Tagline: He sees dead people… and they annoy him. Dr. Bertram Pincus, DDS is a big-city curmudgeon, a cynical snob and a self consumed loner who just wants to get away from the teeming masses who surround him in Manhattan. But Pincus is about to have his entire world-view punctured in the wake of a…
Author: madeinatlantis
The Guitar (2008)
Amos Poe’s script concerns the transformation of a woman after she is diagnosed with a terminal illness, fired from her thankless job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she blows her savings and maxes out her credit cards to pursue her dreams, which include romance and learning to play the electric…
Hancock (2008)
Tagline: There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there’s… “Hancock” centers on a tortured superhero (Will Smith) who crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and tries to transform himself by romancing an alluring housewife, causing chaos in the city. There are heroes… there are superheroes… and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes…
The Happening (2008)
Tagline: We’ve sensed it. We’va seen the signs. Now… It’s Happening. Science will come up with some reason to put in the books, but in the end it’ll be just a theory. We will fail to acknowledge that there are forces at work beyond our understanding.” — from The Happening. It begins with no clear…
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Poppy is a thirty-year old Primary School teacher in contemporary North London. She has great friends, a job she loves and a full life. The movie watches her confront the harsh realities of life and deal with them head-on, never losing her sense of humour. Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan star in director Mike Leigh’s…
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Tagline: What would NPH do? The film follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists when they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam. “Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo” marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker…