Dangerous Beauty 1998  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Jacqueline Bisset, Oliver Platt, Moira Kelly, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Jeroen Krabbe, Joanna Cassidy, Jake Weber
Set in 16th-century Venice, amidst the turmoil of the Inquisition, this is the story of a courtesan, Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack), who works her way into the aristocratic world by bedding members of the ruling class–even to the point of influencing King Henry's (Jake Weber) decision to supply ships to fend off the Turkish fleet.
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Jack the Bear 1993  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Stefan Gierasch, Bert Remsen, Reese Witherspoon, Andrea Marcovicci, Erica Yohn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Lee Garlington, Lorinne Vozoff, Justin Mosley Spink
Two young boys, Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller) and Dylan (Miko Hughes), have moved to Oakland, California, where their widowed father, John (Danny DeVito), has been hired to host Saturday night horror films. John becomes obsessed with his job and finds little time for Jack and Dylan. Matters reach the crisis point after John attacks their neo-Nazi neighbor Norman Strick (Gary Sinise) on his TV show, and Norman kidnaps Dylan.
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Women vs. Men 2002  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chazz Palminteri
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Christine Lahti, Paul Reiser, Glenne Headly, Robert Pastorelli, Jennifer Coolidge, Jon Polito, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Dayton Callie
The battle of the sexes hits the screen for the umpteenth time in this made-for-cable TV offering. Rather than liking the Cadillac that husband Michael (Joe Mantegna) brings home to Dana (Christine Lahti), she walks out. His best friend, Bruce (Paul Reiser), thinks it is because Michael reminds her of her father. It also comes to light that his other friends seem to be having similar problems with their wives. So, why not go to a strip joint? Michael and Bruce go, and, of course, Dana follows them, reports back to Bruce's wife (Glenne Headly), and the two await the men's return. When they arrive, bickering continues. But, of course, all things get patched up–eventually.
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| 1. Dangerous Beauty (1998)
2. Jack the Bear (1993)
3. Women vs. Men (2002)
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