3 Needles 2005  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Tanabadee Chokpikultong, Sook-Yin Lee, Isabelle Cyr, Gary Farmer, Thierry Fargeau, Jessie Gabe
Three stories offer different perspectives on the AIDS crisis. In the first, Lucy Liu takes on the role of black-marketer Jin Ping who jeopardizes a village when she pretends to be a representative of the Provincial Health Office and sanctions an unsanitary drawing of villagers' blood. In the second story, HIV-positive porn star Denys (Shawn Ashmore) uses his own father's blood for required blood tests by his production company. In the final entry, a young nun, Sister Clara (Chloe Sevigny), works with missionaries (Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh) and makes personal sacrifices for the good of her village.
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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 2002  R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wych Kaosayananda
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto, Miguel Sandoval, Terry Chen, Roger R. Cross, Sandrine Holt, Steve Bacic
Former FBI Agent Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas) and NSA Agent Sever (Lucy Liu), bent on destroying each other, soon switch the focus to the wealthy, powerful, and evil Robert Gant (Gregg Henry).
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 Charlie's Angels 2000 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: McG
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, John Forsythe, Matt LeBlanc, Luke Wilson, Tom Green, LL Cool J, Sean Whalen, Alex Trebek
Just like in the 1970s' TV show by the same name, Charlie (John Forsythe) is an off-screen voice that directs his investigators Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore), and Alex (Lucy Liu) to get ready for the next case. This time around, the investigation involves recovery of voice recognition software stolen by a rival, Roger Corwin (Tim Curry). Nothing changes: we still have a team of sexy babes rising to the bait.
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 2003  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: McG
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Justin Theroux, Robert Patrick, Demi Moore, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, John Forsythe, Rodrigo Santoro, Shia LaBeouf, John Cleese, Eric Bogosian
The Angels–Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore), and Alex (Lucy Liu)–investigate a series of murders that are linked to the mystery of two stolen rings that, when put together, reveal all the names in the Federal Witness Protection plan. John Forsythe continues his long run as the voice of Charlie.
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 Chicago 2002  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu, Colm Feore, Dominic West
Set in 1920s' Chicago, this film centers on two murderesses, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), who sought fame and fortune in vaudeville and now use the notoriety gained through murder to become stars in the tabloids. But fame is fleeting as another murderess is due for her own tabloid fame. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Actress in a Supporting Role (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The seven additional nominations included Best Actor in a Supporting Role (John C. Reilly), Actress in a Supporting Role (Queen Latifah), and Director.
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 City of Industry 1997 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen, Wade Dominguez, Michael Jai White, Reno Wilson, Lucy Liu, Dana Barron, Tamara Clatterbuck
Professional criminal Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel) has been part of a successful diamond heist in Palm Springs, but when he is left holding an empty bag, he joins forces with Rachel Montana (Famke Janssen) and seeks the stolen fortune and more than a little revenge against his once-partner-in-crime, Skip Kovich (Stephen Dorff).
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Code Name: The Cleaner 2007  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Mark Dacascos, Callum Keith Rennie, Niecy Nash, DeRay Davis, Will Patton, Kevin McNulty, BJ Davis, Bart Anderson, Tom Butler
After being hit in the head and having his wallet stolen, Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) wakes up in a hotel room with a dead FBI agent lying next to him. While Jake tries to regain his memory, he finds himself at the center of a government conspiracy–and to add to Jake's confusion, Diane (Nicollette Sheridan) claims to be his wife, while waitress Gina (Lucy Liu) tells him she is his girlfriend. Jake, himself, begins to suspect that he is a spy.
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 Cypher 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett, Timothy Webber, David Hewlett, Kari Matchett, Kristina Nicoll, Joseph Scoren, Arnold Pinnock, Boyd Banks, Dan Duran
As part of his new job as an industrial espionage agent for Digicorp, Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) travels to convention sites and records speeches. Then Morgan meets mysterious Rita Foster (Lucy Liu) who tells him that his job is a ruse and that she suspects he is being brainwashed. Now Morgan begins to question what really is happening in his life.
