The film opens with John (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) answering questions during marriage counseling. The couple has been married for “five or six” years, but their marriage is suffering to the point that they cannot remember the last time they had sex. They tell the story of their first meeting in Bogotá, […]
Cinderella Man
James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) is an Irish-American boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and an upset to his wife, Mae (Renée Zellweger): she cannot bring herself to watch the violence of his […]
NYPD Blue: The Series
Within the first few minutes of the pilot episode, it’s clear what made NYPD Blue stand out from the rest of the cop show pack, as the characters express themselves in startlingly colorful language. This, combined with glimpses of nudity, earned NYPD Blue the reputation as R-rated television–but just about every episode demonstrates the propulsive […]
Junebug
When newlywed Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), an art dealer, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter for her outsider art gallery, she takes the opportunity to meet the family of her husband George (Alessandro Nivola) who live close by.There is his judgmental mother Peg (Celia Weston), his reserved father Eugene (Scott […]