A new teacher squares off against his crusty competitor for a teacher of the year award.
From writer/director Lawrence Kasdan comes this endearing romantic comedy with a charming ensemble cast. Set in the idyllic town of Mumford the inventive story revolves around a local psychologist curiously named Dr. Mumford. His no-nonsense approach to therapy and his uncanny insights into the human condition have made Dr. Mumford somewhat of a hero with the quirky locals almost all of whom are in his care. While he's the caretaker of town secrets no one realises Dr. Mumford h
August 18 Horn Island. The peace and quiet of a tiny tropical South Pacific island is shattered when a covert scientific-military research operation goes horribly wrong. The only survivors include the scientist behind the formula and the now disgraced officer in charge - the former out to protect the world from his creation and the latter out for revenge. Ten years later two young men find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time when Tim Mason (Skeet Ulrich) and Arlo (Cuba
Comedian Billy Crystal invested a life's worth of experience into his directorial debut, starring in and cowriting it as well. Mr. Saturday Night is a fascinating alternate biography of the career he never had. From the 1920s to the 90s, the movie uses flashbacks to follow a comedian's turbulent journey from making the family laugh, to stardom, to retirement. Buddy Young Jr (Crystal) and his brother Stan (David Paymer) show us the decidedly unfunny behind-the-scenes family events that can bolster or destroy an act. It's unfortunate that the flip side of Buddy's comic face is a viciously cruel streak. Distanced from his daughter and with Stan's need to move on, the contemporary segments are tinged with tragedy. They're assisted immeasurably by some impressive old-age make-up (which so often fails), transforming Crystal into an unrecognisable cantankerous creature. The gags come thick and fast; there are numerous cameos and the good-natured tone of the movie make it universally appealing. If only more acts from Saturday Night Live had been handled as well. On the DVD: Mr. Saturday Night is a standard transfer with no frills in 4:3 and stereo. The extras package offers a series of mini-interviews that are interesting in themselves, but inexplicably repeated in the accompanying five-minute featurette. --Paul Tonks
'Crazy People' is a sharp and satirical film about the fickle world of advertising starring Dudley Moore as Emory an advertising executive who believes honesty is the best approach for his new advertising campaign. In a bid to 'recover' from his loss of perspective Emory is sent to a clinic by his bosses. The fine line between certified insanity and what society accepts as normal is expertly developed when Emory's world collides with the lives of the clinic's patients. Emory
Set in New York during the height of World War II 'Focus' recounts the unravelling of an American community when the identity of a man (William H. Macy) and his wife (Laura Dern) are mistaken. Slowly ostracised at home and work they learn the value of self and solidarity as they struggle to maintain dignity and find happiness.
Bartleby is the only person to answer a job advert that describes the role as dead end and boring. After being hired he prefers not to work and after he is fired he prefers not to leave... Based upon Herman Melville's novella 'Bartleby' is a unique black comedy satire of modern bureaucracy. A film that will stay in your mind for a very long time!
Cinderella Man (2005): James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) dubbed 'Cinderella Man' was a once-promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand became synonymous with the Great Crash. With one good hand Braddock was forced to labour on the docks of Hoboken while only his manager (Paul Giamatti) still believed in him finding fights for Braddock to help support his wife (Renee Zellweger)and children. One of the sport's oddest couples
1936: America has fast become one of the world's most powerful nations on the platform of freedom and equality for all people. On the other side of the Atlantic Hitler's Third Reich is steadily taking hold systematically setting the stage for Aryan supremacy. Joe Louis (Leonard Roberts) an up-and-coming prizefighter from Harlem New York fights for his slice of the American dream: to become boxing's heavyweight champion. Standing in his way is German champ Max Schmeling (Til S
After many years of living under the repressive regime of Fidel Castro's Cuba his musical talents stifled by state control jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval finally faces up to the grim reality that he must flee his homeland. But escape is not easy. A celebrity prized for his propaganda value he is watched day and night. Not only that Cuba is home to his wife Marianela and their children and Arturo cannot bring himself to tear the family apart until a twist of fate triggers a dange
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In the wonderfully dysfunctional tradition of The Royal Tenenbaums, teenage years are always messy... but for Maude, things couldn't seem more tragic. Within one week just prior to her 18th birthday, she is suspended from school, stranded by her best friend, dumped by the boy she loves , and Granny just died leaving her an enormous amount of money under one condition: Maude must go to college which she does not want to do and her wildly eccentric family is no help at all. Of course... It's a comedy!
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