 American Beauty 1999  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Barry Del Sherman, Amber Smith, Joel McCrary, Erin Cathryn Strubbe, Matthew Kimbrough
Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) have grown apart over their years of marriage when Lester falls head-over-heels for their daughter Jane's (Thora Birch) best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Carolyn, meanwhile, begins an affair with successful realtor Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher), and Jane becomes chummy with her neighbor, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley). Their tangled lives all come together one stormy night amidst bizarre misunderstandings. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, five of which captured Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Spacey), and Director. Other nominations included Bening for Best Actress.
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The Claim 2000  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski, Randy Birch, Julian Richings, Shirley Henderson, Sean McGinley, Marie Brassard
Based on Thomas Hardy's novel, "The Mayor of Castorbridge," about a wealthy 49er, this story is set in the Sierra Nevadas where the landscape is breathtaking. The plot reveals the life choices of Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan) who sold his wife and daughter in order to obtain a gold mine. Now, the wife (Nastassja Kinski) and daughter (Sarah Polley) reappear in his life, and Dillon must face the impact of his earlier decisions.
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 The Four Feathers 2002  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Kris Marshall, Rupert Penry-Jones, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nick Holder, Lucy Gordon
Although not up to previous versions of A.E.W. Mason's adventure tale, this 2002 film is, nevertheless, entertaining. Mason's story revolves around a British officer, Harry Faversham (Heath Ledger), who resigns rather than fight in battle. After friends, including fiancee (Kate Hudson), send him four white feathers–signifying cowardice–Harry seeks to regain his reputation.
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The Game of Their Lives 2005 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Miracle Match
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: John Rhys-Davies, Wes Bentley, Gerard Butler, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Patrick Stewart, Jay Rodan, Gavin Rossdale, Zachery Ty Bryan, Costas Mandylor, Louis Mandylor, Bill Smitrovich, Terry Kinney
The U.S. soccer team won an exciting match against England's team in 1950. This is the story about the personal lives of the players on that team of underdogs who performed a stunning upset at the World Cup match.
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Ghost Rider 2007   PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Action / Thriller
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda, Donal Logue, Sam Elliott, Wes Bentley, Brett Cullen, Matt Long, Raquel Alessi, Tony Ghosthawk, Hugh Sexton, Marcus Jones, Matt Norman, Jessica Napier
When he was a young stunt cyclist, Johnny Blaze (Matt Long) sold his soul to Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) to save his father's life. Decades later, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) rides by night as the supernatural entity, Ghost Rider, and performs Mephistopheles' evil bidding. Mephistopheles orders Johnny to kill his son, Blackheart (Wes Bentley), who is determined to displace his father and take over the world's evil business. As if Johnny doesn't have enough to deal with, his girlfriend Roxanne (Eva Mendes) has reentered his life, and he is trying to retrieve what they once had.
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P2 2007 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Cast: Wes Bentley, Rachel Nichols, Simon Reynolds, Grace Lynn Kung, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
It is Christmas Eve, and Angela (Rachel Nichols) has stayed late working at the office. When she finally heads for level P2, where her car is parked in the building's parking garage, Angela runs into problems. Her car won't start, and parking attendant Thomas (Wes Bentley) offers to help. But, Thomas' form of help involves chloroform, and Angela awakens chained to a chair. Now the cat-and-mouse game begins as Angela tries to escape from her captor.
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Soul Survivors 2001 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stephen Carpenter
Cast: Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku, Angela Featherstone, Luke Wilson, Allen Hamilton, Ken Moreno, Carl Paoli, Barbara E. Robertson
After losing boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck) in a car accident, Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) finds herself in limbo, haunted by visions of Sean. Caught between the world of the living and the dead, Cassie continues her college studies while classmates Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annabel (Eliza Dushku) try to draw her to the dark side. Gory.
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The White River Kid 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: White River
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Antonio Banderas, Wes Bentley, Ellen Barkin, Beau Bridges, Swoosie Kurtz, Chad Lindberg, Roger Clinton, Kim Dickens, Randy Travis
A phony monk (Bob Hoskins) and his sidekick (Antonio Banderas) travel through Arkansas selling socks from their van, meeting all sorts of unusual people on the way. But trouble is brewing just around the bend. Nearly a bomb.
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| 1. American Beauty (1999)
2. The Claim (2000)
3. The Four Feathers (2002)
4. The Game of Their Lives (2005)
aka: The Miracle Match
5. Ghost Rider (2007)
6. P2 (2007)
7. Soul Survivors (2001)
8. The White River Kid (1999)
aka: White River
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