Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)

Vegas, City of Dreams

Siblings have a connection to one another that exceeds the usual. They seem to know when one is about to do something, to finish each other’s sentences, to sense what the others are feeling and to anticipate what is happening in their life. Jessica Garrett (Monika Schnarre) is in the kitchen chatting with her two remaining sisters when she experiences a flash of insight and begins seeing bits and pieces of her dead sister, Gabrielle’s (Carrie Stevens) life just days just before her murder. With the flashes of insight and the help of her other sisters, Katherine (Erika Eleniak) and Brenda (Brenda Epperson Doumani), she realizes she may be able to figure out where her sister spent her time and to track down her killer.


Director:  Lorenzo Doumani
Writer:  Lorenzo Doumani; E.M. Toohey
Cast:
Joe Don Baker -  Dylan Garrett
Daniel Benzali -  Dr. Sigmund Stein
Carlos Bernard -  Chico Escovedo
Angelica Bridges -  Masseuse
Erika Eleniak -  Katherine Garrett
Brenda Epperson Doumani -  Brenda Garrett
Joey House -  Michelle Deveroux
Tony Plana -  Captain Martin
Steve Rossi -  Joe Russo
Monika Schnarre -  Jessica Garrett
Carrie Stevens -  Gabrielle Garrett
John Taylor -  Byron Lord
Michael A. Tessiero -  Bartender Mike
Michael Tylo -  Gustav
Paul Winfield -  Edgar Jones
Angie Bridges -  Katherine Garrett









Vacancy (2007)

Vacancy

I used to do quite a bit of traveling. It involved staying in all manner of hotel and motel. One I remember fondly had rooms the size of strip mall stores and all its furniture was arrayed along the wall. I could have held a floor hockey game in the middle. But at least it was clean. Not like the room that David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox (Kate Beckinsale) occupied when stranded along some forgotten rural route. At least they had some entertainment in the form of a VCR. Sadly, they were tapes of the murders of the previous room occupants.


Director:  Nimrod Antal
Writer:  Mark L. Smith
Cast:
Kate Beckinsale -  Amy Fox
Luke Wilson -  David Fox
Frank Whaley -  Mason
Ethan Embry -  Mechanic
Scott G. Anderson -  Killer
Mark Casella -  Truck Driver
David Doty -  Highway Patrol
Norm Compton -  Snuff Victim
Caryn Mower -  Snuff Victim
Meegan Godfrey -  Snuff Victim
Kym Stys -  Snuff Victim
Andrew Fiscella -  Snuff Victim
Dale Waddington Horowitz -  Snuff Victim
Ernest Misko -  Snuff Victim
Bryan Ross -  Snuff Victim
Chevon Hicks -  Snuff Victim









Very Bad Things (1998)

Very Bad Things

How do you know if you’ve made the wrong decision? Most likely, it will be evident in what happens as a result. What do you do if you can’t back out of the choice made? Compound it with another choice that could go wrong too? Sure, why not? It can’t get much worse, can it? Yup, it can. Just ask Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau) who is about to marry Laura Garrity (Cameron Diaz). His buddy Robert Boyd (Christian Slater) has organized a bachelor party for him in Las Vegas, replete with recreational drugs, gallons of booze and a stripper. The stripper winds up dead through some rather over-enthusiastic sex with Michael Berkow (Jeremy Piven). Robert convinces the others that the best thing to do is not dial 911, but to bury her out in the desert. When a hotel security guard investigates the hubbub, Robert deliberately murders him and convinces the others to bury both of the bodies in the desert and head home. Dear, dear…


Director:  Peter Berg
Writer:  Peter Berg
Cast:
Jon Favreau -  Kyle Fisher
Leland Orser -  Charles Moore
Cameron Diaz -  Laura Garrity
Christian Slater -  Robert Boyd
Rob Brownstein -  Man
Jeremy Piven -  Michael Berkow
Daniel Stern -  Adam Berkow
Jeanne Tripplehorn -  Lois Berkow
Joey Zimmerman -  Adam Berkow Jr.
Tyler Malinger -  Timmy Berkow
Carla Scott -  Tina
Russell B. McKenzie -  Security Guard
Pancho Demmings -  Cop
Blake Gibbons -  Suit
Angelo Di Mascio Jr. -  Clerk
Lawrence Pressman -  Mr. Fisher









