unty HunterMilo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder coverup, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other -- until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough -- staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.
Director: Andy Tennant. Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Gio Perez, Joel Garland, Jason Kolotouros, Matt Malloy, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Rose, Christine Baranski, Dorian Missick, David Costabile. 2010, 111 mins., comedy.
A successful doctor suspects her husband of cheating. To test his fidelity, she hires a young call girl to seduce him, but her plan backfires in a way that could put her family and their future in jeopardy.
Director: Atom Egoyan. Stars: Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot, R.H. Thomson, Nina Dobrev, Julie Khaner, Laura DeCarteret, Natalie Lisinska, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Meghan Heffern, Rosalba Martinni. 2010, 99 mins., drama.
Florence Marr, an aspiring singer struggling to find her place in the world, works as a personal assistant to the Greenberg family. Roger Greenberg has come to L.A. to housesit for his family. He's single, fortyish, witty, sharp-tongued -- and, like Florence, something of a lost soul. Greenberg's vulnerability immediately endears him to Florence, and what begins as a courtesy to her employer develops into a charmingly eccentric and unexpectedly significant connection. As Greenberg discovers there is only so much "nothing" you can do, the awkward beauty of what he builds with Florence starts to look more and more like a reason to be happy.
Director: Noah Baumbach. Stars: Ben Stiller, Rhys Ifans, Greta Gerwig, Chris Messina, Susan Traylor, Merritt Wever, Zach Chassler, Mina Badie, Blair Tefkin. 2010, 108 mins., comedy/drama.
A grief-stricken husband and wife are almost pushed to the breaking point by the death of their older son, Bennett, in a car crash. When a young woman, Rose, shows up a few months later announcing that she is pregnant with Bennett's child, the Brewer's are forced to take her in. At first, Rose's presence threatens to tear the family even further apart but, eventually, her interaction with each of the Brewers proves to be the very thing that brings them back together.
Director: Shana Feste. Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, Aaron Johnson, Johnny Simmons, Miles Robbins, Kevin Hagan, Cara Seymour, Ramsey Faragallah, Zoe Kravitz, Michael Shannon. 2009, 99 mins., drama.
Laura Baxter suffers from a bizarre medical condition that keeps her in an almost constant dream state. While confined to her hospital bed, art student Danny Sloan falls in love with Laura, unaware that a terrifying mass murderer wants to take possession of her mind.
Director: William Malone. Stars: Cherilyn Wilson, Dylan Purcell, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs, Timothy Bottoms, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Brennan Bailey, Dov Tiefenbach, Alison Brie, Katherine Carlsberg. 2008, 98 mins., horror.
"Our marriage, their wedding." It's lesson No. 1 for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia and Marcus are no exception. In "Our Family Wedding," they learn the hard way that the path to saying "I do" can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers -- two highly competitive over-the-top egos -- can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day. With insults flying and tempers running high, it's anyone's guess if the alpha dads will survive to make it down the aisle in one piece.
Director: Rick Famuyiwa. Stars: America Ferrera, Lance Gross, Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Diana-Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros, Anjelah Johnson, Charles Q. Murphy, Shannyn Sossamon, Tonita Castro. 2010, 103 mins., comedy.
A hilarious comedy about an ex-gambler who is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
Director: Hue Rhodes. Stars: Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage, Tim Blake Nelson, John Cho, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Aviva, Isabel Archuleta, Johann Benet. 2009, 85 mins., comedy.