Situations

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Ang Lee

Cast

Lung Sihung, Yang Kuei-mei

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison. But trouble soon follows and the suburbs will never be the same.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Steve Carr

Cast

Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Bent Hamer

Cast

Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new...

Runtime

2h

Director

Matt Williams

Cast

Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing

An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Brett Ratner

Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek Pinault, Woody Harrelson