 Auto Focus 2002  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Maria Bello, Rita Wilson, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon, Michael E. Rodgers, Kurt Fuller, Christopher Neiman, Lyle Kanouse, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean
This story involves the rise and fall of radio/TV star Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) who gained fame only to take a down-hill journey, which began when he met sleazy, video technician John Carpenter (Willem Dafoe), continues through an addiction to sex, and ends, eventually, with Crane's murder. Carpenter was tried, and acquitted, for the still-unsolved murder.
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Love Object 2004  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Parigi
Cast: Desmond Harrington, Melissa Sagemiller, Rip Torn, Robert Bagnell, Michael Pena, Brad William Henke, Udo Kier, John Cassini, Ellen Greene, Bryan Crump, Lyle Kanouse
Technical writer Kenneth (Desmond Harrington) has no romantic skills–until he becomes obsessively involved with an anatomically correct sex doll he orders over the Internet. Now sexually adept, Ted attracts the attention of co-worker Lisa (Melissa Sagemiller), and his sex doll becomes jealous and coerces Kenneth into acts of violence.
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Mr. Woodcock 2007  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler, Melissa Sagemiller, Ethan Suplee, Jacob Davich, Kyley Baldridge, Alec George, M.C. Gainey, Lyle Kanouse, Brent Briscoe, Lisa K. Wyatt, Kurt Fuller
John Farley (Seann William Scott) has written a best-selling, self-help book and comes home to receive the Corn Cob Key at his town's Cornival Festival. While visiting his widowed mom Beverly (Susan Sarandon), John learns that she is dating his nemesis during his school days: sadistic gym teacher Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton). John begs Beverly to not marry Mr. Woodcock, but she won't listen. He decides to extend his stay, and the battle of wits rages between John and Mr. Woodcock.
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Whatever Works 2009 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Jessica Hecht, Christopher Evan Welch, Henry Cavill, Carolyn McCormick, John Gallagher Jr., Samantha Bee, Yolonda Ross, Adam Brooks, Lyle Kanouse
Retired physicist Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) moves to Chinatown to take up a bohemian existence. He meets and falls in love with 21-year-old former beauty queen Melody (Evan Rachel Wood). They marry, but life changes when Melody's mother Marietta (Patricia Clarkson) comes to visit from Tennessee. Melody's father John (Ed Begley Jr.) shows up a short time later, and romantic entanglements become the name of the game.
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| 1. Auto Focus (2002)
2. Love Object (2004)
3. Mr. Woodcock (2007)
4. Whatever Works (2009)
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