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The Accidental Husband
2008 / Comedy / 90 minutes Director: Griffin Dunne Starring: Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard, Isabella Rossellini When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge. |
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Assassination of a High School President
(aka The Sophomore) 2008 / Comedy/Crime/Mystery / 93 minutes Director: Brett Simon Starring: Mischa Barton, Bruce Willis, Reece Thompson, Kathryn Morris, Michael Rapaport, Luke Grimes, Zoe Kravitz After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal’s office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth’s reputation. But as Bobby gets to know Paul’s girlfriend, Francesca (Mischa Barton), he comes to realize he was wrong about |
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Can’t Stand Losing You
(aka One Train Later) 2012 / Documentary/Concert / 85 minutes Director: Andy Grieve, Lauren Lazin Starring: Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers Based on the acclaimed memoir by guitarist Andy Summers, CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU follows Summers’ journey from the psychedelic 60s music scene playing with The Animals, to chance encounters with drummer Stewart Copeland and vocalist Sting, to the formation of The Police. During the band’s rise and breakup at the height of their popularity, Summers captured history with his candid photographs. Utilizing rare footage and insights, CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU is “a unique exploration of the trio’s history” (National Post) that brings together past and present as the band members reunite, thirty years later, for a massive world tour. |
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Chumscrubber
2005 / Comedy/Drama / 115 minutes Director: Arie Posin Starring: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Carrie-Anne Moss, Filliam Fichtner, Rory Culkin After a friend who sells prescription medication is killed, Dean (Jamie Bell) is confronted by Billy (Justin Chatwin), the high-school drug dealer, who demands he hand over the remaining stash. Dean refuses, causing Billy and his partner to plot to kidnap his younger brother, Charlie (Rory Culkin). However, unaware of what Charlie looks like, they accidentally abduct another boy. When neither parents nor law enforcement believes his story, Dean is forced to go on a rescue mission. |
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Crash
2005 / Comedy/Drama / 112 minutes Director: Paul Haggis Starring: Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle, Thandie Newton, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillippe Writer-director Paul Haggis interweaves several connected stories about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of 9/11. Characters include a district attorney (Brendan Fraser) and his casually prejudiced wife (Sandra Bullock), dating police detectives Graham (Don Cheadle) and Ria (Jennifer Esposito), a victimized Middle Eastern store owner and a wealthy African-American couple (Terrence Dashon Howard, Thandie Newton) humiliated by a racist traffic cop (Matt Dillon). |
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Employee of the Month
2004 / Comedy / 97 minutes Director: Mitch Rouse Starring: Matt Dillon, Christina Applegate, Steve Zahn, Jenna Fischer, Andrea Bendewald When David Walsh (Matt Dillon) wakes up, his life is the picture of perfection: a beautiful fiancee, Sarah (Christina Applegate), and a dream job as a manager of a bank - even his best friend Jack (Steve Zahn), an incompetent con artist, can’t bring him down. That is, until his entire life dissolves into chaos. |
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Even Money
(aka Jumpshot) 2007 / Crime/Drama / 113 minutes Director: Mark Rydell Starring: Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Kelsey Grammer, Tim Roth, Nick Cannon, Carla Gugino Gambling destroys the lives of various people who are either addicted to it or involved in its promotion. Carol (Kim Basinger) hides her addiction from her family, who believe she is writing a novel rather than pulling slots in a casino. Clyde (Forest Whitaker) convinces his brother to shave points in his basketball games, and Murph (Nick Cannon) tries unsuccessfully to keep his girlfriend (Carla Gugino) from finding out he works as a bookie. |
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Find Me Guilty
2006 / Crime/Comedy / 125 minutes Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Alex Rocco, Annabella Sciorra, Ron Silver In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history. |
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First Snow
2006 / Thriller / 121 minutes Director: Mark Fergus Starring: Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner, J.K. Simmons, Rick Gonzalez A man’s life spins out of control after psychic tells him his days are numbered. After his car breaks down in a desolate town, a slick salesman, Jimmy Starks (Pearce), visits a fortune teller (Simmons) to kill some time. But the psychic’s ominous reading sends Jimmy’s life into a tailspin when he learns that his life will soon end, but he is safe at least, until the first snow of the season. Now, with his ultimate fate looming nearer, Jimmy becomes obsessed with revisiting his past in hopes of changing his destiny before it’s too late. |
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Gray Matters
2007 / Comedy / 96 minutes Director: Sue Kramer Starring: Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Cavanagh, Rachel Shelley, Alan Cumming They finish each other’s sentences, dance like Fred and Ginger, and share the same downtown loft--the perfect couple? Not exactly. Gray and Sam, are a sister and brother so compatible and inseparable that people actually assume they are dating. Mortified, they both agree they must branch out and start searching for love. He’ll look for a guy for her and she’ll look for a gal for him. |
