 Bad Company 2002  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Gabriel Macht, Matthew Marsh, Peter Stormare, Kerry Washington, Garcelle Beauvais, Brooke Smith, Adoni Maropis, Daniel Sunjata, Dragan Micanovic, John Slattery, DeVone Lawson Jr., Wills Robbins, Marek Vasut
Jake Hayes (Chris Rock) is recruited by the CIA after his twin is killed while on a mission. But, the street-wise Hayes is not as polished as his brother and needs training. His brother's former partner, Gaylord Oakes (Anthony Hopkins), is chosen to teach Hayes how to impersonate his brother well enough to continue with the operation.
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The Broken Giant 1998  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Estep Nagy
Cast: John Glover, Brooke Smith, George Dickerson, Missy Yager, Will Arnett, Chris Noth, Joe Coleman
When a beautiful, but very distraught woman, Clio (Missy Yager), appears at the doorstep of the young minister Ezra Caton (Will Arnett), he lets her stay despite objections from his girlfriend (Brooke Smith) as well as his parishioners. Then Clio's father (John Glover) arrives on the scene and matters become complicated further.
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In Her Shoes 2005  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Ken Howard, Candice Azzara, Francine Beers, Norman Lloyd, Jerry Adler, Brooke Smith, Richard Burgi, Anson Mount
Sisters Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and Rose (Toni Collette) are direct opposites but best friends. Responsible Rose has rescued flighty Maggie on more than one occasion. But, when a drunken Maggie seduces Rose's boyfriend, Rose finally throws her out of the house. Maggie's solution is to track down their long-lost grandmother, Ella (Shirley MacLaine), who lives in a Florida seniors' complex. Rose finds Ella, and by story's end, both sisters take charge of their own lives and come to grips with life.
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Iron Jawed Angels 2004  TV, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Katja von Garnier
Cast: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Anjelica Huston, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker, Lois Smith, Patrick Dempsey, Laura Fraser, Vera Farmiga, Brooke Smith, Adilah Barnes, Bob Gunton, Julia Ormond, Carrie Snodgress
Women's suffrage is the theme of this story set in the early part of the 20th century when American feminist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and social reformer Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor) left the mainstream effort and formed a more radical wing fighting for women's right to vote. The title comes from Alice's fight against being force fed while on a hunger strike after being jailed with her suffragettes when they picketed the White House. While she showed courage, the real courage was that of the suffragettes as a whole whose efforts resulted in the ratification of the 19th Constitutional Amendment on July 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
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Kansas City 1996  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Buscemi, Brooke Smith, Jane Adams
This entertaining film represents Director Robert Altman's memories of his hometown. The setting is 1934, and the plot involves a bizarre kidnapping. However, the real story is the interaction of a varied assortment of characters: gamblers, socialites, politicians, musicians, and–oh yes–just ordinary people.
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Last Summer in the Hamptons 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Victoria Foyt, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Robin Baitz, Melissa Leo, Martha Plimpton, Holland Taylor, Ron Rifkin, Savannah Smith Boucher, Roddy McDowall, Roscoe Lee Browne, Andre Gregory, Brooke Smith
Three generations of a dysfunctional theatrical family gather at Helene's (Viveca Lindfors, in her last film) place in the Hamptons for one last time, since the place is no longer affordable. The chitchat changes to trouble when a rich and successful actress, Oona (Victoria Foyt), appears on the scene.
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Melinda and Melinda 2004 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brooke Smith, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, Josh Brolin, Daniel Sunjata
As the film skips between the two versions, playwrights Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) take different approaches–one comedy, one tragedy–in telling the story of Melinda (Radha Mitchell) and her efforts to straighten out her life.
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The Namesake 2007 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith, Sahira Nair, Glenne Headly, Mura Guha Thakurta, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Tamal Sengupta, Dhruv Mookerji, Michael Countryman, Heather MacRae, Stuart Rudin
Ashima (Tabu) leaves her home in Calcutta and arrives in New York for her arranged marriage to Ashoke (Irrfan Khan). The couple misses the culture of India but live the good life in Queens. As time passes, they have a son and a daughter, but as their son (Kal Penn) grows up he has problems dealing with the two cultures. After graduating from Yale, he even changes his name from Gogol to Nick and becomes involved with a WASP princess (Jacinda Barrett). But, a family tragedy convinces Nick to reconsider his decisions, and he sets off in a different direction with a new appreciation for his past.
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Series 7: The Contenders 2001 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Minahan
Cast: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Michael Kaycheck, Richard Venture, Merritt Wever, Angelina Phillips, Nada Despotovich, Donna Hanover, Danton Stone
This parody on reality-based TV shows centers on the TV program "The Contenders" on which contestants, selected at random by the lottery, find they must kill or be killed–all for the glory of winning the game.
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 The Silence of the Lambs 1991  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Brooke Smith, Kasi Lemmons, Diane Baker, Roger Corman, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Charles Napier, George A. Romero, Tracey Walter, Frankie Faison, Paul Lazar, Dan Butler
FBI recruit Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is given quite an assignment for her first case. In order to get a psychological profile of the killer she is pursuing, she must go to Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) who is himself a homicidal maniac locked in a cell for eight years. The film received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Foster), and Actor (Hopkins) and was nominated for two other awards.
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| 1. Bad Company (2002)
2. The Broken Giant (1998)
3. In Her Shoes (2005)
4. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
5. Kansas City (1996)
6. Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
7. Melinda and Melinda (2004)
8. The Namesake (2007)
9. Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
10. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
11. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
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