American Hustle (2013)

Actors: Michael Peña (actor), Michael Peña (actor), Paul Herman (actor), Bradley Cooper (actor), Jeremy Renner (actor), Saïd Taghmaoui (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Kevin Cannon (actor), David Boston (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Barry Primus (actor), Louis C.K. (actor), Adrian Martinez (actor), Amy Adams (actress), Anthony Zerbe (actor),

Plot: A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld ('Christian Bale' (qv)), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser ('Amy Adams (III)' (qv)) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso ('Bradley Cooper (I)' (qv)). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. 'Jeremy Renner' (qv) is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn ('Jennifer Lawrence (III)' (qv)) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

Keywords: con-artist, mobster, written-by-director
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: Everyone Hustles To Survive

Quotes:

[from trailer]::Irving Rosenfeld: Did you ever have to find a way to survive and you knew your choices were bad, *but* you had to survive?

Sydney Prosser: You're not nothing to me until you're everything.

Rosalyn Rosenfeld: Life is ridiculous. And you know that I would never say anything bad about your father in front of you, but your father is a sick son-of-a bitch.::Danny Rosenfeld: Daddy's a sick son-of-a-bitch?::Rosalyn Rosenfeld: Don't repeat that... but yes.

Rosalyn Rosenfeld: We fight and then we fuck, that's our thing.

Paco Hernandez: This whole thing is racist. Abscam? "Arab-scam"? It's completely racist!::Richie DiMaso: So what do you have to worry about, Sheik? You're Mexican.

Irving Rosenfeld: [Rosalyn has accidentally destroyed their new microwave] I told you not to put metal in the science oven, what did you do that for?::Rosalyn Rosenfeld: Don't make such a big deal! Just get another one.::Irving Rosenfeld: I don't want another one, want the one that Carmine gave me.::Rosalyn Rosenfeld: [mocking] Oh, Carmine! I want the one that Carmine gave me! Carmine! Carmine! [serious] Why don't you just marry Carmine? Get a little gold microwave and put it on a chain around your neck! You wanna be more like Carmine? Why don't you build something, like he does? Instead of all your empty deals; they're just like your fuckin' science oven. You know, I read that it takes all of the nutrition out of our food! It's empty, just like your deals. Empty! Empty!::Irving Rosenfeld: Bullshit.::Rosalyn Rosenfeld: It's not bullshit! I read it in an article, look: By Paul Bradeur [hands Irving the article] . Bring something into this house that's gonna take all the nutrition out of our food and then light our house on fire? Thank God for me.

Less Lost (2012)

Actors: Vern Crofoot (miscellaneous crew), Vern Crofoot (actor), Cris Mertens (editor), Vincent DeMarco (actor), Chase Conner (producer), Chase Conner (writer), Chase Conner (director), Chase Conner (writer), Chase Conner (actor), Priscilla McEver (miscellaneous crew), William M. Malone (actor), Kaleigh Baugh (actress), Robb Maus (actor), Greg Nappo (actor), Danny Bellini (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

Romantic Weirdos and the Land of Oddz (2007)

Actors: Mareo-Ahmir Lawson (actor), Mareo-Ahmir Lawson (actor), Mareo-Ahmir Lawson (producer), Ryan McGivern (actor), Omar Leyva (actor), Ryan Fox (actor), Ryan Fox (actor), Harry Williams Jr. (actor), Jessie Parker (actress), Kyle Kaplan (actor), Tanner Bean (actor), Tanner Bean (actor), Hugh Phoenix (actor), Paul Sizemore (actor), Tyler Neitzel (actor),

Plot: Romantic Weirdos and the Land of Oddz is an intimate journey into the lives of four emotionally scarred kids who grow up unable to function normally in society. Each living separately as a pariah in his community, these four kids find each other as adults and go on a journey of self-discovery together. Along the way they meet a weird assortment of characters that help them to uncover the truth about their past and find purpose and meaning in their lives. Like the journey along the yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz these four friends seek answers throughout the roads of Hollywood.

