 Kate & Leopold 2001  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Philip Bosco, Paxton Whitehead, Spalding Gray, Charlotte Ayanna, Josh Stamberg, Matthew Sussman, Andrew Jack, Stan Tracy, Kristen Schaal
Stressed-out, New York City marketing executive Kate (Meg Ryan) meets her true love, Leopold (Hugh Jackman), when her ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber) opens a portal and accidentally retrieves Leopold from the Victorian era of 1878. Leopold is very intelligent, and, as Kate tours him through the city, he is fascinated with modern times. They begin their romance in the midst of Leopold's temporary status in the present day world. A good comedy about time travel.
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Mac 1992  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Turturro
Cast: John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto, Katherine Borowitz, John Amos, Olek Krupa, Ellen Barkin, Steven Randazzo, Matthew Sussman, Nicholas Turturro, Joe Paparone, Dennis Farina
Following their father's death, his three sons–Mac (John Turturro), Vico (Michael Badalucco), and Bruno (Carl Capotorto)–decide to follow on in the family business and form Vitelli Construction Company. But, working together proves difficult, and a falling-out develops in their relationships with each other.
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Pollock 2000 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ed Harris
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan, Jennifer Connelly, Jeffrey Tambor, Bud Cort, John Heard, Val Kilmer, Stephanie Seymour, Tom Bower, Robert Knott, David Leary, Sally Murphy, Molly Regan, Matthew Sussman
American painter Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is the subject of this biography, which doesn't hesitate to illustrate his degrading personal life. But the film shows how Pollock's energetic and creative work of splashing paint on canvas resulted in his rise to fame as an abstract artist. Marcia Gay Harden won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Pollock's long-suffering wife and caretaker. Ed Harris was nominated for Best Actor.
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| 1. Kate & Leopold (2001)
2. Mac (1992)
3. Pollock (2000)
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