Just a World Away

[Jul 10] “Donnie Darko” (2001) Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a troubled teenager that starts having visions of a giant bunny rabbit that saves his life and then induces him…

[Jul 3] “All the President’s Men” (1976) After watching Nixon, we were pretty excited to watch the other side of the story, so to speak. All the President’s Men follows…

[Jun 26] “Wayne’s World” (1992) Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and his friend Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) host Wayne’s World, a silly but well loved public access television show. Their life…

[Jun 19] “Gone in Sixty Seconds” (2000) Randall “Memphis” Raines (Nicolas Cage) used to be the best car thief in L.A., but he’s long retired. He’s forced to reunite with…

[Jun 12] “Kate and Leopold” (2001) Kate (Meg Ryan), an executive with a soulless job, meets Leopold (Hugh Jackman), the 19th century Duke of Albany who has come through a…

[Jun 5] “Wide Awake” (1998) Wide Awake is M. Night Shyamalan’s first wide release film, and it’s an entirely different genre than most of his later movies – it’s a…

[May 29] “Signs” (2002) Preacher Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) lives on a remote farm with his two kids and his brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix). When crop circles appear in his…

[May 22] “Cocktail” (1988) Tom Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a money-obsessed young ex-soldier who dreams of making it in the corporate world, but can’t without a college degree. He gets…

[May 15] “Exodus: Gods and Kings” (2014) Exodus: Gods and Kings is based on the Biblical story of Moses leading the Israelite slaves out of ancient Egypt to their promised…

[May 8] “Lord of War” (2005) Nicolas Cage plays Yuri Orlov, an arms dealer with origins in Little Odessa in New York City. It’s very biographical – we see the…