Fried Green Tomatoes

March 16th, 2010

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
IMDB rating: 7.40
Plot: Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920’s Alabama. Through Idgie’s inspiring life, [...]


Hoax, The

March 15th, 2010

Hoax, The (2006)
IMDB rating: 7.20
Plot: Early in 1971, McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving’s new novel. He’s desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon’s reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes’s cooperation to write Hughes’s autobiography. With the help of friend Dick Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a [...]


Angels in the Outfield

March 15th, 2010

Angels in the Outfield (1994)
IMDB rating: 5.40
Plot: The California Angels are currently the worst team in their division. It seems that the players have a little trouble with their teamwork. Manager George Knox would like nothing better than to dump all of them, which the owner says is impossible. Roger is a boy whose mother [...]


Lovely by Surprise

March 13th, 2010

Lovely by Surprise (2007)
IMDB rating: 7.30
Plot: A writer attempting to finish her first novel seeks the wisdom of her mentor and ex-lover in hopes of overcoming a crippling case of writer’s block in writer/director Kurt Gunn’s enigmatic thriller. Marian (Carrie Preston) is writing an absurdist novel about a par of brothers living in a landlocked [...]


Nim’s Island

March 11th, 2010

Nim’s Island (2008)
IMDB rating: 6.20
Plot: A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she’s reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a [...]


Austin Powers in Goldmember

March 7th, 2010

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
IMDB rating: 6.20
Plot: He’s found his mojo, baby, and now Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is back again in this shagadelic comedy-adventure! The “sshhh!” hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with the superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin’s father, master spy Nigel Powers (Michael Caine), in [...]


Truth About Cats & Dogs, The

March 5th, 2010

Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996)
IMDB rating: 6.30
Plot: Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the “Truth About Cats and Dogs” radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma [...]


Must Love Dogs

February 27th, 2010

Must Love Dogs (2005)
IMDB rating: 5.90
Plot: The preschool teacher Sarah (Diane Lane) divorced from her beloved husband eight moths ago, but she is still very vulnerable and alone. Her family presses her to find a new Mr. Right, and her sister Carol (Elizabeth Perkins) puts her profile on the site PerfectMatch.com. She has blind dates [...]


How High

February 24th, 2010

How High (2001)
IMDB rating: 5.00
Plot: Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam. This eventually lands them in Harvard, where they’re surrounded by the world of Ivy Leaguers. Although their new lifestyle is much different from back [...]


Magic Roundabout, The

February 23rd, 2010

Magic Roundabout, The (2005)
IMDB rating: 5.40
Plot: A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Doogal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor — the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee’s evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to [...]