Dennis Cockrum

Uncle Buck (1989)

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Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  John Candy  •  Macaulay Culkin  •  Amy Madigan  •  Jean Louisa Kelly

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  John Candy  •  Macaulay Culkin  •  Amy Madigan  •  Jean Louisa Kelly

Daddy Day Care (2003)

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carr
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Jeff Garlin  •  Steve Zahn  •  Regina King

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carr
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Jeff Garlin  •  Steve Zahn  •  Regina King

Murder by Numbers (2002)

Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbet Schroeder
CAST:  Sandra Bullock  •  Ben Chaplin  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Michael Pitt

Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbet Schroeder
CAST:  Sandra Bullock  •  Ben Chaplin  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Michael Pitt

Paparazzi (2004)

A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Abascal
CAST:  Cole Hauser  •  Robin Tunney  •  Dennis Farina  •  Daniel Baldwin

A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Abascal
CAST:  Cole Hauser  •  Robin Tunney  •  Dennis Farina  •  Daniel Baldwin

Rebound (2005)

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carr
CAST:  Martin Lawrence  •  Wendy Raquel Robinson  •  Breckin Meyer  •  Horatio Sanz

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carr
CAST:  Martin Lawrence  •  Wendy Raquel Robinson  •  Breckin Meyer  •  Horatio Sanz

Desperate Measures (1998)

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbet Schroeder
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Andy García  •  Brian Cox  •  Marcia Gay Harden

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbet Schroeder
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Andy García  •  Brian Cox  •  Marcia Gay Harden

Rent-a-Cop (1987)

A sex worker seeks protection from an ex-cop after a failed drug bust throws their lives into turmoil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Liza Minnelli  •  James Remar  •  Richard Masur

A sex worker seeks protection from an ex-cop after a failed drug bust throws their lives into turmoil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Liza Minnelli  •  James Remar  •  Richard Masur

Cold Justice (1992)

When a washed-up boxer invites a British priest to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he never suspects that the priest is not who he says he is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Green
CAST:  Dennis Waterman  •  Roger Daltrey  •  Ron Dean  •  Robert Carricart

When a washed-up boxer invites a British priest to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he never suspects that the priest is not who he says he is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Green
CAST:  Dennis Waterman  •  Roger Daltrey  •  Ron Dean  •  Robert Carricart

Angels in Stardust (2014)

An imaginative teenage girl, living in a mystical and dangerous community built on a deserted drive-in movie lot along the Texas/Oklahoma border, struggles to realize her potential, and escape the world she was born into.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Robert Carey
CAST:  Alicia Silverstone  •  Billy Burke  •  Chandler Massey  •  John Lacy

An imaginative teenage girl, living in a mystical and dangerous community built on a deserted drive-in movie lot along the Texas/Oklahoma border, struggles to realize her potential, and escape the world she was born into.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Robert Carey
CAST:  Alicia Silverstone  •  Billy Burke  •  Chandler Massey  •  John Lacy

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  Josh Brolin  •  George Clooney  •  Alden Ehrenreich  •  Ralph Fiennes

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  Josh Brolin  •  George Clooney  •  Alden Ehrenreich  •  Ralph Fiennes

Gangster Squad (2013)

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Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruben Fleischer
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Emma Stone  •  Josh Brolin

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruben Fleischer
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Emma Stone  •  Josh Brolin

Inherit the Wind (1999)

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  George C. Scott  •  Beau Bridges  •  Piper Laurie

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  George C. Scott  •  Beau Bridges  •  Piper Laurie

Emma's Wish (1998)

A lonely retirement home resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to again be young. Awakening the next morning she finds herself to be 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as a housekeeper for her daughter, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Robe
CAST:  Joanna Kerns  •  Della Reese  •  Harley Jane Kozak  •  Ashley Edner

A lonely retirement home resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to again be young. Awakening the next morning she finds herself to be 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as a housekeeper for her daughter, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Robe
CAST:  Joanna Kerns  •  Della Reese  •  Harley Jane Kozak  •  Ashley Edner

The Package (1989)

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Davis
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Joanna Cassidy  •  Tommy Lee Jones  •  John Heard

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Davis
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Joanna Cassidy  •  Tommy Lee Jones  •  John Heard

Code of Silence (1985)

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Davis
CAST:  Chuck Norris  •  Mike Genovese  •  Henry Silva  •  Bert Remsen

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Davis
CAST:  Chuck Norris  •  Mike Genovese  •  Henry Silva  •  Bert Remsen

Keith (2008)

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Natalie is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that Keith has something to hide. As the free-spirited Keith ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Kessler
CAST:  Elisabeth Harnois  •  Ignacio Serricchio  •  Jennifer Grey  •  Jesse McCartney

Natalie is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that Keith has something to hide. As the free-spirited Keith ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Kessler
CAST:  Elisabeth Harnois  •  Ignacio Serricchio  •  Jennifer Grey  •  Jesse McCartney

Extreme Movie (2008)

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Jacobson  •  Adam Jay Epstein
CAST:  Patrick J. Adams  •  Ryan Pinkston  •  Denise Boutte  •  Michael Cera

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Jacobson  •  Adam Jay Epstein
CAST:  Patrick J. Adams  •  Ryan Pinkston  •  Denise Boutte  •  Michael Cera

Downeast (2021)

Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame and Emma begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Raffa
CAST:  Greg Finley  •  Dylan Silver  •  Judson Mills  •  Joss Glennie-Smith

Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame and Emma begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Raffa
CAST:  Greg Finley  •  Dylan Silver  •  Judson Mills  •  Joss Glennie-Smith

My Ira (2019)

The true story of a young mother sitting in a tree, while a rope languishes around her neck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.P. Epstein
CAST:  Danielle Panabaker  •  Dennis Cockrum  •  Peter Murnik  •  Brynn Horrocks

The true story of a young mother sitting in a tree, while a rope languishes around her neck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.P. Epstein
CAST:  Danielle Panabaker  •  Dennis Cockrum  •  Peter Murnik  •  Brynn Horrocks