Empire Records (1995)
They're selling music but not selling out.
ジャンル : 音楽, コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 30分
演出 : Allan Moyle
脚本 : Carol Heikkinen
シノプシス
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.
英国の作家、ニック・ホーンビィの同名ベストセラー小説に惚れ込んだジョン・キューザックの情熱から生まれた意欲作。自ら製作・脚本・音楽監修を担当している。キャスティングも豪華そのもの。
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.
ジェイ・バルチェル、アリス・イヴほか出演のコメディー。冴えない非モテ系男子カークはひょんなことから、文句のつけようのない美女モリーと付き合うことに。いわゆる“モテ期”がついにやってきた？と幸せな気分に酔いしれるでもなく、自分に自信のない彼は｢ダメ男な自分が完璧な彼女と釣り合うはずがない｣といじけてしまい、彼女の愛情を素直に受け入れられない。一方、完璧なはずのモリーにも、その美貌からは想像もつかない意外なコンプレックスがあって・・・悩み多きふたりの関係の行方は？
イギリスの田舎町で、ルーことルイーザ・クラークは失職を機に、交通事故で車いすの状態になってしまった青年実業家ウィル・トレイナーの介護と話し相手をする期間限定の職に就く。活力を失っていた当初は冷たい態度を取るウィルだったが、彼女の明るさに徐々に心を開き、二人は惹かれ合う。そんなある日、ルーはウィルの秘密を知ってしまう。
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
寄生体を転々と変えつつ殺戮を繰り返す異星人、それを追うFBIとロス市警の刑事たちそれぞれの闘いを描いた作品。アヴォリアッツ映画祭グランプリ作品。主役はK・マクラクラン。
Bucum Jackson (Cube) is a bounty hunter with a lot of attitude and no interest in taking on a partner. Working at Martinez Bail Bonds, Jackson has unorthodox methods of tracking down low-life criminals, but they work, and one day he hopes to become his own boss and open up his own private investigation firm. Reggie Wright (Epps) is a slippery con artist who is avoiding the law, and Jackson. During a cat and mouse chase, the two stumble on a multi-million dollar diamond heist. Hiding from Jackson, Wright finds himself in the thieves' getaway van and ends up having to escape from them after they discover their booty is fake, much to the displeasure of their ruthless boss (Flanagan). When Wright meets up with his girlfriend (Mendes), he discovers that his recently purchased lottery ticket is the sole winner of $60 million. Unfortunately, his wallet, which held the ticket, was left in the thieves' van, so he persuades Jackson to help him get it back.
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In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.
Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).
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Based upon Matt Thorne's award-winning novel about life in a call centre, "Eight Minutes Idle" is a warped urban comedy about what it really means to put your life 'on hold'! Dan Thomas has always taken the path of least resistance - in his work life, home life and love life! But when Dan finds himself kicked out of the family home, he's faced with no option but to secretly move into the call centre where he works. Suddenly, everything that he's previously taken for granted - a well-stocked fridge, clean clothes, his friends, his self respect, even his beloved cat - are either disappearing or conspiring against him. As Dan's work/life balance spirals dangerously out of control, he's forced to break out of old habits and to dare to do something he has never had to do before - really care about someone other than himself. Written by Sarah Cox
