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Ronin

The process of tracking someone is more of an art than a science. Figuring out where they are going and what they are doing is not a challenge for amateurs. Deidre (Natascha McElhone) and Sam (Robert De Niro) make it look easy but it could serve as a textbook example as the pose as tourists taking snapshots, having coffee at a local bistro and generally almost being in the way of their prey.


Director:  John Frankenheimer
Writer:  J.D. Zeik; David Mamet
Cast:
Robert De Niro -  Sam
Jean Reno -  Vincent
Natascha McElhone -  Deirdre
Stellan Skarsgård -  Gregor
Sean Bean -  Spence
Skipp Sudduth -  Larry
Michael Lonsdale -  Jean-Pierre
Jan Triska -  Dapper Gent
Jonathan Pryce -  Seamus O’Rourke
Ron Perkins -  Man with the Newspaper
Féodor Atkine -  Mikhi
Katarina Witt -  Natacha Kirilova
Bernard Bloch -  Sergi
Dominic Gugliametti -  Clown Ice Skater
Alan Beckworth -  Clown Ice Skater
Daniel Breton -  Sergi’s Accomplice









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Resident Evil

Doberman Pinschers get little respect. They’re test animals who fall infected by the virus let loose in the Umbrella Corporation testing lab. Escaping from their pens, they go looking for prey. Unfortunately for them, they find Alice (Milla Jovovich). At least they’re not American Staffordshire Terriers.


Director:  Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer:  Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Alice
Michelle Rodriguez -  Rain Ocampo
Eric Mabius -  Matt Addison
James Purefoy -  Spence Parks
Martin Crewes -  Chad Kaplan
Colin Salmon -  One
Ryan McCluskey -  Mr. Grey
Oscar Pearce -  Mr. Red
Indra Ové -  Ms. Black
Anna Bolt -  Dr. Green
Joseph May -  Dr. Blue
Robert Tannion -  Dr. Brown
Heike Makatsch -  Dr. Lisa Addison
Jaymes Butler -  Clarence the Security Guard
Stephen Billington -  Mr. White
Fiona Glascott -  Ms. Gold









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The Royal Tenenbaums

It’s never a good thing to try and fool your family with a scheme to return to their good graces. The repercussions can be savage and brutal. Any hope for forgiveness is unlikely. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) has been kicked out onto the street, he is broke and now homeless. He finds out that his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston) is considering marrying her accountant, Henry Sherman (Danny Glover). So Royal devises a plot to convince Etheline that he has stomach cancer in order to win her back as well as the affections of his estranged children. But his symptoms are unlike any other case of stomach cancer.


Director:  Wes Anderson
Writer:  Wes Anderson; Owen Wilson
Cast:
Gene Hackman -  Royal Tenenbaum
Anjelica Huston -  Etheline Tenenbaum
Gwyneth Paltrow -  Margot Tenenbaum
Ben Stiller -  Chas Tenenbaum
Luke Wilson -  Richie Tenenbaum
Owen Wilson -  Eli Cash
Danny Glover -  Henry Sherman
Bill Murray -  Raleigh St. Clair
Alec Baldwin -  Narrator (voice)
Seymour Cassel -  Dusty
Kumar Pallana -  Pagoda
Grant Rosenmeyer -  Ari Tenenbaum
Jonah Meyerson -  Uzi Tenenbaum
Aram Aslanian-Persico -  Young Chas Tenenbaum
Irene Gorovaia -  Young Margot Tenenbaum
Amedeo Turturro -  Young Richie Tenenbaum









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Rise

Sometimes what you realize that you don’t know as much as you think you do. Proto-vampire Sadie (Lucy Liu) is killing those who turned her. She finds Eve (Carla Gugino) in a lounge and is about to stake her with a crossbow, when Eve tries to persuade and seduce her with information and misdirection. Sadie may be a novice and in need of some context for her future, but a silver tongue will only take you so far.

In a delightful skirmish of words we discover that Sadie’s saviour isn’t what he seems to be. Eve isn’t as charming as she thinks she is. And Sadie isn’t as gullible as Eve hopes.


Director:  Sebastian Gutierrez
Writer:  Sebastian Gutierrez
Cast:
Robert Forster -  Lloyd
Cameron Richardson -  Collette
Lucy Liu -  Sadie Blake
Allan Rich -  Harrison
Samantha Shelton -  LA Weekly Editor
Kevin Wheatley -  Ethan Mills
Margo Harshman -  Tricia Rawlins
Cameron Goodman -  Kaitlin
Holt McCallany -  Rourke
James D’Arcy -  Bishop
Carla Gugino -  Eve
Michael Chiklis -  Clyde Rawlins
Paul Cassell -  Detective Easton
Mako -  Poe
Sam Cooper -  Coroner’s Assistant
Natsuko Ohama -  Sadie’s Mother









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Resident Evil: Extinction

Why is it that those who run science think they can demand results? Simply making the demand cannot guarantee them. Then raising the threat of replacement by those who will compounds the stupidity. On the other hand, when it is Umbrella Corporation scientist Dr. Sam Isaacs (Iain Glen) there may be some merit in such a crackdown. He is cloning Alice (Milla Jovovich), running deadly rat maze tests on her and finally stuffing himself with what he thinks is a solution to the zombie virus based upon her blood. He needs somebody in control before he goes off the deep end. Oops, too late.


Director:  Russell Mulcahy
Writer:  Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Alice
Oded Fehr -  Carlos Olivera
Ali Larter -  Claire Redfield
Iain Glen -  Dr. Isaacs
Ashanti -  Betty
Christopher Egan -  Mikey
Spencer Locke -  K-Mart
Matthew Marsden -  Slater
Linden Ashby -  Chase
Jason O’Mara -  Albert Wesker
Mike Epps -  L.J.
Joe Hursley -  Otto
John Eric Bentley -  Umbrella Tech
James Tumminia -  Lab Tech
Kirk B.R. Woller -  Scientist
Rick Cramer -  Ice Hockey / Corridor Guard