The Deep End of the Ocean 1999  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson, Ryan Merriman, John Kapelos, Michael McElroy, Cory Buck, Alexa Vega, Michael McGrady
Three-year-old Ben vanishes from a busy hotel lobby while his mother, Beth (Michelle Pfeiffer), is registering. In that moment when the distraught mother realizes her son is missing, Beth enters into the unfathomable world of those who have experienced this nightmare. Ben does reappear nine years later but now is the adopted son of George Karras (John Kapelos). With this discovery, two families must decide what is best for a young boy.
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Dennis the Menace Strikes Again 1998  G, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Charles T. Kanganis
Cast: Don Rickles, George Kennedy, Justin Cooper, Brian Doyle-Murray, Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Betty White, Dwier Brown, Heidi Swedberg, Keith Reece, Jacqueline Steiger, Danny Turner, Alexa Vega
Hank Ketcham's mischievous Dennis (Justin Cooper) returns in this direct-to-video/DVD film, and he does his best to wreck the entire neighborhood. Next-door neighbor Mr. Wilson (Don Rickles) continues to be the major victim, but when Dennis' Grandpa (George Kennedy) moves in with Dennis, Mr. Wilson finds that it's tough to keep up with Grandpa.
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Ghosts of Mississippi 1996  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Susanna Thompson, Virginia Madsen, William H. Macy, Lucas Black, Joseph Tello, Alexa Vega
This pretty good film unravels the story of prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter's (Alec Baldwin) unfailing efforts to win a conviction against racist Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods) for the premeditated murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evars in June 1963.
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 The Glimmer Man 1996  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Gray
Cast: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Brian Cox, Michelle Johnson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Bob Gunton, John M. Jackson, Peter Jason, Ryan Cutrona, Richard Gant, Robert Mailhouse, Johnny Strong, Alexa Vega
While on the trail of a serial killer in L.A., a detective, Lt. Jack Cole (Steven Seagal) is teamed up with Jim Campbell (Keenen Ivory Wayans). Cole becomes a suspect when his own ex-wife (Michelle Johnson) is murdered.
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Nine Months 1995 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams, Mia Cottet, Ashley Johnson, Joey Simmrin, Alexa Vega
This film is about a young man's fear of becoming a father. In this case, child psychologist Sam (Hugh Grant) is the father of Rebecca's (Julianne Moore) unborn child. Robin Williams is funny in his role as the obstetrician, and the movie does have some good gags, though overall, it's lightweight stuff.
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Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Alexa Vega, Anthony Head, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman, Bill Moseley, Nivek Ogre, Terrance Zdunich, Sarah Power, Jessica Horn, Branko Lebar, Brianna Buckmaster, Brad Austin, Anna Kostan, Marty Adams
It is the year 2056, and there is an epidemic of organ failures on the planet. President Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino) of GeneCo offers easy financing for transplant surgery but retains the right to repossess the organ if payments are not made on time. His hired assassin Repo Man (Anthony Head) stops at nothing to retrieve the organs. Rotti is dying, and his sons Luigi (Bill Moseley) and Pavi (Nivek Ogre)–along with his daughter Amber (Paris Hilton)–are fighting for control of GeneCo. Meanwhile, Repo Man has his own problems involving his 17-year-old daughter Shilo (Alexa Vega) who suffers from a rare blood disease, and Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman), who is Shilo's godmother, is his next target.
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Run the Wild Fields 2000  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul A. Kaufman
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Sean Patrick Flanery, Alexa Vega, Cotter Smith, Bill Lake, Christine Brubaker, Bradley Reid, Diane Douglas, Ron Payne, Shawn Lawrence
Ruby (Joanne Whalley) watches over the farm during World War II while her husband has been declared Missing in Action. Along comes drifter and pacifist Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery), and Ruth offers him a job to help on the farm. Family fare with a message.
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 Sleepover 2004 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Nussbaum
Cast: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington, Sara Paxton, Brie Larson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Douglas Smith, Katija Pevec, Steve Carell, Jeff Garlin, Kallie Flynn Childress
Fourteen-year-old girlfriends celebrate the last day of junior high school with a slumber party–complete with a scavenger hunt in competition with the "popular" girls at school–in this comedy aimed at early teens.
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 Spy Kids 2001  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin, George Clooney, Danny Trejo
Professional spies Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) and Ingrid Cortez (Carla Gugino) turn their backs on the business when they fall in love, marry, and raise children. Later, when they accept a spy job for old time's sake, their children (Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega) find themselves in roles of rescuers. The high-tech gadgets alone make this a family comedy worth viewing.
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 2002 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Steve Buscemi, Mike Judge, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor
Those Cortez kids–Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara)–are at it again. This time they travel with rival spy kids–Gary and Gerti Giggles (Matt O'Leary and Emily Osment)–to the mysterious island of Yukara where big trouble awaits in the form of a mad scientist.
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 2003 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor, Sylvester Stallone, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ryan Pinkston, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, George Clooney, Salma Hayek
The Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone) has designed a new reality game, and now those Spy Kids find themselves in cyberspace when Juni (Daryl Sabara) enters a video game to save his sister, Carmen (Alexa Vega).
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| 1. The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
2. Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (1998)
3. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
4. The Glimmer Man (1996)
5. Nine Months (1995)
6. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
7. Run the Wild Fields (2000)
8. Sleepover (2004)
9. Spy Kids (2001)
10. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
11. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
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