Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Although the subgenre had been around almost as long as talkies were, Outrageous Fortune is notable for being the first “buddy comedy” from Hollywood to boast two female actors as the stars. There are...
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La La Land (2016)
Emma Stone (Aloha, Irrational Man) stars as a struggling actress named Mia, who works as a barista in a coffee shop on the Warner Bros. lot, in between auditions that only serve to make her...
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much is one of the rare instances of a director remaking one of his own earlier works. This 1956 release is the better known of the two, with the original having been...
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
It’s the 1920s, the Jazz Age in New York. Struggling intellectual playwright David Shayne (Cusack, The Grifters) finally has the chance to earn his first Broadway production, but to have the finances to see his dream...
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Like something from out of the past itself, Somewhere in Time is an old-fashioned romance that came out at a time when such movies were no longer being made. Missing an audience at the time of...
Identity (2003)
Part Agatha Christie, part Alfred Hitchcock, Identity is a modern updating of old-school mystery/suspense for today’s slasher-flick appreciative audiences. Shades of Psycho mixed with “Ten Little Indians“ get churned in the idea blender. Toss in a few new twists, and...
Simone (2002)
Simone is Andrew Niccol’s second feature as a director and third as screenwriter, and for someone so new to the industry, he has made quite a terrific impression on many in terms of his...
Notting Hill (1999)
William Thacker (Grant, Sense and Sensibility), owner of a quaint bookstore in Notting Hill, England, receives a famous customer in the form of Anna Scott (Roberts, Stepmom), the most popular actress in Hollywood. They bump into...