77% (3)  Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  105 min,  PG-13,  [Comedy, Drama, Romance]  [Alfonso Gomez-Rejon]  [01 Jul 2015]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 78%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 81%,   Metacritic: 74%,   External Reviews
Awards:  17 wins & 29 nominations.
Actors:  Nick Offerman, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Thomas Mann
Writer:  Jesse Andrews (screenplay by), Jesse Andrews (based on the novel by)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Winner of the 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL is the story of Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), an awkward high school senior whose mom forces him to spend time with Rachel - a girl in his class (Olivia Cooke) with whom he hasn't spoken to since kindergarten - who was just diagnosed with cancer. (C) Fox Searchlight
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72% (3)  The Land of Steady Habits  98 min,  TV-MA,  [Comedy, Drama]  [Nicole Holofcener]  [14 Sep 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 62%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 86%,   Metacritic: 71%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Ben Mendelsohn, Charlie Tahan, Connie Britton, Thomas Mann
Writer:  Nicole Holofcener, Ted Thompson (based on the novel by)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Anders Hill, long ensconced in "the land of steady habits"-the affluent hamlets of Connecticut that dot the commuter rail line-is finally ready to reap the rewards of a sensible life. Into his mid fifties and newly retired, his grown son's college tuitions paid in full, Anders decides he's had enough of steady habits: he leaves his wife, buys a condo, and waits for freedom to transform him. Stripped of the comforts of his previous identity, Anders embarks on a clumsy, and heartbreaking journey to reconcile his past with his present.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Writer/director Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, Friends with Money) brings us a drama about parenting, loss and the consequences of our self-destructive behavior. The story features a deeply flawed male protagonist whose tragic mistakes impact and inform the complex relationships in his life. Far from a recognizable tale of a middle-aged rake in crisis, this is an emotionally resonant portrait of a fractured family explored by one of our most keenly observant directors. Feeling trapped in the stifling, wealthy enclave of Westport, Connecticut, Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn) retires from his job in finance and leaves his wife (Edie Falco) in the hopes that it will renew his lust for life. However, he's quickly faced with the startling reality of his choices; he spends his days looking for things to decorate his empty shelves, sleeping with strangers and feeling terribly lost. Missing his ex-wife and on the outs with his troubled 27-year-old son (Thomas Mann), Anders befriends a drug-addicted teen (Charlie Tahan), sending him down a path of reckless and of deeply regrettable behavior. His shameful actions cause him to question who he is as a father and, ultimately, who he is as a person. Adapting her screenplay from Ted Thompson's 2014 novel, The Land of Steady Habits also stars Connie Britton, Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp.
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50% (3)  Our House  90 min,  PG-13,  [Drama, Horror, Thriller]  [Anthony Scott Burns]  [27 Jul 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 53%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 52%,   Metacritic: 45%,   External Reviews
Actors:  John Ralston, Lucius Hoyos, Percy Hynes White, Thomas Mann
Writer:  Nathan Parker (screenplay by), Matt Osterman (based on the original motion picture "Ghost from the Machine" by)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  Canada, Germany, USA
Plot:  A young genius accidentally invents a device that amplifies the paranormal activity within his family's house, possibly bringing back the spirits of loved ones, and unleashing things far worse.
Rotten Tomatoes:   A machine that can bring back dead loved ones seems like a great idea...until you unleash the wrong spirits. When his parents are killed in a car accident, science wiz Ethan (Thomas Mann) must leave behind college and his girlfriend (Nicola Peltz) to care for his younger brother and sister. By day, he juggles the responsibilities of raising two kids; by night, he tinkers in the garage on an invention he hopes will change the world: a machine that can generate wireless electricity. He gets more than he bargained for, however, when the device awakens the dead souls that haunt the house. As Ethan and his siblings attempt to make contact with their parents, a horrifying realization sets in: not all the spirits in their midst may be friendly. This hair-raising science-fiction ghost story is a nightmare journey into a past that refuses to stay dead and buried.
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47% (3)  Project X  88 min,  R,  [Comedy, Drama]  [Nima Nourizadeh]  [02 Mar 2012]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 67%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 28%,   Metacritic: 48%,   External Reviews
Awards:  5 nominations.
Actors:  Dax Flame, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper, Thomas Mann
Writer:  Matt Drake (screenplay), Michael Bacall (screenplay), Michael Bacall (story)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  It's Thomas Kub's 17th birthday and all he wants to do is throw a small party with some friends to help raise his social status and maybe even get lucky. But when his best friend Costa starts calling radio stations and putting ads up on Craigslist, you can be sure that this party is going to get really out of hand really fast.
Rotten Tomatoes:   The Hangover's Todd Phillips produces this top-secret comedy from writers Matt Drake and Michael Bacall, with helming duties handled by commercial director Nima Nourizadeh. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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37% (3)  Brain on Fire  88 min,  PG-13,  [Biography, Drama]  [Gerard Barrett]  [22 Jun 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 66%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 13%,   Metacritic: 34%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Carrie-Anne Moss, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Armitage, Thomas Mann
Writer:  Gerard Barrett (screenplay), Susannah Cahalan (memoir)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA, Canada, Ireland
Plot:  The film follows the harrowing experience of a writer struggling with a rare neurological disease from when she first suffers symptoms to the many attempts at diagnosing it and the eventual discovery of the real cause of her illness. Based on the book, 'Brain On Fire', the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist for the New York Times.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Brain on Fire follows Cahalan (Moretz), a rising journalist at the New York Post who mysteriously starts having seizures and hearing voices. As weeks go by and Susannah rapidly descends into insanity, she moves inexplicably from violence to catatonia. Following a series of outbursts, misdiagnoses and a prolonged hospital stay, a lucky last-minute intervention by one doctor finally gives her a diagnosis and hope to rebuild her life.
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48% (2)  The Preppie Connection  95 min,  R,  [Crime, Drama]  [Joseph Castelo]  [18 Mar 2016]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 61%,   Metacritic: 34%,   External Reviews
Awards:  2 wins.
Actors:  Guillermo Arribas, Logan Huffman, Lucy Fry, Thomas Mann
Writer:  Joseph Castelo, Ashley Rudden
External Links:  IMDb     Language:  English, Spanish    Country:  Puerto Rico, USA
Plot:  Based on a true story of a prep school student who smuggled $300k of uncut cocaine into the US in 1984. THE PREPPIE CONNECTION chronicles the exploits of a group of private school students who ran a drug distribution operation in the early 1980s. The story centers on Toby, the lower-class scholarship student, who uses his street cred and access to drugs to make friends with the popular kids, eventually allowing him to cultivate a drug trafficking network. Toby gets in far over his head as he leads his friends into the dangerous world of Colombian drug cartels.
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