About a Boy 2002  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Madison & Jordan Cook, Nicholas Hutchinson, Ryan & Joseph Speechley, Natalia Tena, Laura Kennington, Tanika Swaby, Peter McNicholl, Christopher Webster, Ben Ridgeway, Victoria Smurfit
Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) is a young man in his 30s whose life is going nowhere. But, that all turns around when troubled 12-year-old Marcus (Nicholas Hutchinson) attaches himself to Will and changes Will's life forever. Will and Marcus meet when Will joins S.P.A.T. (Single Parents Alone Together) as a means to meet single women. Will fabricates a story about having a two-year-old son, but Marcus catches on to Will's scheme and urges him to date his own depressed mother Fiona (Toni Collette). That doesn't work, and it doesn't take long before Will falls for single mom Rachel (Rachel Weisz), and now he tries to pass Marcus off as his son. A bad plan–but when Will tries to make it up to Marcus, he finally grows up.
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Chuck & Buck 2000 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Beth Colt, Paul Weitz, Maya Rudolph, Mary Wigmore, Paul Sand, Gino Buccola, Doug Keifer, Annette Murphy, Glory Simon
Boyhood friends reunite when Buck (Mike White) moves to L.A. to resume his interrupted friendship with Chuck (Chris Weitz). This presents an immediate problem: Chuck has become a responsible adult, but Buck seems emotionally stuck at the fourth-grade level.
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 Down to Earth 2001  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Cast: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri, Eugene Levy, Frankie Faison, Mark Addy, Greg Germann, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, John Cho, Brian Rhodes, Mario Joyner, Arnold Pinnock, Paul Hecht, Colin Fox
Comedian Lance Barton (Chris Rock) is hit by a truck and, only after reaching Heaven, learns that he was not supposed to die this early. Angels offer him a second chance at life on Earth, but he must return in the body of wealthy, White, elderly Charles Wellington whose wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and personal aide (Greg Germann) have just murdered him. Lance's soul is placed in Charles Wellington's body. When Lance meets Sontee (Regina King), he falls in love, but he must still deal with Wellington's wife and aide and their plot to murder him once again. Will they stop Lance from achieving his dream of performing at the Apollo Theater?
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The Golden Compass 2007  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Christopher Lee, Tom Courtenay, Derek Jacobi, Ben Walker, Freddie Highmore, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Kristin Scott Thomas, Kathy Bates, Jim Carter
Her uncle, Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) has made it possible for orphaned, young Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards) to be raised at Jordan University. As an explorer, Asriel is often away, and he returns this time from the Arctic Circle with evidence that "Dust," which has properties that could unite the universe, exists. Asriel goes back on another expedition, and the evil Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman) takes Lyra under her wing. But, when Lyra's best friend Roger (Ben Walker) is kidnapped, Lyra acquires a golden compass that, when in the right hands, will reveal truth. Now, Lyra sets off into the frozen north to rescue Roger and other children who have been kidnapped by child-stealing "Gobblers." And adventures ensue. The film received an Academy Award for Best Visueal Effects and received one additional nomination.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington, Keith David, Chris Weitz, Rachael Huntley, Michelle Monaghan, Stephanie March, Jennifer Morrison, Perrey Reeves
John and Jane (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) fall madly in love and marry. But, they each have a secret: unbeknownst to the other: they are both hired assassins. When the truth is uncovered, each is assigned to kill the other.
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Anna Kendrick, Christina Jastrzembska, Dakota Fanning, Graham Green, Nikki Reed, Justin Chon, Michael Welch, Jackson Rathbone
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend, vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson), and his vampire coven, known as the Cullen family. At the party, Bella cuts her finger, and the vampires thirst for her blood. In order to protect Bella from their world, Edward and the rest of the Cullens leave town. Bella is heartbroken, until her old friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) gives her comfort and helps her renovate an old motorbike. Jacob is a member of the Quileute Indian tribe that has supernatural powers, and Bella discovers that Jacob is a werewolf. In her decision between Edward and Jacob, who will Bella choose?
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| 1. About a Boy (2002)
2. Chuck & Buck (2000)
3. Down to Earth (2001)
4. The Golden Compass (2007)
5. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
6. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
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