Advice from a Caterpillar 1999  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Don Scardino
Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Andy Dick, Timothy Olyphant, Jon Tenney, Ally Sheedy, Robert Joy, Sarah Hyland, Patrick Breen, William Duell, Oni Faida Lampley, Alice Drummond, Albert Macklin, Deborah Rush, Dina Waters
When best friends Spaz (Andy Dick) and Missy (Cynthia Nixon) are both attracted to Brat (Timothy Olyphant) at the same time, the result is chaos when jealousy threatens to destroy their friendship.
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Awakenings 1990  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Judith Malina, Alice Drummond, Laura Esterman, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Dexter Gordon
Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) works in the chronic-care ward of a hospital in the Bronx where he gives the new drug L-DOPA to patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who is in a semi-comatose state. The drug works, and Lowe is gradually awakened after 30 years. He experiences the wonder of life and love, and this success with L-DOPA encourages Sayer to administer the drug to his other patients. Oscar nominations included Best Picture and Actor (De Niro).
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Doubt 2008 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Alice Drummond, Audrie J. Neenan, Viola Davis, Carrie Preston, John Costelloe, Susan Bloomaert, Joseph Foster, Lloyd Clay Brown, Bridget Megan Clark, Michael Roukis, Haklar Dezso, Frank Shanley
Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) serves as principal at a Catholic middle school where her domineering attitude clashes with popular Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Sister Aloysius becomes suspicious of Father Flynn after he delivers a sermon on the power of "doubt" and asks one of her teachers, Sister James (Amy Adams), to advise her of any strange behavior. Sister James reports that the school's only Black student, Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), smelled like alcohol after visiting Father Flynn. Now, Sister Aloysius sets out to rid the school of Father Flynn's influence and, in the process, nearly tears the community apart. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actor (Hoffman), and both Amy Adams and Viola Davis (for her role as Donald Miller's mother) for Supporting Actress.
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 Ghostbusters 1984  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson, David Margulies, Michael Ensign, Steven Tash, Jennifer Runyon, Slavitza Jovan, Alice Drummond, Jordan Charney
After Columbia University colleagues Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, and Dr. Egon Spengler (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis) lose their jobs at the university, they set up their own shop in New York City and offer their clients the service of Ghostbusters–ridding property of supernatural residents. Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) hires the Ghostbusters to investigate strange things that have been happening in her Central Park apartment. The Ghostbusters arrive on the scene and discover that Dana's apartment is the entryway to the spirit world of ghosts intent on terrorizing the citizens of New York City. Now, the Ghostbusters set out to rid the city of more than a few slimy creatures.
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I'll Take You There 1999 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Reg Rogers, Lara Harris, John Pyper-Ferguson, Alice Drummond, Alan North, Adrienne Shelly, Ben Vereen, Justin Pierce
Bill (Reg Roger) is depressed over his girlfriend leaving him in favor of his best friend. He lets his sister talk him into a blind date with Bernice (Ally Sheedy), who decides she wants him even though Bill is still morose. Bernice forces him into taking off to confront his girlfriend–as well as making him an accomplice in robberies. You've got to be an Ally Sheedy and/or Adrienne Shelly fan for this one to click.
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Motherhood 2009  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Cast: Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver, Matthew & David Shallipp, Daisy Tahan, Alice Drummond, Stephanie Szostak, Celina Vignaud, Dale Soules, James Lecesne, Marceline Hugot, Victor Colicchio, Brian Tarantina, Kerry Bishe, Neal Huff
Emotionally distressed Eliza Welsh (Uma Thurman) lives in New York's West Village where she is planning her six-year-old daughter's birthday party. Eliza tries to find her sense of self as she meets small crises along the way while experiencing her life as wife of Avery (Anthony Edwards) and mother to her son and daughter.
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Office Killer 1997  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cindy Sherman
Cast: Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Michael Imperioli, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Barbara Sukowa, Eddie Malavarca, David Thornton, Mike Hodge, Alice Drummond, Florina Rodov
Carol Kane takes on the role of a secretary who systematically murders her office mates and stores their bodies in her home.
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 Pieces of April 2003  PG-13, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Hedges
Cast: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Alice Drummond, Sisqo, Lillias White, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Armando Riesco
It is Thanksgiving Day, her estranged family is driving from Pennsylvania for dinner at April's (Katie Holmes) new apartment on New York's Lower East Side, and she discovers that her oven is not working. After relying on neighbors for help–a comedy of errors–dinner is served, and the family reunites. Patricia Clarkson was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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The Rising Place 2001 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Rice
Cast: Laurel Holloman, Elise Neal, Mark Webber, Liam Aiken, Bill Campbell, Gary Cole, Alice Drummond, Frances Fisher, Mason Gamble, Beth Grant, Tess Harper, S. Epatha Merkerson
Set in the 1940s along the Mississippi Delta, this story unfolds when Virginia (Frances Fisher) visits her Aunt Millie (Alice Drummond) and discovers letters written during the World War II years that reveal the struggles of two young women–white, single, pregnant Millie (Laurel Holloman) and black, spirited Wilma (Elise Neal)–who, despite the odds, find purpose in their lives.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Harrison
Cast: Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, Matthew Lawrence, Robert Sedgwick, Julianne Moore, James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Robert Klein, Steve Buscemi, Donald Van Horn, Paul Greeno, Alice Drummond, Philip Lenkowsky
Newspaper delivery boy Timmy (Matthew Lawrence) is imprisoned by mad cannibal housewife Betty (Deborah Harry) who plans to eat him. Timmy tries to forestall his fate by telling three horror stories. The stories include Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot 249," in which a college student (Christian Slater) is confronted by a mummy he has raised from the dead. Stephen King's "Cat From Hell" features a millionaire (William Hickey) hiring a hit man (David Johansen) to track down a cat that killed his family, and "Lover's Vow" is about an artist (James Remar) who makes a deal with the devil.
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| 1. Advice from a Caterpillar (1999)
2. Awakenings (1990)
3. Doubt (2008)
4. Ghostbusters (1984)
5. I'll Take You There (1999)
6. Motherhood (2009)
7. Office Killer (1997)
8. Pieces of April (2003)
9. The Rising Place (2001)
10. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
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