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Junebug

One of the many steps we take as we grow into an adult is consider how we fit into the culture in which we find ourselves. This is particularly the case when we move to another city, take on a new occupation and gather around us new friends and loved ones. When we’re faced with showing someone new where we come from, sometimes we slip back into our old life leaving our new acquaintance gobsmacked. It is as if they have been replaced by a not-to-bright alien.

George (Alessandro Nivola) has the demeanour of a cosmopolitan sophisticate and his new wife Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), a chic art gallery owner from Chicago, is smitten. On a trip to corral a new artist who lives near George’s family, they stop by for a visit. Madeleine doesn’t know quite what to make of the George she sees and how he reacts to old family friends. From the gospel singing with his old church choir buddies to how he is greeted at a church supper, she is stunned by this man she hardly knows.


Director:  Phil Morrison
Writer:  Angus MacLachlan
Cast:
Amy Adams -  Ashley
Embeth Davidtz -  Madeleine
Alessandro Nivola -  George
Frank Hoyt Taylor -  David Wark
Celia Weston -  Peg
Scott Wilson -  Eugene
Ben McKenzie -  Johnny
Amy Barefoot -  Kitty, friend at shower
Annette Beatty -  Dr. Beatty
Matt Besser -  Scout who goes in
Beth Bostic -  Lucille, the neighbor
Jamie Castlebury -  Woman at Shower
Carrie Daniel -  Bonnie, friend at shower
Jeffrey Dean Foster -  Gallery Assistant
Katherine Foster -  Pregnant Patient
Teresa Fowler -  Nurse #1









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Just Friends

Most people see the fat kids as a source of amusement and ridicule. Their feelings are treated by others like those of a cartoon character. Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart), the ex-cheerleader, thinks of Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) as a friend while he’s pining away in unrequited love for her. She can’t see past her memories of him and he’s now ready to take a shot if only the proper moment comes along.


Director:  Roger Kumble
Writer:  Adam ‘Tex’ Davis; Adam Davis
Cast:
Ryan Reynolds -  Chris Brander
Amy Smart -  Jamie Palamino
Anna Faris -  Samantha James
Chris Klein -  Dusty
Christopher Marquette -  Mike
Julie Haggerty -  Chris’ Mom
Stephen Root -  KC
Fred Ewanuick -  Clark
Amy Matysio -  Darla
Barry Flatman -  Mr. Palamino
Maria Arcé -  Athena
James Bitonti -  Bouncer
Annie Brebner -  Sarah
Jason Bryant -  Customer
Simon Chin -  Sound Engineer
Cavan Cunningham -  Record Producer “Ron”









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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

It’s hard to grieve the loss of someone you love. About all you have is your memories and perhaps somewhere which marks their life. Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) lost his girl Abby Taylor (Polly Shannon) in an earlier movie, Stone Cold (2005). He visits her grave, kneels, chokes up, squeezes out a tear at the memory of her death.


Director:  Robert Harmon
Writer:  J.T. Allen; Tom Selleck; Michael Brandman; Robert B. Parker
Cast:
Tom Selleck -  Chief Jesse Stone
Edward Edwards -  Bishop
Matt Barr -  Hooker Royce
Gary Basaraba -  Norman Shaw
Orla Brady -  Lilly Summers
Debra Christofferson -  Mrs. Snyder
Viola Davis -  Molly Crane
John Diehl -  Jerry Snyder
Joe the Dog -  Reggie
Brendan Kelly -  Lovey Norris
John MacLaren -  ER Doctor
Stephen McHattie -  Captain Healy
Liisa Repo-Martell -  Carole Genest
Vito Rezza -  Anthony D’Angelo
Kerri Smith -  Sister Mary John
Kohl Sudduth -  Luther ‘Suitcase’ Simpson









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The Jewel of the Nile

Truth is a slippery topic. Often it depends upon your point of view. There is an old maxim that says something like “history is written by the victors.” Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) learns all about it after being lured to write a puff piece about a middle eastern ruler by the name of Omar (Spiros Focas). She discovers that he is a brutal theocrat and that, until she agrees to finish the article to introduce him to the world as a benevolent, enlightened ruler working to unite the Arab world, she’ll languish in prison. Enter her somewhat world weary swain Jack Colton (Michael Douglas).


Director:  Lewis Teague
Writer:  Mark Rosenthal; Lawrence Konner; Diane Thomas
Cast:
Michael Douglas -  Jack Colton
Kathleen Turner -  Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito -  Ralph
Spiros Focás -  Omar
Avner Eisenberg -  Jewel
Paul David Magid -  Tarak
Howard Jay Patterson -  Barak
Randall Edwin Nelson -  Karak
Samuel Ross Williams -  Arak
Timothy Daniel Furst -  Sarak
Hamid Fillali -  Rachid
Holland Taylor -  Gloria
Guy Cuevas -  Le Vasseur
Peter DePalma -  Missionary
Mark Daly Richards -  Pirate
Sadeke Colobanane -  Nubian Chief









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Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a sports agent working for a big agency who has a crisis of faith. As a result, he authors a mission statement for the sports management business and how he believes that it should operate. After circulating it to all staff, he’s applauded by his fellow employees who are touched by the honesty of the document but the owners want him fired. Jerry is clearing out his desk and calls upon others to join him but the only one to take up the banner is Dorothy Bird (Renée Zellweger). It’s easy to figure out how many can talk the talk but hesitate to walk the walk.


Director:  Cameron Crowe
Writer:  Cameron Crowe
Cast:
Tom Cruise -  Jerry Maguire
Cuba Gooding Jr. -  Rod Tidwell
Renee Zellweger -  Dorothy Boyd
Kelly Preston -  Avery Bishop
Jerry O’Connell -  Frank Cushman
Jay Mohr -  Bob Sugar
Bonnie Hunt -  Laurel Boyd
Regina King -  Marcee Tidwell
Jonathan Lipnicki -  Ray Boyd
Todd Louiso -  Chad the Nanny
Mark Pellington -  Bill Dooler
Jeremy Suarez -  Tyson Tidwell
Jared Jussim -  Dicky Fox
Benjamin Kimball Smith -  Keith Cushman
Ingrid Beer -  Anne-Louise
Jann Wenner -  Scully, Agent