The Babysitter 1995  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ferland
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy London, J.T. Walsh, Lee Garlington, Nicky Katt, Lois Chiles, George Segal, Ryan Slater, Brittany English Stephens, Tuesday Knight, Eric Menyuk, Noel Evangelisti, Jane Alden, Matthew Kimbrough, Michael Chieffo
Teenager Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is hired to babysit by Harry and Dolly Tucker (J.T. Walsh and Lee Garlington) who are going out on the town. With the help of some booze, Jennifer's boyfriend Jack (Jeremy London) is talked into going with his friend Mark (Nicky Katt) to visit her. The fantasies begin as both boys dream of encounters with Jennifer–as does alcoholic Harry who hired her.
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 Boiler Room 2000  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Younger
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Vin Diesel, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin, Scott Caan, Jamie Kennedy, Taylor Nichols
J.T. Marlin is a boiler room–a shady brokerage firm using questionable sales tactics to push stocks. After his father (Ron Rifkin) disapproves of Seth (Giovanni Ribisi) for running a gambling casino in his apartment, Seth is like putty in the hands of a recruiter (Ben Affleck) who hires him as J.T. Marlin's new salesman. Seth sees the new job as his chance to reconcile with his father and become a millionaire at the same time in this "greed is good" story.
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The Brave One 2007  R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Mary Steenburgen, Ene Oloja, Luis Da Silva Jr., Blaze Foster, Rafael Sardina, Jane Adams, Gordon MacDonald, Zoe Kravitz, Victor Colicchio
New York City radio personality Erica Bain's (Jodie Foster) life takes a brutal change of direction after she and her fiance David (Naveen Andrews) are beaten by thugs in Central Park. Three weeks later, Erica awakens from a coma and learns that David is dead. Paranoia and rage set in. Erica buys a gun off the street and begins her own crusade as a vigilante shooting those abusing the law. Through her acts, she gains celebrity status. On the trail of the celebrity vigilante is Detective Mercer (Terrence Howard) who had first seen Erica when she was in the hospital. They become friends, but as the friendship grows Mercer begins to suspect that there is more to sweet, fragile Erica than meets the eye.
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 The Cure 1995 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Horton
Cast: Brad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, Annabella Sciorra, Diana Scarwid, Bruce Davison, Nicky Katt, Renee Humphrey, Mary McCusker, John Carroll Lynch, John Beasley
When 11-year-old Dexter (Joseph Mazzello) contracts AIDS from a blood transfusion, an unlikely friendship develops with another boy (Brad Renfro). This liaison leads to a summer adventure as the two boys look for an AIDS cure.
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 Full Frontal 2002  R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Blair Underwood, Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, Mary McCormack, Erika Alexander, Enrico Colantoni, Rainn Wilson, Brad Pitt, Terence Stamp
For the unofficial sequel to "Sex, Lies, and Video Tape," Steven Soderbergh has assembled a good cast for his ensemble piece. The story involves a movie within a movie and multiple characters who meet, change, and go on with life during a 24-hour period.
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 Insomnia 2002 R, 117 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson, Katharine Isabelle, Oliver Zemen
When police detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) accidentally kills his partner, Hap Eckhart (Martin Donovan), during a murder investigation, he opts for an alibi and does not confess. Unfortunately, there was a witness (Robin Williams) who sets out to blackmail Dormer. Now, Dormer has the murder case to solve and the blackmailer to deal with, while a local detective (Hilary Swank) is doing her own investigation into Eckhart's death.
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 The Limey 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Peter Fonda, Barry Newman, Joe Dallesandro, Nicky Katt, Amelia Heinle, Melissa George, William Lucking, Matthew Kimbrough, John Robotham
The moment British ex-con Wilson (Terence Stamp) is released from prison, he heads for L.A. to investigate his suspicions about the car accident in which his daughter, Jennifer (Melissa George), was killed. The trail leads to the very successful record producer, Valentine (Peter Fonda), and Wilson knows just how to make Valentine squirm.
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One True Thing 1998  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Nicky Katt, James Eckhouse, Patrick Breen, Gerrit Graham, David Byron
Kate Gulden (Meryl Streep) is dying of cancer. Her husband George (William Hurt) calls on their daughter Ellen (Renee Zellweger) to come to care for her mother. Ellen gives up her job and boy friend to take on the responsibility, but, after living in their home for a short time, Ellen's eyes are opened as she discovers unknown frailties and strengths in her parents. Streep was nominated for an Oscar. 1 User Review
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| | Why would anyone make this movie ! | 03/02/2007 | | Heart wrenching, increadable acting, not a single oscar - I hate chick flics and wept through it all ! |
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Phantoms 1998  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joe Chappelle
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber, Clifton Powell, Nicky Katt, Edmund Wyson
In the tiny town of Snowfield, Calif., 150 people are found dead–some decapitated, others marbleized–and 350 are missing. Sounds like this could be a good horror show? Well, forget that idea when the perpetrator turns up as a mutant butterfly that enters the bodies of its victims. Bad, bad, bad!!
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Planet Terror 2007 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Rebel Rodriguez, Bruce Willis, Naveen Andrews, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt, Hung Nguyen
An experimental nerve gas is released in Texas, and those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating zombies. They attack a Texas town where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The zombies are taking over, and Cherry is not the only victim. Now Cherry, armed with a machine-gun leg, and her ex-boyfriend Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) set off to stop the assault.
