 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Corey Burton, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney, Jim Cummings
Young Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) joins an expedition that is searching for the lost continent of Atlantis. While Milo is intent on scientific research, other members of the team–Commander Lyle T. Rourke (James Garner) and Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian)–have plans for wealth gained from knowledge of Atlantis' mystical power source. Good animated Disney fare.
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Crossing Over 2009  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Kramer
Cast: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis, Alice Braga, Jacqueline Obradors, Justin Chon, Alice Eve, Summer Bishil, Melody Khazae, Merik Tadros, Marshall Manesh, Nina Nayebi, Naila Azad
Immigrants from different countries enter Los Angeles hoping to gain citizenship and to fulfill their dreams of a better life. Immigration enforcement officer Max Brogan (Harrison Ford) conducts raids on workplaces that employ illegal immigrants. This film offers vignettes of the immigrants' experiences and the many problems encountered by them as they try to find new lives in Los Angeles.
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 1999  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, Arija Bareikis, Oded Fehr, Gail O'Grady, Richard Riehle, Jacqueline Obradors, Dina Platias, Amy Poehler, Big Boy, Torsten Voges, Deborah Lemen, Bree Turner, Andrew Shaifer
Deuce Bigalow (Rob Schneider) is a fish-tank cleaner who takes on the job of house-sitting and fish-keeping for a gigolo, Antoine Laconte (Oded Fehr), while Antoine is in Europe. Deuce answers Antoine's telephone and finds himself filling in for Antoine as a gigolo with some of Antoine's less glamorous "clients." Now, Deuce must deal with pimp T.J. (Eddie Griffin) who sets out to restyle him, and that is only one of the problems that he will encounter.
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 A Man Apart 2003 R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant, Steve Eastin, Jacqueline Obradors, Geno Silva, Juan Fernandez, Mike Moroff, George Sharperson, Emilio Rivera, Santiago Verdu, Laura Salem, Jeff Kober, Marco Rodriguez, Alice Amter
DEA agents Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) track down the leader of a drug cartel operating along the California/Mexico border. When Sean's wife, Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors), is murdered as a result of the drug wars, Sean seeks revenge and will stop at nothing in his no-holds-barred vendetta.
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Problem Child 3 1995  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Greg Beeman
Cast: William Katt, Justin Chapman, Gilbert Gottfried, Jack Warden, Sherman Howard, Carolyn Lowery, Eric Edwards, Blake McIver Ewing, Jennifer Ogletree, Brock Pierce, Jake Richardson, Ellen Albertini Dow, Jacqueline Obradors
OK, the first two in the series were BOMBs, and now TV execs decided to make a third. This one is flirting with making the "Bottom 10" list. New principals play Ben and Junior (William Katt and Justin Chapman), with Jack Warden a holdover as Big Ben. Junior falls in love with a classmate, and that means others who desire her are in for big trouble, as are all others who get in Junior's way.
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Six Days, Seven Nights 1998 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison, Allison Janney, Douglas Westoh, Cliff Curtis, Danny Trejo, Ben Bode
Quinn Harris (Harrison Ford) and Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) are stranded on a tropical island. During their forced "vacation" the couple must tolerate each other as they confront the elements, wildlife, and pirates.
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 Tortilla Soup 2001 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Maria Ripoll
Cast: Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello, Paul Rodriguez, Nikolai Kinski, Elizabeth Pena, Raquel Welch, Joel Joan, Constance Marie, Jade Herrera
Master Chef Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) is a widower who has lost his sense of smell and taste. He lives with his three, grown daughters on whom he wants to instill his own cultural values. Add to the mix Hortensia (Raquel Welch) who would love to live out her old age with Martin as her companion, and you have an enjoyable comedy.
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Unstoppable 2004 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Carson
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Jacqueline Obradors, Stuart Wilson, Kim Coates, Mark Sheppard, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Vincent Riotta, David Schofield, Nicholas Aaron, Kim Thomson
Special Forces operative Dean Cage (Wesley Snipes) is home from Bosnia with a heavy heart after having made a decision that cost the life of his friend. Events take a turn for the worse when CIA agents mistake him for another man and inject him with a drug that causes hallucinations. The race is on as Dean must find the antidote and prove his identity. Not one of Snipes' best films.
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| 1. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
2. Crossing Over (2009)
3. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
4. A Man Apart (2003)
5. Problem Child 3 (1995)
6. Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
7. Tortilla Soup (2001)
8. Unstoppable (2004)
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