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Wish You Were Dead
rating:2.6

Wish You Were Dead

2002Runtime:0 minutes
Life in a small town ain't always pleasant. When a sexy hit woman is hired to snuff out an insurance investigator, a rival assassin shows up to spoil the party. Throw a love story into the plot, and you get one twisted movie that's definitely worth queuing up! The cast includes Cary Elwes, Sally Kirkland, Mary Steenburgen and Christopher Lloyd.

Directed by:

  • Valerie McCaffrey
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Wisecracks
    rating:2.6

    Wisecracks

    1991Runtime:0 minutes
    In the male-dominated world of stand-up, these queens of comedy display their ample talent onstage and offer their keen insights offstage in this hilarious documentary. The talent roster is a who's who of funny women: Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett and more. Filmmaker Gail Singer also traces the roots of feminine humor with clips of Lucille Ball, Eve Arden and Mae West.

    Directed by:

  • Gail Singer
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Sudden Manhattan
    rating:2.6

    Sudden Manhattan

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    Adrienne Shelly directs and stars in this offbeat black comedy about a city girl in trouble. After witnessing a string of identical murders, New Yorker Donna (Shelly) begins to wonder if she's lost her mind. Donna tells her boyfriend (Tim Guinea) about the murders, but he's only interested in books so she sets out on her own to determine whether they were real. Along the way, she encounters a cast of quirky characters.

    Directed by:

  • Adrienne Shelly
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Just Like Home
    rating:2.6

    Just Like Home

    2007Runtime:0 minutes
    In this quirky drama from Lone Scherfig, residents of a small Danish town reconnect after they set up a phone line allowing them to call in the latest news about a streaker who's recently been spotted in their midst. As they dish the latest scoop on the naked man, the lonely provincial souls begin stripping away the facades that have long kept them apart. Lars Kaalund and the rest of the ensemble cast largely improvised the script for this film.

    Directed by:

  • Lone Scherfig
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Memron
    rating:2.6

    Memron

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    Nancy Hower directs this improvisational romp through the ruins of corporate fraud. Memron was the greatest company in the world, until the bosses cooked the books and mugged everyone blind. Now the busted CEO rules the prison yard golf course, while a group of ex-employees struggle with the absurdities of starting over from nothing. Document shredding, cooked books and unemployment have never been so much fun! Tim Bagley and Claire Forlani star.

    Directed by:

  • Nancy Hower
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Besotted
    rating:2.6

    Besotted

    2001Runtime:0 minutes
    First-time writer-director Holly Angell Hardman joins an ensemble cast in this modern-day fairy tale set in a quaint New England fishing village. Arriving in Cape Cod for the summer, a sorceress (Hardman) and her apprentice (Cole Murray) get to work making matches -- and mischief -- for a group of lovesick locals, including the town drunk (Jim Chiros), an herbalist (Amy Wright) and a woman who runs a lobster boat (Susan Gibney).

    Directed by:

  • Holly Hardman
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    My New Gun
    rating:2.6

    My New Gun

    1992Runtime:0 minutes
    When Gerald Bender (Stephen Collins) buys his dutiful wife, Debbie (Diane Lane), a gun for her protection, she hesitantly accepts the gift, but has no idea how much trouble it's about to cause. Gerald's plan to protect his wife fails when their handsome but zany neighbor Skippy (James LeGros) swipes the weapon. Before long, chaos ensues as strange people start showing up without warning and bullets begin to fly.

    Directed by:

  • Stacy Cochran
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Shorts!: Vol. 2
    rating:2.6

    Shorts!: Vol. 2

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    Make the film festival circuit right in your own living room with this collection of 16 of the best shorts (over three hours of film) that screened at such events as the Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes and Telluride film fests. Shorts from various directors and different countries include "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness," "Home Road Movies," "And the Redman Went Green" and "Mouse." Directors' commentaries are also included.

    Directed by:

  • Matt McCormick
  • Barbara Bird
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Strange Planet
    rating:2.5

    Strange Planet

    1999Runtime:0 minutes
    Australian director Emma-Kate Croghan weighs in with this sly romantic comedy about a group of twenty-somethings living in Sydney, Australia. Judy (Claudia Karvan) is a young woman involved in an on-again, off-again relationship with Ewan. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the film follows Judy and her two best friends and Ewan and his two buddies as they try to establish their careers and find love -- or, at the very least, sex.

