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Gone Girl

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Director: David Fincher Writer: Gillian Flynn (Screenplay and Novel) Ben Affleck (Nick Dunne), Rosamund Pike (Amy Dunne), Neil Patrick Harris (Desi Collings), Tyler Perry (Tanner Bolt), Carrie Coon (Margo Dunne), Kim Dickens (Detective Rhonda Boney), Patrick Fugit (Officer James Gilpin), David Clennon (Rand Elliott), Lisa Banes (Marybeth Elliott), Missi Pyle (Ellen Abbott), and Emily Rataijkowski (Andie Fitzgerald). Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) 5th wedding anniversary is coming and Nick is expected to play there scavenger hunt game.  Nick seems a bit distressed, not wanting to be there, enters the bar that he co-owns with his sister, Margo (Carrie Coon).  They play a board game, while talking to her brother, behind her a collection of games thrown in a pile, a discussion about Amy (Rosamund Pike), the mood seems a bit dark.   On the way home, Nick (Ben Affleck) notices that his cat is outside, waving to the neighbor in gratitude, he proceeds ...

The Nines

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Director: John August Writer: John August Ryan Reynolds (Gary/Gavin/Gabriel), Melissa McCarthy (Margaret/Melissa/Mary), Hope Davis (Sarah, Susan, Sierra), Ella Fanning (Noelle), David Denman (Parole Officer/Agitatated), Octavia Spencer (Streetwalker), Ben Falcone (Ben Falcone), Dahlia Salem (Dahlia Salem), John Gatins (John Gatins), and Andy Fielder (Moderator). The 2007 film the Nines starts off with Gary (Ryan Reynolds) a movie star, getting high on life.  Part One "The Prisoner" deals with this actor in a heap of trouble.  Gary is under house arrest because of his addiction problem and since he had burned his own home down, he resides in another place, where his P.R. and friend "handler", Margaret (Melissa McCarthy) pulls him out of yet another situation.  The strange thing is when Margaret (McCarthy) leaves, Gary meets a single mom next door, Sarah (Hope Davis) who lures him into believing that she is romantically interested in him.  Sarah the next ...