TOP OF THE HEAP (1972)

 

IT'S COMPLICATED (2009)

 

Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Screenplay by: Nancy Meyers
Produced by: Nancy Meyers, Scott Rudin
Starring: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Lake Bell, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan, John Krasinski, Mary Kay Place, Robert Curtis Brown, Rita Wilson, Caitlin FitzGerald, Alexandra Wentworth, James Patrick Stuart, Blanchard Ryan, Michael Rivera, Peter Mackenzie, Rosalie Ward, Jimmy Clabots, Emjay Anthony, Emily Kinney, Nora Dunn, Bruce Altman, Lisa Lynn Masters

120 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, some drug use)

PLOT:
When brought together at a family event, two exes find themselves oddly attracted to each other after ten years of divorce. Although the couple think that this affair will stay in a different state, it brings itself back to their own city and disrupts their personal lives. While the couple still maintain other romances, they cannot help but to continue with their affair.

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OLIVER & COMPANY (1988)

 




















Directed by: George Scribner
Based on the novel "Oliver Twist" by: Charles Dickens
Starring: (voices) Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Bette Midler, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dom DeLuise, Taurean Blacque, Carl Weintraub, Robert Loggia, Natalie Gregory, William Glover, Myhanh Tran, Ruth Pointer, Frank Welker

74 minutes
(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
A homeless kitten named Oliver roams the streets of New York, where he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life.

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CARMEN JONES (1954)

 




















Directed by: Otto Preminger

Based on the novella by: Prosper Merimee
Based on the opera "Carmen" by: Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halevy
Music and lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Starring: Dorothy Dandrudge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Brock Peters, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart, Diahann Carroll

105 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
At an all-black Army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War. Going after him, she succeeds only in getting him into the stockade. While she awaits his release, trouble looms for both of them. 

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INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (1999)

 

Directed by: Martha Coolidge

Based on the biography by: Earl Mills

Screenplay by: Shonda Rimes, Scott Abbott

Starring: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, LaTanya Richardson, Tamara Taylor, Alexis Carrington, William Atherton, D.B. Sweeney, Don Gettinger, Nicholas Hormann, Sharon Brown, Darrian C. Ford, Andre Carthen, Jon Mack, Kerri Randles, Benjamin Brown, Tyrone Wade, Wendi Williams

120 minutes

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

PLOT:

Biopic of the multi-talented African-American singer/dancer/actress Dorothy Dandridge. As a teenager, she was part of the Dandridge Sisters night club where she met her first husband, Harold Nicholas. She had difficulties with intimacy however owing to her brutal treatment at the hands of her mother's female lover, whom they referred to as Auntie. The stress of having a mentally disabled child ends her marriage to Harold and the color barrier in Hollywood makes it difficult for her to find meaningful work. Her big break came with the lead role in Carmen Jones, for which she was nominated for a best actress Oscar. She had a relationship with the film's director, Otto Preminger. Although she had never again was given the opportunity or a role as great, she re-married and continued performing. She died of a prescription drug overdose in 1965.

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BILLY ELLIOT (2000)

 




















Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jamie Draven, Adam Cooper, Jean Heywood, Stuart Wells, Merryn Owen, Nicola Blackwell, Colin Maclachlan, Mike Elliott, Billy Fane, Janine Birkett, Charlie Hardwick, Matthew James Thomas, Stephen Mangan, Patrick Malahide

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

PLOT:
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

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VIRAL (2016)

 




















Directed by: Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
Starring: Sofia Black-D'Elia, Lio Tipton, Travis Tope, Michael Kelly, Colson Baker (Machine Gun Kelly), Linzie Grey, Stoney Westmoreland, John Cothran Jr, Judyann Elder, Philip Labes, Brianne Howey

85 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore)

PLOT:
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.

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