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Marriage Story

Marriage Story is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by David Heyman and Noah Baumbach. The screenplay was written by Noah Baumbach.

Rated: R (movie contains language throughout and sexual references)
Run Time: 2h 17min
Release Date: November 6, 2019 (USA)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Noah Baumbach
Studio: Netflix
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $2.3 Million

Marriage Story stars Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Azhy Robertson, Wallace Shawn, Brooke Bloom, Julie Hagerty and Kyle Bornheimer.

Marriage Story is the story of successful New York theatre director Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) and his lauded actress wife Nicole (Scarlett Johannson) who are struggling through an impending divorce and working with a mediator rather than each hiring lawyers. The two currently live in New York City where Charlie directs plays and Nicole stars in them. However, Nicole is offered a TV pilot and has to leave Charlie’s play right before its Broadway transfer to go to Los Angeles to shoot it and she takes their son Henry (Azhy Robertson) with her to stay at her mom Sandra’s (Julie Hagerty) house.

While in Los Angeles, a co-worker strongly recommends Nicole get a divorce lawyer, and refers her to Nora Fanshaw (Laura Dern), a professional and extremely high-powered attorney. Nora asks Nicole her story, and Nicole explains how she was formerly a well-known actress who grew up in Los Angeles, but on a trip to New York fell in love with Charlie and began starring in his small productions, bringing eyes to his theatre which they built up together.

Meanwhile, Charlie flies out to LA on breaks from his play rehearsals to see Henry whenever he can. The two are struggling through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.

Movie Quotes

“Criminal lawyers see bad people at their best, divorce lawyers see good people at their worst.” – Ted

“The dead part wasn’t dead, it was just in a coma. And it was better than the sex, the talking. Although the sex was also like the talking. You know, everything is like everything in a relationship. Don’t you find that? And, um, so we spent the whole night and the next day together, and I just never left. Yes, to be honest, all the problems were there in the beginning too. But I just went along with him and his life because it felt so damn good to feel myself alive.” – Nicole

“I cried four times.” – Henry Barber
“Me too. I wonder if it was the same four.” – Charlie

“Getting divorced with a kid is one of the hardest things to do. It’s like a death without a body.” – Bert Spitz

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Adam Driver as Charlie

Scarlett Johansson as Nicole

Laura Dern as Nora Fanshaw

Alan Alda as Bert Spitz

Ray Liotta as Jay Marotta

Merritt Wever as Cassie

Azhy Robertson as Henry Barber

Julie Hagerty as Sandra

Wallace Shawn as Frank

Brooke Bloom as Mary Ann

Kyle Bornheimer as Ted

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Big Fish

Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama adventure film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks. The screenplay was written by John August and is based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Epic Proportions by Daniel Wallace.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains fighting, brief nudity and suggestive references)
Run Time: 2h 5min
Release Date: January 9, 2004 (USA)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Director: Tim Burton
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Budget: $70 Million
Box Office: $122.9 Million

Big Fish stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohmman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory, David Denman, Missi Pyle, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, Miley Cyrus and Deep Roy.

Big Fish is the story of the incredible life of Edward Bloom (Albert Finney), a charismatic story teller and his estranged son Will (Billy Crudup) who is an international journalist. Will gets news from his mother Sandra (Jessica Lange) that his father is stricken with cancer and the doctors have decided to discontinue chemotherapy treatments. She tells him that he should return to see him one last time before he passes.

Upon hearing the news, Will and his wife Josephine (Marion Cotillard), a French freelance photojournalist who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris home to return to Will’s hometown of Ashton, Alabama. Will has not spoken to his father since his wedding where he married Josephine 3 years ago. Will’s issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life, throughout his life, not only to Will but the whole world.

