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The Hitcher

Babes with guns in skimpy frocks threatened by evil psychopaths in fast cars. Who wouldn’t be interested in this? I’m sure there are a few but I don’t number myself among them. So when Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) awakens to find herself in bed with not her boyfriend, I’m paying attention. And knowing that she is in jeopardy so she scampers into the motel bathroom in her undies after poking John Ryder (Sean Bean) with a lighted lamp bulb—that’d smart—and prevents him from forcing open the door by grabbing the revolver from the edge of the sink, I’m thinking she is a lot stronger than she looks. Now being in a locked room in your skivvies isn’t a place most folks feel comfortable, despite having a gun. So with grim determination and not a lot of clothes, she pulls on her boots, steps into her tiny skirt and top and goes in search of her boyfriend who is overdue in returning from looking for a pay phone. I’m sure she’s not going to give an inch if threatened. And once in the motel parking lot when she finds Jim (Zachary Knighton) chained between a truck and a trailer, I’m not cheering for the killer, given the look in her eye.


Director:  Dave Meyers
Writer:  Eric Red; Jake Wade Wall; Eric Bernt
Cast:
Sean Bean -  John Ryder
Sophia Bush -  Grace Andrews
Zachary Knighton -  Jim Halsey
Neal McDonough -  Lt. Esteridge
Kyle Davis -  Buford’s Store Clerk
Skip O’Brien -  Sheriff Harlan Bremmer Sr.
Travis Schuldt -  Deputy Harlan Bremmer Jr.
Danny Bolero -  Officer Edwards
Jeffrey Hutchinson -  Young Father
Yara Martinez -  Beth
Lauren Cohn -  Marlene
Michael J. Fisher -  Transport Guard #2
Joseph Michael Self -  Transport Guard #1
Brad Robinson -  Correctional Officer
Kurt Grossi -  Officer Franklin
Kurt Bryant -  Paramedic









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Hairspray

How is a kid supposed to react when your mom wants you to be something that you have yet to gather the capacity to judge whether you want it? Sure, you figure it is what you want but how do you come to grips with it when you have known hardly much else? But your mom is in a position to make it happen. Velme von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer) has rigged the Miss Hairspray contest so her daughter will win but when it is made public, she doesn’t want it. She would rather be her own person.


Director:  Adam Shankman; John Waters
Writer:  Leslie Dixon; John Waters; Mark O’Donnell; Thomas Meehan
Cast:
John Travolta -  Edna Turnblad
Michelle Pfeiffer -  Velma von Tussle
Christopher Walken -  Wilbur Turnblad
Amanda Bynes -  Penny Pingleton
James Marsden -  Corny Collins
Queen Latifah -  Motormouth Maybelle
Brittany Snow -  Amber von Tussle
Zac Efron -  Link Larkin
Elijah Kelley -  Seaweed
Allison Janney -  Prudy Pingleton
Nikki Blonsky -  Tracy Turnblad
Taylor Parks -  Little Inez
Jayne Eastwood -  Miss Wimsey
Paul Dooley -  Mr. Spritzer
Jerry Stiller -  Mr. Pinky
Darren Frost -  Cameraman









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The Holiday

Most everyone over 18 has gotten drunk at least once and likely done things that they can’t remember the next morning. It is with a degree of chagrin that I must admit it has happened to me more than once. So when Amanda (Cameron Diaz) surfaces one morning after getting blotto, she is somewhat anxious to discover what she may have done, particularly when she finds her underwear strewn about the kitchen. Graham (Jude Law), her host’s brother is partway through some coffee when she shyly asks what happened and what did she do (with a tiny sliver of hope that it wasn’t what is swirling through her thoughts).


Director:  Nancy Meyers
Writer:  Nancy Meyers
Cast:
Cameron Diaz -  Amanda
Kate Winslet -  Iris
Jude Law -  Graham
Jack Black -  Miles
Eli Wallach -  Arthur
Edward Burns -  Ethan
Rufus Sewell -  Jasper
Miffy Englefield -  Sophie
Emma Pritchard -  Olivia
Sarah Parish -  Hannah
Shannyn Sossamon -  Maggie
Bill Macy -  Ernie
Shelley Berman -  Norman
Kathryn Hahn -  Bristol
John Krasinski -  Ben
Alex O’Loughlin -  Kissing Couple









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Hellboy

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you become the first in your lineage. Hellboy (Ron Perlman) learns of his pseudo-dad’s, Professor Broom (John Hurt), death and cradles him in his arms, watches from afar as his casket is carried through the rain and he is uncommunicative for three days until Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) steps up and tells him she is going after the bad guys with him. She’ll brook no argument. Touched, he realizes it is time to grow up, with adulthood yodelling down the canyons of life. He vows that he’ll never give up on her and that he’ll always look this good.


Director:  Guillermo del Toro
Writer:  Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro; Peter Briggs
Cast:
Ron Perlman -  Hellboy
John Hurt -  Trevor ‘Broom’ Bruttenholm
Selma Blair -  Liz Sherman
Rupert Evans -  John Myers
Karel Roden -  Grigori
Jeffrey Tambor -  Tom Manning
Doug Jones -  Abe Sapien
Brian Steele -  Sammael
Ladislav Beran -  Kroenen
Bridget Hodson -  Ilsa
Corey Johnson -  Agent Clay
Kevin Trainor -  Young ‘Broom’
Brian Caspe -  Agent Lime
James Babson -  Agent Moss
Stephen Fisher -  Agent Quarry
Garth Cooper -  Agent Stone









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Hitch

Dream big. Take a chance. Albert Brennerman (Kevin James) has a yen for Allegra Cole (Amber Valetta). He is one of her herd of accountants. She is an international celebrity gazillionaire heiress and he is smitten. Alex “Hitch” Hitchens (Will Smith) takes Albert on as a client and a challenge like the day that Michelangelo firs saw the Sistine Chapel. Slim to no chance may be aiming high. But he is willing to give it a try because life is too short and he know he’ll regret it if he walks away.


Director:  Andy Tennant
Writer:  Kevin Bisch
Cast:
Will Smith -  Alex ‘Hitch’ Hitchens
Eva Mendes -  Sara
Kevin James -  Albert
Amber Valletta -  Allegra Cole
Julie Ann Emery -  Casey
Robinne Lee -  Cressida
Nathan Lee Graham -  Geoff
Adam Arkin -  Max
Michael Rapaport -  Ben
Jeffrey Donovan -  Vance
Paula Patton -  Mandy
Philip Bosco -  Mr. O’Brian
Kevin Sussman -  Neil
Navia Nguyen -  Mika
Matt Malloy -  Pete
Maria Thayer -  Lisa