8.1

The Help

2011,

• Actors: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney, Anna Camp, Eleanor Henry, Emma Henry, Chris Lowell, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Brian Kerwin, Wes Chatham, Aunjanue Ellis, Ted Welch, Shane McRae, Roslyn Ruff, Tarra Riggs, Leslie Jordan, Mary Steenburgen, Tiffany Brouwer, Carol Sutton, Millicent Bolton, Ashley Johnson, Ritchie Montgomery, Don Brock, Florence 'Flo' Roach
• Genre: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Documentary, History, Musical
• Director(s): Tate Taylor
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.

  5.8

Just Add Water

2008, USA

• Actors: Dylan Walsh, Tracy Middendorf, Jonah Hill, Justin Long, Brad Hunt, Melissa McCarthy, Will Rothhaar, Joey Kern, Anika Noni Rose, Danny DeVito, Penny Balfour, Lee Garlington, Michael Hitchcock, Tracey Walter, June Squibb, John Balma, Chelsea Field, Lucy DeVito, Cerina Vincent, Ahna O'Reilly, Emily Arlook, Chris Owen, Nate Mooney, Jonathan Moore, Sewell Whitney, Scott Kinworthy, Lindsey Axelsson, Jonathan Sachar, Ashley Sherman, Lu Jenks
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Hart Bochner
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Close to the entrance to Death Valley is the God-forsaken town of Trona. It's nearly empty: dry, with polluted water and poisoned soil. Dilapidated houses hold slackers and stoners. The town is virtually owned by Dirk, a heartless young meth dealer. In the midst of this lives Ray Tuckby, a naïf, unhappily married with a slothful son. The highlight of Ray's day is chatting with Nora, a clerk at the market. When Ray comes home early from work and finds his wife in bed with his brother, a few things start to change. Then he meets Merl, who's putting in a Chevron station, and Merl encourages Ray to dream. Can he? A recipe for meringue may hold one of the keys.

  7.3

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2007, USA

• Actors: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Maria Thayer, Jack McBrayer, Taylor Wily, Da'Vone McDonald, Steve Landesberg, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Kala Alexander, Kalani Robb, Francesca DelBanco, Branscombe Richmond, Billy Bush, William Baldwin, Jason Bateman, Peter Lewis, Trula M. Marcus, Kirk Fox, June Diane Raphael, Ahna O'Reilly, Tanisha Harper, Carla Gallo, Murray Miller, Cynthia Lamontagne, Max Alexander
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Nicholas Stoller
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's checking in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel?

  5.8

Nancy Drew

2007, USA

• Actors: Emma Roberts, Craig Gellis, Rich Cooper, Max Thieriot, Amy Bruckner, Kay Panabaker, Cliff Bemis, Tate Donovan, David Doty, Laura Harring, Pat Carroll, Monica Parker, Caroline Aaron, Marshall Bell, Daniella Monet, Kelly Vitz, Josh Flitter, Phil Abrams, Robert Merrill, Joanne Baron, Ryan Raddatz, Adam Goldberg, Emmy Laybourne, Elyssa Davalos, Rosemary Morgan, Amanda Alva, Ahna O'Reilly, Ashley Sherman, Shaina Vorspan, Krystle Hernandez
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
• Director(s): Andrew Fleming
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Nancy Drew moves to Los Angeles and in typical Drew fashion, immediately stumbles upon a mystery concerning a dead movie star and her inheritance. Nancy soon discovers that the rude needling from her new classmates is the least of her worries as she's almost run over by a car and nearly blown up diffusing a bomb. Nancy's luck runs out when the bad guys get the drop on her and put Chloroform over mouth! Nancy is taken by complete surprise and barely has time to fight before the anesthetic hits her nostrils and turns out her lights! They drug Nancy in broad daylight and make her go nighty night! The attack is so effective, so precise, people walk right past the vehicle with no idea there's a young girl inside, fully anesthetized, chloroformed out of her mind! Nancy has no idea what hit her as her abductors drive her to their hideout. Nancy comes to drugged but quickly escapes her attackers. Nancy feels foolish for having had her nose and mouth shoved into a rag that knocked her out. But the resilient sleuth marches forward, solves the case, then watches the men who drugged her go down.