Superstar Madonna apparently is in love with stories involving royalty and scandal and when the two combine in real life that always makes for an interesting telling, even if can only be whispered about as was the case way back when in 1936. King Edward VIII was the reigning King of England when he fell in love with Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. He even gave up his throne for love when their affair became known to the public. Although Madonna has received plenty of scathing reviews for her directing of W.E., she apparently had enough happy critics to warrant such comments as "better than expected". In other words, the "Like a Virgin" star was bound to be poorly received no matter how good her efforts. ally Winthrop finds herself obsessed by the romance of the century and now, six decades later, she researches the ill-fated romance between a commoner and British royalty and the film flashes back and forth between decades through visits to the famous Sotheby's auction house. Starring Abbie Cornish (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Bright Star) is Wally Winthrop, Andrea Riseborough (Made in Dagenham, Never Let Me Go) portrays Wallis Simpson, and as King Edward VIII James D'Arcy from Into The Storm, An American Haunting. Consider this a period piece that's also a costume piece with style and flair!

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play of the same name. Directed by Elia Kazan, the film stars Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, and Kim Hunter, who all reprised their roles from the Broadway production. The film tells the story of Blanche DuBois, a former schoolteacher who moves to New Orleans to live with her sister and brother-in-law. Blanche's fragile mental state and troubled past clash with the harsh realities of her sister's working-class life, ultimately leading to tragedy.

Writer-director Mike Mills put all his heart and art into Beginners, a powerful, poignant autobiographical film that shows "Oliver," Mills' fictional avatar, coming to terms with his seventy-five year old father's simultaneous revelations (a) that he is gay, and (b) that he has a terminal disease. Beginners premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival, where it earned rave reviews—not the cliché kind of raves, but genuinely exuberant, effusive exclamations of praise and delight. Beginners is scheduled to hit theaters during the summer, 2011, when it can provide welcome relief from ripped-from-the-comics fare."Ewan McGregor stars as Oliver, and Christopher Plummer stars as Hal, Oliver's "tumultuously gay" father. No strangers to intense drama, ribald comedy, or brilliant performances, both McGregor and Plummer show, as The Los Angeles Times said, "a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts." Responsibility comes to life in Beginners as humor, honesty, genuine love and affection, which Oliver learns in the last days of his father's life and then attempts to carry into new love with Anna, also brilliantly portrayed by Melanie Laurent. Anna is as unpredictable and irreverent as Hal was tumultuous and exuberant, so that loving her challenges all the bravery, humor, and hope Oliver has learned from his father.

Middle Men is a comedy film which was released in 2010 The movie represents a comic look at the origins of the Internet porn boom. Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) is deceiving man who built the first online billing system ePass, pulled into the company of people, which in 1995 began a large-scale introduction of the Internet adult industry. Looking around, he realizes that embroiled in a furious cycle of porn stars, scams, Russian Mafia, federal and international terrorists. Jack realizes that money alone, which now has more than enough, not enough to get out of this situation and resolve their problems, because he has the family that he cares about: his wife and two children.

Water for Elephants comes out in 2011 as an adaptation from the novel by Sara Gruen published in 2006. The movie, starts as a flashback of an old man and is set during the time of the Great Depression stars Robert Pattinson, of Twilight fame, playing a veterinary student, named Jacob Jankowski, who is orphaned and finds himself jumping aboard a passing train transporting the Benzini Brothers traveling circus. Jacob becomes the de facto veterinarian for the circus animals, including an elephant, name Rosie, who is 'un-trainable' until Pattinson's character finds a way to get through to her. Of course, there is a love triangle involving Pattinson, Academy Award winner Christopher Waltz, and the ever so hot Resse Witherspoon in here as well, but in order to avoid the spoiler, no more will be said. Suffice it to say, those who want to feel that 'tug' at their heartstrings will not be disappointed.

Black Orpheus is a 1959 film directed by Marcel Camus, set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. The film is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, but with a modern Brazilian twist. The story follows Orfeu, a streetcar conductor and musician, who falls in love with Eurydice, a woman fleeing from a jealous ex-lover. However, their love is threatened by fate and the forces of nature.