Ruby Sparks

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(2012)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Writer: Zoe Kazan

Producers: Albert Berger, Paul Dano, Robert Graf, Zoe Kazan, T.K. Knowles, John O'Grady, Chuck Ryant, Ron Yerxa, Bart Lipton

Synopsis: Calvin (Dano) is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing - as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby (Kazan), in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person. -- (Written by Fox Searchlight)

Cast:

• Paul Dano
• Zoe Kazan
• Chris Messina
• Annette Bening
• Antonio Banderas
• Aasif Mandvi
• Steve Coogan
• Deborah Ann Woll

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Never Talk to Strangers

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(1995)

Genre: Thriller

Director: Peter Hall

Writers: Lewis A. Green, Jordan Rush

Producers: Rebecca De Mornay, Jean Desormeaux, Ralph S. Dietrich, Andras Hamori, Robert Lantos, Jeffrey R. Neuman, Harald Reichebner, Barbet Schroeder, Sharon Seto, Robert Silvi, Martin Wiley, Tom Willey

Synopsis: A beautiful but reserved criminal psychiatrist must deal with the obsessive stalking of a dangerous killer in this erotically charged thriller. The film's central tension emerges from the relationship between Dr. Sarah Taylor (Rebecca DeMornay), a highly professional psychologist, and a handsome stranger, Tony Ramirez (Antonio Banderas).  -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Rebecca De Mornay
• Antonio Banderas

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The Skin I Live In

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 (2011)

Language: Spanish

Genre: Thriller/Drama

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Writer: Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Thierry Jonquet

Producers: Agustín Almodóvar, Bábara Peiró Aso, Esther García

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Synopsis: Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig...-- (C) (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Antonio Banderas
• Elena Anaya
• Marisa Paredes
• Jan Cornet
• Bianca Suárez

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You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

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(2010)

Genre: Comedy

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Synopsis: Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine (Punch), Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush on her handsome art gallery owner boss, Greg (Banderas), while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over Dia (Pinto), a mystery woman who catches his gaze through a nearby window. (Written by Sony Pictures Classics)

Cast:

• Antonio Banderas
• Anthony Hopkins
• Naomi Watts
• Josh Brolin
• Gemma Jones
• Freida Pinto
• Lucy Punch

 

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