire, a military man, Joe (Ralph Fiennes), befriends political prisoner Thorne (Donald Sutherland) who teaches Joe about corruption within his government, recruits him to aid in the cause, and they work together–for awhile.
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Men in Black II 2002 PG-13, 88 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Peter Spellos, Michael Jackson, Michael Bailey Smith, Lenny Venito
Those MiB operatives–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are back, but Agent J must first get Agent K out of retirement and restore his memory that the MiB agency's neuralizer has wiped out. Then it's time to save the Earth, which is once again threatened by aliens out to destroy it.
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Mobsters 1991 R, 104 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff Cast: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Lara Flynn Boyle, Anthony Quinn, Rodney Eastman, Jeremy Schoenberg, Michael Gambon, Chris Penn, Miles Perlich
This film is based on the lives of 20th century gangsters–Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, Bugsy Siegel, and Meyer Lansky (Christian Slater, Costas Mandylor, Richard Grieco, and Patrick Dempsey). The story relates their rise from young thugs on the streets of New York in the early 1900s to their teaming up and controlling organized crime.
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Poltergeist III 1988 PG-13, 97 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Gary Sherman Cast: Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Lara Flynn Boyle, Kipley Wentz, Paul Graham, Nathan Davis, Richard Fire, Roger May, Meg Weldon, Stacy Gilchrist, Joey Garfield, Roy Hytower, Christian Murphy
Previous stars Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams are gone, but the otherworld creatures are back. Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) moves in with Aunt Nancy (Nancy Allen) and Uncle Tom (Tom Skerritt) and shares their Chicago condominium. But, the evil creatures are not fooled, and the ghost of the evil Reverend Kane (Nathan Davis) is haunting Carol Anne and wants her to follow him "into the light."
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The Road to Wellville 1994 R, 120 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Parker Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, Michael Lerner, Colm Meaney, John Neville, Lara Flynn Boyle, Traci Lind
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins) owns a Battle Creek, Michigan, resort where he preaches the virtues of a clean life. To that end, Will and Eleanor Lightbody (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda) are there to begin lives of celibacy and find the task very difficult.
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The Rookie 1990 R, 121 min. Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Tom Skerritt, Lara Flynn Boyle, Pepe Serna, Mara Corday, Marco Rodriguez, Pete Randall, Donna Mitchell, Xander Berkeley, Tony Plana, David Sherrill, Hal Williams
David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen) is the rookie assigned to tough cop Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) as the replacement for Pulovski's slain partner. Even though he has been taken off the case, Pulovski is determined to avenge the dead partner's murder and is not going to let the German murderers Strom (Raul Julia) and Liesl (Sonia Braga) go free. He enlists Ackerman's help even though Ackerman has issues of his own including an unhappy girlfriend Sarah (Lara Flynn Boyle) and his estranged father Eugene (Tom Skerritt). Finally, when Pulovski is kidnapped by the murderers, it falls on Ackerman to solve the case and rescue his partner.
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Since You've Been Gone 1998 R, 96 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: David Schwimmer Cast: Teri Hatcher, Lara Flynn Boyle, David Schwimmer, Rachel Griffiths, Joey Slotnick, Jon Stewart, Rachel Griffiths, Philip Rayburn Smith, Laura Eason, Joy E. Gregory
Every graduate seems to have come to this 10th-high-school reunion with his or her own bag of troubles. But, as would be expected in a comedy, all ends well by the end of the evening.
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Susan's Plan 1998 R, 89 min. Genre: Comedy / Thriller aka: Dying to Get Rich
Director: John Landis Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Michael Biehn, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle, Thomas Haden Church, Carl Ballantine, Bill Duke, Lisa Edelstein, Sheree North, Adrian Paul, Dan Aykroyd
Susan (Nastassja Kinski) plots, again and again, to murder her ex-husband, Paul (Adrian Paul), after she learns about his life insurance policy. First, her new lover, Sam (Billy Zane), hires two thugs (Michael Biehn and Rob Schneider), but they fail to kill Paul. Next a biker, Bob (Dan Akyroyd), is paid to finish the job. The problem is that as more people become involved, more want in on the money, and complications ensue.
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The Temp 1993 R, 96 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Holland Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Faye Dunaway, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Scott Coffey, Dakin Matthews, Colleen Flynn, Maura Tierney, Lin Shaye, Jesse Vint
Kris Bolin (Lara Flynn Boyle) fills in as a temporary office assistant when Peter Dern's (Timothy Hutton) secretary goes on vacation. Murder and mayhem quickly follow her arrival as the corporate office is turned into her own "playhouse."
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Threesome 1994 R, 93 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrew Fleming Cast: Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin, Josh Charles, Alexis Arquette, Martha Gehman, Michele Matheson, Joanne Baron, Mark Arnold, Jennifer Lawler, Jack Breschard, Jillian Johns, Amy Ferioli, Katherine Kousi, Kathleen Beaton, Jason Workman
A trio of college students–Eddy, Stuart, and Alex (Josh Charles, Stephen Baldwin, and Lara Flynn Boyle–makes the best of an error in room assignments when the computer assigns Alex to the males' room. They learn about friendship and honesty while living with the situation.
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Wayne's World 1992 PG-13, 95 min. Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Penelope Spheeris Cast: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle, Colleen Camp, Donna Dixon, Ione Skye, Meat Loaf, Michael DeLuise, Dan Bell, Lee Tergesen, Kurt Fuller, Sean Gregory Sullivan
Sleazy TV executive Ben Kane (Rob Lowe) offers a great contract to Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), and their show moves from being a public cable network TV show in Wayne's basement to being broadcast on a Prime Time TV network from downtown Chicago. Now, as they discover a new world of dangers, temptations, and PARTIES, Wayne must work to keep the love of his life, Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere), out of Ben's grasp.
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Where the Day Takes You 1992 R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Rocco Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Lara Flynn Boyle, Balthazar Getty, Sean Astin, James LeGros, Ricki Lake, Will Smith, Peter Dobson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Robert Knepper, Adam Baldwin, Laura San Giacomo, Kyle MacLachlan, Nancy McKeon, Rachel Ticotin
Los Angeles street hustler King (Dermot Mulroney) acts as a father figure for a group of runaways–including gay prostitute Little J (Balthazar Getty), Heather (Lara Flynn Boyle), and drug addict Greg (Sean Astin). But, even though King tries to come to their aid, violence through drugs and prostitution is the norm for these teens, and tragic consequences ensue.
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| 1. Afterglow (1997)
2. Baby's Day Out (1994)
3. The Big Squeeze (1996)
4. Cafe Society (1995)
5. Cannes Man (1996)
6. Chain of Fools (2000)
7. The Dark Backward (1991) aka: The Man with Three Arms
8. Equinox (1993)
9. Eye of the Storm (1991)
10. Happiness (1998)
11. How I Got Into College (1989)
12. Jacob (1994)
13. Land of the Blind (2006)
14. Men in Black II (2002)
15. Mobsters (1991)
16. Poltergeist III (1988)
17. Red Rock West (1994)
18. The Road to Wellville (1994)
19. The Rookie (1990)
20. Since You've Been Gone (1998)
21. Susan's Plan (1998) aka: Dying to Get Rich
22. The Temp (1993)
23. Threesome (1994)
24. Wayne's World (1992)
25. Where the Day Takes You (1992)
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