Diana Salzburg

「ドリームガールズ」でアカデミー助演女優賞受賞し、歌手としても第51回グラミー賞を受賞したジェニファー・ハドソンが、ソウルの女王アレサ・フランクリンの半生を演じた伝記ドラマ。少女の頃から、その抜群の歌唱力で天才と称されたアレサは、ショービズ界でスターとしての成功を収めた。しかし、彼女の成功の裏には、尊敬する父、愛する夫からの束縛や裏切りがあった。すべてを捨て、彼女自身の力で生きていく覚悟を決めたアレサの魂の叫びを込めた圧倒的な歌声が、世界中を歓喜と興奮で包み込んでいく。アレサ本人から生前に指名されたハドソンがアレサ役を演じるほか、フォレスト・ウィテカー、マーロン・ウェイアンズ、メアリー・J・ブライジらが顔をそろえる。

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.

Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.

幼い息子を事故で失ったコーベット夫婦。思い出を大切にしつつ前へ進もうとするハウイーと、亡き息子の幻影に心を乱されるベッカ。同じ傷みを共有しつつ、その関係は少しずつ綻びをみせて……。ニコール・キッドマンらの熱演が光る、感動の人間ドラマ。