The Card Player 2004  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Claudio Santamaria, Antonio Cantafora, Fiore Argento, Silvio Muccino, Pier Maria Cecchini, Mia Benedetta, Cosimo Fusco, Adalberto Maria Merli, Luis Molteni, Mario Opinato
Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca) teams up with British policeman John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) to track down the serial killer who has contacted her to play poker online. Every time the killer wins, he cuts off another body part of his victim. Now, they race against the clock to put an end to the killer's deadly game.
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Don't Tell 2005 R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Cristina Comencini
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston, Luigi Lo Cascio, Valerio Binasco, Francesca Inaudi, Lucy Akhurst, Lewis Lemperuer Palmer, Jeke-Omer Boyayanlar, Simona Nasi
Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) begins to suspect that events in her long-forgotten past are triggering nightmares that have been bothering her recently. In search of answers, she leaves Rome and visits her university professor brother, Daniele (Luigi Lo Cascio), in the U.S. to confront the demons so long ignored.
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Dracula's Curse 2002 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Giancarlo Giannini, Hardy Kruger Jr., Stefania Rocca, Muriel Baumeister, Kai Wiesinger, Alessio Boni, Brett Forest, Alessia Merz, Conrad Hornby, Piroska Kiss, Istvan Goz, Barna Illyes, Csaba Pethes, Balazs Tardy
Successful American banker Jonathan Harker (Hardy Kruger Jr.) has a chance to make a good profit in real estate and travels to Romania to complete the deal with Count Tepes (Patrick Bergin). But the Count is really Count Dracula, and he's recruiting vampires. This modern-day update of "Dracula" was originally an Italian made-for-TV miniseries.
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 Heaven 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone, Mattia Sbragia, Stefania Rocca, Alessandro Sperduti, Alberto Di Stasio, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Gianfranco Barra, Vincenzo Ricotta
Philippa (Cate Blanchett) detonates a bomb in an office building as her last resort to get police to arrest the man who she believes killed her husband. But the bomb kills innocent people, and Philippa is arrested. The ensuing tale revolves around her developing romance with an investigating police officer (Giovanni Ribisi).
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Love's Labour's Lost 2000 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Matthew Lillard, Adrian Lester, Nathan Lane, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortimer, Stefania Rocca
Kenneth Branagh directed and stars in this Shakespearean romantic comedy. Updated to the 1930s, the story of four students who swear off women to allow time for studies is presented as a musical extravaganza, and the result is enjoyable entertainment.
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Nirvana 1997  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Stefania Rocca, Sergio Rubini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amanda Sandrelli, Claudio Bisio, Gigio Alberti, Antonio Catania, Ugo Conti, Silvio Orlando, Leonardo Gajo
Jimi's (Christopher Lambert) latest virtual reality computer game becomes infected with a virus that causes the game's hero, Solo (Diego Abatantuono), to have human consciousness. Solo pleads to be destroyed, but the master copy has been provided to his bosses for distribution. Furthermore, the company has many safeguards to protect their products. Jimi, with help from hackers, must play his own reality game to get to his program and destroy Solo.
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 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Sergio Rubini, Philip Baker Hall, Celia Weston, Fiorello, Stefania Rocca, Ivano Marescotti, Anna Longhi
Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) is sent to Italy to bring back the millionaire playboy, Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law). But after seeing and sharing in the Dickie's lifestyle, Ripley is not willing to give it up. His sociopathic personality now takes over in the solution to his dilemma. Academy Award nominations included Best Supporting Actor (Law).
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| 1. The Card Player (2004)
2. Don't Tell (2005)
3. Dracula's Curse (2002)
4. Heaven (2002)
5. Inside/Out (1997)
6. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
7. Nirvana (1997)
8. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
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