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Take a journey with some Friends

Home of the Brave (2006)

Actors: Avi Lerner (producer), George Furla (producer), Boaz Davidson (producer), Ron Ford (actor), Randall Emmett (producer), Danny Dimbort (producer), Christina Ricci (actress), Joe Cappelletti (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), 50 Cent (actor), Jessica Biel (actress), Jeffrey Nordling (actor), Victoria Rowell (actress), John Thompson (producer), Trevor Short (producer),

Plot: The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman. Each of the four has come home changed, each feels dislocation. Group therapy, V.A. services, halting gestures from family and colleagues, and regular flashbacks keep the war front and center in their minds. They're angry, touchy, and explosive: can a warrior find peace back home?

Keywords: alcoholism, amputation, amputee, arm-blown-off, army-medic, army-veteran, barbecue, bathroom, battle-fatigue, blood
Genres: Action, Drama, War,
Taglines: Coming home is the real battle. The Final Test of Courage is Coming Home

Quotes:

Will Marsh: Buck Fush? Buck you, you son of a bitch.

Police Sergeant: Been in there for about an hour. Kept asking for you.

Penelope Marsh: Will, what happened over there?::Will Marsh: I don't really remember. You know. It's like a dream. Hazy dream.::Penelope Marsh: Then tell me. I wanna know.::Will Marsh: Do you? Wanna know what a blast wound looks like? What an OR in the desert smells like? What really happens to them? How they die? You really wanna know? You want us to come back like nothing ever happened. You don't want to get your hands dirty with the details.

Something Better (2003)

Actors: J.P. Allen (director), J.P. Allen (actor), Matthew Davis (actor), Mark Anderson Phillips (actor), Laurel Hunter (actress), Laurel Hunter (producer), Laurel Hunter (writer), Laurel Hunter (director), Laurel Hunter (editor), Brenda Hayes (actress), Pat Everett (actor), Rick Niemetz (editor), Kim Ataide (actress), Drew Anderson (actor),

Plot: Boozing and drug abusing Sam decides to get his life together and become an art dealer, but his brother and criminal partner, Eddy, and his ball busting alcholic wife, Sally have enough dirt on him to send him to prison if he should so much as think of leaving them. Sam falls in love with a philosophy teacher who teaches him an important lesson - that things aren't always what they seem, and that perspective can reshape reality.

Keywords: art-dealer, dark-comedy, independent-film, love-interest, philosophy
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: An intellectual dark comedy that begs the question - is the glass half full or half empty?

Rat Race (2001)

Actors: Wayne Knight (actor), Rusty Meyers (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), L. Harvey Gold (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor), Breckin Meyer (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Seth Green (actor), John Cleese (actor), Rowan Atkinson (actor), Dean Cain (actor), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), Deryl Hayes (actor), Bob Pepper (actor), Silas Weir Mitchell (actor),

Plot: Donald P. Sinclair has placed six separate gold coins in different slot machines in his casino. The lucky six who find these coins discover an opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to own $2 million. Locked up in a locker in New Mexico, these six contestants must now race each other, to be the first to the cash. There are no rules in place and everything that could possibly happen, does. Whilst, behind the scenes, Sinclair's associates are placing their bets.

Keywords: airport, altitude-sickness, animal-in-title, animated-title-sequence, attorney, baby, band, bet, biker, body-piercing
Genres: Adventure, Comedy,
Taglines: 563 miles. 9 people. $2 million. 1001 problems!

Quotes:

[a hotel employee hands Nick Schaffer his bill]::Nick Schaffer: What's this $110?::Hotel Clerk: Those are your in-room movies.::Nick Schaffer: No, I didn't watch any movies.::Hotel Clerk: Okay, let's see... Afro Whores.::Nick Schaffer: Afro Whores?::Hotel Clerk: You watched it... let's see... uh, 11 times.::Nick Schaffer: No, no, no...::Hotel Clerk: Afro Whores, 2:30. Afro Whores, 4 o'clock. Afro Whores, 5:30. It says in the morning you watched The Grinch for ten minutes and then switched back over to Afro Whores.::Nick Schaffer: I swear I didn't watch it. Okay? I was at a bachelor party. There were 35 people there. You can ask any of them. You have to take that off my record.::Hotel Clerk: This is not a record, sir.::Nick Schaffer: It... It's a delete.::Hotel Clerk: Okay, fine. How many times *did* you watch it?::Nick Schaffer: None! I didn't watch it!::Hotel Clerk: Are you sure? "Sizzling, three-way, backdoor action featuring two sexy soul sisters... "::Nick Schaffer: [screaming] I don't need to know what it's about! I did not watch it! I didn't. [hotel clerk raises her eyebrows]

