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A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Bradley Cooper and produced by Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips and Lynette Howell Taylor. The screenplay was written by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters and is based on ‘A Star Is Born’ by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell.

Rated: R (movie contains language througout, some sexuality/nudity and substance abuse)
Run Time: 2h 16min
Release Date: October 5, 2018 (USA)
Genre: Romance, Drama, Music
Director: Bradley Cooper
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget: $36 Million
Box Office: $435 Million

A Star Is Born stars Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Eliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Ramus, Rafi Gauron, Alec Baldwin, Marlon Williams and Brandi Carlile.

A Star Is Born is the story of famous rock star Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who discovers and falls in love with a struggling singer named Ally (Lady Gaga). She is just about at her wits end and contemplating giving up on her dreams of being a singer when Jackson hears her sing in a drag club.

Jackson is immediately smitten with Ally and invites her to his next show and fly’s her on a private jet and when she arrives at the show, he coaxes her into the spotlight and invites her to sing with him on stage. She was a hit and she starts singing with the band. But even as Ally’s career is taking off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with drugs, alcohol and his own inner demons.

Movie Quotes

“Jack talked about how music is essentially twelve notes between any octave. Twelve notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over, forever. All any artist can offer the world is how they see those twelve notes. That’s it. He loved how you see them.” – Bobby

“Hey!” – Jackson
“What?” – Ally
“I just wanted to take another look at you.” – Jackson

“Look, talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a way to say it so that people listen to it, that’s a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you’ll never know. that’s just the truth. And there’s one reason we’re supposed to be here is to say something so people want to hear. So you got to grab it, and you don’t apologize, and you don’t worry about why they’re listening, or how long they’re going to be listening for, you just tell them what you want to say. Don’t you understand what I’m trying to tell you?” – Jackson

“I’m off the deep end. Watch as I dive in. I never meet the ground. Crash through the surface, where they can’t hurt us. We’re far from the shallow now.” – Ally

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine

Lady Gaga as Ally

Sam Elliott as Bobby

Andrew Dice Clay as Lorenzo

Dave Chappelle as Noodles

Anthony Ramus as Ramon

Rafi Gauron as Rec

Alec Baldwin as Alec Baldwin

Marlon Williams as Marlon Williams

Brandi Carlile as Brandi Carlile

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Almost Famous

Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Cameron Crowe and produced by Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce. The screenplay was also written by Cameron Crowe.

Rated: R (movie contains language, drug content and brief nudity)
Run Time: 2h 2min
Release Date: September 22, 2000 (USA)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Cameron Crowe
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Budget: $60 Million
Box Office: $47.4 Million

Almost Famous stars Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Angarano, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jimmy Fallon, Peter Frampton, Jay Baruchel, Rainn Wilson, Marc Maron, Eric Stonestreet, Ken Sussman, Nick Swardson, Terry Chen and John Fedevich.

Almost Famous is a coming of age story of 15-year old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) who writes for the school paper and is a huge music fan. William is inspired by the seminal bands of the time and gets one of his articles published in Cream Magazine.

Meanwhile, Ben Fong-Torres (Terry Chen), the editor of Rolling Stone magazine contacts William to give him an assignment to interview the up and coming band Stillwater for the magazine. William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band and travels with them to secure interviews with Stillwater’s lead guitar player, Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and lead singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee).

Russell takes a liking to young William and his new acquaintance, and invites William and veteran groupie Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), on the road with them so William can finish his interview.

