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Hollywood send-up. No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim," when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Then, two more cast members get Oscar-related press: buzz in "Variety" and appearances on TV prompt the studio executi β¦ves to insist on changes in the script in anticipation of a blockbuster. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility of a nomination has changed the actors' lives. Agents, publicists, make-up artists, local celebrity reporters, and other bit players round out the backstage ensemble. Hooray for Hollywood! (Read More)
Subgenre: | fake documentarymockumentarystand up comedy |
Themes: | dysfunctional familyfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | self centerednessfrenchfilm directorjewsecurity guardjewishactresswriteractorpolicemansingerfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual |
Story: | acting teacheracting classjewish humorfake telephone callcraft service tablevariety the newspaperventriloquist's dummysailor costumeself indulgenceweinerdreidelpurimmovie newsshoe salesmandiapers β¦assistant directorcable tvreportingone woman showgentileinvasion of privacywatching a movie on tventertainment industryfictional talk showegotisminfomercialpublicistfictional tv showoscarsmakeup artisttiarakiltcrystal balltalent agenttalk show hostventriloquistpublicitymagnifying glassfilm criticcinematographerdisembodied headsense of smellfilm studioeasterrumortv commercialloserplastic surgerymake upadvertisementwebsiteearphonesfilm industrypipe smokingthanksgivingposterfortune tellernervous breakdowntrophyfilm producerscreenwriterfilm setimprovisationhollywood californiamovie starwatching a movieguitaristballoonanswering machineterminal illnessholidayactingfilm within a filmrabbitwritten and directed by cast memberauditionpuppetprologueflash forwardtalking to the cameradinnerinterneteatingbandreporterguitardrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodsongcell phonetelephone callthree word titlepartysingingkissinterview (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 β¦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)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | film directoractressactorpoliceman |
Story: | variety the newspapermakeup artistfilm studioearphonesfilm industryposterfilm producerscreenwriterhollywood californiamovie starwatching a moviefilm within a filmauditioneatingreporter β¦drinkfoodinterviewkiss (See All) |
The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Stafford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star. One of Stafford's clients, Havana, is an actress who dreams of shoo β¦ting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the 60s. Clarice is dead now and visions of her come to haunt Havana at night... Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was 9 and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania and befriended a limo driver Jerome who is also an aspiring actor. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familyfilmmakingdrinking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurant |
Characters: | film directorjewactresswriteractorsingerfamily relationships |
Story: | craft service tableself indulgencewatching a movie on tvsense of smellfilm studiofilm sethollywood californiaanswering machinefilm within a filmauditiondrinkwatching tvsongsinginginterview β¦kiss (See All) |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old β¦ carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | jewjewishsinger |
Story: | nervous breakdownhollywood californiaguitaristanswering machinepuppeteatingbandguitardrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodsongcell phonetelephone call β¦partysingingkiss (See All) |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurant |
Characters: | frenchactresswriter |
Story: | sense of smellwebsitetrophyballoondinnerinternetdrinkcomputercell phonetelephone callthree word titlepartykiss |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome β¦nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | writerpolicemanpolicehomosexual |
Story: | film studiotv commercialfilm producerscreenwriterfilm setfilm within a filmflash forwarddrinkwatching tvcomputercell phonetelephone callkiss |
Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tr β¦ies to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | self centerednessfilm directoractorsingerpolicehomosexual |
Story: | watching a movie on tvfilm setguitaristfilm within a filmprologueflash forwardbandguitarwatching tvcomputersongcell phonepartysingingkiss |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil β¦istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | writerpolicemansingerfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | earphoneswatching a movieguitaristdinnereatingguitardrinkwatching tvfoodsongtelephone callpartysingingkiss |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | singerfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | posterguitaristterminal illnessbandguitardrinkcomputerfoodsongtelephone callsinging |
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 β¦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 |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | film directoractress |
Story: | variety the newspaperfilm setmovie starwatching a movieactingfilm within a filmwatching tvcomputersinging |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo β¦ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | film directoractorpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | fictional talk showtalk show hosttv commercialplastic surgerywebsitescreenwriterballoonfilm within a filmprologueflash forwardinternetguitardrinkwatching tvcomputer β¦songcell phonetelephone callpartysingingkiss (See All) |
