70% (3)  Results  105 min,  R,  [Comedy, Romance]  [Andrew Bujalski]  [29 May 2015]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 54%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 84%,   Metacritic: 73%,   External Reviews
Awards:  5 nominations.
Actors:  Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Elizabeth Berridge
Writer:  Andrew Bujalski
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English, Japanese    Country:  USA
Plot:  The healthy living philosophies of an ultra-positive gym owner, Trevor, played by Guy Pearce, is tested against his employee Kat's more pragmatic approach, played by Cobie Smulders. It doesn't help that the two have slept together and he harbours lingering feelings for her. Her unresolved anger threatens to ruin the gym's relationship with a wealthy new client, Danny, played by Kevin Corrigan. Matters are further jeopardized when Trevor, trying to smooth the situation, gives way to his own emotions instead. In spite of their best efforts, neither is able to truly move on. The business risk Trevor is in too deep to back away from and the uncertainty of something more with Kat threatens to profoundly impact both their lives.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Recently divorced, newly rich, and utterly miserable, Danny (Kevin Corrigan) would seem to be the perfect test subject for a definitive look at the relationship between money and happiness. Danny's well-funded ennui is interrupted by a momentous trip to the local gym, where he meets self-styled guru/owner Trevor (Guy Pearce) and irresistibly acerbic trainer Kat (Cobie Smulders). Soon, their three lives are inextricably knotted, both professionally and personally. Writer/director Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess, 2013) returns with a fun, intimate fable that's utterly grounded in real life. As wrinkles turn into complications, then blow up into full-fledged issues, the talented ensemble keeps the pensive tone light and the complex plot breezy. The end result is a charming shaggy-dog tale that's been hitting the gym: taut, limber, and powerful.(C) Magnolia
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49% (3)  Delivery Man  105 min,  PG-13,  [Comedy, Drama]  [Ken Scott]  [22 Nov 2013]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 64%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 40%,   Metacritic: 44%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Andrzej Blumenfeld, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Vince Vaughn
Writer:  Ken Scott (written for the screen by), Ken Scott (original screenplay "Starbuck"), Martin Petit (original screenplay "Starbuck")
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA, India, Canada
Plot:  David Wozniak is a man who is irresponsible and unreliable which doesn't exactly endear him to his family and his girlfriend. And when she tells him that she's pregnant, she tells him, she plans to do it on her own because she can't count on him. One day a lawyer shows up and talks to him about the fact that twenty years ago he was a sperm donor for about a year and his sperm was used to father over 500 children. And now over 100 of them want to know who he is but because he signed a confidentiality agreement, they can't be told who he is. So they are going to court to try to get the confidentiality set aside. His lawyer tells him that they can win this. But when the lawyer who saw him gives him info on the ones who want to see him, he takes a peek at one and decides to go see him and not tell him he's the father. He then goes out and checks out some of his other children and doesn't tell them who he is and connects with them. His lawyer tells him it could jeopardize their case, especially since he can get a big settlement which he can use to pay back some people he borrowed from who "tell" him to pay or else.
Rotten Tomatoes:   From DreamWorks Pictures comes "Delivery Man", the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn't look worse for David when he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide whether or not he should reveal his true identity, he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but the father he could become as well. (c) Disney
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48% (3)  Jack Reacher: Never Go Back  118 min,  PG-13,  [Action, Thriller]  [Edward Zwick]  [21 Oct 2016]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 61%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 38%,   Metacritic: 47%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 win.
Actors:  Aldis Hodge, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Tom Cruise
Writer:  Richard Wenk (screenplay), Edward Zwick (screenplay), Marshall Herskovitz (screenplay), Lee Child (book)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English, Ukrainian    Country:  China, USA
Plot:  After accomplishing the assignment of dismantling a human trafficking organization, the former military and drifter Jack Reacher goes to Washington to invite his liaison, Major Susan Turner, to have dinner with him. However, he meets her substitute, Colonel Sam Morgan, who explains that Major Turner has been arrested and accused of espionage. Jack seeks out her veteran lawyer, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, who explains that Major Turner has also been accused of the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan. Further, he also tells Jack he is being sued, accused by a woman of being the father of her fifteen year-old daughter, Samantha. When Moorcroft is murdered, Jack is accused of being the killer and sent to a prison. He sees that Turner and he have been framed and also that Turner will be killed by two assassins. However, he rescues her and they flee. Soon, they realize that there is a conspiracy involving military people from the army and a government contractor that is a powerful arms dealer. Jack also learns that Samantha is in danger and Turner and he rescue her. They decide to protect her since a skilled assassin is hunting them down while they try to find the motive of the conspiracy. Who can be trusted?
Rotten Tomatoes:   Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher in this sequel based on Lee Child's bestselling novel Never Go Back, which finds the itinerant problem-solver accused of murder, and learning that he may have a child he has never met.
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38% (3)  Safe Haven  115 min,  PG-13,  [Drama, Romance, Thriller]  [Lasse Hallström]  [14 Feb 2013]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 67%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 13%,   Metacritic: 34%,   External Reviews
Awards:  3 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors:  Cobie Smulders, Irene Ziegler, Jon Kohler, Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, Tim Parati
Writer:  Dana Stevens (screenplay), Gage Lansky (screenplay), Nicholas Sparks (based upon the novel by)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English, Portuguese    Country:  USA
Plot:  When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.
Rotten Tomatoes:   An affirming and suspenseful story about a young woman's struggle to love again, Safe Haven is based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author behind the hit films The Notebook and Dear John. When a mysterious young woman arrives in a small North Carolina town, her reluctance to join the tight knit community raises questions about her past. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and gains the courage to start a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children. But dark secrets intrude on her new life with such terror that she is forced to rediscover the meaning of sacrifice and rely on the power of love in this deeply moving romantic thriller.
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47% (2)  Being Canadian  90 min,  Not Rated,  [Documentary, Comedy]  [Robert Cohen]  [18 Sep 2015]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 62%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 33%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 nomination.
Actors:  Ben Stiller, Catherine O'Hara, Cobie Smulders, Mike Myers
Writer:  Robert Cohen
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English, French    Country:  Canada
Plot:  BEING CANADIAN chronicles the real-life quest of Robert Cohen, a proud Canadian, who left his hometown of Calgary and moved to the U.S. to start a career as a TV comedy writer. He started noticing how people outside Canada knew very little about his beloved homeland. After decades of ignorance, insults, and indifference, he decides to do something about it. Rob sets off on an epic personal quest, driving across Canada from East to West, to confirm the country he identifies with is still as he remembers or changed. Interwoven with this journey are interviews with a variety of famous media personalities along with Canadian commoners he meets along the way. His deadline? Midnight on Canada Day, in Vancouver. Common topics dealt are Canadian culture of kindness, Inferiority complex and passive aggressive behavior, Roots of Canadian humor, Canadian circus, Partition of Quebec, Canada's national game, food, contributions...etc. Imagine 'Sherman's March', but wearing a toque and along the lines of xenophobe's guides !
Rotten Tomatoes:   When Calgarian Robert Cohen moved to L.A. to pursue his dreams of becoming a comedy writer, he quickly realized that his new friends and colleagues knew nothing but the usual stereotypes about his beloved homeland. After years of frustration, Robert decided to embark on a personal quest, traveling from one end of Canada to the other, to prove being Canadian is more than just maple syrup and Mounties. Imagine "Sherman's March" or "Roger and Me", but wearing a toque.
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