Lucy Impersonator: How about a pit-stop?::Owen Templeton: Sorry, this is a one way flight. There's a bathroom in the back.::Lucy: The latch is broken. Anyone could just walk right in.::Owen Templeton: So? Look, you ain't got nothin' these other Lucys haven't seen before.::Lucy: [man's voice] Not necessarily.

Vicki: So, what can I do for you, Harry?::Harold Grisham: Okay... here's what I want. First... we both get naked.::Vicki: So far so good.::Harold Grisham: Except... we're both wearing sailor hats. Then we get into a jacuzzi filled with Pepto-Bismol, I clip your toenails, and you shave my buttocks.::Vicki: What's that?::Harold Grisham: Naked... jacuzzi... Pepto-Bismol... toenails... shave my buttocks.::Vicki: Well, you have quite an imagination, Harry.

Donald Sinclair: Go!

[after Sinclair has told them repeatedly to "go", to no avail]::Merrill: So, when you say "go", you mean, just go?::Donald Sinclair: Uh, begin, commence, start moving... theoretically you have been racing for about forty seconds now, and so far Mr. Schaffer is winning because he's nearest to the door.

Enrico Pollini: Look at us go! We're zooming!::Zack Mallozzi: I told you! We're hauling ass!::Enrico Pollini: We're hauling ass! All righty!::Zack Mallozzi: Guess what I got back there.::Enrico Pollini: You just told me. Ass! We're hauling ass!

Bev Pear: Your daughter has to go to the bathroom!::Randy Pear: All right, all right, Jason, look in the back for an empty jar.::Bev Pear: A jar? Girls don't pee in jars.::Randy Pear: Oh, right. Sorry. Jason, we're gonna need a jar and a funnel.

Enrico Pollini: I am Enrico Pollini. Now, I know what you are thinking... Enrico is a girl's name.::Owen Templeton: No I wasn't.::Enrico Pollini: No pun intended.::Owen Templeton: What pun was that?

Tracy Faucet: So what's wrong with her?::Nick Schaffer: Who?::Tracy Faucet: Your sister. You said it was serious.::Nick Schaffer: Oh yeah... shark bite.::Tracy Faucet: Shark bite?::Nick Schaffer: Yeah.::Tracy Faucet: And they took her to Silver City?::Nick Schaffer: Yeah, they have a really good shark attack unit there.

Blaine Cody: Why don't 'oo [you] do it?::Duane Cody: Because, Einstein, one of us has to be the victim, one of us has to be the witness. What kind of a witness would you make? I'm your own brother, I don't know what the hell you're saying.

Rocket's Red Glare (2000)

Actors: Tony Denison (actor), Chris Potter (actor), Amanda Foreman (actress), Scott Mosher (miscellaneous crew), Oliver Hudson (actor), Andrea Thompson (actress), Carl Kocis (actor), Terry Nemeroff (actor), Helen Pinkston (miscellaneous crew), Héctor Mercado (actor), Joseph Manduke (writer), Joseph Manduke (director), Dean Rader-Duval (actor), John Fortson (actor), Paul Scherrer (actor),

Genres: Family, Thriller,

The '60s (1999)

Actors: Jerry O'Connell (actor), David Alan Grier (actor), Bill Smitrovich (actor), Rosanna Arquette (actress), Julia Stiles (actress), Emmy Collins (actor), Jeremy Sisto (actor), Steve Eastin (actor), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Josh Hamilton (actor), Raynor Scheine (actor), Kyle Oliver (miscellaneous crew), Kimberly Scott (actress), Bill Couturié (writer), Bill Couturié (writer),

Plot: The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.

Keywords: 1960s, anti-war-demonstration, black-activist, black-panthers, chicago-illinois, civil-rights, college-student, coming-of-age, commune, concert
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: You only really know what you have when your'e about to lose it.

