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Nurse Betty (2000)
Dir Neil LaBute Written by John C Richards, James Famberg Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinner, Aaron Eckhart,Tia Texada, Crispin Glover, Pruit Taylor Vince, Allison Janney, Kathleen Wilhoite, Elizabeth Mitchell, Harriet Sansom Harris, Matthew Cowles. Betty Sizemore (Zellweger) leads an ordinary and fulfilling life. She is waitress at a local diner, she is…
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Armageddon (1998)
Dir Michael Bay Written by Jonathan Hensleigh, JJ Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy. Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Will Patton, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stomare, Keith David, Jason Isaacs, Ken Hudson Campbell. One of the two asteroid movies of 1998; in this NASA…
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I Want You Back (2022)
Dir Jason Orley Written by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Scott Eastwood, Gina Rodriguez, Manny Jacinto, Clark Backo, Luke David Blumm, Jamie Gertz, Mason Gooding. On the same night two 30 “something’s” are dumped by their partners. Emma (Slate) is dumped by Noah (Eastwood), and Peter (Day) is dumped by Anne…
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Deep Impact (1998)
Dir Mimi Leder Written by Bruce Joel Ruben, Michael Tolkin Robert Duval, Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Alexander Baluev, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau, Laura Innes, Mary McCormack, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Richard Schiff, Leelee Sobieski, Blair Underwood, James Cromwell, Dougray Scott. One of the two ‘asteroid’ movies of 1998, in which school senior Leo…
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Insomnia (2002)
Dir Christopher Nolan Writers Hillary Seitz, Nikolaj Frobenius, Erik Skjoldjaeg Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donavan, Maura Tierney, Paul Dooley, Nicky Katt. A seasoned LA Detective Will Dormer (Pacino), along with his partner (Donavan) are called to assist a rural Alaskan town of Nightmute, after one of the young teen girls has been…
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Collateral (2004)
Dir Michael Mann Written by Stuart Beattie Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P Hall. On a random night, Vincent (Cruise), arrives in LA – getting into the cab of Max (Foxx), a 12 year veteran driver with dreams of running his own luxury limo company. When…
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Speed (1994)
Directed by Jan de BontWritten by Graham Yost Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Beth Grant, Hawthorne James Months after stopping him from blowing up an elevator, LAPD Detective Jack Traven (Reeves), is called back in by bomber Hopper, who has now put a bomb on a bus. When…
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The Nice Guys (2016)
Dir Shane Black Written by Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, Keith David, Beau Knapp, Lois Smith, In 1977, two PI’s (Crowe and Gosling) find themselves paired together to investigate a missing young woman named Amelia (Qualley). When people she has been…
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Dirs: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc, Fabien Polack (voice cast) Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Khary Payton, Sebastian Maniscalco, Charles Martinet. In an alternate universe, Koopa King Bowser (Black) has finally found the Super Star, and plans to marry the human like…
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Old Dads (2023)
Dir Bill Burr Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeeem Woodbine, Rachael Harris, Katie Aselton, Jackie Tohn, Reign Edwards, Miles Robbins, C Thomas Howell, Bruce Dern. Burr plays Jack, a 51 year old dad to 5 year old Nate. His wife, Leah is pregnant with their second baby. He has long struggled with his anger, and those…
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Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac (2007) Directed by David FincherWritten by James Vanderbilt, Robert Greysmith Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chloe Sevigny, John Getz, John Terry, Elias Koteas, Dermot Mulroney, Donal Logue, Phillip Baker Hall, Zach Grenier, Based on the book by the real life Robert Greysmith (portrayed here by…
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Two Hands (1999)
Directed & Written by Gregor Jordan Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Rose Byrne, David Field, Tom Long, Suzie Porter, Steve Vidler, Moya O’Sullivan, Mariel McClorey.Jimmy (the late Ledger) is a 19 year old bouncer on Kings Cross, Sydney – who is about to do a job for the local mobster Pando (Brown). The job; to take…
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Directed by George ClooneyScreenplay by Charlie KaufmanBased on the Novel by Chuck Barris Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Rutger Hauer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert John Burke, Chuck Barris. In the 1960’s – Chuck Barris (Rockwell), desperately wants to become a TV game-show creator. He also is a hired contract killer for the CIA.…
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U Turn
Director Oliver StoneWritten by John Ridley (based on the novel Stray Dogs) Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Powers Booth, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Julie Hagerty, Laurie Metcalf, Liv Tyler. Bobby Cooper (Penn) is headed to Vegas to pay off a gambling debt, when his car requires urgent repair. Stopping…
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Birdman (2014)
Director Alejandro González IñárrituWritten by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, (based on story by) Raymond Carver Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifinakis, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts. Somewhat forgotten movie star Riggan Thomson (Keaton) is trying to bring a Broadway play to life, but is having issues with…
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