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.

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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.

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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.

RUDE BOY (1980)

 




















Directed by: Jack Hazan, David Mingay
Starring: Ray Gange, The Clash (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Topper Headon), Dave Armstrong, Barry Baker, Elsie Barnes, Terry Barry, Reg Bazell, Lutz Becker, Stephen Behan, Graham Brown, Lizard Brown, Colin Bucksey, Caroline Coon, Cathy Crawford, John Daly, Hicky Etienne, Plaxy Exton, Tig Exton, Ian Galland, Ben Gaze, Boss Goodman, John Goodridge, Inch Gordon, Willy Graham, Johnny Green, Sarah Hall, Vic Hardwick, Jerry Healey, Dave Johnson, Kenny Joseph, Tony Martin, David McDonald, Patrick McDonnell, Terry McQuade, Roy Menuir, Berry Myers, Tommy O'Reilly, Lee Parker, Julia Phelps, Clare Pollock, Jimmy Pursey, Howard Rainey, Colin Richards, Paul Simonon, Charlotte Smith, Tony Smith, Alan Stanleye, Ken Tillock, Dave Wakefield, John Woods, John Yates, Elizabeth Young

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

PLOT:
A young British punk and roadie for The Clash navigates life in socially torn 1970s England.

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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1999)

 

Directed by: Stephan Elliott

Based on the novel by: Marc Behm

Starring: Ashley Judd, Ewan McGregor, Patrick Bergin, k.d. lang, Jason Priestley, Genevieve Bujold, Steven McCarthy, Vlasta Vrana, David Nerman, Jeanine Thierault, Don Jordan, Anne-Marie Brown, Kaitlin Brown

110 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

British Consulate investigator Det. Stephen Wilson, a.k.a. the Eye, comes across a disturbed lady serial-killer while on an otherwise mundane assignment. Already a bit psychologically fragile from his wife's abrupt removal of herself and their daughter from his life (with the lingering memory of his daughter haunting him like a manifest ghost), his psychosis as a displaced dad dovetails with the femme fatale's psychosis as an abandoned daughter (crying "Merry Christmas, Daddy" over her expired victims). A bond forms, or, rather, an obsession, as the Eye abandons his job to secretively stalk this mysterious woman full-time as she visits many major U.S. cities under various names, leaving numerous victims.

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THE POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER-MURDERING MOM (1993)

 




















Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Holly Hunter, Beau Bridges, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth Ruscio, Gregg Henry, Matt Frewer, Eddie Jones, Frankie Ingrassia, Gary Grubbs, Jack Kehler, Frederick Koehler, Megan Berwick, O'Neal Compton, Claire Malis-Callaway, Steve Eastin, Katie Layman, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Schiff, Andy Richter

99 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Wanda Holloway tries to hire a hitman (through her ex's brother) to kill either or both a cheerleader and her mother. With the intended victims out of the way, Wanda's daughter gets the chance to become a cheerleader. When the media get hold of the story, Wanda's trial turns into a circus.

THE INCREDIBLES (2004)

 




















Directed by: Brad Bird
Starring: (voices) Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Elizabeth Pena, Eli Fucile, Maeve Andrews, Teddy Newton, Brad Bird, Jean Sincere, Bud Luckey, Wallace Shawn, Lou Romano, Michael Bird, Dominique Louis, Bret Parker, Kimberly Adair Clark, John Ratzenberger

115 minutes
(PG - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.

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