Absolute Power 1997   R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, E.G. Marshall, Judy Davis, Mark Margolis, Melora Hardin, Kenneth Welsh, Richard Jenkins, Alison Eastwood, Penny Johnson, Elaine Kagan
Master thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses the President of the United States Allen Richmond (Gene Hackman) in the throes of an ugly sex scene that turns to murder. A cover-up ensues, Luther is the designated suspect, and his estranged daughter, Katie (Laura Linney), moves back into his life when she is appointed the prosecutor. 1 User Review
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| | petunia 04/29/2007 | | One of THE best in a long time, I have seen it twice already!!It is VERY suspensful & you're afraid to miss one second of it!! |
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 Breach 2007 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Billy Ray
Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Watton, Tom Barnett, Jonathan Potts, David Huband, Scott Gibson
Based on the true story of treasonous FBI agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), this drama involves his success in feeding secrets to the Soviet Union for over 20 years. The film's focus is on the turning point of Hanssen's work as a traitor when bureau rookie Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is assigned to spy on him. Despite putting a strain on his marriage and forcing him to reconsider working for the FBI, O'Neill does gain Hanssen's trust and brings about his downfall.
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 Congo 1995  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell, James Karen, Mary Ellen Trainor, Stuart Pankin, Grant Heslov, Lorene Noh, Misty Rosas, Carolyn Seymour, Romy Rosemont, Bill Pugin
This film is based on Michael Crichton's novel about Transicom (a greedy American corporation) whose C.E.O., R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker), sends a group to search for diamonds in Africa. When the group goes missing, Travis sends former CIA operative Karen Ross (Laura Linney) into the jungles in search of the group and the diamonds. Karen travels with a researcher of ape development, Peter (Dylan Walsh), and a Romanian, Herkermer (Tim Curry), who is searching for the Lost City of Zinj. Once they reach Africa, they are met by "great white hunter" Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson). While on their journey, they encounter a danger they had not planned on in the form of bloodthirsty gorillas. Special effects are a good addition to the story.
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 Dave 1993  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Parley Baer, Stefan Gierasch, Faith Prince, Laura Linney, Tom Dugan, Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Hallahan
Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline), who looks exactly like U.S. President Bill Mitchell (also played by Kline), runs an employment agency specializing in temp. work. The President's Chief-of-Staff Bob Alexander (Frank Langella) asks Dave to stand in for the President at a luncheon, and Dave agrees. While Dave is attending the luncheon, the President suffers a stroke when he is having sex with his mistress. In order to keep the indiscretion a secret, Dave agrees to continue his impersonation of the President. It doesn't take long for Dave to learn how to run the government and promote changes he feels will improve the country. And, in the process, he also falls in love with the President's wife Ellen (Sigourney Weaver). 1 User Review
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| | asmara 08/20/2009 | | where can i buy this fantastic movie? been trying to buy one for years. Help!! |
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Driving Lessons 2006 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeremy Brock
Cast: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Oliver Milburn, Michelle Duncan, Jim Norton, Tamsin Egerton, Rose Keegan, Rupert Holiday
Shy teenager Ben Marshall (Rupert Grint) has been raised by his domineering mother (Laura Linney) and wants to get out from under her thumb. His chance comes when he finds a summer job working for retired actress Evie Walton (Julie Walters) who tricks Ben into a trip to Edinburgh where Ben's eyes are opened–for good and for bad–to a new world.
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 The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore, Joshua Close, Duncan Fraser, Kenneth Welsh, JR Bourne, Mary Beth Hurt, Henry Czerny, Shohreh Aghdashloo
When Catholic priest Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson) performs an exorcism on 19-year-old Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter), she dies, and Father Moore is arrested and charged with murder. The lawyer (Laura Linney) who defends him goes up against a cocky state's attorney (Campbell Scott) and the fight is on. Eerie flashbacks of Emily's possession provide horror scenes–interspersed with courtroom drama.
