Across the Universe 2007   PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther, T.V. Carpio, Spencer Liff, Lisa Hogg, Heather Janneck, Nicholas Lumley, Michael(2) Ryan, Angela Mounsey
It is the mid-1960s, and Jude (Jim Sturgess) is stuck in a dead-end job in Liverpool–until he leaves his girlfriend (Lisa Hogg), and his mother (Angela Mounsey) behind when he gets a job as a deck hand and sails to America. Once there, he makes friends with Max (Joe Anderson) and falls in love with Max's sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). Now living in Greenwich Village with Max, Jude and his circle of friends deal with anti-war protests, race riots, and rock 'n roll. The film's theme is based on songs made popular by the Beatles during that same time period. An Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design was received
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Battle for Terra 2009  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure
aka: Terra
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, James Garner, Chris Evans, Dennis Quaid, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Beverly D'Angelo, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, Danny Trejo
In this 3-D animated adventure, young Mala (voice of Evan Rachel Wood) is enjoying life on her peaceful, gravity-defying planet Terra when humans from Earth, led by the evil General Hammer (voice of Brian Cox), invade Terra and kidnap Mala's father Roven (voice of Dennis Quaid). Mala captures Earth pilot Jim (voice of Luke Wilson) after he crash lands and nurses him back to health. She learns from Jim that the humans who have invaded Terra are the last of their species and that they have exhausted Earth's resources. Jim and Mala form a friendship, and, as they set out to rescue Mala's father, they realize that the inhabitants of Earth and Terra are not really different from each other. They may now hold the key to helping them coexist.
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Detour 1999 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joey Travolta
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen, Gary Busey, James Russo, Tim Thomerson, Stacie Randall, Evan Rachel Wood, Jack Bannon, Bob Giovanni, David Snedeker
A con artist and two friends join forces in an ill-advised attempt to rob the crime syndicate. Too late, they discover this heist is no more than a setup, which catches them in the middle.
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Digging to China 1998 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Timothy Hutton
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cathy Moriarty, Evan Rachel Wood, Marian Seldes, Joanne Pankow
Dreaming of a better world occupies 10-year-old Harriet's (Evan Rachel Wood) time as she tries to escape the reality of an alcoholic mother and a trampy, resentful, older sister. Then one day, Harriet meets and bonds with a 30-year-old retarded man, Ricky Schroth (Kevin Bacon). Together, they engage in innocent flights of fancy as they cope with the struggles life has dealt them.
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Down in the Valley 2005 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: David Jacobson
Cast: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory Culkin, Bruce Dern, John Diehl, Kat Dennings, Hunter Parrish, Aviva, Muse Watson, Aaron Fors, Geoffrey Lewis, Elizabeth Pena
The lives of cowboy Harlan Carruthers (Edward Norton) and bored teenager Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood) intersect at a gas station when she invites him to join her group of friends on the way to the beach. The chance encounter leads to their May-December romance that is destined to end in tragedy.
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King of California 2007 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Cahill
Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, Kathleen Wilhoite, Anne L. Nathan, Arthur Santiago, Ashley Greene, Ian Hopps, Anna Khaja, Will Rothhaar
Abandoned by her mother, 16-year-old Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) works double shifts at McDonalds in order to support herself. Miranda's father, Charlie (Michael Douglas), suddenly re-enters her life after spending two years in a mental hospital and involves her in his wild plan to uncover hidden gold in their California neighborhood. While institutionalized, Charlie read a diary written by a 17th century Spanish missionary who claimed that doublooms are hidden under what is now the neighborhood Costco. Together, father and daughter go in search of the cache, and, along the way, rekindle their relationship.
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The Life Before Her Eyes 2008 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Vadim Perelman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Gabrielle Brennan, Brett Cullen, Oscar Isaac, Jack Gilpin, Maggie Lacy, John Magaro, Lynn Cohen, Nathalie Paulding, Molly Price, James Urbaniak
Seventeen-year-old Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) and her friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) have direct opposite personalities. Maureen is a devout church goer, while Diana lives on the wild side. One day, a classmate holds them at gun point in a bathroom at school and demands that they tell him which one he should shoot. Skip ahead 15 years, and Diana (now played by Uma Thurman) is married to Paul (Brett Cullen), and they have a young daughter, Emma (Gabrielle Brennan). But Diana is haunted by survivor's guilt and has never gotten over the tragedy. Matters grow worse as the anniversary of that fateful day draws near, and another problem from Diana's past enters the picture.
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Little Secrets 2001 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Blair Treu
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Angarano, David Gallagher, Vivica A. Fox, Jan Gardner, Rick Macy, Paul Kiernan, Tayva Patch, Micah Schow, Caitlin E.J. Meyer
While 14-year-old Emily (Evan Rachel Wood) spends her summer at home preparing for a violin audition, she also charges 50 cents to the neighborhood kids to listen to their personal secrets. They know that Emily will not betray their trust, but Emily has a secret of her own and is about to learn that honesty is the best policy.
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 The Missing 2003 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller / Western
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Sergio Calderon, Jay Tavare, Steve Reevis, Rance Howard, Simon Baker
In 1885, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones) returns to his home in New Mexico after a 20-year absence and finds that his daughter, Maggie (Cate Blanchett), needs him to track down Army deserters–led by an Aztec mystic, Chidin (Eric Schweig)–who have kidnapped Maggie's daughter. Father and daughter unite as they pursue Chidin in hopes of finding the young girl before she is sold to a prostitution ring across the border in Mexico.
