 25th Hour 2002  R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Tony Siragusa, Levani Outchaneichvili, Misha Kuznetsov, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
While drug dealer Monty Brogan (Edward Norton) faces a seven year jail term, he spends his last 24 hours of freedom making peace with friends and relatives.
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 The Adventures of Pluto Nash 2002  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzman, James Rebhorn, Peter Boyle, Pam Grier, John Cleese, Burt Young, Miguel A. Nunez Jr.
Ex-con Pluto Nash (Eddie Murphy) now runs a popular nightclub on the Moon. With gambling about to be banned on Earth, the crime syndicates set their sights on the Moon for their casino operations. Nash's nightclub would be a good starting place. Lots of well-known names, but it's still a terrible, boring film that sat around for a year or more before release.
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 Alexander 2004  R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christopher Plummer, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Brian Blessed, Connor Paolo
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia (Colin Farrell), conquered most of the world before he was 25 years of age. This epic covers his eight years of battles as he led his army against the mighty Persian Empire.
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Ash Wednesday 2002 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Burns
Cast: Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Oliver Platt, Malachy McCourt, James Handy, Julie Hale, Pat McNamara, Jimmy Burke, Michael Leydon Campbell
Francis (Edward Burns), now a bartender, was once a tough guy in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan. But after his brother, Sean (Elijah Wood), was (presumably) killed three years ago, in 1980, Francis had gone straight. When Sean is spotted in the neighborhood, the crime boss reacts. Meanwhile, Francis has been very friendly with Sean's widow (Rosario Dawson).
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Chelsea Walls 2001 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ethan Hawke
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Sean Leonard, Natasha Richardson, Uma Thurman, Mark Webber, Steve Zahn, Tuesday Weld, Kevin Corrigan
During one single day in NYC at the Chelsea Hotel, 30-some residents–would-be artists, musicians, and writers–play out their own stories as part of the big picture behind the hotel that has housed the likes of Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, and Bob Dylan.
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 Clerks II 2006  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Trevor Fehrman, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Wanda Sykes, Jake Richardson, Ethan Suplee
In this sequel to the 1994 film, Randal (Jeff Anderson) and Dante (Brian O'Halloran) are now in their early 30s and working as clerks at their convenience stores in New Jersey. When their stores burn down, the pair finds new jobs at Mooby's fast-food restaurant. But, there is a threat to their longtime relationship: Dante is planning to move to Florida with his fiancee Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith) and leave Randal behind in his dead-end job.
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Death Proof 2007 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Rose McGowan, Jordan Ladd, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Quentin Tarantino, Marcy Harriell, Eli Roth, Michael Bacall, Monica Staggs
Quentin Tarantino presents "Death Proof"–a story about stunt-car driver Mike (Kurt Russell) who is a psychopathic killer. He meets beautiful women–Pam (Rose McGowan), Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier), Arlene (Vanessa Ferlito), and Shanna (Jordan Ladd)–at the Texas Chili Parlor, picks them up, and plays his deadly vehicle game of running into them at 200 MPH. But, when Mike targets more women–Abernathy (Rosario Dawson), Lee (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Kim (Tracie Thoms), and Zoe Bell (herself)–on a road trip to Tennessee, he gets more than he bargained for.
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 Down to You 2000 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kris Isacsson
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, Henry Winkler, Lucie Arnaz, Lauren German, Zay Harding, Chloe Hunter
College students Al (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Imogen (Julia Stiles) meet at a bar and fall in love in this predictable boy-meets-girl romantic fantasy.
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Eagle Eye 2008  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Ethan Embry, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Azizi, Cameron Boyce, Lynn Cohen, Bill Smitrovich, Charles Carroll, William Sadler, Deborah Strang, Dariush Kashani
Jerry (Shia LaBeouf) has just returned home to Chicago following his twin brother's funeral and discovers thousands of dollars have been deposited in his ATM account. His apartment is filled with military gear, and a phone call warns him to follow instructions or he will be arrested as a terrorist. The FBI arrives at his door, and Jerry is grilled by Agent Thomas Morgan (Billy Bob Thornton). Meanwhile, Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) has just put her eight-year-old son, Sam (Cameron Boyce), on a train bound for Washington, D.C. where his school band is scheduled to perform at the Kennedy Center. Rachel also receives a phone call from the same stranger telling her to follow directions or Sam will die. The stranger arranges for Rachel and Jerry to get together, and, with Morgan in hot pursuit, they become fugitives desperately trying to find out what is really happening.
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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest 2002  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Adam Garcia, Jake Busey, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Enrico Colantoni, Anjul Nigam, Gregory Jbara, Dan Butler, Robert Patrick Benedict, Linda Hart
The weak and tasteless humor in this tale of computer geeks trying to make a buck may give clues on why the industry suffered. The group comes up with an unusual product, but now must market it.
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Grindhouse 2007 R, 140 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Bruce Willis, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Parks, Hung Nguyen, Tom Savini, Carlos Gallardo
In this double bill, Robert Rodriguez's offering is "Planet Terror," which takes place in Texas where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The situation escalates when zombies fight to take over the human population. Quentin Tarantino presents "Death Proof"–a story about stunt-car driver Mike (Kurt Russell) who is now a psycho killer playing deadly vehicle games. But tables are turned when he targets four women on a road trip and gets more than he bargained for.
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 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, Eric Roberts, Melonie Diaz, Martin Compston, Adam Scarimbolo, Julia Garro, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Scott Michael Campbell
Dito Montiel's autobiographical story begins in the present when his suffering mother (Dianne Wiest) calls him to come home because his father (Chazz Palminteri) is dying. Now a successful L.A. writer, Dito returns home to Astoria, Queens, NY, where he grew up in the mid-1980s amidst violence and drugs and left for what he believed would be a better world outside. Dito faces those who influenced his life, and the story unfolds of how Dito believes he has been saved from their fate by his saints.
