 Cocktail 1988  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Ron Dean, Gina Gershon, Paul Benedict, Ellen Foley, Robert Donley, Andrea Morse, Chris Owens, Justin Louis, Allan Wasserman
Recently discharged from the Army, young Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) sets out to make a good life for himself in Manhattan. He signs up for business courses and gets a job tending bar. The Aussie barkeeper Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) takes Brian on as his protege, and they put together an act in which they dance while mixing drinks. They become very popular but then have a falling out. Brian leaves for Jamaica where he meets and falls in love with vacationing New York City waitress Jordan Mooney (Elizabeth Shue). Then, Brian meets New York executive Bonnie (Lisa Banes) who wants Brian for herself, and he becomes her lover. Will Brian wake up in time to make the right decision about who he should spend the rest of his life with?
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The Hotel New Hampshire 1984  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Amanda Plummer, Lisa Banes, Joely Richardson, Wallace Shawn, Wilford Brimley, Matthew Modine, Paul McCrane, Seth Green, Wally Aspell, Timothy Webber, Jonelle Allen
Win Berry (Beau Bridges) buys an old seminary and turns it into the Hotel New Hampshire. His wacky family–including children Franny (Jodie Foster), John (Rob Lowe), Frank (Paul McCrane), Lilly (Jennifer Douglas), and Egg (Seth Green)–encounters disaster after disaster and are just accidents waiting to happen.
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Marie 1985  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman, Lisa Banes, Fred Dalton Thompson, Trey Wilson, Leon Rippy, Don Hood, Graham Beckel
Based on Marie Ragghianti's true story, Sissy Spacek stars in the title role of this solid drama about a mother who blows the whistle on her corrupt Tennessee government.
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 Pumpkin 2002  R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder
Cast: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan, Sam Ball, Harry Lennix, Nina Foch, Caroline Aaron, Lisa Banes, Julio Oscar Mechoso
Beautiful and perfect Carolyn (Christina Ricci) is frightened by the prospect of dealing with an "imperfect" being when her sorority sisters plan to win "Sorority of the Year" by coaching physically and mentally challenged athletes. But her charge, Pumpkin Romanoff (Hank Harris), offers more than meets the eye, and it isn't long before Carolyn falls in love with him. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/20/2007 | | This movie was amazing! It was heartwarming, but also offered some sharp satire to laugh at. It is one of my favorites now that I've seen it, and I hope others get the chance to see it as well. Christina Ricci was great as that peppy perfect sorority girl and Hank Harris was incredible as sweet Pumpkin, who has the most beautiful soul you've ever seen. I've seen it twice already, and hoping to see it even more. Jump at the chance to see Pumpkin if you can because it was wonderful. I'm only 14, but even I saw the heart wrenching message behind this movie: Love isn't always perfect. |
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| 1. Cocktail (1988)
2. The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
3. Marie (1985)
4. Pumpkin (2002)
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