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

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

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

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

It is my fervent hope that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker got paid an boatload to assuage the shame of having this on their resume. But Paris sure is alluring in the movie. And was that Roman Polanski doing the cavity search?

Director:  Brett Ratner Writer:  Jeff Nathanson; Ross LaManna Cast:
Chris Tucker -  Detective James Carter Jackie Chan -  Chief Inspector Lee Max von Sydow -  Varden Reynard Hiroyuki Sanada -  Kenji Yvan Attal -  George Youki Kudoh -  Dragon Lady Noémie Lenoir -  Genevieve Jingchu Zhang -  Soo Yung		Tzi Ma -  Ambassador Han Dana Ivey -  Sister Agnes Henry O -  Master Yu Mia Tyler -  Marsha Michael Chow -  Chinese Foreign Minister David Niven Jr. -  British Foreign Minister Oanh Nguyen -  Mi Andrew Quang -  Kung Fu Kid