When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)

When Brendan Met Trudy

When you dawdle through life, holding on to it like a glass of water that you’re afraid will spill, it only takes a random bar encounter like his moment with Trudy (Flora Montgomery) to make a fellow like Brendan (Peter McDonald) realize that he is missing something. She brings pizazz into his life that only a burglar can provide. She is willing to take a chance on him too. He is in for the ride of his life.


Director:  Kieron J. Walsh
Writer:  Roddy Doyle
Cast:
Peter McDonald -  Brendan
Flora Montgomery -  Trudy
Marie Mullen -  Mother
Pauline McLynn -  Nuala
Don Wycherley -  Niall
Maynard Eziashi -  Edgar
Eileen Walsh -  Siobhan
Barry Cassin -  Headmaster
Niall O’Brien -  Judge
Rynagh O’Grady -  Lynn
Ali White -  Mary
Julie Hale -  Female Chorister
Jack Lynch -  Conductor
Dr. Stewart -  Himself
Robert O’Neill -  Dylan
Eoin Manley -  Cyril









War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds

His preteen daughter (Dakota Fanning) is allergic to peanut butter. His teenage son (Justin Chatwin) has nothing to say to him. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), a divorced father, is oblivious to the lives of his children. He doesn’t know who they are, what they like, how they cope with life. Yet, he has to care for them after the world is invaded. Mind you, they don’t know that yet. They don’t know much except that the electricity is gone (an EMT pulse), a giant machine has erupted from beneath the town’s roads and starts vapourizing people and buildings. His children expect him to lead them to safety and provide guidance and he is scared silly, flying by the seat of his pants, without a clue as to what to do next. How would you handle this?


Director:  Steven Spielberg
Writer:  Josh Friedman; David Koepp; H.G. Wells
Cast:
Tom Cruise -  Ray Ferrier
Dakota Fanning -  Rachel Ferrier
Justin Chatwin -  Robbie Ferrier
Miranda Otto -  Mary Ann
Tim Robbins -  Harlan Ogilvy
Rick Gonzalez -  Vincent
Yul Vazquez -  Julio
Lenny Venito -  Manny the Mechanic
Lisa Ann Walter -  Sheryl
Ann Robinson -  Grandmother
Gene Barry -  Grandfather
David Alan Basche -  Tim
Roz Abrams -  Herself
Michael Brownlee -  TV Reporter, Osaka
Camillia Sanes -  News Producer
Marlon Young -  News Cameraman









Walking Tall: The Payback (2007)

Walking Tall: The Payback

Sneaky, creepy guys bluster and chatter like squirrels and they have a predilection for going after the girls. Harvey Morris (A.J. Buckley) and his two buddies arrive at Crystal Martin’s (Jennifer Sipes) trailer eager to punish her for talking to the good guys about a secret council meeting. They try intimidation and move on to rape to show how manly they are.


Director:  Tripp Reed; Earl Bellamy
Writer:  Joe Halpin; Brian Strasmann; Howard B. Kreitsek
Cast:
Kevin Sorbo -  Nick Prescott
Yvette Nipar -  Agent Kate Jensen
A.J. Buckley -  Harvey Morris
Gail Cronauer -  Emma Prescott
Bentley Mitchum -  Walter Morris
Haley Ramm -  Samantha Jensen
Jennifer Sipes -  Crystal Martin
Robert Paschall Jr. -  Doyle Reed
Charles Baker -  Nate
Ron Bath -  Restaurant Patron
Riley Chambers -  Juror
Steve M. Clark -  Police/Deputy Sheriff
Jerry Cotton -  Traxell Byrne
John S. Davies -  Det. Pete Michaels
Vince Davis -  Dan Moses
J.D. Fryberger -  Howie









Witness Protection (1999)

Witness Protection

How do you cope with the circumstances of life when you have to reinvent them? If everything around you is falling apart such that all of your choices are taken from you, where do you turn? If you are Bobby “Bats” Batton (Tom Sizemore), the feds and witness protection. But now he has to get a job (something he has never had), put his kids in school (with no money fro private school) and pay for the day-to-day amenities all while doing an honest day’s labour.


Director:  Richard Pearce
Writer:  Robert Sabbag; Daniel Therriault
Cast:
Tom Sizemore -  Bobby Batton
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio -  Cindy Batton
Shawn Hatosy -  Sean Batton
Skye McCole-Bartusiak -  Suzie Batton
Forest Whitaker -  Steven Beck
William Sadler -  Sharp
Jim Metzler -  Jim Cutler
Greg Pitts -  Duffy
Daniel Zacapa -  David Ramirez
Greg Lipari Sr. -  Hit Man
Leon Russom -  Reedy
Joanna Merlin -  Cindy’s Mother
Harrison Young -  Cindy’s Father
Randy Thompson -  First Marshal
Byron Keith Minns -  Second Marshal
Janni Brenn -  Airplane Passenger









Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

A private eye always has to do things they’d rather not have to do. But this is their burden. Solving mysteries in other people’s lives and ignoring the ones in their own. Private dick Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) is not a fan of Toons since his brother was killed by one of their falling pianos. But he agrees reluctantly to clear Roger Rabbit who was framed for the murder of human nightclub owner Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye). He thinks that the culprit may be Roger’s wife, Jessica Rabbit (speaking voice of Kathleen Turner, singing voice of Amy Irving), who is a torch singer in Toontown. But she is able to convince him of her innocence (“I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.”) and suggest he look at Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd).


Director:  Robert Zemeckis
Writer:  Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price; Peter S. Seaman
Cast:
Bob Hoskins -  Eddie Valiant
Christopher Lloyd -  Judge Doom
Joanna Cassidy -  Dolores
Charles Fleischer -  Roger Rabbit/Benny The Cab/Greasy/Psycho (voice)
Stubby Kaye -  Marvin Acme
Alan Tilvern -  R.K. Maroon
Richard Le Parmentier -  Lt. Santino
Lou Hirsch -  Baby Herman (voice)
Betsy Brantley -  Jessica’s Performance Model
Joel Silver -  Raoul (Director)
Paul Springer -  Augie
Richard Ridings -  Angelo
Edwin Craig -  Arthritic Cowboy/Man in Bar
Lindsay Holiday -  Soldier
Mike Edmonds -  Stretch
Morgan Deare -  Editor/Bongo the gorilla (voice)









Wimbledon (2004)

Wimbledon

Peter Colt’s (Paul Bettany) agent Ron Roth (Jon Favreau) ducked and skipped his calls for the better part of a year. Now that Peter is in the limelight and Ron is back to slime his way into representing him for endorsements once again. Ron seems to everywhere disrupting people and events just to get his percentage. How much pond scum can one man spread before he clears a room?


Director:  Richard Loncraine
Writer:  Adam Brooks; Jennifer Flackett; Mark Levin
Cast:
Kirsten Dunst -  Lizzie Bradbury
Paul Bettany -  Peter Colt
Kyle Hyde -  Monte Carlo Opponent
Robert Lindsay -  Ian Frazier
Celia Imrie -  Mrs. Kenwood
Penny Ryder -  Mrs. Littlejohn
Annabel Leventon -  Mrs. Rossdale
Amanda Walker -  Country Club Tennis Lady
James McAvoy -  Carl Colt
Bernard Hill -  Edward Colt
Eleanor Bron -  Augusta Colt
Marina Morgan -  Hotel Receptionist
Barry Jackson -  Danny Oldham
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau -  Dieter Prohl
Sam Neill -  Dennis Bradbury
Beti Sekulovski -  Lizzie’s 1st Opponent