Everything Put Together 2000  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Justin Louis, Megan Mullally, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Alan Ruck, Michele Hicks, Matt Malloy, Jacqueline Heinze, Courtney Watkins, Mark Boone Junior
Angie and Russ (Radha Mitchell and Justin Louis) are a model couple with a baby on the way. They live in an upscale neighborhood and are popular with their friends. The day after their healthy baby arrives, tragedy strikes when the baby dies of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and Angie falls into a deep depression with erratic and frightening behavior. As former friends abandon her, Angie's nightmare deepens.
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 Finding Neverland 2004   PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore, Joe Prospero, Nick Roud, Luke Spill, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Mackenzie Crook
This story relates the process that playwright James Barrie (Johnny Depp) went through to develop his classic "Peter Pan." It involves meeting a widowed mother (Kate Winslet) and her four sons in the park and becoming attached to them–especially to Peter who is a troubled boy. As Barrie spends day after day with the family (to the dismay of his own wife (Radha Mitchell)), he begins to form the story of a boy who does not want to grow up, his friends in Neverland, and a pirate with a hook for his arm. The film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture and Actor (Depp). 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/20/2007 | | All I've got to say is... WOW. What a great movie. It made me laugh and even cry. This was an amazing movie, filled with tender moments. Freddie Highmore (Peter) was so cute in this movie and Johnny Depp (perfecting his accents once again) was great, too. You would never know this movie was connected to Peter Pan, but when you remember this detail, you begin to realize the obvious connections between James Barrie's real life and his beloved children's story. So emotional... everyone must see this movie. |
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The Kite Runner 2007 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub, Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, Nabi Tanha, Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi, Tamim Nawabi, Elham Ehsas, Bahram Ehsas
The year is 1978, and despite the fact that Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada) and his family are servants in Amir's (Zekeria Ebrahimi) family home, the boys are good friends. They participate in a kite-fighting competition, and, with Hassan's help, Amir wins. But, while retrieving an opponent's kite, Hassan is cornered by a racist bully and is assaulted. Amir does nothing to help his friend and is so ashamed of his lack of action that he tells a lie that results in Hassan and his family being driven out of the household. Soon after, Amir and his family flee to the United States before the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan. Now, in 2000, Amir (now played by Khalid Abdalla) gets a call asking him to return to Afghanistan to help find Hassan's child who is being held by the Taliban. Amir returns and, given the chance to atone for his past mistake, sets out to rescue Hassan's child. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Original Musical Score.
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 Monster's Ball 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, Heath Ledger, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Mos Def, Coronji Calhoun, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Amber Rules, Charles Cowan Jr., Taylor LaGrange, Anthony Bean, Francine Segal, John McConnell
Racism is uncovered when Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) falls for Leticia (Halle Berry) whose husband (Sean "Diddy" Combs) was executed in a "monster ball" (no lawyer or minister was present). Hank has quit his job as a death row prison guard, but he can't deal with the fact that he was part of the team that executed the husband of the woman he now loves. Halle Berry received an Oscar for Best Actress.
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Quantum of Solace 2008 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Gemma Arterton, David Harbour, Jesper Christensen, Anatole Taubman, Rory Kinnear, Tim Pigott-Smith, Joaquin Cosio, Jesus Ochoa, Fernando Guillen Cuervo
This story takes up where "Casino Royale" left off. James Bond's (Daniel Craig) girlfriend Vesper has died, and Bond and M (Judi Dench) question Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) and learn about the "Quantum" organization that had blackmailed Vesper. Now, Bond heads to Haiti and meets fellow traveler, agent Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who, after trying to kill Bond, leads him to the villain businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a prominent force within the Quantum organization. As the story unfolds, Bond learns that Greene is plotting to control the world's natural resources, and he sets out to stop Quantum in its tracks.
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Stay 2005   R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, Kate Burton, Elizabeth Reaser, Bob Hoskins, Janeane Garofalo, B.D. Wong, John Tormey, Jose Ramon Rosario, Becky Ann Baker, Jessica Hecht
A New York psychiatrist, Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor), strives to save a college student patient, Henry (Ryan Gosling), from committing suicide on his 21st birthday and, in the process, finds himself in a world beyond reality. 1 User Review
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| | A very skilled, very deliberate presentation | 1fatts 03/07/2007 | Critics were divided on this one, and it seems to have come down to whether they "got it" or not. I got it. I frankly have trouble understanding how a professional movie reviewer could have missed it.
The construction is thoughtful and very well executed. People seem to be not exactly where they should be; time moves too quickly and then too slowly; voices are heard at the wrong time and the wrong place; the confusion encompasses not just the characters, but the camera, the weather, the flow of time.
It is all wonderfully arresting, and I think it all comes together beautifully just when it should.
Well worth watching. Make up your own mind. |
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 Stranger Than Fiction 2006 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt, William Dick, Guy Massey, Martha Espinoza, T.J. Jagodowsky
IRS agent Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) leads a hum-drum, regimented life–until he starts hearing a voice describing his day-to-day activities in great detail. The voice is that of Kaye (Emma Thompson) who is writing a novel about Harold Crick and is being pressured by her publisher to complete the novel. When Harold realizes that Kaye is about to kill him off, he is determined to find her and change the ending.
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| 1. Everything Put Together (2000)
2. Finding Neverland (2004)
3. The Kite Runner (2007)
4. Monster's Ball (2001)
5. Quantum of Solace (2008)
6. Stay (2005)
7. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
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