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Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012 / Crime Drama / 90 minutes Director: Michael Winnick Starring: Helena Mattsson, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Dane Cook, Powers Boothe After a priceless Apache war mask is stolen from an Indian casino, a host of criminals descends on the small town in hope of claiming the stolen treasure first. |
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Haven
2006 / Crime/Thriller / 115 minutes Director: Frank E. Flowers Starring: Orlando Bloom, Zoe Saldana, Bill Paxton, Agnes Bruckner, Anthony Mackie A shady businessman (Bill Paxton) and his associate flee to the Cayman Islands, setting off a chain reaction that has enormous and unforeseeable implications: A Brit’s (Orlando Bloom) love affair ends badly, and a police lieutenant (Stephen Dillane) investigates a crime. |
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The Hoax
2006 / Comedy/Drama / 116 minutes Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Julie Delpy, Marcia Gay Harde, Hope Davis In the early 1970s, author Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), with accomplice Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina), attempts to pull off one of the greatest media scams of the century. He writes a fake biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, claiming that Hughes authorized it, and sells the book to publishing giant McGraw-Hill. |
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Hostage
2005 / Action/Crime/Drama / 113 minutes Director: Florent-Emilio Siri Starring: Bruce Willis, Ben Foster, Michelle Horn, Kevin Pollak, Jonathan Tucker, Rumor Willis After one of his hostage negotiations goes awry, LAPD officer Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) quits the force and relocates his family to the suburbs. As the sheriff in a sleepy town, Jeff thinks he has escaped the hustle and bustle -- until an elaborate local heist puts him back in the center of a hostage situation. When his own family is pulled into the fray, Jeff is forced to decide whether he should try to help the hostages or follow the criminals' hands-off mandate to protect his own family. |
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House of D
2004 / Comedy/Drama / 97 minutes Director: David Duchovny Starring: Robin Williams, David Duchovny, Anton Yelchin, Tea Leoni, Frank Langella In the present, artist Tom Warshaw (David Duchovny) recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old (Anton Yelchin) growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass (Robin Williams), a mentally disabled man. With Tom’s mother (Téa Leoni) battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa (Zelda Williams), Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically. |
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The Illusionist
2006 / Drama/Mystery/Romance / 110 minutes Director: Neil Burger Starring: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eddie Marsan, Eleanor Tomlinson A master magician named Eisenheim (Edward Norton) vies with Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell) of Vienna for the hand of noblewoman Sophie (Jessica Biel), the girl he once loved. He brings his considerable powers to bear on the prince, as she is about to be named royal fiancee. However, a police inspector named Uhl (Paul Giamatti) tries to warn Eisenheim that he is playing a very dangerous game. |
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Love Song for Bobby Long
2004 / Drama / 119 minutes Director: Shainee Gabel Starring: Scarlett Johansson, John Travolta, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger Bobby Long (John Travolta), a former professor turned full-time drunkard, and Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), Long’s former teaching assistant, spend their days drinking and swapping literary quotations in a New Orleans house owned by a deceased lounge singer. When the singer’s daughter, Pursy (Scarlett Johansson), shows up to reclaim her mother’s property, Bobby and Lawson try to grift their way into keeping the home while attempting to convince the highschool dropout to pursue an education. |
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The Maiden Heist
(aka Lonely Maiden) 2009 / Comedy/Crime / 90 minutes Director: Peter Hewitt Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, Marcia Gay Harden After learning that a whole exhibit has been sold to a foreign institution, three museum guards (Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy) hatch a bold plan to steal their favorite works of art. |
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The Matador
2005 / Comedy/Crime/Drama / 97 minutes Director: Richard Shepard Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinner, Hope Davis, Adam Scott, Philip Baker, Portia Dawson, Dylan Baker Salesman Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is working through his shaky marriage and the untimely death of his child when he bumps into the similarly dispirited Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) in a Mexican dive bar. After they develop an unusual but meaningful bond, the brash Julian reveals that he is a contract killer, which doesn’t bother Danny. Months later, a desperate Julian shows up at Danny’s home and asks for a lifechanging favor that truly puts their friendship to the test. |
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Nothing But the Truth
2008 / Thriller/Mystery/Drama / 108 minutes Director: Rod Lurie Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, David Schwimmer, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle When reporter Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor (Matt Dillon) and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda) argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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Painted Veil
