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J.K. Simmons - news / articles
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Spider-Man star Simmons to lead aged Hangover cast -
13 July 2011
-Spider-Man and Juno star J.K. Simmons is set to lead the cast of a new The Hangover-esque movie for seniors.-The actor, who played newspaper boss J. Jonah Jameson in all three of Tobey Maguire's webslinger movies, will play a method actor who moves into a residential
J.K. Simmons - what members say
review by A customer from Belfast, N.Ireland
A real disappointment 7 May 2007
review by Northernsky from Halifax West Yorks
Entertaining satire that lights up the screen 1 July 2007
review by FlyingSam from Melton Mowbray
Prozac on Film 19 February 2008
J.K. Simmons - filmography
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The Words
(2012)
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Director: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Certificate: 
Rory Jansen, a struggling writer, aspires to be the next great literary voice. When he discovers a lost manuscript in a weathered attaché case, he realizes he possesses something extraordinary that he desperately wishes he had created. Rory decides to pass the work off as his own and finally ..read more »

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from 24 members
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Contraband - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Certificate: 
Mark Wahlberg stars in this action thriller set in the cut-throat world of international smuggling. Once a professional criminal specialising in contraband goods and counterfeit money, Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) left his life of crime behind a long time ago and is now happily settled into family ..read more »

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from 4,145 members
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Contraband
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Certificate: 
Chris Farraday abandoned his life of crime long ago, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband -- to settle Andy's debt. Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach ..read more »

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from 7,551 members
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An Invisible Sign
(2011)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Bailee Madison, J.K. Simmons
Director: Marilyn Agrelo
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Young Mona idolizes her father, a brilliant mathematician. When he suddenly demonstrates signs of mental illness, Mona begins to obsess about numbers, using them to interpret an unpredictable and threatening world. Now an adult (Jessica Alba), Mona's old superstitions and compulsive behaviors ..read more »

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from 19 members
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Crazy on the Outside
(2010)
Starring: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta
Director: Tim Allen
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Comedy directed by and starring Tim Allen. When Tommy (Allen) is released on probation following a three-year sentence prison sentence, he finds readjusting to life in the outside world far from easy. Under the watchful eye of his sister, Vicky (Sigourney Weaver), and his parole officer, Angela (..read more »

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from 23 members
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Jennifer's Body - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons
Director: Karyn Kusama
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When small town high-school student Jennifer is possessed by a hungry demon, she transitions from being "high-school evil" -- gorgeous (and doesn't she know it), stuck up and ultra-attitudinal -- to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a ..read more »

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from 3,608 members
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I Love You, Man - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Joe Lo Truglio, J.K. Simmons
Director: John Hamburg
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Comedy directed by John Hamburg. After becoming engaged to Zooey (Rashida Jones), the woman of his dreams, estate agent Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) realises to his horror that he has no male friend close enough to be his best man at the wedding. Peter embarks on a series of bizarre and awkward 'man-..read more »

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from 6,452 members
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New In Town - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Mike O'Brien, Frances Conroy, J.K. Simmons
Director: Jonas Elmer
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Romantic comedy starring Renee Zellwegger and Harry Connick Jr. Lucy Hill (Zellwegger) is a high-powered businesswoman living a luxury life in Miami. When she is sent to a small town in icy Minnesota to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant, the adjustment process takes a ..read more »

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from 805 members
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Jennifer's Body
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons
Director: Karyn Kusama
Certificate: 
When small town high-school student Jennifer is possessed by a hungry demon, she transitions from being "high-school evil" -- gorgeous (and doesn't she know it), stuck up and ultra-attitudinal -- to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a ..read more »

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from 14,628 members
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New in Town
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Fillion
Director: Jonas Elmer
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Renee Zellweger plays Lucy Hill, a high-powered professional who ends up as the proverbial fish out of water when she is sent from her luxurious Miami lifestyle to folksy Minnesota on work. The locals don't quite meet her with open arms and the weather is just as welcoming but she eventually finds ..read more »

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from 16,955 members
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I Love You, Man
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Jaime Pressly
Director: John Hamburg
Certificate: 
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent, who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers to his dismay that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his best man. Peter immediately embarks on a series of bizarre and awkward 'man-dates' to find such a friend, ..read more »

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from 27,488 members
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The Way Of War
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Jaclyn DeSantis, John Terry
Director: John Carter
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr as David Wolfe, a paramilitary soldier assigned a mission to assassinate a notorious terrorist in the Middle East. When Wolfe discovers that some of the highest ranking members of the presidential cabinet are involved in a huge conspiracy, he defies his orders and ..read more »

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from 210 members
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Juno - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page
Director: Jason Reitman
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Upbeat coming-of-age story about a smart teenage girl who has to face life full on when she falls pregnant. When Juno (Ellen Page), a teenager with all the answers, finds out she's pregnant to her classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera), she soon realises she has to ask for help from family and friends. ..read more »

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from 10,213 members
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Rendition - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Rosie Malek-Yonan, Aramis Knight
Director: Gavin Hood
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Tense political thriller spanning two continents. Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal), a CIA analyst working in North Africa, starts to question his assignment when he witnesses the brutal interrogation of an Egyptian-American by secret North African police. When Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwalley), ..read more »

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from 2,914 members
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Postal
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Zack Ward, Vince Desiderio, Verne Troyer
Director: Uwe Boll
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
"Postal" follows two days in the life of the Postal Dude, in the regrettably named town of Paradise. Just when he thinks he has hit rock bottom, things get worse. Sharing a trailer with his ever-expanding wife, Bitch, Dude is in a bad way. After a humiliating job interview and a nearly lethal trip ..read more »

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from 1,001 member
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Juno
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page
Director: Jason Reitman
Certificate: 
Upbeat coming-of-age story about a smart teenage girl who has to face life full on when she falls pregnant. When Juno (Ellen Page), a teenager with all the answers, finds out she's pregnant to her classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera), she soon realises she has to ask for help from family and friends. ..read more »

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from 106,350 members
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Thank You For Smoking
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: William H. Macy, Katie Holmes, J.K. Simmons
Director: Jason Reitman
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Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR ..read more »

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from 43,246 members
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The Ladykillers
(2004)
Starring: Tzi Ma, J.K. Simmons, Irma P. Hall
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Certificate: 
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Coen brothers' remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy classic starring Alec Guiness, displaced from the English suburbs of the original to the American Southern Bible Belt. Tom Hanks stars as Professor Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, a charming and loquacious Southern professor with dubious credentials who ..read more »

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from 30,042 members
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For Love Of The Game
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Brian Cox, John C. Reilly
Director: Sam Raimi
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Baseball pitcher Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner), star of the Detroit Tigers, is told that his team is due to be sold just prior to the final game of the season. At the same time, Billy's girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston) announces that she is leaving him for a job in London. As Billy prepares for his ..read more »

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from 947 members
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Pom Poko
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Shigeru Izumiya, Akira Fukuzawa, Yuriko Ishida
Director: Isao Takahata
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Acclaimed Japanese animated feature from Studio Ghibli. deep in the forest, a group of magical shape-shifting raccoons live happily together. But when human construction workers arrive to build new homes for an expanding Tokyo, the raccoons decide to fight back. Disguising themselves as humans, ..read more »

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from 3,595 members
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