Meeting a new sweetie is always a caution. Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) gentlemanly opens a door for Abby Taylor (Polly Shannon) who barrels through without so much as a thanks. She comes in ranting about Jesse’s assault on Joe Genest (Stephen Baldwin) who chose to ignore a restraining order. She wonders about how dangerous Joe is when Jesse tell her they keep guys like him as pets in south-central LA. She’s smitten and he’s interested.

Director:  Robert Harmon Writer:  Tom Epperson; Robert B. Parker Cast:
Tom Selleck -  Chief Jesse Stone Stephanie March -  Cissy Hathaway Stephen Baldwin -  Joe Genest Polly Shannon -  Abby Taylor Saul Rubinek -  Hastings Hathaway Viola Davis -  Molly Crane Vito Rezza -  Anthony D’Angelo Kohl Sudduth -  Luther ‘Suitcase’ Simpson		John Beale -  Dr. Perkins Maria Brooks -  Sandy Brian Jamieson -  Truck Driver Christie MacFadyen -  Veterinarian Stephen McHattie -  Captain Healy Agumeuay Nakanakas -  Native Man #2 Liisa Repo-Martell -  Carole Genest Brittany Robertson -  Michelle Genest

How many bad days can you have? Is it possible to be plain unlucky? Ashley Albright (Lindsay Lohan) seems to think so. After a string of unfortunate events, she ducks out of a store in the mistaken belief that things have changed. She swings her arms in delight and slams a fist into an innocent pedestrian taking him out with a somersault flip. As the homily goes, some days are better than others.

Director:  Donald Petrie Writer:  I. Marlene King; Amy Harris; Jonathan Bernstein; Mark Blackwell; James Greer Cast:
Lindsay Lohan -  Ashley Albright Chris Pine -  Jake Hardin Faizon Love -  Damon Phillips Missi Pyle -  Peggy Braden Tom Fletcher -  Himself Danny Jones -  Himself Makenzie Vega -  Caty Harry Judd -  Himself		Dougie Poynter -  Himself Samaire Armstrong -  Maggie Bree Turner -  Dana Carlos Ponce -  Antonio Tovah Feldshuh -  Madame Z Jaqueline Fleming -  Tiffany Dane Rhodes -  Mac Mikki Val -  Tough Jailbird

After all of the good, the bad and the in-between things Dwight ‘Bucky’ Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) has done to protect the ones he loves, their secrets and those he protects, he finds solace in the arms of Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson). There he finds a place where he can feel safe and protected from the world. Isn’t that what all of us want after a long, hard day?

Director:  Brian De Palma Writer:  Josh Friedman; James Ellroy Cast:
Josh Hartnett -  Ofcr. Dwight ‘Bucky’ Bleichert Scarlett Johansson -  Kay Lake Aaron Eckhart -  Sgt. Leland ‘Lee’ Blanchard Hilary Swank -  Madeleine Linscott Mia Kirshner -  Elizabeth Short Mike Starr -  Russ Millard Fiona Shaw -  Ramona Linscott Patrick Fischler -  Ellis Loew		James Otis -  Dolph Bleichert John Kavanagh -  Emmet Linscott Troy Evans -  Chief T. Green Anthony Russell -  Morrie Friedman Pepe Serna -  Dos Santos Angus MacInnes -  Capt. John Tierney Rachel Miner -  Martha Linscott Victor McGuire -  Bill Koenig

You want to change your life. You find yourself stuck in the one you’re living now and you see that there is something better available to you. But your partner is happy with the way things are and any change to the stability is seen as a threat. You know that walking away will only bring pain and violence. You’ve tried it and all you got were broken bones and bruises which you tell friends came from an accident. How do you make a stand and not get hurt? The authorities won’t listen, the judicial system hasn’t got much but paper remedies. How do you plan a getaway? For Kat (Milla Jovovich) it starts with friends Vic (Sarah Strange) and Liz (Aisha Taylor) who provide the moral support in Kat’s struggle to slip away from her drug-dealing boyfriend Big Al (Angus Macfadyen). There is even an offer to take up a collection to get him whacked.

Director:  Gary Lennon Writer:  Gary Lennon Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Kate Angus MacFadyen -  Big Al Stephen Dorff -  Reilly Aisha Tyler -  Liz Sarah Strange -  Vic Vincent Laresca -  Jose Dawn Greenhalgh -  Fran Shawn Campbell -  Original Owner		Tim Eddis -  Cop #2 Kay Hawtrey -  Marge Suresh John -  Thief Tony Munch -  Clancy

Taking a spouse hostage isn’t something that should be undertaken lightly. Rome (Robert Patrick) and his gang of thugs decide the arrival of a cop during a gas tank fill-up whilst escaping from a jewel heist is bad karma and shoot him. They grab Kate Triton (Kelly Carlson), stuff her in the car and blow up the gas pumps expecting to kill her husband John (John Cena). Nope, he’s in hot pursuit and darn cranky.

