The Last Run (2004)

The Last Run

It is easy to get lost. All it takes is a wrong turn and you find yourself looking around and wondering what happened and how you got to this point. Just as Steven Goodson (Fred Savage). He took the advice of his friend Jack Manning (Steven Pasquale), went on a tear after dumping his cheating girlfriend Chloe (Andrea Bogart) and turned into a hound of the first stripe. Now he’s broke, fired from his job and sniffing around any girl that will give him the time of day. One night, he runs into Amelia (Erinn Bartlett), an old high school chum he was too shy to date, and finds himself ambivalent over whether he wants to see her again or seduce her on the spot. Maybe he has run out of steam.


Director:  Jonathan Segal; Anthony Hickox
Writer:  Todd M. Camhe; Jonathan Segal
Cast:
Fred Savage -  Steven Goodson
Amy Adams -  Alexis
Steven Pasquale -  Jack Manning
Andrea Bogart -  Chloe
Erinn Bartlett -  Amelia
Vyto Ruginis -  Clancy
Robert Romanus -  Steven’s Boss
Ray Baker -  Mr. Powers
Abby Brammell -  Bar-Back Chick
Amanda Swisten -  Sage
Lisa Arturo -  Ginger
Jillian Bach -  Felicia
Ina Barron -  Stunning Brunette
Judith Benezra -  Bridget
Art Bonilla -  Landscaping Co-Worker
Sharon Brathwaite -  Renee






National Treasure (2004)

National Treasure

Why do adults think that kids don’t know what they are doing? After getting the cryptic letter codes from the Silence Dogood letters needed to locate the next clue in their scavenger hunt for the legendary Knights Templar treasure, Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) wonders aloud whether the copied results are correct. The young lad next to him gives him the hairy eyeball implying that is question he may regret asking.


Director:  Jon Turteltaub
Writer:  Jim Kouf; Oren Aviv; Charles Segars; Cormac Wibberley; Marianne Wibberley
Cast:
Nicolas Cage -  Ben Gates
Diane Kruger -  Abigail Chase
Justin Bartha -  Riley Poole
Sean Bean -  Ian Howe
Jon Voight -  Patrick Gates
Harvey Keitel -  Sadusky
Christopher Plummer -  John Adams Gates
David Dayan Fisher -  Shaw
Stewart Finlay-McLennan -  Powell
Oleg Taktarov -  Shippen
Stephen Pope -  Phil
Annie Parisse -  Agent Dawes
Mark Pellegrino -  Agent Johnson
Armando Riesco -  Agent Hendricks
Erik King -  Agent Colfax
Don McManus -  Dr. Stan Herbert









Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 2

Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina) is a brilliant scientist and Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finds him to be a kindred spirit after meeting with him to get some background for a school report. He may be the mentor for which Peter has been searching as he has time for both romance and science much like Peter would like to have with Mary Jane Parker (Kirsten Dunst). But Peter’s view of him is sadly torn asunder when he discovers that this kind and gentle soul has morphed into Doc Ock following the laboratory accident which has fused mechanical arms to his body and killed his beloved.


Director:  Sam Raimi
Writer:  Stan Lee; Steve Ditko; Alfred Gough; Miles Millar; Michael Chabon; Alvin Sargent
Cast:
Tobey Maguire -  Spider-Man/Peter Parker
Kirsten Dunst -  Mary Jane Watson
James Franco -  Harry Osborn
Alfred Molina -  Doc Ock/Dr. Otto Octavius
Rosemary Harris -  May Parker
J.K. Simmons -  J. Jonah Jameson
Donna Murphy -  Rosalie Octavius
Daniel Gillies -  John Jameson
Dylan Baker -  Dr. Curt Connors
Bill Nunn -  Joseph ‘Robbie’ Robertson
Vanessa Ferlito -  Louise
Aasif Mandvi -  Mr. Aziz
Willem Dafoe -  Green Goblin/Norman Osborn
Cliff Robertson -  Ben Parker
Ted Raimi -  Hoffman
Elizabeth Banks -  Miss Brant









The Aviator (2004)

The Aviator

Some times money can’t get you anything or anyone you want. As much as you’re willing to spend, people still decide that you can’t buy them. Maybe you can rent for awhile though. Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is smitten by Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale) and tries to buy his way into her life. But hers is already a rich one. She is, however, willing to compromise by letting him buy her dinner.


Director:  Martin Scorsese
Writer:  John Logan
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio -  Howard Hughes
Cate Blanchett -  Katharine Hepburn
Kate Beckinsale -  Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly -  Noah Dietrich
Alec Baldwin -  Juan Trippe
Alan Alda -  Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian Holm -  Professor Fitz
Danny Huston -  Jack Frye
Gwen Stefani -  Jean Harlow
Jude Law -  Errol Flynn
Adam Scott -  Johnny Meyer
Matt Ross -  Glenn Odekirk
Kelli Garner -  Faith Domergue
Frances Conroy -  Mrs. Hepburn
Brent Spiner -  Robert Gross
Stanley DeSantis -  Louis B. Mayer









Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Coolest escape ever? It could be when Alice (Milla Jovovich) is chased by Nemesis (Matthew Taylor) and she barrels through a window, slips into the offices and finds herself stranded in a blind hallway. Without hesitating, she bullets a hole in the wall, slides onto her back with guns blazing backwards over her head to slow down Nemesis, hurtles into an air shaft, slides down into a basement, tips over a dumpster just before an explosive round detonates in the shaft.


