Set in the 1930's, a mysterious
woman who claims that she came from Shanghai has a dangerous
affair with a spy.
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
As a family con men plot their last job, the one thing they won't factor in is the resourcefulness of the millionaire
(Weisz) they have targeted.
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
A political consultant tries to
explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his
11-year-old daughter.
The Colossus (2007)
An ornithologist at the turn of
the 20th century transports hundreds of songbirds to an ailing
prime minister in South Africa and falls for a political activist
trying to stop the impending Boer War.
Smart People (2007)
Into the life of a widowed professor (Quaid) comes a new love (Weisz) and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother (Church).
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
A young woman (Jones) takes a
soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions
about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along
the way.
The
Fountain (2006)
The Fountain is a 2006 science fiction film directed by Darren Aronofsky that explores the themes of life, love, death, and rebirth.
The Fountain stretches across three time periods in the course of a millennium, beginning with the period of the conquistadors in the 16th century, followed by a modern-day period of scientists in search of a cure for cancer, and into 26th century deep space toward a nebula.
The Fountain is an odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas
(Hugh
Jackman) commences his search for the Fountain of Youth, the legendary entity believed to grant immortality. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife, Isabel (Rachel Weisz). Traveling through deep space as a 26th-century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries that have consumed him for more than a millennium. The three stories converge into one truth, as the Thomas of all periods—warrior, scientist, and explorer—comes to terms with life, love, death and rebirth
The
Constant Gardener (2005)
When a British diplomat's wife --
a socially-conscious lawyer -- turns up dead in Kenya, he sets out
to find the truth surrounding her murder. In the process, he finds
out that his wife had been compiling data against a multinational
drug company that uses helpless Africans as guinea pigs to test a
tuberculosis remedy with unfortunately fatal side effects.
Therefore those who may have had the most reason to silence her
are closer to home than he ever imagined.
Constantine
(2005)
John Constantine (Reeves) is a
world-travelling, mage-like misfit who investigates supernatural
mysteries and the like, walking a thin line between evil and good.
Constantine teams up with a female police detective, Angela (Weisz),
who seeks Constantine's help while investigating the suicide-like
death of her twin sister. Does it have something to do with a
mysterious group called "The First of the Fallen"? And
what is it about Constantine that puts him in a position where he
is making deals with representatives from both Heaven and Hell?
Envy
(2004)
When one of them (Black) becomes
mindblowingly, quite-literally stinking rich by selling an
invention, a pair of life-long best friends and neighbors (they
even work at the same company) finds their bond breaking as the
other guy (Stiller) starts to go crazy with... envy.
Runaway
Jury (2003)
Set in New Orleans, this is the
story of a mysterious man, Nick Easter (Cusack) who gets himself
on the jury of a landmark case against a gun manufacturer in an
attempt to influence the other jury members to vote a certain way.
Meanwhile, Easter's girlfriend, Marlee (Weisz), tries to swindle
the attorneys (Hackman, Hoffman) to pay millions of dollars to
have the jury return a verdict friendly to their clients. The case
involves the widow of a man killed in an office shooting suing the
gun manufacturer of the weapon that was used, under the claim that
they knew the store that sold it was not obeying the laws about
firearm sales.
The
Shape of Things (2003)
A contemporary story of love, sex,
and art set in a college town, the film follows the steadily
intensifying relationship between Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and Adam
(Paul Rudd). As Evelyn strengthens her hold on Adam, his emotional
and physical evolution discomforts his friends Jenny (Gretchen
Mol) and Philip (Frederick Weller), with unexpected consequences
for all. By turns hopeful and harsh, the quartet of college-age
characters deals with the conflicting human desires for autonomy
and connection, truth and love, and the notion that seduction is
an art.
Confidence
(2003)
This is the story of a con man
(Burns) whose latest scam puts him in debt with the mafia, when it
turns out that his victim, an accountant, is a *mob* accountant,
leading the kingpin (Hoffman) to assign an enforcer to shadow his
every move, even as the con man and his crew work to pull off
another scam for the mob to pay off the debt completely before
they come collecting.
