Disappearances 2006  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Jay Craven
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Charlie McDermott, Genevieve Bujold, Gary Farmer, Lothaire Bluteau, Heather Rae, Luis Guzman, William Sanderson, Rusty De Wees, John Griesemer, Munson Hicks, Mark Jenks, Bill Raymond, Christy Scott Cashman
In Kingdom County, Vermont, during 1932 Quebec Bill Bonhomme (Kris Kristofferson) decides to carry on the family bootlegging business after his family's finances are endangered following a barn fire. Bill teams up with his son Wild Bill (Charlie McDermott), his brother-in-law Henry (Gary Farmer), and hired hand Rat (William Sanderson) to take a job running whiskey across the border from Canada. There is one flaw in the plan: the whiskey they are carrying was first stolen by hijacking criminal Carcajou (Lothaire Bluteau), and he follows in hot pursuit with his black beard and white hair flowing. The foursome puts on monks' apparel and even steals a motorboat and a train in their effort to escape from the smuggler Carcajou who wants to retrieve "his" whiskey.
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Frozen River 2008 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Courtney Hunt
Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior, Charlie McDermott, James Reilly, Dylan Carusona, Jay Klaitz, Michael Sky, John Canoe, Nancy Wu, Betty Ouyang
Struggling mother Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is left by her gambling husband and now must find the cash needed to raise her sons–15-year-old T.J. (Charlie McDermott) and 5-year-old Ricky (James Reilly). Her salary working part-time at the Yankee Dollar Store will not pay the bills, but Ray finds the means when she meets Lila (Misty Upham) who is driving the family car that Ray's husband abandoned at a bus station. Lila is a Mohawk who, for cash, smuggles illegal immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence River. After confrontations, the women join forces, and, keeping their eyes out for the state troopers and conditions of the river, they gas up the car and make dangerous trips across the river. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Melissa Leo for Best Actress.
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Sex Drive 2008  R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Seth Green, Alice Greczyn, Katrina Bowden, Charlie McDermott, Mark L. Young, Cole Petersen, Dave Sheridan, Michael Cudlitz, Andrea Anders, Allison Weissman, Kim Ostrenko
High-school senior Ian (Josh Zuckerman) has hooked up on the Internet with Ms. Tasty (Katrina Bowden) who promises to have sex with him. Determined to lose his virginity before starting college, Ian sets out on a road trip from Chicago to Knoxville to meet Ms. Tasty, and accompanying him are his cocky friend Lance (Clark Duke) and Felicia (Amanda Crew). Of course, problems–including car trouble along with run-ins with the law and an Amish community–ensue as Ian and friends encounter more than a few misadventures along their 500 mile trip.
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| 1. Disappearances (2006)
2. Frozen River (2008)
3. Sex Drive (2008)
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