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    Still of the Night 1982 POSTER

    Still of the Night

    1982

    English

    6.0

    22

    67%

    46%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    hitchcockian

    mistress

    multiple stabbings

    murder

    Mystery

    psychiatrist

    psychological thriller

    Thriller

    Robert Benton Robert Benton Director Meryl Streep Meryl Streep as Brooke Reynolds Sara Botsford Sara Botsford as Gail Phillips Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Joseph Vitucci Larry Joshua Larry Joshua as Mugger
    When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
    Baked in Brooklyn 2016 POSTER

    Baked in Brooklyn

    2016

    English

    5.4

    74

    34%

    34%

    Action

    brooklyn, new york city

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    drug dealing

    marijuana

    Romance

    Rory Rooney Rory Rooney Director Mark Feuerstein Mark Feuerstein as Businessman Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as David's Dad Alexandra Daddario Alexandra Daddario as Kate Jeff Lima Jeff Lima as Kid #2
    A recent college graduate decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan after losing his job at a consulting firm. He soon meets the girl of his dreams. With an unsupportive girlfriend, an increase of clienteles, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, he soon realizes he is in way over his head.
    Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream 2014 POSTER

    Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream

    2014

    English

    7.5

    11

    Action

    a midsummer night's dream

    Comedy

    woman director

    Julie Taymor Julie Taymor Director Max Casella Max Casella as Nick Bottom Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Peter Quince Kathryn Hunter Kathryn Hunter as Puck Sophia Lillis Sophia Lillis as Rude Elemental
    A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.
    Dark Matter 2007 POSTER

    Dark Matter

    2007

    English

    6.0

    17

    41%

    40%

    Action

    Drama

    school shooting

    Shi-Zheng Chen Shi-Zheng Chen Director Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn as Jacob Reiser Meryl Streep Meryl Streep as Joanna Silver Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Professor Colby Erick Avari Erick Avari as Professor R.K. Gazda
    Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
    Bad Medicine 1985 POSTER

    Bad Medicine

    1985

    English

    4.7

    3

    27%

    27%

    Action

    Comedy

    Harvey Miller Harvey Miller Director Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Gómez Candi Milo Candi Milo as María Morales Taylor Negron Taylor Negron as Pepe the Cab Driver Gilbert Gottfried Gilbert Gottfried as Tony Sandoval
    Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But then he gets a chance to study medicine abroad in a small Latin American dictatorship governed by the dictator Ramon Madera who has a big interest in how the medical students behave.
    Me to Play 2021 POSTER

    Me to Play

    2021

    English

    8.0

    1

    60%

    Action

    actor

    actors

    Documentary

    parkinson's disease

    samuel beckett

    theater play

    theatre

    Jim Bernfield Jim Bernfield Director John Christopher Jones John Christopher Jones as Self / Clov Byron Jennings Byron Jennings as Self / Nagg Carolyn McCormick Carolyn McCormick as Self / Nell Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Self / Theatrical Director
    As their bodies give way to Parkinson's disease, two New York actors put their hearts into one final Off-Broadway production of Beckett's "Endgame," the play that posits, "there's nothing funnier than unhappiness."
    The American Side 2016 POSTER

    The American Side

    2016

    English

    4.8

    2

    79%

    80%

    Action

    conspiracy theory

    Drama

    Mystery

    neo-noir

    niagara falls

    nikola tesla

    Thriller

    woman director

    Jenna Ricker Jenna Ricker Director Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick as Borden Chase Camilla Belle Camilla Belle as Emily Chase Stephen Henderson Stephen Henderson as Stickney Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as The Serb
    Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
    Slow Burn 2005 POSTER

    Slow Burn

    2005

    English

    5.7

    3

    9%

    54%

    Drama

    Mystery

    Thriller

    Wayne Beach Wayne Beach Director Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens as Alan Turlock Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Desk Sgt. Drown Ray Liotta Ray Liotta as Ford Cole Jolene Blalock Jolene Blalock as Nora Timmer
    A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
    F/X 1986 POSTER

    F/X

    1986

    English

    6.7

    26

    88%

    54%

    Action

    assassin

    corruption

    detective

    new york city

    police

    showdown

    Thriller

    Robert Mandel Robert Mandel Director Ed Crowley Ed Crowley as Ballistics expert Diane Venora Diane Venora as Ellen Keith Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Mickey Angela Bassett Angela Bassett as TV reporter
    A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
    The Deer Hunter 1978 POSTER

    The Deer Hunter

    1978

    English

    8.1

    148

    86%

    91%

    Action

    Drama

    History

    post traumatic stress disorder

    post-traumatic stress disorder

    small town

    suicide

    vietnam veteran

    vietnam war

    War

    Michael Cimino Michael Cimino Director Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Bandleader Meryl Streep Meryl Streep as Linda Robert De Niro Robert De Niro as Michael Christopher Walken Christopher Walken as Nick
    A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
    Matewan 1987 POSTER

    Matewan

    1987

    English

    7.9

    13

    94%

    93%

    Action

    appalachia

    based on a true story

    based on true story

    Drama

    gun battle

    History

    traitor

    west virginia

    John Sayles John Sayles Director Bob Gunton Bob Gunton as C.E. Lively Mary McDonnell Mary McDonnell as Elma Radnor Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Fausto Chris Cooper Chris Cooper as Joe Kenehan
    Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
    On the Yard 1978 POSTER

    On the Yard

    1978

    English

    6.0

    6

    Drama

    Raphael D. Silver Raphael D. Silver Director John Heard John Heard as Juleson James Remar James Remar as Larson Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Morris Mike Kellin Mike Kellin as Red
    Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
    The Other Me 2000 POSTER

    The Other Me

    2000

    English

    5.9

    9

    46%

    46%

    based on novel or book

    clone

    Comedy

    Family

    junior high school

    school project

    science class

    Sci-Fi

    slacker

    Manny Coto Manny Coto Director Alison Pill Alison Pill as Allana Browning Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Conrad Sarah Gadon Sarah Gadon as Heather Andrew Lawrence Andrew Lawrence as Will Browning / Twoie
    When Will Browning is threatened with military summer school if he doesn't get better grades, he decides to do a science project that will definitely get an A. So he buys some Ocean Pups, unhatched sea creatures that will look spectacular, but he hasn't bargained for the cloning agent that the unscrupulous manufacturers have put in the kit. Next thing he knows there's another him.
    Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed 2006 POSTER

    Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed

    2006

    English

    7.7

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    Documentary

    stand-up comedy

    Paul Miller Paul Miller Director Lewis Black Lewis Black as Self Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Uncle Sam
    Lewis Black stars in his second HBO solo special, an all-new hour of frenetic, take-no-prisoners stand-up comedy, taped before a live audience at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed features Black's opinions and insights into such issues as the State of the Union, abortion, frozen embryos, defecation habits, fossils, bad language, FEMA and, of course, Dick Cheney's aim.
    Switching Goals 1999 POSTER

    Switching Goals

    1999

    English

    5.0

    6

    47%

    Comedy

    Family

    football (soccer)

    identity swap

    Sport

    sports

    twins

    David Steinberg David Steinberg Director Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Dave Eric Lutes Eric Lutes as Jerry Stanton Ted Atherton Ted Atherton as Mitch Michael Cera Michael Cera as Taylor
    Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.
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