 Adventures in Babysitting 1987  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Maia Brewton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller, George Newbern, Lolita Davidovich
A baby-sitter and her charges take on downtown Chicago in order to rescue a friend in need and, instead, encounter misadventure. A flat tire leads to a journey through a blues bar and their parents' office party. And we thought pillow fights were fun.
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 Along Came a Spider 2001 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Jay O. Sanders, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Moriarty, Raoul Ganeev, Billy Burke, Anton Yelchin, Kimberly Hawthorne, Anna Maria Horsford, Scott Heindl, Christopher Shyer
In this follow-up to "Kiss the Girls," Morgan Freeman is back as Detective Alex Cross, and his new case is the abduction of a congressman's daughter, Megan Rose (Mika Boorem). The perpetrator is Gary Soneji (Michael Wincott) who spent two years waiting for the opportunity to pull off the kidnapping. Now, despite losing his partner, Cross takes on the job and tries to save the day.
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Awakenings 1990  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Judith Malina, Alice Drummond, Laura Esterman, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Dexter Gordon
Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) works in the chronic-care ward of a hospital in the Bronx where he gives the new drug L-DOPA to patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who is in a semi-comatose state. The drug works, and Lowe is gradually awakened after 30 years. He experiences the wonder of life and love, and this success with L-DOPA encourages Sayer to administer the drug to his other patients. Oscar nominations included Best Picture and Actor (De Niro).
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Big Top Pee-Wee 1988  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Paul Reubens, Kris Kristofferson, Susan Tyrrell, Penelope Ann Miller, Valeria Golino, Albert Henderson, Jack Murdock, Terrence Mann, Frances Bay, Kenneth Tobey, Wayne White, David Byrd, Mary Jackson, Anne Seymour, Leo Gordon
In Pee-Wee Herman's (Paul Reubens) second film, he awakens on his farm one morning and finds that a tornado has deposited a traveling circus on his property. Pee-Wee makes friends with the circus owner Mace Montana (Kris Kristofferson) and allows the circus to stay for awhile. He tries to get the attention of gorgeous trapeze artist Gina (Valeria Golino) by joining the circus as an acrobat. Good idea, but Pee-Wee's fiancee Winnie (Penelope Ann Miller) has other ideas about what Pee-Wee should do with his life. When the circus faces bankruptcy, Pee-Wee comes up with the idea, and they stage a three-ring spectacular–starring Pee-Wee.
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Biloxi Blues 1988  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Casey Siemaszko, Penelope Ann Miller, Park Overall, Markus Flanagan
This is Neil Simon's screen version of his Broadway play and a sequel to "Brighton Beach Memoirs". The talented young actor Matthew Broderick plays a recruit sent to Biloxi, Mississippi, for basic training where he finds a worrisome sergeant, a prostitute, and belligerent fellow soldiers.
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 The Break Up 1998  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Marcus
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, Steven Weber, Penelope Ann Miller, Tippi Hedren, Hart Bochner, Brent Briscoe, Sarah DeVincentis, Susan Barnes, Leslie Stefanson, Tom Harrison, Hal Landon Jr., Joe Spano, Jack Shearer, Tommy Townsend
Frank Dade (Hart Bochner) physically abuses his wife, Jimmy (Bridget Fonda), himself, and others as well. But it is not until dead bodies start showing up that Jimmy flees for her life.
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 Carlito's Way 1993  R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Penn, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers, James Rebhorn, Viggo Mortensen, Joseph Siravo, Adrian Pasdar, Richard Foronjy, Jorge Porcel, Frank Minucci, John Ortiz, Angel Salazar
Drug king Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from prison, thanks to his lawyer friend Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn) getting him out of jail on a technicality, and attempts to live life on the side of the law. He finds work running a nightclub in Manhattan and hopes to save enough to move to the Bahamas and reestablish his relationship with his old girlfriend Gail (Penelope Ann Miller). But, Carlito succumbs to Kleinfeld's maneuvering and kills a Mafia don who Kleinfeld had stolen money from. With his past continuing to interfere with his attempts to find a new life, will Carlito ever be able to get out from under the influence of Kleinfeld?
