Actress Zooey Deschanel (1980)

(500) Days of Summer (2009) is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb and produced by Mark Waters. The story follows Tom Hansen, an aspiring architect who works as a writer at a greeting card company. His job brings him into contact with a new employee, Summer Finn. Despite their initial differences, they bond over their shared taste in music at a company karaoke night. As they talk about love, Tom’s hopeful beliefs clash with Summer’s more cynical perspective. Meanwhile, Tom’s friend and co-worker McKenzie reveals his hidden feelings for ...

The Happening (2008) is a science fiction thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. In New York City’s Central Park, a series of suicides occur among the people. The cause is believed to be a bio-terrorist attack using an airborne neurotoxin, which quickly spreads throughout the Northeastern United States. High school science teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma are joined by Elliot’s mathematician colleague Julian and his daughter Jess on a train out of Philadelphia. As they journey, they discover that Boston and Philadelphia have also been affected. Their communication is cut ...

Directed by Peyton Reed, Yes Man (2008) is an American romantic comedy film about Carl Allen, a bank loan officer. Since his divorce from Stephanie, Carl has become introverted and has a negative outlook on life. He often ignores his friends Peter and Rooney, even missing their engagement party. In a dream, he envisions his own death and realizes that Peter and Rooney wouldn’t be affected by it. Upon the suggestion of Nick, an old colleague who had previously broken a bank window with a rock, Carl attends a motivational seminar where he learns to say ‘yes’ to every opportunity. There, he meets ...

Tin Man (2007), an American television miniseries, was a joint production between RHI Entertainment and the Sci Fi Channel. The three-part series premiered on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States. DG, a waitress from a small Kansas town, felt out of place in her farm life and was plagued by visions of a woman with lavender eyes warning her of an impending storm. These visions came true when Azkadellia, the tyrannical ruler of the O.Z. (Outer Zone), sent her Longcoat soldiers to kill DG. Fortunately, DG managed to escape through a ‘travel storm’ into the O.Z., where she met and became friends with Glitch, Wyatt Cain, and Raw – all residents of this ...

Surf’s Up (2007) is a humorous animated film created by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and then distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It follows the story of Cody Maverick, a teenage northern rockhopper penguin living in Shiverpool, Antarctica with his mother Edna and older brother Glen. Since first meeting the renowned surfer emperor penguin Zeke ‘Big Z’ Topanga, Cody has been determined to become a professional surfer. So when talent scout shorebird Michael Abromowitz visits Shiverpool to find participants for the Big Z Memorial surfing competition on Pen-Gu Island, Cody eagerly joins in. On the way to the contest, Cody makes ...

The American epic revisionist Western film, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), is a retelling of the events leading up to the titular killing. Written and directed by Andrew Dominik and based on Ron Hansen’s novel of the same name, it portrays the relationship between Jesse James and Robert Ford. In 1881, a starstruck young man named Robert ‘Bob’ Ford seeks out Jesse James while the James Gang plans a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri. Despite his brother Charley being a member of the gang, Bob’s attempts to join are unsuccessful. The robbery is not as successful as hoped and Frank James leaves while Jesse ...