 Jersey Girl 1992  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Burton Morris
Cast: Jami Gertz, Dylan McDermott, Sheryl Lee, Aida Turturro, Molly Price, Star Jasper, Joseph Mazzello, Joseph Bologna, Philip Casnoff, Pat Collins, Regina Taylor, Amy Sakasitz
A loud-mouth schoolteacher from New Jersey, Sal (Dylan McDermott), meets and gets Toby's (Jami Gertz) telephone number after causing him to crash his Mercedes. He is the man of her dreams: wealthy, good looking, sophisticated. When Toby doesn't call, Sal tracks him down. Romance blooms but is short-lived for two people from very different worlds.
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Kiss Me, Guido 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Vitale
Cast: Nick Scotti, Anthony Barrile, Anthony DeSando, Craig Chester, Domenick Lombardozzi, Molly Price, Christopher Lawford, David Deblinger, John Tormey, Antonia Rey
A heterosexual Frankie (Nick Scotti) has been unlucky in love, so he turns to the classifieds and naively answers a "GWM" ad. Unaware that Warren is gay, Frankie thinks he has a hot date. The dialogue is amusing, but the characters lack depth.
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The Life Before Her Eyes 2008 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Vadim Perelman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Gabrielle Brennan, Brett Cullen, Oscar Isaac, Jack Gilpin, Maggie Lacy, John Magaro, Lynn Cohen, Nathalie Paulding, Molly Price, James Urbaniak
Seventeen-year-old Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) and her friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) have direct opposite personalities. Maureen is a devout church goer, while Diana lives on the wild side. One day, a classmate holds them at gun point in a bathroom at school and demands that they tell him which one he should shoot. Skip ahead 15 years, and Diana (now played by Uma Thurman) is married to Paul (Brett Cullen), and they have a young daughter, Emma (Gabrielle Brennan). But Diana is haunted by survivor's guilt and has never gotten over the tragedy. Matters grow worse as the anniversary of that fateful day draws near, and another problem from Diana's past enters the picture.
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The Sleepy Time Gal 2001  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Munch
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan, Frankie Faison, Carmen Zapata, Peggy Gormley, Seymour Cassel, Molly Price, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Justin Theroux, Clara Bellar
Frances (Jacqueline Bisset) has led a spirited activist life and has even been a popular D.J., known as "Sleepy Time Gal," at a small radio station. Now a freelance writer in San Francisco, she is dying of cancer. She takes a trip to visit an old lover to ask about the daughter, Rebecca (Martha Plimpton), they had given up for adoption. Meanwhile, Rebecca has been searching for her birth mother, and their lives cross when, in the course of the Rebecca's work, she is told about the D.J. called "Sleepy Time Gal." Good performances enhance this film.
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| 1. Jersey Girl (1992)
2. Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
3. The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
4. The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
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