15 Aug
The patriarch (Jeff Daniels) of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linney’s character begins […]
Posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, USA by: admin
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06 May
Confetti - a mockumentary which follows three couples, competing for the title of Most Original Wedding of the Year: The Musical Wedding, The Tennis Wedding and the Naturist Wedding. Starring Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Olivia Coleman, Steven Mangan, Robert Webb, Mark Heap, Felicity Montagu and Jimmy Carr as Antoni. A hilarious output of British Comedy.
Posted in 2006, Comedy, Romance, UK by: admin
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06 May
Chris Wilton is a former tennis pro, looking to find work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a well-off pretty boy. Tom’s sister Chloe falls in love with Chris but Chris has his eyes on Tom’s fiancée, the luscious Nola. Both Chris and Nola know it’s wrong but what could be more right than […]
Posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, Luxembourg, Thriller, UK by: admin
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05 May
Sarah Huttington, recently engaged, goes home to Pasadena with fiancé Jeff for a family wedding. She hears a rumor that “The Graduate” (book and movie) are based on her family. Did her grandmother and her mom have flings with the same man just before her parents married? Is she a strange man’s child; does this […]
Posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, Romance, USA by: admin
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05 May
In just two summer weeks, a British tennis player who was ranked 119th in the world (Bettany), and generally considered to be on his last legs as a professional player, gets his one last chance to win both the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships on the grassy courts of Wimbledon… and the heart of the rising […]
Posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, France, Romance, Sport, UK by: admin
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15 Mar
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They’re all rather […]
Posted in 2002, Drama, France, Netherlands, USA by: admin
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15 Mar
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just […]
Posted in 1987, Biography, China, Drama, France, History, Italy, UK by: admin
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14 Feb
Tom Hanks is about to marry Tawny Kitaen. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money and he gets a cut of the crap games on the catholic school bus he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties with an expensive hotel, booze, […]
Posted in 1984, Comedy, USA by: admin
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12 Feb
Alex, Jane, and Suki are three bored New England women left to live without their husbands. They innocently conjure up a mystery man, who could satisfy all their desires. A new man moves into town - and he fits the bill perfectly. Daryl Van Horne is filthy rich and wild eyed, and within days the […]
Posted in 1987, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, USA by: admin
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04 Feb
Explores the question of whether it’s ever too late to say ‘I love you’. The story revolves around Lucy Kelson (Bullock), a brilliant but neurotic attorney, and her client (Grant), who is “charming, irresponsible and fabulously wealthy.” Witt plays a young Harvard graduate who also represents Grant’s character.
Posted in 2002, Australia, Comedy, Romance, USA by: admin
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