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






Love Stinks (1999)

Love Stinks

Have you ever done an Elvis impersonation? Did you try doing the voice? Or maybe got gussied up in a similar jumpsuit? The sneer is something most try. Well, Chelsea Turner (Bridgette Wilson) does a great Elvis impersonation of one of The King’s numbers from Viva Las Vegas. And it isn’t just the singing. She has the dance steps to match. But she has something more than Elvis was ever able to give to his fans when she pulls open her top.


Director:  Jeff Franklin
Writer:  Jeff Franklin
Cast:
French Stewart -  Seth Winnick
Bridgette Wilson -  Chelsea Turner
Bill Bellamy -  Larry Garnett
Tyra Banks -  Holly Garnett
Steve Hytner -  Marty Mark
Jason Bateman -  Jesse Travis/Ronnie
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen -  Rebecca Melini/Juliette
Ellis E. Williams -  Minister
Ivana Milavich -  Amber
Montrose Hagins -  Nana
Renata Scott -  Mrs. Littlejohn
Warren Littlefield -  Peter Bloomstein
Lisa Amsterdam -  Writer
Tom Gammill -  Writer
Tim Hightower -  Writer
Hal Spear -  Writer









The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

How does one decide when your time is over? Do you follow your heart or your head?

In Rivendell, Arwen (Liv Tyler) knows her heart belongs to Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen). She also knows she will live on as he ages, grows old and dies. Should she give up her immortality and be with the man she loves or follow her family into exile? She is convinced by Elrond (Hugo Weaving) that the age of Elves is ending and leaves for the West.


Director:  Peter Jackson
Writer:  J.R.R. Tolkien; Frances Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Stephen Sinclair; Peter Jackson
Cast:
Elijah Wood -  Frodo Baggins
Ian McKellen -  Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the White
Liv Tyler -  Arwen
Viggo Mortensen -  Aragorn
Sean Astin -  Samwise ‘Sam’ Gamgee
Cate Blanchett -  Galadriel
John Rhys-Davies -  Gimli/Voice of Treebeard
Bernard Hill -  Theoden
Christopher Lee -  Saruman the White
Billy Boyd -  Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took
Dominic Monaghan -  Meriadoc ‘Merry’ Brandybuck
Orlando Bloom -  Legolas Greenleaf
Hugo Weaving -  Elrond
Miranda Otto -  Eowyn
David Wenham -  Faramir
Brad Dourif -  Grima Wormtongue









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









Lies & Alibis (2006)

Lies & Alibis

The Mormon (Sam Elliott) is having a bad day. The events that he has been orchestrating have blown to hell and gone. Walking down the hotel corridor he sees a chance to save himself when he pulls a gun on Detective Bryce (Debi Mazar), not knowing she’s a cop. Dragging her back to her hotel room as a hostage, he pushes in to the room only to find it full of cops with their guns drawn and pointed at him. Discretion being the better part of valour, he surrenders gracefully.


Director:  Matt Checkowski; Kurt Mattila
Writer:  Noah Hawley
Cast:
Jerry O’Connell -  Businessman
Jon Polito -  Jimmy the Photographer
Deborah Kara Unger -  Dorothy
Steve Coogan -  Ray Elliot
Rebecca Romijn -  Lola
Henry Rollins -  Putty
Selma Blair -  Adelle
Jim Cody Williams -  BoBo
Sam Elliott -  The Mormon
James Brolin -  Robert Hatch
Sharon Lawrence -  Judith Hatch
John Leguizamo -  Hannibal
James Marsden -  Wendell Hatch
Debi Mazar -  Detective Bryce
Aimee Garcia -  Operator #1
Yasmine Delawari -  Operator #2









Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Lilo & Stitch

Stitch (voice of Chris Sanders) finds himself a resident of the local pound and seems to be enjoying himself. All of the other denizens are hiding in the rafters and behind the feed bins as he decides it is time to walkabout. Lilo (voice of Daveigh Chase) drops by for a visit as she is in the market for a dog to keep her company. She’s quite surprised to find the dog run deserted but for a fuzzy blue creature which sorta looks like a dog. She falls for him at first sight and there is no prying the two of them apart.


