Actor Thomas Haden Church (1960)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), a superhero film, is based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Following Quentin Beck’s deceitful actions, Peter Parker is wrongly accused of murder and his true identity as Spider-Man is exposed. This results in Peter, along with his girlfriend MJ, best friend Ned, and aunt May, being questioned by the Department of Damage Control. Fortunately, lawyer Matt Murdock successfully clears Peter’s name. However, the group must now deal with the consequences of their newfound notoriety. As things become increasingly ...

Daddy’s Home (2015) is an American comedy directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders, Brian Burns, and John Morris. Brad Whitaker, a mild-mannered radio executive, strives to be a good stepfather to his wife Sara’s children, Megan and Dylan. Despite a previous accident affecting his fertility, Brad has been growing closer to the kids recently. Dylan has confided in him about bullies at school and Megan has even asked him to take her to the father/daughter ...

Lucky Them (2013), an American comedy-drama film by Megan Griffiths, follows Ellie Klug, a music critic in her 40s at Stax, a dying underground magazine. For her next assignment, Giles, her editor, tasks Ellie with writing about Matthew Smith’s mysterious disappearance and assumed suicide on its 10th anniversary. While most people believe he is dead, Ellie, who was Matthew’s childhood sweetheart and last remained with him before he vanished, remains hopeful of finding him. After an online tip leads her to a potential lead on Matthew’s whereabouts, Giles gives Ellie a thousand dollars to pay the source. ...

A movie John Carter (2012) tells the story of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ uncle who passed away unexpectedly. The film was directed and written by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, and Michael Chabon respectively, and is based on the Barsoom novel series. At the time of his uncle’s death in 1881, Burroughs learned that John had requested to be buried in a tomb that only he could open from inside. He was also given John’s personal journal to read by his lawyer. The plot then rewinds back to 1868 when Carter ...

We Bought a Zoo (2011) is a biographical family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee, directed and co-written by Cameron Crowe. Following the loss of his wife Katherine seven months prior, Benjamin is struggling to cope with grief alongside his children, 14-year-old Dylan and 7-year-old Rosie. As Dylan is expelled from school, Benjamin realizes that their current living situation only serves as a constant reminder of Katherine’s absence and decides it’s time for a fresh start. After touring numerous homes with ...

Smart People (2008), a American comedy-drama film, tells the story of Lawrence Wetherhold, an English professor at Carnegie Mellon University. As a single parent to his college-aged son James and high school daughter Vanessa, as well as the sibling of his adopted brother Chuck, Lawrence’s life is complicated. He often clashes with Chuck, who he sees as a ne’er-do-well, and is generally bitter, arrogant, and self-absorbed. These traits also affect his relationship with his students; he has little interest in teaching them and even parks illegally on campus. However, when his car gets impounded and he can’t retrieve it due to a former student working ...

Spider-Man 3 (2007) is an American superhero film based on the popular Marvel Comics character. The movie was a joint effort between Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Laura Ziskin Productions, with distribution by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was directed by Sam Raimi, who also co-wrote the script with his brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent. The plot follows Peter Parker as he plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson after a year since their last adventure involving the defeat of Otto Octavius. However, their peaceful moment in ...

The fantasy comedy-drama film Charlotte’s Web (2006) is an adaptation of E. B. White’s novel of the same name. In the springtime on a farm in Somerset County, Maine, Fern Arable discovers her father John poised to kill a runt from a litter of newborn pigs. She pleads with him to spare the piglet’s life, naming him Wilbur and caring for him tenderly. The following day, Fern sneaks Wilbur into her school desk and when her teacher overhears his squeals, she demands to know what is inside. Fern lies and claims there is nothing in her desk, causing the teacher to angrily send them both to the ...

Demian Lichtenstein directed and co-produced the American action comedy film, 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). Recently released from prison, Michael Zane makes a stop at a rundown desert motel near Las Vegas. While there, he encounters a young boy named Jesse trying to steal from his car. Michael follows Jesse back to his mother, Cybil Waingrow, and ends up seducing her. The next day, Michael is joined by four men – Murphy, Hanson, Gus, and Franklin – who are all dressed as Elvis for their planned robbery of the Riviera hotel during an Elvis convention. A shootout ensues and Franklin is killed during their ...

The American black horror comedy film, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995), directed by Ernest Dickerson, follows the story of drifter Frank Brayker on a desert road in New Mexico. He is being pursued by The Collector, a powerful demon in human form. After their vehicles collide, Brayker manages to escape. A local drunk named Uncle Willy happens upon him and takes him to a converted church that now serves as a boarding house. Here, Brayker rents a room and meets the other residents: owner Irene, prostitute Cordelia, postal clerk Wally, and ex-convict Jeryline who is on work release. Shortly after his ...