Most people know of the old aphorism about revenge being a dish best served cold. But when the object of your need for reprisal is a multitude, how do you go about wreaking it? Perhaps the easiest or simplest is to attack something they all value. In this case, it is all of the peripheral characters who participated in the spreading of details on the death of Owen Reilly’s (Joseph Cross) father. And then publicize the process of murdering them with the zeal that they put into talking publicly about his dad’s suicide and thereby diminishing them. But how do you handle those who are too vague to realize that this is why it is happening to them?

Director:  Gregory Hoblit Writer:  Robert Fyvolent; Mark Brinker; Allison Burnett Cast:
Diane Lane -  Agent Jennifer Marsh Billy Burke -  Detective Eric Box Colin Hanks -  Agent Griffin Dowd Joseph Cross -  Owen Reilly Mary Beth Hurt -  Stella Marsh Peter Lewis -  Richard Brooks Tyrone Giordano -  Tim Wilks Perla Haney-Jardine -  Annie Haskins		Tim De Zarn -  Herbert Miller Christopher Cousins -  David Williams Jesse Tyler Ferguson -  Arthur James Elmer Trina Adams -  Female Cop #3 Brynn Baron -  Mrs. Miller John Breen -  Richard Weymouth Dan Callahan -  Trey Restom – Spoiled Preppie Erin Carufel -  Melanie

What’s so great about being a grown-up? I’ve wondered about that for years. I imagine you have too. Aside from needing a stipend to live on, being an adult can be overrated. Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy) seems to be doing fine, living off her inheritance. Sure, she hasn’t accomplished much, doesn’t have many real friends and can’t seem to cope with the day-to-day intricacies of city living. But she is having fun as long as her accountant Bob pays the bills. Now broke, homeless and in need of a job, she becomes a nanny for Ray Schliene (Dakota Fanning) and they have yet to connect. In a snit, Molly quits her job, walks out of the kitchen and slams the door. Unfortunately for her, it is a swinging door. Yeah, that sure does sting and likely will leave a scar.

Director:  Boaz Yakin Writer:  Allison Jacobs; Julia Dahl; Mo Ogrodnik; Lisa Davidowitz Cast:
Brittany Murphy -  Molly Gunn Dakota Fanning -  Lorraine “Ray” Schleine Marley Shelton -  Ingrid Donald Faison -  Huey Jesse Spencer -  Neal Austin Pendleton -  Mr. McConkey Heather Locklear -  Roma Schleine Will Toale -  Briefs Model		Marceline Hugot -  Nurse Pell James -  Julie Benjamin Quddus Philippe -  Party Guy Russell Steinberg -  Party Guy Susanna Frazer -  Ballet Teacher Wynter Kullman -  Holly Amy Korb -  Kelli Geraldine Bartlett -  Woman

Holly Anderson (Yasmine Bleeth) is enjoying lunch at an outdoor restaurant located beside a canal. She is the object of some attention by a struggling writer, Harrison Tyler (Dean Winters) when my attention was distracted by the semi-familiar locale. It turns out that the scene was filmed down at the end of my street. Not many movies get shot in my home town let alone within a block of my house. A fanboy’s dream.

Director:  Bryan Michael Stoller Writer:  Bryan Michael Stoller Cast:
Dean Winters -  Harrison Tyler Lorraine Ansell -  Melissa Morrison Yasmine Bleeth -  Holly Anderson Emily Mae Young -  Jenny Morrison Carmen -  Stenographer Elliot Durant -  Gangster Richard Eden -  Fred Yves Fournier -  Car Salesman		Craig Gauthier -  Employee Michel Grey -  Femme Fatale James Earl Jones -  The Judge Casey Kasem -  Himself Carherine Knight -  Mrs. Stevens Gabrielle Mackenzie -  Claire David L. McCallum -  Dan O’Donnel (Publisher) Russel Molot -  Bailiff

Have you ever done anything on impulse? It takes just a moment to decide (or not) to do something which can change your life. Turn left instead of right. Ask a question that pops into your head. Look at someone longer than is appropriate. It can change everything. You look back and wonder what might have happened had I done the other. Luke Falcon (Steven Strait) drops his glove and Brier Tucket (Pell James) calls him back to give it to him. Rather than take it as he gets on the subway, he tosses the other one back to her. He knows he should have gone back to see her but he’s in a hurry to get his career going. She gets that look in her eye and wonders whether he might have been the one.

