Kathryn Joosten
Biography: Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 20, 1939
Deathday: June 02, 2012
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Hostage
2005-03-10
Hostage
Overview: When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-10
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Bedtime Stories
2008-12-24
Bedtime Stories
Overview: Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-24
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009-12-21
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Overview: Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes - Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.
Genres: Comedy Family Animation Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-21
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Wedding Crashers
2005-07-13
Wedding Crashers
Overview: John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-13
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Hellraiser: Inferno
2000-10-31
Hellraiser: Inferno
Overview: A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic fates, he sets out to conquer the horrifying villain.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-31
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Breaking Dawn
2004-10-16
Breaking Dawn
Overview: Within the confines of an insane asylum languish many would-be seers and messiahs. Medical students meet them day in, day out. But when Eve meets Don Wake, she discovers he's not your run-of-the-mill paranoic. In fact, his visions of her life on the outside tread the line between fantasy and reality as a stalker becomes known to her. She could be in danger; it could all be in her head.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-16
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Phoenix
1998-09-04
Phoenix
Overview: Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-04
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Rails & Ties
2007-09-01
Rails & Ties
Overview: A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-01
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The TV Set
2007-04-06
The TV Set
Overview: As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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Kiss Toledo Goodbye
1999-11-22
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Overview: After learning his biological father was a crime lord, an Ohio investment adviser must secretly try to prevent a gang war.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-22
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Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
2011-01-29
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Overview: A fanatical animal rights activist releases giant pythons into the Everglades, believing the wild animals should be set free. When they start decimating the native animal population, an over-zealous park ranger feeds experimental steroids to wild alligators so they can fight back. The giant pythons and gargantuan alligators go on a killing spree, and it is now left up to the two feuding women to put aside their differences to put a stop to the creatures and the destruction.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-29
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Wish Wizard
2014-04-29
Wish Wizard
Overview: When two kids wish for their parents to listen to their dreams, a whole world opens up to them.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-29
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Grandview, U.S.A.
1984-08-03
Grandview, U.S.A.
Overview: Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. She runs the local Demolition Derby place. Ernie "Slam" Webster is one of the drivers in the derby whose wife is cheating on him and wants to later on be with Mike. Tim falls for Mike and a big love triangle is about to happen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-03
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The Making of a Hollywood Madam
1996-02-21
The Making of a Hollywood Madam
Overview: The real-life California family doctor -- facing a jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasion -- recalls the events leading to the arrest of his notorious daughter, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-21
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Red Roses and Petrol
2003-11-05
Red Roses and Petrol
Overview: A dysfunctional Irish family gathers after the death of their patriarch.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-05
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Secret Santa
2003-12-14
Secret Santa
Overview: Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee years career, looks forward to a Hawaian holiday with her fiancé Ryan, but instead of a ring he brings her- walking orders, he found better. So she accepts again to be the bachelor on duty in the Christmas season, and write the annual romantic non-news feel good-story, once more about the elusive Secret Santa in small-town Hamden, where the Christmas spirit it said to last all year. Bad luck follows her from Indianapolis: her car breaks down, she can only get lodgings in a home for the elderly without Internet, and nobody wants to help her unmask the secret Santa. Soon she guesses it must be the only rich philanthropist, but the popular Mr. John Martin Carter doesn't grant her an interview and isn't tricked either, in fact meets her at the worst repeatedly without her knowing him...
Genres: TV Movie Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-14
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Combustion
2004-11-29
Combustion
Overview: Millwood City engineer Scott Daniels, moved from Houston, investigates a series of mysterious fires. Scott's and Lourie Harper's only son Jesse, who hated the move or dad's youth home, fakes a fever and invites his new girlfriend Carmen. She's reporter Allison Saunders, Scott's high-school ex's, daughter and finds Jesse unconscious, overtaken by fumes. The sewers are full of dead rats. Cracks appear in various buildings. Gass leaks start explosive fires. Mayor Walker, who only care for politics and publicity, overrules Scott's call for a mass evacuation. Scott and city administration friend Kenny Barrows later discover the link is steam pressure drilling by Talbot's oil exploration firm, but fire chief Patterson is in league with Talbot for years, covers their tracks and undermines Scott's credibility. Written by KGF Vissers
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-29
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The Stranger Beside Me
1995-09-17
The Stranger Beside Me
Overview: When Jennifer marries Chris, it seems she can finally let go of her tragic past. But behind the perfect facade lies a violent, possessive dark side--and a past filled with secrets. As she begins to suspect his involvement with a string of rapes, Jennifer sets out to expose the horrifying truth about her husband...before he strikes again.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-17
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The Package
1989-01-25
The Package
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-25
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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007-03-17
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Overview: DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a twin sibling.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-17
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Wasabi Tuna
2003-08-20
Wasabi Tuna
Overview: A group of friends who take Halloween way too seriously kidnap Anna Nicole Smith's beloved pet Sugar-Pie. It's up to a bunch of drag queens dressed as Anna to bring Sugar-Pie back.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-20
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Annul Victory
2009-05-02
Annul Victory
Overview: Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election battle. The film documents the roller coaster ride of emotions in California after the historical state Supreme Court decision in May of 2008, finding it unconstitutional to deny gays and lesbians the right to be married in the state, and then the passage of Proposition 8 in November, denying gays and lesbians marriage rights, and “annulling” thousands of marriages. The story is told through the life and experiences of Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, one of the 14 couples involved in the historic litigation, with a look at some of the 18,000 couples who got married during the window of “legality” between May and November, with thought and commentary provided by a host of celebrities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-02
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005-12-21
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Overview: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-21
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Best Men
1997-10-17
Best Men
Overview: Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-17
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Cojones
2002-06-01
Cojones
Overview: Short film from Ted Mendenhall
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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