The Architect 2006 R, 81 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Tauber Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James, Serena Reeder, Malcolm Goodwin, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Duane McLaughlin, Constance Wu, Lauren Hodges, David Call, James O'Toole
Chicago activist Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis) dreams of having the drug and crime infested public housing projects torn down. To achieve her goal, she starts a petition and now needs the signature of the project's architect, Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia). Tonya does contact Leo at his university class, but his refusal to sign sets off a chain of events that will directly impact both Tonya's and Leo's families.
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Dinosaur 2000 PG, 84 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright, Ossie Davis, Samuel E. Wright, Della Reese, Max Casella, Peter Siragusa, Hayden Panettiere
Disney's computer animated technology is excellent in this story about the imminent extinction of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Age. Warning: this film contains realistic violence that many parents may reasonably consider inappropriate for children.
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The Dust Factory 2004 PG, 98 min. Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Eric Small Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Kelley, Michael Angarano, Kim Myers, George De La Pena, Peter Horton, Kyle Hanson, Ted Roisum, Ayanna Berkshire, Robert Blanche
Teenagers Melanie (Hayden Panettiere) and Ryan (Ryan Kelley) experience an adventure in a fantasy world where they are guided by Ryan's Alzheimer-suffering Grandpa Randolph (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and learn to help each other make leaps from their troubled lives.
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I Love You, Beth Cooper 2009 PG-13, 102 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren London, Lauren Storm, Shawn Roberts, Alan Ruck, Cynthia Stevenson, Jared Keeso, Brendan Penny, Marie Avgeropoulos, Josh Emerson, Pat Finn, Andrea Savage, Anna Mae Routledge
During his high school graduation speech, nerdy valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) listens to advice given him by his pal Rich Munsch (Jack Carpenter) and announces that he loves popular cheerleader Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere). This does not sit well with Beth's psychotic boyfriend Kevin (Shawn Roberts) who stalks them when Denis and Rich spend the evening partying with Beth and her popular friends Cammy (Lauren London) and Treece (Lauren Storm).
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Ice Princess 2005 G, 92 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tim Fywell Cast: Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas, Connie Ray, Kirsten Olson, Juliana Cannarozzo, Jocelyn Lai, Michelle Kwan, Brian Boitano
Physics whiz Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) dreams of being a champion figure skater despite her mother's (Joan Cusack) plan to send her to Harvard.
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Joe Somebody 2001 PG, 98 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Pasquin Cast: Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Germann, Robert Joy, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Ken Marino, James Cada, Wolfgang Bodison, Cristi Conaway, Tina Lifford
On "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day," and in front of his young daughter (Hayden Panettiere), Joe (Tim Allen) gets kicked around by a co-worker (Patrick Warburton) in the office parking lot. Joe decides to fight back and gets karate training from a washed-up, action film star (James Belushi).
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Lies My Mother Told Me 2005 TV, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Duguay Cast: Joely Richardson, Hayden Panettiere, Colm Feore, Tim Henry, Kailin See, Rainer Kahl, George Smith, Jasmine Berg
On the run after skipping out on probation, con artist Laren Sims (Joely Richardson) arrives in Las Vegas with teenaged daughter Haylei (Hayden Panettiere). Laren meets and marries a rich lawyer (Colm Feore), but it does not take long before her past catches up with her. Based on a true story.
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Normal 2003 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Anderson Cast: Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Hayden Panettiere, Clancy Brown, Joseph Sikora, Randall Arney, Richard Bull, Mary Seibel, Rick Touhy
The current state of affairs has become too difficult for Roy (Tom Wilkinson), so he tells his wife of 25 years, Irma (Jessica Lange), and his pastor that he feels he is a woman locked inside a man's body. Furthermore, he has decided he wants a sex-change operation. Thus begins the story of how he, his family, co-workers, and friends deal with the issue.
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Racing Stripes 2005 PG, 94 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Frederik Du Chau Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh, Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, Joe Pantoliano, David Spade, Steve Harvey, Snoop Dogg, Gary Bullock, Michael Clarke Duncan
A baby zebra has been left behind accidentally by a traveling circus during a thunderstorm and is rescued by Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood). Nolan's daughter, Channing (Hayden Panettiere), loves the zebra and names him Stripes (voice of Frankie Muniz). Stripes dreams of being a racehorse, and, with help from his barnyard friends (voices of Dustin Hoffman, Snoop Dogg, Joe Pantoliano, and Whoopi Goldberg), the dream could become a reality–if Nolan will agree to train him.
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Raising Helen 2004 PG-13, 119 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Garry Marshall Cast: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin, Helen Mirren, Sakina Jaffrey, Kevin Kilner, Felicity Huffman, Sean O'Bryan, Amber Valletta
Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) takes over the guardianship of her sister's three children and finds that, despite having to change her nightclub lifestyle, family is what really matters.
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Remember the Titans 2000 PG, 113 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Boaz Yakin Cast: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Craig Kirkwood, Ethan Suplee, Kip Pardue, Hayden Panettiere, Nicole Ari Parker
Set in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil Rights era–1971 to be exact–this is the inspirational true story of Black football coachHarold Boone (Denzel Washington) who replaces White Coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) as part of the integration process at T.C. Williams High School. Coach Boone, with Coach Yoast as his assistant, turns the T.C. Williams Titans into champions, and in the process overcomes racial bigotry at the school.
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| 1. The Architect (2006)
2. Dinosaur (2000)
3. The Dust Factory (2004)
4. I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
5. Ice Princess (2005)
6. Joe Somebody (2001)
7. Lies My Mother Told Me (2005)
8. Normal (2003)
9. Racing Stripes (2005)
10. Raising Helen (2004)
11. Remember the Titans (2000)
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