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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona RyderA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.Daniel Day-Lewis, Wynona Rider, Michele Pfeifer - saw
on cable TV. Pfeifer's hair looked frizzy.
DATE: 2001-03-04 - DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsRichard GriffithsFrances de la TourClive MerrisonAn unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.Better than rating of ** on Comcast. A unique take on a school film.
DATE: 2008-02-28 - DirectorAbel FerraraStarsChristopher WalkenChris PennAnnabella SciorraAfter the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.Interesting character study of 3 hoodlum brothers. The youngest, who is sympathetic to union organizers, is murdered. The other brothers want revenge. Christopher Walkens is type cast as one of the older brothers; the other older brother is clinically insane.
DATE: 2008-04-10 - DirectorSally PotterStarsChristina RicciCate BlanchettOleg YankovskiyA young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.A young Jewish girl (Christina Ricci) traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman in France after being raised in England by Christians. Very choppy. Ricci plays her role like Wednesday Addams. Cate Blanchett is terrific. Johnny Depp and John Turturro are very good.
DATE: 2008-07-29 - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonGeorges AdetIn czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.Woody Allen satire on philosophy. With Diane Keaton.
DATE: 2008-08-02 - DirectorEdward NortonStarsBen StillerEdward NortonJenna ElfmanTwo friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.Young Rabi (Ben Stiller), Priest (Edward Norton) and girl friend (Jenna Elfman) in romantic comedy.
DATE: 2009-02-16 - DirectorSarah KernochanStarsKirsten DunstLynn RedgraveGaby HoffmannIn the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.(Also known as "All I Wanna Do!") Miss Goddard's school for girls is broke and the trustees decide to merge it with a boys school. The girls rebel. Much better than one would expect. Lynn Redgrave is the head mistress.
DATE: 2009-02-16 - DirectorRod LurieStarsSamuel L. JacksonJosh HartnettKathryn MorrisUp-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.Samuel L. Jackson as a derilict former heavyweight contender.
DATE: 2009-02-24 - DirectorCherie NowlanStarsBrenda BlethynKhan ChittendenEmma BoothThe shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.AKA "Introducing the Dwights." Australian couple efforts to resurrect careers (female comic, male singer) after children are grown.
DATE: 2009-03-04 - DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsBilly Bob ThorntonJon HederJacinda BarrettA young guy short on luck enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when it turns out his teacher has the same agenda.Secret class led by Billy Bob Thornton.
DATE: 2009-03-09 - DirectorJames FoleyStarsEdward BurnsDustin HoffmanRachel WeiszJake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss and his enforcer.Dustin Hoffman is big cheese crook in this latest con game movie. Somewhat predictable once you've seen "The Sting" and "The Grifters." Roger Ebert contrasts it unfavorably with David Mamet's "House of Games," which also told a story of cons within cons.
Head con man Jake Vig played by Ed Burns; Lily played by Rachel Weisz. Paul Giamatti plays one of Jake's team. Also has Andy Garcia.
DATE: 2009-03-13 - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán HindsA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Based on Upton Sinclair novel, "Oil." Very dramatic but no good explanation of the transformation of the Danjiel Day-Lewis character from seemingly nice guy and father to megalomaniac drunk murderer.
DATE: 2009-03-25 - DirectorZach BraffStarsZach BraffPeter SarsgaardNatalie PortmanA quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) somewhat estranged from his family and on tons of antidepressants goes home for the first time in years to attend his mother's funeral. He meets Samantha (Natalie Portman) in a neurologist's office. Moves slowly. Amount of medications and abrupt withdrawal while also consuming recreational drugs seems non-realistic.
DATE: 2009-04-03 - DirectorNiall JohnsonStarsRowan AtkinsonKristin Scott ThomasMaggie SmithA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.Comedy about insane housekeeper (Maggie Smith) who kills people upsetting her daughter's (Kristin Scott Thomas) marital happiness. Kristin Scott Thomas was excellent! Her husband, the nerdy, absent-minded vicar, was less successfully portrayed by Rowan Atkinson.
DATE: 2009-04-06 - DirectorBill ForsythStarsJohn Gordon SinclairDee HepburnJake D'ArcyGregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.Scottish gangling awkward boy interested in girl who beats him out of a job on the soccer team.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsMeryl StreepKevin BaconDavid StrathairnRafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.Meryl Streep in an action movie. Not much but kept my interest.
DATE: 2009-07-10 - DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepPierce BrosnanAmanda SeyfriedThe story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsFreddie HighmoreKeri RussellJonathan Rhys MeyersA musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.Orphan who is musical prodigy searching for his parents.
DATE: 2009-07-22 - DirectorHugh WilsonStarsGoldie HawnBette MidlerDiane KeatonReunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton in mediocre comedy taking revenge on husbands. 1996.
DATE: 2009-08-16 - DirectorEd HarrisStarsEd HarrisViggo MortensenRenée ZellwegerTwo friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.Ed Harris (Virgil Cole) must have wanted to be in a Western.He took part in adapting the screenplay from a novel, produced, directed and starred as an itinerant lawman for hire. Viggo Mortensen is outstanding as Virgil's friend and sidekick, Everett Hitch Also has Jeremy Irons and ubiquitous Renee Zellweger looking a bit older and playing a woman who is good except for her penchant to lay "with the top stallion." Good story.
DATE: 2009-08-16 - DirectorGriffin DunneStarsSandra BullockNicole KidmanStockard ChanningTwo witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman)learn the uses of practical magic. But the invocation of the Owens' sorcery also carries a price--some call it a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest play witch aunts. Aidan Quinn is romantic interest. Kidman shows her wide range of facial expresios.
DATE: 2009-08-23 - DirectorMichael AptedStarsIoan GruffuddAlbert FinneyMichael GambonThe idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.Story of British Abolitionist William Wilberforce. Includes role of person who wrote Amazing Grace.
DATE: 2009-09-10 - DirectorBrian RobbinsStarsEddie MurphyElizabeth BanksGabrielle UnionA crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsMatthew McConaugheyKate HudsonDonald SutherlandA new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure -- and their estranged romance.Matthew McConaughey as treasure seeking beach bum. Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland as rich British old guy Nigel Honeycutt. Little Alexis Dziena (8 July 1984, born in NYC) very good as Gemma Honeycutt. I thought she was little Mila Kunis (14 August 1983, born in Ukraine) of TV's "That 70's Show" and superior romantic comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" released the same year, 2008.
Started good but by end seemed like they had cut some scenes needed to clarify scenes left in and got just too ridiculous.
DATE: 2009-10-04 - DirectorDavid FrankelStarsOwen WilsonJennifer AnistonEric DaneA family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson. Autobiography of columnist John Grogan who often wrote about his dog, Marley, focused on the life of a Labpuppy he got as a pet for his wife.
DATE: 2009-10-11