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Carry Me Home 2003 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jace Alexander
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Anderson, David Alan Basche, Ashley Rose Orr, Jane Alexander, Leo Burmester, Nicholas Braun, Harrison Chad, Catrina Ganey, Dajon Matthews
This made-for-cable-TV film is set in upstate New York shortly after the end of World War II. Harriet (Penelope Ann Miller) and daughter Carrie (Ashley Rose Orr) grieve over the death of their husband/father during the war. This is the story of how each copes, as Carrie comes of age and Harriet finds a new love–to the dismay of Carrie.
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 Chaplin 1992 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rhys, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, James Woods, John Thaw, Moira Kelly, Maria Pitillo, Milla Jovovich, Kevin Dunn
Screen pioneer Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr.) discusses events of his life with his editor George Hayden (Anthony Hopkins) concerning his professional as well as his controversial personal life–as covered in Chaplin's autobiography. Through flashbacks, Chaplin's childhood in London, his vaudeville days, many marriages, and accusations of anti-American sentiments are told in this enjoyable film, which features Chaplin's real-life daughter Geraldine in the role of his mentally ill mother Hannah.
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Dead Bang 1989 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, Frank Military, Tate Donovan, Tim Reid, Antoni Stutz, Mickey Jones, Ron Campbell, William Traylor, Hy Anzell
During L.A. homicide detective Jerry Beck's (Don Johnson) investigation into the case of a murdered policeman, he opens up a can of worms involving racism. Good action scenes.
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Dead in a Heartbeat 2002 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Antier
Cast: Judge Reinhold, Penelope Ann Miller, Timothy Busfield, Fulvio Cecere, Matthew Walker, Jeffrey Ballard, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Zachary Ansley, Alvin Sanders, Mary Black, Ingrid Tesch, Bill Mondy
Noted heart surgeon Dr. Gillian Hayes' (Penelope Ann Miller) patients are exploding. Seattle bomb squad Lt. Tom Royko (Judge Reinhold) is assigned to the case and, with the help of Gillian, races against the clock to catch the killer. Made for TV.
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Downtown 1989 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Rick Aiello, Art Evans, Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, Wanda De Jesus, Francis X. McCarthy, Kimberly Scott
After policeman Alex (Anthony Edwards) tickets a well-connected man in his up-scale suburb, he is reassigned to a dangerous, inner-city precinct. Disgruntled, Alex tries to adapt and is assigned to work with gruff Dennis (Forest Whitaker). As they get to know each other, they become involved in a major drug-ring case.
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Forever Lulu 2000  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Along for the Ride
Director: John Kaye
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, Penelope Ann Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard Schiff, Annie Corley, Lee Garlington, Michael J. Pollard, Steven Bauer, David Duran, Ryan Bollman, Matthew Fairchild, Elisa Goodman, Greg Lipari, Beans Morocco
Lulu (Melanie Griffith), a schizophrenic, leaves the mental hospital and shows up at her ex-boyfriend's, Ben (Patrick Swayze), home. She convinces him that they had a baby from their affair 17 years ago, and it is time to reunite with the son. Ben, unhappily married, agrees, and off they head to Wisconsin. But Ben's wife (Penelope Ann Miller) decides to head there too to see what's going on, including whether or not there is a son or just a rekindling of an affair. This comedy/drama is disappointing, especially considering the cast.
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The Freshman 1990 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, Paul Benedict, Kenneth Welsh, Maximilian Schell, Richard Gant
A New York University film student (Matthew Broderick), in need of extra cash, unwittingly becomes involved in a Mafia plot to smuggle endangered animals across borders. Different and clever.
