The Day the Earth Stood Still 2008   PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Kyle Chandler, Robert Knepper, James Hong, John Rothman, Sunita Prasad, Juan Riedinger, Sam Gilroy, Tanya Champoux, Rukiya Bernard
Helen Bronson (Jennifer Connelly) is a young widow who has been caring for her eight-year-old stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) since her husband died a year ago. To support herself, Helen works as a research scientist in astrobiology. When an alien orb appears in Manhattan, Helen steps in to offer the U.S. government advice on how to deal with its inhabitant, eco-friendly Klaatu (Keanu Reeves). Secretary of State Regina Jackson (Kathy Bates) is very suspicious of eco-friendly Klaatu, but Helen helps Klaatu escape, and she and Jacob take off with Klaatu and try to convince him to spare humans on the planet Earth from destruction.
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 The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore, Joshua Close, Duncan Fraser, Kenneth Welsh, JR Bourne, Mary Beth Hurt, Henry Czerny, Shohreh Aghdashloo
When Catholic priest Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson) performs an exorcism on 19-year-old Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter), she dies, and Father Moore is arrested and charged with murder. The lawyer (Laura Linney) who defends him goes up against a cocky state's attorney (Campbell Scott) and the fight is on. Eerie flashbacks of Emily's possession provide horror scenes–interspersed with courtroom drama.
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Hellraiser: Inferno 2000 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, Doug Bradley, James Remar, Carmen Argenziano, Matt George, Michael Shamus Wiles, Winifred Freedman, Nicholas Sadler, Noelle Evans, Lindsay Taylor, Sasha Barrese, Kathryn Joosten, Jessica Elliot, Christopher Neiman
In this fifth "Hellraiser" entry, the evil Pinhead (Doug Bradley) battles bad cop Detective Joseph Thorne (Craig Sheffer) who has been exiled to Hades. The battle is fought over a mysterious puzzle box that provides directions for the only exit back from Hell.
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| 1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
2. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
3. Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
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