Adoration 2009  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Scott Speedman, Rachel Blanchard, Arsinee Khanjian, Aaron Poole, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Katie Boland, Noam Jenkins, Kenneth Welsh, Geraldine O'Rawe, Duane Murray, Hailee Sisera, Devon Bostick, Soo Garay, Ieva Lucs, Maury Chaykin
High school French teacher Sabine (Arsinee Khanjian) assigns her class the project of translating a news story concerning airport security agents discovering a bomb that had been placed by a man into his pregnant girlfriend's luggage. One of the students, Simon (Devon Bostick), relates the story to his personal history in when his suicide-bomber father Sami (Noam Jenkins) wrecked a car, and he and Simon's mother Rachel (Rachel Blanchard) were killed, leaving Simon orphaned and now living with his Uncle Tom (Scott Speedman). Simon goes one step further and fashions the story by describing his father as a killer and posting the story on the Internet. The story now becomes an obsession provoking discussions about the difference between freedom fighters and terrorists.
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Comeback Season 2006  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Bruce McCulloch
Cast: Ray Liotta, Glenne Headly, Shaun Sipos, Rachel Blanchard, Brooke Nevin, Kira Clavell, Brenda Campbell, Brendan Fehr, Josh Emerson, David Parker, Kailin See, Ron Selmour
Walter (Ray Liotta) has an argument with his wife Deborah (Glenne Headly) after he confesses to an affair with his office assistant (Kira Clavell). Deborah kicks Walter out of the house, and he moves in next door with high-school football player Skylar (Shaun Sipos) whose parents are out of town. Although both have their share of problems (they got together while sharing the same jail cell after a drinking binge), their dependence on each other allows Walt to have a place to live and Skylar to gain a guardian until his parents return.
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Iron Eagle IV 1995  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Cadieux, Al Waxman, Joanne Vannicola, Max Piersig, Karen Gayle, Ross Hull, Rachel Blanchard, Dominic Zamprogna, Sean McCann, Victoria Snow, Jason Blicker, J.D. Nicholsen, Dean McDermott, Aidan Devine
These "Iron Eagle" movies keep coming at us. This time, retired Air Force General Chappy Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.) is running a flight school for juvenile delinquents. They are quite a handful–but they come together to save the world when they uncover a plot by Air Force officers to use biological weapons against U.S. enemies.
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The Rage: Carrie 2 1999  R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Katt Shea Ruben
Cast: Emily Bergl, Amy Irving, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron, Rachel Blanchard, Zachery Ty Bryan, John Doe, Kayla Campbell, Gordon Clapp
This "Carrie" sequel features Rachel (Emily Bergl) as the misfit who discovers that she has telekinetic powers that allow her to kill with her mind. Typical of the genre, this film offers nothing new.
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Road Trip 2000 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green, Amy Smart, Paulo Costanzo, DJ Qualls, Rachel Blanchard, Anthony Rapp, Fred Ward, Andy Dick, Ethan Suplee, Horatio Sanz, Edmund Lyndeck, Rhoda Griffis, Marla Sucharetza
Four college friends–E.L. (Seann William Scott), Josh (Breckin Meyer), Kyle (DJ Qualls), and Rubin (Paulo Costanzo)–leave Ithaca, New York, and head for Austin, Texas, to retrieve an incriminating tape before it reaches the mailbox of Josh's girlfriend (Amy Smart).
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 Snakes on a Plane 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: David R. Ellis
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Byron Lawson, Flex Alexander, Kenan Thompson, Keith Dallas, Lin Shaye, Bruce James, Sunny Mabrey, Casey Dubois, Gerard Plunkett, Elsa Pataky
FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) is escorting murder witness Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) on a plane from Hawaii to Los Angeles where Jones will testify against crime lord Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson). In an effort to prevent Sean from testifying, Kim plots to release a crate of poisonous snakes that–after coming in contact with pheremone infested leis that will drive them wild–will attack and kill those aboard the plane.
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Sugar & Spice 2001 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Francine McDougall
Cast: Marley Shelton, James Marsden, Marla Sokoloff, Mena Suvari, Melissa George, Alexandra Holden, Rachel Blanchard, Sara Marsh, Sean Young, W. Earl Brown
In this satire on today's teens, high-school cheerleader Diane–pregnant with the star quarterback's baby–leads her cohorts in a bank robbery as her solution to financial woes.
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 Where the Truth Lies 2005 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard, David Hayman, Maury Chaykin, Sonja Bennett, Kathryn Winslow, Michael J. Reynolds, Beau Starr, Deborah Grover, Shannon Lawson
Years ago a girl was found dead in the hotel room of comedy team Lanny Morris and Vince Collins (Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth). Neither one was taken to court over the incident, but now journalist Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman) tries to uncover facts behind the death.
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 Without a Paddle 2004 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds, Ethan Suplee, Abraham Benrubi, Rachel Blanchard, Christina Moore, Bonnie Somerville, Matthew Price, Danielle Cormack, Scott Adsit, Andrew Hampton, Jarred Rumbold, Carl Snell
Three friends since childhood–Dan (Seth Green), Jerry (Matthew Lillard), and Tom (Dax Shepard)–reunite for the funeral of their childhood friend Billy (Carl Snell). They find a trunk with papers in it revealing that Billy was searching for the $200,000 that airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper had in his grasp when he jumped from a plane 30 years before. Deciding to continue Billy's search, the trio canoe down the Columbia River where many dangers await.
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| 1. Adoration (2009)
2. Comeback Season (2006)
3. Iron Eagle IV (1995)
4. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
5. Road Trip (2000)
6. Snakes on a Plane (2006)
7. Sugar & Spice (2001)
8. Where the Truth Lies (2005)
9. Without a Paddle (2004)
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