With a child on the way, Will doesn’t want to be the kind of father Edward was to him. Edward was a traveling salesman and largely absent. As a result, Will believes his father to be a liar that never really cared for his family. Now, sitting at his fathers bedside, Will begs him father to be himself. He so dearly wants to figure out who he really was. He wants to finally separate the fact from fiction in all of his stories. His father tells Will that he has been nothing but himself since the day he was born, and if he can’t see that, it is his fault and not Edward’s.

Meanwhile, his father suffers a stroke and is no longer able to tell stories. He is able to ask to tell him a story of how his life ends. Deciding to play along, Will tells his own impromptu tall tale. His father regains some strength and Will tells him that they escape from the hospital and jump into Edwards old car and they speed to a nearby river, where all their friends and family are waiting. Instead of a funeral, they are holding a goodbye party, and Edward happily bids them farewell as he transforms into a catfish and swims away. Shortly afterwords, Edward passes. Will is the only one present when his father dies and is deeply happy they connected at last.

At Edward’s funeral, Will, Josephine, Sandra and Edward’s doctor are the only ones in attendance. Then a long line of cars, vans and buses arrive and it is here that Will becomes astonished to see all of the characters from Edward’s stories show up to pay their respects to Edward. However, each of them is slightly less fantastical than they’re described in Edward’s stories. It finally becomes clear that Edward had combined his love for storytelling with his own reality, which finally made sense to Will. When his own son is born, Will passes the stories on to him, remarking that his father became his stories allowing him to live forever.

Movie Quotes

“There are some fish that cannot be caught. It’s not that they are faster or stronger than the other fish, they’re just touched by somethin’ extra.” – Ed Bloom (Young)

“You were a big fish in a small pond, but this here is the ocean and you’re drownin’. Take my advice, go back to Puddleville; you’ll be happy there.” – Amos Calloway

“It was that night I discovered that most things you consider evil or wicked are simply lonely, and lackin’ in the social niceties.” – Ed Bloom (Young)

“In tellin’ the story of my father’s life, it’s impossible to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is tell it the way he told me. It doesn’t always make sense and most of it never happened… but that’s what kind of story this is.” – William Bloom

“They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that’s true. What they don’t tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.” – Ed Bloom (Senior)

“A man tells his story so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.” – William Bloom (Young)

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Ewan McGreggor as Ed Bloom (Young)

Albert Finney as Ed Bloom (Senior)

Billy Crudup as Will Bloom

Jessica Lange as Sandra Bloom

Helena Bonham Carter as Jenny (Young) / The Witch

Alison Lohman as Sandra Bloom (Young)

Robert Guillaume as Dr. Bennett (Senior)

Marion Cotillard as Josephine Bloom

Matthew McGrory as Karl the Giant

David Denman as Don Price (Age 18-22)

Missi Pyle as Mildred

Steve Buscemi as Northern Winslow

Danny DeVito as Amos Calloway

Miley Cyrus as Ruthie (Age 8)

Deep Roy as Mr. Soggybottom

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A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill is a 1996 American crime thriller drama film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Arnon Milchan, John Grisham, Michael Nathanson and Hunt Lowry. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and is based on the novel ‘A Time to Kill‘ by John Grisham.

Rated: R (movie contains violence and some graphic language)
Run Time: 2h 29min
Release Date: July 24, 1996 (USA)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget: $40 Million
Box Office: $152 Million

A Time to Kill stars Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton, Brenda Fricker, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Patrick McGoohan, Ashley Judd, Tonea Stewart, RaeVen Kelly, Chris Cooper, John Diehl, Octavia Spencer, Anthony Heald, Alexandra Kyle, Joe Seneca and Byron Jennings.

A Time to Kill takes place in the town of Canton, Mississippi and is the story of Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson), a heartbroken black father who avenges his ten-year-old daughter Tonya’s brutal rape by shooting the two racist white men responsible for the crime. Taking the law into his own hands, he guns them down in cold blood inside the courthouse on their way to their arraignments.

