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Tag Archives: Matthew Broderick
Dirty Weekend (2015) Neil LaBute, Matthew Broderick, Alice Eve, Phil Burke
Colleagues Les and Natalie are delayed in the Albuquerque airport. Read More »
Biloxi Blues (1988) Mike Nichols, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern
New York City teenager Eugene Jerome starts military service thoughtfully yet patriotically prepared to take part in World War II. Read More »
Diminished Capacity (2008) Terry Kinney, Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda
Cooper is a Chicago journalist with post-concussion memory loss. Read More »
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Alan Rudolph, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit Read More »
Ladyhawke (1985) Richard Donner, Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. Read More »
Family Business (1989) Sidney Lumet, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Crime, Drama
Jessie McMullen (Sean Connery) is a widower, a tough guy and most of all, proud of his past as a career criminal (now semi-retired). He raised his son Vito (Dustin Hoffman) to follow in his footsteps, but Vito went straight once he had a son of his own, Adam (Matthew Broderick). Over the years, Vito became ashamed of his family’s criminal past. He has tried to raise his son right, which in his mind means keeping young Adam away from his deadbeat grandfather. Little does Vito know that this strategy has backfired; the mystery surrounding Jessie has caused Adam to idolize him.
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You Can Count on Me (2000) Kenneth Lonergan, Laura Linney, Matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffalo, Drama
Adult siblings Sammy Prescott and Terry Prescott have had a special bond with each other since they were kids when their parents were tragically killed in a car accident. That bond is why single mom Sammy, who still lives in the family home in Scottsville, upstate New York with her eight year old son Rudy, is excited to hear that Terry, who she has not seen or heard from in a while, is coming home for a visit. That excitement is dampened slightly upon Terry’s arrival, when she learns that he, broke, is only there to borrow money. As adults, Sammy, who works as a lending officer in the local bank, is seen as the responsible sibling, while unfocused Terry is seen as the irresponsible drifter. Regardless, Sammy welcomes what ends up being Terry’s longer than planned visit if only so that he can help take care of Rudy, who has no adult male figure in his life. Rudy has never known his deadbeat biological father, with whom Sammy wants nothing to do. As Terry – acting as the supposed adult …
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Election (1999) Alexander Payne, Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues.
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