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 β¦in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmaking |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | actresswritersinger |
Story: | one woman showmakeup artisthollywood californiawatching a movieauditionprologueflash forwardbandcomputersongcell phonetelephone callthree word titlepartysinging β¦kiss (See All) |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat β¦e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrinking |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | writerfamily relationships |
Story: | rumorwatching a movieprologueeatingdrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonetelephone callpartykiss |
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought home by Vince (Garcia), the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful ac β¦tor in private. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Characters: | actorfamily relationships |
Story: | acting teacheracting classwebsiteimprovisationactingauditioninterneteatingdrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonetelephone callkiss |
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: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | actressactorpolicemanpolicehomosexual |
Story: | tv commercialfilm producerauditionprologuetalking to the cameradrinkwatching tvcell phonepartykiss |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | writerpolicemansingerfamily relationships |
Story: | guitaristprologuedinnereatingguitarcomputerfoodsongcell phonetelephone callsingingkiss |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkenness |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | film directoractorsinger |
Story: | tiarakiltfilm studiofilm producerhollywood californiamovie starbandguitarpartysinging |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h β¦is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | jewjewishwriteractorpolicemansingerfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | improvisationwritten and directed by cast memberauditionguitardrinkwatching tvsongtelephone callpartysingingkiss |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | singerfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | egotismguitaristprologueeatingbandguitardrinkwatching tvfoodsongtelephone callpartysinginginterviewkiss |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy β¦ neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurant |
Characters: | actresswriterfamily relationships |
Story: | earphonesscreenwriterprologuewatching tvcomputercell phonetelephone callpartykiss |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | actressactor |
Story: | fictional tv showmagnifying glassfilm industrytrophyhollywood californiaeatingreporterdrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodcell phonetelephone callinterview |
London, 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's cou β¦ntry cottage. But when they get there, it rains non-stop, there's no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty, who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood... (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | jewwriteractorpolicemanpolicehomosexual |
Story: | sense of smelltv commercialholidayrabbitauditiondrinkfoodthree word title |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken β¦ behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | jewjewishfamily relationships |
Story: | tiararumorballoonauditioneatingdrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodcell phonetelephone callpartykiss |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in β¦timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | jewjewishfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | thanksgivingposteranswering machineauditionflash forwarddinnereatingdrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonetelephone callpartykiss |
In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind β¦, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they've always loved. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | singerfamily relationships |
Story: | websiteearphonesflash forwarddinnerinterneteatingdrinkcomputerfoodsongtelephone callpartysinging |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both β¦came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | frenchjewjewishwriterfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | sense of smellimprovisationballoonrabbiteatingdrinkcomputerfoodcell phonepartykiss |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a β¦ good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fake documentarymockumentary |
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | film directoractorsingerfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | sense of smellfilm within a filmtalking to the cameraeatingreporterdrinkwatching tvfoodsongsinging |
Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian 'Andy Kaufman (I)' (qv). Kaufman, along with his role on _"Taxi" (1978)_ (qv), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, 'Jerry Lawler' (qv) (who plays hims β¦elf in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking an opponent head-first into the mat. One of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv), got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stand up comedy |
Themes: | filmmaking |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | writeractorsingerfamily relationships |
Story: | tv commercialimprovisationhollywood californiawatching a movieguitaristpuppetbandguitarwatching tvsongsinging |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u β¦p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | film directorpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | nervous breakdownprologueeatingbanddrinkwatching tvfoodsongpartysinging |
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 β¦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: | filmmaking |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | film directoractressactor |
