Keeping Up with the Steins 2006  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Marshall
Cast: Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah, Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Doris Roberts, Daryl Sabara, Cheryl Hines, Richard Benjamin, Marc John Jefferies, Tom Hines, Carter Jenkins, Sandra Taylor, Miranda Cosgrove, Larry Miller
As his bar mitzvah nears, 13-year-old Benjamin Fiedler (Jami Gertz) is not thrilled that over-the-top party plans are the order of the day. Then Benjamin's ponytailed grandfather (Garry Marshall) shows up early with his air-head girlfriend (Daryl Hannah), and problems in the dysfunctional family rise to the fore as the difference in lifestyles between Benjamin's business-oriented father (Jeremy Piven) and his free-spirited grandfather cause a rift. Can Benjamin reunite his relatives in time for the bar mitzvah?
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 L.A. Confidential 1997  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paolo Seganti, Steve Rankin, Graham Beckel, Elisabeth Granli, Sandra Taylor
This crime story is set in Hollywood in the 1950s and features police detectives Jack Vincennes and Bud White (Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe) whose ethical behavior is definitely suspect. Then there is Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) who is a "strictly by the book" cop despite the fact that his captain, Dudley Smith (James Cromwell), tries to get him to relax his morals. In this atmosphere, crimes are investigated, but it is not always the guilty who pay. This film, based on James Ellroy's novel, is one of the year's best. Two Oscars were received, including Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger for her role as call-girl Lynn Bracken); seven other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Director.
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Katherine Heigl, Morris Chestnut, Everett McGill, Nick Mancuso, Kurtwood Smith, Peter Greene, Dale Dye, Brenda Bakke, Andy Romano, David Gianopoulos, Sandra Taylor, Jonathan Banks, Wren T. Brown
Navy SEAL/cook veteran Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal) has his work cut out for him when he tries to diffuse a plot to destroy both Washington D.C. and the Pentagon. The villain, Travis Dane (Eric Bogosian) hijacks the Grand Continental train to aid in the plot, but here comes our hero to the rescue.
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| 1. Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
2. L.A. Confidential (1997)
3. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
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