Flightplan 2005  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan, Michael Irby, Assaf Cohen, Erika Christensen, Shane Edelman, Mary Gallagher, Marlene Lawston, Forrest Landis, Brent Sexton, Haley Ramm, Jana Kelesarova, Judith Scott
Grieving over the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle (Jodie Foster) and her six-year-old daughter, Julia (Marlene Lawston), are escorting his body home on a double-decker jumbo jet flying from Berlin to New York. Shortly after boarding, Kyle takes a nap, and when she awakens Julia has disappeared. Passengers and crew help Kyle look for Julia, but when she is not found they have problems believing that Julia was on the plane, and Kyle is beginning to have doubts herself.
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Fracture 2007  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton, Josh Stamberg, Xander Berkeley, Zoe Kazan, Judith Scott, Gary Cervantes
Aeronautical engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) and young attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) match wits when Crawford acts as his own attorney after he is accused of shooting his wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz). Jennifer has survived the shooting but remains comatose, and what at first looked like an open-and-shut case turns out to be not so easy when Ted begins finding holes in Willy's case. Willy's future employer, Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike), tries to get him to walk away, but Willy will not give up until the court puts Ted away for life.
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 Guess Who 2005 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Cast: Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott, Hal Williams, Kellee Stewart, Robert Curtis Brown, RonReaco Lee, Paula Newsome, Phil Reeves, Nicole Sullivan, Jessica Cauffiel
In this remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), Marilyn (Judith Scott) and Percy (Bernie Mac) are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Their daughter, Theresa (Zoe Saldana), and her live-in boyfriend, Simon (Ashton Kutcher), arrive for the weekend. As protective Black parents, Percy and Marilyn are shocked when they discover that Simon is a White male, and, to make matters worse, Percy suspects that Simon is lying about something. A relaxing weekend is not in the cards.
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High Hopes 1988  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Jason Watkins, Judith Scott, Cheryl Prime, Diane-Louise Jordan, Linda Beckett
Shirley and Cyril (Ruth Sheen and Philip Davis) are a hippie couple who deal with life among London's lower class in this brilliant satire on Margaret Thatcher's politics. Shirley and Cyril have no children, but they do tend to the needs of Cyril's widowed mother, Mrs. Bender (Edna Dore). Meanwhile, Cyril's upper-middle class sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) and her philandering husband Martin (Philip Jackson) ignore Mrs. Bender–until Valerie decides to give Mrs. Bender a 70th birthday party and invite the whole family. The family does get together with disastrous results, but Shirley manages to hold things together.
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No Contest 1994  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Paul Lynch
Cast: Shannon Tweed, Robert Davi, Andrew Dice Clay, Roddy Piper, Nicholas Campbell, John Colicos, Judith Scott, James Purcell, Louis Wrightman, Keram Malicki-Sanchez
The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest, hosted by former winner Sharon Bell (Shannon Tweed), is interrupted by the violent Raymond (Andrew Dice Clay). He and his henchmen kill over 30 bystanders while he takes the contestants and hostess hostage with a goal of demanding millions in diamonds. But he doesn't know that Sharon is a kickboxing expert. Another "Diehard" rip-off.
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The Santa Clause 1994 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Peter Boyle, Mary Gross, Larry Brandenburg, Paige Tamada, Jayne Eastwood, Melissa King, Bradley Wentworth, Azura Bates, Joshua Satok, Judith Scott
Santa Claus fell off the roof and Charlie Calvin (Eric Lloyd) talks his father, Scott (Tim Allen), into taking on the chore of delivering gifts. Problems arise when Charlie's mother and new husband (Wendy Crewson and Judge Reinhold) have doubts about Scott's abilities to parent.
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| 1. Flightplan (2005)
2. Fracture (2007)
3. Guess Who (2005)
4. High Hopes (1988)
5. No Contest (1994)
6. The Santa Clause (1994)
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