Chris Messina
1) Monogamy
Author
Language
English
Description
Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Rashida Jones) and bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Chris Messina) begins a side business, clandestinely snapping voyeuristic photos of his clients. A sexy exhibitionist client leads Theo into an all-consuming obsession, and as he follows her, he is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home.
Series
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Kenny (Chris Messina, *The Mindy Project)* is a disillusioned and apathetic ice cream vendor. He meets Lolita (Abigail Spencer, *True Detective*), a quick-witted, downtrodden insurance actuary, on a Chicago bridge. Lolita invites Kenny to travel with her to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Along the way, they meet a host of characters, and as their relationship deepens, they begin, reluctantly, to fall in love. As they...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The third installment follows Detective Harry Ambrose as he begins a routine investigation of a tragic car accident on the outskirts of Dorchester, in upstate New York. Ambrose uncovers a hidden crime that pulls him into the most dangerous and disturbing case of his career.
4) Manglehorn
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Al Pacino and Holly Hunter give moving performances as a cat loving locksmith and a lovelorn bank teller who are both transformed by a new romance in this magical love story.
Series
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A coming of age journey about a boy with an illness that causes hair growth over the entirety of his face and body. After a disastrous carnival experience, he goes in search of his mother who abandoned him at birth. In the wilds of New Jersey he finds fast friends, but is pursued by an enigmatic carnival owner, and a police officer enlisted by his father.
6) I.S.S
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
8) Monogamy
Series
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Rashida Jones) and bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Chris Messina) begins a side business, clandestinely snapping voyeuristic photos of his clients. A sexy exhibitionist client leads Theo into an all-consuming obsession, and as he follows her, he is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home. Winner of the Jury Award for the Best NY Narrative Feature...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
"Mindy Lahiri is a talented obstetrician navigating the tricky waters of her chaotic persohal life as she pursues her dreams of becoming the perfect woman, finding happiness, and getting her perfect romantic comedy ending."--Container
12) Julie & Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise....
13) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small U.S. town, far from the horrors of the Nazi labor camp where Maja (Noomi Rapace) was held with other Romani prisoners, she and her American husband Lewis (Chris Messina) have built a cozy life. But as she runs errands along the main street of her small town, Maja glimpses a stranger (Joel Kinnaman) whistling a nightmarishly familiar tune. Spiraling back to a night she has tried to forget, she fears he is the German soldier named Karl who...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twisted tale told by Harley Quinn herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham₂s most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya₂s paths collide, and the unlikely foursome has no choice but to team up to take Roman down.
16) Call Jane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
17) The boogeyman
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Still reeling from the heartbreaking death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves hounded by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it's too late.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow, Amy's carefully mended life begins to unravel. As her delusions of certain death become contagious to those around her, Amy and her friends' lives spiral out of control in a tantalizing descent into madness.
19) Sharp objects
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reporter confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to cover a violent murder.
20) Digging for fire
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.