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Tart

Life always looks as if it has more possibilities with the kids who get into trouble, have all of the cash and can follow their libidos wherever it takes them. Cat Storm (Dominique Swain) wants a taste and finds that the consequences can be more than she can afford. She is so blinded by her new BFFs and their rudeness, cruelty, brazen behaviour and foolishness, that she can’t see that, when someone goes too far, they will turn on an outsider and it’s her turn.


Director:  Christina Wayne
Writer:  Christina Wayne
Cast:
Dominique Swain -  Cat Storm
Brad Renfro -  William Sellers
Bijou Phillips -  Delilah Milford
Mischa Barton -  Grace Bailey
Alberta Watson -  Lily Storm
Myles Jeffrey -  Pete Storm
Scott Thompson -  Kenny
Michael Murphy -  Mike Storm
Nora Zehetner -  Peg
Jacob Pitts -  Toby Ligan
Chelse Swain -  Heather Von Strum
Lacey Chabert -  Eloise Logan
Melanie Griffith -  Diane Milford
Shawn Lawrence -  Fred The Doorman
Peter Snider -  Richard Logan
Sherry Miller -  Jane Logan









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Transporter 2

A promise is a promise. It is easy to make one but it can be difficult to follow through. But this doesn’t phase Frank Martin (Jason Statham). He doesn’t make promises he doesn’t intend to keep. Despite crazed Russian doctors like Dimitri (Jason Flemyng) trying to infect him with a lethal virus, psychotic barely clad gun molls like Lola (Kate Nauta) who like to splatter people with her auto-mags and cranky misinformed FBI agents Like Stappleton (Keith David) who doesn’t listen, the promise to the kidnapped Jack Billings (Hunter Clary) that no harm would come to him is one he’ll endeavour to keep.


Director:  Louis Leterrier
Writer:  Luc Besson; Robert Mark Kamen
Cast:
Jason Statham -  Frank Martin
Alessandro Gassman -  Gianni
Amber Valletta -  Audrey Billings
Kate Nauta -  Lola
Matthew Modine -  Mr. Billings
Jason Flemyng -  Dimitri
Keith David -  Stappleton
Hunter Clary -  Jack Billings
Shannon Briggs -  Max
François Berléand -  Tarconi
Raymond Tong -  Rastaman
George Kapetan -  Dr. Sonovitch
Jeff Chase -  Vasily
Gregg Weiner -  Tipov
Gregg Davis -  Techie at Billings
Marty Wright -  Commander









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The Tuxedo

Sometimes what you think you should expect from someone can be antithetical to what they can exhibit. (i.e. people often have hidden depths). Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is a meek water scientist who wants to be a CSA field agent. Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) is a well-meaning but awkward New York City limo driver with a willingness to assume the role of his superspy boss. When the bad guys find them on the roof doing surveillance, Del takes out some of the bad guys while Jimmy shambles about pummeling them into next week.


Director:  Kevin Donovan
Writer:  Phil Hay; Matt Manfredi; Michael J. Wilson; Michael Leeson
Cast:
Jackie Chan -  Jimmy Tong
Jennifer Love Hewitt -  Del Blaine
Jason Isaacs -  Clark Devlin
Debi Mazar -  Steena
Ritchie Coster -  Dietrich Banning
Peter Stormare -  Dr. Simms
Mia Cottet -  Cheryl
Romany Malco -  Mitch
Daniel Kash -  Rogers
Jody Racicot -  Kells
Boyd Banks -  Vic
Scott Wickware -  CSA Agent Wallace
Christian Potenza -  CSA Agent Joel
Karen Glave -  CSA Agent Randa
Scott Yaphe -  CSA Agent Gabe
Paul Bates -  Lundeen









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Total Recall

Memory is about all we have to distinguish us from everybody else. We could all look like an androgynous Arnold Schwarzenegger but it would be our memories which would forge us into the persons we are. So the implant of false memories even for something as trivial as a fake holiday like they do at Rekall can cause some consternation if it isn’t done properly. This happened to Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and it really plays havoc with his personality and his life. You see it was fake to begin with so that friends aren’t really and his wife Lori (Sharon Stone) isn’t. At least she is honest with him, explaining that what’s there now is only two months old after trying to kick him into next week.


Director:  Paul Verhoeven
Writer:  Philip K. Dick; Ronald Shusett; Dan O’Bannon; Jon Povill; Gary Goldman
Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger -  Douglas Quaid/Hauser
Rachel Ticotin -  Melina
Sharon Stone -  Lori
Ronny Cox -  Vilos Cohaagen
Michael Ironside -  Richter
Marshall Bell -  George/Kuato
Mel Johnson Jr. -  Benny
Michael Champion -  Helm
Roy Brocksmith -  Dr. Edgemar
Ray Baker -  Bob McClane
Rosemary Dunsmore -  Dr. Lull
David Knell -  Ernie
Alexia Robinson -  Tiffany
Dean Norris -  Tony
Mark Carlton -  Bartender
Debbie Lee Carrington -  Thumbelina









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Tombstone

During my boyhood, cowboys and Indians were all the rage. TV was festooned with westerns. I remember pretending to be one or the other day in and day out. So when a movie like Tombstone comes along, it wasn’t long before I bought a DVD copy to see if the memories held. It did. When Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) sets off for the showdown, not knowing Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) beats him there. Doc confronts a surprised Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn) but Ringo is nervous and tells Doc that he doesn’t want to fight. But being a black hat, Ringo’s nature gets the better of him and he accepts. The classic image of two men staring each other down as they circle leads to both men reaching for their pistols. Doc gets the first shot off, hitting Ringo in the head and killing him. Yep, I’m six-years-old again.


Director:  George P. Cosmatos
Writer:  Kevin Jarre
Cast:
Kurt Russell -  Wyatt Earp
Val Kilmer -  Doc Holliday
Sam Elliott -  Virgil Earp
Bill Paxton -  Morgan Earp
Powers Boothe -  Curly Bill Brocious
Michael Biehn -  Johnny Ringo
Charlton Heston -  Henry Hooker
Jason Priestley -  Deputy Billy Breckinridge
Jon Tenney -  John Behan, Cochise County Sheriff
Stephen Lang -  Ike Clanton
Thomas Haden Church -  Billy Clanton
Dana Delany -  Josephine Marcus
Paula Malcomson -  Allie Earp
Lisa Collins -  Louisa Earp
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson -  Mattie Blaylock Earp, aka Celia Maddon
Joanna Pacula -  Kate Fisher