88 Minutes 2007  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Benjamin McKenzie, Neal McDonough, Leah Cairns, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Redman, Brendan Fletcher, Michael Eklund
Professor of Forensic Psychology Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) testified against Jon Forster (Neal McDonough) at his murder trial nine years ago. Forster has claimed ever since that he is innocent. On the eve of Forster's execution, the Seattle police find an identical crime to the one Forster has been found guilty of, and the F.B.I. has information that the victim was one of Gramm's students. Now, Gramm receives a threat that he has only 88 minutes left to live, and he must use his own forensic skills and those of his cohorts in order to save his own life.
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 Deep Impact 1998  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski, James Cromwell, Mary McCormack, Blair Underwood, Dougray Scott, Laura Innes, Richard Schiff, Jon Favreau, Ron Eldard
A giant comet is heading on a collision course with Earth, and the U.S. President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) orders astronaut Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall) and his team aboard a spaceship to destroy the comet. The mission fails, and the President devises Plan B to hold a lottery in which the winners will be sent to giant caves in the hope that IF they can survive the comet's impact, they will continue to propagate the human race. Fourteen-year-old Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood) discovered the comet, and he and his family are given a pass to enter the cave, but his girlfriend Sarah (Leelee Sobieski) and her family must be left behind. Meanwhile, Tanner has not given up and is devising another plan to prevent the catastrophe and save Earth.
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Eyes Wide Shut 1999  R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Serbedzija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Cumming, Leelee Sobieski, Fay Masterson
One evening, Dr. William Harford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confessed that she once fantasized about a young naval officer and had almost been unfaithful to their marriage vows. That revelation shatters Bill's belief in the stability of their marriage, and he leaves their home to visit one of his patients. Instead of returning home, Bill wanders the streets into a sexual underworld where he is hit head-on with sexual and moral discoveries.
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The Glass House 2001  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Cast: Diane Lane, Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgard, Bruce Dern, Trevor Morgan, Rita Wilson, Michael O'Keefe, Kip Pardue, Kathy Baker, Chris Noth
Following the car crash that killed their parents, 16-year-old Ruby (Leelee Sobieski) and her younger brother, Rhett (Trevor Morgan), are put in the care of legal guardians–Erin (Diane Lane) and Terry (Stellan Skarsgard) Glass. But, the children quickly learn that they have not moved into the home of caring, substitute parents. Instead, they are greeted with drug abuse, hints of perversion, eavesdropping, and isolation.
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 Here on Earth 2000  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Piznarski
Cast: Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Michael Rooker, Annie Corley, Bruce Greenwood, Annette O'Toole, Elaine Hendrix, Stuart Wilson, Ronni Saxon
Rich-boy Kelley (Chris Klein) falls in love with poor-girl Samantha (Leelee Sobieski), and they do NOT live happily ever after in this low-credibility film about teenage perils.
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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale 2007 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Uwe Boll
Cast: Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Kristanna Loken, Matthew Lillard, Brian J. White, Mike Dopud, Will Sanderson, Tania Saulnier, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Gabrielle Rose, Colin Ford
Based on the "Dungeon Siege" video game, this story involves turnip farmer Farmer (Jason Statham) whose son Zeph (Colin Ford) is killed and his wife Solana (Claire Forlani) kidnapped by the villainous Krugs–an army of beasts that shattered Farmer's nearby village. Farmer, Norick (Ron Perlman), and Bastian (Will Sanderson) venture out into unknown lands to rescue Solana and, in the process, save their king (Burt Reynolds) whose life is threatened by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta) who plots to rule the world.
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 Joan of Arc 1999 TV, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Neil Patrick Harris, Maury Chaykin, Olympia Dukakis, Jonathan Hyde, Robert Loggia, Shirley MacLaine, Peter O'Toole
This made-for-TV miniseries stays true to basic historical facts but does have a tendency to meander as it relates the story of young Joan D'Arc's (Leelee Sobieski) inspired attempt to save France.
