Angie 1994 R, 107 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge Cast: Geena Davis, James Gandolfini, Stephen Rea, Aida Turturro, Philip Bosco, Jenny O'Hara, Michael Rispoli, Betty Miller, Susan Jaffe, Jeremy Collins
An engaged couple (Geena Davis and James Gandolfini) learns that they are unexpectedly "expecting." In a twist that makes this film work, the bride-to-be begins a new relationship with a very interesting stranger.
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Another Woman 1988 PG, 81 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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Blue Steel 1990 R, 102 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Kathryn Bigelow Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Pena, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco, Kevin Dunn, Matt Craven, Richard Jenkins, Mary Mara, Mike Starr, Tom Sizemore, Skipp Lynch, Chris Walker, Mike Hodge
Policewoman Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) kills a holdup man on her first assignment. Her gun is picked up by mentally unbalanced Wall Street broker Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver) who then uses it to commit murders throughout the city with the rookie's name engraved on the bullets. The two become involved, and he makes it appear that she is the mass murderer.
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Children of a Lesser God 1986 R, 118 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Randa Haines Cast: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, John F. Cleary, Philip Holmes, Georgia Ann Cline, William D. Byrd, E. Katherine Kerr, Frank Carter Jr., John Limnidis, Bob Hiltermann, John Basinger, Barry Magnani
James Leeds (William Hurt) is a new teacher at a school for the hearing impaired, and Sarah Norman (Marlee Matlin) is a deaf woman who has graduated from the school but has opted to stay and work as a custodian rather than face the world outside. James almost immediately falls in love with Sarah, but she resists his advances. When James meets Sarah's mother (Piper Laurie) she tells him that Sarah was sexually molested as a teenager, and that contributes to her wariness of his attentions. Now, James understands and finds new ways to communicate with Sarah–which leads to the love affair that develops between them. Matlin won the Oscar for Best Actress, and nominations were also received for Best Actor (Hurt), Picture, Supporting Actress (Laurie), and Writing.
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Critical Care 1997 R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Margo Martindale, Jeffrey Wright, Wallace Shawn, Anne Bancroft, Albert Brooks, Philip Bosco, Edward Herrmann
Set in a hospital's intensive care unit where ethics have hit an all-time low, Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) deals with life and death as he decides between the hospital's callous world and a cry for humanitarian help.
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Cupid & Cate 2000 TV, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Brent Shields Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Gallagher, Philip Bosco, Joanna Going, Rebecca Luker, Brenda Fricker, David Lansbury, Robinne Lee, E. Katherine Kerr
Cate (Mary-Louise Parker), the product of a dysfunctional family, runs a small vintage clothing boutique. She has a boyfriend, but the relationship doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Then along comes Harry (Peter Gallagher), and Cate is sure that she has found her man. But, when Harry is diagnosed with cancer, Cate must make a decision in this made-for-TV ("Hallmark Hall of Fame") film.
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The Dream Team 1989 PG-13, 103 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff Cast: Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Jack Gilpin
This is a confusing film about some mental hospital patients who solve a murder case involving their doctor, who has witnessed a murder. Could be better, but good cast gets the job done.
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F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion 1991 PG-13, 108 min. Genre: Action
Director: Richard Franklin Cast: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason, Philip Bosco, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tom Mason, Dominic Zamprogna, Tony De Santis, Philip Akin
Special effects expert Rollie Tyler (Byran Brown) agrees (again) to help the police catch a killer. But he finds that there is a big conspiracy afoot, and he and his police buddy (Brian Dennehy) from the original film are on the run again. Lots of special effects, but the story is weak as it tries to exploit the popularity of James Bond.
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Freedomland 2006 R, 113 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Roth Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters, Peter Friedman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Aasif Mandvi, Philip Bosco
White single mother Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) from Gannon, New Jersey, reports a carjacking in the Armstrong project neighborhood during which a young Black male took off with her car while her four-year-old son was in the back seat. Black detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) is assigned to the case, he barricades the Armstrong project, and racial tensions erupt between the Gannon and Armstrong residents in this psychological mystery pointing out that racial prejudice still prevails in parts of America today.
