Beethoven's 5th 2003 G, 91 min. Genre: Family / Family / Adventure
Director: Mark Griffiths Cast: Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase, Tom Poston, John Larroquette, Katherine Helmond, Sammy Kahn, Richard Riehle, Clint Howard, Kathy Griffin, Rodman Flender, Tina Ullman, Tom Musgrave, Elizabeth Warner, Joel Hurt Jones
Beethoven is back with yet another set of characters as 12-year-old Sara (Daveigh Chase) and Beethoven grab a bus and head west to Quicksilver for the summer. Awaiting her is Uncle Freddy (Dave Thomas) who is not the only kook in town; it appears that exposure to mercury from an old mine has caused most of the townsfolk to be odd. Beethoven stirs things up when he starts digging.
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Carolina 2003 PG-13, 93 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Marleen Gorris Cast: Julia Stiles, Alessandro Nivola, Shirley MacLaine, Mika Boorem, Azura Skye, Edward Atterton, Randy Quaid, Dwight Armstrong, Anna Ortiz, Jennifer Coolidge, Daveigh Chase, John Capodice
Carolina (Julia Stiles) leaves her meddling Grandma Mirabeau (Shirley MacLaine) and moves to California in search of a peaceful life. But "peaceful" turns out to be just a dream when two men (Alessandro Nivola and Edward Atterton) vie for Carolina's affection.
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Donnie Darko 2001 R, 120 min. Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Richard Kelly Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Noah Wyle, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Daveigh Chase, Patrick Swayze, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Arthur Taxier, Mark Hoffman, David St. James, Jazzie Mahannah
Bright, but emotionally disturbed, Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) hears voices from a six-foot-tall rabbit that warns him to prepare for the end of the world (in 28 days!). In his ensuing search for God, Donnie becomes obsessed with time travel and what he perceives as energy reaching out from people's bodies. The story ends on Halloween when the world that Donnie knows does come to an end, and the puzzle pieces fit together neatly.
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Lilo & Stitch 2002 PG, 85 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders Cast: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Jason Scott Lee, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ashley Rose Orr, Amy Hill, Kath Soucie, Jack Angel
Adventures await the five-year-old Hawaiian girl, Lilo (Daveigh Chase), when she finds alien fugitive Stitch (Chris Sanders), thinks it is a dog, and adopts it as her pet. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
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The Ring Two 2005 PG-13, 110 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hideo Nakata Cast: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek, Ryan Merriman, Emily VanCamp, Kelly Overton, James Lesure, Daveigh Chase, Kelly Stables
Six months after Seattle journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), watched and then destroyed that creepy videotape in "The Ring" (2002), they find even more evil emanating from what can only be copies of the tape.
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The Ring 2002 PG-13, 110 min. Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Gore Verbinski Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander, Lindsay Frost, Amber Tamblyn, Rachael Bella, Daveigh Chase, Shannon Cochran, Sandra Thigpen, Richard Lineback, Sasha Barrese, Tess Hall, Adam Brody
This remake of the Japanese horror film, "Ringu" (1998), sticks to the original story of a cynical journalist. Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) investigates the mysterious death of her niece, Katie (Amber Tamblyn). Katie had told a friend that immediately after watching a certain video, her phone rang and a voice said, "Seven days." Exactly seven days later Katie died. Now, after Rachel and her young son (David Dorfman) watch the same video, she is faced with the fact that she has less than a week to solve the mystery or be doomed to Katie's fate.
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Spirited Away 2001 PG, 124 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise Cast: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Marsden, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers, Lauren Holly, Michael Chiklis, John Ratzenberger, Tara Strong, Mickie McGowan, Sherry Lynn, Jack Angel, Mona Marshall, Candi Milo
This Japanese animated film is about a 10-year-old girl (voice of Daveigh Chase) who finds herself alone in a world of ghosts and monsters. She will need courage and allies to escape her nightmare. The film received an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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| 1. Beethoven's 5th (2003)
2. Carolina (2003)
3. Donnie Darko (2001)
4. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
5. The Ring Two (2005)
6. The Ring (2002)
7. Spirited Away (2001)
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