It's a hot, muggy summer circa
1985. The story is centered around Roger Lent (Liotta), his wife
and two kids amongst a small town country club. After pressure
from his wife and society as a whole, Roger, along with the local
tennis pro (Arquette), invests in a local real estate venture that
has serious potential. The "deal", overseen by a smarmy
real estate investor (Theroux), starts to show signs of
corruption. Once Roger's wife catches wind of the recent events,
all hell breaks loose in the Lent family.
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
Dallas oil magnate Max Hagan
(Wilkinson) is being helped through yet another messy divorce by
his record executive daughter Beth (Blair). When his soon-to-be-ex
forces him out of his mansion, he finds himself tangled in a wild
night of sex drugs and rock-and-roll with his daughter's
boyfriend, the punk-rocker/computer programmer Raff (Stahl), and
manages to strengthen the bond with his dysfunctional family.
Purple Violets (2006)
Patti Petalson (Blair) struggles
with the pressure of becoming the next important American writer.
The Alibi (2006)
A man (Coogan) who runs an alibi
service for adulterous husbands gets into a jam with a new client.
In trying to remedy the situation, he must rely on an alluring
woman (Romijn-Stamos) who gets his heart racing.
The
Fog (2005)
A thick fog enshrouds a coastal
town. The fog is reminiscent of one 100 years earlier that wrecked
a ship and drowned the seamen aboard. Sure enough, the sailors are
back and out to kill whomever they find.
The Big Empty (2005)
A bittersweet tale of Alice, her
vagina and the infinite nature of the tundra.
Pretty
Persuasion (2005)
A manipulative Beverly Hills high
school sophomore and two of her friends sue a teacher for sexual
harassment in this comic send-up.
The Deal (2005)
In the near future, as war rages
in the Middle East and U.S. gas prices top six dollars a gallon,
ambitious investment banker Tom Hanson (Christian Slater) finds
himself at the center of a $20 billion takeover bid for a Russian
oil company. It's a deal some people would kill for - literally,
as it turns out. As Tom and an idealistic young associate (Selma
Blair) each separately uncover the truth about the transaction,
they soon realize that there¿s far more at stake than money and
fossil fuel.
Dallas
362 (2005)
Rusty (Hatosy) starts to pursue a
path to a more meaningful life, thanks to his connection to Bob (Goldblum),
the boyfriend of his mother, Mary (Lynch). His new take on life
causes friction with his best friend, Dallas (Cann), and both men
find their friendship pushed to its breaking point, causing them
to make life-changing decisions.
Coast
To Coast (2004)
Barnaby (Richard Dreyfus) and
Maxine Pierce (Judy Davis) are driving from Connecticut to Los
Angeles to attend their son's wedding. Years ago, however, the
death of a child placed an unshakeable burden on them and, as a
result, they are now considering divorce. But the long drive will
give them plenty of time to talk about things, and they will meet
indubitable meet plenty of familiar and unusual characters along
the way. Richard Dreyfus and Judy Davis bring their usual acting
fireworks to the screen in this touching comedy/drama from
director Paul Mazursky. Selma Blair and Fred Ward co-star.
In
Good Company (2004)
Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is
headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a
major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a
corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea (played by Topher
Grace) is half his age--a business school prodigy who preaches
corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake
deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with
the cell phone division and "Krispity Krunch," an
indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both
men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two
daughters--Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16--and is shocked when his
wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Between college
tuition, the mortgage and a new baby, Dan can't afford to lose his
job in the wave of corporate layoffs. Carter, in the meanwhile, is
dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion.
Dan and Carter's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when
Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex (Scarlett
Johansson).
A
Dirty Shame (2004)
When the owner of a Baltimore
working class convenience store, Sylvia Stickles (Ullman), suffers
a concussion, the injury causes a drastic change in her sexual
drive, turning her into a sex addict with crazy, wild and urgent
desires and compulsions, much to the joy and then frustration of
her husband (Isaak) who has trouble keeping up with her, as her
new personality threatens to tear apart the remnants of what
wasn't an entirely perfect family to begin with.
