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Lovely and Amazing (2001)

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:35:34 -0400

Four spirited — and incredibly quirky -- women tackle everything from relationships to careers in this captivating indie drama. Brenda Blethyn is an insecure mother who passed along bits of her neuroses to each of her three very different daughters: Michelle (Catherine Keener), an ex-homecoming queen in a loveless marriage; Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), an apprehensive actress; and the adopted and precocious 8-year-old Annie (Raven Goodwin).

Saint John of Las Vegas Trailer

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:48:49 -0500

After a run of bad luck, John (Steve Buscemi), a compulsive gambler, runs away from Las Vegas and toward a normal job and life. Taking a nondescript position in an auto insurance company in Albuquerque, he tries to get ahead in the straight world, amid the ever-present temptations of scratch-off lotto tickets. When his boss, Mr. Townsend (Peter Dinklage), asks John to accompany his top fraud debunker, Virgil (Romany Malco) on an investigation of a dubious car “accident” near Vegas, John sees an opportunity to get a promotion , though he’s concerned about returning to the gambling game. Before leaving he becomes involved with his eccentric co-worker Jill (Sarah Silverman), a dalliance that has the potential to become a real relationship. Soon John is on the road with Virgil, where they encounter a series of offbeat characters, including a wheelchair-bound stripper (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a nude militant (Tim Blake Nelson), a park Ranger (Jesse Garcia), and a carnival human torch (John Cho). While Virgil is the supposed leader of the investigation, it’s John who begins to finally assert himself, pushing the case closer to a conclusion. Through the journey, John’s confidence builds, and he realizes that he can’t escape his gambling addiction by running away from it—it will follow him wherever he goes. It’s only when he returns to Vegas and his experiences there finally send him on the path to breaking free. First time writer/director Hue Rhodes’ SAINT JOHN OF LAS VEGAS follows the wild and funny trip a guy has to take to discover there’s more than one way to hit the jackpot in life.

Pieces of April - Theatrical Trailer

Thu, 05 May 2005 00:00:04 -0400

April's the black sheep of the family, having left suburban Pennsylvania for Manhattan's lower east side. It's Thanksgiving, and she's invited her parents, siblings and grandma over for dinner. When she discovers her oven doesn't work, she turns to her neighbors to get the dinner done.

Pharaoh’s Army

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:43:58 -0500

Union soldiers descend on the farm of a Confederate family and decide to stay until their wounds are healed. While the weary Union captain falls for the mother of the family, her son plots revenge on the dirty, double-dealing Yankees.

The Pledge

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:28:12 -0500

Sean Penn directed this tense drama of loyalty, honor, and obsession, based on a novel by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) is a veteran police detective who lives and works in a small Nevada town. On the day of his retirement, it falls to Jerry to handle an especially unpleasant assignment — a seven-year-old girl has been brutally murdered, and Jerry has to check out the crime scene, and then tell the girl’s parents the awful news. The girl's mother (Patricia Clarkson), understandably distraught, demands to know if the killer will be brought to justice, and Jerry promises her that he will personally see to it, "on my soul's salvation." A younger detective also on the case, Stan Krolak (Aaron Eckhart), thinks he's traced the crime to Toby Jay Wadeneh (Benicio Del Toro), a mentally retarded man who confesses to the murder shortly before killing himself. Stan considers the case closed, but Jerry can't shake his belief that Toby Jay wasn't actually the murderer, and Jerry begins to investigate the case on his own time, over the objections of his former boss, Eric Pollack (Sam Shepard), who reminds Jerry that he's no longer an official member of the police force. Before long, Jerry's personal investigation has taken over his life, and he uncovers evidence that suggests the girl's murder was just one in a series of killings involving young girls and a mysterious man called "the Wizard." When Jerry becomes close to a young single mother, Lori (Robin Wright-Penn), he feels he has reason to believe the murderer may be targeting her eight-year-old daughter, and finds himself using her as a decoy in order to bring the killer to justice. The Pledge marked Jack Nicholson's second starring role in a film directed by Sean Penn following 1995's The Crossing Guard; The Pledge's stellar supporting cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, Helen Mirren, Harry Dean Stanton, and Mickey Rourke. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Roundtable: The Actresses Part 3

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:48:30 -0500

Is the business changing for women? Mo’Nique, Emily Blunt, Robin Wright, Vera Farmiga, Carey Mulligan and Patricia Clarkson weigh in.

Pieces of April (2003)

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:10:05 -0500

A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.

'Saint John of Las Vegas' Trailer

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:19:32 -0500

In this dramedy, a compulsive gambler (Steve Buscemi) attempts to cure his addiction by moving from Las Vegas to Albuquerque and working at an auto-insurance company, only to find old temptations renewing when he’s sent out to investigate a dubious car accident just outside Sin City. Peter Dinklage, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman and John Cho are among the co-stars.