Sunday, May 13, 2018

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.

PIECES OF APRIL (2001)



Written & Directed By: Peter Hedges 
Cinematography By: Tami Reiker 
Editor: Mark Livolsi 


Cast: Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Isiah Whitlock Jr., Alice Drummond, Adrian Martinez 

 In a very poor zone of New York, April Burns and her boyfriend, the Afro-American Bobby, are preparing to receive April's family for thanksgiving dinner. While Bobby tries to borrow a suit for himself, April realizes that her stove is broken. She tries desperately to find a neighbor that can let her cook the turkey, since she does not want to fail (again) with her family. Meanwhile, in a suburb of Pennsylvania, her dysfunctional family is preparing to travel to New York. While driving, the relationship between the Burns and their black-sheep April is disclosed through the conversations between her father Jim, her resented mother Joy, her brother, her sister and her grandmother.

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1985)



Directed By: Alan Metter 
Written By: Amy Spies 
Cinematography By: Thomas E. Ackerman 
Editor: Donald Rawlins & Lorenzo DeStefano 


Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Shannen Doherty, Jonathan Silverman, Ed Lauter, Biff Yaeger, Ian Giatti, Holly Gagnier 


Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.

Friday, May 4, 2018

SUPER TROOPERS 2 (2018)



Directed By: Jay Chandrasekhar 
Written By: Broken Lizard (Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske) 
Cinematography By: Joe Collins 
Editor: Spencer Houck 
Original Music By: Eagles Of Death Metal 

Cast: Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox, Rob Lowe, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lynda Carter, Marisa Coughlin, Tyler LaBine, Hayes MacArthur, Will Sasso, Seann William Scott, Clifton Collins Jr., Damon Wayans Jr., Bruce McCulloch, Jim Gaffigan 


When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.

EAGLE VS. SHARK (2007)



Written & Directed By: Takia Waititi 
Story By: Loren Horsley 
Cinematography By: Adam Clark 
Editor: Jonno Woodford-Robinson 


Cast: Jemaine Clement, Loren Horsley, Joel Tobeck, Brian Sergent, Takia Waititi 

In Wellington, Lily is a wallflower, inexplicably attracted to Jerrod, a loser. He's nursing a decade-long grudge against someone who teased him in high school; she's just out of a job. She goes home with him to a seacoast town where he intends to have it out with his nemesis; she meets his father, his daughter from a one-night stand, and other family members - and there's the memory of his talented (and dead) brother. Jerrod treats Lily badly, invents a relationship with a women he had a crush on years before, and gears up for his fight. Will she finally have enough and go home?

HEAVY WEIGHTS (1995)



Directed By: Steven Brill 
Written By: Judd Apatow & Steven Brill 
Cinematography By: Victor Hammer 
Editor: C. Timothy O’Meara 


Cast: Aaron Schwartz, Ben Stiller, Tom McGowan, Shaun Weiss, Kenan Thompson, Paul Feig, Tom Hodges, Leah Lail, Allen Covert, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Jeffrey Tambor, Tim Blake Nelson, David Bowe 


11-year-old Gerald "Gerry" Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and he's overweight. Gerry's parents Maury and Mrs. Garner decide to send Gerry to Camp Hope, a camp for overweight boys. The camp is owned by kindly Harvey Bushkin and his equally kind wife Alice Bushkin. When the Bushkins file for bankruptcy the camp has to be sold, it is bought by a wacko named Tony Perkis. Tony plans to force the campers to lose as much weight as they can, and he also intends to document the marathon shedding of weight and use it for an infomercial for his slenderizing program. In the eyes of the campers, Tony has made Camp Hope a living hell. As Gerry and counselor Pat Finley lead the efforts to overthrow Tony, the campers prepare for the Apache Relay against arch rival Camp MVP. The Apache Relay is a kind of race in which Camp Hope has never defeated Camp MVP before.

BIG BUSINESS (1988)



Directed By: Jim Abrahams 
Written By: Dori Pierson & Marc Rubel 
Cinematography By: Dean Cundey 
Editor: Harry Keramidas 


Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Barry Primus, Michael Gross, Mary Gross, Seth Green, Deborah Rush, Joe Grifasi, John Vickery, J.C. Quinn, Patricia Gaul 


In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths following a big business deal to close down the Jupiter Hollow factory.