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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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X2: X-Men United

William Stryker (Brian Cox) has a duplicitous nature. He’ll show one side of his personality to one group and another to the a second one. Unfortunately, for the good guys, he has the ear of the President (Cotter Smith) after an astonishing attempt on his life by the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming). And the Prez is ready to sign off on a special operation to round up what some term a terrorist training camp and others see as a school in upstate New York. With it approved, Stryker can now continue his war on all mutants despite Lady Deathstrike (Kelly Hu) being in his employ. Past animosities between Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellan) ar suspended when they realize there is a new kid in the sandbox and he has got bigger toys.


Director:  Bryan Singer
Writer:  Zak Penn; David Hayter; Bryan Singer; Michael Dougherty; Dan Harris
Cast:
Patrick Stewart -  Professor Charles Xavier
Hugh Jackman -  Logan/Wolverine
Ian McKellen -  Eric Lensherr/Magneto
Halle Berry -  Storm/Ororo Munroe
Famke Janssen -  Jean Grey
James Marsden -  Scott Summers/Cyclops
Anna Paquin -  Rogue
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos -  Mystique
Brian Cox -  William Stryker
Alan Cumming -  Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
Bruce Davison -  Senator Kelly
Aaron Stanford -  John Allerdyce/Pyro
Shawn Ashmore -  Bobby Drake/Iceman
Kelly Hu -  Yuriko Oyama
Katie Stuart -  Kitty Pryde
Kea Wong -  Jubilee









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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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Blue Smoke

Often it is something traumatic that leads one into a choice of what you’ll do for the rest of your life. You find yourself frozen in wonder at what is happening and it becomes a raison d’être in your life. For Reena Hale (Alicia Witt) it was the fire that burned down her family’s restaurant when she was 11. After the firemen put it out, she sees John Minger (Scott Bakula), an arson investigator, working the scene, trying to figure out whether the fire was an accident or intentional, and suddenly knows in her soul that this is what she wants to do and be.


Director:  David Carson
Writer:  Ronni Kern; Nora Roberts
Cast:
Alicia Witt -  Reena Hale
Scott Bakula -  John Minger
Matthew Settle -  Bo Goodnight
Talia Shire -  Bianca Hale
Eric Keenleyside -  Gib Hale
John Reardon -  Josh
Ben Ayres -  Hugh
Chris Fassbender -  Joey Pastorelli Jr.
Taylor Dauphinais -  Young Reena
David Brown -  Joe Pastorelli Sr.
Liam Nelson -  Young Joey Pastorelli Jr.
Rod Heatheringston -  Steve
Chad Nobert -  Xander Hale
Peter Skagen -  FBI Agent
Daniela Vlaskalic -  Fran Hale
Karen Johnson-Diamond -  Mrs. Pastorelli









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Walking Tall: The Payback

Sneaky, creepy guys bluster and chatter like squirrels and they have a predilection for going after the girls. Harvey Morris (A.J. Buckley) and his two buddies arrive at Crystal Martin’s (Jennifer Sipes) trailer eager to punish her for talking to the good guys about a secret council meeting. They try intimidation and move on to rape to show how manly they are.


Director:  Tripp Reed; Earl Bellamy
Writer:  Joe Halpin; Brian Strasmann; Howard B. Kreitsek
Cast:
Kevin Sorbo -  Nick Prescott
Yvette Nipar -  Agent Kate Jensen
A.J. Buckley -  Harvey Morris
Gail Cronauer -  Emma Prescott
Bentley Mitchum -  Walter Morris
Haley Ramm -  Samantha Jensen
Jennifer Sipes -  Crystal Martin
Robert Paschall Jr. -  Doyle Reed
Charles Baker -  Nate
Ron Bath -  Restaurant Patron
Riley Chambers -  Juror
Steve M. Clark -  Police/Deputy Sheriff
Jerry Cotton -  Traxell Byrne
John S. Davies -  Det. Pete Michaels
Vince Davis -  Dan Moses
J.D. Fryberger -  Howie