Hellboy
(2004)
When a Nazi mystical experiment
goes awry in 1944, the target of a wizard's spell, the child of
Satan, Hellboy, is wrenched from his home, and adopted by the U.S.
agents who intercept his arrival. Raised as a force of good,
Hellboy grows up to be a full-fledged demon in the form of a man,
complete with fierce red skin, a tail, a giant armored glove, and
two large circles where his horns should be (if they ever grow
back, Hellboy is quick to break them off). Now, the adult Hellboy,
an investigator of the paranormal, is sent on a mission that
brings him back in touch with the evil genius that started it
all... that Nazi wizard (and just who is *he* anyway?).
Accompanying him along the way are other agents, including Liz, a
pyrokinetic woman Hellboy has feelings for, and Abe Sapien, a
mysterious amphibian hominid..
A Guy
Thing (2003)
The morning after his wild
bachelor party, Paul wakes up and finds a beautiful, strange
woman, named Becky, sleeping soundly in his bed. He soon discovers
that Becky is his fiancee's cousin. Since Paul can't remember much
about the night before, he naturally assumes the worst--that he's
cheated on his adoring fiancee, Karen. And so, the guilt-ridden
Paul spends the week before his wedding, scrambling to cover up
his supposed infidelity.
The
Sweetest Thing (2002)
Sexy and bold Christina Walters
(Cameron Diaz), after years of avoiding meaningful relationships
with men, unexpectedly meets her perfect match (Thomas Jane) one
night while hanging out with best girlfriends Courtney (Christina
Applegate) and Jane (Selma Blair). When she finds out the next
morning that he's suddenly left town, she and Courtney set out to
find him on a wild road trip, encountering a series of hilarious
misadventures on their journey. Their search ultimately leads them
to a surprising discovery and the realization that love is, after
all, the sweetest thing.
Storytelling
(2002)
Director Todd Solondz (WELCOME TO
THE DOLLHOUSE, HAPPINESS) presents this characteristically dark
and troublesome drama which is divided into two distinct parts:
"Fiction" and "Non-Fiction." The first part
stars Selma Blair as a confused university student who finds all
the wrong reasons to justify having an affair with her professor.
Part two stars Paul Giamatti as a questionable independent
filmmaker who turns his camera on a vulnerable teenager.
Highway
(2001)
Young nihilistic Jack (Jared Leto)
has a sleazy affair, bedding a woman with underworld connections.
He must then flee for his life from her shady associates who are
out for his blood. He joins up with his kooky buddy Pilot (Jake
Gyllenhal) and the two hit the road in a beat up, but photogenic
jalopy, top down. Their destination is Seattle, but they do make
some pit stops along the way where they encounter a gaggle of
freaks and hitmen as well as Cassie (Selma Blair), a sexy drifter
who joins them in their quest. Reaching their northwest shangri-la,
they come across a vigil for the recently departed rock icon Kurt
Cobain.
A wild road picture about mortality and the paths of fate and
destiny, HIGHWAY moves to the beat of the nineties grunge scene in
both attitude and its musical pacing. Rich Robinson of the Black
Crowes contributes the original score.
Kill
Me Later (2001)
Selma Blair and Max Beesley play
star-crossed lovers in Dana Lustig's KILL ME LATER. Blair is
Shawn, a young woman struggling with her own self-negating
romantic impulses. She's involved with a selfish married man (D.W.
Moffett) who, completing the poor romantic choice trifecta, is
also her boss. Early in the film, Shawn decides she has had enough
misery. After a few suicidal gestures, she decides to take that
final step and end her life. She goes to the roof of the bank
where she works, and prepares to jump. Meanwhile a thief (Beesley)
is concurrently in the process of robbing the bank, and when a
witness sees Shawn perched on the roof and calls the police, she
inadvertently foils the thief's plans. He takes her hostage,
getting her cooperation only after he assures her that if she
helps him, he'll repay her by killing her once they're free and
clear. Naturally, things don't go exactly as planned.