Director:  Meiert Avis Writer:  John Galt Cast:
Pell James -  Brier Tucket Steven Strait -  Luke Falcon Shannyn Sossamon -  Josie Ashlee Simpson -  Clea Kip Pardue -  Euan Falcon Carrie Fisher -  Carrie Stephen Moyer -  Mick Benson Fisher Stevens -  Garrett Schweck		Perrey Reeves -  Michelle Peter Weller -  Wick Treadway Melissa Lawner -  Christy Cameron Thor -  Cameron Brian Scott -  Jason Ewan Chung -  Brendan, Garrett’s Assistant Brittany Ishibashi -  Trapeze Instructor Mann Alfonso -  Bat Guy

What does it take to prove you’re human? Violet Song jat Shariff (Milla Jovovich), a courier, discovers it takes a battery of tests. She’s ushered into a sterile room where they immobilize her, stick probes into her bloodstream and eyes, her mouth and teeth to verify breathing after which she is scanned again for bone, blood and tissue irregularities just so she can pick up a package for delivery and it turns out she is a fraud anyway. Oh dear…

Director:  Kurt Wimmer; Joe Ahearne Writer:  Kurt Wimmer Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Violet Song jat Shariff Cameron Bright -  Six Nick Chinlund -  Vicecardinum Ferdinand Daxus Sebastien Andrieu -  Nerva Ida Martin -  Young Violet William Fichtner -  Garth David Collier -  BF-1 Kieran O’Rorke -  Detective Cross		Digger Mesch -  Detective Endera Ryan Martin -  Detective Breeder Steven Calcote -  Young Daxus Ricardo Mamood -  Violet’s Husband Mike Smith -  Hospital Hemophage Clay Cullen -  Rebel Hemophage Jennifer Caputo -  Elizabeth P. Watkins Jack Murphy -  Chief of Staff

I don’t know how many days it took to film, how many people were involved, what sort of complexity it took to place the cameras, how often they had to do it to get it right or who did the actual stunt. I just sit there open-mouthed when United States Marshall Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) opens that roof door to see Mark Roberts/Mark Warren/Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes) standing on the edge of the roof facing towards the street and says he can’t be arrested because of what he knows. Mark Whatever then leans out, tumbles off the edge of the roof, swings down attached to some rope and swings out and over the street to the rail yards and lands on the roof of the station and leaps onto a train car leaving for elsewhere. My little heart goes pitty-pat every time.

Director:  Stuart Baird Writer:  Roy Huggins; John Pogue Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones -  Samuel Gerard Wesley Snipes -  Mark J. Sheridan/Mark Warren/Mark Roberts Robert Downey Jr. -  John Royce Joe Pantoliano -  Cosmo Renfro Daniel Roebuck -  Bobby Biggs Tom Wood -  Noah Woodrow Newman LaTanya Richardson -  Savannah Cooper		Irène Jacob -  Marie Bineaux Kate Nelligan -  Catherine Walsh Patrick Malahide -  Bertram Lamb Rick Snyder -  Frank Barrows Michael Paul Chan -  Xian Chen Johnny Lee Davenport -  Marshal Henry Donald Li -  Det. Kim

I’m the kind of guy that stores love to see stumbling through their doors. I have some trouble with impulse control. In recent years, this has manifested itself in the urge to buy whatever shiny catches my eye. I get home and shake my head and wonder what I was thinking when I pulled out my credit card. Mostly I’m able to control it but every so often, a friend will look around my place, see something new, shake their head and snort in annoyance. But I sure don’t have the troubles that Frances (Diane Lane) will have after buying a dilapidated old villa while on a two-week coach tour of the Tuscany region of Italy. But I have to admire her reasoning for making the purchase. If I thought I didn’t have the life I wanted and found myself afraid of its prospects, I’d pony up the bucks and buy that place.

Director:  Audrey Wells Writer:  Frances Mayes; Audrey Wells Cast:
Diane Lane -  Frances Sandra Oh -  Patti Lindsay Duncan -  Katherine Raoul Bova -  Marcello Vincent Riotta -  Martini Mario Monicelli -  Old Man with Flowers Roberto Nobile -  Placido Anita Zagaria -  Fiorella		Evelina Gori -  Nona Cardinale Giulia Steigerwalt -  Chiara Pawel Szajda -  Pawel Valentine Pelka -  Jerzy Sasa Vulicevic -  Zbignew Massimo Sarchielli -  Nino Claudia Gerini -  Signora Raguzzi Laura Pestellini -  Contessa