Behind Enemy Lines 2001  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Moore
Cast: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, Olek Krupa, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield, Eyal Podell, Vladimir Mashkov, Marko Igonda, Aernout Van Lynden, Sam Jaeger, Don Winston, Shane Johnson, Geoffrey Pierson
When the reconnaissance plane of two Navy Lieutenants–Chris Burnett (Owen Watson) and Jeremy Stackhouse (Charles Malik Whitfield)–is shot down by a SAM missile over Bosnia, Burnett and Stackhouse parachute to "safety." But, once on the ground, Stackhouse is murdered by Serbs, and Burnett begins a fight-to-the-death game of cat-and-mouse to evade capture. Meanwhile, his commanding officer (Gene Hackman) acts, against orders, to organize a rescue mission.
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Dancing at the Blue Iguana 2000 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Wisdom, W. Earl Brown, Sheila Kelley, Charlotte Ayanna, Elias Koteas, Vladimir Mashkov, Christina Cabot, Kristin Bauer, Chris Hogan, Rodney Rowland
Events in the personal lives of four strippers–Jessie (Charlotte Ayanna), Angel (Daryl Hannah), Stormy (Sheila Kelley), and Jo (Jennifer Tilly)–are followed as they ply their trade at the San Fernando Valley club, Blue Iguana.
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The Quickie 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dean Stockwell, Lesley Ann Warren, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Henry Thomas, Jsu Garcia, Brenda Bakke, Bailey Thompson, Randy Lowell
Oleg (Vladimir Mashkov), a Russian Mafia boss who is tired of his "work," moves to a mansion in Southern California. There he reunites with his mother (Lesley Ann Warren) who has had several husbands and children since she left Russia many years before. He takes a liking to his half-brother, Alex (Henry Thomas), and decides to turn his part of the business over to him. Meanwhile, his life without women changes when an exterminator (Jennifer Jason Leigh) arrives for a service call at his home. His life also takes a turn when he realizes that someone is out to get him.
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 The Thief 1998  R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pavel Chukhraj
Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Misha Philipchuk, Amaliya Mordvinova, Lidiya Savchenko, Anna Shtukaturova, Olga Peshkova, Lyudmila Selyanskaya, Anatoli Koshcheyev, Viktor Bunakov
This Academy Award nominee from Russia for Best Foreign Film begins at the end of World War II when a young homeless woman, Katya (Yekaterina Rednikova), gives birth to a son who she names Sanya (which means the people of Russia). Six years later, Katya marries the stern, yet charming, Tolyan (Vladimir Mashkov), who Katya believes to be an army officer but is a common thief. The allegory is told through the eyes of Sanya (Misha Philipchuk) who has problems coping with Tolyan (who represents the thinking of Stalin).
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Tycoon: A New Russian 2002 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Tycoon
Director: Pavel Lungin
Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Andrei Krasko, Mariya Mironova, Sergei Yushkevich, Aleksandr Samojlenko, Mikhail Vasserbaum, Levani Outchaneichvili, Marat Basharov, Aleksandr Baluyev, Natalya Kolyakanova
Based on the life of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, this story relates the rise and fall of his capitalistic lifestyle.
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| 1. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
2. Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
3. The Quickie (2001)
4. The Thief (1998)
5. Tycoon: A New Russian (2002)
aka: Tycoon
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