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Spader's swine flu scare -
1 August 2009
-Actor James Spader found himself in a panic during a recent doctor's appointment when he realised the paparazzi had trapped him inside the same building as a patient with swine flu.-
-The Secretary star checked himself into a Los Angeles clinic after suffering for we
James Spader - what members say
review by A customer from London
WALL STREET 11 July 2009
review by from London
Interesting idea - but over before it gets going 7 December 2004
review by from London
An impressively adult drama 9 May 2004
James Spader - filmography
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Shorts
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
In the suburb of Black Falls, all the houses look the same, and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black's BLACK BOX is the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr. ..read more »
 
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from 2,137 members
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Shorts - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In the suburb of Black Falls, all the houses look the same, and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black's BLACK BOX is the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr. ..read more »
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from 611 members
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Boston Legal - Season 3
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: James Spader, Candice Bergen, Rene Auberjonois
Director: Michael Pressman, Oz Scott
Certificate: 
BOSTON LEGAL, a wry courtroom television show that walks the line between drama and comedy, is the creation of perennial hit-maker David E. Kelly (ALLY MCBEAL, PICKET FENCES). BOSTON LEGAL revolves around the Boston litigation law firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt, in particular two eccentric and ..read more »
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from 1,471 member
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Boston Legal - Season 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: William Shatner, James Spader, Candice Bergen
Director: Bill D'Elia, Charles Haid, Daniel Attias
Certificate: 
BOSTON LEGAL, a wry courtroom television show that walks the line between drama and comedy, is the creation of perennial hit-maker David E. Kelly (ALLY MCBEAL, PICKET FENCES). BOSTON LEGAL revolves around the Boston litigation law firm of Crane, Poole, & Schmidt, in particular two eccentric and ..read more »
78%
from 3,859 members
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I Witness
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Portia De Rossi, James Spader
Director: Rowdy Herrington
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Rhodes, an American human rights activist, arrives at a small Mexican border town to help oversee union elections at a factory owned by a United States company. He soon discovers that things have been happening around the town with people disappearing or being shot in a tunnel across the border in ..read more »
51%
from 696 members
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Shadow Of Fear
(2004)
Starring: Matthew Davis, James Spader, Aidan Quinn
Director: Rich Cowan
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Harrison French's life is crumbling around him; he is faced with losing everything when a financial deal collapses, and he is forced to hide the body of a man whom his car hit and killed. When a rich businessman offers to solve his problems, French accepts, but first he must admit to his guilty ..read more »
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from 1,277 member
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The Pentagon Papers
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: James Spader, Claire Forlani, Paul Giamatti
Director: Rod Holcomb
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This dramatic true-life account follows Daniel Ellsberg (James Spader), the Harvard graduate and ex-Marine who disclosed information from the Pentagon Papers in 1971, exposing secrets about the US involvement in Vietnam and contributing to the reasons that Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency...read more »
48%
from 1,072 member
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Alien Hunter
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: James Spader
Director: Ron Krauss
Certificate:
James Spader stars as Julian Rome, a fading expert in cryptology and extraterrestrial intelligence. His career slide is interrupted when he’s called to Antarctica to aid a group of geneticists whose top-secret base of operations has been compromised by the discovery of an enormous extraterrestrial ..read more »
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from 1,765 member
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Secretary
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies
Director: Steven Shainberg
Certificate: 
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The masochist says to the sadist, "Hurt me." The sadist replies, "No." Everybody's happy. This strange balance plays heavily into the Steven Shainberg-directed SECRETARY, based on a short story by Mary Gaitskill. Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a troubled young woman with a secret, destructive ..read more »
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from 26,066 members
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The Stickup
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: James Spader, Leslie Stefanson, David Keith
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Certificate:
A cat and mouse game emerges in a small town when a bank robber gets away with a half a million dollars while wearing a clown mask. A former cop (James Spader from SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE) and the local police officer (David Keith from AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN) battle to catch the criminal.
57%
from 168 members
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The Watcher
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves
Director: Joe Charbanic
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A stylish thriller that recalls David Fincher's SEVEN, THE WATCHER is set in the urban landscape of modern Chicago. The story follows Los Angeles transplant Joel Campbell (James Spader), an ex-police detective who has relocated to Chicago in order to escape his past. It appears that a dangerous ..read more »
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from 1,874 member
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Critical Care
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren
Director: Sidney Lumet
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CRITICAL CARE, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring James Spader, focuses on a young medical doctor, Werner Ernst, who rebels against the hospital that employs him when he realises that the doctors favour wealthy patients and those with generous medical insurance.
