Civic Duty 2007  R, 94 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jeff Renfroe
Cast: Peter Krause, Kari Matchett, Richard Schiff, Khaled Abol Naga, Ian Tracey, P. Lynn Johnson, Benita Ha, Mark Brandon, Bruno Verdoni, Val Cole, Laurie Murdoch, Vanesa Tomasino
Laid off from his job, accountant Terry Allen (Peter Krause) spends too much of his time watching frightening news reports concerning security issues. Then, late one night he watches as Gabe Hassan (Khaled Abol Naga) moves into the neighborhood. Gabe carries only a few bags, and Terry is suspicious that this Middle-Easterner works for terrorists and is building bombs at home. Terry spies on Gabe and reports his findings to his wife Maria (Kari Matchett) and to FBI Agent Hillary (Richard Schiff), but both are skeptical about Terry's reports and are turned off by him. By now, Terry is obsessed with what he believes is a threat to his country, and his paranoid thinking leads him to the decision that he, as a patriot, must take matters into his own hands as the one American citizen in a position to stop Gabe.
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The Lost Room 2006   TV, 284 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Director: Craig R. Baxley, Michael W. Watkins
Cast: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak, Elle Fanning, Roger Bart, Dennis Christopher, Peter Jacobson, Ewen Bremner, Chris Bauer, April Grace, Margaret Cho, Jason Antoon, Jenny Gabrielle, Tim Guinee
This three-part, made-for-TV miniseries involves eerie events that take place in Room 10 of the Sunshine Motel on Route 66. As Police Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) collects clues to retrieve his young daughter Anna (Elle Fanning) who disappeared in the mysterious motel room, he is followed by shadowy figures every step of the way.
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Melting Pot 1997 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
aka: Race
Director: Tom Musca
Cast: Paul Rodriguez, CCH Pounder, Cliff Robertson, Una Damon, Annette Murphy, Efren Ramirez, Lillian Hurst, Peter Krause, Danielle Nicolet, Judy Ann Herrera
This satirical look at racial politics follows the tough campaigns of Latino Gustavo Alvarez (Paul Rodriguez) and Black Lucinda Davis (CCH Pounder) as they vie for a City Council position.
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 The Truman Show 1998   PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Brian Delate, Una Damon, Paul Giamatti, Philip Baker Hall, Blair Slater, Peter Krause, Heidi Schanz, Ron Taylor, Don Taylor
Insurance salesman Truman Burbank's (Jim Carrey) entire life has been documented as well as broadcast nationally on a 24-hour basis. All the people around Truman are actors, and Truman lives and works in a huge studio. Despite his made-up world, Truman thinks he is an ordinary man–until he decides to experience life in the outside world. Academy Award nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Ed Harris). 1 User Review
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| | A good movie that doesn't quite gel | 1fatts 03/31/2007 | The elements are all here, and it is a professonal job. Weir directs; Ed Harris was up for an oscar; a solid performance from Laura Linney and Jim Carrey plays confused without going over the top.
And the script is everyone's paranoid fantasy brought to life.
It is enertaining, amusing, more-or-less satisfying, and has a couple of nice scenes taking advantage of good production values.
Then why isn't it better than this? Why isn't this allegory of the central question in so many lives -- isn't there more to me than this? -- more moving? more challenging? more significant?
I think the director sets the mark rather lower than he might have. Carrey is fine, but not better than fine. There are levels of shading that the actor doesn't bring and the director doesn't seek. Ed Harris' final confrontation with Truman, which should be man facing his creator, falls flat because Carrey isn't man enough and Harris' creator isn't high enough.
Still, a good film and well worth a few hours of your time. But one of those films where you wonder what someone else who was willing to take a few more chances could have made of this. |
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 We Don't Live Here Anymore 2004  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Curran
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts, Sam Charles, Haili Page, Jennifer Bishop, Jennifer Mawhinney, Amber Rothwell, Jim Francis
In this negative view on marriage, two couples–Jack and Terry (Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern) and Hank and Edith (Peter Krause and Naomi Watts)–are good friends, but their lifestyles are about to ruin their marriages and their children's security as well.
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| 1. Civic Duty (2007)
2. The Lost Room (2006)
3. Lovelife (1997)
4. Melting Pot (1997)
aka: Race
5. The Truman Show (1998)
6. We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
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