Black and Blue 1999 TV, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Shapiro Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rothhaar, Sam Robards, Beau Starr, Sabrina Grdevich, Elizabeth Brown, Allegra Fulton, Janet Bailey, Joanna Merlin
Battered wife Fran Benedetta (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her young son, Robert (Will Rothhaar), leave their home, change their names, and start a new life. All is peaceful–until Robert makes contact with his father (Anthony LaPaglia). Will the cycle of abuse continue?
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Hearts in Atlantis 2001 PG-13, 98 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, David Morse, Anton Yelchin, Mika Boreem, Will Rothhaar, Deirdre O'Connell, Eric Eggen, Bourke Floyd, Kathie France
Culled from two Stephen King stories–"Low Men in Yellow Coats" and "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling"–and set in the late 1950s, this film revolves around 11-year-old Bobby (Anton Yelchin) and the mysterious boarder, Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins), who has moved into the family home that Bobby shares with his embittered, single mother (Hope Davis). Ted offers Bobby money to read from the daily paper, and as their friendship grows Ted asks Bobby to keep an eye out for Low Men who want to steal Ted's psychic powers.
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Jack Frost 1998 PG, 95 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Troy Miller Cast: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph Cross, Henry Rollins, Scott Kraft, Dweezil Zappa, Eli Marienthal, Andrew Lawrence, Will Rothhaar, Mika Boorem, Benjamin Brock, Taylor Handley, Moon Unit Zappa
Charlie (Joseph Cross) is 11 years old when his father, Jack Frost (Michael Keaton), is killed in an automobile accident just before Christmas. The next year Jack comes back, reincarnated as a snowman, and tries to heal the family and teach Charlie how to deal with life without a father.
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Kart Racer 2003 PG, 94' min. Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Stuart Gillard Cast: Randy Quaid, Will Rothhaar, David Gallagher, Johnny Griffin, Jordon Conti, Amanda de Martinis, Joe Dinicol, Steve Adams, Harland Williams, Paula Dean Hixson
Since his mother died, 14-year-old Watts (Will Rothhaar) hasn't had a good relationship with his dad (Randy Quaid) or with his schoolmates. But matters take a turn for the better when he takes an interest in kart racing, and his ex-champion racer dad provides help as they re-bond.
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King of California 2007 PG-13, 93 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Cahill Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, Kathleen Wilhoite, Anne L. Nathan, Arthur Santiago, Ashley Greene, Ian Hopps, Anna Khaja, Will Rothhaar
Abandoned by her mother, 16-year-old Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) works double shifts at McDonalds in order to support herself. Miranda's father, Charlie (Michael Douglas), suddenly re-enters her life after spending two years in a mental hospital and involves her in his wild plan to uncover hidden gold in their California neighborhood. While institutionalized, Charlie read a diary written by a 17th century Spanish missionary who claimed that doublooms are hidden under what is now the neighborhood Costco. Together, father and daughter go in search of the cache, and, along the way, rekindle their relationship.
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| 1. Black and Blue (1999)
2. Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
3. Jack Frost (1998)
4. Kart Racer (2003)
5. King of California (2007)
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