Sandra Bullock
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In this classic Southern tale of hilarious sadness set in a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stages a rather unorthodox intervention to help an acclaimed young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated, eccentric mother, find forgiveness and acceptance--and to let go of a painful past. Prominent young playwright Sidda Lee Walker lives in New York City, a long way from her Louisiana hometown and her highly dramatic and...
3) Hangmen
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Can five former commandos defeat the largest, most comprehensive network of government-sanction assassins in the world? In this high-stakes world, someone's already called the Hangmen before the case even gets to trial.
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In war they found each other, in each other they found love. Caught in the crossfire of World War I, love was the last thing on their minds. An unlikely romance bloomed between a Red Cross nurse and her heroic, young soldier patient. Ernest Hemingway found a love that would become the inspiration for his classic novel "A Farewell to Arms".
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This documentary looks inside the offices of Israel's prime ministers through the eyes of an insider, Yehuda Avner. It focuses on the period between 1947 and 1973 and Prime Ministers Eshkol, Meir, and Rabin. Avner reveals new details about the Six Day War, the development of Israel's close relationship with the United States, the fight against terrorism, and the Yom Kippur War and its aftermath.
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A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist "Calamity" Jane Bodine (Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), now coaching the opposition....
7) Gun shy
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What happens when a gutsy undercover cop suddenly loses his legendary nerves of steel. The only way Charlie, a respected D.E.A. agent traumatized by a hair-raising run-in with some ruthless gangsters, can continue to do his job is with the embarrassing treatments of his attractive nurse and the questionable psychotherapy provided by his highly unstable support group.
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Lucy Kelson became Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation, one of New York City's top commercial real estate developers. She's a brilliant lawyer with a sharp, strategic mind. She also has an ulcer and doesn't get much sleep. It's not the job that's getting to her. It's her millionaire boss, George Wade. Handsome, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny than a Harvard Law grad and can barely choose a tie without her...
10) The lost city
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Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.
11) All about Steve
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Crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz is smart and pretty, but a disaster that shakes news cameraman Steve to the core. Set up on a blind date with Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable and just knows she's found her soulmate. She decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him. Mary's escalating infatuation is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes who enjoys torturing his insolent cameraman at...
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Her legs are waxed, her lips are glossed, her gun is ready. FBI agent Gracie Hart is going undercover as one of the hopefuls to be the next Miss United States. But Gracie, whose idea of a fashion accessory is the set of handcuffs she slaps onto lawbreakers, doesn't have a beauty pageant bone in her body.
13) The proposal
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High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
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Using film school equipment, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond captured the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolt. As refugees, they struggled in the underbelly of Hollywood, and finally broke into the mainstream with their pivotal contributions to cinema in films like Easy Ride, Five Easy Pieces, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and The Deer Hunter. An intimate portrait of two giants of modern filmmaking and their deep bond...
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This documentary sequel, adapted from Yehuda Avner's personal view of Israeli prime ministers and Israeli politics, depicts the administrations of Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's first natively-born prime minister, and Menachem Begin, who was surprisingly elected Rabin's successor. The film examines historic events such as the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty and the 1982 Lebanon War.
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An unexpectedly rich relationship blooms between two very different men who meet in a local park: Walter, a dignified, retired Cuban barber, and Frank, a salty Irish ex-sea captain who once wrestled Ernest Hemingway. As the men share their knowledge of life and women, the unexpected friendship reinvigorates their lives.