Director:  John Bonito Writer:  Michelle Gallagher; Alan B. McElroy Cast:
John Cena -  John Triton Robert Patrick -  Rome Kelly Carlson -  Kate Triton Anthony Ray Parker -  Morgan Abigail Bianca -  Angela Jerome Ehlers -  Van Buren Manu Bennett -  Bennett Damon Gibson -  Vescera		Drew Powell -  Joe Frank Carlopio -  Frank Firass Dirani -  Al Qaeda Leader Remi Broadway -  Marine #1 Steve Harman -  Marine #2 Damien Bryson -  Marine #3 Robert Coleby -  Braun Ashley Lyons -  Chris

Jealousy can be so unattractive. Hannah Lewis (Anna Faris) has cut her finger and her colleague Matt Lewis (Luke Wilson) licks it clean to prevent infection. Jenny aka G-Girl (Uma Thurman) shows up and displays a fit of green envy and domination by her lip-lock on Matt. It’s furthered at dinner when Jenny refuses to save the world because Hannah’s date had a thong emergency at his photo shoot. She’s not about to leave him alone with that hussy no matter how many police cars, ambulances and TV emergency reports happen.

Director:  Ivan Reitman Writer:  Don Payne Cast:
Uma Thurman -  Jenny Johnson/G-Girl Luke Wilson -  Matt Saunders Anna Faris -  Hannah Lewis Rainn Wilson -  Vaughn Haige Eddie Izzard -  Professor Bedlam/Barry Stelio Savante -  Leo Mike Iorio -  Lenny Mark Consuelos -  Steve		Wanda Sykes -  Carla Dunkirk Margaret Anne Florence -  Shapely Bartender Eva Veronika -  Elderly Lady Lawrence Feeney -  Scary Dude Lou Bonacki -  Parking Lot Manager Jeff Norris -  NYPD Officer at Garage Greg Northrop -  NYPD Officer at Station Catherine Reitman -  TV News Reporter

Humanity has done some remarkably evil things in the name of religion. It has also done many altruistic ones for the same reason. It seems that a lot of them evolve from an interpretation of past pronouncements rather than direct statements. Such is the burden of human history that it leads us to a point where sides have been chosen with a goal of eliminating the presence of another. We have to ask ourselves whether what we infer that has gone on before needs to change or remain static. This is the question Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) as a Harvard Professor of Symbology and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a cryptologist and puzzle solver, ask themselves and one another. Their quest takes them around Europe, ending up in England with a stop in London at Westminister Abbey for a clue near the tomb of Sir Issac newton. We see them cross the street going to the abbey, overlaid with the day of Sir Issac’s funeral. There we see the attendees along with the London landscape of the time.

Director:  Ron Howard Writer:  Akiva Goldsman; Dan Brown Cast:
Tom Hanks -  Dr. Robert Langdon Audrey Tautou -  Agent Sophie Neveu Ian McKellen -  Sir Leigh Teabing Jean Reno -  Captain Bezu Fache Paul Bettany -  Silas Alfred Molina -  Bishop Manuel Aringarosa Jürgen Prochnow -  Andre Vernet Jean-Yves Berteloot -  Remy Jean		Etienne Chicot -  Lt. Collet Jean-Pierre Marielle -  Jacques Saunière Marie-Françoise Audollent -  Sister Sandrine Rita Davies -  Elegant Woman at Rosslyn Francesco Carnelutti -  Prefect Seth Gabel -  Michael Shane Zaza -  Youth on Bus Andrew Clark -  Docent

Mockery is spiteful even if it unintentional. Rebecca (Carla Gugino) is writing her doctoral thesis on the tracker for the Lewis and Clark expedition, Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck). Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), the new night security guard, tells her that she can find out more by questioning the exhibits because they come alive after sundown. Rebecca is crestfallen when she thinks he is making fun of her, the history geek, and all of the work she has dedicated her college life to doing.

Director:  Shawn Levy Writer:  Ben Garant; Thomas Lennon; Milan Trenc Cast:
Ben Stiller -  Larry Daley Carla Gugino -  Rebecca Dick Van Dyke -  Cecil Mickey Rooney -  Gus Bill Cobbs -  Reginald Jake Cherry -  Nick Daley Ricky Gervais -  Dr. McPhee Robin Williams -  Teddy Roosevelt		Kim Raver -  Erica Daley Patrick Gallagher -  Attila the Hun Rami Malek -  Ahkmenrah Pierfrancesco Favino -  Christopher Columbus Charles Q. Murphy -  Taxi Driver Steve Coogan -  Octavius Mizuo Peck -  Sacajawea Kerry van der Griend -  Neanderthal #1

What sort of proof would you need before you believe? Is visual proof sufficient or would you have to become a part of it? ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) is approached by a FBI Agent Andrew Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) and offered an opportunity to view the past. He is skeptical, confused and intrigued. Because if it true, he can solve a terrorist bombing. During his observation of the process, he’s told by a colleague that a house they’re checking is riddled with his fingerprints despite his never having been there.

Director:  Tony Scott; Tonino Ricci; Anthony Richmond Writer:  Bill Marsilii; Terry Rossio Cast:
Denzel Washington -  Doug Carlin Paula Patton -  Claire Kuchever Val Kilmer -  Agent Andrew Pryzwarra James Caviezel -  Carroll Oerstadt Adam Goldberg -  Denny Elden Henson -  Gunnars Erika Alexander -  Shanti Bruce Greenwood -  Jack McCready		Rich Hutchman -  Agent Stalhuth Matt Craven -  Larry Minuti Donna W. Scott -  Beth Elle Fanning -  Abbey Brian Howe -  Medical Examiner Enrique Castillo -  Claire’s Father Mark Phinney -  Agent Donnelly Shondrella Avery -  Kathy – Secretary

Betrayal by your best friend can squeeze your heart and slice your soul to ribbons. You expect them to have your back forever and never figure they’ll tattle on you. Bartleby Gaines (Justin Long) has just been ratted out by his life-long friend who wants to get into a frat. Bartleby has invented a phony college to get his parents off his back and make a little spare cash. Trying to maintain this facade is draining but it is beginning to prove lucrative. Now his buddy’s betrayal leads to the administration, in the form of Dean Van Horne (Anthony Heald), trying to turf him out on a fake parents day.

