Breaking In 1989  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi, Harry Carey Jr., Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alan Fudge
Burt Reynolds does a great job as a veteran safe-cracker who encounters a young hoodlum while robbing a wealthy home and decides to teach him his art. The two form a partnership of sorts and plan on stealing the Fourth of July take of an amusement park. A clever, well done film.
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Dancing at the Blue Iguana 2000  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Wisdom, W. Earl Brown, Sheila Kelley, Charlotte Ayanna, Elias Koteas, Vladimir Mashkov, Christina Cabot, Kristin Bauer, Chris Hogan, Rodney Rowland
Events in the personal lives of four strippers–Jessie (Charlotte Ayanna), Angel (Daryl Hannah), Stormy (Sheila Kelley), and Jo (Jennifer Tilly)–are followed as they ply their trade at the San Fernando Valley club, Blue Iguana.
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 Matchstick Men 2003 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce McGill, Bruce Altman, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin, Beth Grant, Sheila Kelley, Fran Kranz, Tim Kelleher, Nigel Gibbs
Con artists–spendthrift Frank Mercer (Sam Rockwell) and obsessive-compulsive Roy Waller (Nicolas Cage)–run into problems when Roy loses his source for medication. Roy sees a psychiatrist who recommends that Roy contact his ex-wife from whom Roy learns of the existence of his 14-year-old, skateboarding daughter, Angela (Alison Lohman). Intrigued and eager to learn the tricks of the trade, Angela moves in with Roy and joins in on Roy and Frank's latest swindle.
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Nuts in May 1976 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Anthony O'Donnell, Sheila Kelley, Stephen Bill, Richenda Carey, Eric Allan, Matthew Guinness, Richard Ireson, Sally Watts
A middle-class couple–Keith (Roger Sloman) and Candice Marie (Alison Steadman)–arrive at a campground prepared to tent camp and follow (to a fault) the guidebook's suggestions for discovering the countryside. Neighboring campers, however, prove to be more than small distractions to Keith's meticulously planned vacation.
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 One Fine Day 1996  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Anna Maria Horsford, Sheila Kelley, Pete Hamill, Gregory Jbara, Robert Klein, George Martin
This enjoyable, romantic comedy features Michelle Pfeiffer as single-mom Melanie Parker and George Clooney as single-dad Jack Taylor. When their tots miss the ferry for their school field trip, Melanie and Jack are forced into helping each other. They spend the day swapping kids to allow attendance at scheduled meetings in this satire of today's hectic schedules of working parents who try to meet responsibilities of both the workplace and the home.
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Passion Fish 1992 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Angela Bassett, Lenore Banks, Maggie Renzi, Sheila Kelley, Tom Wright
May-Alice (Mary McDonnell) had been a television star before she was hit and paralyzed by a New York cab. Depressed and drowning her sorrows in alcohol, she returns home to Louisiana where the friendship with her nurse Chantelle (Alfre Woodard) changes both women's lives. McDonnell was nominated for an Oscar.
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Singles 1992 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Sheila Kelley, Jim True-Frost, Matt Dillon, Bill Pullman, James LeGros, Eric Stoltz, Tom Skerritt, Devon Raymond, Camilo Gallardo, Ally Walker, Jeremy Piven, Peter Horton
Friends who live in the same apartment building meet at the coffee shop and discuss their lifestyles and hopes for the future. Among them are Linda and Scott (Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott) who find complications in their romance when Linda learns that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Janet (Bridget Fonda) tries to win over Cliff (Matt Dillon), but he is more interested in his band, and Janet breaks off the unhappy relationship. And then there is Debbie (Sheila Kelley) who has opted for video dating. Their stories are told in vignettes set amidst the rock music scene of Seattle in this good drama/comedy.
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Soapdish 1991 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall, Teri Hatcher, Kathy Najimy, Arne Nannestad, Paul Johansson, Sheila Kelley, Leeza Biggons, John Tesh
This movie is a parody of personal lives of soap opera stars' personal lives. Leading lady Celeste Talbut (Sally Field), "Soap Queen," has problems keeping her professional status and living in the real world. This film works in pointing out the large egos of stars who work in the relatively unimportant field of daytime soap operas.
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Some Girls 1988 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Dempsey, Lila Kedrova, Florinda Bolkan, Sheila Kelley, Andre Gregory, Lance Edwards, Ashley Greenfield, Jean-Louis Millette, Sanna Vraa, Cedric Noel, John Cuthbert
Robert Redford was the executive producer of this unusual comedy about a young man, Michael (Patrick Dempsey), who spends Christmas vacation with the family of his girlfriend Gabby (Jennifer Connelly). As soon as they begin the vacation, Gabby breaks up with him, and separate bedrooms are provided. Michael is sad, but Gabby's sisters Irenka (Sheila Kelley) and Simone (Ashley Greenfield) are eager to fill in for Gabby. Meanwhile, Gabby's father (Andre Gregory) walks around in the nude, and her grandmother (Lila Kedrova) mistakes Michael for her deceased husband. A bizarre holiday, for sure.
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Where the Heart Is 1990  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, Christopher Plummer, David Hewlett, Maury Chaykin, Sheila Kelley, Dylan Walsh, Ken Pogue, Michael Kirby
Successful New Yorker Stewart (Dabney Coleman) makes a good living by blowing up old buildings and developing new communities. But when the neighbors near his newest venture make a dilapidated old building a historical landmark, he comes across poorly on TV. His three lazy children, in their twenties but living off Stewart's success, also ridicule him. So, he gives them each $750 and sends them to the old building to make it on their own. The young ones seem to achieve success by bringing in boarders, but, meanwhile, Stewart's business heads downhill.
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| 1. Breaking In (1989)
2. Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
3. Matchstick Men (2003)
4. Nuts in May (1976)
5. One Fine Day (1996)
6. Passion Fish (1992)
7. Singles (1992)
8. Soapdish (1991)
9. Some Girls (1988)
10. Where the Heart Is (1990)
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