In 1973 San Diego, California, William Miller (Patrick Fugit)is a teenager and aspiring rock journalist. His mother, Elaine (Frances McDormand) is a local college professor with conservative beliefs who wants him to become a lawyer. Miller writes for underground papers, sharing the love of rock music instilled in him through a gift of albums given […]
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker opens with a quotation from War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, a best-selling 2002 book by Chris Hedges, a New York Times war correspondent and journalist: “The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” Sergeant First Class William James (Jeremy Renner), a […]
Rachel Getting Married
Kym (Anne Hathaway) is released from rehab for a few days so she can go home to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). Kym’s father (Bill Irwin) shows intense concern for Kym’s well-being and whereabouts, which she interprets as mistrust. She also resents her sister’s choice of her best friend Emma (Anisa […]
Days of Wine and Roses
Public relations man Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) meets and falls in love with Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), a secretary. Kirsten is a teetotaler until Joe introduces her to social drinking. Reluctant at first, after her first few Brandy Alexanders, she admits that having a drink “made me feel good.” Despite the misgivings of her father […]
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