Director:  Steve Pink Writer:  Adam Cooper; Bill Collage; Mark Perez Cast:
Justin Long -  Bartleby Gaines Jonah Hill -  Sherman Schrader Adam Herschman -  Glen Columbus Short -  Hands Holloway Maria Thayer -  Rory Thayer Lewis Black -  Ben Lewis Blake Lively -  Monica Mark Derwin -  Jack Gaines		Ann Cusack -  Diane Gaines Hannah Marks -  Lizzie Gaines Robin Taylor -  Abernathy Darwin Dunlap Diora Baird -  Kiki Joe Hursley -  Maurice / The Ringers Jeremy Howard -  Freaky Student Anthony Heald -  Dean Richard Van Horne Travis Van Winkle -  Hoyt Ambrose

What does it take to make a stand? How do we decide to do it and stick to it? Would something like a visit from the IRS make us change our mind? Maybe. But it might depend upon who is sent to deliver the message. Ana Pascal (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is confused about her reaction to Harold Crick (Will Ferrell), an IRS agent. Despite the audit and the work he has to do, she finds she likes him. But she’s adamant that the 78 percent of the taxes she has paid is sufficient as she doesn’t want to pay the rest which she believes will go to national defense, corporate bailouts and political campaign funding.

Director:  Marc Forster Writer:  Zach Helm Cast:
Will Ferrell -  Harold Crick Maggie Gyllenhaal -  Ana Pascal Dustin Hoffman -  Professor Jules Hilbert Queen Latifah -  Penny Escher Emma Thompson -  Kay Eiffel William Dick -  Co-Worker #1 Guy Massey -  Male Co-Worker Martha Espinoza -  Female IRS #1		Christian Stolte -  Young Boy?s Father T.J. Jagodowski -  Another Co-Worker Peter Grosz -  Co-Worker #2 Ricky Adams -  Young Boy Denise Hughes -  Carla Peggy Roeder -  Polish Woman Tonray Ho -  Female Co-Worker Tony Hale -  Dave

John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) has it all. He’s dating Carrie (Arielle Kebbe), Heather (Ashanti) and Beth (Sophia Bush) without the others knowledge. When the three find out that they are part of a foursome, rather than taking it out on John, they go after one another during a volleyball game as they lash out with a tossed ball to the head, a shoving match and a swat with a bag of balls. All too soon they figure out who should be really punished.

Notwithstanding the lunacy of punishing themselves rather than the titular perpetrator, the best part of the movie is the classy comedic elegance of Jenny McCarthy in the role of Lori Spencer.

Director:  Betty Thomas Writer:  Jeff Lowell Cast:
Jesse Metcalfe -  John Tucker Brittany Snow -  Kate Spencer Ashanti -  Heather Sophia Bush -  Beth Arielle Kebbel -  Carrie Schaefer Penn Badgley -  Scott Tucker Jenny McCarthy -  Lori Spencer Fatso-Fasano -  Tommy		Kevin McNulty -  Basketball Coach Patricia Drake -  Coach Williams Jeffrey Ballard -  Cute Boy Taylor Kitsch -  Justin Steve Bacic -  Skip #1 Dean Wray -  Skip #2 Jon Cuthbert -  Skip #3 Aaron Dudley -  Skip #4

It’s easy to lose sight of what’s important when trying to keep up with what is going on around you, particularly when you live in a neighbourhood that has made an art of oneupmanship. Adam Fiedler (Jeremy Piven) is traumatized to learn what his former business partner Arnie Stein (Larry Miller) has done for his son’s bar mitzvah—a Titanic theme aboard an ocean liner—and frets constantly over how he can best this half million dollar extravaganza. His son Ben (Daryl Sabara) reminds him what’s important in life like his family, his faith and providing him with a role model he can admire.

Director:  Scott Marshall Writer:  Mark Zakarin Cast:
Jami Gertz -  Joanne Fiedler Daryl Hannah -  Sacred Feather/Sandy Garry Marshall -  Irwin Fiedler Jeremy Piven -  Adam Fiedler Doris Roberts -  Rose Fiedler Daryl Sabara -  Benjamin Fiedler Larry Miller -  Arnie Stein Cheryl Hines -  Casey Nudelman		Richard Benjamin -  Rabbi Schulberg Marc John Jefferies -  Tim Tom Hines -  Master of Ceremonies Carter Jenkins -  Zachary Stein Sandra Taylor -  Raylene Stein Miranda Cosgrove -  Karen Sussman Brittany Robertson -  Ashley Grunwald DJ Quik -  Himself

How do you convince the powers that be that you didn’t do something? All of the clues lead Secret Service investigator David Breckinridge (Kiefer Sutherland) to conclude that his colleague Peter Garrison (Michael Douglas) is a traitor involved in a plot to assassinate POTUS (David Rasche). Pete happens to be in a coffee shop that is a drop for a drug cartel, he has a bank account that has dubious deposits, he has failed a polygraph, he finds himself as bait for an informant who has breached Secret Service security, he’s shifty and evasive in answering questions and it is obvious that he is hiding something. The investigators want to know what it is when they burst into Pete’s home. Unfortunately for him, his secret has nothing to do with any plot against the government but could bring about its collapse.