Movie Quotes

“Music, you know, true music – not just rock n roll – it chooses you. It lives in your car, or alone listening to your headphones, you know, with the cast scenic bridges and angelic choirs in your brain. It’s a place apart from the vast, benign lap of America.” – Lester Bangs

“I didn’t invent the rainy day, man, I just own the best umbrella.” – Dennis Hope

“I have to go home.” – William Miller
“You are home.” – Penny Lane

“So, you’re talking to Ben Fong-Torres, right? Here’s what you do. Tell him it’s a think piece about a mid level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom. [Chuckles] He’ll wet himself.” – Lester Bangs

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Billy Crudup as Russell Hammond

Frances McDormand as Elaine Miller

Kate Hudson as Penny Lane

Jason Lee as Jeff Bebe

Patrick Fugit as William Miller

Zooey Deschanel as Anita Miller

Michael Angarano as Young William Miller

Anna Paquin as Polexia Aphrodisia

Fairuza Balk as Sapphire

Noah Taylor as Dick Roswell

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs

Jimmy Fallon as Dennis Hope

Peter Frampton as Reg

Jay Baruchel as Vic Munoz

Rainn Wilson as David Felton

Marc Maron as Angry Promoter

Eric Stonestreet as Sheldon the Desk Clerk

Ken Sussman as Lenny

Nick Swardson as Insane Bowie Fan

Terry Chen as Ben Fong-Torres

John Fedevich as Ed Vallencourt

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Paycheck

Paycheck is a 2003 American action crime drama film directed by John Woo and produced by John Woo, John Davis, Terence Chang and Michael Hackett. The screenplay was written by Dean Gerogaris and is based on the story ‘Paycheck‘ written by Philip K. Dick in 1953.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains intense action violence and brief language)
Run Time: 1h 59min
Release Date: December 25, 2003 (USA)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: John Woo
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Budget: $61 Million
Box Office: $96 Million

Paycheck stars Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Kathryn Morris, Ivana Milicevic, Peter Friedman and Michelle Harrison.

Paycheck is the story of Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck), a master of reverse engineering who gets paid by large corporations to crack the secrets of their competitors’ products and how they work. His latest job took 2 months to complete and he was paid handsomely. However, in exchange for the large paycheck, he also agrees to have his memory of all the work on the project wiped from his brain.

Jennings is the best in the business and is approached by James Rethrick (Aaron Eckhart), tech billionaire and head of Allcom, who wants to discuss a huge potential job opportunity with a very large payday. Without divulging anything about the project itself, Rethrick promises him it will probably earn him eight figures but could take 2 to 3 years to complete. In order to learn more, Michael must contractually agree to take the job before he would find out anything about the actual project itself. He would also have to agree to a complete memory wipe back to the project start date to protect the secrets of Allcom. Standard procedure in Michael’s business but that is more than anyone has ever wiped which was incredibly risky.

Michael weighs the trade off of the large paycheck in exchange for losing up to 3 years of his life and memories, maybe more if something goes wrong. However, eight figures is hard to refuse and Jennings agrees and begins immediately. A marker is implanted in his cortex to pinpoint the start of the project which will be used as the reference point for his memory wipe upon completion. The contract states he must stay at Allcom for the duration of the project and also must turn in all of his personal effects to be returned when the project is completed.

Michael completes the job and goes to have his memory erased and collect his paycheck and his personal effects. Once his memory is erased, he finds out the project took 3 years and he earned $90 million dollars during his time on the job. When he goes to claim it and his stuff, he discovers that before his memory wipe he had waived his rights to the money and rather than the belongings he had checked in, he was handed an envelope with miscellaneous and random objects inside. Confused and angry with no memory of what had transpired, he is escorted out of Allcom.

Soon after, Jennings is arrested by the FBI who state he committed some act of treason and murder while working at Allcom. He remembers nothing. But, while in custody, he manages to escape using some of the items in the envelope he was given. Now he is a fugitive being chased by the FBI while at the same time, Rethrick is also after him and Michael soon realizes that the fate of the entire world might be in his hands.

