Shorts
Shorts is a series of short films that tells the tale of a rainbow coloured rock that grants wishes to residents of Black Falls, a ticky tacky suburb where all of the friends and neighbours work for Black Inc. which manufactures the Black Box, a utility that can do virtually anything. It’s the brainchild of Mr. Black (James Spader) a tyrannical captain of his underlings. He has two children, Cole (Devon Gearhart) and Helvetica (Jolie Vanier) who delight in bullying Toe Thompson (Jimmy Bennett) a friendless pre teen who becomes the primary owner of the magic rock even though it falls into the hands of just about everyone else in town. Adding to Toe’s tension is his home life where sister Stacey (the always intriguing Kat Dennings) is a pain and his mother (Leslie Mann) and father (Jon Cryer) are de facto arch rivals at Black Inc. thanks to Mr. Blacks plans for expansion. Shorts is short at 89 minutes, but with the agoraphobic scientist Dr. Noseworthy (William H. Macy) plus his nose picking son Nose Noseworthy (Jake Short) along with a trio of trouble making brothers Loogie (Trevor Gagnon) Lug (Rebel Rodriguez) and Laser (Leo Howard) tossed in with aliens and giant man eating boogers it will delight the young while a somewhat entertaining story will keep the parents who brought them amused.