Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Movies: Audrey Burke, Brian Burke, and Jerry Sunborne

Audrey (played by Halle Berry) and her husband Brian Burke (played by David Duchovny) have been married for 11 wonderful years. Then something horrible happens and in the aftermath Audrey finds herself looking for...answers? help? solace? in a friend of Brian's named Jerry Sunborne (Benicio Del Toro). But Jerry has his own issues to deal with.

Things We Lost in the Fire was released in 2007, directed by Susanne Bier, and written by Allan Loeb.

Things We Lost in the Fire IMDb
Things We Lost in the Fire Wiki

My Comments: This isn't a movie I've seen so I can't say how good it is. The main theme of movie is not something I typically watch. Choose the movie at your discretion.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Movies: Diane and Nick Wells

Diane (played by Angela Bassett) is a flight attendant who is delighted that her boyfriend, Nick Wells (played by Robert DeNiro), has decided to get away from his life of crime as a safe cracker. So much so that she might be happy to become Mrs. Nick Wells if he does. Unfortunately, he gets convinced to go for one more burglary. Let's just say that Nick is as smart as he is a good safe cracker.


The Score was released in 2001, directed by Frank Oz, written by Scott Marshall Smith, Daniel E. Taylor,  and Kario Salem.

The Score Wiki
The Score IMDb

My Comments: A special little thank you to Ione. :)

Sunday, June 13, 2010

TV and Movies: Hoban and Zoe Washburne

Zoe Alleyne (played by Gina Torres), loyal follower and second in command to Malcolm Reynolds, serves on his vessel after the Unification War on his spaceship Serenity. Hoban (played by Alan Tudyk), a talented pilot who goes by the nickname Wash, gets hired by Mal and falls in love with Zoe. The two are a wonderful team.

Firefly, a TV series, ends in Serenity, a movie, both created, written and/or directed by Joss Whedon. Both are available on DVD. There is also a comic book continuation.

Firefly Wiki
Firefly IMDb
Serenity Wiki
Serenity IMDb

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Movies: Theresa Jones and Simon Green

Theresa Jones (played by Zoe Saldana) decides to take her boyfriend, Simon Baker (played by Ashton Kutcher) home to meet Mom and Dad on her parents' 25th wedding anniversary. The Joneses are black and Simon is white, which Theresa fails to mention. Dad isn't happy. He tries anything he can to break them up including digging into Simon's background. Which wouldn't be a problem except that Simon just quit his job. There is a happily ever after...

in Guess Who, a romantic comedy remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, released in 2005, directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

Guess Who IMDb
Guess Who Wiki

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Movies: Kenya McQueen and Brian Kelly

Kenya Denise McQueen (played by Sanaa Lathan) is a business woman and a perfectionist who has spent her time developing her career and not her love life. She falls for landscaper Brian Kelly (played by Simon Baker) despite reservations on the part of friends and family, and even her. She eventually decides that she'd rather be happy than date only within her race and socioeconomic status.

Something New was released in 2006, directed by Sanaa Hamri, written by Kriss Turner.