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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints |
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is the winner of both the Dramatic Directing Award and a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. A coming-of-age drama about writer/director Dito Montiel's youth, the film captures the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens.
Dito (Robert Downey Jr.), called home after 15 years because his father (Chazz Palminteri) is ill, encounters old friends -- the ones he lost, the ones he left behind the...
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is the winner of both the Dramatic Directing Award and a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. A coming-of-age drama about writer/director Dito Montiel's youth, the film captures the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens.
Dito (Robert Downey Jr.), called home after 15 years because his father (Chazz Palminteri) is ill, encounters old friends -- the ones he lost, the ones he left behind the ones he can't help but remember. These are Dito's "saints".
An honest account of a bittersweet return to a neighborhood where relationships can never be what they once were, Dito's story is about coming to terms with a father's rage and a father's love.
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Running Scared |
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Slick, fast-paced and brutally shocking, this gritty actioner will jolt your senses like nothing else you've ever experienced. Struggling mob hand Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) finds his life turned inside-out when a "hot" weapon he's in charge of concealing goes missing.
With two mafia families and a team of crooked cops watching his every move, Joey sets out on a chilling, bloody pursuit, maneuvering his way through a horrific web of creeps and criminals, praying he can retrieve the gun and make it home to his family -- alive.
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Hoodwinked |
An updated re-telling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The satire begins where the fable last left off, as there's always more to every tale than meets the eye!
Furry and feathered cops from the animal world, Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork, investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a girl, a wolf and an axe. The charges are many: breaking and entering, disturbing the peace, intent to eat, and wielding an axe without a...
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An updated re-telling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The satire begins where the fable last left off, as there's always more to every tale than meets the eye!
Furry and feathered cops from the animal world, Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork, investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a girl, a wolf and an axe. The charges are many: breaking and entering, disturbing the peace, intent to eat, and wielding an axe without a license.
Not to mention, this case might be tied to the elusive Goody Bandit who has been stealing the recipes of goody shops everywhere.
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In the Mix |
When New York’s hottest nightclub deejay Darrell (Usher) saves a mob boss's life (Chazz Palminteri), he is rewarded for his bravery with the job of watching over the don's beautiful daughter Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui). The sparks soon begin to fly between this attractive couple from very different worlds, against her formidable father’s wishes. The don, however, has other things on his mind—quashing a potential war with an arch-rival and controlling a young, ruthless challenger to his throne....
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When New York’s hottest nightclub deejay Darrell (Usher) saves a mob boss's life (Chazz Palminteri), he is rewarded for his bravery with the job of watching over the don's beautiful daughter Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui). The sparks soon begin to fly between this attractive couple from very different worlds, against her formidable father’s wishes. The don, however, has other things on his mind—quashing a potential war with an arch-rival and controlling a young, ruthless challenger to his throne. In the end, all's fair in love and gangster warfare in this hip romantic comedy.
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Noel |
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Magic is just around the corner when Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker and Alan Arkin fill out an all-star cast in this new holiday classic.
As five strangers lives intertwine on Christmas Eve, a story of companionship, love and healing unfolds against the backdrop of New York City.
In his directorial debut, Chazz Palminteri has woven a delightful tale of redemption, faith and the joy of living; proving miracles are closer than you think.
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One Eyed King |
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Hell's Kitchen didn't get its name for nothing. Dangerous and hot, it's also the breeding ground for the ever-present Irish mob and its generations of gangsters that grew up working hard to make a buck and stay alive.
Bad kids grow up to be tough adults, but they grow up together. With Frank as their leader, friends become brothers, through fights, heists and murder.
When one of the gang turns up dead, Frank searches for the truth that may tear them apart forever.
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Down To Earth |
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A young black comedian is rising to stardom only to have his life come to a premature end. His guardian angel pulled him out of his body a second before the accident and inadvertantly killed him before his time. In order to rectify the situation, they put him back on Earth someone else's body, a rich, old white dude. Now the young black comic needs all his talents to make the best of the situation he finds himself in.
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Tropic Thunder Movie Review
