Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.
RUBY SPARKS
2012. JONATHAN DAYTON, VALERIE FARIS. STARRING PAUL DANO, ZOE KAZAN. METALEPSIS. ROMANCE. WRITERS.
A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
STRANGER THAN FICTION
2006. MARC FORSTER. STARRING WILL FERRELL. EMMA THOMPSON. DUSTIN HOFFMAN. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL. COMEDY.
An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death. METALEPSIS. COMEDY.
CHINATOWN
1974.ROMAN POLANSKI.STARRING JACK NICHOLSON.FAYE DUNAWAY.
A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
THE WIRE
2002-2008. CREATOR DAVID SIMON. CRIME DRAMA SERIES.
Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement. FIVE SEASONS that focus on a different part of society each season; police, harbour, politicians, schools, media.
Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement. FIVE SEASONS that focus on a different part of society each season; police, harbour, politicians, schools, media.
HOUSE OF CARDS
various directors, including DAVID FINCHER. 2013. starring KEVIN SPACEY, ROBIN WRIGHT, KATE MARA.
Dramatic series. 13 episodes. Francis Underwood is Majority Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics - and is willing to betray them all to become President.
Dramatic series. 13 episodes. Francis Underwood is Majority Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics - and is willing to betray them all to become President.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
2005. JOE WRIGHT. STARRING KIERA KNIGHTLEY. BASED ON THE NOVEL BY JANE AUSTEN.
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
DRIVE
2011. NICOLAS WINDING REFN. STARRING RYAN GOSLING, CAREY MULLIGAN.
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.
TRUE ROMANCE
1993. TONY SCOTT. STARRING CHRISTIAN SLATER, PATRICIA ARQUETTE, DENNIS HOPPER, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, GARY OLDMAN. WRITTEN BY QUENTIN TARANTINO.
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
1990. TOM STOPPARD. STARRING GARY OLDMAN, TIM ROTH. 
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
1998.ALFONSO CUARON. GWENYTH PALTROW, ETHAN HAWKE
Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1998. JOHN MADDEN. GWENYTH PALTROW. JOSEPH FIENNES.
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
GOOD WILL HUNTING
1997. GUS VAN SANT. MATT DAMON. BEN AFFLECK.
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
MR. AND MRS. SMITH
2005. DOUG LIMAN. BRAD PITT. ANGELINA JOLIE. ROM COM ACTION.
A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
CHASING AMY
1997. KEVIN SMITH. BEN AFFLECK. JOEY LAUREN ADAMS.
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
NOTTING HILL
1999. ROGER MICHELL. JULIA ROBERTS, HUGH GRANT.
The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.
27 DRESSES
2008. ANNE FLETCHER. KATHERINE HEIGL. ROM COM.
After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.
THE HOLIDAY
2006. NANCY MEYERS. STARRING KATE WINSLET. JUDE LAW. CAMERON DIAZ. JACK BLACK.
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN TEN DAYS.
2003. DONALD PETRIE. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY. KATE HUDSON.
Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the "How To" beat for "Composure" magazine and is assigned to write an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made.
TWO WEEKS NOTICE
2002. MARC LAWRENCE. HUGH GRANT. SANDRA BULLOCK. ROM COM.
A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.
CRAZY STUPID LOVE
2011. GLENN FICARRA & JOSH REQUA. STARRING RYAN GOSLING, STEVE CARELL.
A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
2011.WILL GLUCK. STARRING MILA KUNIS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. ROM COM.
While trying to avoid the clichés of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan and Jamie soon discover however that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications.
KNOCKED UP
2007. JUDD APATOW. STARRING SETH ROGEN, KATHERINE HEIGL, PAUL RUDD.
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
THE UGLY TRUTH
2009.ROBERT LUKETIC. STARRING KATHERINE HEIGL, GERARD BUTLER. ROM COM.
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
DATE NIGHT
2010. SHAWN LEVY. STARRING TINA FEY. STEVE CARELL. COMEDY CRIME ROMANCE.
In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
ADAPTATION
2002. SPIKE JONZE. WRITTEN BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN. STARRING NICHOLAS CAGE, MERYL STREEP, CHRIS COOPER. DRAMA, COMEDY, WRITERS, META.
A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere.
THE HOURS
2002. STEPHAN DALDRY. STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN, JULIANNE MOORE, MERYL STREEP. DRAMA.
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives. Based on the novel by Michael Cunningham.
BARTON FINK
1991. JOEL COEN. STARRING JOHN TURTURRO, JOHN GOODMAN. DRAMA. WRITERS.
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
1997. WOODY ALLEN.
Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
2012. MARTIN MCDONAGH. STARRING COLIN FIRTH, SAM ROCKWELL, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN. DRAMA, DARK COMEDY, CRIME, WRITERS.
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
WONDER BOYS
2000. CURTIS HANSON. STARRING MICHAEL DOUGLAS, TOBEY MCGUIRE, FRANCES MCDORMAND, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. ROMANTIC COMEDY DRAMA.
An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1998. JOEL COEN. STARRING JEFF DANIELS, STEVE BUSCEMI, JOHN GOODMAN, JULIANNE MOORE.
"Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
NEWSIES
1992. KENNY ORTEGA. STARRING CHRISTIAN BALE. MUSICAL. PERIOD.
A musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are meet by the ruthlessness of big business.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
1985. ROBERT ZEMECKIS. STARRING MICHAEL J FOX. FANTASTY ADVENTURE TIME TRAVEL.
A teenager is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.
SOAPDISH
1991.MICHAEL HOFFMAN. STARRING SALLY FIELD, KEVIN KLINE, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. ELIZABETH SHUE, WHOOPY GOLDBERG. ROMANTIC COMEDY.
An ambitious TV soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
1985.JOHN HUGHES. STARRING EMILIO ESTEVEZ. MOLLY RINGWALD. ROMANTIC COMEDY DRAMA. HIGH SCHOOL. 80s.
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
1986. JOHN HUGHES.STARRING MATTHEW BRODERICK. ROMANTIC COMEDY.
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
2012. DAVID O.RUSSELL. STARRING BRADLEY COOPER, JENNIFER LAWRENCE. ROMANTIC COMEDY. DANCE. DRAMA.
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
BLACK SWAN
2010. DARREN ARONOFSKY. STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN, MILA KUNIS, VINCENT CASSEL. BALLET. DRAMA.
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
CENTER STAGE
2000. NICOLAS HYTNER. BALLET. ROMANTIC COMEDY.
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
DIRTY DANCING
1987. EMILE ARDOLINO. STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE, JENNIFER GREY.
Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor Johnny Castle.
THE RED SHOES.
1948.THE ARCHERS: MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER. STARRING MOIRA SHEARER. BALLET.
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The movie employs the story within a story device, being about a young ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes, itself based on the fairy tale "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen.
The movie employs the story within a story device, being about a young ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes, itself based on the fairy tale "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
1954.MICHAEL CURTIZ.STARRING BING CROSBY. ROMANCE. MUSICAL. CHRISTMAS.
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
SCROOGED
1988. RICHARD DONNER.STARRING BILL MURRAY. CHRISTMAS COMEDY.
A cynically selfish TV executive gets haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
DIE HARD.
1988. JOHN MCTIERAN. STARRING BRUCE WILLIS, ALAN RICKMAN.
John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly Gennaro and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
LOVE ACTUALLY
2003. RICHARD CURTIS. STARRING HUGH GRANT, EMMA THOMPSON, LIAM NEESON. COLIN FIRTH, KIERA KNIGHTLEY. ROMANTIC COMEDY.
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
THE MASTER
THE MASTER. 2012. PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON. STARRING PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN. JOAQUIN PHOENIX. AMY ADAMS. DRAMA.
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
DANIEL CRAIG AS JAMES BOND - TRILOGY IN THE SERIES
CASINO ROYALE. 2006. MARTIN CAMPBELL. QUANTUM OF SOLACE. 2008. MARC FORSTER. SKYFALL. 2012. SAM MENDES. STARRING DANIEL CRAIG.
Casino Royale (2006) is set at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, just as he is earning his licence to kill. After preventing a terrorist attack at Miami International Airport, Bond falls for Vesper Lynd, the treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre by beating him in a high-stakes poker game. Quantum of Solace (2008) is the twenty-second James Bond film and is the direct sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale. It features Daniel Craig's second performance as James Bond. In the film, Bond battles wealthy businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organisation, posing as an environmentalist who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to seize control of the nation's water supply. Bond also seeks revenge for the death of his lover, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), and is assisted by Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), who is seeking revenge for the murder of her family. Skyfall (2012) features Daniel Craig's third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's antagonist. The film centres on Bond investigating an attack on MI6; the attack is part of a plot by former MI6 operative Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as revenge against her for betraying him. The film sees the return of two recurring characters to the series after an absence of two films: Q, played by Ben Whishaw, and Eve Moneypenny, played by Naomie Harris. Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, a role that she had played in the previous six films. The position is subsequently filled by Ralph Fiennes' character, Gareth Mallory.
Casino Royale (2006) is set at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, just as he is earning his licence to kill. After preventing a terrorist attack at Miami International Airport, Bond falls for Vesper Lynd, the treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre by beating him in a high-stakes poker game. Quantum of Solace (2008) is the twenty-second James Bond film and is the direct sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale. It features Daniel Craig's second performance as James Bond. In the film, Bond battles wealthy businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organisation, posing as an environmentalist who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to seize control of the nation's water supply. Bond also seeks revenge for the death of his lover, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), and is assisted by Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), who is seeking revenge for the murder of her family. Skyfall (2012) features Daniel Craig's third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's antagonist. The film centres on Bond investigating an attack on MI6; the attack is part of a plot by former MI6 operative Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as revenge against her for betraying him. The film sees the return of two recurring characters to the series after an absence of two films: Q, played by Ben Whishaw, and Eve Moneypenny, played by Naomie Harris. Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, a role that she had played in the previous six films. The position is subsequently filled by Ralph Fiennes' character, Gareth Mallory.
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