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A take on the classic tale 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', this is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Jason Shephard who lies for the fun of it. He loses an important story assignment entitled 'Big Fat Liar' in movie producer Marty Wolf's limo, which Wolf then turns into a film. When Jason sees a movie …preview of his story, he and his best friend Kaylee go to Los Angeles to make Wolf confess to using his story, to clear his name, and to get him out of having to attend summer school. The teen liar then has to match wits with Wolf, who also turns out to be a big liar. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedymartial arts |
Themes: | writinghollywoodtheatreredemptionfilmmakingrevenge |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolsummer schoolmonster truckrooftopofficebicycledeserthelicopterschool |
Characters: | security guardteacher student relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipsecretarymaidactressactorpolicemanpolice officerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfriendfather son relationship …policeteenager (See All) |
Story: | prank telephone callhollywood californiahelicopter pilotblue skinfilm premierebusiness suitmovie studiovietnam war veteranpalm pilotlimousine driverhollywood signnews reporterhigh school friendtelephone callbirthday party …boy who cried wolfwaste basketterm paperexposedproducingdisbelieving adultsound stagevetappointmentpropdefenestrationbusiness dealstuntworkrip offbullhorndeadlinepremierered carpetblueplagiarismscriptstuntmantormentdeskhonestyold westpalm treemichiganessaystunthot dogsecuritysuitstaircasestuffed animalstudiopractical jokefilm industrytripmeetingtourfilm producerfilm setmovie setmisunderstandingbackpackveteranguardjumping from heightskateboardmovie theaterpoolimpersonationwarehouseteen angstactingchickenlaptoppresidentconvertibleprankdollliarclownbusinessmanpilotlimousinecigar smokingbirdbrunettevideo cameracaliforniaswimmingreportertelephonetelevisionsunglassesfalling from heightblondemirrorcell phonefirepartytitle spoken by character (See All) |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | writinghollywoodfilmmaking |
Characters: | actressactorpolicemanfriend |
Story: | hollywood californiafilm premieremovie studiohollywood signpremierestudiofilm industryfilm producermovie setmovie theaterlimousinecigar smokingreportertelephonemirror …fire (See All) |
High school student Ferris Bueller wants a day off from school and he's developed an incredibly sophisticated plan to pull it off. He talks his friend Cameron into taking his father's prized Ferrari and with his girlfriend Sloane head into Chicago for the day. While they are taking in what the city …has to offer school principal Ed Rooney is convinced that Ferris is, not for the first time, playing hooky for the day and is hell bent to catch him out. Ferris has anticipated that, much to Rooney's chagrin. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolofficeschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipsecretarypolice officerstudentbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfriendteenagerpolice |
Story: | telephone calldeskimpersonationteen angstconvertibletelephone |
In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in … San Francisco amidst the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | redemption |
Locations: | swimming poolbicyclehelicopter |
Characters: | security guardpolice officer |
Story: | hollywood signjumping from heightlaptoppilotlimousinecaliforniaswimmingreportersunglassesfalling from heightcell phonefiretitle spoken by character |
Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970's hindi film industry, who is in love with actress Shantipriya. Om rescues Shanti from a fire scene where the fire has escaped control, and they become friends. His hopes seems to be coming true, but shortly thereafter he finds out that she is marrie …d to a film producer, Mukesh Mehra, and is expecting his child. He then watches in horror as Mukesh, after luring her in an abandoned studio, sets it on fire to prevent a financial loss and protect his career. Om attempts to rescue her in vain, and he eventually is killed. 30 years later, Om has reincarnated as the only son of a Bollywood actor, Rajesh Kapoor, and is himself an actor. His memories start to return when he meets with his widowed mother, Bela, from his previous birth. He also meets with Mukesh and together they decide to make a movie 'Om Shanti Om'. Om then hires a look-alike of Shantipriya, and hopes to force a confession out of Mukesh - but things go awry and Om finds his life endangered once again. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingrevenge |
Characters: | secretaryactressactorfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | film premierestuffed animalstudiofilm industryfilm producerfilm setimpersonationfireparty |
Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director 'Edward D. Wood Jr. (I)' (qv) is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker … is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films. (Read More)
Themes: | hollywoodfilmmaking |
Characters: | actressactorfriend |
Story: | hollywood californiafilm premieremovie studiohollywood signfilm producerfilm setmovie theatercigar smokingtitle spoken by character |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedymartial arts |
Locations: | rooftopbicycledeserthelicopter |
Characters: | security guardpolicemanpolice officerpolice |
