Dinner & A Couple Movies... 2015
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- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.To me this one is better than Annie Hall, but the relationship with the minor throws me off... other than the statutory rape a great film.
- DirectorShira PivenStarsKristen WiigJames MarsdenLinda CardelliniWhen Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.Just watch it, quirky could can describe how offbeat this main character is. She is completely wretched and relatable at the same time, watch it.
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsJon FavreauRobert Downey Jr.Scarlett JohanssonA head chef quits his restaurant job and buys a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.Reading the cast list alone should warrant a viewing, but the films is incredibly well told. It has just the right mix of jokes and drama, a good time all around.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.A sweet old-timey film for the hopeless romantic inside all of us.
- DirectorGene SaksStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauJohn FiedlerA New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.If you don't love Walter Matthau, I don't know why you're reading this list...
- DirectorDavid WainStarsJaneane GarofaloDavid Hyde PierceMichael ShowalterSet on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.Metehumor at its finest. Please only if you've got a keen sense of irony.
- DirectorLake BellStarsLake BellFred MelamedMichaela WatkinsAn underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé.A solid indie with that whole "hollywood-adjacent" vibe.
- DirectorJoe SwanbergStarsAnna KendrickMelanie LynskeyMark WebberAfter a break up, Jenny moves in with writer Kelly, her filmmaker husband, and their child. Despite a rocky start, Jenny's influence helps Kelly realize that an evolution in her life, career and relationship is necessary for her happiness.Real life improvised by actors.
- DirectorRhys ThomasStarsGraham PhillipsZack PearlmanAshley GreenePals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.Seems like every other summer-coming-of-age-camp-ensemble-movie, and is it, but it's a good one.