6.4

A Boyfriend for Christmas

2004, USA

• Actors: Kelli Williams, Patrick Muldoon, Charles Durning, Bruce Thomas, Shannon Wilcox, Martin Mull, Bridget White, David Starzyk, Jordan Del Spina, Shane Baumel, Erica Gimpel, Maeve Quinlan, John Dybdahl, Kenneth Danziger, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Margaret Robinson, Laura Kirk, Kimberlee Preish, Cindy-Lee Marsh, Kelli King, Kaleigh Sack, Cameron McCutchan, Marki Ann Meyer, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Alan Shearman, Beans Morocco, Ken Howard, Lee Ann Powers, Patty Onagan, David Rasner
• Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Family
• Director(s): Kevin Connor
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Holly is not looking forward to Xmas. Her brother has a wife and kids to bring to their parents' house. She hasn't had a boyfriend since Ted. Holly loved Ted but he broke her heart when he chose to break up with her when he was transferred to an out of town newspaper owned by his family's publishing empire. Oh, and work is unrewarding--today the woman Holly was helping failed to regain custody of her kids when pro bono lawyer Ryan Hughes never showed up at the hearing. Knowing she will never meet Hughes, Holly has to settle for dictating a nasty letter to him. Holly's friend Diane tries to perk her up by promising to send her a great Xmas present. So when a handsome man with a Xmas tree knocks at her door, she realizes Douglas Firwood is her present and she can take him home to her parents for the day as a boyfriend she is serious about. Holly thinks the day is going perfectly--she and Doug are hitting it off, her family likes Doug, and her family believes every fact about Doug that she dreams up on the spur of the moment. There are three truths she doesn't realize: her brother's wife foresees great professional advancement if she can get his new boss Ted married to Holly so Ted is coming over, Diane's gift to Holly was a great bottle of booze, and how unbelievably coincidental it is that the man showing up at her door carrying a Douglas fir should claim to be named Douglas Firwood.

  4.1

Taxi

2004, USA, France

• Actors: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Henry Simmons, Jennifer Esposito, Gisele Bündchen, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Ingrid Vandebosch, Magali Amadei, Ann-Margret, Christian Kane, Boris McGiver, Adrian Martinez, Joe Lisi, Bryna Weiss, GQ, Joey Diaz, Rick Overton, John Rothman, Mike Santana, Herman Chavez, Lou Torres, Sixto Ramos, Mario Roberts, Jamie Mahoney, Amanda Anka, John Duerler, Patton Oswalt, I.N. Sierros, Earl Schuman, William Cote
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
• Director(s): Tim Story
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Belle Williams is a speed demon. Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she's earned a rep as New York's fastest cabbie. But driving a hack is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants to be a race car champion. And she's well on her way--until she's derailed by overeager cop Andy Washburn, whose undercover skills are matched only by his total ineptitude behind the wheel. Washburn, whose lack of vehicular skills has landed him in the precinct doghouse, is hot on the heels of a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers, led by Vanessa, their cold, calculating--and leggy--leader. To nab the evasive crooks, drivers license-less Washburn convinces Belle to team up with him to pursue Vanessa and crew. Belle has carte blanche to drive at any speed and break any law. The car-less cop and speed-demon cabbie--New York's unlikeliest partners-- begin a high-speed game of cat and mouse with the robbers. That is, if Belle and Washburn don't end up killing each other first.

  6.5

Cellular

2003, USA, Germany

• Actors: Caroline Aaron, Brenda Ballard, Kim Basinger, Will Beinbrink, Jessica Biel, Chase Bloch, Chelsea Bloch, Chantille Boudousque, Robin Brenner, Richard Burgi, Paige Cannon, Nikki Christian, John Churchill, Greg Collins, Valerie Cruz, Marco DiMaio, Eddie Driscoll, Tagert Ellis, Noah Emmerich, John Ennis, Eric Etebari, Chris Evans, Erin Foster, Willie Gault, Noe Gonzalez, Adam Taylor Gordon, Ernie Grunwald, James Hinkle, Rick Hoffman, Summer Hubbell
• Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
• Director(s): David R. Ellis
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A young man receives a call on his cellular phone from a woman who says she's been kidnapped, and thinks she's going to be killed soon, along with her husband and son who the kidnappers have gone after next. The catch? She doesn't know where she is... and his cell phone battery might go dead soon.