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The House of Mirth 2000  PG, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Pearce Quigley
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is Lily Bart's (Gillian Anderson) tragic love story. As a socialite, born into a time when marriage provided the only means for women to retain their places in society, Lily's life choices include the risk of losing real love and happiness and exclusion from high society–the only world she knows.
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Jindabyne 2006 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ray Lawrence
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness, John(2) Howard, Chris Haywood, Leah Purcell, Stelios Yiakmis, Alice Garner, Simon Stone, Betty Lucas, Eva Lazzaro, Sean Rees-Wemyss, Charles "Bud" Tingwell
Friends Stewart (Gabriel Byrne), Carl (John Howard), Rocco (Stelios Yiakmis), and Billy (Simon Stone) are enjoying a fishing trip near the town of Jindabyne in a remote part of Australia when they discover a young female Aborigine's body floating in the river. Instead of reporting their find immediately, they tie the body to a tree and continue their vacation. When they finally do notify the police, the situation of not reporting the death is met with scorn. Stewart's wife Claire (Laura Linney) is especially concerned, but when she tries to right the wrong, her actions are resented by both the White majorities and the Aborigines in the area.
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 Kinsey 2004 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Dylan Baker, Julianne Nicholson, William Sadler, Veronica Cartwright
The man behind the landmark study on human sexual behavior, 1968's "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson) is the subject of this film, which reveals the rigid social mores of that era. Laura Linney received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Laramie Project 2002 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Moises Kaufman
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall, Dylan Baker, Peter Fonda, Janeane Garofalo, Christina Ricci, Laura Linney, Summer Phoenix, Joshua Jackson, Amy Madigan, Nestor Carbonell
Laramie, Wyoming, hit the national newswires in 1998 when a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence, and finally died. Moises Kaufman put together an ensemble cast that went to Laramie, interviewed people, and created a play incorporating their answers. This film is an adaptation of that play.
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 The Life of David Gale 2003 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven, Leon Rippy, Rhona Mitra, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Beaver, Cleo King
A reporter, Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet), interviews convicted murderer Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey) just three days before his execution date. Her next step is to race against time to prove his innocence in this crime drama, which speaks for those against the death penalty.
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Love Actually 2003 R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Curtis
Cast: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Billy Bob Thornton, Rowan Atkinson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Gregor Fisher, Sienna Guillory, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch
Love in many forms is the subject of this film, which takes place during the weeks before Christmas and involves intertwined stories concerning love and friendship. Several couples' stories are told, but the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) and a member of his household staff, Natalie (Martine McCutcheon), present one of the better scenarios.
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Lush 1999 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Gibson
Cast: Campbell Scott, Jared Harris, Laura Linney, Laurel Holloman, Nick Offerman, James "Kimo" Wills, James R. Hall Jr., Don Hood, Joseph Chrest, Michael Cahill
Golf pro "Ex" Exley (Campbell Scott) drinks hard and is usually drunk at tee-off time. After a DUI arrest and jail time as a result of attempting to bribe the cop, he heads to New Orleans where he drinks and wanders the streets. He meets F. Firmin Carter (Jared Harris), a suicidal lawyer, who introduces Ex into the high-class, but decadent, crowd. After Firmin changes his will to make Ex his heir, Firmin disappears, and Ex is the likely suspect. Different and offbeat, but amusing.
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 Man of the Year 2006  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, David Alpay, Faith Daniels, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Doug Murray, Chris Matthews, James Carville, Rick Roberts, Linda Kash
In this satirical comedy, Robin Williams plays comedian Tom Dobbs who hosts a late-night talk show. One night, Dobbs jokes about how he would make a better President than the man now serving. His fans listen to him, stage a grass-roots campaign, and Dobbs wins the election for President of the United States. But, problems arise when electronic voting system technician Eleanor Green (Laura Linney) tries to expose the glitch in her company's machine that falsely totaled the election results.
