Ghost Ship 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Steve Beck
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, Karl Urban, Emily Browning, Francesca Rettondini, Boris Brkic, Bob Ruggiero, Iain Gardiner, Adam Bieshaar, Jamie Giddens, Cameron Watt
A salvage crew aboard the tugboat Arctic Warrior, led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), gets more than its members bargained for when they find the abandoned ocean liner, Antonia Graza, off the coast of Labrador. Spooky moments occur during the attempt to tow the haunted ship to shore, and the crew members must fight for their lives when they get trapped inside the ship.
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The Hole 2001  R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: After the Hole
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Keira Knightley, Laurence Fox, Daniel Brocklebank, Embeth Davidtz, Steven Waddington, Emma Griffiths Malin, Gemma Powell, Gemma Craven, Anastasia Hille, Kelly Hunter
Liz (Thora Birch) arrives back at her posh British school after a two-week absence, being the only one of four missing students that has returned. She cannot remember what happened. But, under questioning by Psychiatrist Philippa (Embeth Davidtz) her story unfolds. She didn't want to go on a field trip and her friend Martyn (Daniel Brocklebank), knowing she also had a crush on Mike (Desmond Harrington), suggested a weekend hideout for Liz, Mike, and two others in an abandoned bunker. The weekend was fun, but the group became trapped. Is Liz telling the whole story? And what about Martyn and his crush on Liz?
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Love Object 2004 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Parigi
Cast: Desmond Harrington, Melissa Sagemiller, Rip Torn, Robert Bagnell, Michael Pena, Brad William Henke, Udo Kier, John Cassini, Ellen Greene, Bryan Crump, Lyle Kanouse
Technical writer Kenneth (Desmond Harrington) has no romantic skills–until he becomes obsessively involved with an anatomically correct sex doll he orders over the Internet. Now sexually adept, Ted attracts the attention of co-worker Lisa (Melissa Sagemiller), and his sex doll becomes jealous and coerces Kenneth into acts of violence.
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Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Cassel, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Ridings, Desmond Harrington, Timothy West
The inspired teenage heroine, Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich) leads the French forces against the English to free her country from foreign domination. This film features realistic 15th-century combat scenes–flaming arrows, catapults, etc.
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My First Mister 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Lahti
Cast: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place, Michael McKean, John Goodman, Rutanya Alda, Lisa Jane Persky, Natasha Braisewell
Black-clad, pierced, tattooed, and 17-years-old Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) forms a troubled relationship with 49-year-old Randall (Albert Brooks) in this May/December comedy drama.
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 Riding in Cars with Boys 2001  PG-13, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, James Woods, Sara Gilbert, Desmond Harrington, David Moscow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rosie Perez, Peter Facinelli, Mika Boorem, Vincent Pastore, Maryann Urbano
Beverly (Drew Barrymore), a promising high-school student in 1968, learned she was pregnant, quit school, and married the father (Steve Zahn). Now, 20 years later, after a failed marriage and major conflicts with her son, Jason (Adam Garcia), she is ready to publish her memoirs. Director Penny Marshall goes for the humor instead of the pathos in this story. It works.
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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. Ghost Ship (2002)
2. The Hole (2001)
aka: After the Hole
3. Love Object (2004)
4. Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
5. My First Mister (2001)
6. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
7. Wrong Turn (2003)
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