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Heaven Help Us 1985 R, 102 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Dinner Cast: Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kate Reid, Wallace Shawn, Jay Patterson, Philip Bosco, John Bentley
This story takes place in Brooklyn during the mid-1960s, and it does a good job of interpreting life as it was then. The focus is on a group of Catholic schoolboys who manage to keep themselves in trouble.
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Hitch 2005 PG-13, 115 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Julie Ann Emery, Robinne Lee, Nathan Lee Graham, Adam Arkin, Michael Rapaport, Jeffrey Donovan, Kevin Sussman, Philip Bosco
"Date Doctor" Hitch (Will Smith) helps NYC's not-so-suave bachelors correct their dating mistakes so they can find true love. Although his advice to others works, Hitch meets his match when he is attracted to gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes) who resists his advances.
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It Takes Two 1995 PG, 98 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, Philip Bosco, Jane Sibbett, Lawrence Dane, Desmond Robertson, Michelle Grisom, Tiny Mills, Shanelle Henry, LaTonya Borsay, Michelle Lonsdale Smith, Anthony Aiello, Elizabeth Walsh
An adoptee, Amanda (Mary-Kate Olsen), meets her look-alike Alissa (Ashley Olsen), and the two girls decide to change identities in an effort to bring their parents together. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent | 12/06/2006 | | This was an excellent movie I loved it I just wish that I could own it as well. I am a very big fan of The olsen Twins and if I could have each and every movie they have ever made I would. I only have one problem I can not find them in South Africa. |
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Kate & Leopold 2001 PG-13, 118 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: James Mangold Cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Philip Bosco, Paxton Whitehead, Spalding Gray, Charlotte Ayanna
Stressed-out marketing executive Kate (Meg Ryan) meets her true love, Leopold (Hugh Jackman)–never mind that he has arrived into the present from the Victorian era of 1878! A good comedy about time travel.
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Milk Money 1994 PG-13, 107 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin Cast: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Heche, Casey Siemaszko, Philip Bosco, Brian Christopher, Adam LaVorgna, Kevin Scannell, Jessica Wesson, Amanda Sharkey
Frank (Michael Patrick Carter) and his two buddies pool their money and bike to town to find a prostitute who will strip for them. They are befriended by kind-hearted V (Melanie Griffith), who ends up taking them home after their bikes are stolen. Frank thinks she would be a perfect new wife for his dad, Tom (Ed Harris), who is too preoccupied trying to save the wetlands. She stays in Frank's tree house, unknown to Tom who thinks she is a tutor for Frank. But a crime boss is after V, believing she has run off with the gang's money. Near the bottom of the barrel, jokes and all.
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The Money Pit 1986 PG, 91 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin Cast: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Josh Mostel, Yakov Smirnoff, Carmine Caridi, Brian Backer, John Van Dreelen, Billy Lomardo, Lucille Dobrin, Mia Dillon, Douglass Watson
Walter and Anna Fielding (Tom Hanks and Shelley Long) buy a beautiful old house in suburban New York. The cost of the home was next to nothing. But, as Walter and Anna discover, there is a reason for the low price: the house is badly in need of repair. Walter borrows money to fix the house, and then he and Anna attempt to repair it themselves. Anyone who ever went through house reconstruction, or even dreamed of it, will enjoy this funny movie about the pitfalls of home construction.
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My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 PG-13, 105 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: P.J. Hogan Cast: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths, Carrie Preston, Susan Sullivan, Christopher Masterson, Cassie Creasy, Paul Giamatti, Harry Shearer, Mike Bacarella, Bree Turner
College lovers Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) and Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney) parted but made a pact to marry each other if both are still single when they reach the ripe old age of 28. Now, Michael calls Julianne to announce his upcoming marriage Kimmy (Cameron Diaz), and Julianne appears on the scene determined to sabotage the "blessed event." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Musical Score.