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Maze 2000 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Morrow
Cast: Rob Morrow, Laura Linney, Craig Sheffer, Rose Gregorio, Robert Hogan, Gia Carides, Betsy Aldern, Keenan Shimizu, Matthew Storff, Sheila Zane
Lyle Maze (Rob Morrow), a New York artist suffering from Tourette Syndrome, has only two good friends–Callie (Laura Linney) and Mike (Craig Sheffer). When Mike takes off for seven months to serve in the Doctors Without Borders organization, Callie, pregnant with Mike's child, is left behind. Maze steps in, becomes Callie's birthing coach, and falls in love with her.
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 The Mothman Prophecies 2002 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Mark Pellington
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, Lucinda Jenney, Alan Bates, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Clay Bunting, Eric Cazencave, Dan Callahan
Washington Post reporter John Klein (Richard Gere) is drawn to Point Pleasant, a town on the West Virginia/Ohio border, where he learns of the residents' experiences with mysterious, threatening events–including the appearance of a man-sized moth with fiery red eyes. Local cop Connie Parker (Laura Linney) confides in and shares the information she has with Klein who then joins the investigation.
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 Mystic River 2003 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman, Adam Nelson, Emmy Rossum, Cameron Bowen, Tom Guiry, Spencer Treat Clark, Eli Wallach
Three childhood friends–Jimmy (Sean Penn), Dave (Tim Robbins), and Sean (Kevin Bacon)–reunite after Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter, Katie (Emmy Rossum), is found murdered. Sean is a policeman assigned to the case and finds clues pointing to Dave who had been abused as a boy. He must also deal with Jimmy's rage. Great acting in this one. Sean Penn won an Oscar for Best Actor, and Tim Robbins won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), and Director.
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The Nanny Diaries 2007 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Alicia Keyes, Chris Evans, Donna Murphy, Nicholas Art, Judith Roberts, John Henry Cox, Paul Giamatti, Sakina Jaffrey, Sonnie Brown, Lewis Payton Jr., James Urbaniak
Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) has recently graduated from college with a degree in economics when she finds her life taking a sharp turn after she fails in the business world and, while commiserating in Central Park, is offered the job of Nanny to preschooler Grayer (Nicholas Art). Annie lies to her mother Judy (Donna Murphy), takes the job, and moves to New York City's Upper East Side where she discovers a lifestyle she has never known before. Grayer's mother, Mrs. X (Laura Linney), spends her time shopping and is too busy for Grayer but has definite ideas of how he should be raised. Then there's workaholic Mr. X (Paul Giamatti) who ignores Grayer, yells at Mrs. X., and treats her with contempt. Mischievous Grayer, himself, is a problem, but Annie learns to deal with his shrieking fits and other behavior problems. Annie's friend Lynette (Alicia Keyes) counsels her and recommends quitting the job, but Annie just cannot leave Grayer and, despite all the problems, for the time being continues on with the job.
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P.S. 2004  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dylan Kidd
Cast: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Rudd, Lois Smith, Ross A. McIntyre, Chris Meyer, Jennifer Carty, Becki Newton, Stacy Lynn Spierer
In her late 30s and divorced Louise Harrington (Laura Linney) works as the admissions director at Columbia University School of Arts. When she interviews a prospective student (Topher Grace), he appears to be the reincarnation of her high-school boyfriend who died 20 years before. A torrid love affair ensues.
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Primal Fear 1996 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Stanley Anderson, Terry O'Quinn, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Andre Braugher, Tony Plana, Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Reg Rogers
An ambitious defense attorney, Martin Vail (Richard Gere), defends teenage, altar boy Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton) who is accused of the gruesome murder of an archbishop (Stanley Anderson). Once into the case, Vail learns that the prosecuting attorney will be his ex-lover, Janet Venable (Laura Linney), and that the archbishop was involved in deviant sexual activities.
