Posts Tagged ‘stage-fright’

Maid in Manhattan Movie (2002)

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jennifer Lopez | Bob Hoskins | Stanley Tucci | Ralph Fiennes | Natasha Richardson
Directors: Wayne Wang
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Marisa Ventura (Lopez) is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa’s true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.

Torch Singer (1933)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Claudette Colbert | Ricardo Cortez | David Manners | Lyda Roberti | Baby LeRoy | Charley Grapewin | Sam Godfrey | Florence Roberts | Virginia Hammond | Mildred Washington | Cora Sue Collins | Helen Jerome Eddy | Albert Conti | Ethel Griffies | James Burke
Directors: Alexander Hall
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Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. The father, Michael Gardner, leaves for China not knowing about the baby, and she assumes he has abandoned her for life. She gets a job as a torch singer, changes her name to Mimi Benton, and becomes notorious for her drinking and philadering. Mimi fills in on a children’s radio program as the character “Aunt Jenny,” singing and telling bedtime stories, and eventually uses the airtime to find her long lost daughter, part with her wild lifestyle, and reunite with Michael.

Coyote Ugly (2000)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Piper Perabo | Adam Garcia | John Goodman | Maria Bello | Izabella Miko | Tyra Banks | Bridget Moynahan | Melanie Lynskey | Del Pentecost | Michael Weston | LeAnn Rimes | Jeremy Rowley | Ellen Cleghorne | John Fugelsang | Bud Cort
Directors: David McNally
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Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a “day” job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city’s newest hot spot were the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful women that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief.

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hilary Duff | Oliver James | David Keith | Dana Davis | Johnny Lewis | Rita Wilson | Lauren C. Mayhew | Kat Dennings | Jason Ritter | Rebecca De Mornay | John Corbett | Carly Reeves | James Avery | Robert Trebor | Steven T. Palmer
Directors: Sean McNamara
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Hilary Duff stars in Raise Your Voice as a young woman from a small town who spends the summer in a performing arts school in Los Angeles. She encounters big city circumstances and romance that challenge her small town upbringing. Sean McNamara directs.

8 Mile (2002)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Eminem | Kim Basinger | Mekhi Phifer | Brittany Murphy | Evan Jones | Omar Benson Miller | De'Angelo Wilson | Eugene Byrd | Taryn Manning | Larry Hudson | Proof | Mike Bell | DJ Head | Michael Shannon | Chloe Greenfield
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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A rap version of “Saturday Night Fever.” B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit’s 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she’s pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom’s trailer; his job’s a dead end, and he’s just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn’t faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he’s mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?