 Blood Work 2002  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay
Graciella (Wanda De Jesus) hires retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) to find her sister's killer. McCaleb is indebted to Graciella's family because, two years earlier, he received the transplanted heart of her sister. But does he have the physical strength to solve one more crime?
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 Catch and Release 2007 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Susannah Grant
Cast: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger, Joshua Friesen, Fiona Shaw, Tina Lifford, Georgia Craig, Christopher Redman, Sonja Bennett, Yorgo Constantine, Joyce Krenz
Gray Wheeler's (Jennifer Garner) fiance has died on his bachelor party fishing trip, and while struggling over the tragedy Gray finds comfort in friends Dennis (Sam Jaeger), Fritz (Timothy Olyphant), and Sam (Kevin Smith). The four share a tiny house in Boulder while Gray tries to rebuild her life. It isn't long before her fiance's hidden secret of fathering a child out of wedlock and paying support to the mother (Juliette Lewis) rises to the fore, but at the same time a new romance blooms for Gray.
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Grand Canyon 1991  R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard, Jeremy Sisto, Tina Lifford, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jeanne Bates, Patrick Malone, Randle Mell, Sarah Trigger, Destinee DeWalt, Jack Kehler
Through a series of vignettes, this film examines a group of friends, including lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) and his newfound friend Simon (Danny Glover). Mack's car breaks down in Simon's rough neighborhood, and Simon and his gang come to his aid. Mack thanks Simon by helping Simon's sister Deborah (Tina Lifford) move out of the neighborhood and by setting up a date for Simon with Jane (Alfre Woodard). Other neighborhood problems and solutions ensue as the lives of residents from different backgrounds intertwine.
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 Hostage 2005  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Florent Emilio Siri
Cast: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Marshall Allman, Serena Scott Thomas, Rumer Willis, Kim Coates, Robert Knepper, Tina Lifford
Former LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) left the force after failing to save a mother and her child during a hostage situation. Jeff and his family now live in the suburbs where he serves as police chief. One night, gunmen take a suburban family hostage–an act that escalates into Jeff's wife and daughter being kidnapped also and held for ransom. Now, Jeff is forced to face the personal demons from his past.
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 Joe Somebody 2001 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Germann, Robert Joy, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Ken Marino, James Cada, Wolfgang Bodison, Cristi Conaway, Tina Lifford
On "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day," and in front of his young daughter (Hayden Panettiere), Joe (Tim Allen) gets kicked around by a co-worker (Patrick Warburton) in the office parking lot. Joe decides to fight back and gets karate training from a washed-up, action film star (James Belushi).
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Letters from a Killer 1998  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Carson
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Gia Carides, Kim Myers, Tina Lifford, Elizabeth Ruscio, Olivia Birkelund, Roger E. Mosley, Bruce McGill, Mark Rolston, Don Stark
Race Darnell (Patrick Swayze), falsely accused of murdering his wife, spends spare moments on death row sending love letters to lonely women. But one of the recipients is BIG trouble when she decides to avenge her broken heart.
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Mandela and de Klerk 1997 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Tina Lifford, Gerry Maritz, Ian Roberts, Ben Kruger, Jerry Mofokeng, Owen Sejake, Terry Norton, Tertius Meintjes, Farouk Valley-Omar, John Carson
This film documents the struggles of Nelson Mandela (Sidney Poitier) over the 27-year period during which he brought an end to apartheid in South Africa.
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 A Streetcar Named Desire 1995 TV, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Patricia Herd, Rondi Reed, Frederick Coffin, Carlos Gomez, Matt Keeslar, Jerry Hardin, Tina Lifford, Carmen Zapata
In this made-for-TV version of Tennessee Williams' classic story, Jessica Lange performs as the Mississippi Southern belle, Blanch DuBois, who visits her pregnant sister Stella (Diane Lane) and Stella's husband Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin) in their run-down French Quarter apartment in New Orleans. Although Blanche appears to be a refined woman, Stanley learns there is more to her than meets the eye and sabotages her romance with his friend Mitch (John Goodman). Alec Baldwin and Lange repeated their Broadway roles in this film.
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| 1. Blood Work (2002)
2. Catch and Release (2007)
3. Grand Canyon (1991)
4. Hostage (2005)
5. Joe Somebody (2001)
6. Letters from a Killer (1998)
7. Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
8. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
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