Sonny Marinelli Movies

A group of disparate characters look for understanding and compassion in the midst of a lonely holiday season in this comedy drama. Rose (Susan Sarandon) is a middle-aged divorcée whose mother is in the hospital with an advanced case of Alzheimer's disease; while Rose wants one more chance to tell her mother that she loves her, the woman doesn't even know who she is anymore. Mike (Paul Walker) is a police officer who has become the obsessive focus of an elderly waiter, Artie (Alan Arkin), who is convinced Mike is the reincarnation of his late wife. Meanwhile, Mike is engaged to marry the beautiful Nina (Penélope Cruz), but he's so consumed with jealousy and suspicion that she's not sure if she can go through with the wedding. And Jules (Marcus Thomas) is a street hustler who has only one fond memory of Christmas -- ending up in an emergency room, where the staff was holding a party. Jules wants to relive the experience, and is even willing to injure himself to do so. Noel was the first directorial effort from actor and playwright Chazz Palminteri. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

A pair of low-rent hoods botch their shot at the big time in this stylish crime-drama. Ross (Andrew Roperto) and Martin (Richmond Arquette) are a pair of close friends and small-time hustlers looking for a bigger score. Ross and Martin are regulars at a downtown saloon, where they make the acquaintance of Dino (Seymour Cassel), a good-natured drunk who likes showing off his collection of rare and valuable coins after he's had a few cocktails. Ross and Martin hatch a plan to steal Dino's coins, with a little help from Madeline (Cynda Williams), Ross' sometime girlfriend, but things quickly go very wrong -- Dino ends up seriously hurt, Madeline runs off with the loot, and Ross and Martin have to figure out how to clear their names or they're dead meat. Originally released under the title Last Call, Stingers also stars Udo Kier, Marvin Krueger, and John Marzilli. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In this comedy, two Italian-Americans find themselves fish out of water when they head down to a Florida fishing village. Nick Calabrese (Sonny Marinelli) and his brother Gino (Joseph R. Gannascoli) were born and raised in Brooklyn, and they might well have been content to spend the rest of their lives there, but when their grandmother dies and leaves them a vintage automobile, they decide to drive down to Florida to pick it up. However, finding the little town where Grandma lived turns out to be more complicated than they expected, and when they finally do find it, they discover that the car is not the well-maintained showpiece that they were expecting, but a rustbucket on its last legs. What's worse, Nick and Gino's own car gives up the ghost, and they're stranded in the middle of nowhere. While trying to get home, the Calabrese boys meet Melody (Kelly Shea), and Nick starts putting the moves on her. A romance quickly blooms, but high-strung Nick discovers that Melody won't jump when he calls the way his old girlfriends in Brooklyn used to do, and the slow pace of Southern life is about to drive him crazy. But laid-back Gino finds he likes small-town Florida life just fine, and he becomes pals with the huge and largely silent Henry (George "The Animal" Steele). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide