Archive for August, 2008
Jump Out Boys aka Lords Of The Street
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P.S. I Love You
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| Taglines: | 1: His life ended. Now, a new one will begin. 2: Sometimes there’s only one thing left to say. |
| Plot Summary: | Holly Kennedy (Hillary Swank) is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life— a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry’s life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it’s a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly’s 30th birthday in the form of a cake, and to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to tell her to get out and “celebrate herself”. In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way; P.S. I Love You. Holly’s mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry’s letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry’s words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life. |
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Rob Roy
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| Taglines: | 1: Honor made him a man. Courage made him a hero. History made him a Legend |
| Plot Summary: | In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour. |
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Wayne’s World
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| Taglines: | 1: One world. One party. 2: You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll hurl. |
| Plot Summary: | Wayne is still living at home. He has a world class collection of name tags from jobs he’s tried, but he does have his own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire him and his sidekick, Garth, to do their show professionally and Wayne & Garth find that it is no longer the same. Wayne falls for a bass guitarist and uses his and Garth’s Video contacts to help her career along, knowing that Ben Oliver, the sleazy advertising guy who is ruining their show will probably take her away from him if they fail. |
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Oxford Murders, The
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| Plot Summary: | At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols. |
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Bonnie and Clyde
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| Taglines: | 1: “The strangest damned gang you ever heard of. They’re young. They’re in love. They rob banks.” 2: A brilliantly made, groundbreaking film that chronicles the short lives of America’s most infamous criminals. 3: They met in 1930. She was stark naked, yelling at him out the window while he tried to steal her mother’s car. In a matter of minutes they robbed a store, fired a few shots and then stole somebody else’s car. At that point they had not yet been introduced. 4: They’re young… they’re in love… and they kill people. |
| Plot Summary: | A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run. |
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Boogie Nights
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| Taglines: | 1: Everyone has one special thing 2: In 1977, Sex was safe. Pleasure was a business. And Business was booming. 3: The life of a dreamer, the days of a business, and the nights in between. |
| Plot Summary: | Everyone’s born with one special thing, and Eddie Adams uses his humongous “asset” to take the world of film pornography by storm. Things get ugly though when success leads to drugs and ruin. Will Dirk clean up and get back on top? Will Amber see her son? Will Rollergirl ever take off her skates?! |
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Chumscrubber, The
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| Taglines: | 1: Meet Generation Rx |
| Plot Summary: | The Chumscrubber starts out with Troy,a normal teenager who supplies “feel good” pills to everyone in his high school(this way he spreads happiness all around). But when his friend Dean pays him a visit, Dean discovers Troy has hung himself in his bedroom during one of his mother’s pool parties.After the death,three local teens: Billy,Lee,and Crystal, want what’s left of Troy’s stash of pills and they know that Dean is the only one who knows where they are. But when Dean refuses to get the pills, the three teens kidnap Dean’s little brother, until they realize they’ve kidnapped the wrong kid. |
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Batman Returns
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| Taglines: | 1: Returns June 19 2: The Bat, the Cat, the Penguin |
| Plot Summary: | Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max’s secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman. |
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Romantic Englishwoman, The
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| Plot Summary: | What is real and what is fiction? Faced with writer’s block with his novel, Lewis Fielding turns to a film script about a woman finding herself after his wife Elizabeth returns from Baden Baden. She didn’t quite find herself there but had a brief encounter in a lift with a German who says he is a poet. Now the German is in England, gets himself invited to tea where he claims he admires Fielding’s books. Which one does he like the best? “Tom Jones.” Amused at being confused with the other Fielding, the novelist works the German into the plot. |
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