Quotes:

Bill Herlihy: I may not know what exactly a consciencious objector is. But I do know what a consciense is.

Bill Herlihy: Are you still my baby?::Katie Herlihy: No, dad, I grew up. But I am still your daughter.

[On his son Michael being a Conscientious Objector to Vietnam]::Bill Herlihy: "If my son says he can't fight, it's not because he's not brave enough, it's because he's brave enough to stand up for what he believes in."

Michael Herlihy: Wait, I forgot Something::Sarah Weinstock: What?::Michael Herlihy: My Heart.

Sheriff: You know, Willie, these cameras ain't gonna be here every day.::Rev. Willie Taylor: No they won't. But we will.

Rev. Willie Taylor: Don't you EVER forget what you seen here.

Brian Herlihy: This is the wrong war for your principles.

[Michael is depressed after Robert Kennedy's murder]::Bill Herlihy: Who do you want? Nixon? Becasue that's what you're gonna get if you keep this up. Nixon.

Katie Herlihy: [Katie is broke and no-one will help her] Peace and love, my ass! I hate this goddamn city!

Katie Herlihy: Michael Rainbow, I'm going to make you a promise. I am going to take this money, and then I am going to find a nice, warm place for us to stay, for as long as we want. [starts crying] I don't know where! But we are never going to spend another night sleeping on a stranger's couch and begging for food, I promise you, ok? I swear to God!

Hollywood Boulevard (1996)

Actors: John C. McGinley (actor), Ralph Manza (actor), Jon Tenney (actor), Erik Palladino (actor), Angela Paton (actress), John Otrin (actor), John Otrin (producer), James Acheson (actor), Julianne Phillips (actress), Julianne Phillips (actress), Stephen Vittoria (director), Tracy Zigler (producer), Stephen Vittoria (producer), Stephen Vittoria (writer), Tracy Zigler (editor),

Genres: Drama,

Hero (1992)

Actors: Martin Starr (actor), Richard Riehle (actor), Leslie Jordan (actor), Daniel Baldwin (actor), Dustin Hoffman (actor), Darrell Larson (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Jeff Garlin (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Maury Chaykin (actor), Tom Arnold (actor), Don S. Davis (actor), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Fisher Stevens (actor),

Plot: Bernie LaPlante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him, and has custody of their son. The cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe while rescuing passengers of a plane crash. Being a thief who is down on his luck, he takes advantage of the rescue, but then someone else claims credit for it.

Keywords: accidental-hero, airplane-accident, anti-hero, antihero, chicago-illinois, cynicism, disaster, father-son-relationship, hero, hospital
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: One selfless act of courage can really mess up your whole day. We're all heroes if you catch us at the right moment. Even Bernie LaPlante.

Quotes:

John Bubber: I think there's a hero in all of us.

Bernie LaPlante: You're a god damn saint, John. Pardon the vulgarity.

Bubber: So you don't want the credit?::LaPlante: I don't take credit; I'm a cash kind of guy.

Bernie LaPlante: You gotta look out for God damn number one, pardon the vulgarity.

Deke, Channel 4 News Director: Have you ever heard more bullshit or drivel coming from somebody who is not even the president?

Bernie LaPlante: Prisons are for tough guys. Prisons are for guys who beat each other up, lift weights, fuck each other.

John Bubber: We're all heroes if you catch us at the right moment.

Bernie LaPlante: [Bernie drives through a rainstorm] I know why it's raining. I coulda predicted it. It's raining because my fucking wipers are all fucked up. If my wipers were okay, the fucking sun would be shining, AT NIGHT.

Bernie LaPlante: You remember when I said how I was gonna explain about life, buddy? Well the thing about life is, it gets weird. People are always talking ya about truth. Everybody always knows what the truth is, like it was toilet paper or somethin', and they got a supply in the closet. But what you learn, as you get older, is there ain't no truth. All there is is bullshit, pardon my vulgarity here. Layers of it. One layer of bullshit on top of another. And what you do in life like when you get older is, you pick the layer of bullshit that you prefer and that's your bullshit, so to speak.

Passenger: [the plane crashes and Bernie stares at it wide-eyed] Please help us!::Bernie LaPlante: These are $100 dollar shoes!