THE SOLOIST

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Music
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener
DIRECTOR:  Joe Wright
WRITER:  Susannah Grant, Steve Lopez

PLOT:  Steve Lopez is a journalist in Los Angeles looking for a big story when he runs into Nathaniel Ayers a homeless musical genius trained in Julliard.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Reign Over Me, Amadeus, Benny & Joon, Ray

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SIXTEEN CANDLES

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1984
CAST:  Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry
DIRECTOR:  John Hughes
WRITER:  John Hughes

PLOT:  Samantha Baker is turning 16 years old and she's in love with the coolest guy in school, Mike Baker, who just happens to be in love with the coolest girl in school.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pretty In Pink, Breakfast Club, Can't Hardly Wait, Grease

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MEMENTO

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  With the constant memory of the murder of his wife Leonard struggles to hunt down the killer with the help of Natalie and many notes as well as tattoos to help him remember.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fight Club, Inception, Following

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HE LOVES ME HE LOVES ME NOT

GENRE:  Romance/ Thriller
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carre
DIRECTOR:  Laetitia Colombani
WRITER:  Laetitia Colombani, Caroline Thivel

PLOT:  Young Angelique falls in love with the handsome married Dr. Loic Le Garrec, suffering from delusions of feelings reciprocated, Angelique becomes dangerous when she begins to realize that the doctor is not in love with her.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Priceless, Poison Ivy, Lolita

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STAY

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
DIRECTOR:  Marc Forster
WRITER:  David Benioff

PLOT:  Dr. Sam Foster is Henry Letham's therapist continually trying to keep the depressed and suicidal Henry alive, this proves to be quite a feat as Dr. Foster struggles with his own sanity.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mulholland Drive, Identity, The Machinist

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BOURNE IDENTITY

GENRE:  Action/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper
DIRECTOR:  Doug Liman
WRITER:  Tony Gilroy, W. Blake Herron, Robert Ludlum

PLOT:  Jason Bourne suffers from amnesia when he is picked up by a fishing boat, while trying to remember and pick up on clues as to who he is he must dodge bullets and run from assassins.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Bourne Ultimatum, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Bourne Supremacy, Salt

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TRAILER UPDATE: "HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PT. 2"

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Fantasy adventure
In Theaters July 15, 2011

TRAILER UPDATE: "IMMORTALS"

Immortals
Action adventure
In Theaters November 11, 2011

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
DIRECTOR:  David Lynch
WRITER:  David Lynch

PLOT:  A car accident on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles leaves a woman with amnesia which leads her in a search for answers with a befriended girl.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Blue Velvet, Barton Fink, The Black Dahlia, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Pernassus

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THE SIXTH SENSE

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller/ Supernatural
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
DIRECTOR:  M. Night Shyamalan
WRITER:  M. Night Shyamalan

PLOT:  Dr. Malcolm Crowe, a child therapist is determined to help a very special boy, Cole, with what he thinks is a very imaginative problem.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Others, The Shining, Unbreakable

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TRAILER UPDATE: "THE DEBT"

The Debt
Drama/ Thriller
In Theaters August 31, 2011

COLLATERAL

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
DIRECTOR:  Michael Mann
WRITER:  Stuart Beattie

PLOT:  Max is just another cab driver in Los Angeles when he picks up a hired hit man, Vincent, who instead, takes him for a ride.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Training Day, The Firm, Man On Fire

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THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Downs, Elisha Cuthbert
DIRECTOR:  Luke Greenfield
WRITER:  David Wagner, Brent Goldberg, Stuart Blumberg

PLOT:  Matthew is your average teen in an average town when a former porn star moves in next door.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Graduate, American Pie, Superbad

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KISS KISS BANG BANG

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Mystery
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan
DIRECTOR:  Shane Black
WRITER:  Brett Halliday, Shane Black,

PLOT:  When Harry Lockhart decides to attend a posh party his lying puts him in a big mess including a mysterious murder, falling for a childhood friend and running around with Gay Perry telling him what to do.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pineapple Express, Lucky Number Slevin, The Saint

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THE SHINING

GENRE:  Drama/ Horror
MADE:  1980
CAST:  Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
DIRECTOR:  Stanley Kubrick
WRITER:  Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

PLOT:  A family, alone and isolated, hired to take care of a hotel during the winter off-season.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Eyes Wide Shut, 1408, Amityville Horror

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Kevin Kline

Name:  Kevin Delaney Kline

AKA:  Kevin Kline

Date of birth:  October 24, 1947

From:  St. Louis, Missouri

Specialty:  Acting

4 Kevin Kline Films To Watch

The Conspirator
Drama Thriller

French Kiss
Romantic Comedy

Soapdish
Comedy Drama

A Fish Called Wanda
Comedy

THE MAN IN THE MOON

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon, Emily Warfield, Jason London
DIRECTOR:  Robert Mulligan
WRITER:  Jenny Wingfield

PLOT:  Set in Louisiana 1957 one summer, a young girl and her elder sister fall in love with the same boy.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dirty Dancing, Steel Magnolias

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