Posts Tagged ‘houseguest’

Roman Holiday (1953)

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Peck, Gregory | Hepburn, Audrey | Albert, Eddie | Power, Hartley | Williams, Harcourt | Rawlings, Margaret | Carminati, Tullio | Carlini, Paolo | Ermelli, Claudio | Borboni, Paola | Rizzo, Alfredo | Solari, Laura | Gori, Gorella | Hindrich, Heinz | Horne, John
Directors: Wyler, William
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Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour of Europian capitals. When she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted, regimented schedule. One night Anne sneaks out of her room, hops into the back of a delivery truck and escapes her luxurious confinement. However, a sedative she was forced to take earlier starts to take effect, and the princess is soon fast asleep on a public bench. She is found by Joe Bradley, an American newspaper reporter stationed in Rome. He takes her back to his apartment. The next morning Joe dashes off to cover the Princess Anne press conference, unaware that she is sleeping on his couch! Once he realizes his good fortune, Joe promises his editor an exclusive interview with the princess.

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | O'Hara, Maureen | Fabian | Saxon, John | Wilson, Marie | Gardiner, Reginald | Peters, Lauri | Varda, Valerie | Gentle, Lili | McGiver, John | Trundy, Natalie | Peine, Josh | Urecal, Minerva | Burns, Michael | Collier, Richard
Directors: Henry Koster
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Mr Hobbs longs for a vacation alone with his wife, away from his long commute into work and his disfunctional family. His wife longs for a family get-together. Of course the wife wins and off to the beach with the family they go.

Flower Drum Song (1961)

Monday, January 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Kwan, Nancy | Shigeta, James | Fong, Benson | Soo, Jack | Hall, Juanita | Sato, Reiko | Adiarte, Patrick | Tong, Kam | Yung, Victor Sen | Yong, Soo | Lee, Ching Wah | Hong, James | Umeki, Miyoshi | Chakiris, George | Chan, Eugene
Directors: Henry Koster
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A Chinese woman and her father illegally enter San Francisco to marry her fiance. While in San Francisco, she meets another man and falls deeply in love with him and the American way of life; to her father’s disapproval.

Day of the Locust, The (1975)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sutherland, Donald | Black, Karen | Burgess Meredith | Atherton, William | Page, Geraldine | Dysart, Richard | Hopkins, Bo | Serna, Pepe | Goldoni, Lelia | Barty, Billy | Haley, Jackie Earle | LeRoy, Gloria | Hoffman, Jane | Leavitt, Norman | Kennedy, Madge
Directors: Schlesinger, John
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Tod Hackett, fresh out of Yale, wants to make it as an art director in late 1930’s Hollywood - but he finds himself increasingly distracted by his new neighbor Faye, a would-be starlet with possible designs of her own on a lonely, morose accountant. As Tod is drawn deeper into the lurid private lives of studio bosses and film industry workers, he gradually becomes desperate to know if Faye - or anyone - is capable of real love.

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Black, Karen | Bush, Billy Green | Flagg, Fannie | Struthers, Sally | MacGuire, Marlena | Stahl, Richard | Smith, Lois | Kallianiotes, Helena | Basil, Toni | Thayer, Lorna | Anspach, Susan | Waite, Ralph | Challee, William | Ryan, John P.
Directors: Rafelson, Bob
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Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) comes from a well-bred family of musicians, and once showed great promise as a concert pianist. By nature a restless, angry individual, Bobby left his family and his music when he could no longer endure the dull, cloistered routine of daily practice. He took to the road, wanting to “see the world,” and hopefully find something or someone to quell his inner turmoil. He has settled in a small town as an oil rigger, where his life consists of going to work, arguing with his dimwitted but loving girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black), and bowling every night with his friend Elton (Billy “Green” Bush). Not surprisingly, this routine begins to disgust Bobby and, fed up, he decides to travel to Puget Sound, Washington to pay his family a visit. Leaving Rayette at a nearby motel, Bobby goes home and is reunited with his family.

Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Gertz, Jami | Hannah, Daryl | Marshall, Garry | Piven, Jeremy | Roberts, Doris | Sabara, Daryl | Miller, Larry | Hines, Cheryl | Benjamin, Richard | Jefferies, Marc John | Hines, Tom | Jenkins, Carter | Taylor, Sandra | Cosgrove, Miranda | Robertson, Brittany
Directors: Marshall, Scott
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In toney Brentwood, Benjamin Fiedler prepares for his bar mitzvah; trouble is, he understands neither its meaning nor the Hebrew, and his parents (particularly his successful-agent father) are planning the most lavish party possible. Benjamin wants his dad to give him some space, so he gets an idea: to invite his grandfather, who left the family years ago and for whom Benjamin’s dad has an intense dislike, to come two weeks early. Thanks in part to grandpa - and to the immediate family’s love - Benjamin may have a shot at figuring out what it means to be a man.

Baby Mama (2008)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Poehler, Amy | Tina Fey | Kinnear, Greg | Shepard, Dax | Malco, Romany | Weaver, Sigourney | Martin, Steve | Tierney, Maura | Mailer, Stephen | Taylor, Holland | Rebhorn, James | O'Hare, Denis | Collins, Kevin | Forte, Will | Armisen, Fred
Directors: McCullers, Michael
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Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough … After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born to and the one you make.

Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Stiller, Ben | Arquette, Patricia | Leoni, Téa | Alda, Alan | Moore, Mary Tyler | Segal, George | Tomlin, Lily | Brolin, Josh | Jenkins, Richard | Weston, Celia | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Ostrosky, Beth | Lamontagne, Cynthia | Kelly, David Patrick | Noonan, John Ford
Directors: Russell, David O.
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Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he “really is.” He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother—who turns out not to be his mother, due to an error with the agency’s adoption records. The quartet sets out in search of Mel’s real parents, with tensions growing because of the sexual chemistry lacking between Mel and Nancy and growing between Mel and Tina.

Cabaret (1972)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Minnelli, Liza | York, Michael | Griem, Helmut | Joel Grey | Wepper, Fritz | Berenson, Marisa | Neumann-Viertel, Elisabeth | Vita, Helen | von Richthofen, Sigrid | Vespermann, Gerd | Wolter, Ralf | Hartmann, Georg | Renée, Ricky | Nachama, Estrongo | Doby, Kathryn
Directors: Fosse, Bob
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Sally Bowles, an American singer in 1930s Berlin, fall in love with bi-sexual Brian. They are both then seduced by Max, a rich playboy. Sally becomes pregnant, and Brian offers to marry her… All the characters are linked by the Kit-Kat club, a nightspot where Sally sings.

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ringwald, Molly | Henry, Justin | Schoeffling, Michael | Morris, Haviland | Watanabe, Gedde | Hall, Anthony Michael | Dooley, Paul | Glynn, Carlin | Baker, Blanche | Andrews, Edward | Bird, Billie | Cook, Carole | Showalter, Max | Curtis, Liane Alexandra | Cusack, John
Directors: Hughes, John
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Samantha’s life is going downhill fast. The fifteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister’s getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Add all this to a pair of horrendously embarrassing grandparents, a foreign exchange student named Long Duc Dong, and we have the makings of a hilarious journey into young womanhood.