Aeon Flux 2005  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Karyn Kusama
Cast: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Frances McDormand, Pete Postlethwaite, Amelia Warner, Caroline Chikezie, Nikolai Kinski, Paterson Joseph, Yangzom Brauen, Aoibheann O''Hara, Thomas Huber, Weijian Liu, Maverick Quek
It is 400 years into the future, and disease has taken most of Earth's population. But, humans do survive in the city-state of Bregna where the leader of a rebellion, Handler (Frances McDormand), sends Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) on a mission to assassinate Bregna's government leader, Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas).
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 The Beach 2000 R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Paterson Joseph, Jerry Swindall, Lars Arentz-Hansen, Staffan Kihlbom, Peter Youngblood Hills, Weeratham "Norman" Wichairaksakui, Jak Boon, Daniel York, Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul, Sanya 'Gai' Cheunjit
Based on Alex Garland's bestseller, this thriller is set on an island beach off Thailand. Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) finds a map that leads to what purports to be an island paradise. It isn't long before he and his companions–Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen)–are headed to what they believe will be a tourist utopia. Surprises await them.
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Greenfingers 2000 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Hershman
Cast: Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, David Kelly, Warren Clarke, Danny Dyer, Adam Fogerty, Paterson Joseph, Natasha Little, Peter Guinness, Sally Edwards
When the time nears for his release from prison, a sullen Colin Briggs (Clive Owen) is transferred to a minimum-security prison, Edgefield, where he shares a room with a kindly older prisoner, Fergus Wilks (David Kelly). A wary friendship develops, and Briggs receives a packet of violet seeds from Wilks for Christmas. Briggs plants them, they survive, and it isn't long before he is gardening with other prisoners. When gardening guru Georgina Woodhouse (Helen Mirren) comes to town for a booksigning, she spots Briggs' garden and gets the jailed gardeners a spot in a contest for England's best garden at the Hampton Court Flower Show. Meanwhile, romance blooms between Briggs and Woodhouse's daughter, Primrose (Natasha Little), who have plans for their own "gardening."
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| 1. Aeon Flux (2005)
2. The Beach (2000)
3. Greenfingers (2000)
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