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For All Time (2000)
"For All Time" is a science fiction story about a businessman who finds an antique watch which allows him to travel back in time to 1896 via a train. He falls in love with a woman there, and must decide whether to stay in the 19th [..]
Orange County (2002)
"Orange County" is a comedy film about a Southern California high school senior whose hopes for college are dashed when his guidance counselor sends the wrong transcripts and he is rejected. He enlists the help of his less-than-brainy girl friend and his stoner brother to help, [..]
Open Range (2003)
"Open Range" is a western movie about free-range cattlemen in 1880's Montana who come into conflict with a corrupt land baron. Director Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves" 1990) put together a high quality horse opera with excellent production values, great writing by Craig Storper, good character development [..]
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
"Under the Tuscan Sun" is a romantic comedy-drama about a California woman who impulsively buys a run-down villa in Tuscany, Italy, after a painful divorce. She begins a new life with new experiences, with not-so-new formulaic material from director-screenwriter Audrey Wells. It was adapted from the [..]
Hope Springs (2003)
"Hope Springs" is a romantic comedy about an English artist who flees to a small Vermont town to escape his former fiancee. While starting up a successful art business, he becomes involved with a local woman. Meanwhile, his ex-girl friend arrives in town to win [..]
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
The popular "Thin Man" film series ended in 1947 with "Song of the Thin Man." William Powell and Myrna Loy play the crime-solving husband and wife team Nick and Nora Charles with their usual witty bantering. The screenplay by James O'Hanlon, Harry Drake, and Dashiell Hammett lost some [..]
Holes (2003)
"Holes" is a comedy-drama movie about a boy wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a juvenile detention camp in Texas. A crazed warden forces the boys to dig holes in a nearby lakebed looking for buried treasure. The comedy and drama proceeds from there, capably directed by [..]
Out of Time (2003)
"Out of Time" is a riveting crime drama about a respected police chief in a Florida Keys town who is implicated in the murder of a married couple when it is revealed he was having an affair with the wife. Further complications arise when his estranged spouse, a [..]
A Mighty Wind (2003)
"A Mighty Wind" is a backstage mockumentary film about a 1960's folk music reunion concert. Director Christopher Guest ("Best in Show" 2000), the expert in mockumentary projects such as "Waiting for Guffman" (1996), give us mixed results in this project making fun of folk music. [..]
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
"The Thin Man Goes Home" is another "Thin Man" picture where detective Nick Charles takes his wife, Nora, and their dog, Asta, back to his home town to visit his parents. They are unaware that Nick's presence has already frightened a spy into action, with the drama and [..]