FUNNY FACE (1957)

Directed by: Stanley Donen

Starring: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Dovima, Jean Del Val, Virginia Gibson, Sue England, Ruta Lee, Alex Gerry, Suzy Parker, Sunny Harnett

103 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Maggie Prescott, the Editor-in-Chief of New York based Quality, a fashion magazine that sets trends i.e. leads instead of follows, has come up with her latest brainchild: to feature a model to be the Quality Woman, complete with successful Paris-based designer Paul Duval to devise a new collection inspired by her. The Quality Woman is not only to embody beauty, but also intellect. Against Maggie's initial judgment, she relents to the vision of her head photographer Dick Avery in choosing Jo Stockton rather than one of their in-house models as the Quality Woman, Jo the clerk they met in an impromptu photo shoot they did against her will in the Greenwich Village bookstore where she works. The marks against Jo are not only that she isn't a professional, but that she has what she even considers a funny looking face, something that Dick instead calls interesting. Jo, who abhors all that the world of fashion represents in she being an intellectual, ultimately agrees as the job would take her to Paris where she hopes to meet her idol, Professor Émile Flostre, the leading philosopher on the concept of empathicalism. But in Paris, the two worlds for Jo begin to collide in more ways than one, arguably the most important in she falling for Dick, his actions solely to get her to exude the emotions he wants for the photos.

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INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD (2005)

Directed by: Don Coscarelli

Starring: Bree Turner, Angus Scrimm, John DeSantis, Ethan Embry, Heather Feeney

51 minutes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

When Ellen's car breaks down on a deserted mountain road in the middle of nowhere, she encounters a monster-like man who is intent on killing her. Ellen will not go down without a fight and the game of cat-and-mouse soon shifts as Ellen fights back.

Part of Showtime's "Masters of Horror" anthology series.

 

THE JACKET (2005)

Directed by: John Maybury

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro, Daniel Craig, Steven Mackintosh, Brendan Coyle, Mackenzie Phillips, Jason Lewis, Richard Dillane, Jonah Lotan, Angel Coulby, Paul Birchard, Nigel Whitmey, Ian Porter, Anthony Edridge, Kerry Shale, Angus MacInnes, Laura Marano, Richard Durden, Tristan Gemmill, Colin Stinton, Tara Summers, Angelo Andreou, Teresa Gallagher, Anne Kidd, Charneh Demir, Frances Brady-Stewart, Lolly Susi, Garrick Hagon, Derek "Fish" Dick

103 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

Gulf War veteran Jack Starks, having suffered a near-death experience while on active service, returns to Vermont in 1992, suffering from periods of amnesia. Back in the United States where he is blamed for the death of a policeman, and incarcerated in a hospital for the criminally insane. Subject to experimental treatments there, which involve him being shut inside a morgue casket while tied in a straitjacket, he eventually learns to travel through time and is able to offer help to various people.

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THE GREEN ROOM WITH PAUL PROVENZA (2010 - 2011)

Created by: Paul Provenza

Hosted by: Paul Provenza

Guests: Drew Carey, Reginald D. Hunter, Eddie Izzard, Larry Miller, Sandra Bernhard, Patrice O'Neal, Roseanne Barr, Bob Saget, Brendon Burns, Andy Dick, Dana Gould, Andy Kindler, Jim Jefferies, Paul Mooney, Rain Pryor, Bobby Slayton, Robert Klein, Rick Overton, Jonathan Winters, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Tom Smothers, Judd Apatow, Bo Burnham, Marc Maron, Ray Romano, Garry Shandling, Franklyn Ajaye, Kathy Griffin, Greg Proops, Richard Belzer, Janeane Garofalo, Dave Attell, Doug Stanhope, Glenn Wool, Lewis Black, Ron White, Kathleen Madigan, Jamie Kilstein, Margaret Cho, Richard Lewis, Jeff Ross, Kumail Nanjiani, Tommy Chong, Joe Rogan, Rick Shapiro, Eddie Ifft, Bill Burr, Russell Peters, Colin Quinn, Caroline Rhea, Lizz Winstead, Jimmy Carr, Judah Friedlander, Chris Hardwick, Tim Minchin, Lee Camp, Ben Ellwood, David Feldman, Dan Pasternack, Ron Jeremy, Dylan Brody, Emory Emory, Matt Kirshen, Allison Kilkenny, Daryl Wright, Kevin Booth, Arj Barker, Hannibal Buress, Troy Conrad, Robert Kelly, Eugene Mirman, Jay Oakerson, Shane Mauss, Anthony Jeselnik, Tony Clifton, Ted Bender

14 episodes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug use)

PLOT:

Comedians sit around talking about comedy and world issues with host, Paul Provenza.

 

SNATCH (2000)

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Benicio Del Toro, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ade, Rade Šerbedžija, Vinnie Jones, Adam Fogerty, Mike Reid, Nicola Collins, Teena Collins, Sorcha Cusack, Jason Flemyng, Goldie, Velibor Topic, Sam Douglas, Ewen Bremner, Andy Beckwith, Dave Legeno, William Beck

102 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity)

PLOT:

Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Mickey, who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off of Travellers. They then try to convince Mickey not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris the Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog.

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MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)

Directed by: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Steve Coogan, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Marianne Faithfull, Mary Nighy, Jamie Dornan, Al Weaver, Sarah Adler, Sebastian Armesto, Clementine Poidatz, Celine Sallette, Aurore Clement, Guillaume Gallienne, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Tom Hardy, James Lance, Mathieu Amalric, Joseph Malerba, Andre Oumansky

123 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, partial nudity)

PLOT:

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

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