Posts Tagged ‘gay-parent’

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Diane Lane | Sandra Oh | Lindsay Duncan | Raoul Bova | Vincent Riotta | Mario Monicelli | Roberto Nobile | Anita Zagaria | Evelina Gori | Giulia Steigerwalt | Pawel Szajda | Valentine Pelka | Sasa Vulicevic | Massimo Sarchielli | Claudia Gerini
Directors: Audrey Wells
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Academy Award nominee ‘Diane Lane (I)’ (qv) stars as ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv), a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think she might never recover. Frances decides to take a break and she buys a villa in the beautiful Tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew. Restoring her new home, she eventually finds the fulfillment she was searching for, including love. Based on ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv)’ memoir of the same name.

Kicking & Screaming (2005)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Ferrell | Robert Duvall | Mike Ditka | Kate Walsh | Musetta Vander | Dylan McLaughlin | Josh Hutcherson | Steven Anthony Lawrence | Jeremy Bergman | Elliott Cho | Erik Walker | Dallas McKinney | Francesco Liotti | Alessandro Ruggiero | Sammy Fine
Directors: Jesse Dylan
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Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father’s competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids’ soccer team, and soon finds that he’s also taking on his father’s dysfunctional way of relating…

Home at the End of the World, A (2004)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrew Chalmers | Ryan Donowho | Asia Vieira | Quancetia Hamilton | Jeff J.J. Authors | Lisa Merchant | Ron Lea | Erik Smith | Harris Allan | Matt Frewer | Sissy Spacek | Colin Farrell | Dallas Roberts | Robin Wright Penn | Shawn Roberts
Directors: Michael Mayer
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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980’s in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father’s death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected.

The Next Best Thing (2000)

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Madonna | Rupert Everett | Benjamin Bratt | Illeana Douglas | Michael Vartan | Josef Sommer | Malcolm Stumpf | Lynn Redgrave | Neil Patrick Harris | Mark Valley | Suzanne Krull | Stacy Edwards | John Carroll Lynch | Fran Bennett | Ricki Lopez
Directors: John Schlesinger
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A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Rupert Everett) - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert’s little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

Mean Creek (2004)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rory Culkin | Ryan Kelley | Scott Mechlowicz | Trevor Morgan | Josh Peck | Carly Schroeder | J.W. Crawford | Michael Fisher-Welsh | Raissa Fleming | Kaz Garas | Shelly Lipkin | Heath Lourwood | Ryan Peterson | Hagai Shaham | Brandon Williams
Directors: Jacob Aaron Estes
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It all begins in a small Oregon town, when shy Sam (RORY CULKIN) confesses to his protective older brother Rocky that he is getting pummeled daily by the towering school bully, George. Together, they plan the perfect payback, inviting George on a birthday river trip tailor-made to end in the bully’s humiliation. Rocky’s pals Clyde and Marty and Sam’s budding girlfriend Millie also join the journey, which starts almost immediately with misgivings. Seeing George in a new light, as a lonely kid desperate for friendship and attention, Sam wants to call the whole thing off. But the boat and the plot are already in motion, and no one can foresee the surprises and accidents that are to come.