Movie Notes: Everybody’s Fine
Synopsis
Widower Frank Goode (Robert DeNiro), feeling estranged from his four adult children scattered across the country, decides to pay each a surprise visit.
Movie Notes: Whip It
Synopsis
Teenager Bliss (Ellen Page) joins the Hurl Scouts, all-girls roller derby squad, without her parents’ permission.
Movie Notes: Grey Gardens (2008)
Synopsis
Fictionalized biopic of Big and Little Edie Bouvier, relatives of Jackie Kennedy, filling in the back story of the bizarre yet mesmerizing documentary Grey Gardens.
Movie Notes: Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Synopsis
Chloe (Drew Barrymore), a spoiled, pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua, ends up abandoned in Mexico and has to work her way back home, learning some valuable life lessons along the way.
Movie Notes: Everyone Says I Love You
Synopsis
Manhattanite husband Bob (Alan Alda) and wife Steffi (Goldie Hawn) deal with romantic tribulations as daughter Skyler (Drew Barrymore) becomes engaged to Holden (Edward Norton). Meanwhile, Steffi’s ex-husband Joe (Woody Allen) has romantic troubles of his own. This is a musical peppered with old classics, and the gimmick: all these famous actors sing the songs.