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How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

Saturday, January 1st, 2005

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2005

Country: USA

Runtime: Argentina:128 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:128 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: Love and sex. Some things just get better with age.

 

Cast: Elizabeth Peña … Lolita
America Ferrera … Blanca
Lucy Gallardo … Dona Genoveva rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eliana Alexander … Nora
David Barrera … Sal's Uncle
Steven Bauer … Victor Reyes
Alek Carrera … Soap Opera Actor
Ana Cervantes … Doña Loda
Jorge Cervera … Don Pedro
Patricia De Leon … Soap Opera Actress
Marina Dena-Santo … Cuka
Alyssa Diaz … Rose
Ricki Lopez … Father Miguel
Leo Minaya … Sal
Alberto Montero … Freddie
Alberto Montero … Freddie
Ruben Moreno … Old Man
Rick Najera … Jose Luis
Marina Dena Santo … Cucka
Jane Sevilla … Carla
Perla Walters … Nena
Victor Wolf … Oswaldo

 

Plot: Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer. add synopsis

 

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

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The Manchurian Candidate

Thursday, July 22nd, 2004

All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2004

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:129 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: This summer everything is under control.

 

Cast: Jeffrey Wright … Al Melvin
Pablo Schreiber … Eddie Ingram
Anthony Mackie … Robert Baker
Dorian Missick … Owens
Jose Pablo Cantillo … Villalobos
Teddy Dunn … Wilson
Joaquin Perez-Campbell … Atkins
Tim Artz … Jameson
Denzel Washington … Ben Marco
Robyn Hitchcock … Laurent Tokar
Liev Schreiber … Raymond Shaw
Antoine Taylor … Boy Scout #1
Joseph Alessi … Boy Scout #2
Raymond Anthony Thomas … Scout Dad (as Ray Anthony Thomas)
Bill Irwin … Scoutmaster

 

Plot: In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.

 

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations

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The Alamo

Saturday, March 27th, 2004

All Genres:
Drama, History, War, Western

Release Year: 2004

Country: USA

Runtime: 137 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: You will never forget

 

Cast: Dennis Quaid … Sam Houston
Billy Bob Thornton … Davy Crockett
Jason Patric … James Bowie
Patrick Wilson … William Travis
Emilio Echevarría … Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Jordi Mollà … Juan Seguin
Leon Rippy … Sgt. William Ward
Tom Davidson … Colonel Green Jameson
Marc Blucas … James Bonham
Robert Prentiss … Albert Grimes
Kevin Page … Micajah Autry
Joe Stevens … Mial Scurlock
Stephen Bruton … Captain Almeron Dickinson
Laura Clifton … Susanna Dickinson
Ricardo Chavira … Private Gregorio Esparza (as Ricardo S. Chavira)

 

Plot: Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

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Wonderland

Monday, September 8th, 2003

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2003

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 104 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The '80s – unplugged. The murders – unveiled. The legend – unzipped.

 

Cast: Kate Bosworth … Dawn Schiller
Carrie Fisher … Sally Hansen
Val Kilmer … John Holmes
Kim Marriner … Reporter (as Kim Mariner)
Dylan McDermott … David Lind
Michael Pitt … Gopher (scenes deleted)
Alexis Dziena … Gopher's Girlfriend (scenes deleted)
Karen LaKritz … Bartender (as Karen Lakritz)
Steve Cox … Guy at Bar
Josh Lucas … Ron Launius
Louis Lombardi … Slim Jim
Franky G … Louis Cruz (as Franky G.)
Ted Levine … Sam Nico
Russell Sams … Cherokee
Chris Cioffi … Letterman Meathead

 

Plot: In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.

 

Awards: 3 nominations

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Far from Heaven

Sunday, September 1st, 2002

All Genres:
Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2002

Country: USA | France

Runtime: 107 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: What imprisons desires of the heart?

 

Cast: Julianne Moore … Cathy Whitaker
Dennis Quaid … Frank Whitaker
Dennis Haysbert … Raymond Deagan
Patricia Clarkson … Eleanor Fine
Viola Davis … Sybil
James Rebhorn … Dr. Bowman
Bette Henritze … Mrs. Leacock
Michael Gaston … Stan Fine
Ryan Ward … David Whitaker
Lindsay Andretta … Janice Whitaker
Jordan Puryear … Sarah Deagan
Kyle Timothy Smith … Billy Hutchinson (as Kyle Smyth)
Celia Weston … Mona Lauder
Barbara Garrick … Doreen
Olivia Birkelund … Nancy

 

Plot: In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 73 wins & 35 nominations

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XX/XY

Friday, January 11th, 2002

All Genres:
Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2002

Country: USA

Runtime: 91 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: There's no room for honesty in a healthy relationship…

 

Cast: Mark Ruffalo … Coles
Maya Stange … Sam
Kathleen Robertson … Thea
Kel O'Neill … Sid
Ben Tolpin … Guy at College Party
William Keeler … Boss
Paula Roth … Mom
Lee Cobb … Stepfather
Zach Shaffer … Nick
John A. MacKay … Mitchell
Tommy Nohilly … Undercover Cop
Jeff Ward … Stunt Cop #1
Keith Siglinger … Stunt Cop #2
Evan Neumann … Guy Who Asks for His $ Back (as Evan Neuman)
Petra Wright … Claire

 

Plot: Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

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Lockdown

Friday, September 15th, 2000

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2000

Country: USA

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Richard T. Jones … Avery Montgomery
Gabriel Casseus … Cashmere
De'aundre Bonds … Dre
Master P … Clean Up
Melissa De Sousa … Krista
Bill Nunn … Charles
Clifton Powell … Malachi Young
Sticky Fingaz … Broadway
David 'Shark' Fralick … Graffiti (as David Shark Fralick)
Anna Maria Horsford … Saunders
Chrystale Wilson … Dana
Paulette Braxton … Marisa
Mike Butters … Barkley
Joe Torry … Alize
Mary Evans … Anderson

 

Plot: Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison. add synopsis

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