Fighting 2009  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Zulay Henao, Michael Rivera, Flaco Navaga, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Luis Guzman, Anthony DeSando, Roger Guenveur Smith, Brian J. White, Ivan Martin, Altagracia Guzman, Dante Nero, Danny Mastrogiorgio, Gabrielle Pelucco
Sean MacArthur (Channing Tatum) leaves Alabama and moves to New York City where he ekes out a living selling counterfeit goods on the street. Con artist Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) enters Sean's life and offers him cash to fight in the illegal bare-knuckle circuit where wealthy men place wagers. Sean does well and wins all of his fights. But the intensity grows, and Harvey asks Shawn to throw a fight so that Harvey can make big money. Now, Shawn's future hangs on his decision.
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 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2006  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, Eric Roberts, Melonie Diaz, Martin Compston, Adam Scarimbolo, Julia Garro, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Scott Michael Campbell
Dito Montiel's autobiographical story begins in the present when his suffering mother (Dianne Wiest) calls him to come home because his father (Chazz Palminteri) is dying. Now a successful L.A. writer, Dito returns home to Astoria, Queens, NY, where he grew up in the mid-1980s amidst violence and drugs and left for what he believed would be a better world outside. Dito faces those who influenced his life, and the story unfolds of how Dito believes he has been saved from their fate by his saints.
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Igby Goes Down 2002  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman, Amanda Peet, Jared Harris, Rory Culkin, Kathleen Gati, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Bill Irwin, Celia Weston, Elizabeth Jagger, Gannon Forrester
Raised by schizophrenic father Jason (Bill Pullman) and self-absorbed mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon), 17-year-old Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. (Kieran Culkin) has problems coping. He is foisted off on his godfather, D.H. Baines (Jeff Goldblum), who decides Igby will spend weekdays in NYC and weekends in the Hamptons. But events don't proceed as planned in this dark comedy about the problems Igby faces growing up as a member of a wealthy, East Coast family.
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 The Sixth Sense 1999 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan, Donnie Wahlberg, Mischa Barton, Jeffrey Zubernis, Bruce Norris, Glenn Fitzgerald, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Greg Wood, Angelica Torn, Lisa Summerour, Firdous Bamji
This great psychological thriller features Haley Joel Osment in the role of Cole Sear, a young boy who sees and hears dead spirits. These facts are finally revealed when his mother, Lynn (Toni Collette), takes him to a child psychologist, Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis), who has demons of his own. By such questions as, "What are they trying to tell you?" Crowe is able to break through, but the question of whether or not the ghosts are real still remains. The film received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Toni Colette) and Supporting Actor (Osment).
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| 1. Fighting (2009)
2. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
3. Igby Goes Down (2002)
4. The Sixth Sense (1999)
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