V for Vendetta (2005)

V for Vendetta

In a police state full of repression, lack of civil liberties, how is one able to overcome, resist, stand fast? Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman), caught out after curfew, gets on the government’s radar after V’s (Hugo Weaving) actions against the powers that be. Her job in television is in jeopardy when V gets stopped escaping by Dascomb (Ben Miles) after his pirate broadcast by macing the government lad. It all starts with small incidents spread by rumour.


Director:  James McTeigue; Wachowski Brothers
Writer:  Alan Moore; Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
Cast:
Natalie Portman -  Evey Hammond
Hugo Weaving -  V
Stephen Rea -  Inspector Eric Finch
Stephen Fry -  Gordon Deitrich
John Hurt -  Chancellor Adam Sutler
Tim Pigott-Smith -  Creedy
Rupert Graves -  Dominic
Roger Allam -  Lewis Prothero
Ben Miles -  Dascomb
Sinéad Cusack -  Delia Surridge
Natasha Wightman -  Valerie
John Standing -  Bishop Lilliman
Eddie Marsan -  Etheridge
Clive Ashborn -  Guy Fawkes
Emma Field-Rayner -  Guy Fawkes Lover
Ian Burfield -  Tweed Coat Fingerman









Van Wilder (2002)

Van Wilder

I could teach Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) a thing or two. I spent eight years at university. Mind you, I got a degree and almost had a second one while Van spends seven years as an undergrad. But it is always a dilemma whether to get out into the world or stay in the familiar cocoon of school. You can always find a party, friends are everywhere and nobody much bothers you as long as you pay your fees and don’t fail too often. But sometimes looking over the fence, you see what more life in the world has to offer and it comes down to deciding whether to return and register or find a job. But it means asking what’s out there that you can’t get in here? Well, there’s Gwen Pearson (Tara Reid) for one.


Director:  Walt Becker; Walter Becker
Writer:  Brent Goldberg; David Wagner; David T. Wagner
Cast:
Ryan Reynolds -  Van Wilder
Tara Reid -  Gwen Pearson
Tim Matheson -  Vance Wilder Sr.
Kal Penn -  Taj Mahal Badalandabad
Teck Holmes -  Hutch
Daniel Cosgrove -  Richard Bagg
Deon Richmond -  Mini Cochran
Alex Burns -  Gordon
Emily Rutherfurd -  Jeannie
Paul Gleason -  Professor Ted McDoogle
Erik Estrada -  Erik Estrada
Curtis Armstrong -  Campus Cop
Jason Winer -  Panos Patakos
Chris Owen -  Suicidal Freshman
Stacy Bellew -  Roller Girl
Simon Helberg -  Vernon









Van Helsing (2004)

Van Helsing

It is never a good idea to piss off a woman, especially one who carries weapons. Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) is preparing to go after the vampires as she sheathes a sword, slips a knife into a boot sheathe, checks and holsters a pistol, grabs a pointy hammer and strides with determination towards the castle keep. Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) sprays her with a knockout gas and, when she awakes, she goes looking for him.


Director:  Stephen Sommers
Writer:  Stephen Sommers
Cast:
Hugh Jackman -  Van Helsing
Kate Beckinsale -  Anna Valerious
Richard Roxburgh -  Count Vladislaus Dracula
David Wenham -  Carl
Shuler Hensley -  Frankenstein’s Monster
Elena Anaya -  Aleera
Will Kemp -  Velkan
Kevin J. O’Connor -  Igor
Alun Armstrong -  Cardinal Jinette
Silvia Colloca -  Verona
Josie Maran -  Marishka
Tom Fisher -  Top Hat
Samuel West -  Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Robbie Coltrane -  Mr. Hyde
Stephen H. Fisher -  Dr. Jekyll
Dana Moravková -  Barmaid