7 Movies Starring Leslie Hope

Talk Radio

Talk Radio

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-01-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (9506 Reviews)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Singular (book)

Eric Bogosian (play)

Tad Savinar (play)

Eric Bogosian (play)

Eric Bogosian (screenplay)

Oliver Stone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An acerbic radio talk show host based in Dallas starts what could be an important few days when he discovers that his controversial late night show is about to be "picked up" by a nationwide network of radio stations. However, all is not perfect for him, because on top of troubles with his love life and fears that the management of the network will try to alter the content of his show he has to cope with a neo-nazi group who have been angered by his forthright opinions.

Doppelganger

Doppelganger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-10-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.1 (2555 Reviews)

Director:

Avi Nesher

Fullplot:

A woman moves from NYC to LA after a murder, in which she is implicated. She is followed by what is apparently her evil alter- ego. She moves into a room for rent by a writer, and he begins having an affair with her, but after some strange things happen, he's not so sure if the affair is with her or her doppelganger.

Paris, France

Paris, France

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-02-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (395 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Tom Walmsley

Tom Walmsley (novel)

Fullplot:

Lucy (Leslie Hope), her husband Michael (Victor Ertmanis), and their business partner William (Dan Left) are the owners of a small publishing company in Toronto. The stability of their lives are thrown into an emotional maelstrom with the arrival of Sloan (Peter Outerbrige), a former boxer-turned-writer whose first book (based on a serial killer) is about to be published by their company. Sloan gets in over his head when he embarks on a steamy affair with the sexually ravenous and frustrated Lucy, who longs to re-create her S&M-filled days in Paris gone by. But Sloan soon embarks on another affair of his own with the openly gay William which leads to sexual confusion for the writer. All in the while, Lucy's befuddled husband, Michael, slowly goes crazy over learning of his wife and business partner's dalliance with his client until he decides to join in on their bed-jumping as well.

Fun

Fun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-04-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1055 Reviews)

Director:

Rafal Zielinski

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Bonnie and Hillary are two young lost souls who meet one day and discover that they get along. They talk about their lives and run around and and keep getting really excited. Their day escalates into an eruption of violence and rage that can only be understood by the two girls.

Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (406 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Wilson Rawls (book)

Greg Taylor (teleplay)

Jim Strain (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart. He later learns that there is a big reward for them. Enough to buy the horse... however, as time goes on he befriends the chimps... and it becomes apparent that Jay can't bear to part with them.

Bruiser

Bruiser

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-13

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

France, Canada, USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (4493 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyHorror

Fullplot:

The young executive of a publicity agency Henry Creedlow is a man that has repressed morbid thoughts and is walked over by most of his acquaintances: his wife is cheating on him with his boss and stealing his investments with help from his best friend; his housemaid is frequently stealing from his house and insulting him in Spanish; even his annoying poodle does not respect him. While in his daily morning routine listening to a talk show on the radio, he hears a man committing suicide live because he had been felt miserable and disrespected for a long time, and Henry feels impressed with the tragic story. The next morning, he wakes up to find his face covered by a white mask, changing his personality and letting him seek revenge against those who have humiliated him.

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-03-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1995 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Harmon

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

Robert B. Parker (characters)

Ronni Kern (teleplay)

Ronni Kern (story)

Tom Selleck (story)

Michael Brandman (story)

Fullplot:

Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.

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