Black and White 1999  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Yuri Zeltser
Cast: Gina Gershon, Alison Eastwood, Ron Silver, Rory Cochrane, Barry Primus, Marshall Bell, Ross Partridge, James Handy, Carl Anthony Payne II, Ashley Tucker, Joe Unger, Lobo Sebastian, Michael Paul Chan, Kamela Lopez-Dawson
A rookie LAPD cop, Chris O'Brien (Rory Cochrane), is assigned to work with tough cop Nora Hugosian (Gina Gershon) in tracking down a serial killer. As evidence piles up, O'Brien cannot ignore the fact that it is his partner, Hugosian, who must be considered the prime suspect.
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 Dazed and Confused 1993  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Anthony Rapp, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Wiley Wiggins, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Marissa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich, Ben Affleck
In a small Texas town during 1976, it is the last day of school at Robert E. Lee High School. This film follows a group of teens on that special day and does a good job of reflecting the mood of that era. A new freshman class coming in is being hazed, and the seniors are raising hell. In the midst of the humiliations, football star Pink (Jason London) saves entering freshman Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) from a thrashing by seniors. The day passes, and the students end up at a wild keg party in the woods.
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Dogtown 1997 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Karen Black, Harold Russell, Erin Murphy, Shawnee Smith, John Livingston, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Philip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) returns to his small town in Missouri after several years of trying to make it in Hollywood. He had little luck, but becomes a hometown hero of sorts and pursues his old flame Dorothy (Mary Stuart Masterson) who is now a bored, drunken hairdresser.
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 Empire Records 1995 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Liv Tyler, Debi Mazar, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane, Ethan Embry, Brendan Sexton III, Maxwell Caulfield, Renee Zellweger
This story takes place in just one day at a small-town record store where the teenage employees find TROUBLE is their middle names. There's not much here, but people seem to like it.
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Flawless 1999  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Skipp Sudduth, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Nashom Benjamin, Wanda De Jesus, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Chris Bauer, Rory Cochrane
Following a stroke in which he lost his vocal cords, the ultraconservative homophobic Walt Koontz (Robert De Niro) finds that his rehabilitation program involves singing lessons. The problem is not with the lessons; it is the teacher, Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a drag queen who is particularly prejudiced against close-minded homophobes.
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 Hart's War 2002  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Cole Hauser, Marcel Iures, Rory Cochrane, Linus Roache, Rick Ravanello, Sam Worthington, Maury Sterling, Sam Jaeger, Scott Michael Campbell, Sebastian Tillinger, Adrian Grenier
A second-year law student, Lieutenant Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell), is captured during World War II and sent to a POW camp where the camp's senior POW, Colonel William McNamara (Bruce Willis), takes an immediate dislike of him. McNamara assigns Hart the job of defending a Black fellow prisoner who is accused of murder. Racism and morality conflict during an in-camp court-martial–complete with unexpected twists and turns.
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A Kiss Before Dying 1991 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Dearden
Cast: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo, Martha Gehman, Ben Browder, Joie Lee, Rory Cochrane, James Bonfanti, Sarah Keller, Lia Chang, Shane Rimmer, Jim Fyfe, Briony Glassco
Young psychopath Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) is dating Dorothy (Sean Young), the daughter of wealthy Thor Carlsson (Max von Sydow). Dorothy becomes pregnant and will lose her inheritance when Thor learns about the pregnancy. Jonathan solves the problem by murdering Dorothy. He meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (also played by Young), marries her, and gets a good position in Thor's company. But, when Ellen begins to investigate her sister's death, Jonathan tags Ellen as his next victim.
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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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Love and a .45 1994 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: C.M. Talkington
Cast: Gil Bellows, Renee Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Jace Alexander, Ann Wedgeworth, Peter Fonda, Tammy Le Blanc, Wiley Wiggins, Jack Nance, Charlotte Ross, Scott Roland, Michael Bowen, Todd Conner, Richard Rothenberg
A white-trash couple, Watty (Gil Bellows) and Starlene (Rene Zellweger), are on the lam after Watty's partner Billy Mack (Rory Cochrane) kills a clerk during a robbery. The couple rob banks and have even become cop killers during their flight as the law and two loan sharks follow in pursuit. TV coverage makes the couple popular in this violent, but somewhat fun, film.
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The Low Life 1995 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Rory Cochrane, Sean Astin, Kyra Sedgwick, Ron Livingston, Christian J. Meoli, Sara Melson, James LeGros, J.T. Walsh, Shawnee Smith, Antoni Corone, Angel Aviles, Mark Blum
Director George Hickenlooper uses this story–about self-centered Yale graduates living in L.A., working at mundane jobs, and drifting aimlessly–to make a point about the inability of some Ivy League graduates with everything going for them to make it in the real world.
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The Prime Gig 2000 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Mosher
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond, Ed Harris, Rory Cochrane, Wallace Shawn, George Wendt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jeanetta Arnette, Shishir Kurup, Harper Roisman
Slick telemarketer Penny (Vince Vaughn) is out of a job after the current operation goes belly-up. He is approached by Caitlin (Julie Ormand) who offers him a telemarketing job for her boyfriend, legendary telemarketer Kelly Grant (Ed Harris). Penny does have a conscience, of sorts, and so is suspicious of the current offer of selling shares in a gold mine. But he takes the job, which results in bonus checks. Caitlin even makes a play for him. Is this a legitimate deal or another crooked scheme like the one that sent Kelly to jail in the past?
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Public Enemies 2009 R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christan Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, James Russo, Jason Clarke, John Judd, Rory Cochrane, John Kishline, Shawn Hatosy
During the 1930s, bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) obtains folk-hero status as he successfully robs banks and eludes the police. F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) is determined to put an end to a wave of bank robberies being performed by Dillinger as well as by others such as Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum). This story shows how Hoover names Dillinger the first "Public Enemy Number One" and assigns top F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) to use any means necessary to end the crime wave. Purvis gets help from reinforcements and directs F.B.I. forces toward the capture of Dillinger in a battle that ends outside the Biograph Theater.
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A Scanner Darkly 2006  R, 100 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane, Steven Chester Prince, Mitch Baker, Sean Allen, Cliff Haby, Natasha Valdez, Mark Turner, Angela Rawna
In this animated film, undercover cop Fred (Keanu Reeves) poses as drug dealer Bob Arctor in his effort to bust the real dealer, and those efforts involve spying on his friends–James Barris (Robert Downey Jr.), Ernie Luckman (Woody Harrelson), and Donna Hawthorne (Winona Ryder)–in order to crack down on a highly addictive drug, Substance D.
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Sunset Strip 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Collis
Cast: Simon Baker, Anna Friel, Nick Stahl, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Tommy Flanagan, Darren E. Burrows, John Randolph, Stephanie Romanov, Jared Leto
This film follows a group of aspiring young people–including photographer Michael Scott (Simon Baker), musician Marty Shapiro (Adam Goldberg), and clothing designer Tammy Franklin (Anna Friel)–as they ply their trades during 24 hours on Sunset Strip in 1972.
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| 1. Black and White (1999)
2. Dazed and Confused (1993)
3. Dogtown (1997)
4. Empire Records (1995)
5. Flawless (1999)
6. Hart's War (2002)
7. A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
8. The Last Don (1997)
aka: Mario Puzo's The Last Don
9. Love and a .45 (1994)
10. The Low Life (1995)
11. The Prime Gig (2000)
12. Public Enemies (2009)
13. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
14. Sunset Strip (2000)
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