James Cox Movies

An adolescent adventurer gets caught up in a war between good and evil after crossing through a space-time portal created by his physicist father, and arriving on a planet inhabited by towering extraterrestrials. Eight years ago, Simon Weir perfected the ability to explore distant planets without the need for space travel. Soon thereafter, he vanished without a trace. Years later, Simon's son, Jac, still refuses to believe that his father is dead. Upon discovering his father's stargate, Jac is transported 27.2 million light years away to Planet Raphicca, where Simon is being held prisoner by a race of noble aliens preparing to battle a powerful enemy. With no time to lose Jac races to rescue his father, save Raphicca, and find a way back home. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Two friends hit the road to escape some homicidal gangsters with a score to settle in this angsty Gen-X flick set against the backdrop of the mid-'90s grunge music scene. Highway opens with its mohawked post-teen hero Jack (Jared Leto), up to his usual routine: smoking pot, cleaning pools, and engaging in vigorous sex with a mobster's wife. It isn't long before vengeful thugs come calling to his Las Vegas trailer-park home, however, and Jack has to flee town with his drug-dealing best buddy, Pilot (Jake Gyllenhaal). The two decide to travel to Seattle -- in the week preceding Kurt Cobain's suicide -- and along the way they encounter a succession of drifters, losers, and hangers-on, including a sweet-hearted prostitute named Cassie (Selma Blair). Highway's working title was "A Leonard Cohen Afterworld," a reference to a lyric from Kurt Cobain's song "Pennyroyal Tea"; the film was written by Scott Rosenberg, who previously made a name for himself with Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Beautiful Girls, and Con Air. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi