HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008)

 

Directed by: Mike Leigh

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Sinead Matthews, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Kate O'Flynn, Joseph Kloska, Samuel Roukin, Caroline Martin, Oliver Maltman, Nonso Anozie, Karina Fernandez

118 minutes

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

PLOT:

Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank, funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flat mates with her long-time friend Zoe, she's close to one sister and not so close to another. In this slice-of-life story, she takes driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly wound instructor; takes classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard; encounters a tramp in the night; and sorts out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Does her open attitude put her at risk of misunderstanding or worse? What is the root of happiness?

TRAILER:

FAMILY VIEWING (1987)

 




















Directed by: Atom Egoyan
Starring: David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinee Khanjian, Selma Keklikian, Jeanne Sabourin, Rose Sarkisyan, Vasag Baghboudarian, David MacKay, Hrant Alianak, John Shafer, Garfield Andrews, Edwin Stephenson, Aino Pirskanen, Souren Chekijian, Johnnie Eisen, John Pellatt

86 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, sexual situations, some nudity)

PLOT:
Van's father, Stan, is fond of video, always taping scenes of daily family life. But he does not take care of Van's grandmother, Armen. Although he could afford having her at home, she is spending her days watching TV in an old people's home. Van often visits her. He meets Aline, whose mother is in the next bed. Van wants to get his grandma out of the facility. Aline will help. Actually, Van, whose mother left years ago, is looking for a real family life.

TRAILER:

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987)

 




















Directed by: Gary Goddard
Based on the toyline by: Mattel
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Jon Cypher, Chelsea Field, Billy Barty, Courteney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeill, Meg Foster, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles, Barry Livingston, Anthony De Longis, Tony Carroll, Pons Maar, Robert Towers, Peter Brooks, Richard Szponder

106 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Greyskull.

TRAILER:

GROOVE (2000)

 

Directed by: Greg Harrison

Starring: Chris Ferreira, Mackenzie Firgens, Lola Glaudini, Denny Kirkwood, Hamish Linklater, Steve Van Wormer, Rachel True, Angelo Spizzirri, Vincent Riverside, Dmitri Ponce, Ari Gold, Aaron Langridge, Wendy Turner-Low, Bradley K. Ross, DJ Polywog, DJ Forest Green, Wade Randolph Hampton, Monty Luke, Brian Behlendorf, John Digweed, Bing Ching, Elizabeth Sun, Nick Offerman

86 minutes

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

PLOT:

On Friday, a single e-mail blips through the Internet. The word spreads quickly through the city: the party is on. Saturday evening, two hundred people secretly converge at an abandoned San Francisco warehouse. As the sun sets the records start spinning, setting into motion a night that no one will forget. Meet David Turner, a Midwest transplant. He moved to the city with aspirations of starting his career as a writer, but his hopes have stalled. After four years he finds himself writing instruction manuals for a computer company. Overworked and with little social life, David spends his time alone, his dream of being a novelist a distant memory. That night, his brother Colin Turner invites him to GROOVE. Colin has a surprise for his new girlfriend, young raver sprite Harmony Stitts, and he wants David there. David reluctantly agrees and is shocked when Colin proposes to Harmony at the party. In the ensuing celebration, they take Ecstasy and suddenly, David is thrust into the world of the San Francisco underground. In a chance encounter, David meets longtime New York raver Leyla Heydel and makes an unlikely connection. Through their budding relationship, they're reminded of a sense of possibility and freedom in their lives they had all but forgotten. But as the party rages on, Colin reveals a deep secret, one that threatens to destroy his relationship with Harmony. When the sun rises the party disappears, and the chaos of the last twelve hours changes the two brothers forever.

TRAILER:

BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK (1937)

 




















Directed by: Louis King
Based on characters created by: Herman C. McNeile
Starring: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, J. Carrol Naish, Helen Freeman, Zeffie Tilbury, John Sutton, Phyllis Barry, Rita Page, John Rogers, Otto Fries, Kay Deslys, Frank Baker, Forrester Harvey, Colin Kenny

64 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
THE girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of his who seeks revenge. But, Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen at once follow his trail.

ACTUAL MOVIE:

BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)

 




















Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Based on the article "Ten Feet Tall" by: Berton Roueche
Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon, Russell Quick, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton

95 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence, drug content)

PLOT:
A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a miracle drug that begins to affect his sanity and his behavior towards his strained family.

TRAILER:

McHALE'S NAVY (1997)

 

Directed by: Bryan Spicer

Based on the television series created by: Edward Montagne

Starring: Tom Arnold, Tim Curry, Ernest Borgnine, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing, David Alan Grier, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Brian Haley, Danton Stone, Henry Cho, Tommy Chong

108 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence)

PLOT:

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladakov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladakov out of business.

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