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Kate Hudson, Dane Cook and Jason Biggs star in this romantic comedy about a man (Biggs) who hires his best friend Tank (Cook) whose job is to make girls run back to their exes once they date him.Release date: September 19, 2008
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Romance can be risky, perplexing and filled with the perils of miscommunication - and that's if you aren't ADAM, for whom life itself is this way. In this heartfelt romantic comedy, Hugh Dancy (THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC) stars as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence - until he meets his new neighbor, Beth (Rose Byrne, "Damages," 28 WEEKS LATER, KNOWING), a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Watch a clip from ADAM.
Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection. ADAM also stars Peter Gallagher (“The O.C.”), Amy Irving (“Alias”), and Frankie Faison (“The Wire”). Written & directed by Max Mayer.
MOVIE REVIEW
Adam is the story of a woman looking for truth in her life, and of a man who can be nothing but honest. Adam, played by Hugh Dancy, is a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome. Just as his father dies, a young woman, played by Rose Byrne, moves into his apartment building. Her unabashed, sincere, friendliness gets past his shy, anti-social awkwardness and by the time she realizes how deep his social limitations are, a friendship has already been formed. Her interest and curiosity encourages her to learn more about this syndrome. And as their relationship grows, she takes on the task of helping Adam get a new job and achieve more independence.
As Beth’s own life begins to unravel, Adam’s honesty becomes even more precious to her until the truth becomes too painful to bear. This is a beautiful love story, brilliantly acted, wonderfully detailed, and genuinely heartfelt. It is unsentimental in delivery and is never maudlin. It is a very moving film totally worth seeing.
| Studio: | Fox Searchlight | |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama And Romance | |
| Release Date: | July 29, 2009 (limited) | |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for thematic material, sexual content and language. | |
| Starring: | Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker | |
| Directed By: | Max Mayer | |
| Produced By: | Christina Weiss Lurie, Dean Vanech, Miranda De Pencier | |
Don't make Beyonce mad? In OBSESSED, her character Sharon thinks her husband is having an affair with a temp in his office. View Beyonce in anger mode in this clip.
Synopsis:
Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.
| Release Date: | April 24, 2009 | |
| Starring: | Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Bruce McGill, with Jerry O’Connell and Christine Lahti | |
| Directed By: | Steve Shill | |
| Produced By: | Will Packer | |
This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true to life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel (Yes, Man).
In this clip, the couple pretend to be man and wife in their home while shopping at Ikea.
| Studio: | Fox Searchlight | |
| Genres: | Comedy And Romance | |
| Release Date: | July 17, 2009 | |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 | |
| Starring: | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Minka Kelly, Rachel Boston, Clark Gregg | |
| Directed By: | Marc Webb | |
| Produced By: | Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mason Novick | |
Duplicity
| Studio: | Universal | |
| Genres: | Drama | |
| Release Date: | March 20, 2009 (wide) | |
| MPAA Rating: | TBA | |
| Starring: | Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Rick Worthy (II) | |
| Directed By: | Tony Gilroy | |
| Produced By: | Laura Bickford, Jennifer Fox | |
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After a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Traffic, Benicio Del Toro failed to take on any roles worthy of his talent until now. In Che, his turn as the charismatic leader in the Cuban Revolution was a role Del Toro was born to play. His usual low mumbling, unsure of himself voice is gone in the all Spanish-language film released in two parts. Why was Benicio Del Toro left off the best actor category during this award season? Perhaps the Spanish-language film was a factor.
In release now is the first two hours of the four-hour long film, which concentrates on Che and Fidel Castro’s incursion into Cuba through the island’s jungles. Del Toro takes charge as the soft-spoken Argentinean doctor who joined Fidel’s call to revolution on behalf of the poor and illiterate. Director Steven Soderbergh definitely romanticizes Che who has been immortalized on t-shirts and posters along with other revolutionary figures such as Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. Che is portrayed as a very sympathetic, kind, and giving leader who suffered from asthma but we don’t see much of the negative side to Che that some Cubans claim. There is one instance where he orders the execution of his own men who commit murder of a peasant family but you still don’t fault his character for this act of violence because you like him so darn much. There were times when I wanted to join his revolution.
As Fidel Castro, actor Demián Bichir portrays the Cuban dictator’s mannerisms and speech so perfectly that it’s like watching the real deal. The acting ensemble is excellent and the attention to details from language, manners, and native dress are so remarkable for a director who doesn’t speak Spanish nor live in this culture.
I thoroughly liked this film, all four hours of it, which I initially dreaded watching in one sitting but much to my surprise, I enjoyed watching Benicio Del Toro’s masterful creation of Che and Soderbergh’s direction.
Che: Part One is currently in theaters and Che: Part Two is due out in late January, which covers Che’s unsuccessful revolution in Bolivia.
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