var title       =   '.modal-title',
    loader      =   '.ajax-loader',
    content     =   '.modal-content',
    dataRemote  =   'a[data-remote=true]',
    toolbar     =   'div.modal-footer',
    modal       =   '#ajax-modal';

//hides the modal and shows the ajax content
$(content).html('<div class=\'modal-header\' style=\"background-image: url(\'http://lakecinema.s3.amazonaws.com/movies/backdrops/000/000/800/normal/pBbwUKjxOfIsAChBzKsC3a6Zdfm.jpg?1612661519\')\">\n<div class=\'overlay\'>\n<h3 class=\'movie-title\'>The Secret Garden (PG)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\'modal-body\'>\n<div class=\'movie-details clearfix\'>\n<div class=\'gr70 left\'>\n<h4>Overview<\/h4>\nMary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\'gr20 right\'>\n<h4>Director<\/h4>\n<p>Marc Munden<\/p>\n<h4>Cast<\/h4>\n<li class=\'cast\'>Dixie Egerickx<\/li>\n<li class=\'cast\'>Colin Firth<\/li>\n<li class=\'cast\'>Julie Walters<\/li>\n<li class=\'cast\'>Maeve Dermody<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n');
$(modal).modal();
//brings the loader back up + gets rid of the content when linking to another controller method etc
$(content).on('click', dataRemote, function(){
  $(content).fadeOut('slow', function() {
    $(content).empty();
    $(loader).fadeIn('slow');
  });
});