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Domino 2005 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Riz Abbasi, Delroy Lindo, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Christopher Walken, Mo'Nique, Dabney Coleman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jerry Springer
This film is very loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) who was the troubled daughter of actor Lawrence Harvey. Domino left her career as a model to become a very successful bounty hunter. The reason she gives for her change in careers: "I want to have a little fun."
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Gridlock'd 1997  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cast: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Charles Fleischer, Howard Hesseman, Lucy Liu, James Pickens Jr., John Sayles, Tom Towles
After admitting Spoon's (Tupac Shakur) girlfriend, Cookie (Thandie Newton), to the hospital following her drug overdose, musicians Spoon and his friend Stretch (Tim Roth) search for a rehab center for themselves and encounter a myriad of absurd bureaucratic barriers standing in the way of help for their problem.
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Hotel 2001 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, John Malkovich, Heathcote Williams, Valeria Golino, Julian Sands, Chiara Mastroianni
As filmmakers converge on the Hungaria Hotel in Venice to make a movie, Charlee Boux (Salma Hayek) films her documentary of behind-the-scenes filming action. Other activities at the hotel include those of hotel workers who kidnap guests at night to serve their own cannibal tastes...and on and on it goes.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Michael Parks, Sonny Chiba, Chiaki Kuriyama, Julie Dreyfus, Chia Hui Liu, Jun Kunimura
On her wedding day, assassin Black Mamba (Uma Thurman) is shot in the head and her groom is killed by fellow members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad: DiVAS. Four years later, Black Mamba awakens from her coma and vows revenge. Blood and gore ensue.
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Kung Fu Panda 2008 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Action / Comedy
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Cast: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, Dan Folger, James Hong, Michael Clarke Duncan, JR Reed, Kyle Gass, Wayne Knight
Obese panda Po (voice of Jack Black) is a martial arts fan working in his family's noodle shop. When turtle master Oogway (voice of Randall Duk Kim) has a vision that the evil Tai Lung (voice of Ian McShane) is returning to Peaceful Valley to wreak havoc, he selects Po to fulfill an ancient prophecy as the Dragon Warrior who will save the day. The selection upsets martial arts instructor Shifu (voice of Dustin Hoffman) and his prize students–Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Mantis, and Crane (voices of Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, and David Cross)–who expected to be selected, and Shifu refuses to train Po. Now, Tai Lung escapes from prison, and the prize students head out to intercept him, leaving Shifu with no choice other than to train the flabby Po to fulfill the prophesy and save Peaceful Valley from Tai Lung's wrath. The film was nominated for a Best Animated Feature Oscar.
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Love Kills 1998 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Devine, Donovan Leitch, Louise Fletcher, Daniel Baldwin, Robert LaSardo, Alexis Arquette, Senen Reyes, Lucy Liu, Susan Ruttan, Melvin Van Peebles
Poe Finklestein (Mario Van Peebles) poses as a masseur in his plan to steal the family jewels belonging to recently widowed Evelyn Heiss (Lesley Ann Warren). But once inside the Heiss mansion, Finklestein finds himself in the middle of a myriad of plots by family members to steal the jewels themselves.
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 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Stanley Tucci, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Michael Rubenfeld, Peter Outerbridge, Kevin Chamberlin, Mykelti Williamson, Dorian Missick, Sam Jaeger
Crime bosses The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman) are at war when a case of mistaken identity in the kidnapping of Slevin (Josh Hartnett), who captors believe is his friend Nick (Sam Jaeger), throws Slevin into the middle of the battle. Complications include assassin Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and Nick's neighbor, coroner Lindsey (Lucy Liu), along with that relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) who is determined to uncover what is really happening.
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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Abugov
Cast: David Hyde Pierce, Mackenzie Astin, Carmen Electra, Lucy Liu, Markus Redmond, Leo Rossi, Lisa Rotondi, Sharon Wyatt, Jack Kehler, Antonette Saftler
David Hyde Pierce plays an alien narrator in this farce about the courtship of Jenny (Carmen Electra) and Billy Waterston (Mackenzie Astin) and shows that through the eyes of one from another galaxy, mating rituals on Earth appear very odd indeed.
