Lisa Jane Persky

The complex life of Divine, the gleefully brash muse of director John Waters, who became one of the first drag superstars of the big screen.

A new female district attorney is unhappy with the gangs and corruption in New Orleans and bonds with a detective in this sultry crime thriller.

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal became rom-com icons for their irresistible turns as modern lovers on the eve of the 1990s in this swooning classic, directed by the late Rob Reiner. Received wisdom about relationships comes loose as the two characters do some more growing up in the scenic Big Apple.

Sporting conical crania, extraterrestrials Beldar and Prymaat crash land on Earth and find themselves stranded in New Jersey, where they are forced to live out a life as typical suburban humans, much to the chagrin of both their new and old planets.

As a whole nation awaits the Apollo XI mission to the moon, Washington and his son undertake a fantastic journey of their own. Their goal: to match the mileage from the Earth to the moon in Washington's 1949 Pontiac Chief, which has an odometer reading just 1,800 miles short of the distance. If Washington's calculations are correct, they will arrive just as the astronauts land on the moon.