Chopper 2000  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Dominik
Cast: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, Kenny Graham, Kate Beahan, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Bill Young, Renee Brack, Garry Waddell
Convicted killer Mark "Chopper" Read (Eric Bana) became one of Australia's best-selling authors. This autobiography includes his 1970s' prison term during which he terrorized other prisoners, was repeatedly stabbed by his best friend (Simon Lyndon), has his own ears chopped off, and is finally released–only to end up in more trouble and back in prison.
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The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course 2002  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Stainton
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, David Wenham, Lachy Hulme, Aden Young, Kenneth Ransom, Kate Beahan, Steve Bastoni, Steven Vidler
Aussie naturalist Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri, bring the same bravado shown on Irwin's TV documentaries to the screen, but they add the twist of fiction to their story about helping the CIA find a data capsule inside a crashed satellite.
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Flightplan 2005 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: 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
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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 The Return 2006 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Director: Asif Kapadia
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Sam Shepard, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, Darrian McClanahan, Wally Welch, J.C. MacKenzie, Frank Ertl, Brad Leland, Bonnie Gallup, Brent Smiga
Joanna (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a successful sales representative for a tucking company, but her private life is not as successful. She is estranged from her father (Sam Shepard), and her ex-boyfriend (Adam Scott) stalks her in hopes of winning her back. She begins to have visions of the murder of a young woman and senses that she may be the next target. The answers may lie in her home state of Texas in the town of the murdered woman.
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 The Wicker Man 2006  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Diane Delano, Michael Wiseman, Erika-Shaye Gair, Christa Campbell, Emily Holmes, Matthew Walker, Sophie Hough
Deeply Christian Sheriff Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) gets a note from ex-fiancee Willow (Kate Beahan) begging for his help in finding her daughter, Rowan (Erika-Shaye Gair). Malus answers the call and arrives on a small island in Puget Sound where he runs into an even larger mystery in the form of a group of pagan women who live in a farming commune and make blood sacrifices. But, Malus connects clues that lead to Rowan's abduction by commune members with the intent of using her as a sacrifice during the upcoming "Day of Death and Rebirth" pageant.
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| 1. Chopper (2000)
2. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
3. Flightplan (2005)
4. The Return (2006)
5. The Wicker Man (2006)
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