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from 163 members
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Driftwood
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: James Spader, Anne Brochet, Barry McGovern
Director: Ronan O'Leary
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On a desolate shore searching for driftwood, Sarah discovers a man lying on the water's edge in need of help. Back in her wooden cottage she tries to find out where he has come from and how he came to be on the shore. She soon becomes obsessed with her handsome find and tries to convince him that ..read more »
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from 151 members
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Two Days In The Valley
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: James Spader, Teri Hatcher, Lawrence Tierney
Director: John Herzfeld
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L.A.'s much-vilified San Fernando Valley is the setting for the chaotic goings-on in this multi-plotted comedic thriller featuring a murderous insurance scam perpetrated by sadistic double-crossers, a bumbling, love-struck hit man, a kidnapped, gallstone-suffering art dealer, a washed-up, suicidal ..read more »
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from 1,537 member
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Crash
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Unger
Director: David Cronenberg
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David Cronenberg's controversial drama examines the relationship between sex and danger. Adman James Ballard (James Spader) becomes sexually aroused by car crashes after colliding with fellow driver Dr Helen Remington (Holly Hunter). Through Helen, who shares his arousal, James meets Vaughan (Elias ..read more »
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from 9,361 members
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Stargate - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: , ,
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government ..read more »
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from 1,809 member
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Stargate
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: , ,
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government ..read more »
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from 19,138 members
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Wolf - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
Director: Mike Nichols
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When a mild-mannered, middle-aged book editor gets bitten by a wolf, it gives him a shot of confidence over younger colleagues, highly tuned senses and a few new lycanthropic appetites. Like a clever New Yorker cartoon, this urbane horror film satirizes middle age in New York's cutthroat social and ..read more »
56%
from 158 members
Currently unavailable
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Wolf
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
Director: Mike Nichols
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One dark and snowy night Will Randall collides with a wolf on a mountain road. The injured animal runs off into the night, but not before giving Bill a deep bite on the wrist. From then on his life begins to change as he is drawn into the mystical spirit of the wolf. The werewolf is re-born...
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from 2,302 members
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The Music Of Chance
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Mandy Patinkin, James Spader, Joel Grey
Director: Philip Haas
Certificate:
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A man on a yearlong road trip across the U.S. teams up with a young card shark against two rich amateurs in a game of poker that seems to represent the opportunity of a lifetime. But things don't turn out quite as planned for the partners when, after losing all their money, they find themselves at ..read more »
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from 409 members
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Storyville
(1992)
Starring: James Spader, Joanne Whalley
Director: Mark Frost
Certificate: 
A young candidate for the senate is filmed with a hooker as blackmail. As he investigates, he discovers some family secrets involving his father and their political careers.
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from 19 members
Currently unavailable
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White Palace
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Kathy Bates
Director: Luis Mandoki
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An advertising executive who has recently lost his wife falls in love with a woman fifteen years his senior and below his class. He has to choose between the woman he now loves and his family.
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from 1,080 member
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Bad Influence
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: James Spader, Lisa Zane, Rob Lowe
Director: Curtis Hanson
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In this psychological thriller directed by Curtis Hanson, James Spader stars as Michael Boll, a meek executive who lives a boring life. Though he wants nothing more than to be successful at work, Michael does nothing when a sneaky co-worker consistently throws wrenches into his plan. His love life ..read more »
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from 611 members
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The Rachel Papers
(1989)
Starring: Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Damian Harris
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Charles Highway is a 19 year old with one overpowering obsession-Women... He's the perfect pick-up artist, a master of the art of seduction, but now he's met his match. Rachel is the girl of his dreams, beautiful, intelligent and impossible to resist. The kind of girl that no matter how hard you ..read more »
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from 52 members
Currently unavailable
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Sex, Lies and Videotape
(1989)
Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Certificate:
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Steven Soderbergh explodes onto the scene with this provocative, intelligent drama about infidelity and voyeurism. Ann Milaney (Andie MacDowell) lives in a comfortable Louisiana home with her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher). She spends her days fretting over the insurmountable problems of ..read more »
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from 4,680 members
Not currently released
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Jack's Back
(1988)
Starring: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie
Director: Rowdy Herrington
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One hundred years ago, a man shocked the world by raping, murdering and mutilating women. Jack the Ripper was never caught. One hundred years since the Jack the Ripper murders in London and someone is stalking the city streets of Los Angeles, killing prostitutes in the same manner and on the same ..read more »
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from 161 members
Not available for rental
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Mannequin
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty
Director: Michael Gottlieb
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A young artist sees one of his mannequins in a department store and goes to work there to be close to her. She magically comes to life when he is around, and so begin the hilarious escapades. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now").
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from 6,148 members
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Wall Street
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
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from 8,136 members
Not currently released
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Wall Street - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
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from 2,649 members
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Less Than Zero
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader
Director: Marek Kanievska
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Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis which follows three friends who are finding their way in the fast lane on the fastest track of all - overprivileged Beverly Hills. Their friendship is put under a strain however, when one develops a helpless addiction to cocaine.
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from 1,376 member
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Baby Boom
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Zoe Wanamaker
Director: Charles Shyer
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When J.C. Wiatt, a total workaholic in charge of her life and career, inherits a 13-month-old baby girl, she finds her life is no longer her own. Fleeing the city and moving to the country, J.C. and Elizabeth market their own applesauce, which becomes a nationwide success. But do they return to the ..read more »
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from 2,601 members
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Pretty In Pink
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: Howard Deutch
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John Hughes crafts an exemplary '80s Brat Pack romance out of the standard Cinderella story in Pretty in Pink. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is a teenager who lives in the dingy part of town with her terminally underemployed dad (Harry Dean Stanton). She works at a record store with eccentric Ionia (..read more »
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from 8,647 members
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Tuff Turf
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones
Director: Fritz Kiersch
Certificate:
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Morgan is new to the area, but with his history of trouble and his cool, rebellious attitude, he is immediately confronted with the reality of his stark and sometimes brutal new world.
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from 57 members
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James Spader facts
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...FROM DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE. TERIFFIC CAST INCLUDING IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY A YOUNG James Spader SOON TO FIND FAME IN BOTH THE PRACTICE AND BOSTON LEGAL TV SERIES.CHARLIE SHEEN...
