Flash of Genius 2008  PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Abraham
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Abel, Daniel Roebuck, Tim Kelleher, Bill Smitrovich, Alan Alda, Josette Halpert, Andrew Gilles, Mitch Pileggi, Chuck Shamata, Kate Parr, Kristian Truelsen, Simon Reynolds
In the 1960s, Detroit's Wayne State University Electrical Engineering professor, Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), has invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Kearns and his friend Gil Previck (Dermot Mulroney) take the prototype to the Ford motor company, but the company says they are not interested. Just a few years later, Ford proceeds to install the wipers on their new models. Kearns sues the company, and the litigation goes on for years. Finally, Kearns is awarded $30 million, but he loses his mind and his wife Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and family in the process.
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Made Men 1999  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Louis Morneau
Cast: James Belushi, Michael Beach, Timothy Dalton, Steve Railsback, Carlton Wilborn, Vanessa Angel, Jamie Harris, David O'Donnell, Tim Kelleher, Oscar Rowland
Bill (James Belushi) and Debra (Vanessa Angel) are on the run after Bill makes off with $12 million from gangsters. He leads them to drug dealers which results in a shootout. And so it goes in this fair fare with lots of action and some laughs. A James Bond grad (Timothy Dalton) is the crooked sheriff.
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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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The Negotiator 1998 R, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Regina Taylor, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gomez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano
Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top-notch police negotiator who discovers that he has been set up and that the police are about to arrest him for the death of his partner and embezzlement of pension funds. In a panic, he seizes the building, holds hostages, and asks for another negotiator, Lt. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), to help him make a deal.
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Never Talk to Strangers 1995 R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Antonio Banderas, Dennis Miller, Len Cariou, Harry Dean Stanton, Beau Starr, Tim Kelleher, Eugene Lipinski, Phillip Jarrett
A beautiful psychologist, Sarah Taylor (Rebecca De Mornay), has an affair with surveillance expert Tony Ramirez (Antonio Banderas) and discovers she is the target of a stalker.
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Seven Pounds 2008  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Smitrovich, Robinne Lee, Joe Nunez, Tim Kelleher, Gina Hecht, Andy Milder, Sarah Jane Morris, Madison Pettis, Judyann Elder
Haunted by guilt, using the credentials of an IRS auditor, Ben Thomas (Will Smith) interviews seven people whose lives are in danger and sets out to help them. One of the people Ben tries to help is Emily (Rosario Dawson), an artist in need of a heart transplant. Emily and Ben fall in love, but Emily has no idea about the other six people–including blind telemarketer Ezra (Woody Harrelson), abused mother Connie (Elpidia Carrillo), and Ben's own brother (Michael Ealy) to whom he donates his kidney–who are on Ben's list of those he wants to help.
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| 1. Flash of Genius (2008)
2. Made Men (1999)
3. Matchstick Men (2003)
4. The Negotiator (1998)
5. Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
6. Seven Pounds (2008)
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