I’ve met a couple of people who I could characterize as so despicable I’d be surprised if anyone who note their disappearance. But they likely have someone in their lives who love them for some vague reason. I’ve not had a reason to ask as my brain is full of enough stuff that I don’t need to waste the storage. But then there is Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) who may be the most detested female living in the small town of Verplanck, New York (characterized as the test site some years past for the Yugo car company). When her car brakes fail and she flies right off a cliff into a watery grave in the opening scene, Police Chief Wyatt Rash’s (Danny DeVito) suspicions are aroused after he learns the brake lines had been intentionally cut. Soon, suspects are popping up all over town. There is her husband Phil (William Fichtner) and her son Jeff (Marcus Thomas), both of whom hated her as much as the rest of the town. Jeff is in the landscaping business with Bobby Calzone (Casey Affleck), who Mona would verbally and even physically batter. Or how about the pretty, tough-spoken Ellen (Neve Campbell)? Or maybe the woman who waving an affair with both Phil and Jeff? Rona (Jamie Lee Curtis) is the plain-speaking waitress at the local diner who was envious of Mona’s family. Lots of suspects and lots of motives.

Director:  Nick Gomez Writer:  Peter Steinfeld Cast:
Danny DeVito -  Chief Wyatt Rash Bette Midler -  Mona Dearly Neve Campbell -  Ellen Rash Jamie Lee Curtis -  Rona Mace Casey Affleck -  Bobby Calzone William Fichtner -  Phil Dearly Marcus Thomas -  Jeff Dearly Peter Dobson -  Lt. Feege Gruber		Kathleen Wilhoite -  Lucinda Tracey Walter -  Clarence Will Ferrell -  Cubby the Funeral Director Paul Ben-Victor -  Deputy Tony Carlucci Paul Schulze -  Deputy Jimmy D. Mark Pellegrino -  Murph Calzone Raymond O’Connor -  Father Tom Stowick Lisa Rieffel -  Valerie Antonielli

I’ve had bad days. You’ve had bad days. We’ve all had bad days. Some bad days are worse than others. We cope, we overcome, we endure. We get past the. We try to make the best of whatever circumstances in which we find ourselves. But few of us have the kind of day that Abe Klein (Andrew Lee Potts) is having. It starts when his girlfriend Mimi (Elena Anaya) tells him that she is pregnant, he isn’t ready for this and she is taking the train to visit her mum who’ll care for her. She borrows his phone to make a call but is assaulted by a snatch’n'grab causing Abe’s phone to be switched with that of a button man, Lynch (Gary Oldman). After a call and on a whim, Abe takes one of Lynch’s contracts. He finds himself with a safe full of cash, a baked-on-weed buddy holding the gun and a target who may have a better offer to make but then there is the client who’ll be cranky if the hit fails. Sadly, Lynch, who has fallen in lust with Mimi, has followed Abe home to retrieve his cell phone.

Director:  Charley Stadler Writer:  Thomas Geiger; Adam Kreutner; David Mitchell; Charley Stadler Cast:
Gary Oldman -  Lynch Robert Carlyle -  Danny Devine Elena Anaya -  Mimi Jimi Mistry -  Salvador E. Johnson Andrew Lee Potts -  Abe Klein Billy Zane -  Virgil Terence Stamp -  Samuel Fish Karel Roden -  Dragan		Susie Amy -  Hostess Frances Barber -  S & M Prostitute Cassandra Bell -  Sugar Waters Anouska Bolton Lee -  French Prostitute Trevor Cooper -  Charlie Verena Gato -  Sunshine Iddo Goldberg -  Thief Julie Healy -  Rainbow

Who says fashion doesn’t influence our day-to-day life? Not Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) who lectures her 2nd-assistant Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) on how she came to wear her blue sweater. Starting with an Oscar de la Renta show in 2002 who did a cerulean blue collection, through Yves Saint-Laurent and 8 other designers, into selected department stores and on down to the bargain bins, the blue in her sweater has been passed from one to another until it ended up on her back.

Director:  David Frankel Writer:  Aline Brosh McKenna; Lauren Weisberger Cast:
Meryl Streep -  Miranda Priestly Anne Hathaway -  Andy Sachs Emily Blunt -  Emily Stanley Tucci -  Nigel Simon Baker -  Christian Thompson Adrian Grenier -  Nate Tracie Thoms -  Lily Rich Sommer -  Doug		Daniel Sunjata -  James Holt David Marshall Grant -  Richard Sachs James Naughton -  Stephen Tibor Feldman -  Irv Ravitz Rebecca Mader -  Jocelyn Jimena Hoyos -  Lucia Gisele Bündchen -  Serena George C. Wolfe -  Paul

You’re too young. Mom and dad know best. Listen to your parents. You have no idea what you are doing. You’ll have to live with that if you keep it up. Parents are always to willing to offer advice. Even when you thought you didn’t need any. As I grew up, I found that sometimes they were right, sometimes not. Bit I also realized that they didn’t really know what they were talking about, it was just panic chatter. Most of it was guesswork. Some day, Caprice (Selma Blair), aka Ursula Udders, oft naked girl about town, will know that her parents Vaughn (Chris Isaak) and Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman) had only her best interests at heart when they trap and handcuff poor Caprice in a family intervention. But for now, they just want to keep her from throwing her life away. So pharma is their only alternative despite the humping squirrels.

Director:  John Waters Writer:  John Waters Cast:
Tracey Ullman -  Sylvia Stickles Johnny Knoxville -  Ray-Ray Perkins Selma Blair -  Caprice Stickles Chris Isaak -  Vaughn Stickles Suzanne Shepherd -  Big Ethel Mink Stole -  Marge the Neuter Patricia Hearst -  Paige Jackie Hoffman -  Dora		Nicholas E.I. Noble -  Weird Paperboy Lucy Newman-Williams -  Neuter Yuppie Woman Scott Morgan -  Neuter Yuppie Man Wes Johnson -  Fat Fuck Frank David A. Dunham -  Mama Bear Dave Moretti -  Papa Bear Jeffrey Auerbach -  Baby Bear Susan Allenbach -  Betty Doggett

The new guy is always a target for fun and frolics. Sometimes the tormentors make a mistake. They pick on someone who is able to teach them a lesson in etiquette. Pete Nessip (Wesley Snipes) drops by a jumper bar and plops himself down at a vacant table. But it seems that table is the regular spot for a rowdy team who think they’ll teach him a lesson. Sadly for them, the fight is going badly until Jessie Crossman (Yancy Butler) intervenes to save them from having some appendage broken more than once.

Director:  John Badham Writer:  Tony Griffin; Guy Manos; Peter Barsocchini; John Bishop Cast:
Wesley Snipes -  Pete Nessip Gary Busey -  Ty Moncrief Yancy Butler -  Jessie Crossman Michael Jeter -  Earl Leedy Corin Nemec -  Selkirk Kyle Secor -  Swoop Luca Bercovici -  Jagger Malcolm-Jamal Warner -  Terry Nessip		Grace Zabriskie -  Winona Rex Linn -  Bobby Robert LaSardo -  Deputy Dog Sam Hennings -  Torski Claire Stansfield -  Kara Mickey Jones -  Deuce Andy Romano -  Tom McCracken Rick Zieff -  Mike Milton