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Funny Money 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Greif
Cast: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, Robert Loggia, Guy Torry, Rebecca Wisocky, Kevin Sussman, Alex Meneses, Marty Belafsky, Zoltan Butuc, Joanne Rubino, Marco Assante
Middle-aged executive Henry Perkins (Chevy Chase) accidentally trades briefcases with a Romanian mobster on the subway. After opening the briefcase at a bar and discovering $5 million inside, Henry heads home to tell his wife Carol (Penelope Ann Miller) and to make plans to head out of town with the money. But, Carol is throwing Henry a surprise party, and she isn't crazy about Henry's plan. Soon they are joined by their friends (Christopher McDonald and Alex Meneses) and other party guests. Also arriving on the scene are a suspicious detective (Armand Assante) and a homicide detective (Kevin Sussman). Last, but not least, to join the party is Mr. Big (Zoltan Butuc) who has come to retrieve his $5 million.
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag 1992 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Moore, Andy Romano, Ray McKinnon, William Forsythe, Xander Berkeley, Michael O'Neill, Christopher John Fields, Cathy Moriarty, Billie Neal
Timid librarian Betty Lou (Penelope Ann Miller) endures many woes: a whining sister; a fundraiser she is heading that is getting out of control; and, worst of all, a cop husband, Alex (Eric Thal), who is too busy investigating a murder to come home for their wedding anniversary dinner. So, when Betty Lou finds the murder weapon while walking the dog and can't get hold of Alex, she turns herself in as the murderess in order to get attention. During detention, her cellmate provides some assertiveness training, and the fun really begins. Miller's performance saves this otherwise so-so film.
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Kindergarten Cop 1990 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Cathy Moriarty, Park Overall, Richard Portnow, Angela Bassett, Joseph & Christian Cousins, Jane Brook, Tom Kurlander, Alix Koromzay, Betty Lou Henson
L.A. cop John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is gathering evidence to convict psychopathic drug lord Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) and his cold-blooded mother Eleanor (Carroll Baker). After learning that Crisp is searching for his ex-wife (Penelope Ann Miller) and young son (Joseph and Christian Cousins), Kimble heads to Astoria, Oregon, with his partner Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) where he believes the son is a kindergarten student. Although mother and son have assumed different identities, Kimble is banking on the fact that getting close to the situation will lead him to Crisp. Phoebe has teaching credentials and plans to teach in the Astoria kindergarten class, but she gets food poisoning, and Kimble ends up going undercover as the kindergarten teacher.
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The Last Don 1997 R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mario Puzo's The Last Don
Director: Graeme Clifford
Cast: Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, Daryl Hannah, Jason Gedrick, Penelope Ann Miller, Rory Cochrane, Robert Wuhl, K.D. Lang, Kirstie Alley, David Marciano
An Italian gangster family, along with their rivals, is tracked through a 21-year time frame. Not bad.
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 Little City 1998 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roberto Benabib
Cast: Jon Bon Jovi, Penelope Ann Miller, Josh Charles, Annabella Sciorra, JoBeth Williams, Joanna Going, Joe Bellan, Peter Gardiner, Robert Elross, Anna Getty
As if life isn't bad enough for Adam (Josh Charles): Kate (Joanna Going) left him for a lesbian relationship with Anne (JoBeth Williams); then Nina (Annabella Sciorra) dumped him for his best friend Kevin (Jon Bon Jovi); and now Nina seems to know how to push everyone's buttons and damage relationships within this sextet who mingle at the "Little City."
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 The Messengers 2007 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Evan&Theodore Turner, William B. Davis, Brent Briscoe, Dustin Milligan, Jodelle Ferland, Michael Daingerfield, Tatiana Maslany, Shirley McQueen, Anna Hagan, Blaine Hart
The Solomon family has left a troubled lifestyle in Chicago and has hopes of a better life on a secluded farm in North Dakota where father Roy (Dylan McDermott) and mother Denise (Penelope Ann Miller) plan to raise sunflowers. They also hope to straighten out teenage daughter Jess (Kristen Stewart) whose drinking resulted in her three-year-old brother, Ben (Evan and Theodore Turner), being hurt in a car accident that has left him mute. But plans to raise those sunflowers are beset by a big problem: Jess and Ben are seeing ghosts in their farmhouse. To make matters even more complicated, those ghosts are invisible to all but Jess and Ben, and no one believes Jess when she complains that the house is haunted.
