The Box 2009  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne, Sam Oz Stone, Gillian Jacobs, Celia Weston, Deborah Rush, Lisa K. Wyatt, Kevin Robertson, Ian Kahn, Mark S. Cartier, Michele Durrett, John Magaro
A financially burdened couple, Nora and Arthur Lewis (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden), are given a box, and a mysterious stranger, Arlington Steward (Frank Langella), tells them that if they press certain buttons on the box within 24 hours, they will receive $1 million. But, if they choose to push the buttons, an unknown person will die in the process. Nora does push the buttons, a person across town drops dead, and they do receive the $1 million. They suffer guilt and find themselves in a moral dilemma. Arthur investigates the origins of the box, and the trail leads to NASA, the NSA, government conspiracies, and aliens.
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 Donnie Darko 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Noah Wyle, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Daveigh Chase, Patrick Swayze, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Arthur Taxier, Mark Hoffman, David St. James, Jazzie Mahannah
Bright, but emotionally disturbed, Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) hears voices from a six-foot-tall rabbit that warns him to prepare for the end of the world (in 28 days!). In his ensuing search for God, Donnie becomes obsessed with time travel and what he perceives as energy reaching out from people's bodies. The story ends on Halloween when the world that Donnie knows does come to an end, and the puzzle pieces fit together neatly.
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Southland Tales 2007  R, 144 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana, Nora Dunn, Beth Grant, Wood Harris, John Larroquette, Bai Ling, Jon Lovitz, Christopher Lambert, Mandy Moore, Holmes Osborne, Lisa K. Wyatt
A nuclear strike on Texas has resulted in political and environmental disasters that have caused the United States to institute strict security measures to ward off terrorists. Action-movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) is married to Madeline (Mandy Moore) whose father, Senator Bobby Frost (Holmes Osborne), is a Republican vice-presidential candidate plotting a national takeover. But, Boxer is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and now, after gaining freedom, suffers amnesia, can not remember Madeline, and has teamed up with porn princess Krysta (Sarah Michelle Gellar). He is also involved with a Hermosa Beach police officer (Sean William Scott) whose identity has split in two–resulting in twins, Roland and Ronald Taverner. Taverner's efforts to find himself just might provide the key to a dangerous conspiracy.
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| 1. The Box (2009)
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
3. Southland Tales (2007)
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