Story: | bluedesksecuritywarehousepilottelevisionfalling from heightmirrorfire |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me …tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfather son relationshipteenager |
Story: | teen angstpresidentlimousineblondepartytitle spoken by character |
In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VH …S tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo. (Read More)
Subgenre: | martial arts |
Themes: | redemptionrevenge |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycle |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerbrother sister relationshipfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | news reporterexposedstuntmisunderstandingwarehousecigar smokingreportertelevisionsunglassesfalling from heightcell phone |
This movie picks up where the TV show ended. Vincent Chase is offered a role by his former agent now Studio boss Ari Gold in a movie he is developing. Vincent agrees on the condition that he be allowed to direct the movie also. Nearly a year later, Vince is uncertain if the movie is ready, so he ask …s Ari for money to finish the movie. But Vincent has asked for money more than once already and Ari's bosses are not happy of how much they're spending. But he goes to their backer to ask for more money and he wants to see what Vince has shot so far but Vince won't let anyone see it yet. But he's planning a screening, and asks the backer to come to L.A. with him but he can't so he sends his son instead. At the screening Vince decides not to show it. But gives out DVDS. The son after watching the movie, says he has issues with Drama, Vince's brother who has a small role in the movie. Vince is unwilling to drop him. When they appease the son, he then says he has issues with Vince. So as they try to fix the situation, Ari's catching heat both professionally and personally. And Vincent's friend, E who is expecting a baby with his ex Sloane, is trying to decide if he wants to get back with her. (Read More)
Themes: | hollywoodfilmmakingrevenge |
Locations: | swimming poolhelicopter |
Characters: | security guardsecretaryactorfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiamovie studiopalm treefilm producerfilm setconvertiblelimousinecaliforniasunglassescell phonepartytitle spoken by character |
This is the story of Enid and Rebecca after they finish the high school. Both have problems relating to people and they spend their time hanging around and bothering creeps. When they meet Seymour who is a social outsider who loves to collect old 78 records, Enid's life will change forever.
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | summer schoolschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteacherteenage girlfriend |
Story: | prank telephone callhigh school friendpractical jokemovie theaterteen angstparty |
By a twist of fate, the clumsy, yet good-hearted aspiring actor, Hrundi V. Bakshi, is invited to Fred Clutterbuck's big party, after ruining utterly the set of his latest feature film. However, unbeknownst to the host, Bakshi is present at the gathering, merrily mingling with the hand-picked guests …in his magnificent hi-tech villa, where the drinks are flowing and everybody is in high spirits. But much to everyone's surprise, when Bakshi accidentally has his first-ever sip of alcohol, only God knows how this well-thought party is going to end up. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | filmmaking |
Locations: | swimming pooldesert |
Characters: | maidactorpolice officer |
Story: | hollywood californiafilm producermovie setmisunderstandingconvertiblecigar smokingtelephoneparty |
Joe Young was a simple young man trying to spread the word of the Book of Mormon when he picked the wrong house to preach at! The owner, a porn director named Maxxx Orbison, tells his henchmen to kill the guy at the door who interrupted their scene, but Joe fights off the guards with great skill, wh …ich impresses Maxxx so much that he offers Joe the lead role in the movie he's making at the moment: Orgazmo, which is about a sex superhero who fights crime with his Orgazmorator, and ChodaBoy, his sidekick. Joe, against his beliefs, takes the job so that he can pay for the wedding he plans for himself and his fiancee, whom he doesn't tell about his risque new acting job. However, when the movie becomes an amazing hit just about everywhere and he finds out that Ben (ChodaBoy) has created a real Orgazmorator, Joe is in some serious hot water! (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedymartial arts |
Themes: | theatrefilmmaking |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | security guardactressactorpolicemanfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiahollywood signtelephone callbackpackactingliarfireparty |
Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from h …er drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | deadlineteen angstprankreporterparty |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain …in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | hollywoodtheatrefilmmaking |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycle |
Characters: | actressbrother sister relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiatelephone callmovie setmovie theaterconvertiblevideo cameratelephonesunglassesmirrorcell phoneparty |
Hail Caesar! Follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, who cleans up and solves problems for big names and stars in the industry. But when studio star Baird Whitlock disappears, Mannix has to deal with more than just the fix.