    Directed by:

  • Emma-Kate Croghan
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    Chilly Scenes of Winter
    rating:2.5

    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    1979Runtime:0 minutes
    Set in Salt Lake City, this bittersweet romantic tale centers on civil servant Charles (John Heard) and his obsession with winning back the love of his life, Laura (Mary Beth Hurt), who left him to return to her unappreciative husband, Ox (Mark Metcalf). To find out whether Laura is really happy with Ox, Charles takes to following her around and befriends her co-worker (Nora Heflin). Peter Riegert, Gloria Grahame and Griffin Dunne co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Joan Micklin Silver
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    Ferdinando and Carolina
    rating:2.5

    Ferdinando and Carolina

    1999Runtime:0 minutes
    King Ferdinando (Sergio Assisi) of Italy endures the difficulties of finding a wife worthy enough to be queen in this comedic period piece. Ferdinando's first fiancée dies, and so does the second, who was the sister of the first. Finally, Ferdinando is pressured into marrying Carolina (Gabriella Pession), a third sister from the same royal family. Carolina proves herself to the king not only in the bedroom, but in political matters as well.

    Directed by:

  • Lina Wertmuller
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    Sweet Lies
    rating:2.5

    Sweet Lies

    1988Runtime:0 minutes
    When American insurance adjuster Peter Nicholl (Treat Williams) jets to France to investigate a claim, he meets cunning Parisian lovelies Joelle (Joanna Pacula) and Dixie (Julianne Phillips), who make a bet over which of them can seduce the hunky Yank first. But when Peter discovers their wager, he turns the tables on the would-be femmes fatales, who have since become genuinely smitten with him. Nathalie Delon directs this rollicking rom-com.

    Directed by:

  • Nathalie Delon
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    29th & Gay
    rating:2.5

    29th & Gay

    2005Runtime:0 minutes
    As he approaches the dreaded age of 30, James Sanchez (James Vasquez) -- an out-of-work actor with thinning hair, a growing stack of bills and, worst of all, no boyfriend -- is beginning to believe that life has passed him by. This engaging indie comedy chronicles a year in the life of the perpetual odd-man-out as he tries to find his niche with help from his two best friends, Roxy (Nicole Marcks) and Brandon (David McBean).

    Directed by:

  • Carrie Preston
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    The Girls' Room
    rating:2.5

    The Girls' Room

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    Two college roommates -- prim and proper Grace (Cat Taber) and wild and woolly Casey (Soleil Moon Frye) -- find themselves in a tense rivalry when Casey's conduct almost destroys Grace's engagement to preppie heartthrob Charlie (Wil Wheaton). Not too high-minded to seek revenge, Grace cozies up to Casey's pal Joey (Gary Wolf), setting off a cycle of envy and mistrust that may destroy both women's lives in director Irene Turner's well-paced indie.

    Directed by:

  • Irene Turner
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    IFilm: Four and a Half Women
    rating:2.5

    IFilm: Four and a Half Women

    1998Runtime:0 minutes
    This urbane comedy from writer-director Emily Baer explores the bonds of four attractive roommates living in New York City. When Wall Street genius Amy (Marin Hinkle) finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand, her decision to keep the baby affects everyone around her. Though her housemates (Isabel Gillies, Callie Thorne and Brooke Hailey) are struggling to get a grip on life, they try to put aside their troubles to help single mom Amy.

    Directed by:

  • Emily Baer
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    Seducing Charlie Barker
    rating:2.5

    Seducing Charlie Barker

    2010Runtime:0 minutes
    With his career hopelessly stalled, married actor Charlie Barker begins a slide into self-destruction when he starts an affair with conniving vixen Clea. As he's sucked deeper into Clea's vortex, Charlie finds that he's willing to risk it all.

    Directed by:

  • Amy Glazer
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    Now and Then
    rating:3.8

    Now and Then

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • rating:3.8 3.8 Average Rating

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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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