Movies starring J.K. Simmons

First Snow (2006)

Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Guy Pearce | Piper Perabo | William Fichtner | J.K. Simmons | Shea Whigham | Rick Gonzalez | Jackie Burroughs | Adam Scott | Portia Dawson | Cherilyn Hayres | Luce Rains | Brian Gamble | David House | Jose J. Marquez | John Burton Jr.
Directors: Mark Fergus
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Wound tight and cocky, Jimmy Starks (Pearce) is a smooth-talking salesman certain he’s on the verge of a big break. Even when his car stalls in the middle of nowhere, a roadside soothsayer (Simmons) assures him a windfall is on its way. But although Jimmy should be happy when his boss suddenly agrees to financially back his business venture, he starts to become paranoid instead. As his girlfriend Deirdre (Perabo) and his best friend/ business partner Ed (Fichtner) watch him slowly come unwound, Jimmy wonders if a past betrayal of his friend, newly paroled Vince (Whigham), could be catching up to him. And, as the weather turns cold, Jimmy can’t help but fear the mysterious seer’s other prediction… that they’ll be no tomorrow after the first snow.

Rendition (2007)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: South Africa | USA
Actors: Omar Metwally | Reese Witherspoon | Aramis Knight | Rosie Malek-Yonan | Jake Gyllenhaal | Moa Khouas | Zineb Oukach | Yigal Naor | Laila Mrabti | David Fabrizio | Mounir Margoum | Driss Roukhe | J.K. Simmons | Meryl Streep | Bob Gunton
Directors: Gavin Hood
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When an Egyptian terrorism suspect “disappears” on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

Spider-Man (2002)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tobey Maguire | Willem Dafoe | Kirsten Dunst | James Franco | Cliff Robertson | Rosemary Harris | J.K. Simmons | Joe Manganiello | Gerry Becker | Bill Nunn | Jack Betts | Stanley Anderson | Ron Perkins | Michael Papajohn | K.K. Dodds
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Based on Marvel Comics’ superhero character, this is a story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can’t confess his crush for his stunning neighbourhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is “miserable” is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runaway radioactive spider bites him… and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist … but the fun isn’t going to last. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn (William Dafoe) administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task… or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end.

The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

Friday, October 19th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton | Virginia Madsen | Max Thieriot | Jasper Polish | Logan Polish | Bruce Dern | Mark Polish | Jon Gries | Tim Blake Nelson | Sal Lopez | J.K. Simmons | Kiersten Warren | Rick Overton | Richard Edson | Elise Eberle
Directors: Michael Polish
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Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he’s an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he’s built and wants to take into space. It’s his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel; the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan - it’s post-9/11, after all. His wife is angry when she finds out their bank is initiating foreclosure. Charlie fears failure and decides, precipitously, to launch. Are twenty-first century American dreams just a sign of insanity? Are those who believe in dreamers only fools?

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tobey Maguire | Kirsten Dunst | James Franco | Thomas Haden Church | Topher Grace | Bryce Dallas Howard | J.K. Simmons | Rosemary Harris | James Cromwell | Theresa Russell | Dylan Baker | Bill Nunn | Bruce Campbell | Cliff Robertson | Elizabeth Banks
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Peter Parker has finally managed to piece together the once-broken parts of his life, maintaining a balance between his relationship with Mary-Jane and his responsibility as Spider-Man. But more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter’s old friend Harry Obsourne has set out for revenge against Peter; taking up the mantle of his late father’s persona as The New Goblin, and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben’s real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman. All hope seems lost when suddenly Peter’s suit turns jet-black and greatly amplifies his powers. But it also begins to greatly amplify the much darker qualities of Peter’s personality that he begins to lose himself to. Peter has to reach deep inside himself to free the compassionate hero he used to be if he is to ever conquer the darkness within and face not only his greatest enemies, but also…himself.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Aaron Eckhart | Maria Bello | Cameron Bright | Adam Brody | Sam Elliott | Katie Holmes | David Koechner | William H. Macy | J.K. Simmons | Robert Duvall | Kim Dickens | Rob Lowe | Todd Louiso | Dennis Miller | Joan Lunden
Directors: Jason Reitman
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Tobacco industry lobbyist Nick Naylor has a seemingly impossible task: promoting cigarette smoking in a time when the health hazards of the activity have become too plain to ignore. Nick, however, revels in his job, using argument and twisted logic to place, as often as not, his clients in the positions of either altruistic do-gooders or victims. Nick’s son Joey needs to understand and respect his dad’s philosophy, and Nick works hard to respond to that need without compromising his lack of values. When a beautiful news reporter betrays Nick’s sexually-achieved trust, his world seems in danger of collapsing. But there’s always one more coffin nail in Nick’s pack.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tobey Maguire | Kirsten Dunst | James Franco | Alfred Molina | Rosemary Harris | J.K. Simmons | Donna Murphy | Daniel Gillies | Dylan Baker | Bill Nunn | Vanessa Ferlito | Aasif Mandvi | Willem Dafoe | Cliff Robertson | Ted Raimi
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) can’t seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spiderman has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn’t want to be Spiderman anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villian with four metal tentacles coming out of him. Peter realizes that only Spiderman can stop him, but of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames Spiderman for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spiderman will have to push himself past his limits if he’s going to survive.

The Mexican (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Julia Roberts | James Gandolfini | J.K. Simmons | Bob Balaban | Sherman Augustus | Michael Cerveris | Gene Hackman | Richard Coca | David Krumholtz | Castulo Guerra | Mayra Serbulo | Salvador Sánchez | Alan Ciangherotti | Melisa Romero
Directors: Gore Verbinski
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Jerry Welbach is given two ultimatums. His mob boss wants him to travel to Mexico to get a priceless antique pistol called “The Mexican” or he will suffer the consequences. The other ultimatum comes from his girlfriend Samantha, who wants him to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures that being alive, although in trouble with his girlfriend is the better alternative so he heads south of the border. Finding the pistol is easy but getting it home is a whole other matter. The pistol supposedly carries a curse - a curse Jerry is given every reason to believe, especially when Samantha is held hostage by the gay hit man Leroy to ensure the safe return of the pistol.