The Descendants (
2011) | IMDb:
7.3
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Shailene Woodley
,
Beau Bridges
,
Robert Forster
,
Patti Hastie
,
Judy Greer
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat (
2003) | IMDb:
5.5
Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old house that was formerly inhabited by the nice old Mrs. Ashboro and her pet cat, Margaret. When strange things start happening in the house, all fingers point to the presence of Margaret, who died the same day as Mrs. Ashboro. But why has she come back to haunt them?
Starring:
Elliot Page
,
Kelti MacMillan
,
Lori Hallier
,
Shirley Knight
,
Shawn Roberts
,
Mark Rendall
Postcards from the Edge (
1990) | IMDb:
6.7
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Shirley MacLaine
,
Dennis Quaid
,
Gene Hackman
,
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Rob Reiner
Twin Peaks (
1989) | IMDb:
8.9
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Starring:
Kyle MacLachlan
,
Michael Ontkean
,
Mädchen Amick
,
Dana Ashbrook
,
Richard Beymer
,
Lara Flynn Boyle
Making Love (
1982) | IMDb:
6.9
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
Directed by:
Arthur Hiller
Willie and Phil (
1980) | IMDb:
5.9
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois. Soon, the men meet Jeanette, a sexually liberated southern transplant who promptly falls for both of them. Frustrated passions curdle into jealousy as Jeanette entertains love affairs with each in the ensuing years.
Directed by:
Paul Mazursky
Slap Shot (
1977) | IMDb:
7.3
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Strother Martin
,
Michael Ontkean
,
Jennifer Warren
,
Lindsay Crouse
,
Jerry Houser
Directed by:
George Roy Hill