Movie Quotes

“Look, if we know anything, we know that time travel’s not possible. Einstein proved that. right?” – Shorty
“Time ‘travel’, yes. But Einstein was very clear that he believed time viewing, theoretically, could be accomplished.” – Michael Jennings

“Michael Jennings is not a super agent, he’s an engineer. Yet, somehow he managed to escape from a double-locked room. How? Was it fate? No. Fate was on our side. That means someone who knew, changed something.” – James Rethrick

“Let’s take a look at the future before we destroy this thing.” – Michael Jennings

“If you show someone their future, they have no future.” – Michael Jennings

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Ben Affleck as Michael Jennings

Aaron Eckhart as Jimmy Rethrick

Uma Thurman as Rachel Porter

Paul Giamatti as Shorty

Colm Feore as Wolfe

Joe Morton as Agent Dodge

Michael C. Hall as Agent Klein

Kathryn Morris as Rita Dunne

Ivana Milicevic as Maya / Rachel

Peter Friedman as Attorney General Brown

Michelle Harrison as Jane

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Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The screenplay was written by David Marconi.

Rated: R (movie contains language and violence)
Run Time: 2h 12min
Release Date: November 20, 1998 (USA)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Spy, Conspiracy, Mystery
Director: Tony Scott
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Budget: $90 Million
Box Office: $250.6 Million

Enemy of the State stars Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, Laura Cayouette, Loren Dean, Barry Pepper, Ian Hart, Jake Busey, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Gabriel Byrne, Jack Black, Jamie Kennedy, Seth Green, Philip Baker Hall, Tom Sizemore, Ivana Milicevic and Jason Robards.

Enemy of the State follows Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer and dedicated family man who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. While Christmas shopping for his wife, Dean runs into Daniel Zavits (Jason Lee), an old friend from college who seems very upset and out of breath. Zavits then runs out the back of the store and is killed minutes later by an oncoming truck in front of Dean.

Meanwhile, the news is broadcasting coverage of the recent death of U.S. Congressman, Phillip Hammersley (Jason Robards), who is believed to have had a heart attack while driving and accidentally drove his car into a lake. However, before being discovered in the lake, Hammersley was in a heated discussion with National Security Agency (NSA) official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight) about his vote on an upcoming piece of surveillance legislation in which Hammersley was planning to vote no which would kill the bill. To assure the passage of the proposed legislation, Reynolds had the congressman assassinated with a lethal injection in his neck and his goons then placed him in his car and released the car into the lake.

Unbeknownst to Reynolds, Daniel Zavitz was working on a study to determine the migratory pattern of Canada geese and had a camera set up at the lake to videotape their behavior. While reviewing footage of geese, Zavitz discovers he had caught the entire murder on tape and would be able to identify the parties involved. He calls a friend at a newspaper to set up an exchange of the tape and then there is a knock at his door. Fearing for his life at that point, he climbs out of his fire escape and begins running which is where he ran into Dean shopping. In their exchange, Dean unknowingly receiving the videotape when Zavitz placed it into his shopping bag before fleeing the store.

Congressman Hammersley has been very vocal against upcoming new surveillance legislation and the evidence of the murder now resided with Dean. The NSA had been following Zavitz and tied the two together and started surveillance on Dean and his family. Dean’s life began to fall apart all around him and soon he loses his job and his wife from rumors of an affair with an ex-girlfriend named Rachel Banks (Lisa Bonet). The NSA turns their attention to her and she ends up getting killed and it is made to look like Dean had committed the murder. With the help of ex-intelligence agent Edward ‘Brill’ Lyle (Gene Hackman), Dean attempts to throw Reynolds off his trail and prove his innocence. Can Robert Dean get his life back?

Movie Quotes

“The government’s been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the forties. They’ve infected everything. They get into your bank statements, computer files, email, listen to your phone calls… Every wire, every air-wave. The more technology used, the easier it is for them to keep tabs on you. It’s a brave new world out there. At least it better be.” – Brill

“Telecommunications Security and Privacy Act. Invasion of privacy is more like it. You read the Post? This bill is not the first step toward the surveillance society. It is the surveillance society.” – Congressman Phillip Hammersley

“In guerrilla warfare, you try to use your weaknesses as strengths… if they’re big and you’re small, then you’re mobile and they’re slow. You’re hidden and they’re exposed. You only fight battles you know you can win. That’s the way the Vietcong did it. You capture their weapons and you use them against them the next time.” – Brill

