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Filmography
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Kung Fu Panda (2008)
A CG-animated comedy about a lazy,
irreverent slacker panda, Po (Voiced by Jack Black), who must
somehow become a Kung Fu Master in order to save the Valley of
Peace from a villainous snow leopard, Tai Lung. Set in the
legendary world of ancient China, this is the story of Po, our
unlikely hero, who enters the rigid world of Kung Fu and turning
it upside down. Po ultimately becomes a Kung Fu hero by learning
that if he believes in himself, he can do anything
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Master of Space and Time (2006)
Two mad scientists discover a way
to control reality.
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The Holiday (2006)
A woman plagued by man trouble
finds her fortune improves when she befriends an Englishwoman
while on vacation.
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Nacho Libre (2006)
Nacho (Jack Black) is a young man
who was raised in a Mexican monastery in Oaxaca and now works
there as the cook, and takes it upon himself to rescue the holy
place from financial ruin by joining a local Lucha Libre
tournament and becoming one of the 'Luchadores'. Naturally, Nacho
isn't acting out of purely altruistic measures, as he wishes to
help Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera), a beautiful Mexican
nun who has recently arrived at the monastery, as well as the
gaggle of young orphans who live there.
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Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
(2006)
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner
JB (Black) bonds with local slacker KG (Glass) and they form the
rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest
band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the
answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a
rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
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King
Kong (2005)
Set in the 1930s, this is the
story of a group of explorers and documentary filmmakers (led by
Black) who travel to the mysterious Skull Island (near Sumatra) to
investigate legends of a giant gorilla named Kong. Once there,
they discover that King Kong is a real creature, living in a
massive jungle where creatures from prehistoric times have been
protected and hidden for millions of years. As the explorers
search for the great ape, their quest puts them up against both
Kong and his dinosaur enemies. Ultimately, it is the attention of
a beautiful human woman (Watts) that soothes Kong long enough for
him to be subdued by the explorers and shipped back to New York,
where his bleak future involves being put on display in front of
humans... but how long can even the mightiest shackles of man hold
back an ape 25 feet tall?
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Shark
Tale (2004)
Oscar (Will Smith) is a
fast-talking little fish who dreams big. But his big dreams land
him in hot water when a great white lie turns him into an unlikely
hero. At first, his fellow fish swallow Oscar's story hook, line
and sinker and he is showered with fame and fortune. It's all
going along swimmingly, until it starts to become clear that
Oscar's tale about being the defender of the Reef is all wet.
Oscar is finding out that being a hero comes at a Market Price
when his lie threatens to make him the Catch of the Day. Now he
has to tread water until he can get the scales to tip back in his
favor again.
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Anchorman
(2004)
Set in 1970s San Diego, this is
the story of local TV anchorman Ron Burgundy (Ferrell), God's gift
to the ladies and the area's most respected reader of the
teleprompter of the news fit to be known, who finds his position
challenged by an ambitious female newscaster (Applegate) who,
unlike Ron, actually knows something about journalism.
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Envy
(2004)
When one of them (Black) becomes
mindblowingly, quite-literally stinking rich by selling an
invention, a pair of life-long best friends and neighbors (they
even work at the same company) finds their bond breaking as the
other guy (Stiller) starts to go crazy with... envy.
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School
of Rock (2003)
Fired from his band, rock
guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn (Black) takes a job as a 4th
grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his
free livin' lifestyle, attitude, music and antics soon influences
the students to explore other sides of themselves the school
doesn't encourage. Finn's real goal in taking the job is to
recruit a 9-year-old guitar prodigy, Yuki, to become the lead
guitarist in a band that would be able to win a "battle of
bands", solving Finn's money problems and re-establishing him
as a respected rocker.
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Ice
Age (2002)
Twenty thousand years ago, the
Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and creatures everywhere were
fleeing the onslaught of the new Ice Age. In this time of peril,
we meet the weirdest herd of any Age: a fast talking but dim sloth
named Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo); a moody woolly mammoth named
Manny (voiced by Ray Romano); a devilish saber-toothed tiger named
Diego (Denis Leary); and an acorn-crazy saber-toothed squirrel
known as Scrat. This quartet of misfits unexpectedly, and
reluctantly, comes together in a quest to return a human infant to
his father. Braving boiling lava pits, treacherous ice caves,
freezing temperatures and a secret, evil plot, these
"sub-zeros" become the world's first heroes!