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Nobody's Fool 1994 R, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton Cast: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Dent, Jay Patterson, Alexander Goodwin, Carl J. Matusovich, Jerry Mayer
This comedy/drama was Jessica Tandy's last picture. It is also one of the year's best. Tandy plays Sully Sullivan's (Paul Newman) landlady, Mrs. Beryl, in this story about 60-year-old Sully who hasn't seen or spoken to his ex-wife in many years. Both Sully and his best friend Rub (Pruitt Taylor Vince) do enjoy flirting with Toby (Melanie Griffith) who is married to local contractor Carl (Bruce Willis) who sometimes gives Sully work. Changes begin for Sully when his son Peter (Dylan Walsh) arrives in town for Thanksgiving, and Sully learns that he has a grandson. Now, Sully decides that the holiday season is the time to start fixing up broken relationships. Newman was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984 R, 120 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, M. Emmet Walsh, Burt Young, Val Avery, Joe Grifasi, Philip Bosco, Jack Kehoe, Tony DiBenedetto, Ronald Maccone, Betty Miller
Two Italian distant cousins (Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts) are fired from their jobs and continue to get involved in sometimes dangerous, slightly illegal schemes. Geraldine Page was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress).
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The Savages 2007 R, 113 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tamara Jenkins Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano, Guy Boyd, Debra Monk, Rosemary Murphy, Hal Blankenship, Joan Jaffe, Salem Ludwig
Wendy (Laura Linney) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the grown children of their abusive father Lenny (Philip Bosco), learn that Lenny is suffering from dementia and is dying. They fly to Arizona and bring Lenny back home to Buffalo where Wendy and Jon reunite under one roof for the first time since childhood and are forced to reconcile past differences in order to deal with their father's impending death. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Actress (Linney).
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Shaft 2000 R, 98 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Singleton Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lynne Thigpen, Pat Hingle, Lee Tergesen, Daniel von Gargen
Shaft is back–this time Samuel L. Jackson takes on the title role, and all the action of the original 1971 film returns. Throughout his investigations, Shaft receives advice from his Uncle John Shaft (Richard Roundtree who starred as the original "Shaft"). Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. (Christian Bale) for killing a young Black student, but Walter flees the country to avoid prosecution. Two years later, Wade secretly returns, and Shaft arrests him. With help from his wealthy father, Walter Wade, Sr. (Philip Bosco), Walter posts bail and has a mission: get drug king Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright) to kill Shaft and find Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette) who was the only witness to the murder. Meanwhile, with Hernandez closing in, an angry Shaft, with help from police colleague Carmen (Vanessa Williams), tracks down Diane only to learn that there is more to Diane than meets the eye.
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Straight Talk 1992 PG, 90 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Barnet Kellman Cast: Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, Deirdre O'Connell, John Sayles, Teri Hatcher, Spalding Gray, Jerry Orbach, Philip Bosco, Amy Morton, Jay Thomas
Shirlee (Dolly Parton), fired from her job and tired of her boyfriend, heads to the big city, Chicago. She takes a job as a receptionist at a radio station and is mistaken for a guest psychiatrist who is to host a talk show. She becomes a hit with her home-spun talk and advice, but reporter Jack Russell (James Woods) suspects her credentials.
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Suspect 1987 R, 118 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, E. Katherine Kerr, Fred Melamed, Bill Cobbs, Michael Beach, Richard Gant
A deaf and mute street person (Liam Neeson) is accused of murder. A Washington, DC public defender (Cher) is given his case. One of the jurors is played by Dennis Quaid and that is where the real action in this film begins–with Cher and Quaid interacting, as the juror investigates and provides input to the defender.
