3 Needles 2005  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Tanabadee Chokpikultong, Sook-Yin Lee, Isabelle Cyr, Gary Farmer, Thierry Fargeau, Jessie Gabe
Three stories offer different perspectives on the AIDS crisis. In the first, Lucy Liu takes on the role of black-marketer Jin Ping who jeopardizes a village when she pretends to be a representative of the Provincial Health Office and sanctions an unsanitary drawing of villagers' blood. In the second story, HIV-positive porn star Denys (Shawn Ashmore) uses his own father's blood for required blood tests by his production company. In the final entry, a young nun, Sister Clara (Chloe Sevigny), works with missionaries (Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh) and makes personal sacrifices for the good of her village.
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Big Fat Liar 2002  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors, Josh Rusin, Sandra Oh, Russell Hornsby, Sean O'Bryan
Sleazy Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) gets his hands on a school essay written by 14-year-old Jason (Frankie Muniz) who just happens to be a compulsive liar. When Marty turns the essay into a movie, no one believes Jason when he claims it is his story. What to do? Well, Jason and his friend, Kaylee (Amanda Bynes), head for Hollywood with intentions of outwitting Marty and forcing him to give Jason the writing credit for the film.
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Cake 2005 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Heather Graham, David Sutcliffe, Taye Diggs, Sandra Oh, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Cheryl Hines, Bruce Gray, Sarah Chalke, Sabrina Grdevich, Michael McMurtry, Amy Price-Francis, Reagan Pasternak, Frank Chiesurin
Travel writer Pippa McGee (Heather Graham) arrives home to be a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding when her magazine-mogul father, Malcolm (Bruce Gray), suffers a heart attack and asks Pippa to help run his bridal magazine, "Wedding Bells." Always-a-bridesmaid Pippa is less than thrilled with his request but promises to help her father with the magazine. Malcolm has chosen up-tight Ian (David Sutcliffe) as Pippa's publishing mentor, and it looks like their professional relationship could turn into a serious romance–certainly a new experience for the noncommittal Pippa.
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Dancing at the Blue Iguana 2000 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Wisdom, W. Earl Brown, Sheila Kelley, Charlotte Ayanna, Elias Koteas, Vladimir Mashkov, Christina Cabot, Kristin Bauer, Chris Hogan, Rodney Rowland
Events in the personal lives of four strippers–Jessie (Charlotte Ayanna), Angel (Daryl Hannah), Stormy (Sheila Kelley), and Jo (Jennifer Tilly)–are followed as they ply their trade at the San Fernando Valley club, Blue Iguana.
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Last Night 1998  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don McKellar
Cast: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, David Cronenberg, Tracy Wright, Genevieve Bujold, Roberta Maxwell, Robin Gammell, Trent McMullen
A small group of Canadians prepares for the end of the world as Y2K approaches in this darkly humorous tale of how individuals choose their own unique methods of dealing with expected doom.
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Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity 2002 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Mina Shum
Cast: Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Chang Tseng, Russell Yuen, Donald Fong, Christina Ma, Alannah Ong, Tsai Chin, Colin Foo, Benjamin Ratner
When 12-year-old Mindy (Valerie Tian) attempts Chinese magic to change her divorced mother's (Sandra Oh) fortunes, her misdirected spells drastically change the lives of a local butcher (Ric Young) and a security guard (Chang Tseng).
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Mulan II 2004 G, 79 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland
Cast: Ming-Na, Lea Salonga, B.D. Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu, Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Oh, Gedde Watanabe, Lauren Tom, Jerry Tondo, Pat Morita, George Takei, June Forey, Soon-Tek Oh, Frank Welker
Mulan (voice of Ming-Na/singing voice of Lea Salonga) is engaged to marry General Shang (voice of B.D. Wong) when the Emperor (voice of Pat Morita) calls on them to serve as bodyguards for his daughters Mei, Su, and Ting (voices of Lucy Liu, Lauren Tom, and Sandra Oh) when they travel to a foreign land for arranged marriages that will help gain peace between nations. The trek proves difficult, and Mulan's dragon sidekick Mushu (voice of Mark Moseley) contributes to problems because he knows that his job will end if Mulan and Shang marry. Along the way, Mulan realizes that the princesses are being forced into loveless marriages and decides to help them escape their fate.