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 Practical Magic 1998  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quinn, Goran Visnjic, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexandra Artrip, Lucinda Jenney, Chloe Webb, Caprice Benedetti, Mark Feuerstein, Annabella Price, Camilla Belle, Lora Anne Criswell
For 300 years, women in the Owens family have been witches, and their husbands have all died prematurely. Sally (Sandra Bullock) and her sister, Gillian (Nicole Kidman), grew up with the curse. After Sally's husband dies prematurely, Gillian returns to town to support her sister. But the kidnapping of both sisters is hardly the comfort Sally needed. 1 User Review
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Pretty Persuasion 2005  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marcos Siega
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Ron Livingston, Elisabeth Harnois, Adi Schnall, Jane Krakowski, Selma Blair, Danny Comden, Stark Sands, Jaime King, Alex Desert, Mike Erwin
After English teacher Mr. Anderson (Ron Livingston) takes her out of the lead role in the play at her elite Beverly Hills private school, Kimberly (Evan Rachel Wood) gets aid from her friends, Randa (Adi Schnall) and Brittany (Elisabeth Harnois), in framing him for sexual harassment.
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 Running with Scissors 2006 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Cross, Jill Clayburgh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gabrielle Union, Patrick Wilson, Kristin Chenoweth, Dagmara Dominczyk, Colleen Camp
Based on the best-selling personal memoir of Augusten Burroughs, the story involves Augusten's (Joseph Cross) trials and tribulations that extended from his childhood through teen years. He grew up living with his unstable mother (Annette Bening) and alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) until his parents headed for divorce. Then, 16-year-old Augusten was foisted off on therapist Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), his long-suffering wife (Jill Clayburgh), and their bizarre children (Gwyneth Paltrow, Evan Rachel Wood, and Joseph Fiennes) with whom Augusten was involved in more than a few painful events.
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Simone 2002 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jason Schwartzman, Elias Koteas, Rachel Roberts, Winona Ryder, Jay Mohr, Daniel von Bargen
When his lead player (Winona Ryder) walks off the set, producer Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) solves the problem with help from a computer programmer (Elias Koteas) who digitally creates a substitute. The idea works, AND Victor is able to hide the truth about his "star" from the rest of the world.
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 Thirteen 2003  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet, Deborah Kara Unger, Sarah Clarke, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Kip Pardue, Ulysses Estrada, Jenika Carey, Jasmine Salim
Thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is entranced by her friend, Evie (Nikki Reed), who lives in a world of shoplifting, sex, and drugs. When Tracy convinces her mother (Holly Hunter) to let Evie move in with them, matters can only get worse. Holly Hunter received an Oscar nomination for a Best Supporting Actress.
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The Upside of Anger 2005 R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood, Alicia Witt, Mike Binder, Tom Harper, Dane Christensen, Danny Webb, Suzanne Bertish, Magdalena Manville
After her husband walks out, suburban wife Terry (Joan Allen) is left with four daughters to raise. This is not an easy task as is evidenced by Terry's downhill slide from friendly mom to sarcastic shrew. Her attraction to next-door-neighbor, alcoholic Denny Davies (Kevin Costner), contributes to Terry's reliance on booze. But, Denny is basically a good guy and helps keep peace between mother and daughters–some of the time.
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Whatever Works 2009 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Jessica Hecht, Christopher Evan Welch, Henry Cavill, Carolyn McCormick, John Gallagher Jr., Samantha Bee, Yolonda Ross, Adam Brooks, Lyle Kanouse
Retired physicist Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) moves to Chinatown to take up a bohemian existence. He meets and falls in love with 21-year-old former beauty queen Melody (Evan Rachel Wood). They marry, but life changes when Melody's mother Marietta (Patricia Clarkson) comes to visit from Tennessee. Melody's father John (Ed Begley Jr.) shows up a short time later, and romantic entanglements become the name of the game.
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The Wrestler 2008  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Ernest Miller, Todd Barry, Mark Margolis, Judah Friedlander, Dylan Keith Summers, Tommy Farra, Mike Miller, Wass Stevens, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gregg Bello, John D'Leo, Ajay Naidu
In the 1980s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a pro-wrestler but now spends his spare time working at menial jobs and some fights in the local wrestling circuit to pay the rent at his trailer park. He has been trying, without success, to talk stripper Cassidy (Marisa Tomei) into committing to a relationship with him and also has not had much luck reconnecting with his estranged daughter Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood). Now, a high profile rematch with wrestling great The Ayatollah (Ernest Miller) presents itself, and Randy must decide between the thrill of the crowd or the risk of his own mortality. Rourke received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and Tomei was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Across the Universe (2007)
2. Battle for Terra (2009)
aka: Terra
3. Detour (1999)
4. Digging to China (1998)
5. Down in the Valley (2005)
6. King of California (2007)
7. The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
8. Little Secrets (2001)
9. The Missing (2003)
10. Practical Magic (1998)
11. Pretty Persuasion (2005)
12. Running with Scissors (2006)
13. Simone (2002)
14. Thirteen (2003)
15. The Upside of Anger (2005)
16. Whatever Works (2009)
17. The Wrestler (2008)
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