DAN IN REAL LIFE Dan Burns (Steve Carell, The Office) is a widower who writes an advice column for parents. But he is unsure about parenting his own three daughters, including teenager Cara (Brittany Robertson), who has fallen in love. In late autumn, Dan and his family head from their home in Delaware to Rhode […]
WATCH NOW ENTRAPMENT is mainly an excuse to team venerable action hero Sean Connery with lithe beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones (Zorro) in something that shows off their skills, charisma and photogenic surfaces. They play brainy, athletic thieves capable of pulling off capers possible only in the movies like heisting a priceless Chinese ceremonial mask from its
EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA STORY The ultimate Mr. Right story, of course, is Cinderella, in which a dashing prince (and a fairy godmother) rescue a pathetic girl from a life of poverty and abuse. A lot is changed but the charm definitely remains in this 1990’s feminist (and much more realistic) version. It is set
WATCH NOW Dirk Bogarde’s mustache in Death in Venice stands as one of the most disturbing hairstyles ever put on film. Combined with his semi-shaggy banker’s do and his 1910s attire (say, sitting on the beach in a white three piece suit), his appearance is unforgettable even if this movie is relatively otherwise. Hopelessly abstract
WATCH NOW FALLEN ANGEL This Hallmark Hall of Fame holiday special, based on the 2001 novel by Don J. Snyder, begins on nine year old Terry’s birthday when he is given a fingerprinting set. He fingerprints the little neighbor girl, Katherine Wentworth, who is visiting nearby Serenity Cottage, a summer place in Maine, even though
WATCH NOW FAR FROM HEAVEN is writer-director Todd Haynes’s aesthetically gorgeous and genteel emulation of the 1950s so-called woman’s picture, with a major difference in frankness. Julianne Moore’s Cathy Whitaker is an affluent mother of two in 1957 suburban Hartford who seems to have everything. But, as the title suggests, this is not paradise. Haynes
WATCH NOW FATHER’S DAY Tacky on the surface, this first teaming of comics Robin Williams and Billy Crystal is a sentimental tribute to the joys and rewards of being a good father. It won’t make any all time comedy lists, but its aspirations are modest, probably something like the old Hope-Crosby series. The story is
WATCH NOW THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS Darrin Fox (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is fired from his high-power job at a Manhattan advertising agency when his boss (Steve Warren) finds out he lied about going to Yale. Just then, Darrin learns that his Great-aunt Sally (Ann Nesby) has died in his hometown of Monte Carlo, Georgia. Her will
Field Details Movie Name Chocolat (2000) Director Lasse Hallström Writer Robert Nelson Jacobs, Joanne Harris (novel) Lead Actor Juliette Binoche Cast Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Lena Olin, Alfred Molina Genre Drama, Romance Release Date December 15, 2000 (United States) Duration 2h 1m Budget $40 million Language English IMDb Rating 7.2/10 WATCH NOW CHOCOLAT
Field Details Movie Name The Cider House Rules (1999) Director Lasse Hallström Writer John Irving (screenplay and novel) Lead Actor Tobey Maguire Cast Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd Genre Drama, Romance Release Date December 17, 1999 (United States) Duration 2h 6m Budget $24 million Language English IMDb Rating 7.4/10 WATCH
