
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918 to the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man’s life can be. Read the rest of this entry »

Comic Relief did a sketch starring Rowan Atkinson that makes fun of Spider-Man.’
Spider-Plant-Man’ is a two-part comedy sketch that is a comedy version of the
Spider-Man movies.Young, dorky Peter Piper gets bitten by a radioactive Spider Plant
and has amazing powers!He then saves his love; Jane Mary ( Rachel ) from muggers and
meets his arch-nemesis: Batman! Yes, an out-of-work Batman kidnaps Jane Mary and
keeps her hostage on Tower Bridge. Read the rest of this entry »

The whole Rodriguez family is rejoicing and celebrating the reunion of all of their family members coming together to be with their father, Edy Rodriguez (Alfred Molina), and their mother, Anna (Elizabeth Pena), in their Chicago home during Christmas. They have come from around the world, especially, their youngest son, Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), who has just returned from Iraq after being wounded in combat. Read the rest of this entry »

After returning from the war, Paul and a young woman meet on a bus as she’s headed home from college to help with the grape harvest and face her Old World domineering dad. The woman has not married but is pregnant and she thinks her father is going to kill her. Paul proposes to pose as her husband to help her face her father. When their passion for each other is finally ignited and explodes, they realize they must overcome all odds to be together. Read the rest of this entry »

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought. Read the rest of this entry »

April and Frank Wheeler are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a creeping frustration at their inability to feel fulfilled in their relationships or careers. Frank is mired in a well-paying but boring office job, and April is a housewife still mourning the demise of her hoped-for acting career. Read the rest of this entry »

Anna is a young lesbian high school graduate who still lives with her parents, and works as a receptionist in a plastic surgeon’s office. She embarks on a wild ride when she hooks up with a cadre of ultra-radical feminist lesbians hell-bent on raising hell. But things get even more complicated when Anna falls in love with Sadie, the radical group’s leader who’s already involved with an older woman named Courtney. Read the rest of this entry »

Driven by Isabel Coixet’s direction, “Elegy” charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor (Ben Kingsley) and a young woman (Penelope Cruz) whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms them more than either could imagine, a charged sexual contest evolves into an indelible love story. Read the rest of this entry »

The princess of a Chinese-style shogunate has to choose a husband for her wedding between a variety of prince’s from neighboring nations. One of them is an elegant handsome white man who looks like an American from the East Coast. He has to compete with other tough men, but obviously he wins the Princess’ heart. Read the rest of this entry »

John and Jane Smith are a married couple, both living unexciting lives and attending marriage therapy, as their passion has cooled since they got married. But what they don’t know about each other is that they are both professional assassins working for two rival agencies. Read the rest of this entry »