“Hammersley was professionally wasted under the direction of some anal-retentive with what looks like a serious vitamin D deficiency.” – Daniel Zavitz

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Will Smith as Robert Clayton Dean

Gene Hackman as Edward ‘Brill’ Lyle

Jon Voight as Thomas Brian Reynolds

Lisa Bonet as Rachel F. Banks

Regina King as Carla Dean

Stuart Wilson as Congressman Sam Albert

Laura Cayouette as Crista Hawkins

Loren Dean as Hicks

Barry Pepper as David Pratt

Ian Hart as Bingham

Jake Busey as Krug

Scott Caan as Jones

Jason Lee as Daniel Zavitz

Gabriel Byrne as Brill

Jack Black as Fiedler

Jamie Kennedy as Jamie

Seth Green as Selby

Jason Robards as Congressman Phillip Hammersley

Philip Baker Hall as Attorney Mark Silverberg

Tom Sizemore as Boss Paulie Pintero

Ivana Milicevic as Lingerie Store Salesperson

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Armageddon

Armageddon is a 1998 American sci-fi action adventure film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd and Michael Bay. The screenplay was written by Jonathan Hensleigh, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno and J.J. Abrams and was adapted from the story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains sci-fi disaster action, sensuality and brief language)
Run Time: 2h 31min
Release Date: July 1, 1998 (USA)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Bay
Studio: Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures
Budget: $140 Million
Box Office: $553.7 Million

Armageddon stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Michael Clarke Duncan, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Ken Hudson Campbell, Jessica Steen, Eddie Griffin, Grace Zabriskie and Charlton Heston.

Armageddon is the story of Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis), a blue-collar deep-sea oil driller who is recruited by NASA to assist space on a mission to try to save the world from an asteroid on a collision course for Earth. Harry accepts the mission but only if he is able to bring his crew with him because they are the best drillers in the world. NASA begrudgingly accepts Harry’s terms, however, Harry’s crew does not fit the elite NASA astronaut profile. Harry’s crew is comprised of A.J. Frost (Ben Affleck), Rockhound (Steve Buscemi), Max Lennert, Charles ‘Chick’ Chapel (Will Patton), Bear (Michael Clarke Duncan), Freddie Noonan and Oscar Choi (Owen Wilson).

The mission: Send two crews into outer space to intercept the asteroid, drill 2 deep-core holes in the asteroid, deliver a nuclear bomb to the deepest point, exit the asteroid and remotely detonate the nuclear warhead cleaving the asteroid into two pieces that will miss colliding with the Earth if the mission is competed before the asteroid crosses a distance threshold.

Harry splits his crew in half and A.J., Bear, Oscar and Noonan board the X-71 Space Shuttle orbiter Freedom and Harry leads the other crew who board X-71 Space Shuttle orbiter Independence.

Movie Quotes

“Ok, Mr. Truman, let’s say we actually do land on this. What’s it gonna be like up there?” – Oscar
“200 degrees in the sunlight, minus 200 in the shade, canyons of razor-sharp rock, unpredictable gravitational conditions, unexpected eruptions, things like that.” – Truman
Okay, so the scariest environment imaginable. Thanks. That’s all you gotta say, scariest environment imaginable.” – Oscar

“You know we’re sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn’t it?” – Rockhound

“A.J., I got just five words for you: Damn glad to see you boy!” – Harry Stamper
That’s six words.” – A.J. Stamper

“Miss Stamper? Colonel Willie Sharp, United States Air Force, ma’am. Requesting permission to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I’ve ever met.” – Colonel William Sharp

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Bruce Willis as Harry S. Stamper

Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman

Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost

Liv Tyler as Grace Stamper

Will Patton as Chick

Steve Buscemi as Rockhound

William Fichtner as Colonel Willie Sharp

Owen Wilson as Oscar

Michael Clarke Duncan as Bear

Peter Stormare as Lev Andropov

Ken Hudson Campbell as Max

Jessica Steen as Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts

Keith David as General Kimsey

Eddie Griffin as Bike Messenger

Grace Zabriskie as Dottie

Charlton Heston as Narrator

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A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Elliott Abbott and Robert Greenhut. The screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel and is based on the story by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson.

