Laura Kirk Movies

Earthwork tells the story of real-life crop artist Stan Herd (Academy Award nominee John Hawkes) and his quest to create a temporary work of environmental art on a piece of land owned by real-estate magnate Donald Trump. Stan grew up on a farm. Over time, he began to look at rural landscapes in the same way that an experienced artist sees an empty canvas. But unlike paintings, Stan's artwork is fleeting -- always destined to be swallowed up by the earth. The year was 1994; Stan was financially destitute and looking for a way to share his art with the world when he received a phone call from a noted photographer stating that Donald Trump was commissioning arts groups for a land beautification project in New York City. Eager to get wider exposure for his art and provide for his wife, Jan, and their son, Evan, Herd left Kansas and prepared to leave his mark on the world -- literally. In the following months, the gifted artist constructed his massive environmental artwork across multiple acres using little more than soil, rocks, and plants. Later, when the work became too heavy for one man to shoulder, Herd assembled a crew consisting of homeless men living in an abandoned underground railroad tunnel, and commenced creating a work of art so spectacular that it could only be appreciated from up in the clouds. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells becomes this big-budget adventure directed by the author's great-grandson Simon Wells. Guy Pearce stars as Alexander Hartdegen, a scientist, professor, and inventor in 1895 New York City who believes that time travel is possible. The sudden and unexpected death of his fiancée spurs Alexander to build a time machine, which he hopes to use in an effort to change the past. When he is unable to change the past, Alexander hurls himself more than 800,000 years into the future, seeking answers about the nature of time, but instead encountering a dystopian world where humanity has divided up into two races, the peaceful Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. Befriending the beautiful Eloi woman Mara (pop singer Samantha Mumba), Alexander must set out to save her from the underground world of the Morlocks when she is captured by them. Along the way, he is aided by Vox (Orlando Jones), a bio-mechanical being from the 21st century. Ultimately, Alexander makes a shocking discovery about the true nature of the Eloi and Morlocks and decides that the only way to change the future is to alter the present. Due to exhaustion, director Wells was briefly replaced during the last few weeks of production by Gore Verbinski, director of The Mexican (2001). The Time Machine co-stars Jeremy Irons and Mark Addy. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi