Awake 2007  R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joby Harold
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Christopher McDonald, Sam Robards, Arliss Howard, Fisher Stevens, Georgina Chapman, David Harbour, Steven Hinkle, Denis O'Hare
Wealthy and successful Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) needs a heart transplant and wants his friend Dr. Jack Harper (Terrence Howard) to perform the surgery. In the meantime, Clay marries Sam (Jessica Alba) who is his mother Lilith's (Lena Olin) assistant and the last person in the world Lilith wants her son to marry. The same night that Clay and Sam marry, he is told there is a heart for him, Dr. Larry Lupin (Christopher McDonald) administers the anesthesia, and the operation begins. But, the anesthesia is not working correctly, Clay can feel everything, and he learns that the doctors are going to kill him and take his money. Horror sets in for Clay in the operating room, while his new wife Sam struggles with her own decisions in the waiting room.
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The Eye 2008  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Cast: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija, Fernanda Romero, Rachel Ticotin, Obba Babatunde, Danny Mora, Chloe Moretz, Brett Haworth, Kevin K., Tamlyn Tomita, Karen Austin
Concert violinist Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) lost her sight when she was a young child in an accident that her sister Helen (Parker Posey) still blames herself for. Now, Sydney is given the chance to see again through double corneal transplant surgery, which, it turns out, leaves her with a new problem. Following her restoration surgery, Sydney is now experiencing ghostly shadows of dead people as well as people who are about to die. Her vision therapist, Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola), tries to help and tells her that she is just going through a transition stage. But, Sydney realizes that her troubles relate to her new eyes and that she must find the donor in order to uncover what secret visions those eyes have held if she is ever going to solve her current problems.
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 Fantastic Four 2005  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Hamish Linklater, Kerry Washington, Laurie Holden, David Parker, Kevin McNulty, Pascale Hutton
In this live-action adaptation of the Marvel series, Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) gets help from his former college classmate, billionaire Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon), to fund a space station. Then, four friends (Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis) head into outer space to research DNA and fly into a cosmic storm, gain superpowers, and become the "Fantastic Four"–much to the chagrin of Von Doom who blames his recent financial woes on failures of the space mission and obtains his own superpower with which he plots to destroy the "Fantastic Four" and gain control of the world.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007   PG, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne, Doug Jones, Beau Garrett, Brian Posehn, Zach Grenier, Dawn Chubai, Kevin McNulty, Andy Stahl
In this comic book film, the Fantastic Four–Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), and Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis)–are back. This time around, the Silver Surfer (Doug Jones, Voice of Laurence Fishburne) appears on the scene and ruins Sue and Reed's wedding. The Silver Surfer is an intergalactic traveler who has come to Earth to destroy it, and now the Fantastic Four step in to rescue their world. 1 User Review
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| | The Younger Brother | 1fatts 10/15/2007 | Story goes like this: There were two brothers who worked together in business. They were liars, cheats, devious, cruel and unprincipled. When the elder of the two died, the clergyman called to give the eulogy found himself in a quandary: he did not want to lie, but, on the other hand, he could find no one who had anything whatever positive to say about the deceased. People he spoke to could not stop themselves from going on and on about how repugnant the man had been ethically, socially, morally, personally and professionally. The best the clergyman could come up with in his eulogy was: "No one I spoke to had a single bad word to say about him."
As luck would have it, however, within a few weeks, the younger brother died as well. While he was also universally despised, he had simply not lived long enough to achieve the level of detestability that his older brother had mastered.
This proved the salvation of the poor clergyman, who could begin his eulogy with, "This was a man that we even more beloved than his older brother."
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is an even better film than the first Fantastic Four. |
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Good Luck Chuck 2007 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mark Helfrich
Cast: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler, Ellia English, Sasha Pieterse, Lonny Ross, Chelan Simmons, Connor Price, Troy Gentile, Mackenzie Mowat, Caroline Ford, Natalie Morriss, Chang Tseng, Michael Teigen
When Charlie (Dane Cook) was 10 years old, he refused to kiss the girl while playing spin-the-bottle. The girl put a hex on him that is still in effect 20 years later. Charlie is a successful dentist but can't seem to sustain a relationship with any woman. He finds out that every girl who he had a one-night-stand with married the very next man she met. When word spreads that Charlie is a good luck charm, women line up at his office to have a one-night stand. But Charlie wants true love, not just sex. Then he meets clumsy, but beautiful, Cam (Jessica Alba) who is a penguin expert. They become attracted to each other, but Charlie must find a way to rid himself of the curse before the relationship matures.
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Honey 2003  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Bille Woodruff
Cast: Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Joy Bryant, Lil' Romeo, David Moscow, Lonette McKee, Zachary Williams, Jull Weber, Laurie Ann Gibson, Christian Monzon, Al Shearer, O'Neal McNight, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Anthony Sherwood, Wes Williams
Strong, sexy hip-hop dancer and music-video choreographer Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) enjoys a glamorous lifestyle. But, success has taken its toll on her past relationships, and Honey must make a decision between glittering success and family and friends who she has excluded from her life. Honey chooses to return to her roots and plans to start a dancing school with a group of neighborhood kids.