Carl turns to Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey), an untested struggling attorney to defend him against murder charges. Brigance struggles to believe that he can get Hailey acquitted in this small, segregated Southern town, given Hailey’s race and the deliberate nature of his crime, but Carl has unshakable faith in him.

In the meantime, the Ku Klux Klan, at the prompting of one of the rapists brothers, plants burning crosses on Jake’s lawn, attempts to bomb his house and takes a shot at him because he is defending a black man who killed two white men, a not so popular position with some of the locals.

Movie Quotes

“My dad’s filthy rich, and even though we’re Irish Catholic I’m an only child. I’ve got more money than you do so I’ll work for free. No charge. A free law clerk for three weeks. I’ll do all the research, typing, answering the phone. I’ll even carry your briefcase and make the coffee.” – Ellen Roark
“I was afraid you’d want to be a law partner” – Jake Brigance
“No, I’m a woman, and I’m in the South. I know my place.” – Ellen Roark

“Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!” – Carl Lee Hailey

“And until we can see each other as equals, justice is never going to be even-handed. It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices.” – Jake Brigance

“Now…imagine she’s white!” – Jake Brigance

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Matthew McConaughey as Jake Tyler Brigance

Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark

Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey

Kevin Spacey as D.A. Rufus Buckley

Oliver Platt as Harry Rex Vonner

Charles S. Dutton as Sheriff Ozzie Walls

Brenda Fricker as Ethel Twitty

Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks

Kiefer Sutherland as Freddie Lee Cobb

Patrick McGoohan as Judge Omar Noose

Ashley Judd as Carla Brigance

Tonea Stewart as Gwen Hailey

RaeVen Kelly as Tonya Hailey

Chris Cooper as Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney

John Diehl as Tim Nunley

Octavia Spencer as Roark’s Nurse

Anthony Heald as Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver

Alexandra Kyle as Hannah Brigance

Joe Seneca as Reverend Isaiah Street

Byron Jennings as Brent Musgrove

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Absolute Power

Absolute Power is a 1997 American action crime drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Clint Eastwood and Karen S. Spiegel. The screenplay was written by William Goldman and is based on the book ‘Absolute Power’ by David Baldacci.

Rated: R (movie contains violence, sexuality and language)
Run Time: 2h 1min
Release Date: February 14, 1997 (USA)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Studio: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing
Budget: $50 Million
Box Office: $50.1 Million

Absolute Power stars Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, Judy Davis, E.G. Marshall, Melora Hardin, Richard Jenkins, Alison Eastwood, Kimber Eastwood and Penny Johnson.

Absolute Power is the story of skilled master thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) who while breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall) and finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a Sullivan’s wife Christy (Melora Hardin) who was involved in a tryst with Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman), the President of the United States.

While executing what was supposed to be his last job, Luther was startled by the sound of people in the house and he hid in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror, he sees that it’s Christy Sullivan, the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. The two of them are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her. She gets away, but he corners her and she grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help and two men come in and shoot her dead.

It seems the man is President Alan Richmond and the two men are Secret Service Agents Bill Burton (Scott Glenn) and Tim Collins (Dennis Hasybert), who are assigned to him. Later, Chief of Staff Gloria Russell (Judy Davis) enters, and upon learning what happened, decides to cover it up and makes it appear she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forgot the letter opener. Whitney comes out of the room and takes the letter opener and makes his get away, but when they return for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him, but he gets away.

Whitney tries to leave town, but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is, he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently.

Movie Quotes

“Go down a rope in the middle of the night? If I could do that, I’d be the star of my AARP meetings.” – Luther Whitney

“Why’d you come?” – Kate Whitney
“I couldn’t have you thinking I was a murderer.” – Luther Whitney
“No, I mean why did you come to the restaurant this afternoon? You must have suspected something, or else you wouldn’t have been prepared.” – Kate Whiteny
“My daughter wanted to see me.” – Luther Whitney

“Because I swear to you, Kate. I swear to you on Mattie’s grave. Yeah, that’s right. Your mother’s grave, I’d kill myself before I lied about that.” – Luther Whitney

“I’d been married to my Rebecca for forty-seven years. When she died, I decided I never wanted that pain again. One thing I knew about Christy, she was going to outlive me.” – Walter Sullivan

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Clint Eastwood as Luther Whitney

Gene Hackman as President Alan Richmond

Ed Harris as Seth Frank

Laura Linney as Kate Whitney

Scott Glenn as Bill Burton

Dennis Haysbert as Tim Collin

Judy Davis as Gloria Russell

E.G. Marshall as Walter Sullivan

Melora Hardin as Christy Sullivan

Richard Jenkins as Michael McCarty

Alison Eastwood as Art Student

Kimber Eastwood as White House Tour Guide

Penny Johnson Jerald as Laura Simon

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Welcome to Marwen

Welcome to Marwen is a 2018 American biographical comedic drama film directed by Robert Zemekis and produced by Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey and Robert Zemekis. The screenplay was written by Caroline Thompson and Robert Zemekis and was inspired by Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains sequences of fantasy violence, some disturbing images, brief suggestive content, thematic material and language)
Run Time: 1h 56min
Release Date: December 21, 2018 (USA)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Robert Zemekis
Studio: Universal Pictures
Budget: $39-50 Million
Box Office: $12.9 Million

Welcome to Marwen stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Merritt Wever, Diane Kruger, Eiza Gonzalez, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Harter Zemekis, Neil Jackson, Falk Hentschel, Stefanie von Pfetten, Siobhan Williams, Matt O’Leary, Nikolai Witschl, Conrad Coates, Patrick Roccas and Alexander Lowe.

Welcome to Marwen follows the true story of Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell), a man struggling with PTSD who, after being physically assaulted, meticulously creates a miniature model of a fictional Belgian town he calls Marwen to help him ease his trauma. No one expects Hogencamp to recover from a brutal attack from five neo-Nazis that nearly killed him and wiped away all of his memories.

Prior to the attack, Mark was a talented World War II illustrator but is left without the fine motor control to draw any longer. However, Mark is an artist at heart and turns his creative outlet to photography when he starts documenting life in Marwen. His astonishing art installation soon comes to life with breathtakingly realistic dolls — replicas of people in his life and a testament to the most powerful women he knows.

Going through scrapbooks allows him to put together pieces from the past and present as he tries to get a sense of what his life was before the beating. He was married to a real-life Wendy (Stephanie von Pfetten) at one point. Another set of photos show him in rehab with Julie (Janelle Monae), an Iraq vet who lost one of her legs. He is visited once a month by his Russian caretaker Anna (Gwendolyn Christie) and she like many people in Mark’s life, knows of Marwen and the fact that one of the dolls is based off of her. Hogencamp has a doll that represents himself and calls him Captain Hogie and he is a World War II fighter pilot.

Mark’s neighbor Nicol (Leslie Mann) comes over to introduce herself and sees Marwen in his yard and he gives her a tour. He shows her all of his dolls and shows her pictures he has taken. Mark explains to Nicol that his models in Marwen are based on people he knows and describes their roles in his life, as well as how “Marwen” is a combination of Mark and Wendy. He later acquires a new doll and names her Nicol and incorporates her into a scenario in which Captain Hogie is taken by the Nazis, and she joins the other women in a rescue mission.

Through his fantasy world, Hogancamp finds the strength to triumph in the real world and eventually face his attackers.

