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Sticky Notes (2016)

Sticky Notes, also known as The Backup Dancer, is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Amanda Sharp, produced by Katie Mustard, and starring Ray Liotta, Rose Leslie, Gina Rodriguez and Justin Bartha. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_Notes_(film) The film explores the story of Athena (Rose Leslie), a struggling dancer trying to make it in LA. Athena's father Jack (Ray Liotta) interrupts her lonely and detached existence when he asks her to move home to Florida to care for him... big news: he has cancer. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3784042/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Hello Freddie! May I start by thanking you for your talent for finding something very rare. That's what happened with the film Sticky Notes by director Amanda Sharp. There is not even a photo of her on IMBd, and it becomes sad that neither her nor this movie received the attention that it deserved. She made a very touching movie that perfectly ...

Article 99 (1992)

Article 99 is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Deutch and written by Ron Cutler. It was produced by Orion Pictures and stars Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley, Rutanya Alda and Lea Thompson. The soundtrack was composed by Danny Elfman. The film's title supposedly refers to a legal loophole, which states that unless an illness/injury is related to military service, a veteran is not eligible for VA hospital benefits. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_99 Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and corruption. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101371/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: Well, let me start by saying that I feel the need to murder someone just to balance out all the kindness and goodness overdose this ...

Narc (2002)

Narc is a 2002 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narc_(film) An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know? source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272207/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** ...