MI VIDA LOCA (1993)

 

Written & Directed By: Allison Anders  Cinematography: Rodrigo Garcia  Editor: Richard Chew, Tracy Granger & Kathryn Himoff

Cast: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Christina Solis, Neilda Lopez, Arthur Esquar, Jesse Borrego, Monica Lutton, Salma Hayek, Eddie Perez, Guy Boyd, Spike Jonze, Jason Lee, Kurt Voss, Nicole Holfcener 

Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.

MONSTER HOUSE (2006)

Directed By: Gil Kenan 
Written By: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab & Paul Pettler 
Story By: Dan Harmon & Rob Schrab 
Cinematography: Xavier Perez Geobet 
Editor: Fabienne Eawley & Adam P. Scott 


Cast: Mitchel Musso, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gylenhaal, Catherine O’Hara, Fred Willard, Jon Heder, Jason Lee, Kevin James, Nick Cannon, Spencer Locke, Kathleen Turner 


13-year-old DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of the street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ's parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive nanny Zee stays with him, he calls his clumsy best friend Chowder to play basketball. But when the ball falls in Nebbercracker's lawn, the old man has a heart attack, and soon they find that the house is a monster. Later the boys rescue the smart Jenny from the house and the trio unsuccessfully tries to convince the babysitter, her boyfriend Bones and two police officers that the haunted house is a monster, but nobody believes them. The teenagers ask their video-game addicted acquaintance Skull how to destroy the house, and they disclose its secret on the Halloween night

HEARTBREAKERS (2001)

Directed By: David Mirkin 
Written By: Robert Dunn, Paul Guay & Stephen Mazur 
Cinematography By: Dean Semler 
Editor: William Steinkamp 


Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman, Nora Dunn, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Jay, Anne Bancroft, Kevin Nealon, Carrie Fisher, Michael Hitchcock, Jeffrey Jones, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Zach Galifianakis 


Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.

STEALING HARVARD (2002)

Directed By: Bruce McCulloch
Written By: Peter Tolan
Story By: Peter Tolan & Martin Hynes
Cinematography By: Ueli Steiger
Editor: Malcolm Campbell

CAST: Jason Lee, Leslie Mann, Megan Mullally, Dennis Farina, Tom Green, John C. McGinely, Tammy Blanchard, Chris Penn, Richard Jenkins, Seymour Cassel, Martin Starr, Bruce McCulloch, Paul Feig, Nick Offerman, Don “The Dragon” Wilson