Cupid & Cate 2000  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brent Shields
Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Gallagher, Philip Bosco, Joanna Going, Rebecca Luker, Brenda Fricker, David Lansbury, Robinne Lee, E. Katherine Kerr
Cate (Mary-Louise Parker), the product of a dysfunctional family, runs a small vintage clothing boutique. She has a boyfriend, but the relationship doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Then along comes Harry (Peter Gallagher), and Cate is sure that she has found her man. But, when Harry is diagnosed with cancer, Cate must make a decision in this made-for-TV ("Hallmark Hall of Fame") film.
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From Other Worlds 2007  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Barry Strugatz
Cast: Cara Buono, Isaach De Bankole, David Lansbury, Melissa Leo, Joel de la Fuente, Robert Peters, Jonah Meyerson, Quinn Shephard, Robert Downey Sr., Paul Lazar, Sharon Wilkins, Laura Esterman, Lori Tan Chin, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Larry Block
Joanne Schwartzbaum (Clara Buono) is leading a somewhat boring life in Brooklyn with her husband Brian (David Lansbury) and children Linda and Henry (Quinn Shephard and Jonah Meyerson). Then, one night, Joanne walks into the kitchen and is kidnapped by aliens. Afterwards, they remove Joanne's memory of them and leave her on her patio with a fan-shaped bruise on her abdomen. As she tries to sleuth out the mystery, Joanne joins a UFO support group where she meets and joins forces with Abraham (Isaach De Bankole). Together, Joanne and Abraham convince the UFO support group to help them break into the Brooklyn Art Museum in order to steal a certain artifact. Their actions result in saving the whole world.
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Gas Food Lodging 1992  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allison Anders
Cast: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, David Lansbury, Jacob Vargas, Donovan Leitch, Chris Mulkey, Laurie O'Brien, Julie Condra, Adam Biesk
Single mother Nora (Brooke Adams), a truck-stop waitress, lives with her two daughters in a small, New Mexico, desert town. The daughters are near-opposites: Trudi (Ione Skye) is fast becoming a rebellious town tramp while Shade (Fairuza Balk) lives in a fantasy world watching Mexican movies and wishing she had a father. Against this bleak backdrop, Director Allison Anders deftly brings out the lives and conflicts of the three women.
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 The Hurricane 1999  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Denzel Washington, Deborah Kara Unger, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, David Paymer, Rod Steiger, Harris Yulin, Badja Djola, Vincent Pastore, Al Waxman, David Lansbury
Denzel Washington excels in his portrayal of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter–a boxer sent to prison on trumped-up murder charges in 1966. Carter remained in prison until 1986 when the efforts of a Brooklyn-born teenager, Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon), spurred another investigation leading to Carter's release. Washington received an Academy Award nomination.
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Michael Clayton 2007 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Gilroy
Cast: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Sean Cullen, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Ken Howard, Denis O'Hare, Robert Prescott, Austin Williams, Merritt Wever, David Lansbury, Bill Raymond, David Zayas
Corporate lawyer Michael Clayton (George Clooney) routinely gets damage control assignments from his Manhattan law firm, and when the firm's lead attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) suffers a mental breakdown during a deposition, Clayton steps in to meet the largest challenge of his career. It appears that Eden has uncovered the fact that the company, U/North, he was representing was guilty of putting a carcinogenic pesticide on the market and claiming innocence. Meanwhile, U/North's chief counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) steps in and offers a solution to relieve her employer from paying out billions. Will Clayton take the money and run, or will he stand firm in what he knows is right? The film received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Swinton); six other nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Clooney), Supporting Actor (Wilkinson), Supporting Actress (Swinton), and Director.
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Stranger in the Kingdom 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jay Craven
Cast: David Lansbury, Ernie Hudson, Martin Sheen, Bill Raymond, Sean Nelson, Rusty DeWees, Henry Gibson, Larry Pine, Tom Aldredge, Carrie Snodgress
A Vermont congregation hires a new minister, and when he shows up they are shocked to discover that he is Black. Matters slide steadily downhill for the Rev. Walter Andrews (Ernie Hudson) and for his teenage son, Nat (Sean Nelson), as well.
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| 1. Cupid & Cate (2000)
2. From Other Worlds (2007)
3. Gas Food Lodging (1992)
4. The Hurricane (1999)
5. Michael Clayton (2007)
6. Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
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