Posts Tagged ‘diner’

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Breslin, Abigail | Kinnear, Greg | Dano, Paul | Arkin, Alan | Collette, Toni | Carell, Steve | Turtletaub, Marc | Talley, Jill | Canela, Brenda | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Loring, Chuck | Shilton, Justin | Thomson, Gordon | Parker, Steven Christopher | Cranston, Bryan
Directors: Dayton, Jonathan
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The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word “dysfunctional”. The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do?

Bruce Almighty (2003)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Freeman, Morgan | Aniston, Jennifer | Hall, Philip Baker | Bell, Catherine | Walter, Lisa Ann | Carell, Steve | Dunn, Nora | Jemison, Eddie | Satterfield, Paul | Kiely, Mark | Kirkland, Sally | Bennett, Tony | Di Pri, Timothy | Tahash, Brian
Directors: Shadyac, Tom
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Bruce Nolan (Carrey), a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y.,is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend, Grace (Aniston) . At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form (Freeman) and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.

Tremors (1990)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Bacon, Kevin | Ward, Fred | Carter, Finn | Gross, Michael | McEntire, Reba | Jayne, Robert | Stewart, Charlotte | Genaro, Tony | Richards, Ariana | Marcus, Richard | Wong, Victor | Parker, Sunshine | Wagner, Michael Dan | Bachmann, Conrad | Besch, Bibi
Directors: Underwood, Ron
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Val (’Kevin Bacon’ (qv)) and Earl (’Fred Ward (I)’ (qv)) plan to put behind their days as handymen in a small dust bowl town called Perfection. Before they can get to civilization though, they encounter numerous victims of monsters that burrow through the ground. Soon the whole town is camped out on their roofs as Val and Earl lead them to safety.

SherryBaby (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Hurst, Michelle | Rodríguez, Sandra | Simpson, Anna | Esposito, Giancarlo | Clay, Caroline | Hackford, Rio | Henke, Brad William | Barkan, Bridget | Simpkins, Ryan | Peabody, Stephen | Trejo, Danny | Bottoms, Sam | Burton, Kate | Dillon, Michael
Directors: Collyer, Laurie
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Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.

21 Grams (2003)

Monday, September 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Penn, Sean | Watts, Naomi | Huston, Danny | Nahon, Carly | Pakis, Claire | Del Toro, Benicio | Nichols, Nick | Gainsbourg, Charlotte | Rubinstein, John | Marsan, Eddie | Salter, Loyd Keith | Harris, Antef A. | Leo, Melissa | Musso, Marc | Delgado, Teresa
Directors: González Iñárritu, Alejandro
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This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan (Del Toro), an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Cumming, Alan | Ventresca, Vincent | Theroux, Justin | Vargas, Jacob | Dickson, Neil | Callahan, E.J. | Phifer, Zack | Goldin, Ricky Paull | Skyler, Robb | D, Deezer | Rogers, Kivi | McGregor, Brian | Wilson, Victor | Keeley, Paul | Pasqualone, Rick
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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can’t even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.

Machinist, The (2004)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Spain
Actors: Bale, Christian | Leigh, Jennifer Jason | Sánchez-Gijón, Aitana | Sharian, John | Ironside, Michael | Gilliard Jr., Larry | Cathey, Reg E. | Massey, Anna | Romero Moore, Matthew | Long, Robert | Stinton, Colin | Stevenson, Craig | Lahoz, Ferran | Xidu, Jeremy | Bell, Norman
Directors: Anderson, Brad
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“The Machinist” is a film about a man who hasn’t slept in a year, and he starts thinking that he’s losing his mind, when he starts seeing hallucinations, and his perception of reality becomes twisted. He’s haunted by a co-worker that no one else can see, and keeps finding post-it notes with secret messages on his fridge…

Basketball Diaries, The (1995)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Bracco, Lorraine | Sokol, Marilyn | Madio, James | McGaw, Patrick | Wahlberg, Mark | Cooper, Roy | Kirby, Bruno | Papiris, Jimmy | Gaetani, Nick | Chaplin, Alexander | Jorgensen, Ben | Mostel, Josh | Lewis, Juliette | Imperioli, Michael
Directors: Kalvert, Scott
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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll’s epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim’s life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach (”Swifty”) who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim’s dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother’s mounting concern for her son. He can’t go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim “picked up a game” now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.

Boogie Nights (1997)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Guzmán, Luis | Reynolds, Burt | Moore, Julianne | Bueno, Rico | Reilly, John C. | Parker, Nicole Ari | Cheadle, Don | Graham, Heather | Wahlberg, Mark | Macy, William H. | Barkhordarian, Samson | Hartley, Nina | Braeden, Brad | Gleason, Joanna | Hudd, Lawrence
Directors: Anderson, Paul Thomas
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Everyone’s born with one special thing, and Eddie Adams uses his humongous “asset” to take the world of film pornography by storm. Things get ugly though when success leads to drugs and ruin. Will Dirk clean up and get back on top? Will Amber see her son? Will Rollergirl ever take off her skates?!

Narc (2002)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Leis, Dan | Patric, Jason | Adams, Lloyd | Issa, Meagan | Giornofelice, Lina | Peterson, Alan C. | Robinson, Karen | McBride, Chi | Savage, Booth | Van Sprang, Alan | Donaldson, Gavyn | Donaldson, Myles | Bridges, Krista | Liotta, Ray | Patrice, Thomas
Directors: Carnahan, Joe
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An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick’s wife is unhappy he’s back on the street, Henry’s protective of the dead cop’s wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak’s heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know?