In 1961 London, Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan) is a 16-year-old schoolgirl on track to enter Oxford University when she meets a charming Jewish conman, David Goldman (Peter Sarsgaard), who pursues her romantically. He takes her to concerts, clubs, and fine restaurants, and easily charms her parents into approving of the relationship. Jenny recognizes that David […]
Archives for October 2009
The Sopranos: The Series
Fans have devotedly watched Tony Soprano deal with the difficulties of balancing his home life with the criminal organization he leads. Audiences everywhere tuned in to see the mob, the food, the family, and who was next to be whacked. Celebrate the show that Vanity Fair called, “the greatest show in TV history”, in the […]
Less Than Zero
Clay Easton (Andrew McCarthy) is a college freshman who returns home to Los Angeles, California, for Christmas to find things very different from the way he left them. His high school girlfriend, Blair (Jami Gertz), has become addicted to drugs and has been having sex with his high school best friend, Julian Wells (Robert Downey, […]
Precious
In 1987, obese, illiterate, 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the New York City ghetto of Harlem with her dysfunctional and abusive mother, Mary (Mo’Nique). She has been raped by her father, Carl (Rodney Jackson), resulting in two pregnancies. She suffers long-term physical and mental abuse from her unemployed mother. The family resides […]