The 24 Hour Woman 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nancy Savoca
Cast: Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Karen Duffy, Diego Serrano, Wendell Pierce, Melissa Leo, Aida Turturro, Rosanna DeSoto, Drena DeNiro
Grace Santos (Rosie Perez) is the producer of a TV talk show and her husband, Eddie Diaz (Diego Serrano), is one of the co-hosts of the show. Now, unexpectedly, Grace finds herself pregnant and has major problems coping with work, pregnancy, and motherhood.
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 About Last Night... 1986  R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo, Michael Alldredge, Robin Thomas, Joe Greco, Donna Gibbons, Megan Mullally, Patricia Duff, Robert Neches, Rosanna DeSoto, Sachi Parker, Ada Maris
Casual dating relationships along with the pitfalls involved is the theme of this film. The story loosely follows the plot of David Mamet's play about sexual perversity in Chicago where Danny (Rob Lowe) and his coworker Bernie (James Belushi) spend their evenings at a local bar. One night, Danny becomes involved with Debbie (Demi Moore) who he ends up moving in with–for awhile, until they both find that domestication is not for them.
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Family Business 1989  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sean Connery, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Rosanna DeSoto, Janet Carroll, Victoria Jackson, Bill McCutcheon, Luis Guzman, B.D. Wong, Deborah Rush, Marilyn Cooper, Salem Ludwig, Rex Everhart, James Tolkan, Tony DiBenedetto
After young Adam McMillen (Matthew Broderick) approaches his father Vito (Dustin Hoffman) and grandfather Jessie (Sean Connery) with a scheme to gain millions of dollars worth of test-tube specimens, they attempt the heist and fail. As a result, three generations of the McMillen family are forced into accepting guilt for their lives of crime.
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Invasion 1997  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Cast: Luke Perry, Rebecca Gayheart, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Orr, Jon Polito, Jason Schombing, Neal McDonough, Rosanna DeSoto, Castulo Guerra, Louis Crugnali
Based on a story by Robin Cook, this made-for-TV miniseries follows a small group who attempts to find a cure for a deadly virus, latent in all humans, that is triggered when a pebble that fell from the sky is touched. All but these people have been mutated into subservient creatures who worship the aliens who now control them. Not much good about this movie–and it goes on and on and on.
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Jackals 1986 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: American Justice
Director: Gary Grillo
Cast: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Wilford Brimley, Jack Lucarelli, Jeannie Wilson, Rosanna DeSoto, Roman Cisneros, David Steen, Danelle Hand, Randy Hall, Del Zamora
LA cop Joe Case (Jack Lucarelli) visits his former partner Dave Buchanon (Jameson Parker) in an Arizona border town and witnesses a murder. The killer is Jake Wheeler (Gerald McRaney) who happens to be a deputy working for Sheriff Mitchell (Wilford Brimley). Joe reports the murder, but no one appears to believe him. When Dave realizes that corruption is the name of the game in his department and that illegal immigrants are being victimized, he and Joe join forces only to discover that the police scandal and the usual dirty politics are only a few of the obstacles with which they must deal.
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 La Bamba 1987  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Luis Valdez
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Pena, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano, Rick Dees, Marshall Crenshaw, Howard Huntsberry, Daniel Valdez
This is the story of rock "n" roll star Richie Valens who was killed in the airplane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
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Mambo Cafe 1999 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reuben Gonzalez
Cast: Danny Aiello, Rick Gonzalez, Rosanna DeSoto, Thalia, Robert Costanzo, Paul Rodriguez, Richard Hillman, Lillo Brancato, Raymond Serra, Gary Swanson
A Puerto Rican family runs a restaurant in NYC, and business isn't good. Here's an idea: rumor has it that a local mobster is about to be taken out by his superiors, and the restaurant would become famous if the gangster got killed there. So–the gangster accepts the invitation to dine daily at the family's cafe, and the plan works. One result is favorable–the place is now packed; the problem is that now the mob boss is suspicious of what happened.
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Stand and Deliver 1987 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ramon Menendez
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Ingrid Oliu, Karla Montana, Vanessa Marquez, Mark Eliot, Carmen Argenziano, Estelle Harris
Based on a true story, this film is about an unusual high-school teacher, Escalante (Edward James Olmos), who goes into an inner-city school to motivate the students into achieving more than anyone believes they are capable. Olmos was nominated for an Oscar.
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| 1. The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
2. About Last Night... (1986)
3. Family Business (1989)
4. Invasion (1997)
5. Jackals (1986)
aka: American Justice
6. La Bamba (1987)
7. Mambo Cafe (1999)
8. Stand and Deliver (1987)
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