Rated: PG (movie contains language)
Run Time: 2h 8min
Release Date: July 1, 1992 (USA)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: Penny Marshall
Studio: Universal Pictures
Budget: $40 Million
Box Office: $132.4 Million

A League of Their Own stars Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell, Lori Petty, Megan Cavanaugh, Tracy Reiner, Anne Ramsay, Jon Lovitz, Freddie Simpson, Ann Cusack, Bitty Schram, Garry Marshall, Patti Pelton, Bill Pullman, Tea Leoni, Renee Coleman, David Strathairn, Harry Shearer and Eddie Jones.

A League of Their Own is the story about two sisters, Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty), who live in a small town in Oregon and compete with each other for everything. In addition, both women play on the local softball team sponsored by Lukash Dairy with Dottie playing catcher while her younger sister Kit is the pitcher on the team.

During World War II, most of the able bodied men have been shipped overseas to to fight the war while the women who are left behind are tasked with filling the jobs left vacant by the men. Moreover, as a way to boost morale, a well-known candy mogul and MLB team owner, Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall), contrives the idea to create a professional baseball league for women; both to keep the sport alive and to make a buck or two while entertaining the fans during wartime.

Scouts are sent all over the country to find women players to populate the newly formed league and as Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) passes through Wilamette, Oregon, he discovers Dottie who is a top notch player on a co-ed fastpitch softball league. When approached to play, Dottie is offered a tryout for the upcoming league but she is not interested in joining but explains that Kit is a great pitcher. After considering his options, Ernie offers Kit a tryout but only if Dottie attends too and she eventually gives in.

After the tryouts, women are chosen and split into four teams with sixteen players on each team. Meanwhile, Dottie and Kit both end up on the same team, the Rockford Peaches, who will play in Rockford, Illinois. Walter Harvey enlists Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), a former MLB star who left the league due to alcohol related issues, to manage the newly formed team to give the league a name to cheer for while the women play. Meanwhile, the sisters struggle to help the league succeed while battling with their own growing personal rivalry.

Movie Quotes

“Careers and higher education are leading to the masculinization of women, with enormously dangerous consequences to the home, the children, and our country. When our boys come home from war, what kind of girls will they be coming home to? And now the most disgusting example of this sexual confusion: Mr. Walter Harvey of Harvey bars is presenting us with women’s baseball. Right here in Chicago, young girls plucked from their families are gathered at Harvey Field, to see which one of them can be the most masculine. Mr. Harvey, like your candy bars, you’re completely… nuts.” – Maida Gillespie

“Uh, Lord, hollowed be Thy name. May our feet be swift; may our bats be mighty; may our balls… be plentiful. Lord, I’d just like to thank You for that waitress in South Bend. You know who she is – she kept calling Your name. And God, these are good girls, and they work hard. Just help them see it all the way through. Okay, that’s it.” – Jimmy Dugan

“Great game, Jimmy. I especially liked the move in the seventh inning when you scratched your balls for an hour.” – Ira Lowenstein

“Well, bite my butt and call me an apple! She nearly took her head off!” – Stadium Announcer

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Geena Davis as Dottie Hinson (C)

Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan

Lori Petty as Kit Keller (P)

Madonna as Mae Mordabito (CF)

Rosie O’Donnell as Doris Murphy (3B)

Megan Cavanaugh as Marla Hooch (2B)

Tracy Reiner as Betty Horn (LF / P)

Bitty Schram as Evelyn Gardner (RF)

Ann Cusack as Shirley Baker

Anne Ramsay as Helen Haley (1B)

Freddie Simpson as Ellen Sue Gotlander (SS / P)

Renee Coleman as Alice Gaspers (LF / C)