Themes: | hollywood |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | secretaryactor |
Story: | hollywood californiafilm premieremovie studiostudiofilm industrymovie setpartytitle spoken by character |
Bolt, an American white shepherd, has lived his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio by accident, he meets a female alley cat named Mittens and a hamster named Rhino. He's trying to find the way home, to the studio. Along t …he way, he learns that he doesn't have superpowers and that the show is not real. (Read More)
Themes: | hollywood |
Locations: | deserthelicopter |
Characters: | actress |
Story: | movie studiohollywood signstudiomovie setguardbirdtelevisionfiretitle spoken by character |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | filmmaking |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolrooftopschool |
Characters: | actressactorpolicemanteacherteenage girlfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | high school friendfilm producervideo cameraswimmingfalling from heightblondecell phoneparty |
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens …ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | redemptionrevenge |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | secretaryteenage girlpoliceteenager |
Story: | hollywood californiahollywood signbirthday partydefenestrationpalm treefilm producerjumping from heightlimousinecigar smokingcaliforniatelephonesunglassesfalling from heightfireparty …title spoken by character (See All) |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | redemption |
Locations: | swimming poolbicyclehelicopter |
Characters: | policemanfriendfather son relationshipteenagerpolice |
Story: | prank telephone calltelephone calltripclownpilotlimousinecaliforniaparty |
SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early '80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, th …e eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendshi… (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | filmmaking |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | actorstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | stuntmanstuntskateboardconvertibleprankliarvideo camerasunglassespartytitle spoken by character |
It's Thomas Kub's 17th birthday and all he wants to do is throw a small party with some friends to help raise his social status and maybe even get lucky. But when his best friend Costa starts calling radio stations and putting ads up on Craigslist, you can be sure that this party is going to get rea …lly out of hand really fast. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolhelicopter |
Characters: | security guardfriendfather son relationshipteenager |
Story: | birthday partypractical jokeskateboardvideo camerapartytitle spoken by character |
Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very l …ittle after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film. (Read More)
Themes: | writingtheatre |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolbicyclehelicopterschool |
Characters: | studentteacherteenage girl |
Story: | birthday partyproducingteen angstblondetitle spoken by character |
Characters: | security guardgrandmother granddaughter relationshipbrother sister relationshipteenage girlteenager |
Story: | hollywood californiabirthday partyteen angstpranklimousinecell phonefire |
Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the … toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit... (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | swimming poolrooftopbicycle |
Characters: | security guardbrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | disbelieving adultmisunderstandingbirdvideo camerafalling from heightfire |
Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Ji …mmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf. (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerbrother sister relationshippoliceteenager |
Story: | hollywood californiahollywood signlimousinecaliforniafalling from heightcell phonepartytitle spoken by character |
Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master …cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfriendfather son relationshipteenager |
Story: | telephone callbackpacktelephonesunglassescell phoneparty |
Out in California's San Fernando Valley, Isabel is trying to reinvent herself. A naive, good-natured witch, she is determined to disavow her supernatural powers and lead a normal life. At the same time, across town, Jack Wyatt a tall, charming actor is trying to get his career back on track. He sets … his sights on an updated version of the beloved 1960s situation comedy Bewitched, re-conceived as a starring vehicle for himself in the role of the mere-mortal Darrin. Fate steps in when Jack accidentally runs into Isabel. He is immediately attracted to her and her nose, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the nose of Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha in the original TV version of Bewitched. He becomes convinced she could play the witch Samantha in his new series. Isabel is also taken with Jack, seeing him as the quintessential mortal man with whom she can settle down and lead the normal life she so desires. It turns out they're both right--but in ways neither of them ever imagined. (Read More)
Themes: | hollywood |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | actressactorpolice officer |
Story: | movie studiohollywood signsound stagepropvideo camerareporterpartytitle spoken by character |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | maidpolicemanpolice officerteacherpolice |
Story: | high school friendtelephone callbirthday partyliarsunglassesmirrorcell phonefirepartytitle spoken by character |
Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he's struck by lightning (not literally). Called a natural for the movie business, he's snagged up by a producer. The rest is history.
Themes: | filmmakingrevenge |
Characters: | actressactor |
Story: | hollywood californiabirthday partystuntmanfilm setmovie setlimousinecaliforniafalling from heighttitle spoken by character |
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star--the first totally believable synthetic actress. The "actress" becomes an ove …rnight sensation, with a major singing career as well, and everyone thinks she's a real person. However, as Simone's fame skyrockets, he cannot bear to admit his fraud to himself or the world. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmaking |
Characters: | secretaryactress |
Story: | film premieremovie studiofilm setguardmovie theateractinglimousine |
After being rejected from every college he applied, Bartleby Gaines decided to create a fictitious university, South Harmon Institute of Technology, with his friends, to fool their parents. But when their deception works too well and every other college rejects starts to apply to his school, B. must … find a way to give the education and future his students and friends deserves, including his own, while trying to win the heart of the girl next door. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolbicycleschool |
Characters: | studentteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfather son relationshipteenager |
Story: | telephone callskateboardvideo cameramirrorcell phonepartytitle spoken by character |
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the s …chool thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid? (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | policemanstudentteacherteenage girlfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | telephone callsecurityskateboardteen angstlimousinetelephonesunglassesmirrorcell phonepartytitle spoken by character |
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacl …es, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | martial arts |
Themes: | redemptionrevenge |
Locations: | swimming poolhelicopter |
Characters: | security guardteacher student relationshipmaidpolicemanpolice officer |
Story: | birthday partysuittourlaptopfalling from heightcell phonepartytitle spoken by character |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
Locations: | school |
Characters: | actressactorstudentteacherfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiavietnam war veterantelephone callfilm industrytripliarbusinessmanpilotlimousinecigar smokingreportercell phone |
Romy and Michele have been through it all, including being tortured by the Popular crowd when in high school. When they receive word of a 10 year reunion, they come to realize their lives aren't as impressive as they'd like them to be. Instead of staying home they go to the reunion with business out …fits, cell phones, and one heck of a bogus success story. (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | helicopterschool |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | high school friendtormentliarlimousineblondecell phone |
It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.
