Posts Tagged ‘affection’



Murphy’s Romance (1985)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Field, Sally | Garner, James | Kerwin, Brian | Haim, Corey | Burkley, Dennis | Johnson, Georgann | Duckworth, Dortha | Prokopuk, Michael | Sharkey, Billy Ray | Crabtree, Michael | Levine, Anna | Lane, Charles | French, Bruce | Becher, John C. | Slate, Henry
Directors: Ritt, Martin
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Emma is a divorced woman with a teen aged boy who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphey is the town druggist who steers business her way. Things are going along predictably until her ex husband shows up, needing a place to stay. The three of them form an intricate circle, Emma’s son liking Murphey, but desperately wanting his father back.

My Favorite Year (1982)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: O'Toole, Peter | Linn-Baker, Mark | Harper, Jessica | Bologna, Joseph | Macy, Bill | Kazan, Lainie | De Salvo, Anne | Hoffman, Basil | Jacobi, Lou | Green, Adolph | DiBenedetto, Tony | Wyner, George | Diamond, Selma | Mitchell, Cameron | Neumann, Jenny
Directors: Benjamin, Richard
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It’s 1950’s New York and the age of live television. Benjy Stone is a young writer on a major comedy-variety show. He is assigned to chaperon that week’s guest Alan Swann, a faded movie-star and renowned womanizer and drinker. Benjy’s job is to try and keep Swann sober and above all else, make sure he shows up for the live broadcast on Saturday evening. Benjy and Swann have a number of adventures throughout the week, including dinner with Benjy’s somewhat eccentric family. In the end, both learn lessons in life from the other.

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Allwine, Wayne | Anselmo, Tony | Bennett, Jeff | Burton, Corey | Cummings, Jim | Farmer, Bill | Fleming, Shaun | Grammer, Kelsey | McDonough, Andrew | Young, Alan | Tress MacNeille | Michelle, Diane | Taylor, Russi | Winchell, April
Directors: Falkenstein, Jun
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A Christmas themed, three-part anthology-style video. The first part, “Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas”, is essentially a retelling of _Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv), with Huey, Dewey, and Louie reliving Christmas ad infinitum. Next is “A Very Goofy Christmas”, in which Goofy tries to overcome his son’s skepticism about Santa Claus. Finally, “Mickey & Minnie’s Gift Of The Magi” recreate the classic tale of ironic Christmas selflessness. The stories are linked together by narration by ‘Kelsey Grammer’ (qv).

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Karloff, Boris | Ravenscroft, Thurl | Foray, June
Directors: Jones, Chuck
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Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is sure to have a sad Christmas this year.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Benson, Robby | Corti, Jesse | Everhart, Rex | Lansbury, Angela | O'Hara, Paige | Orbach, Jerry | Pierce, Bradley | Stiers, David Ogden | White, Richard | Worley, Jo Anne | Bergman, Mary Kay | Cummings, Brian | Epstein, Alvin | Jay, Tony | Murphy, Alec
Directors: Trousdale, Gary | Wise, Kirk
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Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced “affections” of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle’s father, causes the two to meet.

Freshman, The (1990)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Broderick, Matthew | Kirby, Bruno | Miller, Penelope Ann | Whaley, Frank | Polito, Jon | Benedict, Paul | Gant, Richard | Welsh, Kenneth | Payton-Wright, Pamela | Wong, B.D. | Schell, Maximilian | Parks, Bert | Konig, Tex | Cimino, Leonardo
Directors: Bergman, Andrew
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Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine “Jimmy the Toucan” Sabatini, an “importer” bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can’t refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Babe (1995)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Cavanaugh, Christine | Margolyes, Miriam | Mann, Danny | Weaving, Hugo | Flynn, Miriam | Taylor, Russi | Krape, Evelyn | Edward-Stevens, Michael | Bartlett, Charles | Livingston, Paul | Browne, Roscoe Lee | Cromwell, James | Szubanski, Magda | Burton, Zoe | Goddard, Paul
Directors: Noonan, Chris
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Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe, as the piglet decides to call himself, befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm. He becomes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With Fly’s help, and Farmer Hoggett’s intuition, Babe embarks on a career in sheepherding with some surprising and spectacular results.

Turner & Hooch (1989)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Winningham, Mare | Nelson, Craig T. | VelJohnson, Reginald | Paulin, Scott | Quinn, J.C. | McIntire, John | Knell, David | Smith, Ebbe Roe | Scannell, Kevin | Bailey, Joel | McCusker, Mary | Lively, Ernie | Kusatsu, Clyde | Bush, Elaine Renee
Directors: Spottiswoode, Roger
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Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some “real” cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed’s dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it’s going to avoid being “put to sleep”.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Breslin, Abigail | Kinnear, Greg | Dano, Paul | Arkin, Alan | Collette, Toni | Carell, Steve | Turtletaub, Marc | Talley, Jill | Canela, Brenda | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Loring, Chuck | Shilton, Justin | Thomson, Gordon | Parker, Steven Christopher | Cranston, Bryan
Directors: Dayton, Jonathan
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The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word “dysfunctional”. The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do?

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Zahn, Steve | Garcia, Adam | Murphy, Brittany | Woods, James | Bracco, Lorraine
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.