Director:  Alexander Witt

 

Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Alice
Sienna Guillory -  Jill Valentine
Oded Fehr -  Carlos Oliviera
Thomas Kretschmann -  Major Cain
Sophie Vavasseur -  Angie Ashford
Razaaq Adoti -  Sgt. Peyton Wells
Jared Harris -  Dr. Charles Ashford
Mike Epps -  L.J.
Sandrine Holt -  Terri Morales
Matthew Taylor -  Nemesis
Malcolm Xerxes -  Featured City Hall Undead #1
Deborah Valente -  Tech
Natalie Charles -  Refugee #2
Tom Gerhardt -  Zombie Dad
Michy Gustavia -  Featured City Hall Undead #2
Shane Mackinnon -  Featured City Hall Undead #3









The Girl Next Door (2004)

The Girl Next Door

It is always surprising when people get upset when the tables are turned on them. What do they expect?

Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is mesmerized when he sees his new next door neighbour getting undressed. She know he is there but he tries to hide. Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert) drops by to introduce herself and get a local tour. While driving around, she manipulates him with a cocked eyebrow to disrobe so she can see him naked too. Reluctant to do so, a crooked smile and a cocked eyebrow soon have the teenage Matthew in the street, naked, running along with only an inner tube to shield the neighbours.


Director:  Luke Greenfield
Writer:  David Wagner; Brent Goldberg; Stuart Blumberg; David T. Wagner
Cast:
Emile Hirsch -  Matthew Kidman
Elisha Cuthbert -  Danielle
Timothy Olyphant -  Kelly
James Remar -  Hugo Posh
Chris Marquette -  Eli
Paul Dano -  Klitz
Timothy Bottoms -  Mr. Kidman
Donna Bullock -  Mrs. Kidman
Jacob Young -  Hunter
Brian Kolodziej -  Derek
Brandon Irons -  Troy
Amanda Swisten -  April
Sung Hi Lee -  Ferrari
Ulysses Lee -  Samnang
Harris Laskawy -  Dr. Salinger
Julie Osburn -  Jeannie









The Defender (2004)

The Defender

Jerry Springer as POTUS? He may be able to talk the talk but I’d imagine he’d have a tough time dealing with the day-to-day stuff. The second shock is that Dolph Lundgren is the director of this movie and he does a better than average job. Colour me surprised.


Director:  Dolph Lundgren; Corey Yuen; Kazuya Konaka
Writer:  Douglas W. Miller
Cast:
Dolph Lundgren -  Lance Rockford
Jerry Springer -  President of the United States
Shakara Ledard -  Kaye
Thomas Lockyer -  Stevenson
Caroline Lee-Johnson -  Mrs. Jones
Gerald Kyd -  Morgan
Ian Porter -  Newell
Howard Antony -  Parker
Geoffrey Burton -  Jamal
Iddo Goldberg -  Scripts
James Chalke -  Lee
Leigh Zimmerman -  Reporter
Steven Elder -  Tech 1
Radu Florescu -  Aide
Ovidiu Niculescu -  Officer
Cristina Teodorescu -  Nurse









In Good Company (2004)

In Good Company

Heart attack city. A handful of events converge. All impose a degree of stress. They intertwine, offset, distract, merge. How much can a body absorb before an effect is noticed. All it takes is one more before… At 51, Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) and his wife Ann (Marg Helgenberger) are having a baby, his new boss, for whom he is passed over, is 26 and his daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson) is dating him. Can it get any worse?


Director:  Paul Weitz; Chris Weitz
Writer:  Paul Weitz
Cast:
Dennis Quaid -  Dan Foreman
Topher Grace -  Carter Duryea
Scarlett Johansson -  Alex Foreman
Marg Helgenberger -  Ann Foreman
David Paymer -  Morty
Clark Gregg -  Mark Steckle
Philip Baker Hall -  Eugene Kalb
Selma Blair -  Kimberly
Frankie Faison -  Corwin
Ty Burrell -  Enrique Colon
Kevin Chapman -  Lou
Amy Aquino -  Alicia
Zena Grey -  Jana Foreman
Colleen Camp -  Receptionist
Lauren Tom -  Obstetrician
Ron Bottitta -  Porsche Dealer









Little Black Book (2004)

Little Black Book

Stacy (Brittany Murphy), a newly minted associate producer of a popular daytime syndicated talk show starring Kippie Kann (Kathy Bates), wonders why her boyfriend Derek (Ron Livingston) is having difficulty committing to their relationship. She decides to interview his past girlfriends under the guise of the TV show. She cracks the password on Derek’s Palm handheld for their addresses and find info she’d rather not have known about him and his past. Unbeknownst to Stacy, her erstwhile friend and boss Barb (Holly Hunter) has pitched Stacy’s search through Derek’s past as a live show. It isn’t until she finds herself in front of the cameras on stage that she realizes maybe Derek isn’t the guy for her and she isn’t the one for him. But, then again, trust is in rather short supply.


Director:  Nick Hurran
Writer:  Melissa Carter; Elisa Bell
Cast:
Brittany Murphy -  Stacy
Holly Hunter -  Barb
Kathy Bates -  Kippie Kann
Ron Livingston -  Derek
Julianne Nicholson -  Joyce
Stephen Tobolowsky -  Carl
Kevin Sussman -  Ira
Rashida Jones -  Dr. Rachel Keyes
Josie Maran -  Lulu Fritz
Jason Antoon -  Larry
Sharon Lawrence -  Mom
Gavin Rossdale -  Random
Cress Williams -  Phil
Dave Annable -  Bean
Yvette Nicole Brown -  Production Assistant
Vivian Bang -  Katie