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Larry Brandenburg has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Shawshank Redemption.
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Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Dir. Frank Darabont · With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
Dir. John Pasquin · With Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson

Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...
Dir. Peter MacDonald · With Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash, Joe Santos
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
Dir. Scott Silver · With Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.
Dir. William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente · With Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie