The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 1988  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher, Michael Murphy, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel Jenkins, Danny Darst, Ken Michels, Matt Malloy, David Miller, Kenneth V. Jones, Matt Smith, L.W. Wyman, Brian Haley
Based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this is a very well-produced, made-for-TV film about the compulsive Captain Queeg (Brad Davis) whose crew mutinies and takes over their minesweeper. Lt. Steve Maryk (Jeff Daniels) led the mutiny because a deadly storm was brewing, and Maryk felt that Capt. Queeg was losing his sanity. The act leads to a court martial. Defense attorney Lt. Barney Greenwald (Eric Bogosian) calls Queeg to testify for the defense–knowing that the only way to win the case is to prove that Capt. Queeg really was incompetent. A compelling story.
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 Changing Lanes 2002 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, Tina Sloan, Kim Staunton, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins, Dylan Baker, Akil Walker, Cole Hawkins, Ileen Getz, Jennifer Dundas, Matt Malloy
Road rage escalates to new heights between a Wall Street lawyer, Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) who is fighting a bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Valerie (Kim Staunton). When their cars sideswipe on FDR Drive in Manhattan, the accident sets off a chain of events that becomes more and more dangerous.
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Dr. T and the Women 2000  R, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler, Robert Hays, Matt Malloy
Dr. Sullivan Travis "Dr. T." (Richard Gere) is a Dallas gynecologist surrounded by women–kooky wife and daughters, wealthy patients, devoted clinic staff. When his wife (Farrah Fawcett) is institutionalized with little hope for recovery, Dr.T. is drawn to the new golf pro, Bree (Helen Hunt). When Bree, unlike the other women in his life, doesn't want a man who worships her and fulfills her every dream, Dr. T. heads straight into a midlife crisis.
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 Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Sam McMurray, Mindy Sterling, Will Sasso, Brittany Murphy, Matt Malloy, Amy Adams, Laurie A. Sinclair, Shannon Nelson, Alexandra Holden, Sarah Stewart
When Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst) enters the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Miss Teen Princess beauty contest in Mt. Rose, Minnesota, her alcoholic mother, Annette (Ellen Barkin), stops at nothing to ensure that her daughter wins the title. But, first, she must get past the former winner, Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley), whose own daughter, Becky (Denise Richards), also seeks the beauty prize.
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 Election 1999 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delaney Driscoll, Colleen Camp, Frankie Ingrassia, Holmes Osborne, Joel Parks, Jeanine Jackson, Matt Malloy, Loren Nelson
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is running for student council president and appears to be a shoo-in when teacher-of-the-year Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) steps in and coerces a popular football player, Paul Metzler (Chris Klein), into giving Tracy a run for her money.
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Everything Put Together 2000 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Justin Louis, Megan Mullally, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Alan Ruck, Michele Hicks, Matt Malloy, Jacqueline Heinze, Courtney Watkins, Mark Boone Junior
Angie and Russ (Radha Mitchell and Justin Louis) are a model couple with a baby on the way. They live in an upscale neighborhood and are popular with their friends. The day after their healthy baby arrives, tragedy strikes when the baby dies of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and Angie falls into a deep depression with erratic and frightening behavior. As former friends abandon her, Angie's nightmare deepens.
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Golden Years 1991  TV, 232 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Golden Years
Director: Josef Anderson
Cast: Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter, R.D. Call, Bill Raymond, Frances Sternhagen, Matt Malloy, Adam Redfield, Jeff Williams, Peter McRobbie
There's secret stuff going on at the military laboratory. When an accident occurs, releasing chemicals, the old janitor (Keith Szarabajka) starts getting younger. Now, government agents are hot on his trail to find out how the chemical works. Originally a TV miniseries. Based on a Stephen King story.
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 The Great Gatsby 2001 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Heather Goldenhersh, Matt Malloy, William Camp, Richard Jutras, Jerry Grayson
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tragedy is brought to the screen (originally the TV screen) again. This time Toby Stephens takes on the title role of the poor man who uses shady means to amass a fortune in order to win back his love (Mira Sorvino) who is strictly "upper crust." Beautifully photographed.
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 In the Company of Men 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy, Michael Martin, Mark Rector, Chris Hayes, Emily Cline, Jason Dixie, Roxanne Butler, Jasen Savage
To make up for their unsuccessful romances in the past, two young businessmen, Chad (Aaron Eckhart) and Howard (Matt Malloy), plot to sexually exploit–and then dump–a beautiful young woman. A secretary in their office, Christine (Stacy Edwards), becomes the victim of their ignoble quest.
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 The Stepford Wives 2004 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart, David Marshall Grant, Jon Lovitz, Dylan Hartigan, Faith Hill, Matt Malloy, Kate Shindle, Fallon Brooking, Tom Riis Farrell, Lorri Bagley
Joanna (Nicole Kidman), Walter (Matthew Broderick), and their kids move to Stepford, Connecticut, where the wives in the neighborhood appear to be much too perfect. Walter loves Stepford, but suspicious Joanna investigates and discovers that the idyllic wives are really robots programmed to serve their husbands.
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Surviving Desire 1991 TV, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Martin Donovan, Mary B. Ward, Matt Malloy, Merritt Nelson, Julie Sukman, Gary Sauer, James Michael McCauley, John MacKay, Thomas J. Edwards, George Feaster
Jude (Martin Donovan) is a college professor just going through the motions in his literature class, and Sofie is the only one of his students who listens to his lectures. Their story makes for a pleasant film that was originally shown on PBS' "American Playhouse."
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Trust 1990 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, John MacKay, Edie Falco, Gary Sauer, Marko Hunt, Matt Malloy, Suzanne Costollos, Karen Sillas
Pregnant Maria (Adrienne Shelly) has dropped out of high school and is now estranged from her family. But when she meets a troubled young man, Matthew Slaughter (Martin Donovan), they form a friendship that changes both of them and gives hope for the future.
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 The United States of Leland 2003 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Cast: Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams, Martin Donovan, Ann Magnuson, Kerry Washington, Sherilyn Fenn, Matt Malloy
After committing a shocking murder, world-famous novelist Albert T. Fitzgerald's (Kevin Spacey) son Leland (Ryan Gosling) is confined to a juvenile detention center. Leland's teacher Pearl Madison (Don Cheadle) is an aspiring writer, and it doesn't take long for Pearl to see a career-enhancing book in the story about why Leland committed the crime.
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Warm Springs 2005  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer, Tim Blake Nelson, Matt O'Leary, Matt Malloy, Jane Alexander, Kathy Bates, Andrew Davoli, Nelsan Ellis, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Greg Thompson, Devon Gearhart, Brian F. Durkin, Melissa Ponzio
Kenneth Branagh takes the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt–during seven crucial years of his life from 1921 when he was stricken with polio; through rehabilitation at Warm Springs, Georgia; to his nomination of Al Smith for President in 1928. Cynthia Nixon plays the role of Eleanor, while Jane Alexander, who had played Eleanor previously, takes on the role of FDR's mother, Sarah Delano Roosevelt.
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| 1. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
2. Changing Lanes (2002)
3. Dr. T and the Women (2000)
4. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
5. Election (1999)
6. Everything Put Together (2000)
7. Golden Years (1991)
aka: Stephen King's Golden Years
8. The Great Gatsby (2001)
9. In the Company of Men (1997)
10. The Stepford Wives (2004)
11. Surviving Desire (1991)
12. Trust (1990)
13. The United States of Leland (2003)
14. Warm Springs (2005)
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