Flash of Genius 2008  PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Abraham
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Abel, Daniel Roebuck, Tim Kelleher, Bill Smitrovich, Alan Alda, Josette Halpert, Andrew Gilles, Mitch Pileggi, Chuck Shamata, Kate Parr, Kristian Truelsen, Simon Reynolds
In the 1960s, Detroit's Wayne State University Electrical Engineering professor, Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), has invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Kearns and his friend Gil Previck (Dermot Mulroney) take the prototype to the Ford motor company, but the company says they are not interested. Just a few years later, Ford proceeds to install the wipers on their new models. Kearns sues the company, and the litigation goes on for years. Finally, Kearns is awarded $30 million, but he loses his mind and his wife Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and family in the process.
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Gun Shy 2000  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eric Blakeney
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Jose Zuniga, Richard Schiff, Mary McCormack, Mitch Pileggi, Andrew Lauer, Paul Ben-Victor, Frank Vincent
Undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayo (Liam Neeson) has been stressed-out by his dangerous line of work. As a solution to his problem with flatulence, he heads for group therapy where he meets nurse Judy "the Enema Queen" (Sandra Bullock) who helps him recover. But she cannot solve the problem of his next undercover assignment.
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Shocker 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp, Michael Murphy, Jessica Craven, Camille Cooper, Peter Berg, Sam Scarber, Ted Raimi, Keith Anthony-Lubow-Bellamy, Virginia Morris, Emily Samuel, Richard(2) Brooks, Peter Tilden, Bingham Ray
A psychotic, Horace (Mitch Pileggi), slashes his way through entire families until he is caught with help from young Jonathan (Peter Berg) and electrocuted. But, Horace had made a pact with the Devil and returns as an evil spirit, possessing others and making them continue the killings. The ultimate goal is to take revenge on Jonathan. Plenty of satire and rip-offs of other films. Fun, in a sordid sort of way.
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The X-Files: Fight the Future 1998 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Rob Bowman
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Blythe Danner, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Terry O'Quinn, Glenne Headly
FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) head for Dallas, Texas, where they investigate an explosion in a high-rise building. This leads to uncovering the secret behind a black ooze that uses humans as hosts. Are they treading on a high-level government cover-up?
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| 1. Flash of Genius (2008)
2. Gun Shy (2000)
3. Shocker (1989)
4. The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
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