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Broken English
(2007)
Starring: Parker Posey, Drea De Matteo, Tim Guinee
Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Certificate: 
BROKEN ENGLISH stars Posey as Nora Wilder, a thirtysomething whose disastrous dating experiences in the Big Apple have put her on the verge of giving up all hope when it comes to love and happiness. Constant comparisons to her best friend Audrey’s (Drea de Matteo) seemingly perfect marriage, and ..read more »
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73%
from 14 members
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The Skeleton Key
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt
Director: Iain Softley
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A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself caught in the middle of morbid going-ons centered around a group of Voodoo practitioners.
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61%
from 39,776 members
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Taking Lives
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: D.J. Caruso
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With superb investigative skills heightened by uncanny natural instincts, Iliana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is not a typical FBI profiler. This beautiful, no-nonsense Special Agent is a cut above the rest, which is why her old friend Captain Le Claire (Tcheky Karyo) calls her to assist his detectives ..read more »
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60%
from 21,235 members
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Hysterical Blindness
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands
Director: Mira Nair
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A pair of Jersey girls wander through the singles bar scene of the New York City suburb of Bayonne. As they seek lasting relationships amidst the smoky dive bars and Springsteen songs, Debby (Uma Thurman) and Beth (Juliette Lewis) begin to understand that love isn't like the pop songs that are ..read more »
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47%
from 235 members
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Taking Lives - BLU-RAY Version
(2004)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: D.J. Caruso
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With superb investigative skills heightened by uncanny natural instincts, Iliana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is not a typical FBI profiler. This beautiful, no-nonsense Special Agent is a cut above the rest, which is why her old friend Captain Le Claire (Tcheky Karyo) calls her to assist his detectives ..read more »
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64%
from 476 members
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Playing By Heart
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Madeline Stowe
Director: Willard Carroll
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A sprawling cast come together to tell this tale of romance and love in the 90's. The ensemble players discuss love and relationships throughout the film, and by the end of the picture, everyone has learned a valuable lesson: never give up on love. A touching romantic drama with several ..read more »
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61%
from 1,568 member
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The Mighty
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: Peter Chelsom
Certificate: 
Touching story of a young physically challenged boy (Kieran Culkin) with a taste for adventure stories who befriends his physically strong but mentally challenged neighbor (Elden Henson) so that they may act out fantastic adventures. The cast also includes Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Gillian ..read more »
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66%
from 481 members
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Hope Floats
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands
Director: Forest Whitaker
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Birdee (Sandra Bullock) is an unassuming housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Pare) reveals his infidelity to her on a Jerry Springer style chat show. She goes home to her mother and the small town in which she grew up where everyone knows of her televised marital collapse. ..read more »
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59%
from 5,199 members
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She's So Lovely
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sean Penn, John Travolta, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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Married mom Maureen and her doting husband, Joey, find their lives of domestic tranquillity rent asunder by the resurgence of Maureen's first husband, Eddie, an alcoholic so violent and obsessive that Maureen had him committed. But she's nonetheless torn between her present state of stability and ..read more »
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49%
from 375 members
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The Neon Bible
(1996)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Denis Leary, Diana Scarwid
Director: Terence Davies
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THE NEON BIBLE, writer-director Terence Davies first literary adaptation, is based on John Kennedy Toole's coming of age story set in the 1930s and 1940s Bible belt. Similar to Davies's autobiographical TRILOGY, the film is a series of remembrances by 15-year old David (Jacob Tierney), who reflects ..read more »
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36%
from 3 members
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Unhook the Stars
(1996)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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Character study about Mildred (Gena Rowlands), an elderly woman who has spent her life caring for others. When her daughter (Moira Kelly) finally leaves home she finds that, for the first time in her life, she has nobody to worry about - but soon becomes involved in the life of Monica (Marisa Tomei)..read more »
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40%
from 5 members
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Something To Talk About
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Julia Roberts, Robert Duvall
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Lasse Hallstrom (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG) directs this romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts plays Grace, a decent but naive southern woman who, happening to drive by her husband, Eddie (Dennis Quaid), one afternoon, is shocked to discover him locked in a passionate embrace, in ..read more »
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53%
from 1,016 member
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Night On Earth
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Rosie Perez
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Director Jim Jarmusch's episodic slice-of-life drama follows the adventures of five different cabdrivers in five different cities all over the world. In Los Angeles, a young female driver (Winona Ryder) charms her snooty passenger--an agent (Gena Rowlands) who believes she's found her latest star ..read more »
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68%
from 3,735 members
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Another Woman
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, John Houseman
Director: Woody Allen
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A university professor, Marion Post is experiencing a type of midlife crisis, so she rents an apartment in order to write a book. The apartment is next to a psychiatrist's office, and she inadvertently hears what transpires between the doctor and some of her patients. She becomes obsessed with the ..read more »
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60%
from 975 members
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The Faerie Tale Theatre
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Herve Villechaize, Jeff Bridges, Joan Collins
Director: Graeme Clifford
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From the vaults of cable TV comes a series where the classic tales of the Brothers Grimm meet some of Hollywood's most notable icons of the 1980s. Malcolm McDowell as the wolf in LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, Herve Villechaize as RUMPELSTILTSKIN, and Gena Rowlands as RAPUNZEL's warden are just a few ..read more »
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44%
from 12 members
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Gloria
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Juan Adames
Director: John Cassavetes
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A former mistress to a mobster, Gloria is asked to look after Philip, the son of her neighbours. When they are killed, the arrangement seems to be a permanent one, and when she discovers that Philip possesses a diary which details Mafia activities, Gloria must fight to protect his life...