Director:  Clark Johnson Writer:  George Nolfi; Gerald Petievich Cast:
Michael Douglas -  Pete Garrison Kiefer Sutherland -  David Breckinridge Eva Longoria -  Jill Marin Martin Donovan -  William Montrose Ritchie Coster -  The Handler Kim Basinger -  1st Lady Sarah Ballentine Blair Brown -  National Security Advisor David Rasche -  President Ballentine		Kristin Lehman -  Cindy Breckinridge Raynor Scheine -  Walter Xavier Chuck Shamata -  Director Overbrook Paul Calderon -  Deputy Director Cortes Clark Johnson -  Charlie Merriweather Raoul Bhaneja -  Aziz Hassad Yanna McIntosh -  Teddy Vargas Joshua Peace -  Agent Davies

All Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman) want are a few supplies and a little gnosh before heading home to get a little sleep after belting about the bad guy minions. But no, the townsfolk see Michael’s picture on TV and decide to corral him. He objects, they start shooting, he runs, they plug him many times, he keeps going, skedaddling towards the woods, they follow shooting all manner of guns making mince meat of his torso. Selene decides that’s enough for now and helps out by dodging bullets and cracking skulls until they run out of townies. Then it is time to replenish Michael with some of Selene’s blood just before the really bad guy shows up. All they wanted was a snack and a nap, all they get instead is Markus Corvinus (Tony Curran), the very first vampire.

Director:  Len Wiseman Writer:  Danny McBride; Len Wiseman; Kevin Grevioux Cast:
Kate Beckinsale -  Selene Scott Speedman -  Michael Corvin Tony Curran -  Marcus Corvinus Shane Brolly -  Kraven Sir Derek Jacobi -  Alexander Corvinus Bill Nighy -  Viktor Steven Mackintosh -  Andreas Tanis Zita Görög -  Amelia		Brian Steele -  William Corvinus Scott McElroy -  Soren John Mann -  Samuel Michael Sheen -  Lucian Sophia Myles -  Erika Rich Cetrone -  Pierce Mike Mukatis -  Taylor Christine Danielle -  Tanis Vamp #1

You’re blissfully minding your own business, putting the finishing touches and waiting for the shellac to set on your stuffed blowfish, when there is a knock at the door. If you are Jack Starbright (Alicia Silverstone), you are gracious in answering but puzzled by the strange German woman who is asking all sorts of questions about the family in your care. When she refuses to answer, Nadia Vole (Missi Pyle) pulls a gun, cocks an eyebrow and half-winks. Combat starts as a half-marital arts skill fest since Jack knows none and Nadia has all of the moves. Hopping, skipping and jumping about the home, tossing dishes at one another until the regrettable blowfish incident.

Director:  Geoffrey Sax Writer:  Anthony Horowitz Cast:
Sarah Bolger -  Sabina Pleasure Robbie Coltrane -  Prime Minister Stephen Fry -  Smithers Damian Lewis -  Yassen Gregorovich Ewan McGregor -  Ian Rider Bill Nighy -  Alan Blunt Sophie Okonedo -  Mrs. Jones Alex Pettyfer -  Alex Rider		Missi Pyle -  Nadia Vole Mickey Rourke -  Darrius Sayle Andy Serkis -  Mr. Grin Alicia Silverstone -  Jack Starbright Ashley Walters -  Wolf Alex Barrett -  Gary Richard Huw -  Teacher Richard James -  Vicar

I’ve met a couple of people who think they are the centre of the universe and the rest of us are just keeping it clean. It only takes a moment to realize that they are self-absorbed with too little sense of how others interact in the surrounding world. But Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) may be the centre of her own solar system, at the very least. Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey) has followed her to a seedy part of London, watches her pick up a rough rent-boy, sees her manhandled into a building and follows. He ends up on the roof, looking through a sky light. Below he sees Catherine engaged in carnal relations while she is relaxing to the bouncing rhythm of her enthusiastic partner and meeting the doctor’s gaze through the window.

Director:  Michael Caton-Jones Writer:  Leora Barish; Henry Bean; Joe Eszterhas Cast:
Sharon Stone -  Catherine Tramell David Morrissey -  Dr. Michael Glass Charlotte Rampling -  Dr. Milena Gardosh David Thewlis -  Det. Supt. Roy Washburn Hugh Dancy -  Adam Towers Stan Collymore -  Kevin Franks Neil Maskell -  Det. Ferguson Jan Chappell -  Solicitor		Terence Harvey -  Henry Rose Ellen Thomas -  Prosecutor Mark Sangster -  Court Reporter #1 Tim Berrington -  Court Reporter #2 Indira Varma -  Denise Glass Heathcote Williams -  Dr. Jakob Gerst Flora Montgomery -  Michelle Broadwin Kata Dobó -  Magda

Everybody has a friend who never quite got the hang of being an adult. It seems they got stuck somewhere in high school and can’t quite find the rhythm of being a grown-up. Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson) is just such a lad. He’s kind, gracious and fumbling. He has trouble distinguishing what’s privacy and what isn’t. He seems to find all of the push buttons to seem like a wounded bunny when hurt yet able to alienate his buddies by his obliviousness to the mores of relationships. Filling the crapper with noxious emissions isn’t going to help.

