2024-09-24
A pint-size con artist (Alisan Porter) worms her way into the heart of a cynical lawyer (Kelly Lynch). Bill: James Belushi. Walker: John Getz. Oxbar: Fred Dalton Thompson. Albert: Branscombe Richmond. Written and directed by John Hughes.
Tyler Perry wrote and stars in this lively mix of domestic drama, romance and blistering comedy. When her rich husband divorces her, a woman tries to piece together her life with help from her sassy, gun-toting granny (Perry, in drag). Perry also plays two other characters and based the script on his stage play.
Twenty-two-year-old slacker Scott Pilgrim meets Ramona Flowers, the girl of his dreams, and learns that in order to win her heart he'll have to defeat her seven evil exes in a series of video-game-styled battles.
Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" gets a face-lift in this amusing adaptation set in a Seattle high school, where popular Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) is forbidden to date until her older sister Katarina (Julia Stiles) finds a beau. This doesn't please some of the boys at school, who decide to bribe a student to go out with Katarina. Heath Ledger, Larry Miller.
A pre-Spartacus prequel about life in the House of Batiatus. In the opener, a younger Batiatus is placed in command of his father's gladiator-training school, which leads him to use one of the most accomplished fighters to curry favor with a nobleman whom he hopes will finance the construction of a new arena.
Failed actor Henry Pollard returns to work at Party Down catering. He meets his fellow employees, led by his old coworker Ron, a clean-living team leader with big dreams.
At a college conservatives event, students aim to give the Party Down team advice on success. As the event goes on, it turns out the students may not be so bright.
A Montreal DJ pines for a lost love as a single mother in 1960s Paris struggles to raise a son with Down syndrome in this poignant tale of magical realism.
A man reeling from the disappearance of his younger brother begins a relationship with a bipolar woman. The two damaged souls try to overcome their pain together in this moving romantic drama.
A socially awkward home-schooled kid forces his way into public-school against his suffocating but loving mother's wishes.
A child, missing her best friend, is consoled by her aunt, who tells her the story of a little girl befriended by an enchanted reindeer.
(Nelly and Simon: Mission Yeti) 1956. Nelly, novice private eye, and Simon, research scientist, cross the Himalayas to prove the existence of the Yeti.
Despite literally having feet of clay, a bumbling inventor and his silent canine best friend stand up to a menacing, marauding beast laying waste to the vegetable patches in their English village. A giddy stop-motion animation gem that continues the sublimely marvelous misadventures of Nick Park's lovable duo. Park co-directed with Steve Box, and together they co-wrote the script with Bob Baker an
An ambitious teen (Jared Abrahamson) tries to overcome his tumultuous home life with a mentally unstable mother (Kim Delaney) and fulfill his dream of attending Harvard. In order to keep his education plans on track, he attempts to find a family who will take him in so he can stay in a certain school district. Based on a true story. Directed by Mark Jean.
Musical numbers and romance collide in this lighthearted comedy. Westernized dot-com millionaire Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna) is pressured by his traditional Indian family to marry an Indian woman, so Rahul hires an exotic escort to pose as his fiancée. Deepa Mehta wrote and directed. Lisa Ray, Jessica Pare.
In this heartwarming coming-of-age tale, a 12-year-old boy named Milton deals with bullies at school and his parents' bickering at home. Milton soon bonds with his eccentric grandfather, who shares his philosophy about handling life's disappointments.