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Peter Tolan has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s.
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Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Dir. Mark Waters · With Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
Dir. Harold Ramis · With Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow

The aftermath of 9/11 has left the firefighters of the NYFD traumatized, and no one more so than Tommy Gavin. Recently separated from his wife and their three kids, Tommy drifts between sorrow and anger as he tries to shake the recurring nightmares of his fallen comrades, especially his late cousin, Jimmy Keefe. Working alongside veterans like Lt. “Lou” Shea, Franco Rivera and Sean Garrity, and rookie Mike Lombardi, Tommy battles alcohol and drugs as he struggles to remain first and foremost a New York City firefighter.
Dir. Peter Tolan, Denis Leary · With Denis Leary, Adam Ferrara, Andrea Roth

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Dir. Peter Segal · With Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd

Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.
Dir. Harold Ramis · With Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor

When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.
Dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan · With Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldaña

The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
Dir. Harold Ramis · With Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
Dir. Joe Roth · With Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones
A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to their planet. The alien ends up falling in love while a suspicious FAA agent tails him.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Dir. Bruce McCulloch · With Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann
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