Movie Quotes

“One foot in front of the other. You got it, Mark. Embrace the pain. Our pain is our rocket fuel.” – G.I. Julie

“The life I once had was taken away from me, but I’m still here. I have hope, and I have my town, and I have my friends, and I’ll be okay.” – Mark Hogencamp

“They kicked every memory I ever had out of my head. Everything from before the attack is gone, so my dolls have to tell the story.” – Mark Hogencamp

“To life. To love. To the women of Marwen.” – Mark Hogencamp

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Steve Carell as Mark Hogancamp / Cap’n Hogie

Leslie Mann as Nicol

Janelle Monae as G.I. Julie

Merritt Wever as Roberta

Diane Kruger as Deja Thoris

Eiza Gonzalez as Carlala

Gwendoline Christie as Anna

Leslie Harter Zemekis as Suzette

Neil Jackson as Kurt / Major Meyer

Falk Hentschel as Captain Topf / Louis

Stefanie von Pfetten as Wendy

Siobhan Williams as Elsa

Matt O’Leary as Lieutenant Benz / Carl

Nikolai Witschl as SS Trooper Rudolph / Rudy

Conrad Coates as Demaryius Johnson

Patrick Roccas as Stefan / Stevie

Alexander Lowe as Werner / Vern

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Air Force One

Air Force One is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and produced by Gail Katz, Jonathan Shestalk, Wolfang Petersen and Armyan Rernstein. The screenplay was written by Andrew W. Marlowe.

Rated: R (movie contains violence)
Run Time: 2h 4min
Release Date: July 25, 1997 (USA)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Budget: $85 Million
Box Office: $315.2 Million

Air Force One stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews, Paul Guilfoyle, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, Tom Everett, Donna Bullock and Philip Baker Hall.

Air Force One is an action thriller where steadfast U.S. President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) was in Moscow giving a speech outlining the USA’s new “Zero-tolerance” policy with respect to terrorism. In the speech he tells the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. On the flight back home, Air Force One is forcibly hi-jacked by terrorists who take control of the President’s plane and take the passengers hostage, including his wife Grace (Wendy Crewson) and daughter Alice (Liesel Matthews).

The terrorists are a group of Russian neo-nationalists led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) who demand the release of General Alexander Radek (Jurgen Prochnow) and threatens to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met.

Meanwhile, during the initial hi-jacking, the Secret Service agents heard the gunfire and evacuated President Marshall to the escape pods. In a scuffle with the terrorists, the agents and terrorists were killed. Further, knowing his family was still on board, he released an empty pod and he stowed away in the belly of the aircraft. Using the element of surprise was able to overtake one of the terrorists and acquires a gun. Now he races against time to rescue his family and everyone else on board.

Movie Quotes

“Peace isn’t merely the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice.” – President James Marshall

“When you talk to the President, you might remind him that I am holding his wife, his daughter, his chief of staff, his national security advisor, his classified papers…and his baseball glove!” – Ivan Korshunov

“Okay guys give me some room. I’ve just been ordered to fire on Air Force One.” – Colonel Carlton

“Get off my plane!” – President James Marshall

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Harrison Ford as President James Marshall

Gary Oldman as Ivan Korshunov

Glenn Close as Vice President Kathryn Bennett

Wendy Crewson as First Lady Grace Marshall

Liesel Matthews as Alice Marshall

Paul Guilfoyle as Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepperd

Xander Berkeley as Agent Gibbs

William H. Macy as Major Caldwell

Dean Stockwell as Defense Secretary Walter Dean

Tom Everett as NSA Advisor Jack Doherty

Donna Bullock as Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell

Philip Baker Hall as U.S. Attorney General Ward

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Quigley Down Under

Quigley Down Under is a 1990 Australian-American Western adventure film film directed by Simon Wincer and produced by Stanley O’Toole and Alexandra Rose. The screenplay was written by John Hill.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains intense sequences of western violence and shootings, brief nudity and some language)
Run Time: 1h 59min
Release Date: October 19, 1990 (USA)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Director: Simon Wincer
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $21.4 Million

Quigley Down Under stars Tom Selleck, Laura San Giocomo, Alan Rickman, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner, Chris Haywood and Ben Mendelsohn.

