Tagline: Reject rejection. High school senior Bartleby “B” Gaines (Justin Long) is on his way to scoring eight out of eight rejection letters from colleges-which isn’t going to go over big with Mom and Dad. At least he’s not alone in the exclusion. Several of his crew of outcast friends are in the same, college-less…
Category: Comedies
American Dreamz (2006)
In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes. – Andy Warhol, Pop Culture Icon In the world of right-now, it seems as if literally everybody wants to be famous. And thanks to the global phenomenon of “reality” television, literally anyone can be. Take self-aggrandizing host of the runaway American hit TV show entitled…
April’s Shower (2006)
How far would you go for true love? A comedy of love, romance, and expectation set at a bridal shower. It is the morning of the celebration, and Alex, a chef, is put out by her own excessive efforts to host the perfect shower for her friend. She is also struggling with her somewhat tangled…
Aquamarine (2006)
Tagline: A Fish-Out-Of-Water Comedy. Two girls discover a mermaid in the pool of their neighborhood beach club. When the mermaid develops a crush on a boy who works at the club, the girls plot to return her to the sea to save her life. Pop star Jojo plays a mermaid that two teen girls find…
ATL (2006)
Tagline: A new American story. The musical ensemble comedy is set in an Atlanta hip-hip roller-skating rink. T.I. plays Rashad, the head of a roller-skating team, while London plays New-New, an employee at the rink who is in love with him. The story is based on material by music producer Dallas Austin and T-Boz, a…
Bandidas (2006)
Set in Mexico during the 1850s, the film tells the story of Sara Sandoval (Salma Hayek) and María Álvarez (Penélope Cruz). María is an uneducated, poor farm-girl whose caring father is being forced off his land by a cruel U.S. land baron, named Tyler Jackson (Dwight Yoakam). Sara is the highly educated, wealthy daughter of…