Be Kind Rewind 2008  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, Sigourney Weaver, Chandler Parker, Arjay Smith, Quenton Aaron, Irv Gooch, Gio Perez, Basia Rosas, Tomasz Soltys, Marcus Carl Franklin
Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) owns the Be Kind Rewind Video and Thrift Shop, and Mike (Mos Def) is a clerk in the store that stocks only VHS cassettes. One day, Mr. Fletcher takes off to check out the competition and tells Mike that his friend Jerry (Jack Black) is not allowed in the store. But, Jerry does arrive and, without knowing it, erases all the store's tapes. (His brain had been magnetized the day before when he tried to sabotage a nearby power plant.) A store regular, Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow) comes in and threatens to tell on them if she cannot have a working copy of "Ghostbusters" by the end of the day. The solution to their problem: Mike and Jerry recreate films–including "Ghostbusters," "The Lion King," and "Back to the Future"–using themselves and neighbors as actors. The shop does a great business when the clients are thrilled with the remakes and ask for more.
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 Double Whammy 2001  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley, Steve Buscemi, Luis Guzman, Victor Argo, Chris Noth, Donald Faison, Maurice G. Smith, Keith Nobbs, Melonie Diaz
Things just aren't going well at work for NYC cop Ray Pluto (Denis Leary). He even throws out his back during a fast food restaurant robbery, with a child saving the day. Things aren't going well at his apartment building either, with several odd episodes unfolding. A so-so comedy.
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Feel the Noise 2007  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alejandro Chomski
Cast: Omarion Grandberry, Zulay Henao, James McCaffrey, Malik Yoba, Melonie Diaz, Victor Rasuk, Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Duckworth, Meredith Ostrom, Kellita Smith, Pras, Rosa Arredondo, Julio Ramos
After getting in trouble with local thugs, rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) is sent to Puerto Rico to stay with his estranged father Roberto (Giancarlo Esposito), Roberto's wife Marivi (Rosa Arredondo), and her son Javi (Victor Rasuk). The boys become friends and, together, pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. To that end, they join with dancer Carol "CC" Reyes (Zulay Henao). "CC" connects them with music producer Jeffrey Skyler (James McCaffrey) who offers them a trip to New York to cut an album. The trip proves to be a failure–until Rob's dad steps in with his friend, superstar Voltio (Julio Ramos), and the boys see hope in fulfilling their dream.
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 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, Eric Roberts, Melonie Diaz, Martin Compston, Adam Scarimbolo, Julia Garro, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Scott Michael Campbell
Dito Montiel's autobiographical story begins in the present when his suffering mother (Dianne Wiest) calls him to come home because his father (Chazz Palminteri) is dying. Now a successful L.A. writer, Dito returns home to Astoria, Queens, NY, where he grew up in the mid-1980s amidst violence and drugs and left for what he believed would be a better world outside. Dito faces those who influenced his life, and the story unfolds of how Dito believes he has been saved from their fate by his saints.
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Hamlet 2 2008  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Melonie Diaz, Arnie Pantoja, Michael Esparza, Natalie Amenula, Marshall Bell, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Poehler, Shea Pepe, Marco Rodriguez
Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) teaches drama at West Mesa High School in Tucson, Arizona, where his latest play has been panned by the school's ninth-grade drama critic. Now, the school is considering getting rid of the drama department, and Dana will lose his job. Meanwhile, things at home are not great either–Dana's unhappy wife Brie (Catherine Keener) and their boarder Gary (David Arquette) make his life difficult. In an effort to save the drama department, Dana comes up with an idea to put on a musical sequel to "Hamlet," and, almost immediately, complaints roll in from the citizens of Tucson and school officials about the play's contents. But, the show must go on.
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Nothing Like the Holidays 2008 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alfredo De Villa
Cast: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Pena, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Ferlito, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Ramses Jimenez, Manny Perez, Alexander Bautista, Claudia Michelle Wallace, Manny Sosa, Cheryl Hamada
When a Puerto Rican family reunites at their parents home in Chicago for Christmas, family members–Iraq war veteran Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), his struggling actress sister Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito), lawyer brother Mauricio (John Leguizamo), and his workaholic wife Sarah (Debra Messing)–are told by their mother Anna (Elizabeth Pena) that she is divorcing their father Eduardo (Alfred Molina). This news causes the family to work together, and, in the process, they discover the true meaning of Christmas.
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 Raising Victor Vargas 2003 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Sollett
Cast: Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie Diaz, Altagracia Guzman, Silvestre Rasuk, Krystal Rodriguez, Kevin Rivera, Wilfree Vasquez, Donna Maldonado, Alexander Garcia
Life isn't easy for Lower East Side teenager Victor Vargas (Victor Rasuk); he is supposed to fill the role of "man of the house" in the small tenement apartment where he lives with his younger brother, Nino (Silvestre Rasuk), sister Vickie (Krystal Rodriguez), and Grandma (Altagracia Guzman). When Victor falls in love with Judy (Judy Marte) who, in turn, shows no interest in Victor, he comes up with a plan: get Judy's brother, Carlos (Wilfree Vasquez), to help set him up with Judy and agree to set Carlos up with his own sister, Vickie.
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| 1. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
2. Double Whammy (2001)
3. Feel the Noise (2007)
4. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
5. Hamlet 2 (2008)
6. Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
7. Raising Victor Vargas (2003)
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