Candy 2006  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tony(2) Martin, Noni Hazlehurst, Tom Budge, Roberto Maza-Mont, Holly Austin, Craig Moraghan, John(2) Lee, Tara Morice, Tim McKenzie
The passionate relationship shared by young poet Dan (Heath Ledger) and art student Candy (Abbie Cornish) involves many highs and lows when heroin takes over their lives and becomes more important to them than anything else.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish, Jordi Molla, John Shrapnel, Aimee King, Elise McCave, Penelope McGhie, Eddie Redmayne, Stuart McLoughlin, Adrian Scarborough
In this sequel to "Elizabeth" (1998), Cate Blanchett again takes the title role, and Geoffrey Rush returns as Elizabeth's closest advisor, Sir Francis Waisingham. Elizabeth has now been Queen of England for 27 years and, amidst the changing political and religious moods in 16th-century Europe, is struggling to maintain her position while Spanish King Philip II (Jordi Molla) plots to restore Catholicism to Protestant England. Meanwhile, the story emphasizes the personal side of Elizabeth including her flirtation with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) as well as the political intrigue between Elizabeth and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton). The film received an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Actress (Blanchett).
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A Good Year 2006   PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Abbie Cornish, Freddie Highmore, Tom Hollander, Didier Bourdon, Isabelle Candelier, Archie Panjabi, Rafe Spall, Richard Coyle, Kenneth Cranham, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Based on Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence," this is the tale of Englishman Max (Russell Crowe)–a ruthless, workaholic stock trader–who is notified that his nearly-forgotten Uncle Henry (Albert Finney) has died, leaving his Southern France vineyard estate to Max, his sole heir. Max had spent much time at the estate in his youth, and Uncle Henry was one of the few people that Max admired. His plan: sell quickly. But, upon reaching the estate, memories of his happy childhood at the estate give him second thoughts. Problems arise when he finds out that the estate is rundown, the wine is virtually undrinkable, and Christie (Abbie Cornish) arrives on the scene claiming to be Uncle Henry's illegitimate daughter.
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The Monkey's Mask 2000 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Samantha Lang
Cast: Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Marton Csokas, Deborah Mailman, Abbie Cornish, Jean-Pierre Mignon, Caroline Gillmer, Brendan Cowell, Bojana Novakovic, Linden Wilkinson
Lesbian private detective Jill Fitzpatrick (Susie Porter) answers the frantic call of a distraught mother (Linden Wilkinson) who needs help solving the disappearance of her daughter, Mickey (Abbie Cornish). When Mickey's strangled body turns up, Jill continues to investigate her list of suspects and then begins getting phone calls in verse on her own answering machine. Now, it is Jill's life that is in danger.
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Stop-Loss 2008 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Victor Rasuk, Terry Quay, Matthew Scott Wilcox, Connett Brewer, Timothy Olyphant, Josef Sommer, Linda Emond, Ciaran Hinds, Mamie Gummer, Alex Frost, Abbie Cornish
Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) and his squad fight the war in Iraq, and now Brandon and his hometown group–Sgt. Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), PFC Tommy Burgess (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Isaac "Eyeball" Butler (Rob Brown)–are returning to Brazos, Texas. But, they do not leave the war behind and have problems settling back into the civilian world. It is time for Brandon to be discharged when he learns that he has been reenlisted as part of the "stop-loss" program to protect national security. Brandon does not want to return to war and, instead, goes AWOL. With Steve's girlfriend Michelle (Abbie Cornish) at the wheel, Brandon and Michelle set out for Washington, D.C., so that Brandon can make a plea to Senator Orton Worrell (Josef Sommer). Along the way, Brandon makes his choice between duty to country and his own sanity.
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| 1. Candy (2006)
2. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
3. A Good Year (2006)
4. The Monkey's Mask (2000)
5. Stop-Loss (2008)
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