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Batman Begins

Every day a choice is made to contribute to society and a choice is made to nibble away at its foundations. Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes) is one of the former and she feels that Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is part of the latter crew. She figure he contributes to the lethargy that keeps bad men rich and good men afraid. A stinging slap is about all she can muster in her frustration. But her righteously indignant accusation that Bruce’s father would be ashamed of him cut him to the quick. His plan to gun down his parents’s killer leaves her speechless. But just to be sure he has got the message, she slaps him a second time.


Director:  Christopher Nolan
Writer:  Bob Kane; David S. Goyer; Christopher Nolan; Sam Hamm
Cast:
Christian Bale -  Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine -  Alfred
Liam Neeson -  Henri Ducard
Katie Holmes -  Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman -  Jim Gordon
Cillian Murphy -  Dr. Jonathan Crane
Tom Wilkinson -  Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer -  Earle
Ken Watanabe -  Ra’s Al Ghul
Mark Boone Junior -  Flass
Linus Roache -  Thomas Wayne
Morgan Freeman -  Lucius Fox
Larry Holden -  Finch
Gerard Murphy -  Judge Faden
Colin McFarlane -  Loeb
Sara Stewart -  Martha Wayne









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Junebug

One of the many steps we take as we grow into an adult is consider how we fit into the culture in which we find ourselves. This is particularly the case when we move to another city, take on a new occupation and gather around us new friends and loved ones. When we’re faced with showing someone new where we come from, sometimes we slip back into our old life leaving our new acquaintance gobsmacked. It is as if they have been replaced by a not-to-bright alien.

George (Alessandro Nivola) has the demeanour of a cosmopolitan sophisticate and his new wife Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), a chic art gallery owner from Chicago, is smitten. On a trip to corral a new artist who lives near George’s family, they stop by for a visit. Madeleine doesn’t know quite what to make of the George she sees and how he reacts to old family friends. From the gospel singing with his old church choir buddies to how he is greeted at a church supper, she is stunned by this man she hardly knows.


Director:  Phil Morrison
Writer:  Angus MacLachlan
Cast:
Amy Adams -  Ashley
Embeth Davidtz -  Madeleine
Alessandro Nivola -  George
Frank Hoyt Taylor -  David Wark
Celia Weston -  Peg
Scott Wilson -  Eugene
Ben McKenzie -  Johnny
Amy Barefoot -  Kitty, friend at shower
Annette Beatty -  Dr. Beatty
Matt Besser -  Scout who goes in
Beth Bostic -  Lucille, the neighbor
Jamie Castlebury -  Woman at Shower
Carrie Daniel -  Bonnie, friend at shower
Jeffrey Dean Foster -  Gallery Assistant
Katherine Foster -  Pregnant Patient
Teresa Fowler -  Nurse #1









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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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War of the Worlds

His preteen daughter (Dakota Fanning) is allergic to peanut butter. His teenage son (Justin Chatwin) has nothing to say to him. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), a divorced father, is oblivious to the lives of his children. He doesn’t know who they are, what they like, how they cope with life. Yet, he has to care for them after the world is invaded. Mind you, they don’t know that yet. They don’t know much except that the electricity is gone (an EMT pulse), a giant machine has erupted from beneath the town’s roads and starts vapourizing people and buildings. His children expect him to lead them to safety and provide guidance and he is scared silly, flying by the seat of his pants, without a clue as to what to do next. How would you handle this?


Director:  Steven Spielberg
Writer:  Josh Friedman; David Koepp; H.G. Wells
Cast:
Tom Cruise -  Ray Ferrier
Dakota Fanning -  Rachel Ferrier
Justin Chatwin -  Robbie Ferrier
Miranda Otto -  Mary Ann
Tim Robbins -  Harlan Ogilvy
Rick Gonzalez -  Vincent
Yul Vazquez -  Julio
Lenny Venito -  Manny the Mechanic
Lisa Ann Walter -  Sheryl
Ann Robinson -  Grandmother
Gene Barry -  Grandfather
David Alan Basche -  Tim
Roz Abrams -  Herself
Michael Brownlee -  TV Reporter, Osaka
Camillia Sanes -  News Producer
Marlon Young -  News Cameraman









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Be Cool

Style over substance. A mile wide and an inch deep. Raji (Vince Vaughn) is a gangsta-rap wannabe manager but doesn’t know who the Cyprus Hill Gang is. Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer) quotes a Dylan tune but doesn’t know its origin from the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid soundtrack. The Russian mob guys want to be taken seriously but use the N-word without realizing its repercussions. But it is Chili Palmer (John Travolta) who knows what he knows and doesn’t BS.


Director:  F. Gary Gray
Writer:  Elmore Leonard; Peter Steinfeld
Cast:
John Travolta -  Chili Palmer
Uma Thurman -  Edie Athens
Vince Vaughn -  Raji
Cedric the Entertainer -  Sin LaSalle
André Benjamin -  Dabu
Steven Tyler -  Himself
Robert Pastorelli -  Joe Loop
Christina Milian -  Linda Moon
Paul Adelstein -  Hy Gordon
Debi Mazar -  Marla
GregAlan Williams -  Darryl
Harvey Keitel -  Nick Carr
The Rock -  Elliot Wilhelm
Danny DeVito -  Martin Weir
James Woods -  Tommy Athens
Wyclef Jean -  Himself