10 Items or Less (2006, Morgan Freeman) COMPLETE

------ Short Description ------ An actor (Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds. ------ Storyline (SPOILERS) ------ A well-known actor, who hasn't accepted a role in four years, is considering a project. The cousin of the director drives him to Archie's Ranch Market, in Carson, and drops him off to do a little research. He's fascinated by one of the checkers, Scarlet, a young woman from Spain with a preternatural ability to ring up items at the cash register. She hates her job, stuck at the 10 items or less lane. The actor chats her up, and when her shift ends, he asks for a ride. In the course of the afternoon, he helps her prepare for a job interview. She needs to have confidence, he needs to commit. Human contact, however brief, can change people. ------ Review by IMDB-member "dreamer2point2" (CONTAINS SPOILERS) ------ I don't know why people always want deeper meaning in movies or else consider them worthless. What about just being entertained? Something at which Morgan Freeman excels. He gets a chance to show off a bit. Paz Vega, his co-star, gets a career boost and Brad Silberling gets a name to draw people into watching his movie. I thought it was a good movie. Some humor, some pathos, some bittersweetness but nothing over the top. I got an especial kick out of Jim Parsons as the receptionist at a construction company. When he looks at Freeman adoringly and ...
Video Rating: 4 / 5

110 Titles in 159 Seconds? That's 700 microtitles per millisecond or something. This is a follow-up to the last one (which is here www.youtube.com based on suggestions from people on THE INTERNET. For more information, follow me on Twitter, @chapmangamo, cause sometimes I say funny things. Sometimes. I've added subtitles as it goes pretty fast at certain points. This is the whole list 1 Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) 2 Blues Brothers (1980) 3 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) 4 The Godfather (1972) 5 Black Swan (2011) 6 Home Alone (1990) 7 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8 Terminator (1984) 9 Ratatouille (2007) 10 Demolition Man (1993) 11 Dodgeball (2004) The Lord of the Rings: 12 The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 13 The Two Towers (2002) 14 The Return of the King (2003) 15 Dude, Where's My Car (2000) 16 The Three Amigos (1986) 17 Poltergeist (1982) 18 The Departed (2006) 19 Rush Hour (1998) 20 Adaptation (2002) 21 Rope (1948) 22 Seven (1995) 23 Sin City (2005) 24 Heat (1995) 25 Airplane (1980) 26 Snatch (2000) 27 Scream (1996) 28 The Firm (1993) 29 Goodfellas (1990) 30 Munich (2005) 31 The Thing (1982) 32 Panic Room (2002) 33 Good Burger (1997) 34 Gladiator (2000) 35 An Inconvenient Truth (2006) 36 Harvey (1950) 37 Tron (1982) 38 Apollo 13 (1995) 39 Robocop (1987) 40 Robocop 2 (1990) 41 My Dinner with Andre (1981) 42 Sleepy Hollow (1999) 43 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) 44 Uncle Buck (1989) 45 Cool Runnings (1993) 46 Spaceballs (1987) 47 300 (2007) 48 Death Proof (2007) 49 ...
Video Rating: 4 / 5