About
a Boy (2002)
Based on Nick Hornby's popular
British novel, ABOUT A BOY is a comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant
as Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his
thirties who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary
son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of
one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus, an odd 12-year-old boy with
problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and
as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to
finally grow up.
The
Mummy Returns (2001)
THE MUMMY RETURNS is set in 1935,
10 years after the events of the first film. Rick O'Connell
(Fraser) is now married to Evelyn (Weisz), and the couple have
settled in London, where they are raising their 9-year-old son
Alex (played by screen newcomer Freddie Boath). When a chain of
events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Vosloo) resurrected in the
British Museum, the mummy Imhotep walks the earth once more,
determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force
has also been set loose in the world...one born of the darkest
rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism, and even more powerful than
Imhotep. When these two forces clash, the fate of the world will
hang in the balance, sending the O'Connells on a desperate race to
save the world from unspeakable evil, and rescue their son before
it is too late.
Beautiful
Creatures (2001)
Petula (Rachel Weisz) and Dorothy
(Susan Lynch) are a couple of tough broads living in Glasgow.
Their gangster boyfriends (Iain Glen and Tom Mannion) are
constantly beating them up. When Dorothy knocks out Petula's
boyfriend, trying to defend her from him, she realizes she has
accidentally killed him. The women come up with a scheme to fake a
ransom plot in order to disguise the murder as a kidnapping, but
that only makes matters worse. From debut director Bill Eagles,
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES is a riveting thriller with a darkly humorous
undercurrent.
Enemy
At the Gates (2001)
While the Nazi and Russian armies
hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world
fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad, the
celebrated Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) quietly
stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame, however, soon
thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter, Major
Konig (Ed Harris), and the two find themselves waging an intense
personal war while the most momentous battle of the age rages
around them.
Sunshine
(2000)
SUNSHINE tells the epic story of
one Hungarian Jewish family over the course of three generations.
In exposing the betrayals, passions, and romances of the
Sonnenscheins, Istvan Szabo and Israel Horovitz have crafted a
daring, powerful motion picture. Ralph Fiennes portrays three
family members at different times in the twentieth century, and it
is this stunning performance that makes SUNSHINE such an
impressive feat. The film also features solid supporting turns by
Rosemary Harris and Rachel Weisz.
This
is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis (2000)
A fascinating account of the media
frenzy surrounding the publication of "American Psycho"
and an insight into its author. Ellis talks about his motivation
for the extreme accounts of sexual violence and mutilation in the
novel-saying they came partly from his problems "being a
young man with too much money in Manhattan"-and about how
unprepared he was for the reaction of readers and critics who
refused to distinguish between himself and his character. Ellis
also reads passages from his novel "Glamorama" and his
short stories "The Informers". Moving between Los
Angeles, New York, and London, this engrossing documentary charts
Bret Easton Ellis from precocious and alienated schoolboy to
literary bete noire, moving to New York at the age of 23 to spend
his massive earnings on parties. We see Ellis wondering through a
department store denying autobiographical links to his characters
while exclaiming at the price of designer suits, sitting at a bar
with Jay McInerney reminiscing about how thrilling 1980's hedonism
was, and discussing his work with writer Will Self.
The
Mummy (1999)
A full-scale re-imagining of
Universal Pictures' seminal 1932 film, The Mummy is a rousing,
suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of
treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling
upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a
3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful
reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an
eternity as one of the living dead.
I Want
You (1998)
Michael Winterbottom (JUDE,
WELCOME TO SARAJEVO) brings to life this haunting, sexy tale of a
beautiful hairdresser, Helen (Rachel Weisz), who lives and works
in an English seaside town. Honda (Luca Petrusic), a 14-year-old
mute boy who surreptitiously tapes other peoples' conversations,
develops a crush on her, and the two eventually form a friendship,
even as Helen continues to mourn the loss of her father.