Themes: | revenge |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | bicycleschool |
Characters: | policemanpolice officerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfriendfather son relationshippoliceteenager |
Story: | teen angstconvertibleliarparty |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfriendfather son relationshipteenager |
Story: | telephone callliarcaliforniasunglassesmirrorcell phoneparty |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar pr …odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherfriendpolice |
Story: | telephone calldeskimpersonationliartitle spoken by character |
After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedymartial arts |
Themes: | redemptionrevenge |
Locations: | swimming poolrooftopbicycle |
Characters: | studentfriend |
Story: | telephone callcigar smokingswimmingreportersunglassesfalling from heightcell phonefire |
Beyond being in the same class at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, Claire Standish, Andrew Clark, John Bender, 'Brian Johnson (XIV)' (qv) and Allison Reynolds have little in common, and with the exception of Claire and Andrew, do not associate with each other in school. In the simplest and …in their own terms, Claire is a princess, Andrew an athlete, John a criminal, Brian a brain, and Allison a basket case. But one other thing they do have in common is a nine hour detention in the school library together on Saturday, March 24, 1984, under the direction of Mr. Vernon, supervising from his office across the hall. Each is required to write a minimum one thousand word essay during that time about who they think they are. At the beginning of those nine hours, each, if they were indeed planning on writing that essay, would probably write something close to what the world sees of them, and what they have been brainwashed into believing of themselves. But based on their adventures during that nine hours, they may come to a different opinion of themselves and the other four. (Read More)
Themes: | writing |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | officeschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherteenage girlteenager |
Story: | essaypractical joketeen angstprankbrunettefalling from heighttitle spoken by character |
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The c …enter of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteacherbrother sister relationshipteenage girlteenager |
Story: | teen angstprankcaliforniamirror |
When 'Walt Disney' (qv)'s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, 'P.L. Travers' (qv)' _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromi …sing writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmaking |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | maid |
Story: | hollywood californiamovie studiopremierescriptpalm treefilm producerguardmovie theaterchickenlimousinereporter |
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue. After they recover the box, they discover that it has the … capability to decode all existing encryption systems around the world, and that the agents who hired them didn't work for the Government after all... (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionrevenge |
Locations: | swimming poolrooftopoffice |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | securitybackpacklaptopconvertiblelimousinetelephonesunglassesparty |
A remake of the television series, Matthew Broderick stars as Gadget, who suffers an accident at the beginning of the film, and befriends Brenda, a robotic surgeon who repairs Gadget so that he can defeat the villain Claw. In the meantime, Gadget and Brenda fall in love.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedymartial arts |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | jumping from heightconvertiblelimousinecigar smokingtelevisionpartytitle spoken by character |
Paul Blart is a mild-mannered man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. For years, he has applied to become a cop, but he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes trapped in …side, and because of his sense of duty, refuses to leave. He thus becomes the police department's eyes on the inside and attempts to stop the criminals on his own. (Read More)
Subgenre: | martial arts |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerpolice |
Story: | defenestrationsecurityguardskateboardcell phonetitle spoken by character |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo …rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | revenge |
Locations: | swimming poolrooftop |
Characters: | maidpolice officerbrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | telephone calllimousinebirdtelephonetelevisionfalling from heightfire |
Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes … to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | rooftopdeserthelicopter |
Characters: | security guardfather son relationship |
Story: | helicopter pilottelephone callpalm treemisunderstandingvideo cameraswimmingtelephonefalling from heightcell phonefire |
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to atte …nd Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an "only in Los Angeles" gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | swimming poolofficebicycle |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerteenager |
Story: | birthday partymirrorpartytitle spoken by character |
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted t …o kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassin's Union." (Read More)
Subgenre: | martial arts |
Themes: | redemptionrevenge |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | officebicycle |
Characters: | security guardsecretaryteacherpolice |
Story: | palm treeconvertiblecigar smokingsunglassescell phonefireparty |