Santa Monica Centric Movies
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- DirectorDavid W. WarfieldStarsKenneth HughesJames HavenJulie Ariola* DRAMA (2002) A girl is found dead. Three suspects have been romantically involved with her.Mediocre film with great use of Main Street & The Pier.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsUma ThurmanJaneane GarofaloBen ChaplinA successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.Efficient SaMo travelogue.
- DirectorJan de BontStarsKeanu ReevesDennis HopperSandra BullockA young Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.Technically the bus blew up in Venice, but Sandra realized she was in trouble on Ocean Park.
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsHeath LedgerEmile HirschVictor RasukThe film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.Fair telling of the birth of Dogtown, the documentary is better.
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloImogene CocaThe Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.That gas station isn't there anymore, but that's no reason to exclude this John Hughes classic...
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.If you are going to live on a pier, might as well be in the Merry-Go-Round House.
- DirectorD. StevensStarsPierre DulatAndrea EdmondsonSummer NguyenA young woman in dire financial straights accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat's human "pet" for six months. Then ruthless modern "pet-nappers" kidnap the woman to sell her on the GSM (Global Slave Market).Weird little movie - but opens strong at the Russell Weller Memorial Farmers Market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Russell_Weller - DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsDavid HuffmanMarianna HillJohn SaxonSomething is attacking and killing people on the beach. David and Mariana, old friends, search for clues where they played as kids to uncover the mysterious creature.No one makes them like this (anymore)
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsChevy ChaseJoe Don BakerDana Wheeler-NicholsonWhile working undercover wisecracking newspaper reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is offered a large sum by a millionaire with a terminal disease to kill him. Intrigued, Fletch decides to unearth the full story behind the offer.But for the car chase, filmed largely in Long Beach, this is a home town flick...
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsSean PennJay AdamsTony AlvaDocumentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.SaMo native, Jeff Spicoli, does a fine job narrating the origins of Boarding...
- DirectorJonathan LiebesmanStarsAaron EckhartMichelle RodriguezBridget MoynahanA squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.Pretty lame flick shot in Louisiana - presumably on the Louisianan taxpayers dime; but pretty sweet to hear the military abandoning SaMo west of Lincoln.