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Run
Ronnie Run (2002)
Based on characters from the HBO
comedy series "Mr. Show", RUN RONNIE RUN! follows Ronnie
Dobbs, an uneducated, unemployed slacker who spends his days in a
small Georgia town drinking beer and terrorizing its residents.
His life does a 180-degree turn when enterprising TV producer
Terry Twillstein discovers him after witnessing one of Ronnie's
many arrests on a Cops-style show. As Ronnie becomes a megastar,
both he and Terry use their wit, ingenuity, and a little dumb luck
to get what they want: in this case, a lost love and a hit TV
show.
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Orange
County (2002)
A smart high school student with
his heart set on going to Stanford is horrified when his guidance
counselor accidentally sends the wrong transcript with his college
application. He spends the rest of the film trying to prove that
he's actually a good student with a terrific grade point average.
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Shallow
Hal (2001)
The story revolves around Hal
(Jack Black) who takes the advice of his dying father and dates
only the embodiments of physical perfection. But that all changes
after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony
Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him
into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically
appealing women. Hal is smitten after meeting the morbidly obese
Rosemary, as he sees her kindness and humor translated into the
physical perfection that is Gwyneth Paltrow. After Hal's equally
shallow friend Mauricio (Jason Alexander) undoes the hypnosis, Hal
must face an unrecognizable Rosemary and make a fateful decision.
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Saving
Silverman (2001)
Darren Silverman, Wayne Le Fessier
and J.D. McNugent have been best friends since the fifth grade.
From grade school (when they were all picked on), to high school
(when Wayne played on the football squad, J.D. was the team's
mascot and Darren was its star cheerleader), to today (rocking
side by side in "Diamonds in the Rough", their Neil
Diamond cover band), these guys have always stuck together. Now,
enter Judith, a great-looking but cold-hearted and manipulative
psychiatrist who digs her claws into sweet-natured Darren,
snatches him from the friendship and even breaks up the band.
First, J.D. and Wayne attempt to distract Darren by reuniting him
with his high school love, Sandy, who in only a short time plans
to take her religious vows and become a nun. But the stranglehold
Judith has on Darren is too strong. In a desperate and hilarious
last-ditch attempt to save their friend from Judith's grip - and
after receiving some ill-advised help from their take-no-pris!
oners high school football coach - Wayne and J.D. kidnap Judith
and fake her death, leaving Darren free to fall for Sandy. Judith,
however, doesn't stay down for long. Demonstrating cunning and
kick-ass karate moves that leave her captors in the dust, Judith
escapes and pulls Darren back under her control. But just before
the contentious couple takes their wedding vows, a hero arrives in
an unexpected form - Neil Diamond, who is recruited by J.D. and
Wayne to help save the day.
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Jesus'
Son (2000)
Alison Maclean's (CRUSH)
exhilarating adaptation of Denis Johnson's acclaimed short story
collection is a deeply compassionate portrait of one man's descent
into drug addiction, filled with a potent blend of surreal imagery
and gritty realism. Remaining true to Johnson's original text, and
in keeping with the film's substance-soaked subject matter, the
film is structured in a blurry, fractured fashion. Billy Crudup
stars as FH, a Midwestern twenty-something in the 1970s who has
decent intentions, but only seems to make things worse for
everyone, including himself. When he meets Michelle (played with
ferocious intensity by Samantha Morton), he finds himself falling
deeper into the dangerous, desperate world of drug abuse. A tragic
event forces FH to confront his destructive lifestyle head on,
even when it appears it might be too late. Landing in Arizona, he
gets a job writing the newsletter for an assisted living facility,
and finds redemption when he's least expecting it. Crudup and
Morton, both incredibly engaging screen presences, make JESUS' SON
a powerful, darkly comic, and ultimately uplifting motion picture.
Holly Hunter, Jack Black, and Denis Leary all make brief
appearances as quirky characters FH meets along his journey.
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High
Fidelity (2000)
In a biting romantic comedy, Rob
Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago,
where he sells music the old-fashioned way -- on vinyl. He's a
self-professed music junkie who spends his days at Championship
Vinyl with his two employees, Dick and Barry. Although they have
an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed with the
music scene, it's of no help to Rob, whose needle skips the love
groove when his long-time girlfriend, Laura, walks out on him. As
he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the
process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into
adulthood.
