Michael Rispoli

Michael Rispoli
Total Credits at Criticker: 39 (Actor), 1 (Writer)
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Death to Smoochy
Fired in disgrace, kids show host Randolph Smiley finds himself out on the street, while his replacement Sheldon Mopes, finds himself on the fast track to success with a new hit show as the proud purple rhino Smoochy. But things take a turn for the worst when Sheldon finds out that some of the people that he works with, and some he doesn't know he's working for, are all in it for the money. Meanwhile, Randolph is slowly turning insane with his only thoughts focusing on killing Smoochy and getting back to his life of luxury. (imdb)
Mr. 3000
Mac stars as an over-the-hill ballplayer who learns there's more to the game than individual stats and a Hall-of-Fame plaque.
Snake Eyes
Rick Santoro (Cage), a flamboyant Atlantic City police detective, comes to watch the fight and cash in on the hectic betting action. Suddenly, gunfire cuts down a ringside government official, and 14,000 fans suddenly become 14,000 suspects. What eyewitnesses saw, what a casino-wide spycam network reveals and what a mysterious woman in white knows--all lead to a shattering truth Santoro does not want to believe. (Paramount)
Summer of Sam
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another. (imdb)
The Third Miracle
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life. (imdb)
Two Family House
The captivating and emotionally-charged story of a lovable loser in pursuit of his dream on Staten Island. (Lions Gate Films)
Volcano
Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano pushes to the surface, raining a storm of deadly firebombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned City of Angels in this pulse-pounding action thriller! (Fox)
The Weather Man
Nicholas Cage stars as popular Chicago TV weatherman David Spritz who has a shot at the big time when "Hello America," a national morning show calls him for an audition. At the top of the world professionally, David is approaching disaster on a personal level as rapidly as the weather changes. His painful divorce, his dad's illness, and trouble with his kids have David poised on the knife's edge between stability and calamity. (Paramount Pictures)
Angie
Angie lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y. and dreams of a better life than everyone she knows... (imdb)
While You Were Sleeping
Ticket collecting romantic pretends to be engaged to an unconscious man but can't fool his brother (imdb)
One Last Thing...
One Last Thing is the story of Dylan Jameison (Angarano), a 16 year-old kid from an industrial town in Pennsylvania, who has terminal cancer, and who's living life as fast as he can. When a charitable organization, "United Wish Givers," grants Dylan a last wish, he initially chooses to go fishing with his football hero, Jason O'Malley. But that's not what he really wants. (Magnolia Pictures)
Above the Rim
Story of a promising high school basketball player and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star now working as a security guard and dating his mother. (imdb)
The Juror
When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as "The Teacher" to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty". He threatens to kill her son if she doesn't commit. When the trial is over, he can't let her go... (imdb)
Invincible
Invincible is inspired by the true story of Vince Papale (Wahlberg), a man with nothing to lose who ignore the staggering odds and made his dream come true. (Disney)
Household Saints
The relationships and lives of three generations of Italian-American women are examined, showing the conflicts between old world and American ideas, and marriage and spiritual idealism.
Black Irish
A teenage boy (Angarano) longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father
Scarred City
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way. (imdb)
Yonkers Joe
Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam. (imdb)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garbe into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Kick-Ass
Inspired by his love of comic books, high school student Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to transform himself into a masked crime fighter -- a decision that eventually thrusts the teenager into Internet stardom. Soon, Dave's antics inspire a wave of would-be heroes to don costumes and live out their superhero fantasies.
It Had to Be You
Anna is a teacher who is in the big city to register at a large department store for her approaching wedding. Charlie, a writer, is there for the same reason. It happens that Anna and Charlie meet at the store and strike up a conversation. When they run into each other later at a restaurant, they decide to share a meal. Is the "just friends" routine becoming something else? (imdb)
The Last Godfather
A Mafia boss trains his mentally impaired son as his successor.
Union Square
One of America's original indie filmmakers tells the story of an unexpected reunion between two estranged sisters, one of whom is on the verge of getting married, the other on the verge of a nervous breakdown. (tiff.net)
The Rum Diary
American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there. (imdb)
The Reunion
Sam and Leo Cleary have grown up hating each other, and neither likes their juvenile delinquent kid brother, Douglas, to whom they've only recently been introduced. The sons share the same father, a womanizing drunk, but all have different mothers. Their father died a rich man and when they're brought together by their sister Nina to learn which of them will inherit the old man's fortune, they are handed an unpleasant surprise. (imdb)
Pain & Gain
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. (imdb)
Empire State
A drama centered on two childhood friends who plan to rob an armored car depository, and the NYPD officer who stands in their way. (imdb)
Rob the Mob
A Queens couple who specialize in robbing mafia social clubs stumble upon a score bigger than they could ever imagine, becoming targets of both the mob and the FBI in the process.
Exposed
A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman. (imdb)
Madoff
Madoff (2016) - TV Mini-Series
The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in US history. (imdb)
The Deuce
The Deuce (2017) - TV Series
A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan. (imdb)
Friends and Romans
A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order to finally get some speaking roles. But the theater is the secret hideout of a real-life gangster who fancies himself an actor, and whom the FBI are hunting for the recent murder of a Broadway producer. (imdb)
The Depths
Desperate for a measure of success, wannabe screenwriters Mickey Hansen and Ray Ferguson decide to fully explore the depths of murder and crime within their story only to discover their obsession with their work has made it all too real. (imdb)
Framing John DeLorean
Who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man.
Made in Brooklyn
Four short films form a single story about Brooklyn residents and their hangouts.
Cherry
An Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder becomes a serial bank robber after an addiction to drugs puts him in debt.
Cabin Girl
Follows 24-year-old Ava Robbins, who moves into an isolated cabin, but what seemed as a dream come true soon turns into a living nightmare when Ava's interest in the supernatural triggers a series of weird events.
The Alto Knights
Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate crime families in the mid-20th century. Genovese attempted to assassinate Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob. (imdb)
Nonnas
After losing his beloved mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with actual grandmothers as the chefs.