Quigley Down Under is the story of Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck), an American cowboy and rifleman from Wyoming who travels to the Australian outback to answer a help wanted ad calling for a sharpshooter. When Quigley meets his employer, Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman), a gentleman infatuated with stories of quick-draw gunslingers from the American Old West, he pays Quigley the 50 gold coins they had agreed upon for making the trip.

Following, Marston asks Quigley for a demonstration of his range and accuracy. Quigley describes his weapon which he modified and demonstrates his ability by shooting a bucket in rapid succession three times at around 1,200 yards. Impressed by Quigley’s ability, Marston wants him to use his sharpshooting skills to help eradicate the native Indigenous Aborigines. Quigley finds the idea abhorrent refuses and the two men fight and when Quigley is knocked out, Marston leaves him and a local crazy woman named Cora (Laura San Giocomo) to die in a remote part of the outback. They are rescued, however, by Aborigines, and plot their revenge against Marston.

Movie Quotes

“No man knocks me out of my own house!” – Elliott Marston

“Very good, O’Flynn. You’ve improved!” – Elliott Marston
“Do you think I could ever be as good as you, Mr. Marston?” – O’Flynn
“What – you mean if you practiced a lot?” – Elliott Marston
“Yeah!” – O’Flynn
“No.” – Elliott Marston

“Said I didn’t have much use for ’em, never said I didn’t know how to use ’em.” – Matthew Quigley

“Don’t know where we’re goin’, but makin’ good time.” – Matthew Quigley

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Tom Selleck as Matthew Quigley

Laura San Giacomo as Crazy Cora

Alan Rickman as Elliott Marston

Ron Haddrick as Grimmelman

Tony Bonner as Dobkin

Chris Haywood as Major Ashley Pitt

Ben Mendelsohn as O’Flynn

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Outbreak

Outbreak is a 1995 American medical disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Peterson and produced by Gail Katz, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson and Wolfgang Peterson. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool and is based on the novel ‘The Hot Zone‘ by Richard Preston.

Rated: R (movie contains language and disturbing subject matter)
Run Time: 2h 7min
Release Date: March 10, 1995 (USA)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget: $50 Million
Box Office: $189.8 Million

Outbreak stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Patrick Dempsey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Zakes Mokae, Dale Dye, Bruce Jarchow, Maury Sterling and J.T. Walsh.

Outbreak is the story of Colonel Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman), a virologist and contagious disease expert with the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Disease, who is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire of a lethal and unidentified virus similar to Ebola and Lassa. When he returns he warns his superior officer Brigadier General William Ford (Morgan Freeman) of the lethal nature of the virus and wants to put out an alert. Ford, who had been one of the men who first dealt with the virus twenty-five years earlier in Africa, insists the virus is contained and is unlikely to show up in the U.S.

Meanwhile, what neither man knows is that the host, a Capuchin monkey, has been brought into the U.S. by freighter from Africa and landed in California. Through an under the table bribe, a young man named Jimbo Scott (Patrick Dempsey) arranges to get the monkey, bound for an animal testing lab, out of quarantine in order to sell it. However, his potential buyer rejects the monkey because it is a female and not what he had agreed to purchase. With no buyer and not wanting to get caught, Jimbo released the monkey into the forest and flies back to Boston to meet up with his girlfriend.

Soon after boarding the flight to Boston, Jimbo starts getting sick. After he lands in Boston, he collapses and gets rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition. The doctors on hand are confounded by how aggressively and fast he got sick and died and report the symptoms and quick mortality to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and news makes it to Colonel Daniels. Daniels wants to look into it further but General Ford denies his request.

In the meantime, so he turns to his ex-wife, Dr. Dr. Robby Keough (Rene Russo), who works for the CDC and also Daniels ex-wife is called in to investigate. Dr. Keough discovers the virus matches up with the disease from Africa. With an extremely aggressive nature, the virus kills very quickly and Colonel Daniels surmises that it has been contained until another outbreak occurs in Cedar Creek, a small town in California. Daniels defies his orders and flies to Cedar Creek and meets up with a team of doctors including his ex-wife Robby, Major Casey Schuler (Kevin Spacey) and Major Salt (Cuba Gooding Jr.).