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Molly 1999 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane, D.W. Moffett, Elizabeth Mitchell, Robert Harper, Elaine Hendrix, Michael Paul Chan, Lucy Liu
Molly (Elisabeth Shue) is an autistic woman who goes to live with her brother, Buck (Aaron Eckhart). When the chance for an experimental operation beckons, Buck encourages Molly to go for it. Her life changes forever.
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Mulan II 2004 G, 79 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland
Cast: Ming-Na, Lea Salonga, B.D. Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu, Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Oh, Gedde Watanabe, Lauren Tom, Jerry Tondo, Pat Morita, George Takei, June Forey, Soon-Tek Oh, Frank Welker
Mulan (voice of Ming-Na/singing voice of Lea Salonga) is engaged to marry General Shang (voice of B.D. Wong) when the Emperor (voice of Pat Morita) calls on them to serve as bodyguards for his daughters Mei, Su, and Ting (voices of Lucy Liu, Lauren Tom, and Sandra Oh) when they travel to a foreign land for arranged marriages that will help gain peace between nations. The trek proves difficult, and Mulan's dragon sidekick Mushu (voice of Mark Moseley) contributes to problems because he knows that his job will end if Mulan and Shang marry. Along the way, Mulan realizes that the princesses are being forced into loveless marriages and decides to help them escape their fate.
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 Payback 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Deborah Kara Unger, William Devane, Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Jack Conley, John Glover, William Devane, Lucy Liu, Kwame Amoaku, Mark Alfa
Porter (Mel Gibson) is a professional thief who–after being shot and robbed of $140,000 by his wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), and his best friend, Val Resnick (Gregg Henry)–vows to take revenge and retrieve his share of the missing money. He sets out after Resnick and his money but, along the way, becomes involved with the syndicate, an Asian gang, and even crooked police officers. Seven years later, a "Director's Cut" by Helgeland was released as "Payback: Straight Up."
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Play It to the Bone 1999 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Lucy Liu, Robert Wagner, Richard Masur, Willie Garson, Cylk Cozart, Kevin Costner
Boxing promoters Hank Goody (Robert Wagner) and Joe Domino (Tom Sizemore) offer boxers Caesar (Antonio Banderas) and Vince (Woody Harrelson) the chance of a lifetime. If they can get from L.A. to Las Vegas, they will not only fight the undercard match for Mike Tyson's "Fight of the Century," they will be paid $100,000 and a title shot for the winner as well. They have no funds for the trip, but Caesar's girlfriend, Grace (Lolita Davidovich), comes to their rescue and offers to drive them in her well-worn 1972 Olds.
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Riot in the Streets 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Riot
Director: Galen Yuen, Richard Di Lello, David C. Johnson, Alex Munoz
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Luke Perry, Melvin Van Peebles, Cicely Tyson, Douglas Spain, Mako, Peter Dobson, Kieu Chinh, Alexis Cruz, Lucy Liu
Four stories are interwoven into the theme of events that surrounded the 1992 Los Angeles riots when citizens, learning of the Rodney King court verdict, took to the streets.
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 Shanghai Noon 2000 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tom Dey
Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Rongguang Yu, Cui Ya Hi, Walton Goggins, Rafael Baez
Once again Jackie Chan provides a hilarious story. As a guard in China's Imperial Palace, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is sent to America where he teams up with a train robber in the 1881 Wild West. Together the unlikely duo sets out to rescue the beautiful princess.
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1. 3 Needles (2005)
2. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
3. Charlie's Angels (2000)
4. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
5. Chicago (2002)
6. City of Industry (1997)
7. Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
8. Cypher (2002)
9. Domino (2005)
10. Gridlock'd (1997)
11. Hotel (2001)
12. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
13. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
14. Love Kills (1998)
15. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
16. The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1998)
17. Molly (1999)
18. Mulan II (2004)
19. Payback (1999)
20. Play It to the Bone (1999)
21. Riot in the Streets (1997)
aka: Riot
22. Shanghai Noon (2000)
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