"Patch Adams ruft generell beim Publikum eine von zwei Reaktionen hervor: Entweder lässt man sich von der wahren Geschichte eines Mannes inspirieren, der selbst Probleme hat, sein Glück aber dann darin findet, anderen zu helfen -- ein Mann, der die Welt verändern möchte und dem dies sogar gelingen könnte. Oder man fühlt sich als Zuschauer von dieser Heile-Welt-Geschichte manipuliert und würde dem Medizinstudenten am liebsten jedesmal ein ..."
"Thirteen-year-old Jenna (Shana Dowdeswell) has had enough with the trials of adolescence. In addition to being saddled with a devoted-but-nerdy best friend, Matt (Sean Marquette), she falls victim to one of the dangers of playing Seven Minutes in Heaven with the coolest kids in school: being stranded without a willing make-out partner. Humiliated, Jenna buries herself in the aforementioned make-out closet, wishing she could skip the who ..."
"For anyone who's ever been picked on, put down or pushed around, your heroes are here! Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) star as three older guys who know what it's like to be bullied. After catching some nasty neighborhood kids picking on a friend's son, they strike back by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge the state's best youth teams. Now, cheered on by every nerd, geek and misfit in town, t ..."
"When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair callson Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselve ..."
"13 GOING ON 30: After Jenna Rink's 13th birthday party where her friend Lucy plays a cruel prank on her she promptly makes a wish that she could skip adolescence and be 30. With the help of some wish dust given to her by her unpopular best friend Matty her wish comes true. She wakes up to find that her 13-year-old self is now inhabiting the body--and life--of a 30-year-old high-powered New York magazine editor. Frightened by her new adu ..."
"Jennifer Garner (Daredevil, TV's "Alias") and Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) star in this hilarious flash-forward romance about a pre-teen girl who goes from geek to glamorous.With the help of some magic wishing dust, 13 year-old Jenna Rink (Garner) becomes 30 and gorgeous overnight, with everything she ever wanted, except for her best friend Matt (Ruffalo). Now, this grown woman must create some magic of her own ..."
"Harrison Ford lends his solid, perpetually disgruntled presence to Hollywood Homicide, an action comedy in which he's paired with the squinty eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion of Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down, O). Radical French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard would appreciate this complete deconstruction of the buddy-cop flick genre; basic cinematic elements (mismatched partners, a hard-ass superior riding them, arguments about who's go ..."
"In Sir Peter Hall's Glyndebourne Festival Opera staging (from 1984) of Monteverdi's magnificent final opera about the love affair between Emperor Nero and the sultry Poppea--as Sir Peter recounts in a short introduction--the world of ancient Rome is shown through the prism of the Renaissance, when Monteverdi composed it. Sir Peter's clever conceit works because the Renaissance-era costumes seamlessly blend with the set design, which is ..."
"Das unwiderstehliche Zusammenspiel von Jack Nicholson und Adam Sandler ist wohl der beste Grund, sich Die Wutprobe anzusehen. Nicholson und ganz besonders Sandler sind bekannt für ihre Darstellungen reizbarer Zeitgenossen, und es bot sich geradezu an, sie für diese Rollen zusammenzubringen: Sandler spielt einen gutmütigen Kleidungsdesigner für übergewichtige Hauskatzen, der dazu verdonnert wurde, sich bei einem schrägen Therapeuten (Nic ..."
"The Disguisey family tree just dropped a nut... Pistachio. One minute he's an old woman. The next, a turtle man. Moments later, President George W. Bush. Who is this man, this myth, this master? He'sPistachio, the Master of Disguise. Pistachio Disguisey (Dana Carvey, Wayne's World) is a mild-mannered waiter whose life is about to change. Big time. Criminal mastermind Devlin Bowman (Brent Spiner,Star Trek: Nemesis) has kidnapped Pistachi ..."
"Das unwiderstehliche Zusammenspiel von Jack Nicholson und Adam Sandler ist wohl der beste Grund, sich Die Wutprobe anzusehen. Nicholson und ganz besonders Sandler sind bekannt für ihre Darstellungen reizbarer Zeitgenossen, und es bot sich geradezu an, sie für diese Rollen zusammenzubringen: Sandler spielt einen gutmütigen Kleidungsdesigner für übergewichtige Hauskatzen, der dazu verdonnert wurde, sich bei einem schrägen Therapeuten (Nic ..."
"America's Sweethearts America's Sweethearts is just the kind of romantic froth that makes for pleasant viewing on a lazy, rainy day. While Julia Roberts, John Cusack, and Catherine Zeta-Jones offer high-wattage marquee value, costar and cowriter Billy Crystal reworks Singin' in the Rain for latter-day Hollywood, where estranged superstars Gwen (Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (Cusack) reluctantly promote their latest movie by pretending their mes ..."
"From Oscar(r) -nominated Ron Shelton (Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Bull Durham, 1989) this hot action comedy is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat...and in stitches. Starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE redefines the buddy-cop genre. In Hollywood, no one is who they really want to be. Veteran police detective Joe Gavilan (Ford) and his rookie partner K.C. Calden (Hartnett) are no exception. Bet ..."
"Patch Adams ruft generell beim Publikum eine von zwei Reaktionen hervor: Entweder lässt man sich von der wahren Geschichte eines Mannes inspirieren, der selbst Probleme hat, sein Glück aber dann darin findet, anderen zu helfen -- ein Mann, der die Welt verändern möchte und dem dies sogar gelingen könnte. Oder man fühlt sich als Zuschauer von dieser Heile-Welt-Geschichte manipuliert und würde dem Medizinstudenten am liebsten jedesmal ein ..."
"Patch Adams raises two schools of thought: There are those who are inspired by the true story of a troubled man who finds happiness in helping others--a man set on changing the world and who may well accomplish the task. And then there are those who feel manipulated by this feel-good story, who want to smack the young medical student every time he begins his silly antics. Staving off suicidal thoughts, Hunter Adams commits himself int ..."
"An inept Czech peasant is torn between greed and guilt when the Nazi-backed bosses of his town appoint him "Aryan controller" of an old Jewish widow's button shop. Humor and tragedy fuse in this scathing exploration of one cowardly man's complicity in the horrors of a totalitarian regime. Made near the height of Soviet oppression in Czechoslovakia, The Shop on Main Street features intense editing and camera work which won it the Academy ..."
"Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS...the country's favorite couple, on-screen and off. But when their very public romance turns into a very private breakup,only veteran press agent Lee (Billy Crystal) and Gwen's assistant, Kiki (Julia Roberts), can help Gwen and Eddie show some love while they promote their last film together. But the press junket is ina resort hotel miles from anywhere. And wh ..."