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Last of the Dogmen
1995 • 119 minutes • Colour • Savoy Pictures
Director: Tab Murphy
Cast: Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith, Steve Reevis, Andrew Miller
In this contemporary romantic adventure film, a rugged bounty hunter teams up with a feisty female anthropologist to solve a mystery in
the remote Montana wilderness. Their search for answers becomes more dangerous and extraordinary than they could ever have
imagined when they make an amazing discovery from the past.
Laws of Attraction
2004 • 90 minutes • Colour • New Line
Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Parker Posey, Michael Sheen, Mina Badie, Peter Ballance, Liz Byrne
This is the story of two New York divorce attorneys (Moore, Brosnan) who are often competing against each other, but end up in a
relationship nonetheless. When they get married, can they avoid the same issues at home that lead people to provide them business at
work One of the central cases in the story is the heavily-publicized divorce of a rock star (Sheen) from his wife (Posey)...
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 • 111 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox
Director: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, Naseeruddin Shah, Richard Roxburgh
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a
madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man
named Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split
personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.
Left Behind: The Movie
2000 • 96 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc
Director: Vic Sarin
Cast: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Colin Fox, Gordon Currie, Chelsea Noble, Daniel Pilon
Rayford Steele is an airline pilot whose relationship with his wife has gone sour;he ponders having an affair with an attractive flight
attendant...
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000 • 125 minutes • Colour • DreamWorks
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, J. Michael Moncrief
Based on the mystical novel by Steve Pressfield, the story tells of a championship golfer (Matt Damon) who, upon his return from World
War I, reluctantly agrees to play in a tournament. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance teaches him the secret of the
authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge in life.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 • 100 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Emilie de Ravin, Hugo Weaving,Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, Ryan Kwanten, Abbie Cornish, David Wenham, Jim Sturgess, Sam
Neill
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming
soldiers...
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 • 108 minutes • Colour • Paramount Pictures
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly
This is the story of the Bauedelaires, three young orphans, Violet (Browning), Klaus (Aiken) and Sunny, looking for a new home, who are
taken in by a series of odd relatives and other people, including Lemony Snicket, who narrates the film, and starting with the cunning and
dastardly Count Olaf (Carrey), who hopes to snatch their inheritance from them.
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