Jon Lovitz as Ernie Capadino

Garry Marshall as Walter Harvey

David Strathairn as Ira Lowenstein

Patty Pelton as Marbleann Wilkenson

Bill Pullman as Bob Hinson

Tea Leoni as Racine 1B

Harry Shearer as Newsreel Announcer

Eddie Jones as Dave Hooch

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A Good Year

A Good Year is a 2006 British-American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Ridley Scott. The screenplay was written by Marc Klein and was based on the book ‘A Good Year’ by Peter Mayle.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains language and some sexual content)
Run Time: 1h 57min
Release Date: November 10, 2006 (USA)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Budget: $35 Million
Box Office: $42.1 Million

A Good Year stars Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Abbie Cornish, Freddy Highmore, Tom Hollander, Archie Panjabi, Didier Bourdon, Isabelle Candelier and Kenneth Cranham.

A Good Year is the story Max Skinner (Russell Crowe), a London banker who inherits his Uncles estate in southeastern France. After his parents died in a tragic accident, young Max spent his childhood summer holidays with his Uncle Henry (Albert Finney), learning to appreciate the finer things in life.

25 years later, Max, a successful arrogant workaholic bond trader in London, learns of his uncles passing and that he is the sole beneficiary of the French chateau and vineyard where he spent much of his childhood. He travels to Provence to prepare a quick sale only to learn that the estate needs a lot of work to renovate it to be sold.

With no intention of keeping the estate, he plans to fix up the place cosmetically in a few days and then sell the entire lot. While working on the house he is surprised by the unexpected arrival of Christie Roberts (Abbie Cornish), who is backpacking through Europe and presents herself as Henry’s previously unknown illegitimate daughter looking for her long-lost father. Max fears that she might also lay claim to the estate and tries to keep her happy until she decides to leave.

Meanwhile, Max is also enamored of the very beautiful yet entirely feisty local cafe owner Fanny Chenal (Marion Cotillard), who is rumored to have sworn off men. He successfully woos Fanny, who leaves Max the next morning expecting him to return to his life in London. Christie, having learned that Max intends to betray Henry’s passion, leaves Provence, and Max sells the estate and returns to his life in London. Memories flood and Max immediately regrets betraying his uncle and forges a letter from Henry that states Christie has a valid claim to the property and returns to Provence to pursue a relationship with Fanny.

Movie Quotes

“A man should acknowledge his losses just as gracefully as he celebrates his victories. You’ll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh… how much more enjoyable it is to win. It’s inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it.” – Uncle Henry

“Forgive my lips. They find joy in the most unusual places.” – Max Skinner

“There’s something you should know about me, Max. I’m very, very choosy… I’m also very, very suspicious; very, very irrational, and I have a very, very short temper. I’m also extremely jealous and slow to forgive. Just so you know.” – Fanny Chenal

“My uncle loved women, although no one for a long time, and he never married. He loved England, yet lived in France. He was an adventurer, yet all my memories take place within 100 steps of this spot.” – Max Skinner

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Russell Crowe as Max Skinner

Albert Finney as Uncle Henry

Marion Cotillard as Fanny Chenal

Abbie Cornish as Christie Roberts

Freddy Highmore as Young Max

Tom Hollander as Charlie Willis

Archie Panjabi as Gemma

Didier Bourdon as Francis Duflot

Isabelle Candelier as Ludivine Duflot

Kenneth Cranham as Sir Nigel

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A Perfect Getaway

A Perfect Getaway is a 2009 American mystery adventure thriller film directed by David Twohy and produced by Ryan Kavanaugh, Mark Canton, Tucker Tooley and Robbie Brenner. The screenplay was also written by David Twohy.

Rated: R (movie contains graphic violence, language including sexual references and some drug use)
Run Time: 1h 38min
Release Date: August 9, 2009 (USA)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Romance, Drama
Director: David Twohy
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Budget: $14 Million
Box Office: $22.9 Million

A Perfect Getaway stars Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Ruivivar and Dale Dickey.

