A poor, undereducated 344-pound African-American teenager in Memphis, whose father was murdered and whose mother was a crack addict, is shuffled through the public school system, despite his low grade point average and absenteeism. But his tremendous size and quickness attracts the interest of a wealthy white couple who take him in and groom him…
Blood: The Last Vampire Production Notes (2009)
A young woman on a train eyes a nervous man. In a flash, he is chased down the train and the young woman slices him in half. She is Saya (Gianna Jun), a four hundred year-old skilled half human-half vampire samurai who hunts vampires. Raised by a man named Kato (Yasuaki Kurata), she works loosely…
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old “halfling.” Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself…
The Boat That Rocked Production Notes (2009)
Rocking the Boat “Here’s the simple situation: Already the authorities dislike us. If you do this, they will hate us and- by hook or by crook-they will find a way to close us down.” – Quentin After the worldwide success of his directorial debut, Love Actually, Richard Curtis began to consider ideas for his next…
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
In 1966-British pop music’s finest era-the BBC played just two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio played rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people-more than half the population of Britain-listened to the pirates every single day. Recently expelled from school, Carl (Tom Sturridge)…
The Box Movie Production Notes (2009)
About the Story In December 1976, a financially strapped couple, Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) find a package on their doorstep. Inside is a locked wooden box, with a transparent dome top and large red button visible underneath. An accompanying note reads: “Mr. Steward will call upon you at 5:00 pm”, which…