American Outlaws 2001 PG-13, 100 min. Genre: Western / Action
Director: Les Mayfield Cast: Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht, Will McCormack, Timothy Dalton, Gregory Smith, Kathy Bates, Ronny Cox, Harris Yulin, Terry O'Quinn, Ty O'Neal, Joe Stevens, Nathaniel Arcand, Barry Tubb
In real life, Jessie James (Colin Farrell) was a cold-blooded murderer. However, in this Western film, Jessie, his brother Frank (Gabriel Macht), and the Younger brothers–Cole (Scott Caan), Bob (Will McCormack), and Jim (Gregory Smith)–are portrayed as victims. In a post-Civil War vendetta against evil, they fight railroad baron Thaddeus Rains (Harris Yulin) and his corrupt railroad interests in the North. The brothers become local heroes, but Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton) is on their trail.
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Drive Me Crazy 1999 PG-13, 94 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Schultz Cast: Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins, Mark Metcalf, William Converse-Roberts, Faye Grant, Susan May Pratt, Chris Park, Ali Larter, Mark Webber
Nicole Maris (Melissa Joan Hart) needs a date for her prom and finds one in the person of her next-door neighbor, Chase Hammond (Adrian Grenier)–but not before she gives him a fashion makeover in preparation for the big night.
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Final Destination 2000 R, 90 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Wong Cast: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Amanda Detmer, Chad Donella, Brendan Fehr, Daniel Roebuck, Tony Todd, Barbara Tyson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Seann William Scott, Forbes Angus, Lisa Marie Caruk, Christine Chatelain
Alex (Devon Sawa) has a premonition about his high-school group's flight to Paris and, along with some of his friends, is able to get off the plane before it leaves. True to his premonition, the plane explodes shortly after takeoff. But Death does not like to be cheated, and the students saved by Alex start dying, one-by-one. A slightly different take on the teen slasher genre.
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Final Destination 2 2003 R, 90 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: David R. Ellis Cast: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, Terrence "T.C." Carson, Jonathan Cherry, Keegan Connor Tracy, Sarah Carter, Lynda Boyd, David Paetkau, James Kirk, Tony Todd, Justina Machado, Shaun Sipos, Andrew Airlie, Sarah Carter
Like the original "Final Destination" (2000), this film also uses the subject of premonitions as its focus. This time around, Kimberly (A.J. Cook) is on the entrance ramp to the freeway when she experiences a premonition about an impending crash. She stops and watches a terrible accident take place. Kimberly and others escape Death, or do they? It isn't long before the "survivors" begin dropping dead, one-by-one.
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The House on Haunted Hill 1999 R, 90 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Malone Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher, Chris Kattan, Max Perlich, Jeffrey Combs, Janet Tracy Keijser, Peter Graves, James Marsters, Dick Beebe, Slavitza Jovan, Lisa Loeb
Eccentric millionaire Stephen H. Price (Geoffrey Rush) plans a birthday party for his wife Evelyn (Famke Janssen) and offers $1,000,000 to any guest who can stay in a haunted house for one entire night. Once everyone arrives, they realize that they are locked inside. The house was once a mental institution, and it appears that its reputation of being haunted just might be true.
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001 R, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith Cast: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Renee Humphrey, Shannen Doherty, Ben Affleck, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter, Matt Damon, Carrie Fisher
Loud-mouth Jay Phad Buds (Jason Mewes) and his cohort, Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), are forced to stop selling dope outside a video store. Then they learn that a movie is being made about them. Finding that they will get no residuals from the film, they set out to wreck the production. This is one very funny flick.
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Legally Blonde 2001 PG-13, 96 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Luketic Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter, Jessica Cauffiel, Alanna Ubach, Oz Perkins, Linda Cardellini, Raquel Welch, Bruce Thomas, Meredith Scott Lynn
Blonde beauty queen Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is a Miss Hawaiian Tropic and sorority president at her Los Angeles college where she is dating Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) who comes from a wealthy East Coast family. Warner is sure that his family will not accept Elle and dumps her before entering law school at Harvard University. Elle has her own plans, and they center on winning back Warner. Elle enrolls at Harvard and, after a shaky start, undergoes a physical, as well as mental, transformation and, to the surprise of all, excels.
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Obsessed 2009 PG-13, 100 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steve Shill Cast: Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry O'Connell, Christine Lahti, Bonnie Perlman, Nathan&Nicolas Meyers, Scout Taylor-Compton, Bruce McGill, Richard Ruccolo, Bryan Ross, Nelson Mashita, Ron Rogge, Matthew Humphreys, Dana Cuomo
Derek Charles (Idris Elba) is successful in business and is happily married to Sharon (Beyonce Knowles). They are enjoying their infant son Kyle (Nathan and Nicolas Myers). Then, office temp Lisa (Ali Larter) reports for work at the office and flirts with Derek. The flirting turns from harmless play to dangerous stalking, which leads Derek and Sharon to use desperate measures to defend Derek's honor and to protect themselves from Lisa's potentially deadly activities.
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Resident Evil: Extinction 2007 R, 95 min. Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Russell Mulcahy Cast: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, Iain Glen, Ashanti, Mike Epps, Sienna Guillory, Christopher Egan, Spencer Locke, Matthew Marsden, Linden Ashby, Jason O'Mara, Kirk B.R. Woller
In this second (and last) sequel to "Resident Evil," which was based on a video game series, the dreaded virus that turns living creatures and humans into flesh-eating zombies has been released to the countryside by the evil Umbrella Corporation. Alice (Milla Jovovich), who has been genetically altered and has superhuman strength, along with the few remaining survivors, heads for Alaska where the virus has not yet been released. But, she is also on the lookout to take on Umbrella once and for all–and they, in turn are out to take on Alice once and for all.
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Varsity Blues 1999 R, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Robbins Cast: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback, Tiffany C. Love, Amy Smart, Eliel Swinton, Thomas F. Duffy, Ali Larter, Thomas F. Duffy, Jill Parker-Jones, Tonie Perensky, Joe Pichler
This coming-of-age drama takes place during football season in a small Texas town where Coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) has a winning reputation to uphold among West Canaan's "Coyote" fans. Fate steps in when star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) is injured. The leadership role is now taken by John Moxon (James Van Der Beck) who does not share his town's reverence for the sport of football. Instead, John has his eye on an ACADEMIC scholarship.
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|  1. American Outlaws (2001)
2. Drive Me Crazy (1999)
3. Final Destination (2000)
4. Final Destination 2 (2003)
5. Giving It Up (1999) aka: Casanova Falling
6. The House on Haunted Hill (1999)
7. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
8. Legally Blonde (2001)
9. Obsessed (2009)
10. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
11. Varsity Blues (1999)
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