2006 / Romance/Drama / 128 minutes Director: John Curran Starring: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Live Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg Caught in an affair with another man (Liev Schreiber), a scientist's callow wife (Naomi Watts) accompanies her husband (Edward Norton) to mainland China in the 1920s to fight a cholera epidemic. There, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery that leads to an unexpected chance at redemption. |
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Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015 / Drama/Biography / 110 minutes Director: Bob Yari Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Minka Kelly, Adrian Sparks, Joely Richardson In 1959, a young Miami journalist (Giovanni Ribisi) travels to Havana to meet writer Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks) during the Cuban Revolution. |
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The Perfect Holiday
2007 / Comedy/Romance/Family / 96 minutes Director: Lance Rivera Starring: Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, Charlie Murphy, Terrence Howard Nancy (Gabrielle Union), a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. Sensing her sadness, Nancy’s youngest daughter, Emily (Khail Bryant), has a plan to make her mom happy again. She asks Benjamin (Morris Chestnut), a department-store Santa Claus, to pay Nancy a compliment. And Benjamin, who is also a struggling songwriter, knows exactly the right words to say. |
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Possession
(aka Addicted) 2008 / Thriller / 86 minutes Director: Joel Bergvall & Simon Sandquist Starring: Lee Pace, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Landes, Tuva Novotny, William Davis Jess (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Ryan (Michael Landes) seem to have a perfect life, marred only by the presence of Ryan's thuggish brother, Roman (Lee Pace). After the two brothers are involved in a terrible car crash, Roman awakes from his coma first and claims to be Ryan. Though she is skeptical at first, Jess begins to believe that her husband really is trapped in his brother's body. |
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Resurrecting the Champ
2007 / Sports/Drama / 112 minutes Director: Rod Lurie Starring: Josh Hartnett, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Teri Hatcher, Rachel Nichols, Alan Alda, David Paymer, Peter Coyote Things are not going well for Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett). Erik, a sports reporter, is stuck covering the bush leagues because his editor (Alan Alda) thinks he cannot cut it as writer. On top of that, his marriage is disintegrating. One night, he rescues a homeless man (Samuel L. Jackson) and discovers the guy is Battling Bob Satterfield, a former boxer rumored to be dead. Erik sees a chance to give his career a much-needed boost by writing the athlete’s story. |
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Shortcut to Happiness
2003 / Comedy/Fantasy/Drama / 105 minutes Director: Alec Baldwin Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd, Jason Patrick, John Savage, Amy Poehler Bez Stone (Alec Baldwin) is in the midst of the worst day of his life: His manuscript has been rejected by Daniel Webster (Anthony Hopkins) ; he has lost his job, and he’s broke. After accidentally killing an elderly woman with his typewriter, Bez makes a desperate bargain with a sexy devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) for 10 years of success. Then things really go to hell. |
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Thumbsucker
2005 / Comedy/Drama / 96 minutes Director: Mike Mills Starring: Keanu Reeves, Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Kelli Garner, Vincent D’Onofrio, Vince Vaughn, Benjamin Bratt In the strange land known as suburbia, introverted adolescent Justin (Lou Pucci) spends the majority of his life pining after his attractive classmate Rebecca (Kelli Garner) and nervously sucking his thumb when he’s alone. Oddly, after receiving some New Age advice from his spacey orthodontist, Perry (Keanu Reeves) -- and a helpful dose of prescription pills -- Justin becomes the outspoken star of his school’s debate club. His extroverted persona, however, causes an all-new set of problems. |
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What Doesn’t Kill You
2008 / Action/Crime/Drama / 100 minutes Director: Brian Goodman Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Brian Goodman, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg Friends since childhood, Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) do whatever it takes to survive in their hardscrabble South Boston neighborhood. Crime has always been part of their lives, and now they find themselves on the payroll of a hoodlum named Pat Kelly (Brian Goodman). While Brian sinks deeper into the criminal cesspool, Paulie plans one last heist, one that he hopes can pull them both out of their dead-end lives. |
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Where the Red Fern Grows
2003 / Drama/Family / 86 minutes Director: Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury Starring: Dave Matthews, Joseph Ashton, Ned Beatty, Dabney Coleman, Kris Kristofferson, Mac Davis After saving for two years, a 12-year-old boy (Joseph Ashton) buys two puppies and trains them to be hunting dogs. |
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Winter Passing
2005 / Comedy/Drama / 98 minutes Director: Adam Rapp Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Ed Harris, Amelia Warner, Amy Madigan Tired of struggling to be an actress, Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) leaves New York and returns to her Michigan home. She has a cash advance from a book editor who wants to publish the love letters of Reese’s parents. Reese has a strained relationship with her dad, a washed-up novelist, but she enters the household he shares with an ex-student and a shy friend who takes care of domestic matters. |