Granger Green Movies
- 2006
A handful of kids edging into their twenties live in the shadow of the big city without understanding how to transplant themselves to more fertile territory in this independent drama. Tammy (Ivy Kahn), Lloyd (Chad Cunningham), Jordan (Brett L. Tinnes), and Molly (Granger Green) are four friends living in the small town of Newhall, CA. While Newhall is only 30 miles from Los Angeles, in terms of culture and opportunity it feels like another continent. The four attend the local community college, which seems more like an extension of high school that a window to new opportunities, and work part-time jobs that make them feel all the more stuck in a place that's going nowhere. Racism is commonplace in Newhall, street fights are an everyday event, and a far-right Republican is expected to become the town's next congressional representative. In the midst of all this, Tammy is studying filmmaking and dreams of going to art school while using her work to expose Newhall's ugly underside, Jordan spends his evening vandalizing Republican office spaces, Lloyd tries to resolve his romantic feelings for Molly, and Molly ponders how to get her life out of neutral. Analog Days was the first feature film from writer and director Mike Ott, and received its world premiere at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ivy Kahn, Brett L. Tinnes, (more)
This Big Apple-based romantic comedy charts the tumultuous relationship between liberal arts student and budding chef Al (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and his first girlfriend, Imogen (Julia Stiles), a self-possessed freshman who wants to become an artist. After meeting in a bar, the pair jump into a giddy, passionate affair that's grown-up enough to include face time between the young lovers and Al's DJ mom and TV-chef dad (Henry Winkler). After a summer abroad, however, Imogen feels like the relationship is robbing her of her youth, and the couple must struggle with romantic and domestic growing pains. Meanwhile, their wacky friends -- who include porn stars (Selma Blair and Zak Orth), stoners (Rosario Dawson), a mullet-haired lunkhead (Shawn Hatosy), and a Jim Morrison look-alike named Jim Morrison (Ashton Kutcher) -- provide laughs, advice, and sexual temptation. The debut film from writer/director Kris Isacsson, the teen-themed Down to You marked a change of pace for normally grown-up Miramax Films. In addition to a slew of recent rock and pop, the film prominently features music from such downtown New York fixtures of the past decade as Deee-Lite ("Groove is in the Heart") and Cibo Matto ("Moonchild"). ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Freddie Prinze, Jr., Joanna Adler, (more)