Story: | film industryfilm producerfilm setfilm within a filmauditionsongparty |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t β¦he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrinking |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | writersingerfamily relationships |
Story: | watching a movieballoonanswering machineflash forwardeatingdrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodsongcell phonetelephone callsinginginterviewkiss |
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimund β¦a after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | singerfamily relationships |
Story: | watching a movie on tvfictional tv showsense of smellguitaristterminal illnesseatingguitardrinkwatching tvfoodsongcell phonetelephone callpartysinging β¦kiss (See All) |
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | actressactorsingerhomosexual |
Story: | hollywood californiaanswering machineauditionbanddrinksongtelephone callpartysingingkiss |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom β¦as Pynchon. (Read More)
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | jewjewishactorpolicemansinger |
Story: | magnifying glasssense of smellrumortv commercialhollywood californiamovie starfilm within a filmprologueflash forwardeatingbandfoodtelephone callpartysinging β¦kiss (See All) |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe β¦s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | security guardactresswriteractorpolicemanpolice |
Story: | tv commercialnervous breakdownhollywood californiareporterdrinkwatching tvcomputertelephone callkiss |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | filmmaking |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | film directorsecurity guardactressactorpolicemansinger |
Story: | variety the newspapercinematographerhollywood californiaactingfilm within a filmwritten and directed by cast membertelephone callpartysinginginterview |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the β¦ other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
Characters: | frenchfilm directoractressactorsingerhomosexual |
Story: | sense of smellearphonesscreenwriterguitaristprologueeatingwatching tvfoodsongtelephone callsingingkiss |
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 β¦mmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | security guardpolicehomosexual |
Story: | publicisttalk show hostsense of smellwebsitefortune tellerhollywood californiainternetcell phonepartykiss |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose β¦s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | frenchwriterpolicemansingerfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | sense of smellearphonesanswering machinedinnerbandguitardrinkwatching tvsongtelephone callpartysingingkiss |
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.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | singer |
Story: | trophywritten and directed by cast memberflash forwardeatingbandreporterguitardrinkwatching tvfoodsongcell phonetelephone callsinging |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | filmmaking |
Characters: | security guardactressactorpolicemanpolice |
Story: | film industryfilm producerfilm sethollywood californiaactingreportercell phonetelephone callparty |
John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q β¦uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | jewjewishactorsinger |
Story: | earphonesdinnereatingdrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodsongcell phonetelephone callpartysingingkissinterview |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | jewishactressactorpolicemanfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | pipe smokingeatingbandguitarwatching tvfoodtelephone callkiss |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of β¦ honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | singer |
Story: | kiltprologueflash forwarddrinkfoodsongcell phonetelephone callpartysingingkiss |
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A β¦ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | writerpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | pipe smokingeatingreporterguitardrinkfoodsongtelephone callsingingkiss |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep β¦aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | actresssingerfamily relationships |
Story: | answering machineeatingdrinkwatching tvfoodsongcell phonetelephone callsingingkiss |
John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W β¦hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurant |
Characters: | singerfamily relationships |
Story: | eatingdrinkwatching tvfoodsongcell phonetelephone callsingingkiss |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d β¦rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stopβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | film directoractressactorpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | film setwatching a moviefilm within a filmauditionprologueflash forwardeatingdrinkwatching tvcomputerfoodsongcell phonetelephone callparty β¦singing (See All) |
Hank, stranded on a deserted island and about to kill himself, notices a corpse washed up on the beach. He befriends it, naming it Manny, only to discover that his new friend can talk and has a myriad of supernatural abilities...which may help him get home.
Themes: | drunkenness |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | policemansinger |
Story: | websiteearphonesprologueflash forwardeatingfoodsongcell phonethree word titlepartysinging |
Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connect β¦ion straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
Characters: | frenchjewsecurity guardwriteractorsingerhomosexual |
Story: | trophyanswering machinebandcomputertelephone callpartysingingkiss |