Filmography
>> FILMOGRAPHY
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“EL CANTANTE” directed by: Leon Ichaso tagline: “Based on the true story of the King of Salsa, Hector Lavoe. “ plot outline: The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States. |
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“BORDERTOWN” directed by: Gregory Nava tagline: “Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence. “ plot outline: A journalist (Lopez) investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez and El Paso. |
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“AN UNFINISHED LIFE” directed by: Lasse Hallstr�m tagline: “Severy secret takes on a life of its own “ plot outline: A down on her luck woman, desperate to provide care for her daughter, moves in with her father in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds. |
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“MONSTER-IN-LAW” directed by: Robert Luketic tagline: “She met the perfect man. Then she met his mother.” plot outline: The love life of Charlotte Honeywell (Jennifer Lopez) is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates, until she meets the perfect man, Kevin (Michael Vartan). Unfortunately, his merciless mother (Jane Fonda) will do anything to destroy their relationship. |
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“SHALL WE DANCE? “ directed by: Peter Chelsom tagline: “Step out of the ordinary” plot outline: John Clark is a man with a wonderful job, a charming wife and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on his commute home, John sees a beautiful woman, staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up for dance lessons, hoping to meet her. At first, it seems like a mistake. His teacher turns out to be not Paulina, but the older Miss Mitzi, and John proves just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina, she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue, John falls in love with dancing. Keeping his new obsession from his family and co-workers, John feverishly trains for Chicago’s biggest dance competition. His friendship with Paulina blossoms, as his enthusiasm rekindles her own lost passion for dance. But the more time John spends away from home, the more his wife becomes suspicious. With his secret about to be revealed, John will have to do some fancy footwork to keep his dream going and realize what it is he really yearns for. |
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“JERSEY GIRL “ directed by: Kevin Smith tagline: “Forget about who you thought you were, and just accept who you are” plot outline: Ollie (Ben Affleck) is a top of his game N.Y publicist. He has a perfect life with a beautiful wife and a baby on the way. Suddenly things go astray and Ollie finds himself jobless and a single father. He’s forced to move in with his father played by George Carlin. Things start to look up for him when he meets another great girl (Liv Tyler) and her daughter and learns that life sometimes throws you a few different directions and you can’t choose the path you’re given. |
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“GIGLI” directed by: Martin Brest tagline: “Murder. Blackmail. Temptation. Redemption. It’s been a busy week.” plot outline: A lowly thug, Gigli (Ben Affleck), is assigned to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor to save his mobster boss from incarceration. Staked-out in his one-bedroom apartment with his kidnap victim, Brian (Justin Bartha), Gigli soon realizes that what he thought would be a routine assignment soon becomes a tumultuous task. Ricki (Jennifer Lopez), a gorgeous, free-spirited female gangster is sent to assist Gigli with the kidnapping because his boss does not think that Gigli is up to the job. But when his feelings for the decidedly unavailable Ricki begin to grow, and he actually becomes concerned for Brian, tough guy Gigli begins to transform into an actual human being…which considering his profession could be a very dangerous occupation. |
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“MAID IN MANHATTAN “ directed by: Wayne Wang tagline: “This Christmas … love checks in.” plot outline: Marisa Ventura (Lopez) is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa’s true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx. |
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“ENOUGH” directed by: Michael Apted tagline: “Everyone has their limit.” plot outline: In Enough - a harrowing, high-style thriller directed by Michael Apted and starring Jennifer Lopez - an ordinary woman turns the tables on her predatory husband and enters into battle against him. In a physical and psychological war of nerves and valor, she transforms herself into an unexpected action heroine: a mother turned warrior, willing to go to any extreme to keep her daughter safe. Lopez stars as Slim, a hard-working woman who thought she met the perfect man in Mitch (Billy Campbell), a charming, wealthy contractor. They start an idyllic life together in the suburbs, but after the birth of their daughter Grace, Slim discovers that Mitch has another side- a controlling and dark alter ego who turns trust, love and domestic tranquility into terror and menace. Terrified for her daughter, Slim tries to escape the marriage, but Mitch relentlessly pursues her. She changes her name, her appearance, her very identity, and goes into hiding, only to be hunted again. No one can help her, not her friends and not even the police. But Slim has had enough of fear and running. |
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“ANGEL EYES “ directed by: Luis Mandoki tagline: “The Deeper You Look. The More You Will Find.” plot outline: Angel Eyes is a mature and levelheaded drama about real people with authentic emotions, clawing through their own hurt and confusion toward a hopeful recovery. In a subtly effective performance as Chicago cop Sharon Pogue, Jennifer Lopez is both gutsy and vulnerable, using her badge as a shield against a past incident of domestic violence that left her estranged from her family and alone with her conviction that good deeds are not always rewarded. This leaves her open to the mysterious appeal of Catch (Jim Caviezel), a haunted loner whose slightly creepy demeanor is merely the cautious façade of a man who, ultimately, has as much to offer Sharon as she does to him. They connect–he saves her life, just as she had once saved his–and Angel Eyes proceeds to reveal the true and fateful depth of their love. |
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“THE WEDDING PLANNER “ directed by: Adam Shankman tagline: “A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can’t plan for.” plot outline: Mary Fiore is the wedding planner. She’s ambitious, hard-working, extremely organized, and she knows exactly what to do and say to make any wedding a spectacular event. Bt when Mary falls (literally) for a handsome doctor her busy yet uncomplicated life is turned upside down - he’s the groom in the biggest wedding of her career! Will she help him walk down the aisle with his internet tycoon girlfriend, or will Mary finally get to be the bride herself? When it comes to love, you can never plan what’s going to happen. |