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Idle Hands 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rodman Flender
Cast: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, Christopher Hart, Vivica A. Fox, Jack Noseworthy, Katie Wright, Sean Whalen, Nicholas Sadler, Fred Willard, Connie Ray, Steve Van Wormer, Timothy Stack, Kelly Monaco
When Anton (Devon Sawa) becomes possessed by an evil spirit, he cannot control the spirit's desire to kill not only Anton's classmates and friends but also his parents (Fred Willard and Connie Ray) as well in this comedy/horror film.
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 Into the Blue 2005 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Stockwell
Cast: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin, James Frain, Tyson Beckford, Chris Taloa, Ramon Saunders, Adam Collins, Dwayne Adway, Javon Frazer, Peter R.V. Bowleg Jr., Clifford McIntosh, Gill Montie
Scuba divers Sam (Jessica Alba) and Jared (Paul Walker) are joined by Jared's friend Bryce (Scott Caan) and his girlfriend Amanda (Ashley Scott) on an island in the Bahamas. The four of them go diving for treasures and find a large cache of cocaine in a sunken airplane. Bryce and Amanda think they can make money by selling the drugs and seek help from drug entrepreneur Primo (Tyson Beckford). This is a bad decision because they have underestimated just how dangerous Primo can be.
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The Love Guru 2008  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marco Schnabel
Cast: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Verne Troyer, Meagan Good, Manu Narayan, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jim Gaffigan, Ben Kingsley, Omid Djalili, Telma Hopkins, Jessica Simpson, Deepak Chopra
As a boy, Pitka (Mike Myers) had lived with his missionary parents in India but was orphaned and left to be raised by Guru Tugginmypuddah (Ben Kingsley) to become a self-help guru. Of course, the only reason Guru Pitka wanted to become a guru was to meet girls–a fact that provoked Guru Tugginmypuddah to slap a chastity belt on him. Now, Pitka's greatest ambition is to appear on the Oprah show, and he finds the chance when a call comes from Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba), the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. It seems that their star player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) had been cheating on his wife Prudence (Meagan Good), and she has left him for the King's goalie Jacques "Le Coq" Grande (Justin Timberlake). Obviously, this has had an effect on the team, but if Guru Pitka can help Darren win back Prudence, the Maple Leafs may just find the chance to win the Stanley Cup. Even more important to Guru Pitka, he will probably get his chance to appear on the Oprah show after accomplishing his task.
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P.U.N.K.S. 1999  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: Tim Redwine, Randy Quaid, Jessica Alba, Cathy Moriarty, Brandon Baker, Kenneth A. Brown, Patrick Renna, Louan Gideon, Roger Clinton, Henry Winkler, Kim Morgan Greene, Megan Blake
Drew (Tim Redwine) is harassed at school by bullies, and his dad (Randy Quaid) is tired of being pushed around at work. But watch out bad guys, a group of teens has a secret weapon that will take care of you. My, oh my.
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Paranoid 2000 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Jessica Alba, Iain Glen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Whately, Ewen Bremner, Mischa Barton, Oliver Milburn, Gary Love, David Fahm, Peter-Hugo Daly, Gina Bellman, Tilly Vosburgh
A famous American model, Chloe (Jessica Alba), is living in England when she attends a party at rock-star Stan's (Iain Glen) home. The next morning, she awakens and realizes that she has been drugged, her date has left her, and she is handcuffed to Stan's bed.
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 Sin City 2005  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Frank Miller's Sin City
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Nick Stahl, Powers Boothe, Rutger Hauer, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Michael Clarke Duncan, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Jude Ciccolella
Three of Frank Miller's stories–"The Hard Goodbye," "The Big Fat Kill," and "The Big Fat Bastard"–make up this movie in which murder, gore, and mayhem abound. In one segment, Marv (Mickey Rourke) is in love with prostitute Goldie (Jaime King) but finds her murdered by demon cannibal Kevin (Elijah Wood). Another segment, involves cop Hartigan (Bruce Willis) doing everything in his power to save stripper Nancy (Jessica Alba) from being raped by the murdering "Yellow Bastard" (Nick Stahl). And, then there is photographer Dwight (Clive Owen) who tangles with corrupt cop Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) only to find himself in the middle of a mess involving dangerous ladies of Sin City who are led by Gail (Rosario Dawson). Great special effects.
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The Sleeping Dictionary 2002 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Jenkin
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Jessica Alba, Brenda Blethyn, Bob Hoskins, Emily Mortimer, Noah Taylor, Christopher Ling Lee Ian, Junix Nocian, Michael Jessing Langgi, Mano Maniam
Set in the 1930s, John (Hugh Dancy) takes a government position to assist in the colonization of Sarawak, Borneo. Honoring a local custom, John is provided a servant (Jessica Alba), whose duties include sharing his bed. Neither the British nor the natives are happy when the two fall in love.
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1. Awake (2007)
2. The Eye (2008)
3. Fantastic Four (2005)
4. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
5. Good Luck Chuck (2007)
6. Honey (2003)
7. Idle Hands (1999)
8. Into the Blue (2005)
9. The Love Guru (2008)
10. P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
11. Paranoid (2000)
12. Sin City (2005)
aka: Frank Miller's Sin City
13. The Sleeping Dictionary (2002)
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