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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Betrayal. It is always a shock to find out that our trust has been breached and it makes you tentative in who you will vest an interest. Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) attends an auction to meet an old family friend and runs into a rival, Alex West (Daniel Craig) who swiped a prayer wheel or two out from under her. He’s still upset and doesn’t know how to reconcile the situation (I suppose they could start by swapping tips on how to do accents). She follows Wilson (Leslie Phillips) to his office, explaining how the clockwork device came into her possession, what she has found so far and asking how she can learn more. It is apparent to anyone watching that he is lying when he tells her that he knows nothing about the mechanism. Later, he calls Lara with a tip on who might know more as a slight attempt to salvage the shame he feels for deceiving her.


Director:  Simon West
Writer:  Sara B. Cooper; Mike Werb; Michael Colleary; Simon West; Patrick Massett; John Zinman
Cast:
Angelina Jolie -  Lara Croft
Jon Voight -  Lord Richard Croft
Iain Glen -  Manfred Powell
Noah Taylor -  Bryce
Daniel Craig -  Alex West
Richard Johnson -  Distinguished Gentleman
Christopher Barrie -  Hillary
Julian Rhind-Tutt -  Mr. Pimms
Leslie Phillips -  Wilson
Robert Phillips -  Julius, Assault Team Leader
Rachel Appleton -  Young Lara
Henry Wyndham -  Boothby’s Auctioneer
David Y. Cheung -  Head Laborer
David K.S. Tse -  Head Laborer
Ozzie Yue -  Aged Buddhist Monk
Wai-Keat Lau -  Young Buddhist Monk









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Lies & Alibis

The Mormon (Sam Elliott) is having a bad day. The events that he has been orchestrating have blown to hell and gone. Walking down the hotel corridor he sees a chance to save himself when he pulls a gun on Detective Bryce (Debi Mazar), not knowing she’s a cop. Dragging her back to her hotel room as a hostage, he pushes in to the room only to find it full of cops with their guns drawn and pointed at him. Discretion being the better part of valour, he surrenders gracefully.


Director:  Matt Checkowski; Kurt Mattila
Writer:  Noah Hawley
Cast:
Jerry O’Connell -  Businessman
Jon Polito -  Jimmy the Photographer
Deborah Kara Unger -  Dorothy
Steve Coogan -  Ray Elliot
Rebecca Romijn -  Lola
Henry Rollins -  Putty
Selma Blair -  Adelle
Jim Cody Williams -  BoBo
Sam Elliott -  The Mormon
James Brolin -  Robert Hatch
Sharon Lawrence -  Judith Hatch
John Leguizamo -  Hannibal
James Marsden -  Wendell Hatch
Debi Mazar -  Detective Bryce
Aimee Garcia -  Operator #1
Yasmine Delawari -  Operator #2









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Lucky Number Slevin

Suppose a crime lord asks you to kill the gay son of a rival gangster to pay off a $96,000 debt that belongs to a friend in whose place you’re staying as a result of losing your job, your apartment and finding your girlfriend in bed with another guy? How’s that for luck? Just ask Slevin Kelevra (Josh Hartnett). It is how Lindsay (Lucy Liu) describes his life.


Director:  Paul McGuigan
Writer:  Jason Smilovic
Cast:
Josh Hartnett -  Slevin Kelevra
Bruce Willis -  Goodkat
Lucy Liu -  Lindsey
Morgan Freeman -  The Boss
Ben Kingsley -  The Rabbi
Michael Rubenfeld -  Yitzchok ‘the Fairy’
Peter Outerbridge -  Dumbrowski
Stanley Tucci -  Detective Brikowski
Kevin Chamberlin -  Marty
Dorian Missick -  Elvis
Mykelti Williamson -  Sloe
Scott Gibson -  Max
Daniel Kash -  Bodyguard #1
Dmitry Chepovetsky -  Bodyguard
Danny Aiello -  Roth, the Bookie
Sam Jaeger -  Nick Fisher









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Lilo & Stitch

Stitch (voice of Chris Sanders) finds himself a resident of the local pound and seems to be enjoying himself. All of the other denizens are hiding in the rafters and behind the feed bins as he decides it is time to walkabout. Lilo (voice of Daveigh Chase) drops by for a visit as she is in the market for a dog to keep her company. She’s quite surprised to find the dog run deserted but for a fuzzy blue creature which sorta looks like a dog. She falls for him at first sight and there is no prying the two of them apart.


Director:  Chris Sanders; Dean DeBlois

 

Cast:
Daveigh Chase -  Lilo [Voice]
Chris Sanders -  Stitch [Voice]
Tia Carrere -  Nani [Voice]
David Ogden Stiers -  Jumba [Voice]
Kevin McDonald -  Pleakley [Voice]
Ving Rhames -  Cobra Bubbles [Voice]
Zoe Caldwell -  Grand Councilwoman [Voice]
Jason Scott Lee -  David Kawena [Voice]
Kevin Richardson -  Captain Gantu [Voice]
Susan Hegarty -  Rescue Lady [Voice]
Amy Hill -  Mrs. Hasagawa [Voice]









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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

I remember meeting a fellow who seemed to be a about a mile wide and an inch deep. He knew a little about a lot of things but not very much about any one topic. I thought he’d last about 10 minutes in his job and flit off to something else in the blink of an eye. But he seemed to careen from place to another, starting with working for me to being my boss’s boss in less time than it takes to get a legislative change made. It made me wonder at the purpose of management and whether I wanted to join their ranks. Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) shows many of the same skills. Displaying a capacity to absorb information and knowledge not expected of someone with her demeanour, she accomplishes her goals with the skills of a veteran and still looks good with her French manicure. I guess it pays never to underestimate someone with a law degree from Harvard no matter how blonde she may be.


Director:  Charles Herman-Wurmfeld; Charles Herman-Wurmfield
Writer:  Kate Kondell
Cast:
Reese Witherspoon -  Elle Woods
Sally Field -  Congresswoman Rudd
Regina King -  Grace Stoteraux
Jennifer Coolidge -  Paulette Parcelle
Bruce McGill -  Stanford Marks
Dana Ivey -  Libby Hauser
Mary Lynn Rajskub -  Reena Giuliani
Jessica Cauffiel -  Margot
Alanna Ubach -  Serena McGuire
J. Barton -  Timothy McGinn
Bob Newhart -  Sidney Post
Luke Wilson -  Emmett Richmond
Matthew Price -  Cole’s Aide
Juliet Pinto -  Intern Dancer
Robert Peters -  Guard
Caroline A. Rice -  Intern Dancer