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Cradle
Will Rock (1999)
While the rich are funding
Mussolini’s war efforts by purchasing ill-gotten masterpieces
from fascist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon), the poor, like
Olive Stanton (Emily Watson), are singing on the street for a
nickel. In an unlikely partnership, Nelson Rockefeller (John
Cusack) commissions anti-capitalism artist Diego Rivera (Ruben
Blades) to paint a mural. Meanwhile, Mark Blitzstein (Hank Azaria)
is inspired to write a pro-union musical that is closed before it
opens when Congress begins to investigate the Federal Theater
Project. Based on actual events in the 1930s, writer-director Tim
Robbins boldly tackles politics, the arts, and a cultural
revolution.
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Enemy
of the State (1998)
Robert Dean (Will Smith) is a
labor lawyer who is unknowingly in possession of evidence related
to a serious politically motivated crime. Government agents eager
to hide their guilt believe that Dean is on to them, and proceed
to turn his life upside-down, ruin his reputation, and frame him
for various incidents, thanks to the latest in high-tech
government surveillance techniques. In an attempt to clear his
name and reclaim his life, Dean teams up with the reclusive Brill
(Gene Hackman), a former federal employee who has as much
high-tech equipment and expertise as the government itself.
Hackman's role is an extension of Harry Caul, the character he
portrayed in Francis Ford Coppola's brilliant 1974 film, THE
CONVERSATION. Smith scores as a man who is desperate to reclaim
his identity and prove his innocence. This intense technological
thrill-ride from director Tony Scott questions how much access the
government should have to the communications of private citizens,
and leaves the viewer with the unsettling feeling that Big Brother
is definitely watching. Watch for the uncredited appearances of
Jason Robards, Seth Green, Tom Sizemore, and Philip Baker Hall.
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I
Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
A year after the original tragedy,
Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is in college trying to piece
her life back together. When her roommate, Karla (Brandy Norwood),
wins a trip for four to a tropical island, everything seems to be
fine. That changes during a seemingly harmless karaoke session,
however, when instead of lyrics a menacing message appears on the
teleprompter to return the horror to Julie's life.
It's not long before the bodies start piling up, and she once
again finds herself facing the wrong end of the knife--but this
time, she's far from the comforts of home!
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Bongwater
(1997)
David (Luke Wilson) is an artist
and a pothead. He's fallen in love with the beautiful and sexy
Serena (Alicia Witt), and things are going simply splendidly until
poor David's house burns down. Serena doesn't need the bad vibes,
so she splits the scene and runs off to New York with rocker and
junkie Tommy (Jamie Kennedy). Lonely David finally turns to the
sweet, sweet comfort of marijuana and his strange menagerie of
friends to forget about his lost home and love.
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Crossworlds
(1997)
A young man finds himself in the
middle of a universal battle between good and evil when he sets up
residence in a transdimensional valley. Only his father's
mysterious crystal pendant and its lost matching scepter can
guarantee victory. Stunning visual effects.
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Johnny
Skidmarks (1997)
Jaded and detached, Johnny
Skidmarks (Peter Gallagher) is a crime scene photographer who has
no qualms about moonlighting as a blackmailer to earn extra cash.
Johnny and his team have a lucrative little business going: no one
gets hurt, no questions asked, no harm done...until things start
to go wrong. Dead wrong.
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The
Jackal (1997)
An update of "The Day of the
Jackal," this spy thriller offers a seasoned FBI man, a rigid
Russian agent, and a black-sheep I.R.A. terrorist (Gere) teaming
up to stop a nasty and extremely well-paid assassin (Willis) from
offing a U.S. official.
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The
Neverending Story 3 - Escape From Fantasia (1996)
Young Bastian retreats to the
library to escape the troubles of schoolyard bullies. His flight
turns out to be longer than expected, however, when he discovers a
mysterious "Neverending Storybook." In this installment,
he gets lost inside the magical world of his imagination.
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Mars
Attacks! (1996)
Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS
ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to
1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer
lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit
the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they
promptly "vaporize" a gathering of unfortunate
Earthlings, kicking off a bizarre high-tech war with wild special
effects. This studiously campy sci-fi spoof, based on a series of
Topps bubble-gum cards, gleefully parodies not only schlock
B-horror movies, but also overblown blockbusters such as
INDEPENDENCE DAY. This subversive film is helped along by an
all-star cast including Jack Nicholson in dual roles as both a
clueless U.S. President (with First Lady Glenn Close) and a Las
Vegas sleazebag. The film follows the wacky WAR OF THE WORLDS-like
proceedings from the points of view of numerous colorful
characters, from the inane U.S. Press Secretary (Martin Short) to
a trailer-park family (Lukas Haas and Sylvia Sidney), to singer
Tom Jones (as himself).
