The Air I Breathe 2007 R, 97 min. Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Jieho Lee Cast: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Julie Delpy, Clark Gregg, Emile Hirsch, Andy Garcia, Kelly Hu, Evan Parke, Taylor Nichols, Victor Rivers, Cecilia Suarez, Todd Stashwick, Jon Bernthal
Four stories–based on the Chinese proverb that happiness, sorrow, pleasure, and love are the four cornerstones of emotions and make up the air we breathe–interconnect as people come to crossroads in their lives. Crime boss Fingers (Andy Garcia) is at the center as the one in a position to control destinies of four people. Happiness (Forest Whitaker) is a business executive who is told a race is rigged and bets everything. Sorrow (Sara Michelle Gellar) is pop singer Trista who faces losing her career when she cuts off all ties to her manager. Love (Kevin Bacon) is a doctor who must treat Gina (Julie Delpy) who had turned him down romantically. Last but not least, Pleasure (Brendan Fraser) is a criminal who deals with his premonitions and his failure to change the future.
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Spanglish 2004 PG-13, 130 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: James L. Brooks Cast: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna, Cecilia Suarez, Ricardo Molina, Brenda Canela, Eddy Martin, Nicole Nieth, Jamie Kaler, James Lancaster
Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) and her daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce), migrate from Mexico to America where they find work as maids for the Clasky family–John (Adam Sandler) and Deborah (Tea Leoni). It doesn't take long before John finds himself caught in the middle between uptight Deborah and consoling Flor.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 R, 121 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Tommy Lee Jones Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Levon Helm, Mel Rodriguez, Vanessa Bauche, Cecilia Suarez
Ranch foreman Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) believes that Border Patrolman Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) has killed his best friend, Melquiades Estrada. In the meantime, the body was buried in the west Texas desert, was found, and once again buried in the town cemetery. Pete kidnaps Norton and forces him to dig up the body and then help him bring the corpse across the border into Mexico to be buried in his hometown.
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| 1. The Air I Breathe (2007)
2. Spanglish (2004)
3. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
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