Chaos 2006 R, 106 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Giglio Cast: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny, Justine Waddell, Nicholas Lea, Jessica Steen, Rob LaBelle, John Cassini, Damon Johnson, Paul Perri, Keegan Connor Tracy, Natassia Malthe, Terry Chen
Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) is not happy to be assigned rookie Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe) as his new partner but finds that they must work together to end a series of bank heists. Lorenz (Wesley Snipes) and his gang of thieves have held hostages and blown up banks but stolen no money. Instead, they have planted a virus in an international bank system and plan to steal billions from accounts. Now, Conners and Decker enter into a game of cat-and-mouse as they try to uncover what is going on.
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Dracula 2000 2000 R, 107 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy aka: Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000
Director: Patrick Lussier Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Gerard Butler, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Esposito, Danny Masterson, Jeri Ryan, Lochlyn Munro, Sean Patrick Thomas, Christopher Plummer, Omar Epps, Tig Fong, Shane West, Nathan Fillion
Inside London antiques dealer Abraham Van Helsing's (Christopher Plummer) vault lies Dracula (Gerard Butler)–at rest for 100 years. But thieves break in, and Dracula is resurrected. It isn't long before Dracula is on his way to New Orleans in pursuit of Van Helsing's daughter, Mary (Justine Waddell), who just happens to have a bit of Dracula's blood in her own veins. Following closely behind are Van Helsing and his assistant, Simon (Jonny Lee Miller). Can they reach America in time to save Mary?
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The Fall 2008 R, 117 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Tarsem Singh Cast: Catinca Untari, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow, Sean Gilder, Ronald France, Andrew Roussouw, Michael Huff, Grant Swanby, Emil Hostina, Robin Smith, Leo Bill, Daniel Caltagirone
While recovering from a fall she took while picking oranges, a young girl, Alexandria (Catinca Untari) makes friends with hospitalized paraplegic stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Pace) who tells her a story interweaving her family and hospital friends into the eerie tale of bandits, palaces, and evil rulers. In Walker's story, Pace takes the role of the Black Bandit and Untari plays his long lost daughter who joins his group seeking revenge on the evil Governor Odious (Daniel Caltagirone).
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Great Expectations 1999 TV, 180 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Jarrold Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Bernard Hill, Ian McDiarmid, Selina Cadell, Emma Cunniffe, Tony Curran, Gemma Gregory, David Horovitch, Clive Russell, Ifan Meredith, Lesley Sharp, Gabriel Thomson
In this BBC version of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," Ioan Gruffudd takes on the role of working-class Pip who dreams of rising to "gentleman" status in order to win the love of the elusive Estella (Gemma Gregory as young Estella and Justine Waddell as older Estella) who has been taught by the bitter Miss Haversham (Charlotte Rampling) to have higher expectations than those of Pip. Orphaned Pip (Gabriel Thomson as young Pip) has been raised by blacksmith Joe Gargery (Clive Russell) and his wife (Lesley Sharp). As a child, Pip saves the life of convict Matwitch (Bernard Hill), and now Pip finds that a mysterious benefactor has given him wealth. It turns out that the benefactor is Matwitch, and Pip is on his way to gaining his "gentleman" status in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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Mansfield Park 1999 PG-13, 110 min. Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Patricia Rozema Cast: Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Harold Pinter, Lindsay Duncan, Sheila Gish, James Purefoy, Hugh Bonneville, Justine Waddell, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Talya Gordon, Lindsay Duncan, Bruce Byron, Philip Sarson
Based on Jane Austen's novel, set in 1806 London, this story revolves around the premise of Austen's day that money determines society. Fanny Price (Hannah Taylor-Gordon) is a poor ten-year-old girl who has been sent to live with well-to-do relatives in Mansfield Park. She establishes a bond with her cousin, Edmund Bertram (Philip Sarson), and later Fanny (now played by Frances O'Connor) and Edmund (now played by Jonny Lee Miller) fall in love. But love does NOT conquer all in 19th-century England, and when Fanny refuses an arranged marriage to Henry Crawford (Alessandro Nivola), she is sent out on her own.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles 1998 TV, 210 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Ian Sharp Cast: Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Milburn, John McEnery, Lesley Dunlop, Rosalind Knight, Anthony O'Donnell, Christine Moore, Bryan Pringle, Debbie Chazen, Linda Armstrong, Hannah Waterman, Candida Rundle, Amanda Brewster, Charlotte Bellamy
Country girl Tess (Justine Waddell) is sent to the home of her aristocratic relatives, the D'Urbervilles, where her innocence is turned into bitterness after cousin Alec D'Urberville (Jason Flemyng) seduces her, and she becomes pregnant. She loses the baby, leaves the mansion, and finds work as a farmhand. She falls in love with Angel Clare (Oliver Milburn), and he returns her love. But, happiness is not fated to be in the future for Tess, and tragedy follows in this good made-for-TV retelling of the classic Thomas Hardy story.
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Thr3e 2007 PG-13, 105 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robby Henson Cast: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Bill Moseley, Max Ryan, Sherman Augustus, Priscilla Barnes, Tom Bower, Philip Dunbar, Jeffrey Lee Hollis, Kevin Downes, Jack Ryan, Josh Skjold
A homicidal psychopath, the Riddle Killer–known as RK, stalks divinity student Kevin Parson (Marc Blucas) and gives him orders over the telephone to confess his "sin." More telephone calls follow with RK telling Kevin riddles that should help him figure out the "sin." Kevin gets help from Jennifer (Justine Waddell) whose brother was a victim of RK, and Kevin's childhood friend Samantha also joins in on the investigation as they race to win the "game" by figuring out the mystery before one or all of them die.
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The Woman in White 1997 TV, 120 min. Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tim Fywell Cast: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Simon Callow, Ian Richardson, Andrew Lincoln, John Standing, Susan Vidler, Adie Allen, James Wilby, Ann Bell, Kika Markham
Half-sisters Marian and Laura Fairlie (Tara Fitzgerald and Justine Waddell) find themselves involved with a mysterious woman dressed in white who may hold the key to success in their futures.
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| 1. Chaos (2006)
2. Dracula 2000 (2000) aka: Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000
3. The Fall (2008)
4. Great Expectations (1999)
5. Mansfield Park (1999)
6. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998)
7. Thr3e (2007)
8. The Woman in White (1997)
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