New York native and Sundance Directing Award winner Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) has long been on intimate terms with the complex city and its intricate rhythms. In Fighting, the writer / director weaves a tale of two men headed straight for failure… until they cross paths and realize each has exactly…
Category: Drama and Romances
Fired Up (2009)
Tagline: 2 Guys, 300 Girls. You do the math. High-school football stars Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D’Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen) are dreading another summer at football camp, then Nick hatches a brilliant scheme: to enroll at cheerleading camp instead. Soon the pair are surrounded by beautiful girls, but the boys may have to…
Fireflies in the Garden (2009)
Tagline: Having a son is not the same as being a father. Michael Taylor (Ryan Reynolds) is an author who has channeled his painful childhood memories into his novels. With some reluctance, he is flying home for his mother Lisa’s (Julia Roberts) college graduation. After a lifetime of putting everyone else first, stroking her husband’s…
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Tagline: You can’t always run from your past. Celebrity photographer Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) loves freedom, fun and women… in that order. A committed bachelor with a no-strings policy, he thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call while prepping his next date. Connor’s brother Paul is more the romantic type….
The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
Tagline: See it with someone you **** The film is a drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work. Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, The Girlfriend…
Gran Torino (2009)
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the drama “Gran Torino,” marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning film “Million Dollar Baby.” Eastwood portrays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed and inflexible Korean War veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. Retired auto worker Walt…