A Perfect Getaway is the story of Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich), an adventurous couple enjoying their honeymoon on Kauai while getting ready to hike a gorgeous 11-mile trail to a spectacular secluded beach. On their way, the couple stops for Cleo (Marley Shelton) and Kale (Chris Hemsworth), another pair of newlyweds trying to hitch a ride by the side of the road. Cliff gets intimidated by Kale and tells the couple they need to find another ride and Cliff and Cydney drive off.

Cliff and Cydney get to the trail head and begin their adventure. A short while into the hike, they get to a narrow ridge in the trail and are unsure they can make it across. While contemplating turning around, another hiker, Nick (Timothy Olyphant) shows up and demonstrates how to cross a particularly tricky section of the trail and the trio continue to walk together.

Further up the trail, the trio comes across a group of upset girls who were trying to get their cell phones to work after losing their signal while one girl was speaking to her father. On the call she learned that a young couple had been found dead in Honolulu. The victims had their teeth pulled out and fingerprints removed and the police are on the lookout for a man and a woman as suspects. As it turns out, Cliff and Cydney just came from there before they embarked on the trail and Nick mentions he was also just there.

The trio continues to hike when Nick decides to break off from them. He mentions that he just hiked back to get some things he forgot. Cliff and Cydney discuss whether they should stick with Nick who is walking back to his camp or if they should continue. Nick doesn’t mind either way. The couple was about to head off on their own when Cliff suddenly has a change of heart after spotting Cleo and Kale on the trail just below them. They stick with Nick and continue to a waterfall, where Nick’s girlfriend Gina (Kiele Sanchez) is lying down on a raft naked. Nick strips off his clothes and joins her in the water.

The next morning, the two couples trek their way towards the popular beach. It will not take them long to realize that both Nick and Gina are a little odd and suspiciously fit the description of the killers.

Movie Quotes

“I’m a goddamn American Jedi.” – Nick

“He is really hard to kill.” – Gina

“Sometimes it seems like… like nothing exists until we get there, until we put our eyes on it. Like the whole world was manufactured for our wants and needs, ya know?” – Cliff

“I know that in some bent way, your need for detachment fits my need for attachment, that’s it.” – Cydney

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Steve Zahn as Cliff

Timothy Olyphant as Nick

Milla Jovovich as Cydney

Kiele Sanchez as Gina

Marley Shelton as Cleo

Chris Hemsworth as Kale

Anthony Ruivivar as Chronic

Dale Dickey as Earth Mama

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Walk The Line

Walk the Line is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by James Mangold and produced by James Keach and Cathy Konrad. The screenplay was written by Gill Dennis and James Mangold based on the books ‘Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words and Cash: The Autobiography both written Johnny Cash.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains some language, thematic material and a depiction of drug dependency)
Run Time: 2h 33min
Release Date: November 18, 2005 (USA)
Genre: Romance, Drama, Music
Director: James Mangold
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Budget: $28 Million
Box Office: $187 Million

Walk the Line stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller, Larry Bagby, Shelby Lynne, Tyler Hilton, Shooter Jennings, Waylon Payne, Rhoda Griffis and James Keach.

Walk the Line is the autobiographical story of Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) and his rise to fame in the 1950’s. A chronicle of Cash’s life, from his early childhood days growing up on an Arkansas cotton farm where he struggles under the scorn of his father (Robert Patrick) to his rise with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny takes an interest in music. Anxious to leave Arkansas, when he was old enough he joined the Air Force and got stationed in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar in a German music store and starts writing his own music.

After the Air Force, he returns home and proposes to Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin) and they move to Memphis, Tennessee where Johnny works as an unsuccessful door-to-door salesman who so desperately wants to be a musician and practices with his band consisting of Johnny and two mechanics who also play guitar and bass. They get together weekly to practice gospel songs.

While working as a salesman, he was walking when he hears music coming from an alley and he follows it to a small building with the back door open. He peeks in the door and sees Elvis Presley recording a song. The door is quickly shut but in that moment he discovers a man named Sam Phillips (Dallas Rogers) who can help him pursue his dreams.

