Management chronicles the chance meeting of Mike Cranshaw (Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Aniston) when she checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike’s parents in Arizona. A bottle of wine ‘compliments of management’ jump starts the cross-country journey and unique courtship between two different kinds of people who are both ultimately looking for the same thing – a sense of happiness. Mike sees something special in button downed Sue that inspires him to take a chance and hit the road to go after her. But once he reaches Maryland, he finds that Sue has no place for an aimless dreamer in her carefully ordered life. Obsessed with making a difference in the world, Sue falls back in with her punk-turned-Yogurt mogul ex-boyfriend Jango (Harrelson), who promises her a chance to head his charity operations. But having finally found something worth fighting for, Mike puts his hops against her practicality, and the two embark on a twisted, bumpy, ultimately freeing journey to discover that their place in the world just might be together.

Playwright-turned-filmmaker Stephen Belber (he adapted his work Tape for Richard Linklater) looks to register a fall hit with his first movie, a comedy that will appeal to Aniston fans who like her best in offbeat roles. Paired with Zahn, it’s almost like Rachel is winding the clock back to when she hung out with Ron Livingston and Jake Gyllenhaal. But will Josh Lucas (of all people) steal the show as a porn star who gives his buddy Zahn some advice?

Rated R for language.

Director: Stephen Belber
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 15 May 2009 (USA)
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Romantic woes affect an interconnected group of Baltimore singles and marrieds. The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

We thought 2008 was all about 80s retro, but this movie looks to kick up the breezy nostalgia of the late 90s — back when most of Into You’s cast was in ascension. The source material here, the best-selling book by former Sex and the City story editor Greg Behrendt, is also responsible for the wayback effect. We wish star/producer Drew Barrymore would have shelled out for more reliable behind-the-camera talent, since the writer-direction trio makes us say yikes. Speaking of Ms. Barrymore, who is directing her first feature with Ellen Page in the lead role, she hooked up with co-star Justin Long during filming (and then they broke up — old news!); elsewhere, Jennifer Aniston was linked to Bradley Cooper for a bit. But no one wanted to even flirt with Ben Affleck. Here’zzzzz the trailer.

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.

Director: Ken Kwapis
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly
Studio: New Line Cinema
Release Date: 6 February 2009 (USA)