“God, you’re alive! I thought that rabbit was eating your head.”
The Scoop: 1991 R, directed by Richard Shepard and starring Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, and Eszter Balint
Tagline: He wants to be tied down. She wants to be tied up. It’s not what you think.
Summary Capsule: Lucy is obsessed with Harry Houdini. Monte needs a greencard pronto. So they plan to rob the restaurant they work at.
“The Phantom of the Opera is here… inside my mind.”
The Scoop: 2004 PG, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Ciaran Hinds.
Tagline: The world’s biggest musical!
Summary Capsule: Crazy disfigured reclusive musical visionary sociopath loves waifish deranged orphan Opera singer with angel obsession, who in turn loves wishy-washy nobleman who also loves her. People sing. Read the rest of this entry »
“There are certain times in your life when I guess you’re not supposed to have anyone, you know? Certain doors you gotta go through alone.”
The Scoop: 1990 PG, directed by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Dan Hedaya, and Abe Vigoda
Tagline: An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy.
Summary Capsule: Joe vs. a volcano
“Perhaps there is truth in this illusion.”
The Scoop: 2006 PG-13, directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Bie
Tagline: Nothing is what it seems
Summary Capsule: Ed Norton grows a neato beard and uses it to seduce the finacee of the Crown Prince of Austria. Oh, and there’s something about making ghosts appear in there, too.
“Foreign contaminant!”
The Scoop: 2008 G, directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, and Jeff Garlin
Tagline: After 700 years of doing what he was built for – he’ll discover what he’s meant for.
Summary Capsule: Robots in love. Awww. Plus, humans suck.
“I just want them to know that they didn’t break me.”
The Scoop: 1986 PG-13, directed by Howard Deutch and starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, James Spader and Andrew McCarthy
Tagline: He’s crazy about her. She’s crazy about him. He’s just crazy.
Summary Capsule: John Hughes pens a love triangle between a cowardly rich boy, a poor girl, and a raving loon. Er, Duckie.
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“Kidnapping For Beginners, Chapter One. Have you even asked for a ransom yet?”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, and Delroy Lindo
Tagline: A comedy for anyone who’s ever been in danger…of falling in love.
Summary Capsule: A kidnapper and kidnappee must fall in love or two angels will be sacked
“You’re doing life in the friend zone.”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by Michael Davis and starring Keri Russell, Joshua Schaefer and R. D. Robb.
Tagline: He came. He sat. He conquered.
Summary Capsule: Dedicated loser decides to win hot chick by camping out in her front yard. Read the rest of this entry »
“I would be happy to partake of your pecan pie”
The Scoop: 1989 R, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, and Carrie Fisher
Tagline: Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?
Summary Capsule: Guy and gal buck the natural order of things by becoming friends first
“I’m sick? You’re cheating on a vegetable.”
The Scoop: 1995 PG, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, and Jack Warden
Tagline: A story about love at second sight.
Summary Capsule: A woman pretends to be the fiancé of the man of her dreams, who happens to be in a coma.