Simultaneously, Martin (Alessandro Nivola)--Helen’s ex-con
former boyfriend who has just spent nine years in jail--is back in
town and looking to rekindle the old flame--as well as uncover a
shocking secret. As Honda turns his recording equipment on
everyone around him, including his sister Smokey (Labina Mitevska),
tensions boil over and the secrets make their way into the open
air.
The
Land Girls (1998)
It's 1941. World War II continues
to rage across Europe. The young men of England have been called
to the front to fight. So, back at home, a new regiment is formed,
an army of England's young women who are dispatced across the
countryside to pick up the slack, known as "The Land
Girls." Three beautiful women (McCormack, Weisz, and Friel)
answer the call, arriving at a farm in Dorset, where they meet
handsome and volatile Joe (Mackintosh). Tragedy and passion is
revealed as the girls form close friendships with each other and
with Joe.
Swept
From the Sea (1997)
The intolerant inhabitants of a
seaside town ostracize an introverted young woman, branded a
simpleton because of her refusal to relate to uncaring townsfolk,
and her lover, a shipwrecked, unkempt Ukrainian man, considered to
be equally dim. When the two misfits marry and have a son, the
townspeople unite in an effort to undermine their happiness. Based
on Joseph Conrad's short story "Amy Foster."
Bent
(1997)
An interesting cast fills out this
solemn production based on the play by Martin Sherman (who also
wrote the screenplay). During WWII, a Berlin homosexual is caught
up in the Nazi hysteria. After being forced to kill his lover, he
is placed in a prison camp, where he lies so he will be classified
as Jewish rather than homosexual. After a series a
constitution-breaking incidents, his love for a fellow male
prisoner brings him to admit his true nature. Features Mick Jagger
in a brief role as a drag queen.
Going
All the Way (1997)
MTV director emeritus Pellington
tackles Dan Wakefield's eponymous novel about disenchanted young
Army grunts returning to the stultifying blue-collar environs of
circa-1954 Indianapolis after a Korean tour of duty. Disillusioned
vet Sonny (Davies), while confused about his future, also
struggles with repressive Fundamentalist parents and his own
sexual coming-of-age, taking solace in his friendship with the
more worldly Gunner (Affleck). McGowan (SCREAM) and Weisz (THE
MUMMY) play the girls of their dreams. Winner of Sundance Special
Recognition accolades for production designer Therese DePrez.
Chain
Reaction (1996)
After his alternate-fuel research
lab blows up, a brilliant young scientist (Keanu Reeves) is
wrongly pegged as the saboteur in this action-thriller from the
director of THE FUGITIVE. Teaming up with a beautiful physicist,
the scruffy techie struggles to evade federal agents and uncover
the conspiracy behind the crime.
Stealing
Beauty (1996)
When 19-year-old Lucy Harmon (Liv
Tyler) arrives in Tuscany, wondering about her mother (a recent
suicide) and still nursing a crush on Niccolo, the local playboy
she met on a visit four years earlier, everyone sits up and takes
notice--especially director Bernardo Bertolucci, who trains his
camera on the ingenue with understandable enthusiasm. The Graysons,
who own the artists' colony and villa where Lucy's mother once
wrote poetry, take the young girl in, and their guests enjoy the
infusion of youth. Perhaps most deeply affected is Alex Parrish
(Jeremy Irons), a terminally ill writer who finds Lucy charming
and vital. Before such attentions, Lucy's interest in Niccolo (who
turns out to be a jerk) quickly fades, replaced by an unexpected
mystery regarding the identity of her father and a possible new
love. And in a further attempt to understand her mother, Lucy
writes light little poems as well. (Bertolucci has her words
appear on the screen as she scribbles.) In fact, everything seems
light in lush and lovely in Tuscany, which provides a gorgeous
setting for the gifted ensemble to play out their intrigues.