 Die Another Day 2002  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Michael Madsen, Will Yun Lee, Samantha Bond, Kenneth Tsang, Emilio Echevarria, Mikhail Gorevoy, Lawrence Makoare, Colin Salmon
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) travels the world–from the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, to Hong Kong, Cuba, London, and Iceland–seeking revenge against his enemies. His trek begins when he is released from prison in North Korea and sets off to track down terrorist Zao (Rick Yune) in Cuba. While in Cuba, Bond meets fellow spy Jinx (Halle Berry) and then he heads to London where he encounters millionaire Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) who has his own devious plans and invites Bond to Iceland. Bond and Jinx work as a team and try to put an end to the evil deeds of Zao, Graves, and other villains.
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 Doom 2005  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Deobia Oparei, Ben Daniels, Razaaq Adoti, Richard Brake, Al Weaver, Dexter Fletcher, Brian Steele, Robert Russell, Ian Hughes, Yao Chin, Daniel York, Sara Houghton
The original "Doom" is a video game, and the storyline for this film remains close to the game's scenario. After major problems erupt on Mars at the Union Aerospace Corporation's research facility, only Space Marines–led by Sarge (Dwayne Johnson)–are allowed into the maximum security area where they combat ghoulish monsters that have taken over the facility.
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 Fracture 2007 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton, Josh Stamberg, Xander Berkeley, Zoe Kazan, Judith Scott, Gary Cervantes
Aeronautical engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) and young attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) match wits when Crawford acts as his own attorney after he is accused of shooting his wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz). Jennifer has survived the shooting but remains comatose, and what at first looked like an open-and-shut case turns out to be not so easy when Ted begins finding holes in Willy's case. Willy's future employer, Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike), tries to get him to walk away, but Willy will not give up until the court puts Ted away for life.
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The Libertine 2004 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Cast: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Johnny Vegas, Tom Hollander, Tom Burke, Rupert Friend, Jack Davenport, Trudi Jackson, Stanley Townsend, Francesca Annis
The second Earl of Rochester, playwright John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), lived life to the fullest in 17th-century England–until his scandalous ways led him to an early grave–with critical acclaim arriving only posthumously.
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 Pride & Prejudice 2005  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Macfadyen, Claudie Blakley, Brenda Blethyn, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, Jena Malone, Talulah Riley, Simon Woods, Carey Mulligan, Kelly Reilly, Sylvester Morand, Pip Torrens, Janet Whiteside
Based on Jane Austen's novel about love and life in the class-conscious 19th-century England, Donald Southerland and Brenda Blethyn take on the roles of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet whose daughters' futures seem to hinge on marrying into the world of wealth–not necessarily with love involved. When Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) opts to choose her own husband for love, not money, her sisters follow suit. Four Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actress (Keira Knightley).
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Surrogates 2009  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Francis Ginty, Boris Kodjoe, Michael Cudlitz, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Jack Noseworthy, Devin Ratray, Jeffrey De Serrano, Helena Mattsson, Michael Phillip, Danny F Smith, Brian A. Parrish
In this story, which is set in the future, people are living in the comfort and safety of their homes and communicate with others through robot surrogates. When two surrogates and their owners are killed, FBI agents Greer (Bruce Willis) and Peters (Radha Mitchell) are assigned the case and, in the process, must abandon their surrogate world and venture outside their homes for the first time in years. Clues lead to The Prophet (Ving Rhames) who leads a group of people who have chosen to live their lives together–unlike those in the rest of the world who communicate only through surrogates.
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| 1. Die Another Day (2002)
2. Doom (2005)
3. Fracture (2007)
4. The Libertine (2004)
5. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
6. Surrogates (2009)
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