Layer Cake 2005  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Colm Meaney, Jamie Foreman, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Marcel Iures, Tom Hardy, Sally Hawkins, Tamer Hassan, Burn Gorman, Brinley Green, Francis Magee, Dimitri Andreas
Laid-back, cocaine dealer XXXX (Daniel Craig) has conducted a successful business–until crime boss Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) asks him to find a runaway girl who is the daughter of mob boss Eddie Temple (Michael Gambon). Price also asks XXXX to move a shipment of Grade A ecstasy from Amsterdam. When it turns out that the ecstasy has been stolen by Duke (Jamie Foreman) who isn't interested in selling it to XXXX, violence bursts into XXXX's quiet world.
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Stardust 2007   PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Ian McKellen, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Mark Strong, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller, Nathaniel Parker, Ben Barnes, Ricky Gervais, Peter O'Toole, Robert De Niro, Sarah Alexander, Joanna Scanlan, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Everett
Ian McKellen narrates this tale about Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) who lives with his father Dunstan (Nathaniel Parker) in the Victorian English town of Wall, which is separated from the enchanted town of Stormhold by a wall. In an effort to impress the beautiful Victoria (Sienna Miller), Tristan goes to Stormhold to recover a fallen star. The star has turned into a beautiful woman, Yvaine (Claire Danes), who is less than enthusiastic about being taken to Wall. Another problem enters the scene when the scheming sons of Stormhold's king (Peter O'Toole) also want the star, which their father tossed into the heavens on his deathbed. The star holds the key to the kingdom. That same star knocked Yvaine from the sky and now hangs around her neck. Then, to add to Tristan's trials, witches (Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Alexander, and Joanna Scanlan) want Yvaine's heart because it will bestow beauty and eternal life on anyone who cuts it out and eats it. The special effects, along with the characters, provide great viewing.
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| 1. Layer Cake (2005)
2. Stardust (2007)
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