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
60年代のアメリカ。恋とロックに明け暮れる青春があった。人気俳優トム・ハンクスが初めて劇場用長編監督に挑戦した青春ドラマ。フレッシュな演技でヒロインを演じるのはリヴ・タイラー。
「セイ・エニシング」「ザ・エージェント」のキャメロン・クロウ監督が自身の体験を基に、ブレイク寸前のロックバンドのツアーの同行取材を任された15歳の少年の姿を描いた青春音楽ムービー。15歳の少年ウィリアムは伝説的なロック・ライターに自分の記事が気に入られ、ローリングストーン誌の仕事をもらう。さっそく取材で楽屋を訪れた彼は、グルーピーの中にいたペニー・レインに一目惚れする。
人気漫画家のホールデンは、共同作家であり親友のバンキーと、作品を出品するためコミックマーケットへと出向く。そこで出会ったのが、駆け出しの漫画家であるアリッサ。快活でチャーミングな彼女にホールデンはひとめ惚れするも、アリッサはレズビアンの女性だった。それでもホールデンは恋心を抱き続け、そんな彼をバンキーは苦々しく見守る。そしてある雨の夜、ホールデンはついにアリッサに想いを告げる。
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
ベロニカは、ヘザースという名の女子三人組の取り巻きとしてこき使われ、チアリーダーやフットボール部員が威張り散らすハイスクール生活に心底うんざりしていた。そんなとき、転校生JDがやってくる。フットボール部員たちにも不敵な態度をとるJDに、ベロニカは「ヘザースなんか殺してやりたい！」とこぼす。JDはそれに対して「じゃあ殺しちゃえば？」と冗談とも本気ともつかぬ発言をする。ある時、パーティでフットボール部員2人に輪姦されたと吹聴されたベロニカはJDと結託、おもちゃの銃で報復を実行したが、JDの銃は男たちに火を噴いた。ハイスクールの権力者2人をいとも簡単に殺したJDは、慌てまくるベロニカを巻き込んで、とんでもない事態をハイスクールに引き起こしていく。＜学校内の上下関係を描いたシニカルな青春ブラック・コメディ。1988年10月のミラノ国際映画見本市で初上映された。＞
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
映画史に残る大人気コメディで、ジョン・ベルーシをスターダムにのし上げた作品。ジョン・ランディス監督が情熱にまかせて撮った下品で風変わりな本作が描くのは1960年代のカレッジ・ライフ。学生クラブ“デルタ”を舞台に大爆笑の生活が巻き起こる。「ブルート」ことブルタースキー役のベルーシに加え、ティム・マシスン、トーマス・ハルス、「ヒラメ」役にスティーヴン・ファースト、カレン・アレン、ドナルド・サザーランド、ピーター・リーガート、ケヴィン・ベーコンら名俳優が脇を固める。劇中に流れるオーティス・デイ&ザ・ナイツの「Shout」も素晴らしい。
1979年から4年間放送された、宇宙探査局の活躍を描いた伝説的人気SF・テレビシリーズ『ギャラクシー・クエスト』。放送終了から20年経った今も人気は衰えず、ファンダムのイベントが行われるコンベンション会場は熱狂的なファン「クエスタリアン」で満員だった。『ギャラクシー・クエスト』以降、あまりぱっとしないキャスト達は、ファンへのサイン会やイベントを糧にして俳優生活を送っていた。
16歳のバースディを迎えたサム。しかし姉さんの結婚式を翌日に控えた家族たちは彼女の誕生日などしっかり忘れ去っていた。朝から落ち込み気味で学校へ行ったサムだったが、片想いのジェイクには振り向いて貰えず、帰りのバスではお調子者のジムにまとわりつかれる始末。挙げ句に帰宅した家にはおじいちゃんおばあちゃんがやって来ていてイヤイヤ挨拶はしなきゃならないとは正に最悪の一日。しかしその晩は学校でダンス・パーティーが開かれており、サムもおめかしして出掛ける……。
英国の作家、ニック・ホーンビィの同名ベストセラー小説に惚れ込んだジョン・キューザックの情熱から生まれた意欲作。自ら製作・脚本・音楽監修を担当している。キャスティングも豪華そのもの。
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Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.
1920年代のシカゴ。スターを夢見るロキシーは、キャバレーの専属歌手ヴェルマのステージを羨望の眼差しで見ていた。そんなロキシーはある日、ショーに売り込むとの約束を守らなかった愛人と諍いを起こし、ついに彼を撃ち殺してしまう。そして逮捕され留置所に送られたロキシーは、驚くことにあのヴェルマと出会った。彼女は不倫した夫と妹を殺した罪に問われていた。しかし、マスコミ操作に長けた辣腕弁護士ビリーのおかげで、巷では一躍スター扱い。ロキシーも同じ手段でヴェルマ以上の注目を浴びようとビリーを雇う。
元MI6諜報員の経歴を持つ作家ジョン・ル・カレによる人気スパイ小説を、トーマス・アルフレッドソン監督が映画化したサスペンス。英国諜報組織の中枢に20年も潜入しているソ連の二重スパイを捜すため、引退生活から呼び戻されたスパイが敵味方の区別もつかない中で真相に迫る姿を描く。 東西冷戦下の1980年代、英国諜報部「サーカス」を引退したスパイ、スマイリー（ゲイリー・オールドマン）に新たな指令が下る。それは20年にわたってサーカスの中枢に潜り込んでいる二重スパイを捜し出し、始末するというものだった。膨大な記録や関係者の証言を基に、容疑者を洗い出していくスマイリーがたどり着いた裏切者の正体とは……。
土曜の休日と言うのに学校に登校させられた高校生5人。彼等はさまざまな問題を起こした懲罰として自分についての作文を書かされるハメになった問題児ばかりだった。大きな図書館に軟禁状態にされ、何から書いていいのかわからないままだらだらと時間だけ過ぎて行く中、雑談からお互いの身の上話を交わし始めた彼等は次第に心を開かせて行く。＜ジョン・ヒューズ監督が、デビュー作「すてきな片想い」に続いてM・リングウォルドを起用し、その魅力を十二分に引きだして彼女の人気が大ブレイクするキッカケにもなった、いわゆる“ヤッピー映画”の傑作。＞
