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1. (1997) He runs a gossip paper in Los Angeles in the 50s, and is always paying off the police so that they'll make a big bust while he's there to capture it on film. He gets in over his head though, and pays for it with his life.
His catch phrase is, 'Off the record, on the QT, and very hush, hush!'
2. (1994) Although Peter and Sabrina write for competing newspapers in Chicago, when they investigate the mystery behind a major train derailment, they realize that it makes more sense to combine their efforts, rather than duplicate them. Of course, if they happen to fall in love along the way, who's it going to hurt?
3. (1941) When newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies, he utters one single, enigmatic word. Reporter Jedediah Leland finds himself obsessed with the need to understand what that word meant. Kane's story is then told through a series of flashback, as Leland interviews the people who played significant roles in Kane's life.
4. (2003) Andie writes for 'Composure' magazine, and needs to do some research for an article about getting dumped. Ben is an advertising executive who has accepted a bet that he can make a woman fall in love with him in a certain time frame. Of course they hook up with each other, but it's not coincidental - it's set up by some people who are aware of both their situations.
5. (1999) Steve Everett is a journalist who drinks too much, likes women too much, and generally can't seem to stay out of trouble. When a colleague is killed in a car accident, he is given the last minute assignment of covering an imminent execution. Before long he realizes that the condemned man is probably innocent, but only has less than a day to prove it.
6. (1993) Phil Connors is a weatherman who makes little attempt to hide his disdain for just about anything or anyone. When he is forced to live the same day over, and over, and over again, he eventually learns to have a little more appreciation for life, and a little more compassion for other people.
7. (1984) Marty Di Bergi is a film maker who wants to make a documentary, or rather a 'rockumentary' as he calls it, about a band that is touring from England. What he ends up capturing is the documented history of the decline and break-up of the band, followed by its triumphant reunion. This spoof of the entire rock and roll industry is extremely witty, and hysterically funny.
8. (1982) Guy Hamilton was a foreign correspondent who was stationed in Indonesia in the mid 60s, when everything got crazy there. Partnered with Billy Kwan, an idealistic photographer whose sympathies were with the people of Indonesia, Guy became involved with a diplomat who helped him out and fed him information. This very powerful movie was largely about trust and betrayal.
9. (1987) Jane and Aaron form the perfect news team, they're both tough purists, who believe in hard news, delivered in a blunt fashion. Tom represents the complete opposite approach to delivering the news, groomed and smooth, with lots of entertainment value, but very little depth at all - just like Tom in fact. Things get interesting as the three of them jockey for position in the network, especially when they form a very unlikely love triangle.
10. (2003) Television reporter Bruce Nolan really is very unhappy with the way his life is going. He hates the assignments that he gets handed, gets beat up when trying to help someone out, and gets passed over for the anchorman position that he coveted so badly. Of course none of this is his fault, and he's constantly berating God for not listening to his prayers and giving him a better shot. So one day God decides to let Bruce take over for a while, to see if he can do any better - but it turns out not to be as easy as Bruce thought it would be.
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