Tagged: Maggie Gyllenhaal

★★★★½ Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Plot: Harold Crick (Ferrell), an IRS agent leading a very mundane existence, has his life changed forever when he begins hearing a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Hilbert (Hoffman), Harold discovers he’s the main character of a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Thompson), an author famous for killing her main characters.


★★★☆☆ Monster House (2006)

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Plot: After an accident puts his neighbor (Buscemi) in the hospital, 13-year old DJ (Musso) and his friend Chowder (Lerner) begin to witness strange things about the now empty house. As the house’s actions get more and more worriesome, and no adults will believe them, they decide they must take things into their own hands to stop the house…before Halloween night delivers trick-or-treaters to it’s doorstep. Animated.


★★★☆☆ Cecil B. Demented (2000)

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Plot: An independent director (Dorff) and his band of cohorts – The Sprocket Holes – kidnap A-list movie star Honey Whitlock (Griffith) and force her to make their movie. The film is made by going into reality, wreaking havoc, and filming it. Taking a cue from Patty Hearst, they make Honey get involved in terrorist activities in order to film the movie. Will she escape, or will this film be the death of her?


★★★★½ Donnie Darko (2001)

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Plot: October, 1988: Donnie Darko (Gyllenhaal) is having a bit of a problem. He walks in his sleep, and keeps seeing a six-foot tall evil-looking bunny rabbit named Frank (Duval). His parents have sent him to a shrink (Ross) to help him with his problems, but so far it’s not working. Luckily, he’s out sleepwalking when an engine falls out of a plane and lands in his bedroom. As October wears on, he tries to discover what Frank is trying to tell him…even though he almost doesn’t want to know.