All About the Benjamins 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Kevin Bray
Cast: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Eva Mendes, Jeff Chase, Valarie Rae Miller, Anthony Giaimo, Roger Guenveur Smith, Anthony Michael Hall, Gino Salvano, Tony Ward, Dominic Chianese Jr., Antoni Corone, Bob Carter
Numerous times, bounty hunter Bucum Jackson (Ice Cube) has tracked down con man Reggie Wright (Mike Epps). This time, the trail leads to an abandoned warehouse, which, as luck would have it, is the drop-off area for a diamond heist. In the confusion, Reggie's wallet is stolen and, along with it, a winning lottery ticket. It isn't long before the unlikely duo of Bucum and Reggie team up to outwit the jewel thieves.
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Attila 2001 TV, 170 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe, Simmone Mackinnon, Tim Curry, Reg Rogers, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, Tommy Flanagan, Pauline Lynch, Liam Cunningham
This made-for-TV movie proves to be an enjoyable biography of the life of the fabled Attila who unites the Huns and attempts to overthrow the Roman Empire.
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 AVP: Alien vs. Predator 2004  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Alien vs. Predator
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Tommy Flanagan, Joseph Rye, Agathe De La Boulaye, Carsten Norgaard, Sam Troughton, Kieran Bew, Pavel Bezdek
Members of an archaeological expedition, led by Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan), are caught unexpectedly in the middle of a bloody battle between Aliens and Predators.
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Gladiator 2000   R, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris, David Schofield, John Shrapnel, Tomas Arana, Ralf Moeller, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Spencer Treat Clark, David Hemmings, Tommy Flanagan
Set in 180 A.D., this action film uses real historical events and people as background for its tale of greed and corruption versus loyalty and truth. After Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murders his father, the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), he forces trusted general Narcissus Maximus (Russell Crowe) into exile. Rescued by slaves, Maximus is sold as a gladiator and ends up fighting in the Colosseum under the alias of "The Spaniard." The film won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Actor (Crowe), Costume Design, Sound, and Visual Effects. It also received seven other nominations, including Best Director.
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The Last Drop 2005 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Colin Teague
Cast: Billy Zane, Karel Roden, Michael Madsen, Alexander Skarsgard, Tommy Flanagan, Sean Pertwee, Laurence Fox, Rafe Spall, Neil Newbon, Coral Beed, Lucy Gaskell, Nick Moran, Andrew Howard
As part of a plan known as Operation Market Garden to end World War II before Christmas, 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in Holland with the top-secret mission of finding a cache of priceless art stolen by the Nazis. Plans go awry, and seven British soldiers are separated from the others–destined to collide with three German soldiers who also want the artifacts.
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Plunkett & Macleane 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jake Scott
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler, Michael Gambon, Ken Stott, Alan Cumming, Claire Rushbrook, Iain Robertson, Tommy Flanagan, James Thornton
Macleane (Jonny Lee Miller) and Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) are two rogues living in England during the mid-1700s–an era when highwaymen took advantage of the well-to-do aristocracy. Macleane and Plunkett meet and join forces to conduct their own game of ridding society's finest of their assets. They learn quickly, but their partnership is threatened when Macleane falls in love with the beautiful Lady Rebecca (Liv Tyler).
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Ratcatcher 1999 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Lynne Ramsay Jr., Leanne Mullen, John Miller, Jackie Quinn, James Ramsay, Anne McLean
Set in 1970s' Glasgow, during a period of filth brought on by a trash haulers' strike, this is the story of 12-year-old James (William Eadie) and the fantasy world away from his family's poverty that he adopts after the tragic drowning of a neighborhood friend.
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Sunset Strip 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Collis
Cast: Simon Baker, Anna Friel, Nick Stahl, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Tommy Flanagan, Darren E. Burrows, John Randolph, Stephanie Romanov, Jared Leto
This film follows a group of aspiring young people–including photographer Michael Scott (Simon Baker), musician Marty Shapiro (Adam Goldberg), and clothing designer Tammy Franklin (Anna Friel)–as they ply their trades during 24 hours on Sunset Strip in 1972.
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Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser 1988 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Charlotte Zwerin
Cast: Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Larry Gates, Phil Woods, Johnny Griffin, Ray Copeland, Jimmy Cleveland, Ben Riley, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris
This documentary is filled with great footage of performances by jazz-musician Thelonious Monk in concert. Clint Eastwood was Executive Producer.
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Trauma 2004 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Colin Firth, Mena Suvari, Brenda Fricker, Naomie Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Sean Harris, Kenneth Cranham, Dorothy Duffy, Nicola Cunningham, Justin Edwards, Cornelius Booth, Nina Hossain, Alison David, Martin Hancock, Kananu Kirimi
Ben (Colin Firth) awakens from a coma and learns that his wife was killed in the car accident that put him in the hospital. When he leaves the hospital, Ben tries to start life anew; however, hallucinations take over instead as Ben enters a new world far away from reality.
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 When a Stranger Calls 2006  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman, Arthur Young, Madeline Carroll, Steve Eastin, Karina Logue
Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle) is babysitting for two children (Arthur Young and Madeline Carroll) in their spacious home when she begins to receive telephone calls in which a husky voice asks if she has checked the children. Jill calls the police and soon realizes that the calls are coming from inside the house! Not as well received as the original 1979 thriller by the same name.
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| 1. All About the Benjamins (2002)
2. Attila (2001)
3. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
aka: Alien vs. Predator
4. Gladiator (2000)
5. The Last Drop (2005)
6. Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
7. Ratcatcher (1999)
8. Sunset Strip (2000)
9. Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser (1988)
10. Trauma (2004)
11. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
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