Blessed Art Thou 2000  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: A Question of Faith
Director: Timothy J. Disney
Cast: M.E. Hackett, Bernard Hill, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Daniel von Bargen, Joe Spano, Naveen Andrews, Michael Cudlitz, Brent Hinkley, Lupe Ontiveros, Kenneth Tigar
The quiet, California monastery is shaken when Brother Anselm (M.E. Hackett) claims to have been visited by the angel Gabriel–and is now a pregnant woman. The event causes the monks to reevaluate their lives and beliefs. The director is Walt's great-nephew.
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 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Armitage
Cast: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Mitch Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Jacott, Benny Urquidez, Audrey Kissel, Duffy Taylor, Brian Powell
Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack), a professional assassin, heads to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for two purposes: his 10-year high-school reunion and a business venture as a hit man. Once in town, he runs into Debi (Minnie Driver), the girl he stood up at the high-school prom. Former classmates cannot comprehend Blank's world and think he is joking when he describes his occupation as "professional killer." Good dialogue enhances this strange comedy/thriller.
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The Negotiator 1998 R, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Regina Taylor, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gomez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano
Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top-notch police negotiator who discovers that he has been set up and that the police are about to arrest him for the death of his partner and embezzlement of pension funds. In a panic, he seizes the building, holds hostages, and asks for another negotiator, Lt. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), to help him make a deal.
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 A River Runs Through It 1992 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Emily Lloyd, Robert Redford, Edie McClurg, Brenda Blethyn, Stephen Shellen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, MacIntyre Dixon, Vann Gravage, Nicole Burdette, Susan Traylor, Michael Cudlitz, William Hootkins
Beautiful Montana scenery around the Big Blackfoot River sets off this drama about the Maclean family during the early 20th century. Reverend Maclean and his wife (Tom Skerritt and Brenda Blethyn) are raising their very different sons–scholarly Norman (Craig Sheffer) and impetuous Paul (Brad Pitt). Their father has instilled in Norman and Paul a love of fly-fishing, and that love is what keeps them together amidst problems with gambling, alcohol, and their very stern father.
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Running Scared 2006   R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wayne Kramer
Cast: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner, Chazz Palminteri, Ivana Milicevic, Alex Neuberger, Michael Cudlitz, Bruce Altman, John Noble, David Warshofsky, Elizabeth Mitchell
While working for the Mob, Joey Gazelle's (Paul Walker) job is to get rid of guns used in murders, and he has been stowing the guns in his basement. One day, his young son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) and best friend Oleg (Cameron Bright) find some of the weapons. Oleg takes one gun home and shoots his stepfather. This sets off a string of events because Joey realizes that the gun can be traced as the one used in the killing of police officers, and now he could be targeted by both police and the Mob.
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Sex Drive 2008 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Seth Green, Alice Greczyn, Katrina Bowden, Charlie McDermott, Mark L. Young, Cole Petersen, Dave Sheridan, Michael Cudlitz, Andrea Anders, Allison Weissman, Kim Ostrenko
High-school senior Ian (Josh Zuckerman) has hooked up on the Internet with Ms. Tasty (Katrina Bowden) who promises to have sex with him. Determined to lose his virginity before starting college, Ian sets out on a road trip from Chicago to Knoxville to meet Ms. Tasty, and accompanying him are his cocky friend Lance (Clark Duke) and Felicia (Amanda Crew). Of course, problems–including car trouble along with run-ins with the law and an Amish community–ensue as Ian and friends encounter more than a few misadventures along their 500 mile trip.
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Surrogates 2009  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Francis Ginty, Boris Kodjoe, Michael Cudlitz, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Jack Noseworthy, Devin Ratray, Jeffrey De Serrano, Helena Mattsson, Michael Phillip, Danny F Smith, Brian A. Parrish
In this story, which is set in the future, people are living in the comfort and safety of their homes and communicate with others through robot surrogates. When two surrogates and their owners are killed, FBI agents Greer (Bruce Willis) and Peters (Radha Mitchell) are assigned the case and, in the process, must abandon their surrogate world and venture outside their homes for the first time in years. Clues lead to The Prophet (Ving Rhames) who leads a group of people who have chosen to live their lives together–unlike those in the rest of the world who communicate only through surrogates.
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| 1. Blessed Art Thou (2000)
aka: A Question of Faith
2. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
3. The Negotiator (1998)
4. A River Runs Through It (1992)
5. Running Scared (2006)
6. Sex Drive (2008)
7. Surrogates (2009)
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