2024-06-29
This spirited semiautobiography rocks! Writer-director Cameron Crowe, who wrote for Rolling Stone as a 15-year-old, charts a teen's coming of age around the Age of Aquarius. Patrick Fugit is wonderful as the young incarnation of Crowe, who learns all about life, love, sex, drugs and especially rock and roll while touring with a rising band. Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand. (Repeat).
This thoughtful coming-of-age drama follows an introverted teen named Duncan as he forms an unlikely friendship with the happy-go-lucky manager of a water park. As the summer progresses, the shy young man slowly finds his niche in the community. (Repeat).
An erratic day in the life of an independent record store's colorful teen staff and their misadventures as they learn their store has been purchased by a large chain. (Repeat).
Rachel Keller tries to start a new life in Oregon with her son after being terrorized by a vengeful spirit. But, when history starts repeating itself and her own son falls ill, she fears the past is catching up with her. (Repeat).
A gubernatorial candidate hires a campaign worker to keep his imbecilic brother out of trouble. (Repeat).
Inspired by true events, this charming and funny romp shows what happens when an outrageous female impersonator (Chiwetel Ejiofor) helps an uptight Englishman (Joel Edgerton) save his failing shoe company by designing fetish footwear. Sarah-Jane Potts, Ewan Hooper. Directed by Julian Jarrold. (Repeat).
In this whimsical adventure, an overwhelmed mom (Mary-Louise Parker) moves her kids --- (Freddie Highmore, playing twins, and Sarah Bolger) --- from NYC to the country home she inherited from her dotty aunt. Who knew the place came with goblins? Adapted from the first in a series of popular children's books by the writer-illustrator team of Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. (Repeat).
The story of America's first fighter pilots, who joined France's Lafayette Escadrille before the U.S. became involved in World War I. (Repeat).
The star (Mel Gibson) and writer (Randall Wallace) of "Braveheart" reunited for this powerful war epic based on a true story. Gibson plays Lt. Col. Hal Moore, who leads U.S. troops into one of the first and bloodiest battles in Vietnam in November 1965. Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Barry Pepper, Keri Russell. (Repeat).
Thrilling special effects highlight Mimi Leder's tale of a massive comet headed for Earth. An ambitious journalist (Tea Leoni), investigating what she believes is a Washington sex scandal, discovers that a comet is going to hit Earth. While a team of scientists struggles to alter its course, families prepare for the end. Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski. (Repeat).
In this breezy romantic comedy, the exasperated parents of a 35-year-old ladies' man who won't move out of the house hire a woman who specializes in convincing men to leave the nest. (Repeat).
A down-to-earth student joins a snobby clique in an effort to spy on the popular kids, then begins to act like them in this refreshing unclichéd comedy. (Repeat).
Kevin Kline's comic turn highlights this winning farce about a straitlaced teacher whose world is shattered when a former student refers to him as gay on TV. The teacher is forced to re-examine his sexuality while fending off his worried bride-to-be (Joan Cusack) and a gay reporter (Tom Selleck). Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley Bob Newhart. (Repeat).