75% (3) Scent of a Woman 156 min, R, [Drama] [Martin Brest] [08 Jan 1993]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations.
Actors: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, James Rebhorn
Writer: Giovanni Arpino (novel), Bo Goldman (screenplay), Ruggero Maccari (character from Profumo Di Donna), Dino Risi (character from Profumo Di Donna)
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Plot: Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his thanksgiving in New York.
Rotten Tomatoes: Driven by an extravagant, tour-de-force performance by Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman is the story of Frank Slade (Pacino), a blind, retired army colonel who hires Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell), a poor college student on the verge of expulsion, to take care of him over Thanksgiving weekend. At the beginning of the weekend, Frank takes Charlie to New York, where he reveals to the student that he intends to visit his family, have a few terrific meals, sleep with a beautiful woman and, finally, commit suicide. The film follows the mis-matched pair over the course of the weekend, as they learn about life through their series of adventures. Though the story is a little contrived and predictable, it pulls all the right strings, thanks to O'Donnell's sympathetic supporting role and Pacino's powerful lead performance, for which he won his first Academy Award. Scent of a Woman is based on the 1975 Italian film Profumo Di Donna.
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70% (3) The Game 129 min, R, [Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [David Fincher] [12 Sep 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Michael Douglas, Sean Penn
Writer: John Brancato, Michael Ferris
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Plot: Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving in to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.
Rotten Tomatoes: Director David Fincher followed the success of his dark and atmospheric crime thriller Seven (1995) with another exercise in stylish film noir, this time lifting the pallid atmosphere a notch to indulge in a fast-paced trip through the cinematic funhouse. Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton, a Scrooge-like San Francisco investment banker following in his father's Scrooge-like footsteps. On Nicholas's 48th birthday (the age at which his father committed suicide), his younger, free-spirited brother Conrad (Sean Penn) blows into town and gives Nicholas a special gift for "the man who has everything" -- a ticket to CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that constructs games custom-fit for each participant to provide, as CRS salesman Jim Feingold (James Rebhorn) cryptically puts it, "whatever is lacking." Nicholas's secure life begins a downhill slide as CRS masterminds a series of elaborate pranks, harmless at first, that quickly become malicious and life-threatening. Stripped of financial resources and convinced that he can trust no one, Nicholas begins to wonder if CRS is a front for a more covert operation, and if the game is in fact an attempt to steal his fortune and leave him for dead. Determined to fight back alone, Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to "pull back the curtain and meet the wizard." ~ Anthony Reed, Rovi
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49% (3) The Box 115 min, PG-13, [Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Richard Kelly] [06 Nov 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 56%, Rotten Tomatoes: 44%, Metacritic: 47%, External Reviews
Awards: 6 nominations.
Actors: Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Marsden, James Rebhorn
Writer: Richard Kelly (screenplay), Richard Matheson (short story "Button, Button")
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Plot: Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Rotten Tomatoes: Norma and Arthur Lewis are a suburban couple with a young child who receive an anonymous gift bearing fatal and irrevocable consequences. A simple wooden box, it promises to deliver its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world--someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and face the true nature of their humanity.
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57% (2) Shadows and Fog 85 min, PG-13, [Comedy] [Woody Allen] [20 Mar 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 48%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: David Ogden Stiers, James Rebhorn, Mia Farrow, Michael Kirby, Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
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Plot: A small and insignificant bookkeeper, Kleinman, is awoken one night by his neighbors who wants his help to track down a strangler who has been killing people all over town. The citizens form vigilance committees, but when Kleinman has dressed, his neighbors have disappeared. Meanwhile a circus has come to town. Irmy and Paul are two of the artists. After a fight, Irmy leaves the circus in the middle of the night. Eventually she meets Kleinman, scared and alone.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this Woody Allen film, a city is searching for the person responsible for a series of strangulation murders, and they enlist the help of cowardly clerk Kleinman (Woody Allen). As he helps in the search, he runs across circus performer Irmy (Mia Farrow) and befriends her. However, circumstantial evidence leads the townsfolks to suspect that Kleinman is the killer, and he must struggle to avoid capture.
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48% (2) 8 Seconds 105 min, PG-13, [Biography, Drama, Sport, Western] [John G. Avildsen] [25 Feb 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 31%, External Reviews
Actors: Cameron Finley, Carrie Snodgress, Dustin Mayfield, James Rebhorn, Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin
Writer: Monte Merrick
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Plot: This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
Rotten Tomatoes: Luke Perry stars in this biography of the late Lane Frost, a champion bull rider who in 1987 won a rodeo world championship at the tender age of 21. In Eight Seconds (the title refers to the minimum amount of time a rider must stay on a bull in competition), Lane Frost is a young man from Oklahoma who learns to ride, hoping to win the approval of his emotionally distant father. As Lane works his way up the rodeo circuit with his best friend Tuff Hedeman (Stephen Baldwin), he meets Kelly Kyle (Cynthia Geary), a pretty barrel-race rider with whom he falls in love. Lane and Kelly marry, but Lane stubbornly refuses any help from Kelly's wealthy parents, forcing the young couple to live a hand-to-mouth existence, and while Lane's dedication to rodeo and its fans earns him a devoted following, it also keeps him away from Kelly and threatens to sink their relationship. Lane's hard work pays off when he wins the 1987 world championship, but the danger of the sport catches up with him two years later, when he dies as a result of an accident during competition. Country star Vince Gill appears onscreen with his band; keep an eye peeled for a brief appearance by Renee Zellweger, two years before her breakthrough role in Jerry Maguire. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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37% (2) I Love Trouble 123 min, PG, [Action, Comedy, Romance] [Charles Shyer] [29 Jun 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 53%, Rotten Tomatoes: 22%, External Reviews
Actors: James Rebhorn, Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek
Writer: Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer
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Plot: Veteran reporter Peter Brackett is enjoying new found fame after his book, "White Lies" is published. When he is asked by his newspaper "The Chicago Chronicle" to report on a train crash, he notices new reporter Sabrina Peterson. Brackett's complacency gets rudely shocked by Peterson's report for the rival "Chicago Globe." What follows next is a mad race between the reporters who then cook up possible events that lead up to the crash. After an initial spate of mad reporting, both settle down to get the facts straight, which leads them to uncover opposing information. When each gets setup to be killed at the same place, they escape, and then agree to work together. While they initially do not trust one another, they eventually come to work together to uncover the truth behind the train crash.
Rotten Tomatoes: Two reporters for rival newspapers, one an embittered veteran, the other a bright newcomer, reluctantly team up to investigate a conspiracy involving corporate espionage. Their hesitant partnership takes on new dimensions when circumstance forces them to pretend to be lovers in this modern attempt at screwball comedy.
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30% (2) Blank Check 93 min, PG, [Comedy, Crime, Family] [Rupert Wainwright] [11 Feb 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 52%, Rotten Tomatoes: 9%, External Reviews
Actors: Brian Bonsall, James Rebhorn, Jayne Atkinson, Karen Duffy
Writer: Blake Snyder, Colby Carr
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Plot: After committing check fraud, Preston Waters begins to live out his 12 year old fantasies by spending a million dollars in six days. But when it came to being an adult, he quickly realized that he didn't quite fit the bill. Miguel Ferrer and Brian Bonsall star in this 1994 kid classic that will leave you asking the question "why didn't this kid get grounded?"
Rotten Tomatoes: An eleven-year-old boy cashes a criminal's check in the amount of $1 million and between close-calls with gangsters and the like, has a field-day spending the cash on lots of fun things.
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