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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The Brave One 2007 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Mary Steenburgen, Ene Oloja, Luis Da Silva Jr., Blaze Foster, Rafael Sardina, Jane Adams, Gordon MacDonald, Zoe Kravitz, Victor Colicchio
New York City radio personality Erica Bain's (Jodie Foster) life takes a brutal change of direction after she and her fiance David (Naveen Andrews) are beaten by thugs in Central Park. Three weeks later, Erica awakens from a coma and learns that David is dead. Paranoia and rage set in. Erica buys a gun off the street and begins her own crusade as a vigilante shooting those abusing the law. Through her acts, she gains celebrity status. On the trail of the celebrity vigilante is Detective Mercer (Terrence Howard) who had first seen Erica when she was in the hospital. They become friends, but as the friendship grows Mercer begins to suspect that there is more to sweet, fragile Erica than meets the eye.
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 Bride & Prejudice 2004 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews, Marsha Mason, Namrata Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar, Alexis Bledel, Anupam Kher, Meghna Kothari, Ashanti
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is once more brought to the screen. This time there is a twist: culture differences rather than class distinctions cause the problems. The story begins in India where farmer's daughter Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) meets wealthy American Will Darcy (Martin Henderson). Mutual contempt results from the onset, but all will change when Lalita and Will get past those first impressions.
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 The English Patient 1996  R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jurgen Prochnow, Clive Merrison, Kevin Whately, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Ruhring, Torri Higginson, Geordie Johnson
Based on Michael Ondaatje's novel, this is the story of the changing of Count Laszlo de Almasy's (Ralph Fiennes) life by aristocrat Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in 1938. Now, in 1944, following his World War II plane crash, the count, nursed by Canadian Hana (Juliette Binoche), remembers events leading to the accident in which he was badly burned. The movie won an impressive nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Binoche).
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Grindhouse 2007  R, 140 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Bruce Willis, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Parks, Hung Nguyen, Tom Savini, Carlos Gallardo
In this double bill, Robert Rodriguez's offering is "Planet Terror," which takes place in Texas where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The situation escalates when zombies fight to take over the human population. Quentin Tarantino presents "Death Proof"–a story about stunt-car driver Mike (Kurt Russell) who is now a psycho killer playing deadly vehicle games. But tables are turned when he targets four women on a road trip and gets more than he bargained for.
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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 1996  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram, Naveen Andrews, Rekha, Pearl Padamsee, Ranjit Chowdhry, Khalid Tyabji, Arundhati Rao, Surabhi Bhansali, Garima Dhup, Kusum Haidar, Harish Patel, Avijit Dutt, Achala Sachdev
Set in 16th-century India, this film's plot is about a rivalry in the royal court between serving girl Maya (Indira Varma) and Princess Tara (Sarita Choudhury). Maya uses erotic skills learned through Kama Sutra–the Indian book of exotic love–to compete with the Princess.
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 Mighty Joe Young 1998 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Linda Purl, Naveen Andrews, Lawrence Pressman, Mika Boorem
Mighty Joe Young, that mutant gorilla, is brought to the United States to protect him from vicious poachers. But the poachers follow, the gorilla escapes, and a rampage through Hollywood ensues.
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Planet Terror 2007 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Rebel Rodriguez, Bruce Willis, Naveen Andrews, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt, Hung Nguyen
An experimental nerve gas is released in Texas, and those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating zombies. They attack a Texas town where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The zombies are taking over, and Cherry is not the only victim. Now Cherry, armed with a machine-gun leg, and her ex-boyfriend Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) set off to stop the assault.
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 Rollerball 2002  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews, Oleg Taktarov, David Hemblen, Paul Heyman, Janet Wright, Andrew Bryniarski, Kata Dobo, Eugene Lipinski, Xu Zhi, John Kesler, Michelle Leblanc
The year is 2005, and rollerball–a renegade sport combining roller derby, motocross, and lacrosse–is all the rage. When team owner Alexi (Jean Reno) sacrifices his players to raise ratings, the team members try to expose the corruption.
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| 1. Blessed Art Thou (2000)
aka: A Question of Faith
2. The Brave One (2007)
3. Bride & Prejudice (2004)
4. The English Patient (1996)
5. Grindhouse (2007)
6. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
7. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
8. Planet Terror (2007)
9. Rollerball (2002)
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