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Grosse Pointe Blank

A friend of mine convinced me that we should attend our high school reunion. Although we went to the same high school and knew one another by name, we didn’t become chums until we were in university. We didn’t see anyone we knew from high school except maybe in passing. All our high school buds seemed to have drifted off to other parts of town, other jobs, other schools or other cities and contact with them waned. There was no email in those days and guys don’t write letters except under protest. So we thought it might be interesting to see how those we knew and those who ran the school had fared. One of us decided we needed some stuff not sold on street corners, at least in our neighbourhoods. So, slightly tight and somewhat buzzed, we strolled into high school and found out that reunions portrayed in movies did emulate life. Maybe it was not as bizzare as that of Martin Blank (John Cusack) but then I’ve never been a freelance hit man, yet. I did see my high school sweetie and she hadn’t fared as well as Debi Newberry ( Minnie Driver ), Martin’s girl. Mine seemed happy with her three kids, her louse of a husband so we got along that evening as best as possible. But then I didn’t stand her up on prom night like Martin did. Debi is not a happy camper but maybe if Martin can prevent her dad from being taken out by another button man, she’ll come around.


Director:  George Armitage
Writer:  Tom Jankiewicz; D.V. DeVincentis; Steve Pink; John Cusack
Cast:
John Cusack -  Martin Q. Blank
Minnie Driver -  Debi Newberry
Alan Arkin -  Dr. Oatman
Dan Aykroyd -  Grocer
Joan Cusack -  Marcella
Hank Azaria -  Steven Lardner
K. Todd Freeman -  Kenneth McCullers
Jeremy Piven -  Paul Spericki
Mitchell Ryan -  Mr. Bart Newberry
Michael Cudlitz -  Bob Destepello
Benny Urquidez -  Felix La PuBelle
Duffy Taylor -  Ultimart Carl
Audrey Kissel -  Arlene
Carlos Jacott -  Ken
Brian Powell -  Husky Man
Ann Cusack -  Amy









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I Know What You Did Last Summer

Denial in the face of overwhelming evidence is not a smart position to take, particularly when it could affect whether you die. Barry Cox (Ryan Phillippe) gets run down by a Beamer late one night and a guy wearing a sou’wester with a hook pops out and stands over him with murderous intent in his demeanour. The next day in hospital with his co-conspirators Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Helen Shivers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), Barry is still denying that someone or something is out for revenge. He may want to rethink that position.


Director:  Jim Gillespie
Writer:  Lois Duncan; Kevin Williamson
Cast:
Jennifer Love Hewitt -  Julie James
Sarah Michelle Gellar -  Helen Shivers
Ryan Phillippe -  Barry William Cox
Freddie Prinze Jr. -  Ray Bronson
Bridgette Wilson -  Elsa Shivers
Anne Heche -  Melissa ‘Missy’ Egan
Johnny Galecki -  Max Neurick
Muse Watson -  Benjamin Willis
Stuart Greer -  Officer David Caporizo
J. Don Ferguson -  Emcee
Deborah Hobart -  Mrs. James
Mary McMillan -  Mrs. Cox
Rasool J’Han -  Deb
Dan Albright -  Sheriff
Lynda Clark -  Pageant Official
Shea Broom -  Contestant #1









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The Saint

Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) is a bold master thief and impersonator who sells his services to the highest bidder. When he is offered $8 million to steal the formula for cold fusion, he doesn’t hesitate. Off to Russia to turn it over to his employer, he is confronted in a Moscow bar by Dr. Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue), the formula inventor who has followed him. He is gobsmacked to discover that she would have given it to him if only he had asked for it. What he doesn’t seem to understand is her view that science should be free for everybody and one shouldn’t hoard such secrets. Too much time spent in the foggy corridors of spies and evil-doers? It seems likely.


Director:  Phillip Noyce; Philip Noyce
Writer:  Leslie Charteris; Jonathan Hensleigh; Wesley Strick
Cast:
Val Kilmer -  Simon Templar
Elisabeth Shue -  Dr. Emma Russell
Rade Serbedzija -  Ivan Tretiak
Valery Nikolaev -  Ilya Tretiak
Henry Goodman -  Dr. Lev Botvin
Alun Armstrong -  Inspector Teal
Michael Byrne -  Vereshagin, Tretiak’s Aide
Evgeny Lazarev -  President Karpov
Irina Apeximova -  Frankie
Lev Prigunov -  General Sklarov
Charlotte Cornwell -  Inspector Rabineau
Emily Mortimer -  Woman on Plane
Lucija Serbedzija -  Russian Prostitute
Velibor Topic -  Skinhead
Tommy Flanagan -  Scarface
Yegor Pozenko -  Scratchface









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The Student Prince

How often do you think that you come within seconds of losing your life? Events collide to bring together circumstances where you have a moment to decide whether your life is forfeit. A finger waggle here or there may be all that it takes. HRH ( Rupert Penry-Jones), pubbing incognito, has poured a batch of pints down his neck and has to relieve himself. One of his table mates, Stabber (Trevor Fox), has followed to do the same but in the sink and provokes a confrontation. Barry Grimes (Robson Green), as bodyguard, proffers a warning and gets a kicking for his troubles. Barry pulls a pistol and gives Stabber a choice.


Director:  Simon Curtis
Writer:  Lee Hall
Cast:
Robson Green -  Barry Grimes
Gavin Richards -  Chief Superintendent
Peter Lovstrom -  Police Driver
Tara Fitzgerald -  Grace
Terence Rigby -  Mr. Garter
Terence Budd -  Sandy
Rupert Penry-Jones -  The Prince
Christopher Staines -  Adams
Graeme Garden -  The Master
Mark Gough -  Hargreaves
Jacqueline King -  The Master’s Wife
Stephen Moore -  Dr. Rymans
Danielle Tilley -  Serena
Judy Cornwell -  Mrs. Quigley
Katherine Porter -  Blue Stocking
Duncan Ross -  Anarchist









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Liar Liar

It is a source of constant wonder to me to discover what might lure a woman into thinking that she wants to have her way with me. It doesn’t happen often but if the verbal skill of Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is anything to go by, I should have gone to law school. Miranda’s (Amanda Donohoe) look of amazement and mirth as Fletcher stretches to story of Samantha Cole’s (Jennifer Tilly) circumstances and estrangement from her husband culminates in her seduction, biting Fletcher’s lower lip and leading him away.


Director:  Tom Shadyac
Writer:  Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur
Cast:
Jim Carrey -  Fletcher Reede
Maura Tierney -  Audrey Reede
Justin Cooper -  Max Reede
Cary Elwes -  Jerry
Anne Haney -  Greta
Jennifer Tilly -  Samantha Cole
Amanda Donohoe -  Miranda
Jason Bernard -  Judge Marshall Stevens
Swoosie Kurtz -  Dana Appleton
Mitchell Ryan -  Mr. Allan
Chip Mayer -  Kenneth Falk
Eric Pierpoint -  Richard Cole
Cheri Oteri -  Jane
SW Fisher -  Pete
Ben Lemon -  Randy
Jarrad Paul -  Zit Boy