Director:  Chris Sanders; Dean DeBlois

 

Cast:
Daveigh Chase -  Lilo [Voice]
Chris Sanders -  Stitch [Voice]
Tia Carrere -  Nani [Voice]
David Ogden Stiers -  Jumba [Voice]
Kevin McDonald -  Pleakley [Voice]
Ving Rhames -  Cobra Bubbles [Voice]
Zoe Caldwell -  Grand Councilwoman [Voice]
Jason Scott Lee -  David Kawena [Voice]
Kevin Richardson -  Captain Gantu [Voice]
Susan Hegarty -  Rescue Lady [Voice]
Amy Hill -  Mrs. Hasagawa [Voice]









Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Lucky Number Slevin

Suppose a crime lord asks you to kill the gay son of a rival gangster to pay off a $96,000 debt that belongs to a friend in whose place you’re staying as a result of losing your job, your apartment and finding your girlfriend in bed with another guy? How’s that for luck? Just ask Slevin Kelevra (Josh Hartnett). It is how Lindsay (Lucy Liu) describes his life.


Director:  Paul McGuigan
Writer:  Jason Smilovic
Cast:
Josh Hartnett -  Slevin Kelevra
Bruce Willis -  Goodkat
Lucy Liu -  Lindsey
Morgan Freeman -  The Boss
Ben Kingsley -  The Rabbi
Michael Rubenfeld -  Yitzchok ‘the Fairy’
Peter Outerbridge -  Dumbrowski
Stanley Tucci -  Detective Brikowski
Kevin Chamberlin -  Marty
Dorian Missick -  Elvis
Mykelti Williamson -  Sloe
Scott Gibson -  Max
Daniel Kash -  Bodyguard #1
Dmitry Chepovetsky -  Bodyguard
Danny Aiello -  Roth, the Bookie
Sam Jaeger -  Nick Fisher









Liar Liar (1997)

Liar Liar

It is a source of constant wonder to me to discover what might lure a woman into thinking that she wants to have her way with me. It doesn’t happen often but if the verbal skill of Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is anything to go by, I should have gone to law school. Miranda’s (Amanda Donohoe) look of amazement and mirth as Fletcher stretches to story of Samantha Cole’s (Jennifer Tilly) circumstances and estrangement from her husband culminates in her seduction, biting Fletcher’s lower lip and leading him away.


Director:  Tom Shadyac
Writer:  Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur
Cast:
Jim Carrey -  Fletcher Reede
Maura Tierney -  Audrey Reede
Justin Cooper -  Max Reede
Cary Elwes -  Jerry
Anne Haney -  Greta
Jennifer Tilly -  Samantha Cole
Amanda Donohoe -  Miranda
Jason Bernard -  Judge Marshall Stevens
Swoosie Kurtz -  Dana Appleton
Mitchell Ryan -  Mr. Allan
Chip Mayer -  Kenneth Falk
Eric Pierpoint -  Richard Cole
Cheri Oteri -  Jane
SW Fisher -  Pete
Ben Lemon -  Randy
Jarrad Paul -  Zit Boy









Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life

I was idling away an evening watching this movie again when the bad guys had forced the good guys to lead them to the Cradle of Life to find Pandora’s box. They were headed into the are of the shadows and we see a portion of the country that looks like it has been swept through by a forest fire when Cthulhu Mythos popped into my head. Geez, where did that come from? Then the bad guys get picked off one by one and thoughts of the minions of the Elder Gods surfaced. Then Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) drops the glowing bowling ball map down into what looks like a hole in a pinball table and I wondered whether we were in the middle of a H.P. Lovecraft shooter game. The unseen horror of Doom arises made me smirk.


Director:  Jan de Bont
Writer:  Steven E. de Souza; James V. Hart; Dean Georgaris
Cast:
Angelina Jolie -  Lara Croft
Gerard Butler -  Terry Sheridan
Ciarán Hinds -  Jonathan Reiss
Christopher Barrie -  Hillary
Noah Taylor -  Bryce
Djimon Hounsou -  Kosa
Til Schweiger -  Sean
Simon Yam -  Chen Lo
Terence Yin -  Xien
Daniel Caltagirone -  Nicholas Petraki
Fabiano Martell -  Jimmy Petraki
Jonathan Coyne -  Gus Petraki
Robert Cavanah -  MI6 Agent Stevens
Ronan Vibert -  MI6 Agent Calloway
Lenny Juma -  Village Leader
Raymond Offula -  Village Leader