Federal Protection 2002  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Armand Assante, Angela Featherstone, Dina Meyer, David Lipper, Maxim Roy, Tony Calabretta, Maria Bertrand, Frank Chiesurin
Frankie (Armand Assante), a small-time Chicago mobster, is in trouble with his boss and avoids assassination by the henchmen, but he ends up in the hands of the law. Frankie comes under the federal protection program after testifying against his cohorts. But his life is still not easy as he gets mixed up in affairs that could lead him to be turned over to the mob.
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Illtown 1996  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Gomez
Cast: Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, Adam Trese, Kevin Corrigan, Paul Schulze, Angela Featherstone, Saul Stein, Tony Danza, Isaac Hayes
Drug dealer Dante (Michael Rapaport) is really a good guy who plays golf, loves his girlfriend Micky (Lili Taylor), and wants her to have his baby. Good drug dealers? What nonsense!
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Ivansxtc 2002  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Danny Huston, Peter Weller, Lisa Enos, James Merendino, Adam Krentzman, Joanne Duckman, Angela Featherstone, Caroleen Feeney, Valeria Golino, Tiffani Thiessen
Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is reset in modern-day Hollywood with Danny Huston in the role of a very successful talent agent, Ivan Bechman, who lives in the fast lane–until he turns up dead after an apparent suicide.
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Palmetto 1998 R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Michael Rapaport, Chloe Sevigny, Rolf Hoppe, Angela Featherstone, Tom Wright, Marc Macaulay, Joe Hickey
This film misses the boat on editing as well as casting (Woody Harrelson is wrong, wrong, wrong for his role). But the story is good–newly released from prison, Harry Barber (Woody Harrelson) eagerly accepts the chance for a quick buck when Rhea Malroux (Elisabeth Shue) offers him $50,000 to participate in a trumped-up kidnapping. But events don't go according to plan.
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The Soloist 2009 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Rachael Harris, Stephen Root, Nelsan Ellis, Angela Featherstone, Justin Martin, Michael Bunin, David Jean Thomas, Meggan Anderson, Matt Besser, Alejandro Patino
This film is based on the true story of the life of schizophrenic, gifted cellist Nathaniel Anthony Ayers (Jamie Foxx) who lands on the streets of Los Angeles after two years of studying music at Julliard. He is befriended by journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) who helps Nathaniel turn his life around after publishing a column about him. Numerous readers respond with offers to help, and not only Nathaniel, but Steve as well, find answers for their lives.
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Soul Survivors 2001 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stephen Carpenter
Cast: Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku, Angela Featherstone, Luke Wilson, Allen Hamilton, Ken Moreno, Carl Paoli, Barbara E. Robertson
After losing boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck) in a car accident, Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) finds herself in limbo, haunted by visions of Sean. Caught between the world of the living and the dead, Cassie continues her college studies while classmates Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annabel (Eliza Dushku) try to draw her to the dark side. Gory.
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The Wedding Singer 1998  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini Dow, Angela Featherstone, Steve Buscemi, Billy Idol, Alexis Arquette, Christina Pickles, Jodi Thelen, Frank Sivero, Patrick McTavish, Gemini Barnett
In this amusing love story that is reminiscent of the 1980s, Robby Hart (Adam Sandler) is a New Jersey singer who performs at weddings. Hart suffers a Jekyll and Hyde personality–either naively infatuated with a waitress, Julia (Drew Barrymore)–while they are both engaged to marry others–or performing like a pompous lout. Party, party, party!
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Zero Effect 1998  R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross, Sarah DeVincentis, Matt O'Toole, Michele Mariana, Robert Katims, Tyrone Henry, Aleta Barthell
Jake Kasdan wrote and directed this excellent film about a private investigator extraordinaire, Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) who is assigned to find the person responsible for the extortion of the Portland, Oregon, tycoon Gregory Stark (Ryan O'Neal). Zero and his assistant Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller) set up a sting operation, and soon Gloria Sullivan (Kim Dickens) becomes involved in the case. This is one very funny movie.
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| 1. Federal Protection (2002)
2. Illtown (1996)
3. Ivansxtc (2002)
4. Palmetto (1998)
5. The Soloist (2009)
6. Soul Survivors (2001)
7. The Wedding Singer (1998)
8. Zero Effect (1998)
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