The 24 Hour Woman 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nancy Savoca
Cast: Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Karen Duffy, Diego Serrano, Wendell Pierce, Melissa Leo, Aida Turturro, Rosanna DeSoto, Drena DeNiro
Grace Santos (Rosie Perez) is the producer of a TV talk show and her husband, Eddie Diaz (Diego Serrano), is one of the co-hosts of the show. Now, unexpectedly, Grace finds herself pregnant and has major problems coping with work, pregnancy, and motherhood.
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28 Days 2000  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Betty Thomas
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Diane Ladd, Elizabeth Perkins, Steve Buscemi, Azura Skye, Alan Tudyk, Mike O'Malley, Reni Santoni, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Margo Martindale, Susan Krebs, Katie Scharf, Loudon Wainwright III
Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) gets so much into the spirit of her sister Lilly's (Elizabeth Perkins) wedding celebration that, high on drugs and alcohol, she "borrows" the wedding limo and crashes it into a neighbor's house. Next step: 28 days of rehab at Serenity Glen where Gwen sets out to beat the system as an alcoholic in denial.
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 The Cell 2000 R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jake Weber, Dylan Baker, James Gammon, Patrick Bauchau, Tara Subkoff, Catherine Sutherland
After capturing serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), FBI Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) turns to a child psychologist, Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), whose ability to journey inside the minds of patients might provide the only chance to save Stargher's latest victim. Stargher has kidnapped and hidden a girl; now it is a race against the clock to find her while she is still alive.
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Mr. Jealousy 1997 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Brian Kerwin, Peter Bogdanovich, Bridget Fonda, John Lehr, Noah Baumbach
Lester Grimm (Eric Stoltz) is so jealous of his girlfriend Ramona's (Annabella Sciorra) last lover, Dashiell (Chris Eigeman), that he joins a therapy group to get close to Dashiell and learn whether or not he still has feelings for Ramona.
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A Murder of Crows 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mark Pellegrino, Eric Stoltz, Doug Wert, Ashley Laurence, Carmen Argenziano, Nate Adams, Jeremiah Black
A disbarred Louisiana attorney, Lawson Russell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), steals another man's manuscript, publishes the crime novel, and becomes a success. One problem now comes to the forefront: the novel's plot involves five real-life, unsolved murders for which Russell now becomes the prime suspect.
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 New Year's Day 2001 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Suri Krishnamma
Cast: Andrew Lee Potts, Bobby Barry, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anastasia Hille, Michael Kitchen, Jacqueline Bisset, Sue Johnston, Ralph Brown, Gregg Prentice, Zoe Thorne, Emilie Francois
Two teens, Jake (Andrew Lee Potts) and Steven (Bobby Barry), are the only survivors of their high-school class after an avalanche on the ski slopes. Depressed, they make a pact to commit suicide on the following New Year's Day–after completing a year of performing 12 daring tasks.
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Secrets & Lies 1996  R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth Berrington, Lesley Manville, Michele Austin, Lee Ross, Ron Cook, Emma Amos, Brian Bovell, Travor Laird
A reunion brings together family members for Roxanne's (Claire Rushbrook) 21st birthday. Those attending are Roxanne's lonely mother, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn); Cynthia's brother, Maurice (Timothy Spall); and his wife, Monica (Phyllis Logan)–and a surprise guest, Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a young Black woman searching for her biological mother who turns out to be Cynthia.
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 Spy Game 2001 R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Larry Bryggman, Matthew Marsh, Todd Boyce, Michael Paul Chan, Garrick Hagon, Bill Buell, Colin Stinton, Andrew Grainger, Ted Maynard, Tom Hodgkins
About-to-retire, CIA agent Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) gets word that his protege, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), is being held in China on espionage charges and is scheduled for execution in 24 hours. The agency holds a meeting that includes Muir who recalls past events with Bishop that serve to explain why Muir will somehow find a way to save Bishop.
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| 1. The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
2. 28 Days (2000)
3. The Cell (2000)
4. Mr. Jealousy (1997)
5. A Murder of Crows (1999)
6. New Year's Day (2001)
7. Secrets & Lies (1996)
8. Spy Game (2001)
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