Mimi Langeland Movies
Geoff Schaaf's thriller Shelter Island features a couple who have attempted to get away from it all at their vacation home at the place where the film takes its title; however, the vacation takes a sinister turn when weather makes contact with the outside world impossible, and a mysterious stranger begins harassing them. The film stars Chris Penn, Ally Sheedy, Patsy Kensit, and Stephen Baldwin. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ally Sheedy, Patsy Kensit, (more)
- 2000
A post-Columbine Breakfast Club of sorts, this indie psychological drama concerns a former 98-pound weakling out to get revenge on his old tormentors during a high school reunion. Sales manager Louis Witkowski (Timothy Devlin) has never been able to get over the day that a couple of jocks cast him -- stark naked -- out of the locker room, and humiliated him mercilessly in front of his schoolmates. Eighteen years later, during the reunion accompanied by his wife Felicia (Elizabeth P. McKay), Louis embarrasses himself in a clumsy attempt at shaming former football players Hal (Jack Mulcahy) and Joey (Patrick Ferraro) in front of their wives, Caroline (Mimi Langeland) and Ashley (Leila Sbatini). Though Hal and Joey don't remember bullying him, Louis is itching for a fight. In the boys' locker room, just as the fight begins, a well-intentioned security guard tries to break up the ruckus. Louis violently dispatches guard, takes the rest of them hostage, and forces them to endure psychological torture and sexual abuse. Slowly, the stress of the situation leads to sniping and infighting among the couples. Wives and husbands unearth long held frustrations with their respective spouses. Just before the police come barreling in, one and all begin baring their souls. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Timothy Devlin, Elizabeth McKay, (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)
