A Brooklyn State of Mind 1997  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Rainone
Cast: Vincent Spano, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Danny Aiello, Abe Vigoda, Rick Aiello, Tony Danza, Jennifer Esposito, Morgana King, Vincent Pastore, Nelson Vasquez, Janice Steinmetz, Frank Rainone
Al (Vincent Spano), a small-time thug on the streets of Brooklyn, works for the local crime boss, Danny (Danny Aiello), and is still haunted by his father's violent death when Al was a youth. Enter filmmaker Gabriella (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) who is shooting a documentary of life on the Brooklyn streets. She takes a room provided by Al's aunt, and Al falls for her. It soon becomes apparent that Gabriella is really trying to get the goods on Danny, and some of the evidence concerns Al's father.
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Il Postino 1994  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Postman
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Linda Moretti, Renato Scarpa, Anna Bonaiuto, Mariano Rigillo
Chilean exile Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret) writes love lyrics solely to create romantic interest in himself. Then one day the postman (Massimo Troisi) explains to Pablo that "Poetry doesn't belong to those who write it, but to those who need it." Sadly, Massimo Troisi died of heart failure the day after this film was completed. Louis Bacalov won the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Troisi), Director, and Writing.
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Our Italian Husband 2004 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ilaria Borrelli
Cast: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase, Pierfrancesco Favino, Rich Duva, Jennifer Macaluso, C.S. Lee, Diego Serrano, Jillian Stacom, Sean T. Krishnan
Struggling sculptor Vincenzo (Pierfrancesco Favino) left Italy and a wife behind when he came to New York City to start a new life. That new life included a new wife, Charlene (Brooke Shields), who is now pregnant. Out of the blue, Vincenzo's Italian wife (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) appears on the scene, and Vincenzo is caught in the middle as sparks fly.
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Picking Up the Pieces 2000  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfonso Arau
Cast: Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cheech Marin, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Alfonso Arau, Danny De La Paz, Andy Dick, Sharon Stone
A butcher, Tex Cowley (Woody Allen), hacks up his unfaithful wife (Sharon Stone) and buries her body parts in the desert. But somehow he manages to lose one of her hands. Soon a blind woman trips over the hand, and her vision is restored. She credits the miracle to the hand. It isn't long before tourists, hoping to be healed, flock to town–along with Tex who would like to retrieve the hand before it becomes police evidence against him.
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 The World Is Not Enough 1999  PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Adventure
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese, Serena Scott Thomas, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Michael Kitchen, Colin Salmon, Goldie, David Calder
Pierce Brosnan takes on the James Bond role for the third time in this action-filled thriller. After Bond's friend Sir Robert King (David Calder) is killed at M16 headquarters, Bond takes on the mission of protecting King's daughter Electra (Sophie Marceau) who has inherited his oil rights. Bond teams up with nuclear weapons expert Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), and they investigate the plot of international terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) who feels no pain because a bullet lodged in his brain is robbing him of his senses. Renard has been instrumental in sabotaging a new King pipeline that is under construction, and Bond and Jones set out to stop his devious actions that could result in destroying Europe.
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| 1. A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
2. The Day of the Beast (1995)
3. Il Postino (1994)
aka: The Postman
4. Our Italian Husband (2004)
5. Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
6. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
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