High Spirits 1988  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Ray McAnally, Donal McCann, Connie Booth, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith, Tom Hickey, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr
Needing money to maintain his family's Irish castle, Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) rents rooms and advertises that the castle is haunted. He even goes so far as to provide "ghosts." Of course, it turns out that the castle really is haunted, and American tourists, including Jack and Sharon (Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), arrive for a visit. The fun really begins when Jack and Sharon become romantically interested in the real ghosts Mary and Martin (Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson).
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Leap Year 2010   PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow, Noel O'Donovan, Tony Rohr, Pat Laffan, Alan Devlin, Ian McElhinney, Dominique McElligott, Mark O'Regan, Maggie McCarthy, Peter O'Meara, Macdara O Fatharta, Kaitlin Olson
In Ireland, it is the tradition for women to propose marriage to their boyfriends on February 29th, Leap Year. Anna (Amy Adams) has been waiting four years for a proposal from her cardiologist boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) who is attending a conference in Dublin and decides to follow Jeremy to Dublin and propose to him. The trip does not prove easy when bad weather sets in, and Anna is rerouted to Wales where she convinces innkeeper Declan (Matthew Goode) to drive her to Dublin. Along the way, Anna and Declan bicker as they get to know each other, and Anna's plans for her future just might change.
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The Nephew 1998   N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eugene Brady
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Hill Harper, Aislin McGuckin, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Sinead Cusack, Phelim Drew, Lorraine Pilkington, Luke Griffin, Tony Rohr
Tony's sister sailed to America years ago, never to be heard from again until her son, Chad (Hill Harper), appeared in the little Irish town of her birth to scatter her ashes. Old conflicts soon resurface between Tony (Donal McCann) and a bar owner, Joe Brady (Pierce Brosnan), and come into focus when Chad begins dating Brady's daughter (Aislin McGuckin).
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| 1. High Spirits (1988)
2. Leap Year (2010)
3. The Nephew (1998)
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