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The Savages 2007 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano, Guy Boyd, Debra Monk, Rosemary Murphy, Hal Blankenship, Joan Jaffe, Salem Ludwig
Wendy (Laura Linney) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the grown children of their abusive father Lenny (Philip Bosco), learn that Lenny is suffering from dementia and is dying. They fly to Arizona and bring Lenny back home to Buffalo where Wendy and Jon reunite under one roof for the first time since childhood and are forced to reconcile past differences in order to deal with their father's impending death. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Actress (Linney).
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A Simple Twist of Fate 1994 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin, Kristoffer Tabori, Michael Des Barres, Ed Grady, Byron Jennings, David Dwyer, Tim Ware
Michael McCann (Steve Martin) lives alone but he learns that love for others is more important than all the gold in the world when he takes in an orphaned young girl.
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 The Squid and the Whale 2005 R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin, Halley Feiffer, David Benger, Adam Rose, Eli Gelb
Jealousy over their successes in writing splits up the Birkman family, and the parents'–Bernard and Joan (Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney)–squabbles over everything including joint-custody, new relationships, and money make divorce not only hard on themselves but needlessly difficult for their young sons Walt and Frank (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline).
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 The Truman Show 1998  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Brian Delate, Una Damon, Paul Giamatti, Philip Baker Hall, Blair Slater, Peter Krause, Heidi Schanz, Ron Taylor, Don Taylor
Insurance salesman Truman Burbank's (Jim Carrey) entire life has been documented as well as broadcast nationally on a 24-hour basis. All the people around Truman are actors, and Truman lives and works in a huge studio. Despite his made-up world, Truman thinks he is an ordinary man–until he decides to experience life in the outside world. Academy Award nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Ed Harris). 1 User Review
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| | A good movie that doesn't quite gel | 1fatts 03/31/2007 | The elements are all here, and it is a professonal job. Weir directs; Ed Harris was up for an oscar; a solid performance from Laura Linney and Jim Carrey plays confused without going over the top.
And the script is everyone's paranoid fantasy brought to life.
It is enertaining, amusing, more-or-less satisfying, and has a couple of nice scenes taking advantage of good production values.
Then why isn't it better than this? Why isn't this allegory of the central question in so many lives -- isn't there more to me than this? -- more moving? more challenging? more significant?
I think the director sets the mark rather lower than he might have. Carrey is fine, but not better than fine. There are levels of shading that the actor doesn't bring and the director doesn't seek. Ed Harris' final confrontation with Truman, which should be man facing his creator, falls flat because Carrey isn't man enough and Harris' creator isn't high enough.
Still, a good film and well worth a few hours of your time. But one of those films where you wonder what someone else who was willing to take a few more chances could have made of this. |
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 You Can Count on Me 2000 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Cast: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin, Jon Tenney, J. Smith-Cameron, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Ryan, Michael Countryman, Adam LeFevre
This film tied for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. The story revolves around siblings–Sammy (Laura Linney) and Terry (Mark Ruffalo)–who were orphaned as children and whose lives have subsequently taken divergent paths. Now, Terry comes to visit Sammy after being away for two years. Terry stays for awhile, but personality differences ultimately drive them apart. Laura Linney was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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| 1. Absolute Power (1997)
2. Breach (2007)
3. Congo (1995)
4. Dave (1993)
5. Driving Lessons (2006)
6. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
7. The House of Mirth (2000)
8. Jindabyne (2006)
9. Kinsey (2004)
10. The Laramie Project (2002)
11. The Life of David Gale (2003)
12. Love Actually (2003)
13. Lush (1999)
14. Man of the Year (2006)
15. Maze (2000)
16. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
17. Mystic River (2003)
18. The Nanny Diaries (2007)
19. P.S. (2004)
20. Primal Fear (1996)
21. The Savages (2007)
22. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
23. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
24. The Truman Show (1998)
25. You Can Count on Me (2000)
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