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Joy Ride 2001 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Matthew Kimbrough, Jessica Bowman, Brien Varady, Jim Beaver, Stuart Stone, Michael McCleery, Rachel Singer
While enduring a long road trip to Colorado to pick up college student Venna (Leelee Sobieski), Fuller (Steve Zahn) and Lewis (Paul Walker) decide to relieve the boredom by contacting a trucker on their CB radio. They play a practical joke on the trucker (Matthew Kimbrough) who, unfortunately, turns out to be a psychotic killer. Now, the tables are turned as the trucker tracks them down.
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Jungle2Jungle 1997  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Sam Huntington, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Short, David Ogden Stiers, Bob Dishy, Leelee Sobieski, Dominic Keating, Luis Avalos
Wall Street executive Michael (Tim Allen) brings his son, Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington), to New York. Michael found Mimi-Siku after traveling up the Amazon to obtain a divorce from his wife where he learned that they share a son. As can be predicted, the theme of this comedy is "the fish out of water" experience of Mimi-Siku as he "adapts" to the "civilized" world.
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London 2005 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hunter Richards
Cast: Jessica Biel, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Isla Fisher, Joy Bryant, Kelli Garner, Dane Cook, Nicole Andrews, Ned Bellamy, Kat Dennings, Matt Felker, Leelee Sobieski
Needing to talk to ex-girlfriend London (Jessica Biel) before she leaves for Los Angeles, Syd (Chris Evans) crashes her going-away party at a Manhattan loft where he closes himself in the bathroom and snorts cocaine while talking to the drug-dealing Englishman (Jason Statham) he just met. The two discuss the lack of meaning in their lives–all of which appears to revolve around sex.
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 Max 2002  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen, David Horovitch, Janet Suzman, Andras Stohl, Peter Capaldi, Kevin McKidd
In this fictionalized biography of Adolph Hitler, Jewish art dealer Max Rothman (John Cusack) befriends aspiring artist Adolph Hitler (Noah Taylor). Director Menno Meyjes argues a case that Hitler turned to politics because he failed as an artist.
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My First Mister 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Lahti
Cast: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place, Michael McKean, John Goodman, Rutanya Alda, Lisa Jane Persky, Natasha Braisewell
Black-clad, pierced, tattooed, and 17-years-old Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) forms a troubled relationship with 49-year-old Randall (Albert Brooks) in this May/December comedy drama.
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 Never Been Kissed 1999 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Molly Shannon, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Garry Marshall, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan, Marley Shelton, Sarah DeVincentis
Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) is now a 25-year-old newspaper copy editor, but she never got over the stress of her high-school years–UNTIL she is given an assignment to go undercover and pose as a high-school student. Through the experience of returning to her past, she finally repairs her teen psyche.
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Night Train 2009 R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian King
Cast: Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Matthias Schweighofer, Takatsuna Mukai, Togo Igawa, Richard O'Brien, Jo Marr, Constantine Gregory, Geoff Bell, Luca Bercovici, Harry Anichkin, Marianne Stanicheva, Dessi Morales, Yana Atanasova Popova
A dead body is found on a night train by the conductor, Miles (Danny Glover), pre-med student Chloe (Leelee Sobieski), and salesman Peter (Steve Zahn). The only possession of the dead man is a box, which contains a valuable treasure. Greed steps in as each tries to out-deceive the other two and claim the entire loot. But there is more to the box that meets the eye.
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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries 1998 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Leelee Sobieski, Jesse Bradford, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dominique Blanc, Jane Birkin, Virginie Ledoyen, Samuel Gruen, Isaach De Bankole
Adapted from Kaylie Jones' (daughter of James Jones) autobiographical novel, this is the story of the experiences of a war-novelist father's child who lives with her family in Paris during the 1960s. The family adopts a son who is eager to become an "American," but when the family moves back to the U.S., the children have problems assimilating into the American culture.
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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. 88 Minutes (2007)
2. Deep Impact (1998)
3. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
4. The Glass House (2001)
5. Here on Earth (2000)
6. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
7. Joan of Arc (1999)
8. Joy Ride (2001)
9. Jungle2Jungle (1997)
10. London (2005)
11. Max (2002)
12. My First Mister (2001)
13. Never Been Kissed (1999)
14. Night Train (2009)
15. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
16. The Wicker Man (2006)
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