 Breach 2007  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Billy Ray
Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Watton, Tom Barnett, Jonathan Potts, David Huband, Scott Gibson
Based on the true story of treasonous FBI agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), this drama involves his success in feeding secrets to the Soviet Union for over 20 years. The film's focus is on the turning point of Hanssen's work as a traitor when bureau rookie Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is assigned to spy on him. Despite putting a strain on his marriage and forcing him to reconsider working for the FBI, O'Neill does gain Hanssen's trust and brings about his downfall.
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 Cinderella Man 2005 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Chuck Shamata, Gene Pyrz
This is the story of Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) who, as an underdog, defeated Max Baer in the Madison Square Garden Bowl in 1930. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Supporting Actor (Paul Giamatti).
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Dirty Pictures 2000  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Leon Pownall, David Huband, Judah Katz, R.D. Reid, Matt North, Allegra Fulton, Muzzi Michele
Protection of the First Amendment is the subject of this docudrama, which reenacts the 1990 trial of Cincinnati museum director Dennis Barrie (James Woods). Barrie was prosecuted for exhibiting the sexually explicit photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. An interesting examination of the museum's right to use controversial art in its exhibition.
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The Lookout 2007 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Frank
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham
Kansas City high-school jock Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) had it all until a tragic accident changed his life, and he was left with neurological damage. Now, a few years later, Chris works as a bank janitor and shares an apartment with blind, wise-cracking telemarketer Lewis (Jeff Daniels) who he met in rehab. One day, Gary Spargo (Matthew Goode) and his girlfriend Luvlee (Isla Fisher) enter Chris' life with plans to rob his bank and use the easily manipulated Chris as their lookout. Lewis is suspicious, but will he be able to intervene?
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The Republic of Love 2003  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Deepa Mehta
Cast: Emilia Fox, Bruce Greenwood, Edward Fox, Martha Henry, Jackie Burroughs, Alec Stockwell, Lloyd Owen, Gary Farmer, Rebecca Jenkins, Kate Lynch, Brooke D'Orsay, David Huband
Based on a novel by Pulitzer-Prize-winner Carol Shields, this is a love story set during a Canadian winter. Talk-show host Tom (Bruce Greenwood) is on his way to his fourth marriage while his fiancee, Fay (Emilia Fox), has high expectations regarding love and marriage. After her parents' 40-year marriage breaks down, Fay's values are shaken and doubts arise as to whether or not love is worth the heartbreaks.
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 Wrong Turn 2003   R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Schmidt
Cast: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers, Lindy Booth, Julian Richings, Garry Robbins, Ted Clark, Yvonne Gaudry, Joel Harris, David Huband, Wayne Robson, James Downing
Chris (Desmond Harrington) makes a wrong choice when he avoids a traffic jam by taking a West Virginia mountain road. He comes across a disabled SUV carrying five teens on a camping trip. But a barbed-wire barrier had been placed across the road, and all tires are flat. Chris, Jessie (Eliza Dushku), and two of her friends head out to find help while two stay behind. What they find is a filthy cabin with human remains. What they don't know is that three deformed (from generations of inbreeding) mountain men are on their way home to the cabin.
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| 1. Breach (2007)
2. Cinderella Man (2005)
3. Dirty Pictures (2000)
4. The Lookout (2007)
5. The Republic of Love (2003)
6. Wrong Turn (2003)
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