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In the Valley of Elah

It is always the little things that make us doubt how well we know someone who has been a part of our lives. We get confused when they react differently than we expect. We get concerned when they say something not in keeping with their character. Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones) has many of these moments when he meets and talks to the people with whom his now murdered son Mike (Jonathan Tucker) has served in Iraq. It’s as if he doesn’t know this man who is his beloved son who gets wrecked on booze and drugs, pokes a prisoner’s open wound for fun, laughing at an amputee’s limb loss, tossing change at a stripper.


Director:  Paul Haggis
Writer:  Paul Haggis; Mark Boal
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones -  Hank Deerfield
Charlize Theron -  Det. Emily Sanders
Jason Patric -  Lt. Kirklander
Susan Sarandon -  Joan Deerfield
James Franco -  Sgt. Dan Carnelli
Barry Corbin -  Arnold Bickman
Josh Brolin -  Chief Buchwald
Frances Fisher -  Evie
Wes Chatham -  Corporal Steve Penning
Jake McLaughlin -  Spc. Gordon Bonner
Mehcad Brooks -  Spc. Ennis Long
Jonathan Tucker -  Mike Deerfield
Wayne Duvall -  Detective Nugent
Victor Wolf -  Private Robert Ortiez
Brent Briscoe -  Detective Hodge
Greg Serano -  Detective Manny Nunez









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Resident Evil: Extinction

Why is it that those who run science think they can demand results? Simply making the demand cannot guarantee them. Then raising the threat of replacement by those who will compounds the stupidity. On the other hand, when it is Umbrella Corporation scientist Dr. Sam Isaacs (Iain Glen) there may be some merit in such a crackdown. He is cloning Alice (Milla Jovovich), running deadly rat maze tests on her and finally stuffing himself with what he thinks is a solution to the zombie virus based upon her blood. He needs somebody in control before he goes off the deep end. Oops, too late.


Director:  Russell Mulcahy
Writer:  Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Alice
Oded Fehr -  Carlos Olivera
Ali Larter -  Claire Redfield
Iain Glen -  Dr. Isaacs
Ashanti -  Betty
Christopher Egan -  Mikey
Spencer Locke -  K-Mart
Matthew Marsden -  Slater
Linden Ashby -  Chase
Jason O’Mara -  Albert Wesker
Mike Epps -  L.J.
Joe Hursley -  Otto
John Eric Bentley -  Umbrella Tech
James Tumminia -  Lab Tech
Kirk B.R. Woller -  Scientist
Rick Cramer -  Ice Hockey / Corridor Guard









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No Reservations

How much can you miss somebody? If it is a day away, maybe some. If it is a week, maybe a bunch. If it is a month, maybe a boatload… Kate (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is caring for her recently orphaned young niece, Zoe (Abigail Breslin) when she discovers Zoe has been sneaking into the den to watch video of her mom and both realize how much of a loss it is for both of them.


Director:  Scott Hicks
Writer:  Carol Fuchs; Sandra Nettelbeck
Cast:
Catherine Zeta-Jones -  Kate
Aaron Eckhart -  Nick
Abigail Breslin -  Zoe
Patricia Clarkson -  Paula
Jenny Wade -  Leah
Bob Balaban -  Therapist
Brian F. O’Byrne -  Sean
Lily Rabe -  Bernadette
Eric Silver -  John
Arija Bareikis -  Christine
John McMartin -  Mr. Peterson
Celia Weston -  Mrs. Peterson
Zöe Kravitz -  Charlotte
Matthew Rauch -  Ken
Dearbhla Molloy -  Anna
Stephanie Berry -  School Principal Ellen Parker









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Rush Hour 3

It is my fervent hope that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker got paid an boatload to assuage the shame of having this on their resume. But Paris sure is alluring in the movie. And was that Roman Polanski doing the cavity search?


Director:  Brett Ratner
Writer:  Jeff Nathanson; Ross LaManna
Cast:
Chris Tucker -  Detective James Carter
Jackie Chan -  Chief Inspector Lee
Max von Sydow -  Varden Reynard
Hiroyuki Sanada -  Kenji
Yvan Attal -  George
Youki Kudoh -  Dragon Lady
Noémie Lenoir -  Genevieve
Jingchu Zhang -  Soo Yung
Tzi Ma -  Ambassador Han
Dana Ivey -  Sister Agnes
Henry O -  Master Yu
Mia Tyler -  Marsha
Michael Chow -  Chinese Foreign Minister
David Niven Jr. -  British Foreign Minister
Oanh Nguyen -  Mi
Andrew Quang -  Kung Fu Kid









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Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Everyone has a regret or two. There are some that can nibble away at your conscience and surface when you are alone and in the dark. Often they tend to be those where you had a choice of which path to take. You look back at them and argue with yourself over the choice made, that you could have stopped yourself from taking a decision. They are ones where, in a split second, you tell yourself not to do it. But you go ahead anyway. Leeann Lewis (Rebecca Pidgeon) is plagued by many such regrets. She is taking care of her invalid mother, Mary Lewis (Jean Morpurgo), instead of living her life selling homes in sunny LA. She is trying to romance Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) but she has a leash about her ankle and can’t travel too far from mum and home. She is wishing her missing sister hadn’t been murdered in a bank holdup some years earlier. And there are others.


Director:  Robert Harmon
Writer:  Ronni Kern; Robert B. Parker
Cast:
Tom Selleck -  Chief Jesse Stone
Kathy Baker -  Rose Gammon
Kohl Sudduth -  Luthor ‘Suitcase’ Simpson
Sean Young -  Sybil Martin
Rebecca Pidgeon -  Leeann Lewis
Mika Boorem -  Cathleen Holton
Viola Davis -  Molly Crane
Stephen McHattie -  Captain Healy
William Devane -  Dr. Dix
William Sadler -  Gino Fish
Saul Rubinek -  Hasty Hathaway
James Gammon -  Bob
Nigel Bennett -  Harrison Pendelton
Philip Dinn -  Cab Driver
Joe the Dog -  Reggie
John Beale -  Dr. Perkins