Failure to Launch 2006  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Dey
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates, Tyrell Jackson Williams, Katheryn Winnick, Rob Corddry, Patton Oswalt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Adam Alexi-Malle
Trip (Matthew McConaughey) is in his 30s and still lives at home with his parents, Al (Terry Bradshaw) and Sue (Kathy Bates), who want him out of their house. The solution: hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker)–who has already lured a neighbor's son out of his house–to get Trip to fall for her and move out. The ploy worked before, but will it work this time?
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Father of the Bride 1991  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern, B.D. Wong, Richard Portnow, Peter Michael Goetz, Eugene Levy, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Carmen Hayward, April Ortiz, Mina Vasquez, Gibby Brand
Annie Banks (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) is getting married to Brian (George Newbern), and her parents George and Nina (Steve Martin and Diane Keaton) go through emotional ups and downs preparing for the big day. The wedding will take place in their home, and, even then, George is upset at the costs. Wedding consultant Franck Eggelhoffer (a hilarious Martin Short) is called in, but problems for George continue as he gets closer to the day when Annie will move on to her new life with Brian and away from George.
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Father of the Bride Part II 1995 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Eugene Levy, Kieran Culkin, B.D. Wong, Peter Michael Goetz, Jane Adams, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Rebecca Chambers, Dulcy Rogers, Kathy Anthony, April Ortiz
It is now four years after Annie Banks' (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) wedding, and she is going to have a baby. But wait–so is the mother-of- the-bride, Nina (Diane Keaton). Annie's father George (Steve Martin) is right back in the middle of plans, only this time it is maternity, not wedding, plans.
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 1982  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts, Michael Higgins, Timothy Jenkins, Adam Redfield, Moishe Rosenfeld, Sol Frieder, Boris Zoubok, Thomas Barbour, Kate McGregor-Stewart
Andrew (Woody Allen) and his wife Adrian (Mary Steenburgen) invite Leopold (Jose Ferrer) and his fiancee Ariel (Mia Farrow) to spend the weekend at their country home in upstate New York. During the weekend, another couple–Maxwell (Tony Roberts) and his date Dulcy (Julie Hagerty)–arrives on the scene, and the "couples" manage to dissolve as they become interested in each others' mates.
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Pavilion of Women 2001  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yim Ho
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Shek Sau, John Cho, Yi Ding, Kohchieng Mung, Anita Loo, Amy Hill, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Liu Jia Dong
This film adaptation of Pearl Buck's novel takes place just before China becomes embroiled in World War II. Old traditions are dying in China, but Madame Woo (Luo Yan) clings to the past as she makes plans for her 40th birthday, which includes hiring a concubine to service her husband (Shek Sau). But she must get past the strong American priest, Father Andre (Willem Dafoe), who is determined to honor humans instead of tradition.
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Safe 1995 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman, James LeGros, Mary Carver, Jessica Harper, Brandon Cruz, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Steven Gilborn, April Grace, Peter Crombie, Ronnie Farer, Jodie Markell, Lorna Scott
Carol White (Julianne Moore) develops a severe allergy to almost everything in the modern world. Her husband Greg (Xander Berkeley) cannot come to terms with her condition, but while Carol is in the hospital where they are trying to determine her problem, she sees a commercial for Wrenwood, which is a New Mexico retreat for those suffering with "20th Century Disease." Carol is convinced that her only hope lies at Wrenwood, and she checks into the retreat, which is headed by Peter Dunning (Peter Friedman) who believes in a questionable therapy, and she finds herself in even more trouble.
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The Sleepy Time Gal 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Munch
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan, Frankie Faison, Carmen Zapata, Peggy Gormley, Seymour Cassel, Molly Price, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Justin Theroux, Clara Bellar
Frances (Jacqueline Bisset) has led a spirited activist life and has even been a popular D.J., known as "Sleepy Time Gal," at a small radio station. Now a freelance writer in San Francisco, she is dying of cancer. She takes a trip to visit an old lover to ask about the daughter, Rebecca (Martha Plimpton), they had given up for adoption. Meanwhile, Rebecca has been searching for her birth mother, and their lives cross when, in the course of the Rebecca's work, she is told about the D.J. called "Sleepy Time Gal." Good performances enhance this film.
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| 1. Failure to Launch (2006)
2. Father of the Bride (1991)
3. Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
4. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
5. Pavilion of Women (2001)
6. Safe (1995)
7. The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
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