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A Christmas Story (1983)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Americana,
Domestic Comedy,
Family-Oriented Comedy,
Holiday Film.
Director:
Bob Clark.
Actors:
Melinda Dillon,
Darren McGavin,
Peter Billingsley,
Ian Petrella,
Scott Schwartz,
R.D. Robb,
Tedde Moore,
Zack Ward,
Yano Anaya,
Les Carlson,
Chad Dowdell,
Colin Fox,
Jeff Gillen,
Paul Hubbard,
Jim Hunter,
Patty Johnson,
Fred Lee Own,
Dwayne McLean,
Jean Shepherd,
Tommy Lee Wallace.
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Storyline:
Nine years after the Yuletide slasher flick Black Christmas, Porky's director Bob Clark once again took on the holiday genre, switching from gasps to laughs with A Christmas Story. Adapted from a memoir by humorist Jean Shepherd (who narrates), the film centers on Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), a young boy living in 1940s Indiana, desperately yearning for a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas. Des ...
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Genre:
Drama,
Courtroom Drama,
Message Movie.
Director:
Sydney Pollack.
Actors:
Paul Newman,
Sally Field,
Bob Balaban,
Melinda Dillon,
Luther Adler,
Barry Primus,
Josef Sommer,
John Harkins,
Don Hood,
Wilford Brimley,
Sharon Anderson,
John Archie,
Ted Bartsch,
Alfredo Alvarez Calderon,
Oswaldo Calvo,
John DiSanti,
Ilse Earl,
Jeff Gillen,
Mark Harris,
Timothy Hawkins,
Bill Hindman,
Barry Hober,
Rooney Kerwin,
Laurie V. Logan,
Shawn McAllister,
Jack McDermott,
Anna Marie Napoles,
Joe Petrullo,
Arnie Ross,
Lee Sandman,
Shelley Spurlock,
Lynn Stalmaster,
Patrick Sullivan,
Jodie Wilson,
Diane Zolten.
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Storyline:
In this legal drama from director Sydney Pollack, Sally Field stars as Megan, an ambitious newpaper reporter who, based on information from FBI investigator Rosen, played by Bob Balaban, writes a scathing article that implicates Gallagher, a reclusive business-owner played by Paul Newman, in the recent disappearance of a labor leader. When Gallagher confronts Megan and sets her straight, the two t ...
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Demolition Man (1993)
Genre:
Science Fiction,
Action,
Sci-Fi Action.
Director:
Marco Brambilla.
Actors:
Sylvester Stallone,
Wesley Snipes,
Sandra Bullock,
Nigel Hawthorne,
Benjamin Bratt,
Bob Gunton,
Glenn Shadix,
Denis Leary,
Ken Baldwin,
Jack Black,
Paul Bollen,
Vanna Bonta,
Grand L. Bush,
Ferne Cassel,
Alex Chapman,
Bill Cobbs,
Dan Cortese,
Melinda Dillon,
John Enos,
Troy Evans,
Andre Gregory,
Lara Harris,
Brett Jones,
Stephen Kahan,
Michael Tennessee Lee,
Susan Lentini,
Kristopher Logan,
Billy Lucas,
Don Charles McGovern,
Rhino Michaels,
Toshishiro Obata,
Paul Perri,
Lori Petty,
Brandy Sanders,
Rob Schneider,
Pat Skipper,
Joy Todd,
Jesse Ventura,
Carlton Wilborn.
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Storyline:
The plot of this action film begins in 1996, with Los Angeles in a violence-crazed conflagration. One of the LAPD's most notorious cops, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone), known as "the demolition man," is in hot pursuit of blonde-haired psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), who is so nasty he even kills sometimes just because he feels cranky. John captures Simon, but not before Simo ...
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Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Genre:
Comedy,
Children's/Family,
Family-Oriented Adventure,
Animal Picture.
Director:
William Dear.
Actors:
John Lithgow,
Melinda Dillon,
Margaret Langrick,
Joshua Rudoy,
Kevin Peter Hall,
David Suchet,
Lainie Kazan,
Don Ameche,
John Bloom,
Debbie Lee Carrington,
Connie Craig,
William Dear,
Nick Flynn,
William Frankfather,
Mickey Gilbert,
Michael Goodell,
Tom Hammond,
Laura Kenny,
James King,
Dave MacIntyre,
Chuck McCollum,
Mark Mitchell,
Sean Morgan,
Juleen Murray,
Fred Newman,
Laurie O'brien,
Bill Ontiverous,
David Richards,
Vern Taylor,
M. Emmet Walsh.
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Storyline:
While vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, the Henderson clan's dad George (John Lithgow), mom Nancy (Melinda Dillon), daughter Sarah (Margaret Langrick) and son Ernie (Joshua Rudroy) accidently run over a strange animal with their car, and when they get out to see what it is, they find the seemingly dead body of a hairy Bigfoot-type monster (Kevin Peter Hall). Believing that the creature is a gr ...
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Magnolia (1999)
Genre:
Drama,
Ensemble Film,
Urban Drama,
Psychological Drama.
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson.
Actors:
Jason Robards, Jr.,
Julianne Moore,
Tom Cruise,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
John C. Reilly,
Melora Walters,
Jeremy Blackman,
Michael Bowen,
William H. Macy,
Philip Baker Hall,
Melinda Dillon,
Emmanuel Johnson,
Henry Gibson,
April Grace,
Luis Guzman,
Pat Healy,
Felicity Huffman,
Ricky Jay,
Alfred Molina,
Patton Oswalt,
Mary Lynn Rajskub.
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Storyline:
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson followed his critical and commercial breakthrough Boogie Nights with this wildly ambitious story of lives intertwining on a single day in California's San Fernando Valley. Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), a successful producer of television game shows, left his wife when she contracted cancer to marry the younger and more beautiful Linda (Julianne Moore). Now, E ...
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Reign Over Me (2007)
Genre:
Drama,
Buddy Film,
Psychological Drama.
Director:
Mike Binder.
Actors:
Adam Sandler,
Don Cheadle,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Liv Tyler,
Saffron Burrows,
Donald Sutherland,
Robert Klein,
Melinda Dillon,
Ted Raimi,
Paula Newsome,
Anthony Chisholm,
B.J. Novak,
John deLancie,
Jonathan Banks,
Denise Dowse,
Paul Butler,
Rae Allen,
Camille Lache Smith,
Imani Hakim,
Jessica Golden,
Harris Peet,
Mike Binder,
Tommy Nohilly,
Robert Harvey,
Nick Taylor,
M.D. Walton,
Chad R. Brigockas,
Elizabeth Andrews,
Neal Robert Young,
Lela Loren,
Karen Huie.
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Storyline:
A chance run-in with an old college roommate becomes the catalyst for healing in writer/director Mike Binder's tale of friendship and understanding in post-9/11 New York. When the Twin Towers went down on that fateful morning in 2001, Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) lost everything that he had to live for. Five years have passed since Charlie lost his family, and now the once-successful and sociabl ...
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