Joe Marinelli Movies
- 1991
Among the Metro Division officers providing protection for a drug-dealing murder witness (Anthony Ponzini) is Chris Novak (Lauren Lane). At the same time, the Feds have taken a special interest in this witness, especially veteran FBI agent Tom Reed (Mitchell Ryan). As it happens, Reed is Novak's long-estranged father--and as a result, the outcome of the current situation is largely dictated by the long-simmering hostilities between father and daughter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
When a blind homeless man abruptly regains his sight, Benton (Eriq La Salle) is hailed as a miracle worker -- and now dozens of other patients want to be anointed by "Saint Peter." Greene (Anthony Edwards) takes an important step toward getting his life back together during his treatment of 67-year-old rape victim. And Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) and Weaver (Laura Innes) temporarily bury the hatchet during a major crisis in one of their lives. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Lucy Liu guest stars as a babysitter suspected of shaking an infant to death. Assigned to this case are Diane (Kim Delaney) and Jill (Andrea Thompson), both of whom have dated Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) -- and at least one of whom wants Bobby to make a definite commitment. Elsewhere, Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) and Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) try using different approaches to get a confession from a likely murderer, and a would-be cop gets into trouble by helping an old friend (Jose Soto) -- a gang leader who killed one of the other members for trying to defect. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Clark Jr. (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Laughlin (Anthony Mangano) prepare to square off in a charity boxing match. Finding out why IAB Captain Fraker (Casey Siemaszko) is so determined to ruin Lt. Rodriguez (Esai Morales), Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) warns Fraker to lay off if he doesn't want an unsavory incident in his own past to be revealed. While Rodriguez is still out pending the IAB's investigation, interim squad commander Shanley (Alan Feinstein) hits on Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross), threatening to have her fired if she complains. And back on duty, the squad investigates an armored car robbery and the death of the friend of a woman whose body was found in a garbage truck. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Henry Simmons
- 2004
- R
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The true story of a man who, on February 22, 1974, was thwarted from an ambitious plan for political assassination provides the basis for this striking psychological drama. Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) is a salesman for an office-supply company whose life is slowly beginning to unravel. Bicke's job is going nowhere, his wife, Marie (Naomi Watts), has left him, and his boss (Jack Thompson) keeps pushing self-help books on him that make a mockery of his state of mind. One of Bicke's few friends is Bonny Simmons (Don Cheadle), an auto mechanic, and together they come up with an idea for a tire shop on wheels; while neither has the money to finance the project, Bicke has learned of a program for small-business loans instituted by President Richard Nixon, which he's certain will come through for him. But Bicke is denied his loan, which dovetails with his increasing suspicion of the president's Vietnam policies and a sudden interest in the "by any means necessary" political activism of the Black Panther Party. Desperate to seem important in some way, Bicke becomes increasingly obsessed with the duplicity of Richard Nixon, until he chooses to take it upon himself to stop the president once and for all. The Assassination of Richard Nixon was the first feature film from director Niels Mueller. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, (more)
Directed by Alexander Payne, Sideways follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), who is distressed about his lack of success as a novelist, and Jack (Thomas Haden Church), an equally unsuccessful actor with a rapidly approaching wedding. In a last-ditch effort to sow their wild oats, Jack and Miles take off on a final road trip to California's wine country the week prior to Jack's wedding. Both men have goals for the vacation -- Miles wants to turn Jack on to the art of wine tasting, while Jack is concerned with exploiting his last days as a bachelor -- but when the two men come across two fascinating women (Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh), the duo is forced to examine their morality, and if maturity isn't such a depressing prospect -- at least, for one of them. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, (more)
One man's life begins to crack under the weight of his compulsions in this drama. Michael (Patrick Cupo) works as a salesman for a garment firm in Los Angeles. Michael has a job, a wife named Gina (Anita Barone), and a baby on the way; however, he also has a gambling problem that is threatening to destroy him. As his debts mount, Michael is forced to lie to his boss (Charles Durning) in order to come up with money to pay his bookies, and as the pressures of his job and the coming responsibilities of fatherhood weigh on him, Michael sinks deeper and deeper into his addiction to gambling, always convinced the next bet will be the big win that pulls him out of the hole. One Last Ride was based on a play written by leading man Patrick Cupo. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patrick Cupo, Chazz Palminteri, (more)
