 Bring It On 2000  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union, Clare Kramer, Nicole Bilderback, Tsianina Joelson, Rini Bell, Nathan West, Huntley Ritter, Lindsay Sloane, Natina Reed, Shamari Fears, Brandi Williams, Richard Hillman
The cheerleaders from San Diego's Rancho Carnie High School have won the last five national championships, and team captain Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) is determined that the trend will continue–despite setbacks, which include stolen routines as well as losing one member when she breaks her leg.
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Charades 1998  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: First Degree
Director: Stephen Eckelberry
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Erika Eleniak, Jack Scalia, James Wilder, James Russo, Karen Black, Kimberley Kates, Richard Hillman, Robert Fields, James Andronica
Quinn and his wife (James Wilder and Kimberly Kates) host a weekend barbecue for his co-workers. We soon find out that there is a motivation behind the party when Jude (Karen Black) shows up. Jude's husband, who had been the owner of the company, was murdered, and Jude intends to find out "whodunit." A mix of mystery, thriller, and black comedy.
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Mambo Cafe 1999  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reuben Gonzalez
Cast: Danny Aiello, Rick Gonzalez, Rosanna DeSoto, Thalia, Robert Costanzo, Paul Rodriguez, Richard Hillman, Lillo Brancato, Raymond Serra, Gary Swanson
A Puerto Rican family runs a restaurant in NYC, and business isn't good. Here's an idea: rumor has it that a local mobster is about to be taken out by his superiors, and the restaurant would become famous if the gangster got killed there. So–the gangster accepts the invitation to dine daily at the family's cafe, and the plan works. One result is favorable–the place is now packed; the problem is that now the mob boss is suspicious of what happened.
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Men 1997  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
Cast: Sean Young, Dylan Walsh, John Heard, Richard Hillman, Karen Black, Beau Starr, Shawnee Smith, Glenn Shadix, Annie McEnroe, Shannon Conlon, Kenneth Moskow, Annie Fitzgerald, Keith Odett, Gary Wolf, Eric B. Jones
Stella (Sean Young) lives with her alcoholic ex-boyfriend Teo (Dylan Walsh) and spends her time picking up men for one-night stands. Desiring to become a chef, but happy in her adventures with men, she accepts her ex's offer of a one-way ticket to L.A. Once there, she gets a job as a chef, does well at it, but still likes to continue going through men. After falling for one, she starts thinking that perhaps it is time to settle down. But tragedy strikes. Sean Young is good in this otherwise weak effort.
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Palmer's Pick Up 1999 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: Robert Carradine, Richard Hillman, Patrick Kilpatrick, Neil Giuntoli, Alice Ghostley, Soupy Sales, Garrett Morris, Talia Shire, Morton Downey Jr., Rosanna Arquette, Piper Laurie, Clu Gulager
Not-so-bright Bruce and Pearl (Robert Carradine and Richard Hillman) run a small trucking business and are happy when they get a much needed job: haul a large crate from California to Florida and arrive before the new millennium begins. As they proceed along the way, more and more people try to stop them in the belief they are carrying the Devil that will be released into the Bermuda Triangle at the start of the new millenium. An interesting supporting cast.
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Wildflowers 1999 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Melissa Painter
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Clea DuVall, Eric Roberts, Tomas Arana, Richard Hillman, Eric Yetter, Robert Haas, John Doe, Sheila Tousey, Irene Bedard
When a child of a 1980s' commune, Cally (Clea DuVall), suspects that her older friend, Sabine (Daryl Hannah), is really her mother, she begins an investigation asking questions of those who could provide answers to her identity.
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| 1. Bring It On (2000)
2. Charades (1998)
aka: First Degree
3. Mambo Cafe (1999)
4. Men (1997)
5. Palmer's Pick Up (1999)
6. Wildflowers (1999)
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