Beowulf 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Gotz Otto, Charles Robinson, Brent Jefferson Lowe, Roger Sloman, Layla Roberts, Vincent Hammond, Robert Willox
Medieval knight Beowulf (Christopher Lambert) battles the evil, man-eating beast, Grendel (Vincent Hammond), that has been devouring warriors at the Outpost.
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 Get Carter 2000  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Stephen T. Kay
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, Michael Caine, Rhona Mitra, Johnny Strong, Gretchen Mol, John C. McGinley, John Cassini, Mark Boone Junior, Darryl Scheelar, Crystal Lowe, Lauren Lee Smith
This third remake of the 1971 crime classic features Sylvester Stallone in the role of Jack Carter, mob enforcer, who checks into the circumstances surrounding his brother's death and realizes a murder has taken place. Among the suspects are Cliff Bumby (Michael Caine–star of the original "Get Carter"), porn-flick millionaire Cyrus Place (Mickey Rourke), and computer geek Jeremy Kinnear (Alan Cumming).
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 Highwaymen 2004  R, 80 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: James Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, Colm Feore, Andrea Roth, Gordon Currie, Noam Jenkens, Toby Proctor, James Kee, Kelly Jones
For five years Rennie (James Caviezel), in his souped-up car, has been searching for the paraplegic serial killer (Colm Feore) who murdered Rennie's wife with the killer's souped-up car. Now the final showdown is in sight. Dark and intense.
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Hollow Man 2000  R, 114 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, Mary Randle, William Devane, Rhona Mitra, Pablo Espinosa
A scientist, Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon), discovers a formula to make people disappear and uses himself as the guinea pig for his experiment. He, in fact, does become invisible but in the process uncovers a side effect: he is becoming abnormally aggressive and proves a threat to his cohorts.
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 The Life of David Gale 2003 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven, Leon Rippy, Rhona Mitra, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Beaver, Cleo King
A reporter, Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet), interviews convicted murderer Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey) just three days before his execution date. Her next step is to race against time to prove his innocence in this crime drama, which speaks for those against the death penalty.
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The Number 23 2007 R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Rhona Mitra, Michelle Arthur, Mark Pellegrino, Paul Butcher, David Stifel, Patricia Belcher, Ed Lauter, Walter Soo Hoo
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is a dog catcher who slowly goes insane while reading a book given to him by his wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen). The book involves Detective Fingerling's (also Carrey) obsession with the number 23 and how it drives him to murder his lover Fabrizia (also Madsen) and frame her lover (Danny Huston). As Walter reads the book, Agatha experiences growing concerns over what the book is doing to him and asks her friend Dr. Isaac French (also Huston) for help. But Walter believes there is more to the book and the number 23 than meets the eye and sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery.
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Shooter 2007  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Jonathan Walker, Justin Louis, Tate Donovan, Rade Serbedzija, Alan C. Peterson, Ned Beatty
Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) sets up ex-Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) to take the fall in a job that Swagger thinks is to help prevent the assassination of the President. As he starts to unravel the conspiracy, Swagger goes on the run while being tracked down by numerous law enforcement agencies trying to destroy him before the secrets can be revealed.
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Skinwalkers 2007 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Isaac
Cast: Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Kim Coates, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Knight, Sarah Carter, Tom Jackson, Rogue Johnston, Barbara Gordon, Shawn Roberts, Lyriq Bent, Todd Schroeder, Scott Anderson
Bad skinwalkers (werewolves)–Varek (Jason Behr), Zo (Kim Coates), and Sonja (Natassia Malthe)–converge on the town of Huguenot where Timothy (Matthew Knight) is preparing to celebrate his 13th birthday. Timothy is being raised by his widowed mother Rachel (Rhona Mitra) and her husband's family (Sarah Carter, Elias Koteas, and Barbara Gordon). Katherine is unaware that the family members are werewolves and that they protect Timothy because the family knows that Timothy holds the power to control the good skinwalkers' destiny. But, those bad skinwalkers know of the prophecy and, having just learned of where Timothy lives, are determined to kill him.
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 Spartacus 2004 TV, 177 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Cast: Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, James Frain, Ross Kemp, Ben Cross, Paul Kynman, Henry Simmons, Stuart Bunce, George Calil, Paul Telfer, Chris Jarman, Georgina Rylance
Sentenced to a life in the desert, a slave, Spartacus (Goran Visnjic), gets a new chance when he is purchased by the owner of a gladiator school. From here, Spartacus goes on to lead a slave rebellion against the corrupt Roman establishment. This TV miniseries is fair fare, but if you want to REALLY see Spartacus in action, go with Kirk Douglas' 1960 "Spartacus.".
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 2009 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Cast: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux, David Ashton, Geraldine Brophy, Leighton Cardno, Alexander Carroll, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Jason Hood, Craig Parker, Tania Nolan, Mark Mitchinson, Timothy Raby
Lucian (Michael Sheen) is a Lycan (werewolf) who, despite the fact that love affairs between Death Dealers (vampires) and werewolves are strictly forbidden, falls in love with Sonja (Rona Mitra) who happens to be the daughter of Death Dealer king Viktor (Bill Nighy). The vampires have persecuted the werewolves for centuries, and Lucian now leads his fellow Lycans in a revolt against Viktor in an all-out effort to gain their freedom from slavery.
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| 1. Beowulf (1999)
2. Get Carter (2000)
3. Highwaymen (2004)
4. Hollow Man (2000)
5. The Life of David Gale (2003)
6. The Number 23 (2007)
7. Shooter (2007)
8. Skinwalkers (2007)
9. Spartacus (2004)
10. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
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