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Riding the Bullet 2004 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Cliff Robertson, Barbara Hershey, Erika Christensen, Barry W. Levy, Chris Gauthier, Robin Nielsen, Matt Frewer, Nicky Katt, Jeffrey Ballard, Peter LaCroix
College student Alan Parker (Jonathan Jackson) is hitchhiking across Maine on Halloween to reach his dying mother's hospital when he is picked up by George Staub (David Arquette). George, it turns out, is really dead and collects souls. He gives Alan the choice: his soul or his mother's.
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 Rules of Engagement 2000 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Blair Underwood, Anne Archer, Guy Pearce, Philip Baker Hall, Bruce Greenwood, Nicky Katt, Roma Maffia
After Colonel Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) is accused of inciting a riot and then firing on innocent civilians, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) reluctantly takes on the legal case in defense of his comrade, who, 28 years ago, saved his life in Vietnam.
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Secondhand Lions 2003  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim McCanlies
Cast: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas, Michael O'Neill, Deirdre O'Connell, Eric Balfour, Christian Kane, Kevin Haberer, Emmanuelle Vaugier
Shy, 14-year-old Walter (Haley Joel Osment) spends the summer in Texas with his cranky great-uncles–Garth (Michael Caine) and Hub (Robert Duvall). Despite a less-than-promising beginning, the three bond and learn about life from each other. 2 User Reviews
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| | banker1 04/04/2009 | | Great movie about living one's life to the fullest! |
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Snow Angels 2008 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Jeanetta Arnette, Nicky Katt, Tom Noonan, Connor Paolo, Amy Sedaris, Olivia Thirlby, Grace Hudson, Brian Downey, Carroll Godsman, Deborah Allen, Griffin Dunne
The deteriorating relationships of couples unfold in this story that ends in tragedy. Teenager Arthur (Michael Angarano) busses tables in a restaurant where his former babysitter Annie (Kate Beckinsale) works as a waitress. Annie, who is estranged from her husband Glenn (Sam Rockwell), is having an affair with Nate (Nicky Katt), the husband of her friend and co-worker Barb (Amy Sedaris). At school, Arthur and his classmate Lila (Olivia Thirlby) have been flirting, but Arthur is more interested in trying to deal with his parents' (Griffin Dunne and Jeanetta Arnette) recent separation. These relationships provide the background for a tragedy that will affect them all.
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SuBurbia 1996 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jayce Bartok, Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Steve Zahn, Ajay Naidu, Samia Shoaib, Amie Carey, Dina Waters, Parker Posey, Kitt Brophy
This story is about a bunch of slackers who hang out at a strip mall where they are not welcomed by concerned storeowners. One night they wait in the parking lot for the appearance of Pony (Jayce Bartok) who has left their group and has risen to fame as a rock star.
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 A Time to Kill 1996 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Patrick McGoohan, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Oliver Platt, M. Emmet Walsh, Brenda Fricker, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Nicky Katt, Joe Seneca, Beth Grant
Based on John Grisham's novel, this story involves a Black father, Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson), whose 10-year-old daughter is raped by two White rednecks in the town of Canton, Mississippi. When the rednecks are brought to court, Carl appears with a rifle and kills the defendants. Carl's friend, lawyer Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughy), agrees to defend him and receives help from young law clerk Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock). Meanwhile, the situation gets out of control, and, as the KKK, led by Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland) rises to the fore, Jake finds himself in grave danger.
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Waking Life 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Robert C. Solomon, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Charles Gunning, David Sosa, Alex Jones, Nicky Katt, Carol Dawson, Bill Wise, Caveh Zahedi
Superb computer-animation (filmed as live action then digitally transferred to computers) is used to project philosophical musings of the film's young hero (Wiley Wiggins) who can't seem to figure out if he is awake, dreaming, or even dead. Fascinating.
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The Way of the Gun 2000 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, Scott Wilson, James Caan, Dylan Kussman, Kristin Lehman, Geoffrey Lewis
In this violent thriller, petty criminals–Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro)–kidnap surrogate mother Robin (Juliette Lewis), whose unborn infant is fathered by the very wealthy Hale Chidduck (Scott Wilson). Their goal: ransom money. Unfortunately, Parker and Longbaugh did not count on Chidduck's underworld connections before they set out to collect the $15 million ransom from him. 1 User Review
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| | Alot of fine acting and changing endearing plot draws you in | thedamnedsainte 01/26/2007 | | see review, action, drama, and a little gore, but a fine story |
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| 1. The Babysitter (1995)
2. Boiler Room (2000)
3. The Brave One (2007)
4. The Cure (1995)
5. Full Frontal (2002)
6. Insomnia (2002)
7. The Limey (1999)
8. One True Thing (1998)
9. Phantoms (1998)
10. Planet Terror (2007)
11. Riding the Bullet (2004)
aka: Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
12. Rules of Engagement (2000)
13. Secondhand Lions (2003)
14. Snow Angels (2008)
15. SuBurbia (1996)
16. A Time to Kill (1996)
17. Waking Life (2001)
18. The Way of the Gun (2000)
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