The Claim 2000  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski, Randy Birch, Julian Richings, Shirley Henderson, Sean McGinley, Marie Brassard
Based on Thomas Hardy's novel, "The Mayor of Castorbridge," about a wealthy 49er, this story is set in the Sierra Nevadas where the landscape is breathtaking. The plot reveals the life choices of Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan) who sold his wife and daughter in order to obtain a gold mine. Now, the wife (Nastassja Kinski) and daughter (Sarah Polley) reappear in his life, and Dillon must face the impact of his earlier decisions.
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Hard Core Logo 1996  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce McDonald
Cast: Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie, Bernie Coulson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Julian Richings, Art Bergmann, Jennifer Bishop, Morgan Brayton, Dan Fazzio, Benita Ha
This pseudo-docudrama follows the punk band, Hard Core Logic, on a fateful reunion tour through Canada.
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My Life Without Me 2003 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Isabel Coixet
Cast: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling, Amanda Plummer, Julian Richings, Maria de Madeiros, Jessica Amlee, Kenya Jo Kennedy, Alfred Molina, Sonja Bennett
When Ann, a young wife and mother of two, is told she has cancer and only two months to live, she decides to live life to the fullest during her remaining time.
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Shoot 'Em Up 2007 R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Michael Davis
Cast: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Daniel Pilon, Ramona Pringle, Julian Richings, Tony Munch, Scott McCord, Sidney&Lucas Mende-Gibson, Wiley M. Pickett
Strong, silent Smith (Clive Owen) encounters a pregnant woman (Ramona Pringle) who is being attacked by a thug. He intervenes and ends up delivering her baby (Sidney & Lucas Mende-Gibson) in the midst of a gun fight. The woman dies, and Smith escapes with the infant in tow. After figuring that the baby is the target, Smith takes the infant to a lactating prostitute (Monica Bellucci) to serve as a wet nurse. Now, Smith hunts down the criminal mastermind Hertz (Paul Giamatti) to find out just why he wants the infant killed. And gun battles ensue throughout the chase.
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The Time Shifters 1999  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Thrill Seekers
Director: Mario Azzopardi
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Bell, Theresa Saldana, Peter Outerbridge, Julian Richings, Lawrence Dane, Catherine Oxenberg, Mimi Kuzyk, James Allodi, Deborah Odell, Martin Sheen
While conducting research on disasters for a magazine article, over-the-hill reporter Tom Merrick (Casper Van Dien) notes that the same person is present at several disasters over the years. Things get even more bizarre when the same man is present on a plane that Tom is on, and Tom must step in to change history. Interesting concept.
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Urban Legend 1998  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jamie Blanks
Cast: Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Robert Englund, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid, John Neville, Loretta Devine, Brad Dourif, Michael Rosenbaum, Julian Richings, Danielle Harris, Kay Hawtrey, Angela Vint
This horror story takes place on the 25th anniversary of a mass murder in a dormitory at Pendleton College. Now, students are again killed–this time the methods are based on today's fears (e.g., the axe murderer in the back seat of one's car).
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 Wrong Turn 2003  R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Schmidt
Cast: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers, Lindy Booth, Julian Richings, Garry Robbins, Ted Clark, Yvonne Gaudry, Joel Harris, David Huband, Wayne Robson, James Downing
Chris (Desmond Harrington) makes a wrong choice when he avoids a traffic jam by taking a West Virginia mountain road. He comes across a disabled SUV carrying five teens on a camping trip. But a barbed-wire barrier had been placed across the road, and all tires are flat. Chris, Jessie (Eliza Dushku), and two of her friends head out to find help while two stay behind. What they find is a filthy cabin with human remains. What they don't know is that three deformed (from generations of inbreeding) mountain men are on their way home to the cabin.
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| 1. The Claim (2000)
2. Cube (1998)
3. Hard Core Logo (1996)
4. My Life Without Me (2003)
5. Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
6. The Time Shifters (1999)
aka: Thrill Seekers
7. Urban Legend (1998)
8. Wrong Turn (2003)
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