Director:  Anthony Russo; Joe Russo Writer:  Mike LeSieur Cast:
Owen Wilson -  Randy Dupree Kate Hudson -  Molly Peterson Matt Dillon -  Carl Peterson Michael Douglas -  Mr. Thompson Seth Rogen -  Neil Ralph Ting -  Toshi Keo Knight -  Carl’s Brother-In-Law Todd Stashwick -  Rod		Bill Hader -  Mark Lance Armstrong -  Himself Jason Winer -  Eddie Sidney S. Liufau -  Paco Billy Gardell -  Bartender Dave Eli Vargas -  Aaron Houston McCrillis -  Dougie Bob Larkin -  Army Veteran

Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. All you want to do is your job, check out and go home. But sometimes you find yourself in a time and place that allows you to become more than you’ve become. Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) is a witness against some bad cops and his courthouse driver gets caught in traffic. Frank Nugent (David Morse) comes by the bar where they are recuperating after one attempt on Eddie’s life and starts in on persuading Frank to give up the witness. About to kill Eddie, Frank kneecaps the shooter and thereby declares which side he’s on.

Director:  Richard Donner Writer:  Richard Wenk Cast:
Bruce Willis -  Jack Mosley Mos Def -  Eddie Bunker David Morse -  Frank Nugent Jenna Stern -  Diane Mosley Casey Sander -  Captain Gruber Cylk Cozart -  Jimmy Mulvey David Zayas -  Robert Torres Robert Racki -  Jerry Shue		Patrick Garrow -  Touhey Steve Nuke -  FBI Agent Sasha Roiz -  Kaller Conrad Pla -  Ortiz Hechter Ubarry -  Maldonado Richard Fitzpatrick -  Deputy Commissioner Wagner Peter McRobbie -  Mike Sheehan Mike Keenan -  Ray Fitzpatrick

The attention paid to someone else is always an allure to those who are being paid less. Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) orders all of the menu specials prompting Chef Didier (Gérard Depardieu) to drop by her table to chat about cooking and ingredients. This makes the boss Matthew Kragen (Timothy Hutton) envious as he wants to impress his guests and associates—Senator Dillings (Giancarlo Esposito), Congressman Stewart (Michael Nouri)—with his capacity to demand respect and feels slighted when the chef doesn’t scamper like a puppy to his side to have his belly rubbed.

Director:  Wayne Wang Writer:  Jeffrey Price; Peter S. Seaman; J.B. Priestley Cast:
Queen Latifah -  Georgia Byrd LL Cool J -  Sean Matthews Timothy Hutton -  Matthew Kragen Giancarlo Esposito -  Senator Dillings Alicia Witt -  Ms. Burns Gérard Depardieu -  Chef Didier Jane Adams -  Rochelle Mike Estime -  Marlon		Susan Kellermann -  Gunther Jascha Washington -  Darius Matt Ross -  Adamian Ranjit Chowdhry -  Dr. Gupta Michael Nouri -  Congressman Stewart Jaqueline Fleming -  Tanya Kendall Mosby -  Anton Chloe Bailey -  Angie

If you’re going to kill someone, you really should make sure that your victim is a corpse when you call it in as an accident. It is so embarrassing when the police find them hale and hearty. Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) takes Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) out for a pleasant afternoon excursion on his lake and, thinking her a non-swimmer, drops her in the drink and sets it up as if she went out alone. Distraught, he calls the local constabulary and tells them that she wanted some time away. Unfortunately for him, Sondra wanders in, soaked to the skin, adding that she feigned her inability to swim to meet Peter.

Director:  Woody Allen Writer:  Woody Allen Cast:
Hugh Jackman -  Peter Lyman Scarlett Johansson -  Sondra Pransky Ian McShane -  Joe Strombel Woody Allen -  Sid Waterman Romola Garai -  Vivian Anthony Head -  Detective Julian Glover -  Lord Lyman Geoff Bell -  Strombel’s Co-Worker #2		Christopher Fulford -  Strombel’s Co-Worker #3 Nigel Lindsay -  Strombel’s Co-Worker #4 Fenella Woolgar -  Jane Cook Doreen Mantle -  Joe’s Co-Passenger #1 David Schneider -  Joe’s Co-Passenger #2 Meera Syal -  Joe’s Co-Passenger #3 Kevin McNally -  Mike Tinsley Robyn Kerr -  Tinsley’s Fan #1

Why do some believe there is a nobility and graciousness to bad guys? Most are venal, unworthy of their reps. For example, we all hate Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), the toady of Magneto (Ian McKellen). But when she steps in front of him and takes a dart in the shoulder, we think what a nice thing to do. But then we see that she has been stripped of her shape-shifting ability and she ends up lying naked on the floor of the prison truck van. Most of us think, oh dear, what is going to happen to her now? Me, I’m thinking she’s naked. Magneto seems to be surprised at how vulnerable she appears. Then, in reaching out to him (after her most callous disregard for all things not Magneto), he turns away shunning her, leaving her discarded like any other piece of broken equipment.

