The Weather Man (2005)
Comedy | Drama
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Rispoli, Gil Bellows
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cherry (2021)
Crime | Drama
An Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder becomes a serial bank robber after an addiction to drugs puts him in debt.
Starring: Tom Holland, Jack Reynor, Ciara Bravo, Michael Gandolfini, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
The Last Godfather / The Godfather: Part V (2010)
Comedy
A Mafia boss trains his mentally impaired son as his successor.
Starring: Jason Mewes, Harvey Keitel, Jocelin Donahue, Michael Rispoli, Hyung-rae Shim
Director: Hyung-rae Shim
Invincible / Who's Nuts Invincible (2006)
Biography | Drama | Sport
'Invincible' is the inspiring true story of Vince Papale, an ordinary guy who, against extraordinary odds, gets a one-in-a-gazillion shot at living every sports fan’s wildest fantasy. Like the city he lives in and his beloved hometown NFL team, the down-and-out Vince (Mark Wahlberg, 'The Italian Job') has seen better days. But then the Philadelphia Eagles’ new coach Dick Vermeil (Greg Kinnear, 'Little Miss Sunshine') calls an unprecedented open tryout, and the 30-year-old bartender who never played college ball makes the cut. Now Vince needs every bit of his gritty, never-say-die attitude and enormous heart to survive in the high-stakes world of professional football.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Michael Kelly
Director: Ericson Core
Summer of Sam / The Son of Sam (1999)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Starring: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Patti LuPone
Director: Spike Lee
One Last Thing… (2005)
Comedy | Drama
One Last Thing… is a funny and moving story starring Emmy Award Winner Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) and Michael Angarano (Seabisicuit, Lords of Dogtown, Almost Famous). Dylan (Angarano) and his mother Carol (Nixon) ar einvited onto national television by an organization that grants last wishes to the terminally ill. Dylan surpirses everyone by making a shocking request: to spend a steamy weekend with supermodel Nikki Sinclair (Sunny Mabrey). After a disappointing meet-and-greet arranged by Nikki's agent (Gina Gershon), Dylan and his buddies set off for the Big Apple with hopes of fulfilling his one last wish…
Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Michael Angarano, Michael Rispoli, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Gina Gershon, Wyclef Jean
Director: Alex Steyermark
Two Family House (2000)
Drama
An unseen narrator looks back to 1956, on Staten Island, when Buddy, an Italian guy with big dreams, buys a house planning to live upstairs with his wife Estelle and run a bar downstairs. The first problem is Estelle's lack of confidence in Buddy. Then, Irish tenants upstairs refuse to move and won't pay rent; plus, the woman upstairs is about to have a baby. The next problem is the baby: once he's born, it's clear his father was Black. The Irish guy splits; Buddy evicts mother and child, then feels guilt and sets her up in a flat while she sorts out an adoption. Estelle's lack of faith, the Irish lass's spirit, Buddy's dream, racial prejudice, and the baby's fate play out.
Starring: Michael Rispoli, Kelly Macdonald, Kathrine Narducci, Kevin Conway, Matt Servitto, Michele Santopietro
Director: Raymond De Felitta
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The Reunion (2011)
Action | Drama
Sam and Leo Cleary have grown up hating each other, and neither likes their juvenile delinquent kid brother, Douglas, to whom they've only recently been introduced. The sons share the same father, a womanizing drunk, but all have different mothers. Their father died a rich man and when they're brought together by their sister Nina to learn which of them will inherit the old man's fortune, they are handed an unpleasant surprise. A requirement of the will is that the three estranged siblings go into business together as bail bondsmen. Their first job is to bring in a parole violator who has left Leo with a $250,000 debt. Their search will take them into the mountains of Mexico where they encounter a drug lord and uncover a kidnapping plot, masterminded by an embittered entrepreneur that will endanger them all.
Starring: John Cena, Ethan Embry, Boyd Holbrook, Michael Rispoli, Jack Conley
Director: Michael Pavone
