The Blind Side 2009  PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Jae Head, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Andy Stahl, Tom Nowicki, Adriane Lenox, Catherine Dyer, Libby Whittemore, Melody Weintraub, Sharon Morris
Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is a homeless African-American teenager from a broken home who wealthy Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) spots on a cold, winter night. He is wearing just shorts and a t-shirt, and Leigh Anne invites Michael into her Memphis home. Despite different backgrounds, Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family. His adopted family helps Michael achieve success as a student and hire Miss Sue (Kathy Bates) to tutor Michael. Michael succeeds with his studies and joins the football team at his Briarcrest Christian School. Later, he becomes a star player at the University of Mississippi, and this year signed with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. Based on the true story of Michael Oher's life.
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 Committed 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lisa Krueger
Cast: Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, Goran Visnjic, Patricia Velasquez, Alfonso Arau, Mark Ruffalo, Summer Phoenix, Kim Dickens, Mary Kay Place
After only two years of marriage, Carl (Luke Wilson) splits, leaving Joline (Heather Graham) high and dry–but not for long. Joline has other plans for the marriage and sets out to track down her wandering spouse to force him to live up to his marriage vows.
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 The Gift 2000   R, 112 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons
Using decks of cards and her psychic vision, young widow Annie (Cate Blanchett) supplements her family income. One day she "sees" Jessica King (Katie Holmes) in a pool of water and later learns that Jessica has mysteriously disappeared. Is Annie's "gift" great enough for her to uncover the facts behind a potential murder case?
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Goodnight, Joseph Parker 2004 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dennis Brooks
Cast: Nick Chinlund, Paul Sorvino, Steven Tyler, Debi Mazar, Richard Edson, Kim Dickens, Ruby Jean Parisi, Will Potter, Shannah Laumeister, William McLain
Set in a New Jersey bar, the plot revolves around the return of successful singer Joseph Parker (Nick Chinlund) who reunites with bar owner Carlie (Paul Sorvino) and barmaid Rita (Debi Mazar). Hopes rise that the presence of Joseph will prove uplifting for Charlie's bar.
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 Great Expectations 1998 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Josh Mostel, Kim Dickens, Nell Campbell, Gabriel Mann, Jeremy James Kissner, Raquel Beaudene, Stephen Spinella, Marla Sucharetza, Isabelle Anderson
Charles Dickens' classic is modernized in this story of Finnegan Bell's (Ethan Hawke and Jeremy James Kissner as young Finnegan) love for Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow and Raquel Beaudene as young Estella). He has loved Estella since childhood despite the differences in their upbringings and expectations. Now, Pip learns that a mysterious benefactor Lustig (Robert De Niro) has provided him with wealth, and Pip takes on the role of "gentleman" in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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Hollow Man 2000  R, 114 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, Mary Randle, William Devane, Rhona Mitra, Pablo Espinosa
A scientist, Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon), discovers a formula to make people disappear and uses himself as the guinea pig for his experiment. He, in fact, does become invisible but in the process uncovers a side effect: he is becoming abnormally aggressive and proves a threat to his cohorts.
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 House of Sand and Fog 2003 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vadim Perelman
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jonathan Ahdout, Navi Rawat, Carlos Gomez, Kia Jam, Jaleh Modjallal, Samira Damavandi
Short on cash after spending his savings to ensure a good marriage for his daughter, Iranian immigrant Col. Behrani (Ben Kingsley) buys a house at auction, which he plans to fix up and sell for a profit. But, there is a problem here: the county has wrongly evicted the owner (Jennifer Connelly), and she wants the house back. Tensions accelerate when she is aided and abetted by her new boyfriend (Ron Eldard), a policeman who knows all the tricks of the trade. Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Actor (Ben Kingsley) and Best Supporting Actress (Shohreh Aghdashloo).
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Mercury Rising 1998  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens, Robert(2) Stanton, Bodhi Elfman, Carrie Preston, John Carroll Lynch, Peter Stormare, Kevin Conway
Chicago-based FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) protects an autistic savant, nine-year-old Simon (Miko Hughes), who has decoded a top-secret document and is now in mortal danger from those who are sent out to assassinate him.
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Palookaville 1996 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Adam Trese, Vincent Gallo, William Forsythe, Gareth Williams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Frances McDormand, Bridgit Ryan, Kim Dickens, Robert LuPone, Nesbitt Blaisdell
Sid (William Forsythe), Jerry (Adam Trese), and Russ (Vincent Gallo) are three lovable losers who try to rob a jewelry store but break through the wall of a BAKERY instead.
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 Thank You for Smoking 2006 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, William H. Macy, Rob Lowe, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall, Kim Dickens, Todd Louiso
In this satire, Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is a spokesperson for Big Tobacco whose lobbying for smoking rights in public conflicts with his efforts to be a role model at home for his 12-year-old son, Joey (Cameron Bright).
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Things Behind the Sun 2001 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allison Anders
Cast: Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Don Cheadle, Alison Folland, Elizabeth Pena, Rosanna Arquette, Patsy Kensit, CCH Pounder, Eric Stoltz, Bill Cordell
Hard-drinking and hard-living Sherry (Kim Dickens) is an up-and-coming singer with a current hit song about rape–a song that reflects her despair over being raped as a child. Each year she gets drunk on the same lawn on the same day at the rape scene. Meanwhile, Owen (Gabriel Mann), who writes for a music magazine, is sent to get a story on Sherry. Owen knows much about her past, having been involved in the rape incident by his older brother, and must face up to his old demons. A powerful story based on Director Anders' rape at a young age.
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Kiefer Sutherland
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, Rod Steiger, Martin Sheen, Kim Dickens, Grace Phillips, Rick Rossovich, John C. McGinley
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) has just been released from prison and gets right back into his old lifestyle by joining trigger-happy Curtis Freley (Kiefer Sutherland) and Tony Vago (Rod Steiger) in a robbery. Everything goes wrong, and they end up in New Mexico with a kidnapped couple in tow.
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The White River Kid 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: White River
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Antonio Banderas, Wes Bentley, Ellen Barkin, Beau Bridges, Swoosie Kurtz, Chad Lindberg, Roger Clinton, Kim Dickens, Randy Travis
A phony monk (Bob Hoskins) and his sidekick (Antonio Banderas) travel through Arkansas selling socks from their van, meeting all sorts of unusual people on the way. But trouble is brewing just around the bend. Nearly a bomb.
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Zero Effect 1998 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross, Sarah DeVincentis, Matt O'Toole, Michele Mariana, Robert Katims, Tyrone Henry, Aleta Barthell
Jake Kasdan wrote and directed this excellent film about a private investigator extraordinaire, Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) who is assigned to find the person responsible for the extortion of the Portland, Oregon, tycoon Gregory Stark (Ryan O'Neal). Zero and his assistant Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller) set up a sting operation, and soon Gloria Sullivan (Kim Dickens) becomes involved in the case. This is one very funny movie.
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| 1. The Blind Side (2009)
2. Committed (2000)
3. The Gift (2000)
4. Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
5. Great Expectations (1998)
6. Hollow Man (2000)
7. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
8. Mercury Rising (1998)
9. Palookaville (1996)
10. Thank You for Smoking (2006)
11. Things Behind the Sun (2001)
12. Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
13. The White River Kid (1999)
aka: White River
14. Zero Effect (1998)
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