Director:  Brett Ratner Writer:  Simon Kinberg; Zak Penn Cast:
Hugh Jackman -  Logan/Wolverine Halle Berry -  Ororo Munroe/Storm Ian McKellen -  Eric Lensherr/Magneto Famke Janssen -  Jean Grey/Phoenix Anna Paquin -  Marie/Rogue Kelsey Grammer -  Dr. Hank McCoy/The Beast Rebecca Romijn -  Raven Darkholme/Mystique James Marsden -  Scott Summers/Cyclops		Shawn Ashmore -  Bobby Drake/Iceman Aaron Stanford -  John Allerdyce/Pyro Vinnie Jones -  Cain Marko/Juggernaut Patrick Stewart -  Professor Charles Xavier Ben Foster -  Warren Worthington III/Angel Ellen Page -  Kitty Pryde Michael Murphy -  Warren Worthington II Josef Sommer -  President

Conspiracies are almost the staff of life on the internet. They’re pervasive. We see them on many sites where someone thinks that one or more someone elses have done something, are covering up some event or are out to do something nefarious. Who is doing what to whom and why? Geez, no wonder there is so much paranoia and skepticism around. Now comes a new threat. Mattie Webber (Kristin Bell) gets a bunch of messages from her dead boyfriend, Josh Ockmann (Jonathan Tucker), via electronic means. It seems that the dead want to return to our world via the internet. They’re pissed and they’re not taking any prisoners. Lots of the usual horror tropes with some pretty good effects.

Director:  Jim Sonzero Writer:  Wes Craven; Ray Wright; Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cast:
Kristen Bell -  Mattie Webber Ian Somerhalder -  Dexter McCarthy Christina Milian -  Isabell Fuentes Rick Gonzalez -  Stone Jonathan Tucker -  Josh Ockmann Samm Levine -  Tim Steinberg Octavia Spencer -  Landlady Jeremy Guskin -  R.A.		Ron Rifkin -  Dr. Waterson Joseph Gatt -  Dark Figure Kel O’Neill -  Douglas Zieglar Tate Hanyok -  Cafe Girl Amanda Tepe -  Grad Student/Margaret Zach Grenier -  Professor Cardiff Corryn Cummins -  Crying Girl Riki Lindhome -  Janelle

What does it take to prove you’re human? Violet Song jat Shariff (Milla Jovovich), a courier, discovers it takes a battery of tests. She’s ushered into a sterile room where they immobilize her, stick probes into her bloodstream and eyes, her mouth and teeth to verify breathing after which she is scanned again for bone, blood and tissue irregularities just so she can pick up a package for delivery and it turns out she is a fraud anyway. Oh dear…

Director:  Kurt Wimmer; Joe Ahearne Writer:  Kurt Wimmer Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Violet Song jat Shariff Cameron Bright -  Six Nick Chinlund -  Vicecardinum Ferdinand Daxus Sebastien Andrieu -  Nerva Ida Martin -  Young Violet William Fichtner -  Garth David Collier -  BF-1 Kieran O’Rorke -  Detective Cross		Digger Mesch -  Detective Endera Ryan Martin -  Detective Breeder Steven Calcote -  Young Daxus Ricardo Mamood -  Violet’s Husband Mike Smith -  Hospital Hemophage Clay Cullen -  Rebel Hemophage Jennifer Caputo -  Elizabeth P. Watkins Jack Murphy -  Chief of Staff

Who says fashion doesn’t influence our day-to-day life? Not Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) who lectures her 2nd-assistant Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) on how she came to wear her blue sweater. Starting with an Oscar de la Renta show in 2002 who did a cerulean blue collection, through Yves Saint-Laurent and 8 other designers, into selected department stores and on down to the bargain bins, the blue in her sweater has been passed from one to another until it ended up on her back.

Director:  David Frankel Writer:  Aline Brosh McKenna; Lauren Weisberger Cast:
Meryl Streep -  Miranda Priestly Anne Hathaway -  Andy Sachs Emily Blunt -  Emily Stanley Tucci -  Nigel Simon Baker -  Christian Thompson Adrian Grenier -  Nate Tracie Thoms -  Lily Rich Sommer -  Doug		Daniel Sunjata -  James Holt David Marshall Grant -  Richard Sachs James Naughton -  Stephen Tibor Feldman -  Irv Ravitz Rebecca Mader -  Jocelyn Jimena Hoyos -  Lucia Gisele Bündchen -  Serena George C. Wolfe -  Paul

Sometimes a villain is just a villain. Sometimes they’re a charmer and you wish they weren’t a villain. Sometimes they’re doing a villainous deed for what’s thought to be the right reason. Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) is all of theses and NYPD Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) can’t decide whether he wants his tactical unit to end the bank standoff. Each clue sways him further away from his jurisprudent choices. When it comes right down to it, which is better—justice or the law?

Director:  Spike Lee Writer:  Russell Gewirtz; Adam Erbacher Cast:
Denzel Washington -  Detective Keith Frazier Clive Owen -  Dalton Russell Jodie Foster -  Madeline White Christopher Plummer -  Arthur Case Willem Dafoe -  Captain John Darius Chiwetel Ejiofor -  Detective Bill Mitchell Carlos Andrés Gómez -  Steve Kim Director -  Stevie		James Ransone -  Steve-O Bernard Rachelle -  Chaim Peter Gerety -  Captain Coughlin Victor Colicchio -  Sergeant Collins Cassandra Freeman -  Sylvia Peter Frechette -  Peter Hammond Gerry Vichi -  Herman Gluck Waris Ahluwalia -  Vikram Walia

Most everyone over 18 has gotten drunk at least once and likely done things that they can’t remember the next morning. It is with a degree of chagrin that I must admit it has happened to me more than once. So when Amanda (Cameron Diaz) surfaces one morning after getting blotto, she is somewhat anxious to discover what she may have done, particularly when she finds her underwear strewn about the kitchen. Graham (Jude Law), her host’s brother is partway through some coffee when she shyly asks what happened and what did she do (with a tiny sliver of hope that it wasn’t what is swirling through her thoughts).