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Three Men and a Baby 1987 PG, 102 min. Genre: Comedy aka: 3 Men and a Baby
Director: Leonard Nimoy Cast: Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Margaret Colin, Celeste Holm, Philip Bosco, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Derek de Lint, Cynthia Harris
What do three bachelors do when an adorable baby girl is left on their doorstep? Why, they just love her, of course. This film has its good moments as three macho men show tenderness to their new charge.
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Trading Places 1983 R, 106 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliott, Paul Gleason, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Belushi, Al Franken, Frank Oz, Robert Curtis Brown, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Cobbs, Bo Diddley, Philip Bosco
Just like in "The Prince and the Pauper," this movie goes with the premise of a rich man, Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd)–this time, a Philadelphia commodity broker–changing places with a poor man, Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), who is a con-artist. The Duke brothers–Randolph and Mortimer (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a bet on whether or not Louis will resort to crime when he loses his position in life. Throw in lots of good comedy, and you have a film worth watching.
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True Colors 1991 R, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross Cast: John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs, Mandy Patinkin, Richard Widmark, Dina Merrill, Philip Bosco, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Brad Sullivan, Antonia Rey
The apparent void of political morality in the 1980s is shown through the lives of two college classmates (John Cusack and James Spader). Each comes from a different background and each has separate means and aims in life.
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Walls of Glass 1985 R, 97 min. Genre: Drama aka: Flanagan
Director: Scott Goldstein Cast: Philip Bosco, Geraldine Page, Linda Thorson, William Hickey, Olympia Dukakis, Brian Bloom, Steven Weber, Louis Zorich
A cab driver, James Flanagan (Philip Bosco), dreams of becoming a Shakespearean actor but sees it all ending when he learns that he has angered the producer of the Shakespeare festival.
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Wonder Boys 2000 R, 112 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Curtis Hanson Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Jane Adams, Richard Knox, Philip Bosco, Michael Cavadias, Alan Tudyk, Kelly Bishop, George Grizzard, Bingo O'Malley
Writer/professor Grady (Michael Douglas) had a bestseller seven years ago, but he can't seem to finish his current effort. Grady gets the chancellor (Frances McDormand) pregnant–whose husband (Richard Thomas) is Grady's boss. Grady's agent is hounding him, and his wife has left him. Meanwhile, Grady and a student (Tobey Maguire) embark on a road trip in search of a Marilyn Monroe artifact. Good acting, directing, and story do justice to Michael Chabon's book. Bob Dylan's song "Things Have Changed" won an Academy Award.
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Working Girl 1988 R, 115 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols Cast: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Cusack, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Philip Bosco, Nora Dunn, Oliver Platt, Olympia Dukakis, James Lally, Robert Easton, Jeffrey Nordling, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Zach Grenier
A New York clerical worker (Melanie Griffith) takes full advantage of her rather unethical boss (Sigourney Weaver). While the boss is away, she performs a meteoric rise to the top of her brokerage firm. Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run" won an Oscar, and nominations included Best Picture, Actress (Griffith), two for Supporting Actress (Weaver and Joan Cusack), and Director.
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| 1. Angie (1994)
2. Another Woman (1988)
3. Blue Steel (1990)
4. Children of a Lesser God (1986)
5. Critical Care (1997)
6. Cupid & Cate (2000)
7. The Dream Team (1989)
8. F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991)
9. Freedomland (2006)
10. Heaven Help Us (1985)
11. Hitch (2005)
12. It Takes Two (1995)
13. Kate & Leopold (2001)
14. Milk Money (1994)
15. The Money Pit (1986)
16. Moon Over Broadway (1997)
17. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
18. Nobody's Fool (1994)
19. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
20. The Savages (2007)
21. Shaft (2000)
22. Straight Talk (1992)
23. Suspect (1987)
24. Three Men and a Baby (1987) aka: 3 Men and a Baby
25. Trading Places (1983)
26. True Colors (1991)
27. Walls of Glass (1985) aka: Flanagan
28. Wonder Boys (2000)
29. Working Girl (1988)
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