7.4

Beginners

2010, USA

• Actors: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos, China Shavers, Melissa Tang, Amanda Payton, Luke Diliberto, Lou Taylor Pucci, Bambadjan Bamba, Hana Hwang, Samuel T. Ritter, Jennifer Lauren, Reynaldo Pacheco, Jodi Long, Bruce French, Leslie Shea, Michael Chieffo, Jennifer Hasty, Rodney Saulsberry, June Sanders, Catherine McGoohan, Terry Walters, Lana Young, Algerita Wynn Lewis, Regina McKee Redwing, Sunday Burke
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Mike Mills
• Available languages:
  • English English.

It's 2003. Thirty-eight year old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationship with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family loss. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress. Oliver is hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death and Hal's new outlook on life during that time will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur.

  6.1

Gigantic

2008, USA

• Actors: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner, Jane Alexander, Ian Roberts, Robert Stanton, Clarke Peters, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Mary Page Keller, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Avers, Leven Rambin, Susan Misner, Matt Walton, Ilana Levine, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Kenji, Tatsuo Ichikawa, Sean Dugan, Frank Harts, Rob Munk, Sharon Wilkins, Pierre Epstein, Tara Greenway, Zachary Knower, Mylinda Hull, Jerry Richardson, Will McLaughlin, Adam Nagata
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Matt Aselton
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Do we ever get what we want? Brian sells mattresses in a warehouse store. His father and older brothers have material success; he wants a child. He's applied to adopt a baby from China. A man who appears homeless seems to be stalking Brian with violent intent. He meets Happy, the daughter of a rich, quirky customer. She doesn't stick to anything, but she and Brian hit it off, except for her vomiting when she learns about his adoption idea. He wants her to meet his family, and there's a call about the adoption. What will Happy do?

  7.2

The Negotiator

1997, Germany, USA

• Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Regina Taylor, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gómez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano, Doug Spinuzza, Leonard L. Thomas, Stephen Lee, Lily Nicksay, Lauri Johnson, Sabi Dorr, Gene Wolande, Rhonda Dotson, Donald Korte, Anthony T. Petrusonis, John McDonald, Jack McLaughlin-Gray, John Lordan, Jack Shearer, Donna Ponterotto
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Director(s): F. Gary Gray
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.