Director:  Nancy Meyers Writer:  Nancy Meyers Cast:
Cameron Diaz -  Amanda Kate Winslet -  Iris Jude Law -  Graham Jack Black -  Miles Eli Wallach -  Arthur Edward Burns -  Ethan Rufus Sewell -  Jasper Miffy Englefield -  Sophie		Emma Pritchard -  Olivia Sarah Parish -  Hannah Shannyn Sossamon -  Maggie Bill Macy -  Ernie Shelley Berman -  Norman Kathryn Hahn -  Bristol John Krasinski -  Ben Alex O’Loughlin -  Kissing Couple

If you’re fortunate, you’ll have someone in your life who accepts you as you are with all of your faults, doesn’t pass judgement on what you do and treats you as you deserve. If you are truly lucky that person isn’t even a family member. For Tanzie (Hilary Duff) and Ava Marchetta (Haylie Duff) that person is their housekeeper Inez (Maria Conchita Alonso) who takes them the sisters after the scandal of their family cosmetics company being accused of selling toxic products. She just wraps them in her arms and ushers them into her apartment as if they’d never been away.

Director:  Martha Coolidge Writer:  John Quaintance; Jessica O’Toole; Amy Rardin Cast:
Hilary Duff -  Tanzie Marchetta Haylie Duff -  Ava Marchetta Anjelica Huston -  Fabiella Alejandro Rose-Garcia -  Phone Repairman Maria Conchita Alonso -  Inez Brent Spiner -  Tommy Katzenbach Lukas Haas -  Henry Baines Ty Hodges -  Etienne		Marcus Coloma -  Rick Natalie Lander -  Actress/Model/Whatever Obba Babatundé -  Craig Reagan Dale Neis -  Jaden Henry Cho -  Ned Nakamori Misti Traya -  Martinique Christina R. Copeland -  Brigitta Brandon Beemer -  Mic Rionn

Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, a legendary ghost ship which haunts the seas in search of cursed souls to serve upon his vessel for a century. He was unable to bear the pain of losing his one true love so he carved out his heart and stored it in the Dead Man’s Chest. As time passes, he has evolved into a creature that is part octopus, part crab and part man. The first time you see him and his wiggly tentacles, you’ll think that Cthulhu spent a sweaty weekend away with one of his female acolytes.

Director:  Gore Verbinski Writer:  Ted Elliott; Terry Rossio; Stuart Beattie; Jay Wolpert Cast:
Johnny Depp -  Jack Sparrow Orlando Bloom -  Will Turner Keira Knightley -  Elizabeth Swann Jack Davenport -  Norrington Bill Nighy -  Davy Jones Jonathan Pryce -  Governor Weatherby Swann Lee Arenberg -  Pintel Mackenzie Crook -  Ragetti		Kevin McNally -  Gibbs Tom Hollander -  Lord Cutler Beckett Stellan Skarsgård -  Bootstrap Bill David Bailie -  Cotton Naomie Harris -  Tia Dalma Martin Klebba -  Marty Alex Norton -  Captain Bellamy Lauren Maher -  Scarlett

Sometimes a concept just beggars the imagination. Cybill Shepherd as a serial killer is one of them. She and her accomplice make a gallant effort to come across as killers but it’s hard to keep a straight face particularly when she is wearing bunny ears.

Director:  Mario Van Peebles Writer:  Larry Brand; Mario Van Peebles Cast:
Gavin J. Behrman -  Antonio Kevin Chapman -  Franklin Derrick Costa -  State Trooper Derek Cunningham -  Swedish Porn Star Elizabeth Dings -  Woman in diner Aubrey Dollar -  Rainn Luis Guzmán -  Mendez Tony Hua -  Detective Lee		Tom Kemp -  Gino Gambetti James Hiroyuki Liao -  Chang Mike Messier -  Eugene- Cass’s Son Bill Mootos -  National Guardsman Sayed Najem -  Front desk Manager Wendy Overly -  Waitress Jackie Quinones -  Angela Cybill Shepherd -  Cass

Sometimes your partner will surprise you with their understanding of your proclivities. Where your inclinations come from are buried in the morass of your subconscious. Something happened in your past that clicked on a switch that takes you in odd directions. You suppress it for awhile but it overwhelms you until you can no longer stand it until you have to act upon it. You aren’t proud of what’s going on but you have to continue. Hopefully it isn’t anything for which you can be convicted but it does provide you with a release. John (Andrew Ableson) tries to blackmail an alibi out of David (Mark Dymond) but instead he confesses to his fiancée Angela (Jules Leyser) that he wears her underwear while she’s out. She’s freaked into seeing hallucinations of John dressed up in her knickers. But others show her that there are worse things than stretched undies.

Director:  John Cosgrove Writer:  Dean Craig Cast:
Marsha Thomason -  Rachel Callum Blue -  Charlie Mena Suvari -  Vanessa Breckin Meyer -  Dylan Mike Vogel -  Danny Katherine Heigl -  Laura Sonya Walger -  Gloria Andrew Ableson -  John		Jules Leyser -  Angela Mark Dymond -  David Bridget Brno -  Naughty Nurse Luna Rocio Cantale -  Waitress Nikki Collins -  Tarty Girl #1 Teena Collins -  Tarty Girl #2 Daz Crawford -  Steve Walter Delmar -  Cafe Patron

When your life turns to poop and everyone wants a piece of you, what do you do? Cut and run? Fight back? Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) decides its time to get his life back but first he needs his stolen personal journal back from Barbi Ling (Bai Ling), a tabloid reporter. He lines up a meeting at what he called the worst Chinese restaurant in town. Unfortunately, it belongs to Barbi’s family and the discussion dissolves from there until the family is chasing him and his co-workers through the alleys of Chinatown.