A quarantine zone is established to stop the virus from spreading and fearing the virus spreading outside of the small town, the Army is called in to manage the situation. The operation is headed up by Ford’s boss, Major General McClintock (Donald Sutherland) who has his own agenda in mind in order to protect the lethal bug in order to still be able to use it as a bio-weapon. McClintock and Ford were stationed together in Africa in 1969 and first encountered the Mutaba virus in a rural village and developed an antidote, making it the perfect weapon. However, the virus in Cedar Creek mutated and is now airborne making the original antidote useless.

Meanwhile, the doctors must fight against the clock to concoct a new antidote to save the town and its residents before the Army attempts to destroy the town with a fuel-air bomb to try and kill the mutated virus before it spreads further and keeping the original Mutaba virus as a viable bio-weapon. Can Colonel Daniel’s and his team save the day?

Movie Quotes

“I hate this bug” – Major Casey Schuler
“Come on, Casey. You have to love its simplicity. It’s one-billionth our size and it’s beating us.” – Colonel Sam Daniels

“Donny… these people are Americans.” – General Billy Ford
“2,600 dead or dying Americans. If that bug gets out of there, Billy, 260 million Americans’ll be dead or dying. Those people are casualties of war, Billy. I would give’em all a medal if I could, but they are casualties of war.” – General Donald McClintock

“You know, fear gets a bad rap, Salt. I don’t want anybody working with me who isn’t scared. Okay?” – Colonel Sam Daniels
“Well then I’m you’re man, sir.” – Major Salt

“Sir, my pilot’s… taking a leak” – Sergeant Meyer
“A leak? No Shit!” – Colonel Sam Daniels

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Dustin Hoffman as Colonel Sam Daniels

Rene Russo as Robby Keough

Kevin Spacey as Major Casey Schuler

Morgan Freeman as Brigadier General Billy Ford

Patrick Dempsey as Jimbo Scott

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Major Salt

Donald Sutherland as Major General Donald McClintock

Zakes Mokae as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi

Dale Dye as Lieutenant Colonel Briggs

Bruce Jarchow as Dr. Mascelli

Maury Sterling as Sandman One

J.T. Walsh as Chief of Staff

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Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy film directed by Cameron Crowe and produced by Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark and Richard Sakai. The screenplay was written by Cameron Crowe.

Rated: R (movie contains language and sexuality)
Run Time: 2h 19min
Release Date: December 13, 1996 (USA)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Sports
Director: Cameron Crowe
Studio: TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing
Budget: $50 Million
Box Office: $273.6 Million

Jerry Maguire stars Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Johathan Lipnicki, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Jerry O’Connell, Beau Bridges, Regina King, Bonnie Hunt, Todd Louiso, Eric Stoltz, Jared Jussim, Glenn Frey, Lucy Liu, Ivana Milicevic, Donal Logue and Aries Spears.

Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a very successful high profile sports agent who has it all, the biggest clients, the respect of his peers and a beautiful fiance. However, something is missing. Jerry experiences a crisis of conscience and questions his purpose. Coming to terms with what’s wrong with his career, he stays up all night writing down his thoughts and ideas and ends up composing a heartfelt company-wide memo which he refers to as his mission statement. Caught up in the moment, he goes to a Kinkos and makes copies which get distributed company-wide for everyone in his firm. Unfortunately his opinions are not met with the same enthusiasm from his superiors and it gets him fired from the largest sports agency in the United States.

He rushes back to his office and desperate to hang on to the athletes that he represents, Jerry starts calling all of his contacts. Meanwhile, his firm had prepared for this and had every agent start calling Jerry’s clients telling them that he had a breakdown and they would be taking over for him. After a mad flurry, Jerry was able to convince two of his clients to stay with him. Jerry then proceeds to gather his belongings and make his way and stops to ask if anyone at his firm would go with him to start his own sports agency.