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65%
from 434 members
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Opening Night
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara
Director: John Cassavetes
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In Opening Night, ageing Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) begins rehearsals for her role in a play about a middle aged woman living in denial at the onset of her autumn years. A series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten preparations and when Myrtle witnesses the accidental ..read more »
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67%
from 589 members
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Two Minute Warning
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Beau Bridges
Director: Larry Peerce
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When a crazed sniper hides out in a football stadium waiting for the game, and his killing spree, to start Captain Peter Holly (Heston) is sent in to find and disarm him before anyone gets killed. However, his mission is made harder by the arrival of a rival SWAT team who plan to rush the sniper ..read more »
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66%
from 66 members
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Faces
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin
Director: John Cassavetes
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Cassavetes follows the complicated lives of a group of middle class people living in LA and contains some startlingly raw performances from actors Lynn Carlin and John Marley as married couple Maria and Richard who both commit adultery to escape the misery of their loveless marriage. Richard begins ..read more »
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62%
from 620 members
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Tony Rome
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Gena Rowlands
Director: Gordon Douglas
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The tough, dashing private eye who lives on a boat finds his troubles beginning when, after being hired to escort the daughter of a wealthy businessman, the girl's diamond pin is mysteriously missing. The trail leads him to guns, bullets and love.
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60%
from 74 members
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A Child Is Waiting
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill
Director: John Cassavetes
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John Cassavetes's second effort as a studio director is an engrossing, sobering exposé of society's cruel prejudice toward children afflicted with mental retardation; the film focuses on an institution for those with Down's syndrome. A young boy, Reuben Widdicombe (Bruce Ritchey), arrives at the ..read more »
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60%
from 11 members
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Lonely Are the Brave
(1962)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau
Director: David Miller
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Kirk Douglas, as cowboy Jack Burns, breaks jail to help an old friend and heads for the state border with the sheriff, played by Walter Matthau, in pursuit. Based on Edward Abbey's elegiac novel "The Brave Cowboy" and written by Dalton Trumbo, Burns's flight for freedom on his old horse, pursued by ..read more »
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60%
from 14 members
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Thursday's Child
on DVD
Starring: Don Murray, Tracey Gold, Gena Rowlands
Director: David Lowell
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Life is about to change for young Sam Alden. Home for a traditional Christmas celebration, the usually robust young man worries his family with his drawn appearance and persistent coughing. Subsequent tests reveal the cause - degenerative heart disease. His condition rapidly deteriorates until his ..read more »
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44%
from 7 members
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My New Best Friend
on DVD
Starring: Gena Rowlands, James Caan, Leslie Hope
Director: Paul Johansson
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After constant fights, detentions, and suspensions from high school, Charlie Proud is heading in one direction - a prison sentence. However, a disciplinary meeting between Charlie's parents and the School Principal Dewitt (James Caan) convinces the principal that if he can remove the boy from the ..read more »
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56%
from 13 members
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A mesmerising cinematic masterpiece 12 January 2004
...e-up of great actors from around the world is already impressive: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni etc. Add to this a cool T...
Woody plays Ingmar again 24 January 2005
Nothing to get hysterical about... 20 October 2005