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Miles from Home 1988 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sinise
Cast: Richard Gere, Kevin Anderson, John Malkovich, Brian Dennehy, Penelope Ann Miller, Helen Hunt, Judith Ivey, Laurie Metcalf, Terry Kinney, Randall Arney
When two brothers (Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson) lose their farm because it is not productive, they take the unusual tack of burning the farm and setting off on a series of questionable adventures. Some may like, mainly because of cast.
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Outside Ozona 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J.S. Cardone
Cast: Taj Mahal, Robert Forster, Sherilyn Fenn, Swoosie Kurtz, Meat Loaf, Penelope Ann Miller, David Paymer, Kevin Pollak, Kateri Walker, Lois Red Elk
A series of coincidences, involving a group of strangers traveling the lonely highways outside Ozona, Oklahoma, bring them together through the local radio station KWOK's DJ Dix (Taj Mahal).
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The Relic 1997 R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt, Clayton Rohner, Chi Muoi Lo, Audra Lindley, Thomas Ryan, Robert Lesser, Diane Robin, Lewis Van Bergen, Constance Towers, Francis X. McCarthy, John Kapelos, Tico Wells
Two large crates arrive at the Field Museum in Chicago where Dr. Margo Green (Penelope Ann Miller) works. It is not long before a monster is on the loose at the museum's opening-night gala, and corpses are discovered all over the museum. Margo and Chicago police officer Lt. Vincent D'Agosta (Tom Sizemore) work together to investigate the gruesome murders and trace them to a monster of South American origin that has found its way, along with the crates, into the museum.
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Rocky Marciano 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Winkler
Cast: Jon Favreau, Penelope Ann Miller, George C. Scott, Duane Davis, Judd Hirsch, Tony Lo Bianco, Rino Romano, Rhoda Gemignani, Aron Tager, Noah Danby
The personal and professional life of Rocky Marciano (Jon Favreau), one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions, is the focus of this made-for-cable-TV biography. This is not the best biography ever, but it provides insight into the corrupt world of professional boxing.
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The Shadow 1994 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller, John Lone, Jonathan Winters, Ian McKellen, Peter Boyle, Tim Curry, James Hong, John Kapelos, Andre Gregory
Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin) is the rich playboy "who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men" and becomes the Shadow to weed out undesirable elements from society. To effect his change into the Shadow, Cranston "clouds men's minds" to make himself invisible (except for his shadow). In this film, Shiwan Khan (John Lone) has a bomb with which he threatens all of civilization, and the Shadow must come to the rescue.
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Witch Hunt 1994 R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Julian Sands, Valerie Mahaffey, John Epperson, Debi Mazar, Alan Rosenberg, Christopher John Fields
Set in 1953, this made-for-cable-TV film is another takeoff on the McCarthy era. Witchcraft and magic are commonplace and Senator Larson Crockett (Eric Bogosian) is holding hearings on this threat to the American way of life. Meanwhile, private investigator Lovecraft (Dennis Hopper) is hired to investigate an infidelity case. When the subject is a victim of a magic spell, Lovecraft, who is one of the few who refuse to use magic, must get to the bottom of the conspiracy before his employer (the victim's wife) is burned at the stake.
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| 1. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
2. Along Came a Spider (2001)
3. Awakenings (1990)
4. Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
5. Biloxi Blues (1988)
6. The Break Up (1998)
7. Carlito's Way (1993)
8. Carry Me Home (2003)
9. Chaplin (1992)
10. Dead Bang (1989)
11. Dead in a Heartbeat (2002)
12. Downtown (1989)
13. Forever Lulu (2000)
aka: Along for the Ride
14. The Freshman (1990)
15. Funny Money (2006)
16. The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
17. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
18. The Last Don (1997)
aka: Mario Puzo's The Last Don
19. Little City (1998)
20. The Messengers (2007)
21. Miles from Home (1988)
22. Other People's Money (1991)
23. Outside Ozona (1998)
24. The Relic (1997)
25. Rocky Marciano (1999)
26. The Shadow (1994)
27. Witch Hunt (1994)
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