Blue Chips 1994  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy, Shaquille O'Neal, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Wuhl
When his team fails to live up to his expectations for it, a basketball coach (Nick Nolte) resorts to recruitment of blue chip candidates.
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 Dances with Wolves 1990  PG-13, 183 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Charles Rocket, Maury Chaykin, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli, Wes Studi, Tony Pierce, Annie Costner, Kirk Baltz, Larry Joshua, Tom Everett
This Academy Award winner for Best Picture is the story of a Union soldier (Kevin Costner) who is sent to a frontier outpost where he befriends a tribe of Sioux Indians. When he grows to appreciate the Indians more than his own race and falls in love with a woman of the tribe, the Army calls him a renegade. Good fare. Costner won an Oscar for Best Director. In all, seven Academy Awards were received along with five nominations, which included Best Actor (Costner), Supporting Actor (Graham Greene), and Supporting Actress (Mary McDonnell). 1 User Review
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| | 02/19/2007 | | it was the best |
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 Donnie Darko 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Noah Wyle, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Daveigh Chase, Patrick Swayze, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Arthur Taxier, Mark Hoffman, David St. James, Jazzie Mahannah
Bright, but emotionally disturbed, Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) hears voices from a six-foot-tall rabbit that warns him to prepare for the end of the world (in 28 days!). In his ensuing search for God, Donnie becomes obsessed with time travel and what he perceives as energy reaching out from people's bodies. The story ends on Halloween when the world that Donnie knows does come to an end, and the puzzle pieces fit together neatly.
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Grand Canyon 1991 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard, Jeremy Sisto, Tina Lifford, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jeanne Bates, Patrick Malone, Randle Mell, Sarah Trigger, Destinee DeWalt, Jack Kehler
Through a series of vignettes, this film examines a group of friends, including lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) and his newfound friend Simon (Danny Glover). Mack's car breaks down in Simon's rough neighborhood, and Simon and his gang come to his aid. Mack thanks Simon by helping Simon's sister Deborah (Tina Lifford) move out of the neighborhood and by setting up a date for Simon with Jane (Alfre Woodard). Other neighborhood problems and solutions ensue as the lives of residents from different backgrounds intertwine.
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 Independence Day 1996  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Harry Connick Jr., Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Harvey Fierstein, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, Adam Baldwin, Brent Spiner, Margaret Colin
Gigantic spacecrafts enter the Earth's atmosphere with the mission of destroying the planet. The American President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) rallies the countries of the world to participate in a joint venture against the threatening aliens. Now the Capitol and White House have been destroyed by the aliens, fighter pilot Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) and his squadron attack the aliens, and the adventures begin. 2 User Reviews
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| | Grandma 2003 03/15/2009 | | Even though it's Not believable, it's still a good movie! My favorite part was when Cpt. Hiller, played by Will Smith, punched the alien in the face and welcomed him to Earth! Then, there was the part when David finally figured out that the best way to get rid of them was to give them a "cold"! A virus, of all things!!!! Great stuff! |
| | Hee Hee | 1fatts 10/12/2007 | So there are levels of suspending disbelief.
Those aren't real people living through that stuff on the screen. They're actors. We know that. But we suspend disbelief and play along with Clark Gable dissing Vivian Leigh because otherwise we wouldn't enjoy the movie.
But, as I say, there are levels.
Road Runner can't really run into the picture of the train tracks that Wiley Coyote has painted on the rock, and Wiley Coyote can't get run over by the train. We know that too, but we are ready to go further in suspending disbelief to enjoy the cartoon.
Levels.
There ain't much that's even vaguely plausible in Independence Day. The scriptwriters couldn't have taken anything they wrote seriously. Certainly not the dialogue. Certainly not the plot. There really are critics out there who wanted to talk about the Jew and the Black Man saving the planet as some symbolic turn in the demographic history of the United States. Really. They really wrote that.
This is a silly movie. It has really nice special effects. Things blow up good! People say silly things and defeat bad aliens from somewhere bad. And Data has funny hair and glasses.
You go "Wow!" at the special effects and "Hee Hee" at the silly plot and the silly dialogue and eat popcorn and drink $6.00 cups of over-sweet coca cola.
That's what this movie is for, and it does that job just fine. If you want plot, dialogue, character development . . . stay home.
Wiley Coyote draws the train tracks on the rock and Road Runner runs into the picture, down the tracks and into the tunnel.
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The Locket 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karen Arthur
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Chad Willett, Brock Peters, Marguerite Moreau, Mary McDonnell, Lori Heuring, Irene Ziegler, Michael Genevie, Jonathan Frappier, Leland L. Jones
Esther (Vanessa Redgrave), an elderly and embittered woman who lives in a nursing home, meets Michael (Chad Willett), a worker at the home. Like Esther, he has suffered through crises and, as they get to know each other, are able to help the other in this good made-for-TV film
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Matewan 1987  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones, Will Oldham, Jace Alexander, Ken Jenkins, Joe Grifasi, David Strathairn, Bob Gunton, Kevin Tighe, Gordon Clapp, John Sayles, Josh Mostel, Nancy Mette
This is the story of the massacre of striking West Virginia coal miners in 1920 and the animosities between White American miners and Italian and Black migrant workers who were hired as scabs. Union activist Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper) is sent in by the United Mine Workers to organize the union, and, over time, the fighting groups begin to work together. "Matewan" is a good depiction of how immigrants and minorities were treated in the early 20th century.
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Mumford 1999  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Short, David Paymer, Jane Adams
A man (Loren Dean) gives up his job at the IRS, moves to the town of Mumford, takes the town name as his own, and begins a practice in psychology. His ensuing advice is sage, but it changes lives and lifestyles forever. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/25/2007 | | Absolutley a movie that makes you think about life. Wonderful. |
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Passion Fish 1992 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Angela Bassett, Lenore Banks, Maggie Renzi, Sheila Kelley, Tom Wright
May-Alice (Mary McDonnell) had been a television star before she was hit and paralyzed by a New York cab. Depressed and drowning her sorrows in alcohol, she returns home to Louisiana where the friendship with her nurse Chantelle (Alfre Woodard) changes both women's lives. McDonnell was nominated for an Oscar.
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Sneakers 1992 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Stephen Tobolowsky
Computer expert Bishop (Robert Redford) works with "Sneakers"–a group of men who know how to gather security information. Government agents use Bishop's shady past to coerce him and his group into stealing a "black box" that is capable of breaking any government code.
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Tiger Warsaw 1988   R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amin Q. Chaudhri
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie, Lee Richardson, Mary McDonnell, Barbara Williams, Bobby DiCicco, Kaye Ballard, Jenny Chrisinger, James Patrick Gillis, Michelle Claven
Tiger Warsaw (Patrick Swayze) brought shame and sorrow to his family when he shot his father and now must live with himself and his unforgiving relatives. Pretty weak stuff. 1 User Review
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| | sassey 09/14/2009 | | I am a big fan of this man and of this movie.I think people never looked past his handsome body and really watched this the meaning he tried to project in this film.He will be missed by this little old lady. |
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| 1. Blue Chips (1994)
2. Dances with Wolves (1990)
3. Donnie Darko (2001)
4. Grand Canyon (1991)
5. Independence Day (1996)
6. The Locket (2002)
7. Matewan (1987)
8. Mumford (1999)
9. Passion Fish (1992)
10. Sneakers (1992)
11. Tiger Warsaw (1988)
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