THE PRINCE & ME (2004)

 

Directed by: Martha Coolidge

Starring: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, Miranda Richardson, James Fox, Alberta Watson, John Bourgeois, Zachary Knighton, Stephen O'Reilly, Elisabeth Waterston, Eliza Bennett, Devin Ratray, Clare Preuss, Yaani King, Eddie Irvine, Angelo Tsarouchas, Jacques Tourangeau, Joanne Baron, Stephen Singer, Sarah Manninen, Tony Munch, John Nelles, Claus Bue

111 minutes

(PG - mild language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Paige, a pre-med student and a farm girl from Manitowoc, meets Eddie, a fellow student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves. Paige takes Eddie to her home for the Thanksgiving weekend. Paparazzi find and photograph the couple, and Paige learns that Eddie is truly Crown Prince Edvard. Failing health causes King Haraald to abdicate in favor of Edvard, so Eddie returns to Copenhagen, then Paige follows her heart to Copenhagen, where Edvard warmly welcomes her, takes her to the castle, and introduces her to the royal family. Queen Rosalind first expresses opposition to Paige but later relents; King Haraald soon warms to her; Edvard proposes, Paige accepts, and he gives her a ring. However, Paige recalls her previous dream of going to Doctors Without Borders, so she breaks off and returns to school. Still, though, Edvard shows up at Paige's graduation and suggests an alternate plan.

TRAILER:

APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR (2014)

 




















Directed by: Desiree Akhavan
Starring: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Halley Feiffer, Scott Adsit, Anh Duong, Hooman Majd, Arian Moayed, Aimee Mullins, Justine Cotsonas, Maryann Urbano, Olan Montgomery, Rosalie Lowe, Christopher James Baker, Robyn Rikoon, Ian Unterman, Ryan Fitzsimmons

87 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, drug use)

PLOT:
For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn't easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn't know she's bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can't understand why she doesn't tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother's betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

TRAILER:

LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971)

 




















Directed by: John Hancock
Starring: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, Mariclare Costello, Alan Manson

89 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.

TRAILER:

THE HARD WAY (1991)

 




















Directed by: John Badham
Starring: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Luis Guzman, LL Cool J, Delroy Lindo, Christina Ricci, Mos Def, Kathy Najimy, Michael Badalucco, Lewis Black, Penny Marshall, Mary Mara, Bill Cobbs, Karen Lynn Gorney, John Capodice, Conrad Roberts, Bryant Gumbel

111 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
Nick Lang is a famous Hollywood actor, well known for his action movies. For his next movie, he needs the proper motivation and inspiration for his role. Thus, he teams up with the reluctant New York policeman Lt. John Moss. Not only does he have to put up with Nick, who is laborious and out of touch with realities, but he also has to catch a coldblooded murderer.

TRAILER:

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (2005)

 

Directed by: Jason Reitman

Based on the novel by: Christopher Buckley

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall, Cameron Bright, David Koechner, Marianne Muellerleile, Kim Dickens, Todd Louiso, Dennis Miller, Melora Hardin, Daniel Travis

92 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug references)

PLOT:

The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins arguments to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-title the M.O.D. Squad, a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use of a skull and crossbones on cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.

TRAILER:

SAN ANDREAS (2015)

 




















Directed by: Brad Peyton
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Paul Giamatti, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, Will Yun Lee, Kylie Minogue, Alec Utgoff, Todd Williams, Marissa Neitling, Matt Gerald, Colton Haynes, Arabella Morton, Morgan Griffin, Breanne Hill, Julian Shaw, John Reynolds, Hugh Francis, Brad McMurry, Ben McIvor, Joey Vieira

114 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences, scenes of disaster)

PLOT:
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to save their daughter.

TRAILER:

THE STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN (1961)

 




















Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring: Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamansky, Natalya Arkhangelskaya, Marina Adzhubei, Vyacheslav Borisov, Yuri Brusser, Zhenya Fedchenko, Marina Figner, Aleksandr Ilin, Gena Klyachkovsky, Igor Korovikov, Kolya Kozyryev, Antonina Maksimova, Tatyana Prokhorova, Lyudmila Semyonova, Aleksandr Vitoslavsky, Galina Zhdanova

46 minutes
(NR - adult themes)
Country of origin: Russia

PLOT:
Seven-year-old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.