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The
Fan (1996)
Quick-tempered Gil Renard (Robert
De Niro) has an ex-wife who hates him, a son who fears him, and a
job that he’s about to lose. The only thing that this
down-on-his-luck knife salesman can count on is baseball. He's a
loyal, die hard fan, specifically when it comes to his favorite
player, Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes). Renard has followed
Rayburn’s career since day one and is thrilled that his hero has
just signed with his hometown team, the San Francisco Giants. When
Rayburn hits a slump, his number one fan decides to help him by
any means necessary. But when Rayburn discovers the lengths to
which his admirer has gone to "help" him and begins to
fear Renard, the disturbed fan becomes disillusioned with his hero
and focuses his aggression toward Rayburn and his family. De Niro
is creepy and menacing as the obsessed Renard, a psychotic stalker
who ingratiates himself with his victim. Directed by Tony Scott
(TOP GUN, CRIMSON TIDE), the film is based on the novel by Peter
Abrahams.
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The
Cable Guy (1996)
When a young urbanite calls to
order cable TV for his apartment he gets much more than he
bargained for, as the demented title character arrives and
proceeds to insinuate his way into the beleaguered customer's
life. Raised by television as a child and starved for human
contact, the "cable guy" is a darkly hilarious carnation
of the modern age. Carey's manic karaoke rendition of Jefferson
Airplane's "Somebody to Love" is a twisted highlight.
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Bio-Dome
(1995)
A pair of idiot best friends
mistake an experimental bio-sphere for a new mall and wind up
sealed inside for a year with the hapless scientists. Sophomoric
hilarity ensues.
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Dead
Man Walking (1995)
This acclaimed film traces the
relationship between a death-row inmate and the local nun to whom
he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his
scheduled execution. Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been
convicted of the rape and murder of two young lovers and is
awaiting execution. Susan Sarandon plays Sister Helen Prejean, a
nun who has devoted herself to God and to helping the less
fortunate. Prejean faces a moral crisis as she tries to reconcile
her anti-death penalty views with the truth of Poncelet’s
actions and the pain felt by the victim’s families.
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Waterworld
(1995)
In a flooded future Earth, people
cling to man-made floating islands for survival. When a tyrannical
madman driving a supertanker over the world in search of "dry
land" invades one of these islands a mysterious wanderer
named the "Mariner" rescues a woman and her adopted
daughter from the slaughter and they embark on a quest that could
save mankind. Academy Award Nomination: Best Sound.
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Bye,
Bye Love (1995)
A comedic drama about the
difficulties of divorce for men and their children, BYE BYE LOVE
stars likable actors Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine, and Randy Quaid.
All three are divorced fathers who get custody of their children
on the weekends, and have to make the most of the little time they
get. Each one must also contend, in a different way, with their
ex-wives and the new women they've become involved with. The film
also features Janeane Garofalo in a brief, scene-stealing role as
the stereotypical "date from hell," and Eliza Dushku (BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) in an early part.
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Demolition
Man (1993)
San Angeles, a megalopolis
stretching from Santa Barbara to San Diego, is the futuristic
utopia of the politically correct. Red meat, salt, sugar, smoking
and sex have all been outlawed. This spells h-e-l-l for John
Spartan, a 20th century cop revived to chase down a 20th century
terrorist on the loose in this sterile paradise.
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Airborne
(1993)
A kid uprooted from his cool
California beach scene must prove himself in snowy Cincinnati.
Soon his reputation and his survival may depend on his outrageous
skateboarding and roller-blading skills. Soundtrack by Stewart
Copeland.
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Marked
for Murder (1992)
A convicted murderer has been
tapped to clean up the mean streets of Philadelphia, but when he
meets up with a friend from prison, he's tempted to turn away from
his new, clean-living life.
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Bob
Roberts (1992)
Story about the cultural hysteria
surrounding a right-wing folk-singer-turned-politician who runs
for the Senate in Pennsylvania. Ultimately, his campaign is
tarnished by reports of corruption.
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