The Audrey Hepburn Story 2000  PG, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Robman
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Frances Fisher, Keir Dullea, Gabriel Macht, Peter Giles, Emmy Rossum, Eric McCormack, Seana Kofoed, Michael J. Burg, Joan Copeland, Marcel Jeannin, Adam MacDonald, Mark Camacho, Sarah Hyland, Vlasta Vrana
This made-for-TV movie features Jennifer Love Hewitt in the title role. Through flashbacks, the story focuses on Audrey's European childhood during World War II, continues through early Hollywood days, and culminates (where the flashbacks began) during the production of "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
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 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita, Sasha Roiz, Ian Holm, Nassim Sharara, Kenneth Welsh, Carl Alacchi, Michel "Gish" Abou-Samah
Well-orchestrated, eco-disaster scenes–a Tsunami swamping Manhattan, tornadoes devastating L.A., and hail pelting Tokyo, effects of melting ice caps–highlight this film, but the plot about Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) struggling to locate his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), pales in comparison.
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Dragonball Evolution 2009  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: James Wong
Cast: Justin Chatwin, Yun-Fat Chow, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, James Marsters, Joon Park, Eriko Tamura, Randall Duk Kim, Earnie Hudson, Texas Battle, Megumi Seki, Ian Whyte, Richard Blake, Jon Valera, Rafael Valdez
While young Goku (Justin Chatwin) trains in martial arts, his dying grandfather Gohan (Randall Duk Kim) gives him a magic Dragonball and tells him to find Master Roshi who will provide him with the missing six Dragonballs that will give their owner unlimited power. The evil, 2,000-year-old Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) is also seeking the Dragonballs in his quest to take over the world. Now, Goku and his friends–Master Roshi (Yun-Fat Chow), Bulma (Emmy Rossum), and Chi Chi (Jamie Chung)–set out to find the Dragonballs before Lord Piccolo gets his hands on them.
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 Mystic River 2003  R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman, Adam Nelson, Emmy Rossum, Cameron Bowen, Tom Guiry, Spencer Treat Clark, Eli Wallach
Three childhood friends–Jimmy (Sean Penn), Dave (Tim Robbins), and Sean (Kevin Bacon)–reunite after Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter, Katie (Emmy Rossum), is found murdered. Sean is a policeman assigned to the case and finds clues pointing to Dave who had been abused as a boy. He must also deal with Jimmy's rage. Great acting in this one. Sean Penn won an Oscar for Best Actor, and Tim Robbins won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), and Director.
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Passionada 2002  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Jason Isaacs, Sofia Milos, Emmy Rossum, Theresa Russell, Seymour Cassel, Lupe Ontiveros, Chris Tardio, Jason Cutler, Benjamin Mouton, Marion Eaton
The fishing community of New Bedford, Mass., is the setting for this tale of three generations of Portuguese women–widowed seamstress Celia (Sofia Milos), teenager Vicky (Emmy Rossum), and mother-in-law Angelica (Lupe Ontiveros)–and how they deal with gambler Charles Beck (Jason Isaacs) who is romancing Celia.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 2004 PG-13, 143 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow, Minnie Driver, Ciaran Hinds, Victor McGuire, Paul Brooke, Murray Melvin, Kevin McNally, James Fleet, Jennifer Ellison, Imogen Bain, Judith Paris
The phantom, a disfigured composer (Gerard Butler), dwells beneath and haunts the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with chorus singer Christine (Emmy Rossum), abducts her, and writes an opera especially for her. But will this be enough to make Christine forget the man she loves? Three Academy Award nominations were received.
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 Poseidon 2006 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett, Jacinda Barrett, Andre Braugher, Mia Maestro, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodriguez, Kirk B.R. Woller, Gabriel Jarret
Good stunts and special effects highlight this disaster film about a capsized cruise ship in the North Atlantic Ocean. Survivors, led by John Dylan (Josh Lucas), trudge through twisted steel inside the upside-down ship in a desperate search for the means of escaping the wreckage.
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Songcatcher 1999  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Cast: Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll, Jane Adams, Greg Cook, Iris DeMent, Emmy Rossum, Stephanie Roth Haberle, David Patrick Kelly, E. Katherine Kerr
Dr. Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer), an early 20th-century musicalogist, heads for the mountains of Appalachia planning to record its music and transcribe the ballads onto sheet music. In the process, she learns about the mountain people and herself as well. A beautiful film.
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| 1. The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
2. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
3. Dragonball Evolution (2009)
4. Mystic River (2003)
5. Passionada (2002)
6. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
aka: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
7. Poseidon (2006)
8. Songcatcher (1999)
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