Angel Eyes 2001  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Terrence Howard, Sonia Braga, Victor Argo, Shirley Knight, Jeremy Sisto, Monet Mazur, Daniel Magder, Kari Matchett, Connor McAuley, Peter MacNeill, Eldridge Hyndman, Jeremy Ratchford, Guylaine St-Onge
A tough Chicago cop, Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez), is estranged from her family and suffers anger as a result of her past experiences. She meets an odd stranger, Catch Lambert (James Caviezel), who just happens to be the victim who Sharon comforted after a car accident one year ago. Sharon and Catch fall in love and discover that they both have traumatic events in their pasts that are affecting their lives.
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Born Yesterday 1993 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, John Goodman, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich, Michael Ensign, Ted Raimi, Fred Dalton Thompson, Benjamin C. Bradlee, Sally Quinn, William Frankfather, Celeste Yarnall, Nora Dunn, Meg Wittner, William Forward
This is a remake of the classic 1950 hit starring Judy Holliday. This time around, Melanie Griffith takes on the role of the delightful Billie Dawn. When she appears a little too dizzy to help her real estate tycoon lover, a tutor (Don Johnson) is hired to enlighten her.
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Innocent Voices 2005  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Gustavo Munoz, Xuna Primus, Jose Maria Yazpik, Ofelia Medina, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Jesus Ochoa, Ignacio Retes, Adrian Alonso
During El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s, government troops rounded up young boys to fight the guerilla forces. Eleven-year-old Chava (Carlos Padilla) helps his siblings survive at home and worries that he will soon have to choose between joining the guerillas or being drafted by the army when he turns 12-years-old.
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Message in a Bottle 1999 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane, Jesse James, Bethel Leslie, Tom Aldredge, Viveka Davis, Raphael Sbarge, Richard Hamilton, Rosemary Murphy, Steven Eckholdt, Susan Brightbill
Adapted from Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel, this is a love story of beautiful, divorced mother Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) and lonely widower Garret Blake (Kevin Costner) who spends his life making sailboats AND sending love letters in bottles to sea as messages to his deceased wife. When Theresa finds one of the bottles and travels to North Carolina to meet this man who could love forever, love blooms anew.
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Trapped 2002  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dakota Fanning, Gregory Bennett, Steve Rankin, Gary Chalk, Colleen Camp, Jodie Markell, Matt Koby, Gerry Becker, Andrew Airlie, Randi Lynne
When Joe and Cheryl Hickey (Kevin Bacon and Courtney Love) kidnap nine-year-old Abby Jennings (Dakota Fanning) from her wealthy family's home, the Jennings (Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend) pose problems that are certain to threaten the Hickeys' plan for the "perfect crime."
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When a Man Loves a Woman 1994 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Ellen Burstyn, Tina Majorino, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mae Whitman, LaTanya Richardson, Eugene Roche, Gail Strickland, Susanna Thompson, Al Franken
Finally, alcoholism is portrayed as what it is–an illness and NOT a personality flaw. Meg Ryan plays Alice Green, wife, mother, and alcoholic, who hits her low point and recovery begins. The message is great, but there's not much entertainment value.
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White Palace 1990 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Eileen Brennan, Spiros Focas, Jeremy Piven, Renee Taylor, Gina Gershon, Steven Hill
Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) is in her 40s and works at a fast-food joint. Max Baron (James Spader) is an advertising executive in his mid-20s. They meet; the unlikely couple fall in love; and, in spite of great odds, they find happiness together.
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| 1. Angel Eyes (2001)
2. Born Yesterday (1993)
3. Innocent Voices (2005)
4. Message in a Bottle (1999)
5. Trapped (2002)
6. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
7. White Palace (1990)
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