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 Josie and the Pussycats 2001 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Tom Butler, Breckin Meyer
Singer-guitarist Josie McCoy (Rachael Leigh Cook), bassist Valerie Brown (Rosario Dawson), and drummer Melody Valentine (Tara Reid) rise to pop superstardom as "Josie and the Pussycats." But with fame, problems arise in the form of manager Wyatt Frame (Alan Cumming) who has his own sinister plans for his clients' popular music.
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Light It Up 1999 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig Bolotin
Cast: Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'chard, Judd Nelson, Fredro Starr, Sara Gilbert, Vanessa Williams, Glynn Turman, Vic Polizos
When Mr. Knowles (Judd Nelson), a favorite teacher at Lincoln High, is unfairly suspended, the suspension sets off a reaction from students that quickly explodes in violence when one student, Ziggy (Robert Richard), grabs Officer Jackson's (Forest Whitaker) police weapon. The gun goes off. Within minutes the school is vacated–with the exception of six students, led by Ziggy, who are now holding Jackson hostage.
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Love in the Time of Money 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Mattei
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Jill Hennessy, Michael Imperioli, Rosario Dawson, Adrian Grenier, Malcolm Gets, Carol Kane, Vera Farmiga, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nahanni Johnstone
A series of vignettes involving New Yorkers looking for love and/or money is the theme used by writer-director Peter Mattei for this, his first, feature film.
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Men in Black II 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Peter Spellos, Michael Rivkin, Michael Bailey Smith, Lenny Venito
Those MiB operatives–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are back, but Agent J must first get Agent K out of retirement and restore his memory that the MiB agency's neuralizer has wiped out. Then it's time to save the Earth, which is once again threatened by aliens out to destroy it.
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 Rent 2005 PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thoms, Porscha Radcliffe, Stephen Payne, Ken Clark, David Fine
Based on Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock opera, this film relates stories involving one year in the lives of friends living a Bohemian lifestyle in modern-day East Village, NY. While searching for success, the group faces and sings about their poverty, addictions, and AIDS.
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 The Rundown 2003 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken, Ewen Bremner, Jon Gries, William Lucking, Ernie Reyes Jr., Stuart Wilson, Dennis Keiffer, Garrett Warren, Toby Holguin
Bounty hunter Beck (Dwayne Johnson) enters the Amazon jungle looking for mobster Billy Walker's (William Lucking) son Travis (Seann William Scott). But after Beck locates Travis many pitfalls stand in his way–including a goon squad, rebels, jungle traps, and monkeys.
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Seven Pounds 2008 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Smitrovich, Robinne Lee, Joe Nunez, Tim Kelleher, Gina Hecht, Andy Milder, Sarah Jane Morris, Madison Pettis, Judyann Elder
Haunted by guilt, using the credentials of an IRS auditor, Ben Thomas (Will Smith) interviews seven people whose lives are in danger and sets out to help them. One of the people Ben tries to help is Emily (Rosario Dawson), an artist in need of a heart transplant. Emily and Ben fall in love, but Emily has no idea about the other six people–including blind telemarketer Ezra (Woody Harrelson), abused mother Connie (Elpidia Carrillo), and Ben's own brother (Michael Ealy) to whom he donates his kidney–who are on Ben's list of those he wants to help.
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 Shattered Glass 2003 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Ray
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny, Melanie Lynskey, Steve Zahn, Rosario Dawson, Hank Azaria, Luke Kirby, Jamie Elman, Mark Blum, Chad Donella, Russell Yuen
Based on the true story of the 1990s' Washington, D.C. journalist, Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen), this drama tells of his career's meteoric rise and then steep fall when Glass was caught fabricating stories, sources, and quotes for his magazine, "The New Republic."
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Sidewalks of New York 2001 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Edward Burns
Cast: Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Farina, Heather Graham, David Krumholtz, Brittany Murphy, Stanley Tucci, Aida Turturro, Nadia Dajani, Callie Thorne, Michael Leydon Campbell, Kathleen Doyle, Ted Neustadt, Alicia Meer, Libby Langdon
Newly back on the dating scene, unsuccessful producer Tommy (Edward Burns) meets and is attracted to divorcee Maria (Rosario Dawson). Meanwhile, Maria's ex-husband Ben (David Krumholtz) is trying to get the attention of waitress Ashley (Brittany Murphy) who is having an affair with dentist Griffin (Stanley Tucci) who often cheats on his realtor wife Annie (Heather Graham). The result is an entertaining, romantic comedy in which ideas about friendship, love, and sex intersect as these Manhattanites reveal their inner thoughts about relationships.
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 Sin City 2005  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Frank Miller's Sin City
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Nick Stahl, Powers Boothe, Rutger Hauer, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Michael Clarke Duncan
Three of Frank Miller's stories–"The Hard Goodbye," "The Big Fat Kill," and "The Big Fat Bastard" make up this movie in which murder, gore, and mayhem abound. Great special effects.
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| 1. 25th Hour (2002)
2. The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
3. Alexander (2004)
4. Ash Wednesday (2002)
5. Chelsea Walls (2001)
6. Clerks II (2006)
7. Death Proof (2007)
8. Down to You (2000)
9. Eagle Eye (2008)
10. The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
11. Grindhouse (2007)
12. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
13. Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
14. Light It Up (1999)
15. Love in the Time of Money (2002)
16. Men in Black II (2002)
17. Rent (2005)
18. The Rundown (2003)
19. Seven Pounds (2008)
20. Shattered Glass (2003)
21. Sidewalks of New York (2001)
22. Sin City (2005)
aka: Frank Miller's Sin City
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