Posts Tagged ‘friendship’

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Judi Dench | Cate Blanchett | Tom Georgeson | Michael Maloney | Joanna Scanlan | Shaun Parkes | Emma Kennedy | Syreeta Kumar | Andrew Simpson | Philip Davis | Wendy Nottingham | Tameka Empson | Leon Skinner | Bill Nighy | Juno Temple
Directors: Richard Eyre
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Barbara Covett is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart, a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba’s lecturer husband, who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba’s attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven, a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara’s friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara’s cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.

The Notebook (2004)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Ivey | Gena Rowlands | Starletta DuPois | James Garner | Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas | Ed Grady | Renée Amber | Jennifer Echols | Geoffrey Knight | Kevin Connolly | Ryan Gosling | Heather Wahlquist | Rachel McAdams | Andrew Schaff | Matt Shelly
Directors: Nick Cassavetes
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An old man in a nursing home reads a story to an old woman each day. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun. They met one evening at a carnival many years ago. Allie’s parents separate Noah and Allie. They disapprove of Noah’s lack of wealth, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. In a local newspaper, Noah’s picture catches Allie’s eye. He is standing in front of a fully restored, 200 year old home. The article is filled with praise for his accomplishments. Allie’s heart nearly bursts. The last time she saw this house it was a rotted decaying shamble. She stood enfolded in Noah’s arms in the great entryway and listened to his plans to buy and restore this house. Just the way she wanted it. With her love for Noah still alive, the picture pulls at her heart. She has to go back, see if Noah is okay, and tell him about her marriage. They both think the echo deep in their hearts, the one that has lasted all these years, is not shared by the other. The cry they could not stifle. It wasn’t over for me.

Away from Her (2006)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada
Actors: Julie Christie | Gordon Pinsent | Olympia Dukakis | Kristen Thomson | Michael Murphy | Wendy Crewson | Alberta Watson | Grace Lynn Kung | Stacey LaBerge | Lili Francks | Andrew Moodie | Deanna Dezmari | Judy Sinclair | Tom Harvey | Carolyn Heatherington
Directors: Sarah Polley
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Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. Now, in the oncoming twilight of their years, they are forced to face the fact that Fiona’s “forgetfulness” actually is Alzheimer’s Disease. After Fiona wanders away and is found after being lost, they agree she must go into a nursing home. For the first time in the five decades their relationship has spanned, they are forced to undergo a long-time separation since the nursing home has a “no-vistors” policy for the first 30 days of a patient’s stay, so they can adjust to their new surroundings. When Grant visits Fiona after the orientation period, he is devastated to find out that not only can has she seemingly forgotten him, Fiona has transferred her affections to another man. The other man is Aubrey, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home. As the distance between husband and wife grows, Grant must draw upon his love for Fiona to perform an act of self-sacrifice in order to ensure her happiness.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Ferrell | Christina Applegate | Paul Rudd | Steve Carell | David Koechner | Fred Willard | Chris Parnell | Kathryn Hahn | Fred Armisen | Seth Rogen | Paul F. Tompkins | Danny Trejo | Scot Robinson | Ian Roberts | Darcy Donavan
Directors: Adam McKay
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Ron Burgundy (Ferrell) is the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the ’70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first-as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other “female” interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it’s more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons… it’s war.

Anger Management (2003)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Adam Sandler | Jack Nicholson | Marisa Tomei | Luis Guzmán | Jonathan Loughran | Kurt Fuller | Krista Allen | January Jones | John Turturro | Lynne Thigpen | Nancy Walls | Kevin Nealon | Woody Harrelson | Allen Covert | Adrian Ricard
Directors: Peter Segal
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After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men and women. Buddy’s unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. Buddy himself has no inner demons since he acts out at every opportunity and that includes making lewd comments about Dave’s girlfriend Linda and goading Dave into confronting every slight, past or present, head-on. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Could it be that Buddy’s confounding and contradictory treatment is just what the doctor ordered?

American Wedding (2003)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jason Biggs | Seann William Scott | Alyson Hannigan | Eddie Kaye Thomas | Thomas Ian Nicholas | January Jones | Eugene Levy | Molly Cheek | Deborah Rush | Fred Willard | Angela Paton | Eric Allan Kramer | Amanda Swisten | Nikki Schieler Ziering | Lawrence Pressman
Directors: Jesse Dylan
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The group of best friends from their days back at East Great Falls High reunite for the next great sexual adventure in their lives… a wedding with Stifler orchestrating the correlating social event… the bachelor party.

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Jet Li | Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Maggie Cheung | Ziyi Zhang | Daoming Chen | Donnie Yen | Liu Zhong Yuan | Zheng Tia Yong | Yan Qin | Chang Xiao Yang | Zhang Ya Kun | Ma Wen Hua | Jin Ming | Xu Kuang Hua | Wang Shou Xin
Directors: Yimou Zhang
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

Planet Terror (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rose McGowan | Freddy Rodríguez | Josh Brolin | Marley Shelton | Jeff Fahey | Michael Biehn | Rebel Rodriguez | Bruce Willis | Naveen Andrews | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Stacy Ferguson | Nicky Katt | Hung Nguyen | Cecilia Conti | Tommy Nix
Directors: Robert Rodriguez
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After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doctor, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces to survive the night as the so-called “sickos” threaten to take over the whole town and the world.

Office Space (1999)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ron Livingston | Jennifer Aniston | David Herman | Ajay Naidu | Diedrich Bader | Stephen Root | Gary Cole | Richard Riehle | Alexandra Wentworth | Joe Bays | John C. McGinley | Paul Willson | Kinna McInroe | Todd Duffey | Greg Pitts
Directors: Mike Judge
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Peter Gibbons just can’t seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he’s completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech. Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job, just as the company is going through a massive downsizing. However, his new attitude only makes him more valuable in the company’s eyes, and his friends Michael and Samir are fired instead. Together, they scheme to plant a virus inside Initech’s computer system that will pull money into their own account.

Toy Story (1995)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Tim Allen | Don Rickles | Jim Varney | Wallace Shawn | John Ratzenberger | Annie Potts | John Morris | Erik von Detten | Laurie Metcalf | R. Lee Ermey | Sarah Freeman | Penn Jillette | Jack Angel | Spencer Aste
Directors: John Lasseter
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A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named “Woody”. But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy’s family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy’s birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy’s mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy’s new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.