The only person from his former firm that would join him when he was fired was Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger), an idealistic single mom who sees potential in Jerry. Banking on their sole existing client, volatile Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Jerry sets out with the impossible task of rebuilding what he once had while starting to fall in love as they struggle to make their business work. Can Jerry resurrect his career while staying true to himself?

Movie Quotes

“Show me the money!” – Rod Tidwell

“First class, that’s what’s wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it’s a better life.” – Dorothy Boyd

“Hey, I don’t have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success.” – Dicky Fox

“Hello. I’m looking for my wife. Alright. If this is where it has to happen, then this is where it has to happen. I’m not letting you get rid of me. How about that? This used to be my specialty. I was good in a living room. Send me in there, I’ll do it alone. And now I just… I don’t know… but our little company had a big night tonight. A really big night. But it wasn’t complete, it wasn’t nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn’t share it with you. I couldn’t hear your voice, or laugh about it with you. I missed my wife. We live in a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors, I love you. You complete me. And I just…” – Jerry Maguire
“Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at Hello!” – Dorothy Boyd

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire

Renee Zellweger as Dorothy Boyd

Jonathan Lipnicki as Ray Boyd

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Rod Tidwell

Kelly Preston as Avery Bishop

Jay Mohr as Bob Sugar

Jerry O’Connell as Frank Cushman

Beau Bridges as Matt Cushman

Regina King as Marcee Tidwell

Bonnie Hunt as Laurel Boyd

Todd Louiso as Chad the Nanny

Eric Stoltz as Ethan Vanhere

Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox

Glenn Frey as Dennis Wilburn

Lucy Liu as Former Girlfriend

Ivana Milicevic as Former Girlfriend

Donal Logue as Rick

Aries Spears as Tee Pee

Additional Information

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Tombstone

Tombstone is a 1993 American western action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and produced by James Jacks, Sean Daniel and Bob Misiorowski. The screenplay was written by Kevin Jarre.

Rated: R (movie contains sexual content, language, crude humor and some drug references)
Run Time: 2h 10min
Release Date: December 25, 1993 (USA)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Western
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Budget: $25 Million
Box Office: $56.5 Million

Tombstone stars Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Booth, Michael Biehn, Dana Delany, Stephen Lang, Charlton Heston, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Priestly, Billy Zane, Dana Wheeler-Nicol, Michael Rooker, Thomas Haden Church, Joanna Pacula, Jon Tenney, Robert Mitchum, Harry Carey Jr., Paula Malcomson, Lisa Collins, Robert John Burke, Buck Taylor, John Corbett, Terry O’Quinn and Paul Ben-Victor.

Tombstone is the story of Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), a retired peace officer with a notable reputation who reunites with his brothers Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton) and Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott) in Tucson, Arizona where they venture on toward Tombstone to settle down. There they encounter Wyatt’s long-time friend Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) who is seeing relief in a dry climate from his worsening tuberculosis.

Meanwhile, the Earp’s have left their gunslinger ways behind them and intend to settle down and start a business in the town of Tombstone in the 1870’s. Not looking for trouble yet the Earp’s found trouble when they become targets of the ruthless Cowboy gang lead by “Curly Bill” Brocius (Powers Booth). The brothers are forced to pick up their guns once more to try to restore order to a lawless land and are assisted by Doc Holliday for the legendary fight at the OK Corral. After which, Wyatt announces that he is a U.S. Marshall and is set on killing the Cowboy’s who all wear red sashes around their waist.

Wyatt and Doc along with “Texas Jack” Vermillion (Peter Sherayko), “Turkey Creek” Jack Johnson (Buck Taylor) and a reformed Cowboy named Sherman McMasters (Michael Rooker) form a posse to wipe out the notorious gang.