 The Alamo 2004  PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarria, Jordi Molla, Leon Rippy, Tom Davidson, Marc Blucas, Robert Prentiss, Kevin Page, Joe Stevens, Ricardo Chavira, Stephen Bruton, Laura Clifton
This film rates high for historical accuracy as it recreates events before, during, and after the 1836 siege at the Alamo when a group of Texans–including Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) and James Bowie (Jason Patric)–tried to hold off Santa Anna's Mexican forces. Inside the Alamo, they try unsuccessfully during a 13-day siege to defend the Spanish mission, and Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) and his troops retaliate after the fall of the Alamo.
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First Daughter 2004  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Forest Whitaker
Cast: Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie Rogers, Michael Keaton, Margaret Colin, Lela Rochon, Michael Milhoan, Dwayne Adway, Hollis Hill, Ken Moreno, Andrew Caple-Shaw, Barry Livingston
The President's (Michael Keaton) daughter, Samantha (Katie Holmes), tries to live a normal life at Redmond College, and her father helps by sending an undercover agent, James Lansome (Marc Blucas), to watch over Samantha. Of course, they fall in love.
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I Capture the Castle 2003  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Tim Fywell
Cast: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas, Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Sinead Cusack, Henry Cavill, Sarah Woodward, James Faulkner, David Bamber, Helena Little
Cassandra (Romola Garai), a naive 17 year old, lives in a run-down English castle with her eccentric family. When new landlords from America–Simon (Henry Thomas) and Neil (Marc Blucas)–arrive on the scene, Cassandra's eyes are opened to reveal how her own scheming can lead to despair.
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The Jane Austen Book Club 2007  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robin Swicord
Cast: Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Hugh Dancy, Lynn Redgrave, Marc Blucas, Kevin Zegers, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Ed Brigadier, Nancy Travis
Best friends–dog-lover Jocelyn (Maria Bello) and newly widowed Sylvia (Amy Brenneman) have just suffered losses in their lives. They form a book club with six-times-married Bernadette (Kathy Baker), high-school teacher Prudie (Emily Blunt), Sylvia's headstrong daughter Allegra (Maggie Grace), and one guy, Grigg (Hugh Dancy), who happens to be a sci-fi fan. The group meets regularly to discuss the works of Jane Austen and, in the process, finds that their own lives parallel those of the characters in the novels.
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Meet Dave 2008 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Mike O'Malley, Pat Kilbane, Judah Friedlander, Marc Blucas, Jim Turner, Austyn Myers, Adam Tomei, Brian Huskey, Shawn Christian
Aliens from the planet Nil embark on a mission to drain Earth's oceans in order to use the salt for an alternative fuel source. The inch-tall Nilians arrive at the Statue of Liberty aboard their human-shaped spacecraft "Dave" (Eddie Murphy) on which the captain (also Murphy) operates from the ship's bridge–between "Dave's" eyes. Months earlier, the Nilians had sent an orb to suck up Earth's water, but it went astray and ended up in 5th-grader Josh's (Austyn Myers) bedroom. Now, "Dave"–controlled by the captain and crew–works its way across New York City where "Dave" meets Josh in an attempt to regain the orb. "Dave" meets and befriends Josh's widowed mother Gina (Elizabeth Banks), and then problems develop when it is learned that "Dave's" energy supply is damaged, and the mission must be performed during the next 48 hours while the ship still has enough energy to take off.
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Prey for Rock & Roll 2003  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Steyermark
Cast: Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty, Shelly Cole, Marc Blucas, Ivan Martin, Eddie Driscoll, Ashley Drane, Joannah Portman, Sandra Seacat, Shakara Ledard, Greg Rikaart
Sexy Jacki (Gina Gershon) leads Clam Dandy, an all-girl rock & roll band. But success doesn't come easily as one personal tragedy after another plagues the band members. As she approaches her 40th birthday, Jacki wonders whether or not to quit show business.
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Summer Catch 2001 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Tollin
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Bruce Davison, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick, Brittany Murphy, Gabriel Mann, Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Zena Grey, Marc Blucas, Wilmer Valderrama, Corey Pearson
Ryan Dunne (Freddie Prinze Jr.) dreams of becoming a major league baseball player and, at the same time, begins a romance with wealthy Tenley (Jessica Biel) whose lifestyle of spending summers on Cape Cod is far removed from his humble beginnings.
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 They 2002 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Wes Craven Presents: They
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jon Abrahams, Alexander Gould, Jessica Amlee, Desiree Zurowski, Mark Hildreth, Jonathan Cherry
Psychology student Julia Lund (Laura Regan) begins to suspect that her childhood fears–including monsters in the closet–may not have been simply figments of her imagination.
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Thr3e 2007  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robby Henson
Cast: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Bill Moseley, Max Ryan, Sherman Augustus, Priscilla Barnes, Tom Bower, Philip Dunbar, Jeffrey Lee Hollis, Kevin Downes, Jack Ryan, Josh Skjold
A homicidal psychopath, the Riddle Killer–known as RK, stalks divinity student Kevin Parson (Marc Blucas) and gives him orders over the telephone to confess his "sin." More telephone calls follow with RK telling Kevin riddles that should help him figure out the "sin." Kevin gets help from Jennifer (Justine Waddell) whose brother was a victim of RK, and Kevin's childhood friend Samantha also joins in on the investigation as they race to win the "game" by figuring out the mystery before one or all of them die.
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View from the Top 2003 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruno Barreto
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Mike Myers, Rob Lowe, Stacey Dash, Jon Polito, Stephen Tobolowsky, Roark Critchlow, Marc Blucas
In this rags-to-riches comedy/romance, a small town girl (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her trailer park home in Silver Springs, Nevada, with dreams of achieving her fortune as a flight attendant for Royalty Airlines.
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 We Were Soldiers 2002 R, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Randall Wallace
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Josh Daugherty, Barry Pepper, Keri Russell, Edwin Morrow, Mike White, Duong Don, Ryan Hurst, Robert Bagnell, Marc Blucas, Jsu Garcia
This film is based on a book co-written by Lt. Gen. Harold Moore, who led the First Battalion into the first all-out battle in Vietnam, and UPI reporter Joseph L. Galloway who was also present. While the action scenes of battle are fierce, the characters are well developed. Both U.S. and enemy troops have personal sides apart from that of soldiering. An insightful story.
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| 1. The Alamo (2004)
2. First Daughter (2004)
3. I Capture the Castle (2003)
4. The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
5. Meet Dave (2008)
6. Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
7. Summer Catch (2001)
8. They (2002)
aka: Wes Craven Presents: They
9. Thr3e (2007)
10. View from the Top (2003)
11. We Were Soldiers (2002)
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