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?
Labels:
2007,
Comedy,
Jemaine Clement,
Loren Horsley,
Takia Waititi
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.
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