American Crime 2004  R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Dan Mintz
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Cary Elwes, Annabella Sciorra, Kip Pardue, Cyia Batten, Wade Williams, Michael O'Neill, Kai Lennox, Billy Rieck, Frankie Ray, Kim Robillard, Carl Michael Lindner
A Midwestern town makes national headlines when a killer stalks, videotapes the movements of, and then kills his victim. He then sends a copy of the videotape to the next victim. Young and inexperienced local TV reporter Jessie (Rachael Leigh Cook) hopes to make a name for herself by solving the crimes but has competition from Albert (Cary Elwes), the nationally syndicated TV host of "American Crime." Tensions rise when Jessie receives a videotape and then disappears.
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Heartwood 1998 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lanny Cotler
Cast: Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, Jason Robards, Randall Batinkoff, John Terry, John Dennis Johnston, Stanley DeSantis, Tantoo Cardinal, Tomas Arana, Muse Watson, Kai Lennox, Kevin Breznahan, Erin Beaux, Jenna Byrne
Sawmill owner Logan Reeser (Jason Robards) comes close to being forced into shutting down his mill when he refuses to strip the nearby forest of its redwood trees. Coming to the rescue is town outcast Frank Burris (Eddie Mills) who falls in love with the mill manager's (John Terry) daughter Sylvia (Hilary Swank). Then, while wandering in the forest, Frank finds gold along the riverbed and comes up with a plan to save the mill and the town as well.
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Rush Hour 1998  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Pena, Tzi Ma, Julia Hsu, Ken Leung, Philip Baker Hall, Chris Penn, Mark Rolston, Robert Littman, Kai Lennox, Larry Sullivan, Yang Lin, Roger Fan
Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) is called to Los Angeles to work on a kidnapping case involving the Chinese consul's (Tzi Ma) daughter Soo Yung (Julia Hsu). Lee teams up with local cop Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), and, although neither man likes teamwork, they set out to save the young girl. More of Chan's terrific stunts are displayed.
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| 1. American Crime (2004)
2. Heartwood (1998)
3. Rush Hour (1998)
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