Phillips agrees to give him and his band a tryout. Stopping them half way through their song, Phillips doesn’t believe the song touches Johnny and encourages him to play a song that would make a difference if he had only one shot at singing a song. He slowly starts playing a song he wrote while in the Air Force and Phillips loves it and they wind up making an entire record.

Soon after, Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two started playing on a short multi-city tour, promoting his songs. This is where he meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). Trouble ensues as the tours get longer and his feelings for June get stronger. However, Cash’s volatile lifestyle and drug addiction threatens to keep them apart.

Movie Quotes

“If you was hit by a truck and you was lying out there in the gutter dying, and you had time to sing *one* song. Huh? One song that people would remember before you’re dirt. One song that would let God know how you felt about your time here on Earth. One song that would sum you up. You tellin’ me that’s the song you’d sing? That same Jimmy Davis tune we hear on the radio all day, about your peace within, and how it’s real, and how you’re gonna shout it? Or… would you sing somethin’ different. Somethin’ real. Somethin’ *you* felt. Cause I’m telling you right now, that’s the kind of song people want to hear. That’s the kind of song that truly saves people. It ain’t got nothin’ to do with believin’ in God, Mr. Cash. It has to do with believin’ in yourself.” – Sam Phillips

“You can’t wear black. It looks like you’re going to a funeral.” – Vivian Cash
“Maybe I am…” – Johnny Cash

“Y’all can’t walk no line!” – June Carter

“Get yourselves a pine box, boys. Nobody follows The Killer!” – Jerry Lee Lewis

Official Movie Trailer

Movie Stars

Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash

Reese Witherspoon as June Carter

Ginnifer Goodwin as Vivian Cash

Robert Patrick as Ray Cash

Dallas Robert as Sam Phillips

Dan John Miller as Luther Perkins

Larry Bagby as Marshall Grant

Tyler Hilton as Elvis Presley

Waylon Payne as Jerry Lee Lewis

Shooter Jennings as Waylon Jennings

James Keach as Warden

Rhoda Griffis as Five and Dime Manager

Additional Information

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Aloha

Aloha is a 2015 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Cameron Crowe who also produced the film with his associate Scott Rudin.

Rated: PG-13 (movie contains language and suggestive comments)
Run Time: 1h 45min
Release Date: May 29, 2015 (USA)
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Director: Cameron Crowe
Studio: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures
Budget: $52 Million
Box Office: $26.3 Million

Aloha stars Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, Danielle Rose Russell, Elizabeth Marvel, Ivana Milicevic and Jay Baruchel.

Aloha is the story of Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper), a combat-scarred military defense contractor on assignment in Oahu, Hawaii who is trying to reconnect with the space program. Part of Brian’s assignment is to organize a traditional Hawaiian ritual blessing with the native Hawaiians for a new pedestrian gate project being funded by billionaire industrialist Carson Welch (Bill Murray). Carson is also looking to develop nearby land into a space center to launch satellites.

While in Hawaii, Brian reconnects with his old girlfriend Tracy (Rachel McAdams). But Tracy is married to an Air Force pilot named Woody (John Krasinski) and they have two kids and a happy life.

The Air Force assigned Allison Ng (Emma Stone) an Air Force fighter pilot as Brian’s liaison to escort him around the island. As a native Hawaiian, Allison is a staunch defender of Hawaiians against the encroachments of Brian’s employer who is eager to militarize Hawaiian air space by a launching weapons satellite.

Movie Quotes

“In any of its many forms, I have found that nothing beats fun.” – Brian Gilcrest

“The future isn’t just something that happens. It’s a brutal force with a great sense of humor that will steamroll you if you’re not watching.” – Carson Welch

“There was a time I knew everything in the sky. Every satellite, every constellation, souvenirs of space walks and astronauts and rockets launched by NASA in the ’60s. As a kid, I looked up and felt the future. It belonged to me.” – Brian Gilcrest