Director:  Mike Binder Writer:  Mike Binder Cast:
Ben Affleck -  Jack Giamoro Rebecca Romijn -  Nina Giamoro John Cleese -  Dr. Primkin Samuel Ball -  Jimmy Dooley Mike Binder -  Morty Erica Cerra -  Sela Gina Gershon -  Arlene Kreiner Adam Goldberg -  Phil Balow		Howard Hesseman -  Ben Giamoro Ling Bai -  Barbi Ling Jerry O’Connell -  David Lilly Kal Penn -  Alan Fineberg Amber Valletta -  Brynn Lilly Damien Wayans -  Lucky Reynolds Laura Soltis -  Barbara Giamoro Spencer Forbes -  Anthony Giamoro

I had been given The Good German by Joseph Kanon as a gift. Now it isn’t the usual sort of book I read as my gifter knew but she thinks I should broaden my horizons. Being polite, I thought I’d give it 50 pages, work up a blurb for her so it would seem I’d finished it and toss it into the corner with other book gifts of dubious interest. Silly me. I got so hooked on it I didn’t put it down until I’d read it straight through. I was mesmerized and completely taken with the characters, setting and plot.

When I saw that it had been made into a movie, I wondered how much of the magic of the book could be transformed to the screen. Filmed in black and white using a 4×3 format, I thought that might work, sort of like the Pathé News reels I remember watching. George Clooney as Capt. Jake Geismer—sure, as long as he isn’t too much of a smarty-pants, Cate Blanchett as Lena Brandt—sure, she can do just about any role and as long as her German accent isn’t too odd and Tobey Maguire as Corporal Patrick Tully—maybe, maybe not but then I saw him in Sin City and thought he can handle the role of this two-faced sleaze.

Director:  Steven Soderbergh Writer:  Paul Attanasio; Joseph Kanon Cast:
Jack Thompson -  Congressman Breimer John Roeder -  General George Clooney -  Capt. Jacob ‘Jake’ Geismer Tobey Maguire -  Patrick Tully Cate Blanchett -  Lena Brandt Dominic Comperatore -  Levi Dave Power -  Lieutenant Schaeffer Tony Curran -  Danny		Ravil Isyanov -  General Sikorsky J. Paul Boehmer -  British Press Aide Igor Korosec -  Russian Soldier #1 Boris Kievsky -  Russian Soldier #2 Vladimir Kulikov -  Russian Soldier #3 Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy -  Russian Soldier #4 Aleksandr Sountsov -  Russian Soldier #5 Beau Bridges -  Colonel Muller

Over the years, I have been poked, pricked and prodded by a variety of medical practitioners who have done any number of tests. The test that creeps me out the most is that done by my optometrist where he stuffs my head into that frame and proceeds to blast a puff of air into my eyes to open them up. Imagine instead that hypodermic needles are used instead of air are pushed into your eyeballs. That’s what Connors (Anthony Criss) faces. Even if I were blind like him and they promise to restore my sight, I can’t imagine agreeing to have thin steel pipes shoved into my eyeballs. Well, I’m not a tough as Connors so that when he lets Amanda (Nia Peeples) operate the machine to inject the cure, I’m cringing. And then he lets her do it a second time, now without anesthetic. I’m still trying to relax my sphincter.

Director:  Nick Castle Writer:  D. Kyle Johnson Cast:
Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss -  Connors Nia Peeples -  Amanda Blu Mankuma -  Brooks Tom Heaton -  Howard Garwin Sanford -  Darryl Greene Warren Derosa -  Barnes Bill Meilen -  Dr. Mackenzie P. Lynn Johnson -  First Lady		Robin Mossley -  Hotel Manager Elias Toufexis -  Captain Santo Lombardo -  Waiter Claude Knowlton -  Latino Man Richard Zeman -  Lead Gunman David Coles -  Gunman #2 Bobby L. Stewart -  G Section Guard Jano Frandsen -  Three Star General

How do you know that your boss is trying to steal your wife away from you? Sometimes it is in the subtle events you notice. Sometimes it isn’t so subtle. While wheelchair-bound Chip Saunders (Jason Bateman) is admiring a picture of Sofia Kowalski (Amanda Peet) and Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) on Tom’s desk, he licks his thumb and runs it over her face. Tom knows he’s in trouble and it going to take some clandestine moves to show her and her family what Chip is up to. Sadly, Tom is having some difficulty understanding the concept of clandestine.

Director:  Jesse Peretz Writer:  David Guion; Michael Handelman Cast:
Zach Braff -  Tom Reilly Amanda Peet -  Sofia Kowalski Jason Bateman -  Chip Sanders Charles Grodin -  Bob Kowalski Mia Farrow -  Amelia Kowalski Lucian Maisel -  Wesley Donal Logue -  Don Wollebin Amy Poehler -  Carol Lane		Fred Armisen -  Manny Bob Stephenson -  Doug Yaffit Hallely -  Woman Josh Charles -  Forrest Mead Marin Hinkle -  Karen Yul Vazquez -  Paco Michael Lawson -  Busboy Paul Rudd -  Leon