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 The Night Listener 2006 R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Patrick Stettner
Cast: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh, Bobby Cannavale, Joe Morton, John Cullum, Lisa Emery, Becky Ann Baker, Rodrigo Lopresti
Gay radio show host Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) receives a book written by teenager Pete D. Logand (Rory Culkin) describing his earlier years of being sexually abused by his parents. Now, Pete is living in Wisconsin under the watchful care of his guardian, Donna D. Logand (Toni Collette). Impressed with the book, Gabriel begins a telephone friendship with Pete and with Donna. When Gabriel's ex-boyfriend Jess (Bobby Cannavale) suggests that Donna's and Pete's voices sound alike and that Gabriel may be the victim of a hoax, Gabriel heads for Wisconsin where a game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
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 The Princess Diaries 2001 G, 115 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Erik von Detten, Sean O'Bryan, Sandra Oh, Patrick Flueger, Kathleen Marshall, Mindy Burbano, Kimleigh Smith, Beth Anne Garrison
Gangly 15-year-old Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) and her best friend Lilly (Heather Matarazzo) are high school misfits, but Mia has her eye on cute Josh (Erik von Detten). Mia's grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews), comes to town and informs Mia that she is the real-life Princess of Genovia, which is a small European nation between France and Spain. Queen Clarisse begins the difficult task of tutoring Mia in social graces to prepare her for her place on the throne, and Clarisse's security chief Joe (Hector Elizondo) also provides assistance in readying Mia for her position of royalty. Now, Mia must decide whether to leave the U.S. to take over her new role or stay in San Francisco.
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 The Red Violin 1998  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Musical / Romance
Director: Francois Girard
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Don McKellar, Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Sylvia Chang, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Aldo Brugnini, Sandra Oh
This film traces the story of a fictional, 300-year-old violin from its 17th-century Italian creation as it is transported throughout Europe and Asia through a number of owners, and, finally, to Canada where it is spotted by Charles Morritz (Samuel L. Jackson).
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Rick 2003 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtiss Clayton
Cast: Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner, Sandra Oh, Dylan Baker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Marianne Hagan, Jerome Preston Bates, Jamie Harris, Paz de la Huerta, William Ryall, P.J. Brown
After being humiliated by middle-management boss Rick O'Lette (Bill Pullman) when she interviewed for a job, Michelle (Sandra Oh) places a curse on him. From that point on, Rick's life takes a turn as one problem after another looms in his path.
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 Sideways 2004 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke, Jessica Hecht, Missy Doty, M.C. Gainey, Alysia Reiner, Shaun Duke, Patrick Gallagher, Shake Tukhmanyan, Shaun Duke, Robert Covarrubias, Stephanie Faracy
Suffering from failed professional and personal lives, former college roommates Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) take a trip through California's wine country. But, while Miles plans to play golf and drink wine, Jack has very different plans: he is looking for one last fling before marriage and plans to drag Miles along. The film won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and received four other nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Virginia Madsen) as the waitress who Miles falls in love with, and Supporting Actor (Thomas Haden Church).
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Sorry, Haters 2006  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Stanzler
Cast: Robin Wright Penn, Abdel Kechiche, Sandra Oh, Remy K. Selma, Elodie Bouchez, Aasif Mandvi, Jim Ryan, Starla Benford, Fred Dunst, Annouchka Yameogo-Stanzler, Sebastian Roche, Josh Hamilton
This psychological thriller deals with anxieties involved in relationships of Americans and Muslims following 9/11 as is shown when cab driver Ashade (Abdel Kechiche) picks up New York businesswoman Phoebe (Robin Wright Penn). During the ride, Ashade tells Phoebe about his brother's problems involving deportation. Phoebe convinces Ashade that she can help him find a good lawyer. But Phoebe has her own problems, is not who Ashade thinks she is, and draws Ashade into her tangled web.
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 Under the Tuscan Sun 2003 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Audrey Wells
Cast: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta, Mario Monicelli, Roberto Nobile, Anita Zagaria, Evelina Gori, Giulia Steigerwalt, Pawel Szadja, Valentine Pelka
In an attempt to drown her sorrows, heartbroken San Francisco divorcee Frances (Diane Lane) tours Tuscany and finds a villa badly in need of repair. She quits the tour, purchases the villa, and rebuilds not only the villa but her own life as well.
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Waking the Dead 2000  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh, Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Leah Pinsent
Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup), a congressional candidate, begins to question his own sanity as he senses the presence of his ex-lover, Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly). The problem: Sarah died nine years ago.
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| 1. 3 Needles (2005)
2. Big Fat Liar (2002)
3. Cake (2005)
4. Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
5. Double Happiness (1994)
6. Hard Candy (2006)
7. Last Night (1998)
8. Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002)
9. Mulan II (2004)
10. The Night Listener (2006)
11. The Princess Diaries (2001)
12. The Red Violin (1998)
13. Rick (2003)
14. Sideways (2004)
15. Sorry, Haters (2006)
16. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
17. Waking the Dead (2000)
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