The Curve 1998  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Rosen
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff, Keri Russell, Tamara Craig Thomas, Anthony Griffith, Bo Dietl, Kevin Ruf, Henry Strozier, Ben Livingston, Dana Delaney
Tim, Chris, and Rand (Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, and Randall Batinkoff) are college roommates and have enjoyed partying so much that their low grades may hamper acceptance into graduate school. So, when Tim and Chris find out that a grade of 4.0 will be given if a roommate commits suicide, Tim convinces Chris that they should kill Rand so they can get the grades they need. After Rand disappears but his body is not found, and Rand's girlfriend commits suicide in despair, it becomes clear that there is more going on than meets the eye.
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Fiorile 1993  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio, Constanze Engelbrecht, Athina Cenci, Giovanni Guidelli, Norma Martelli, Pier Paolo Capponi, Laurent Schilling, Chiara Caselli, Renato Carpentieri, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri, Paul Muller, Dominique Proust
In the late 18th century, Elisabetta Benedetti (Galatea Ranzi) puts a curse on the Benedetti family after her lover Jean (Michael Vartan) is executed for a crime committed by her brother Corrado (Claudio Bigagli). Over the next two centuries, the family has gained and lost wealth and is hated by their neighbors. Now, Luigi (Lino Capolicchio), his wife Juliette (Constanze Engelbrecht), and their children visit Luigi's father Massimo (also played by Vartan) who has frittered away the family fortune. Massimo relates the story of the family's misfortunes to the children, and he just may hold the key to removing the curse, or will he pass it on to them?
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The Mists of Avalon 2001 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall, Edward Atterton, Michael Vartan, Michael Byrne, Hans Matheson, Mark Lewis Jones
So you thought you knew something about the legend of King Arthur. Well, the story was recast by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her bestseller and is now brought to the screen (TV screen, originally). Yes, it was really the women in Arthur's life that brought about his success, and this is their story. Whatever.
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Monster-In-Law 2005  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Annie Parisse, Monet Mazur, Elaine Stritch, Will Arnett, Stephen Dunham, Randee Heller, Mark Moses
Charlotte (Jennifer Lopez) thinks she has finally met the right man in Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan)–until they become engaged and his scheming mother, Viola (Jane Fonda), stops at almost nothing to get Charlotte out of Kevin's life.
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The Myth of Fingerprints 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle, Hope Davis, James LeGros, Julianne Moore, Brian Kerwin, Laurel Holloman, Michael Vartan, Christopher Duva
At a Thanksgiving family reunion, four siblings–Leigh (Laurel Holloman), Mia (Julianne Moore), Jake (Michael Vartan), and Warren (Noah Wyle)–gather at their parents' (Blythe Danner and Roy Scheider) home where they face up to their problems and reevaluate their conflicts.
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 Never Been Kissed 1999  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Molly Shannon, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Garry Marshall, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan, Marley Shelton, Sarah DeVincentis
Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) is now a 25-year-old newspaper copy editor, but she never got over the stress of her high-school years–UNTIL she is given an assignment to go undercover and pose as a high-school student. Through the experience of returning to her past, she finally repairs her teen psyche.
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 The Next Best Thing 2000 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Illeana Douglas, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer, Lynn Redgrave, Stacy Edwards, Neil Patrick Harris, Suzanne Krull
Gay Robert (Rupert Everett) and his good friend straight Abbie (Madonna) have a drunken rumble between the sheets and a baby results. They decide to live together but still continue their own lifestyles. Then a man comes along, and Abbie wants to take the baby and relocate. Now the humor ends and the seriousness begins.
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One Hour Photo 2002 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Romanck
Cast: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Eriq La Salle, Erin Daniels, Gary Cole, Paul Hansen Kim, Lee Garlington, Marion Calvert
In this new take on thriller movies, film developer Seymour "Sy" Parrish (Robin Williams) has worked in a photo lab for years. In the interim, he has become obsessed with the Yorkin family and has been processing one extra set of pictures from their films for himself. All seems innocent until Sy develops a film that shows a not-so-nice side of the Yorkin's relationship, and, at that moment, events turn ugly.
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The Pallbearer 1996 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Barbara Hershey, Michael Rapaport, Toni Collette, Michael Vartan, Carol Kane, Bitty Schram, Jean De Baer
"The Graduate" was an excellent film; "The Pallbearer" uses its theme–a young man caught between the wiles of two women. While not on a par with the pevious film it is still fun to watch. The plot revolves around Tom Thompson's (David Schwimmer) recruitment as eulogizer and pallbearer for a friend he cannot remember. Thompson is a college graduate who still lives with his mother and is having affairs with two women: the young, beautiful Julie DeMarco (Gwyneth Paltrow) and a jealous older woman, Mrs. Abernathy (Barbara Hershey).
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Rogue 2007 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Greg Mclean
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, Sam Worthington, Caroline Brazier, Stephen Curry, Celia Ireland, John Jarrett, Heather Mitchell, Geoff Morrell, Damien Richardson, Robert(3) Taylor, Mia Wasikowska, Barry Otto
American journalist Pete McKell (Michael Vartan) takes a river cruise with a group of tourists in Northern Australia. Their tour guide Kate (Radha Mitchell) is persuaded to steer the boat on a detour around a small island onto a secluded lake where her ex-husband Neil (Sam Worthington) appears in his own boat and buzzes the touring boat. Then, a 25-foot crocodile attacks both boats leaving the passengers stranded on the island as the waters rise and night closes in while the crocodile searches among them for its next meal.
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| 1. The Curve (1998)
2. Fiorile (1993)
3. The Mists of Avalon (2001)
4. Monster-In-Law (2005)
5. The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
6. Never Been Kissed (1999)
7. The Next Best Thing (2000)
8. One Hour Photo (2002)
9. The Pallbearer (1996)
10. Rogue (2007)
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