Legally
Blonde (2001)
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has
it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic
girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural
blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants
nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's
just one thing stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) from popping the
question: Elle is TOO blonde. Growing up across the street from
Aaron Spelling might mean something in LA, but nothing to Warner's
East-Coast blue blood family. So, when Warner packs up for Harvard
Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle
rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win
him back. But law school is a far cry from the comforts of her
poolside and the mall. Elle must wage the battle of her life - for
her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless
indignities everyday.
Down
to You (2000)
Al (Freddy Prinze, Jr.) and Imogen
(Julia Stiles) are college students at a New York university who
meet at a bar and are immediately attracted to each other.
Gradually, their relationship evolves over a three-month period.
As their relationship intensifies, troubles arise, forcing them to
separate. Years later, looking back, Al understands that Imogen
may, in fact, have been the one. He can only pray that it is not
too late. A fresh young supporting cast, featuring Selma Blair,
Ashton Kutcher, Shawn Hatosy, and Rosario Dawson, round out this
charming romantic comedy.
Girl
(1999)
Bored with her privileged,
straightlaced life, eighteen-year-old Andrea Marr (Dominique Swain
from LOLITA) decides to spend her final summer before college
seeking out "life" experience and pursuing boys. Tagging
along with some classmates struggling to start a band, she
immerses herself into Portland's underground music scene, where
she encounters the dreamy, angst-ridden Todd Sparrow (Sean Patrick
Flanery, YOUNG INDIANA JONES)--the lead singer of a local rock
band and ultimate object of her affection. Awash in a haze of
teenage confusion, guitar feedback, and cigarette smoke, Andrea
embarks on a journey of self-discovery and desire in this
well-acted coming-of-age drama.
Cruel
Intentions (1999)
Director Roger Kumble transfers
the DANGEROUS LIASONS tale to Manhattan, where wealthy prep school
student Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) bets her stepbrother
Sebastian (Ryan Phillipe) that he can't deflower the virginal
Annette (Reese Witherspoon) before the school year begins. If he
fails to accomplish this task, Kathryn gets his Jaguar Roadster;
if he succeeds, he gets an evening of pleasure with Kathryn.
Brown's
Requiem (1998)
Fritz Brown, an ex-LAPD officer
and recovering alcoholic, makes a shabby living as a repo-man and
occasional private eye. When Fat Dog, a shady golf caddy, wabbles
into Brown's office and offers him an unseemly amount of cash to
tail Jane (Fat Dog's 17 year-old little sister), Brown thinks that
he's in for some easy money. But nothing is as it seems...the
deceptively simple job leads Brown into a cesspool of corruption
and danger, pitting him against mobsters, lowlifes, corrupt
bureaucrats, and demons from his own past. Based upon neo-noir
master James Ellroy's (author of L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) first novel.
Can't
Hardly Wait (1998)
It's graduation day at Huntington
Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not
just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as
the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman
crushes blossom into grown-up romance. Will Preston (Ethan Embry)
finally talk to teen queen Amanda (Jennifer Love Hewitt)? Will
whiteboy rapper Special K (Seth Green) hook up? Writing/directing
team Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS) pay
loving tribute to the 1980's teen films they obviously adore,
updating the genre for a new generation of young people.
In
& Out (1997)
Howard Brackett's high school
English students are astonished. Is it really true that their
favorite high school teacher may be gay? But hey, he can't be gay;
he's about to get married! Then again, he also teaches the drama
class and boy, does he love those Barbra Streisand records... It
all happened to Howard faster than you could say Don't Ask, Don't
Tell. One of his former students became a Hollywood superstar, and
clumsily called Howard's sexuality into question--on the Academy
Awards telecast, no less. Instantly Howard's tranquil life in
Greenleaf, Indiana has turned upside down. Greenleaf has now
become the scene of a media-feeding frenzy with Howard as bait.
Peter Malloy, a slick and aggressive TV reporter, is determined to
move in for the kill and get Howard to speak the truth. Meanwhile,
Howard is only days away from his wedding to Emily Montgomery, the
fiancee he's managed to hold at bay a full three years.