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“THE CELL “ directed by: Tarsem Singh tagline: “This Summer… Enter The Mind Of A Killer.” plot outline: Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her. |
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“ANTZ” directed by: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson tagline: “Every ant has his day.” plot outline: Z the worker-ant (voice of Woody Allen) strives to reconcile his own individuality with the communal work-ethic of the ant colony. Falling in love with the ant-Princess Bala (voice of Sharon Stone), Z strives to make social inroads, and then ultimately must save the ant colony from the treacherous schemings of the evil General Mandible (voice of Gene Hackman) that threaten to wipe out the entire worker population. Themes of individuality run rampant. |
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“OUT OF SIGHT “ directed by: Steven Soderbergh tagline: “Opposites attract.” plot outline: George Clooney comes into his own as a leading man in the role of inveterate bank robber Jack Foley. Incarcerated, he uses another inmate’s prison break as a cover for his own escape. Waiting for him, according to plan, is his partner, Buddy (Ving Rhames). Also waiting for him, not according to plan, is federal agent Karen Sisco (the ravishing Jennifer Lopez). She finds herself disarmed in more ways than one when she is deposited in the getaway car’s trunk with Jack. But that doesn’t stop her from joining the task force created to capture him, while he plans “one last heist.” |
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“U-TURN” directed by: Oliver Stone tagline: “Sex. Murder. Betrayal. Everything that makes life worth living.” plot outline: Oliver Stone used such words as “liberating” and “fun” to talk about U Turn’s relatively quick production schedule of 42 days. Stone’s ideas of film fun, however, are something older generations would call sick. This film is a Southwestern noir tale about Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn), a hotshot who is stuck in the tight confines of Superior, Arizona, when his car breaks down. His subsequent adventure is a meatball comedy–loud, obnoxious, and violent, and stuffed with diffused light, a hot cast, and a no-fat Ennio Morricone score. This film has plenty of odd characters, but you never really find out much about them. Bobby’s first encounters include a repulsive mechanic (Billy Bob Thornton under the grease) and a blind Indian (Jon Voight under the makeup). Then there’s Grace McKenna (a sizzling Jennifer Lopez), who is as dangerous as the curves of her red sundress. Bobby’s got time to kill, and Grace seems more than willing. Unfortunately, it seems that Bobby has never seen a movie such as A Touch of Evil; if he had, he would know it can only get worse. About the time Grace’s husband, Jake (Nick Nolte), shows up, Bobby is knee-deep in murder plots and double-crosses. |
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“ANACONDA” directed by: Luis Llosa tagline: “You can’t scream if you can’t breathe.” plot outline: This giant-man-eating-snake-in-the-jungle thriller definitely scores points as a guilty pleasure, especially with Jon Voight hamming it up as the monster-poacher. He makes life miserable for a team of documentary filmmakers on the Amazon river. Anaconda is one of those movies that exists for no other reason than to give computer animators a chance to strut their stuff with a new digital beastie, and they don’t disappoint. It’s a lot of fun to watch the mega-snake scarf down its victims and–in the case of Voight–regurgitate ‘em right back up again, all covered in gooey digestive juices. You might wonder why Eric Stoltz, who plays Dr. Steven Cale, showed up for a role that requires him to be off-screen for most of the movie, but hey–when it comes to big snake movies, you might as well put your brain on hold and sit back for the slimy ride. |
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“SELENA” directed by: Gregory Nava tagline: “The story of a girl who had the spirit to believe in a dream and the courage to make it come true.” plot outline: Gregory Nava directs this more-or-less official film biography of the late Mexican-American singer, Selena Quintanilla Perez (the film is co-produced by her father), which emphasizes sentimentality over conflict and plays down the star’s horrific death at the hands of a deranged fan. Jennifer Lopez is quite good as Selena, whose roots we come to know through the story of her father (Edward James Olmos), a Corpus Christi singer who was rejected by white audiences. The script focuses primarily on Selena’s inspiring rise, and it tries to muster some sense of urgent conflict over not-particularly-contentious issues (such as her relationship with a guitarist). But Olmos does a fine job portraying the elder Perez as a possessive sort, and the music and general buoyancy of Lopez’s performance are infectious. |
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“BLOOD AND WINE “ directed by: Bob Rafelson tagline: “There is no honour amongst thieves.” plot outline: Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with “Five Easy Pieces” and continued with “The King Of Marvin Gardens”. In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. In this one, Nicholson is a wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, Victor, things start coming apart. His wife sets out to interrupt what she thinks is another one of his weekend dalliances, but is really his trip to pawn the jewels. |
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“JACK” directed by: Francis Ford Coppola tagline: “Jack Powell is about to tackle his biggest adventure ever… the fifth grade!” plot outline: The movie is about a boy with a unique aging disorder: one that makes him age 4 times faster than normal. Movie picks up when Jack (Robin Williams) is 10 years old, but looks 40. He tries to go to public school for the first time, and tries to become friends with kids his own age. His physical appearance causes him lots of problems, however. |
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“MONEY TRAIN “ directed by: Joseph Ruben tagline: “Get on, or GET OUT THE WAY!” plot outline: Two foster brothers (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes) work as transit cops. While one’s life is as good as it gets, the other’s is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the “money train,” a train carrying the New York Subway’s weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time? |
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“MY FAMILY “ directed by: Gregory Nava tagline: “Three generations of dreams.” plot outline: Traces over three generations an immigrant family’s trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930’s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the 50’s. As the second generation become adults in the 60’s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy’s journey to becoming a responsible parent. |
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“MY LITTLE GIRL “ directed by: Connie Kaiserman tagline: “She wanted in, they wanted out.” plot outline: A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can’t stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor. |
