Tagged: Helen Mirren

State Of Play (2009)

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    This film was released April 17, 2009.

Plot: Congressman Stephen Collins’ (Affleck) hopes of becoming his party’s next presidential candidate are put in jeopardy when his mistress (and former research assistant) is found dead. Working a series of seemingly unrelated murders, the Congressman’s former campaign manager, Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) – now an investigative journalist – finds himself tasked with solving the case. Based on the 2003 BBC mini-series of the same name.


★★★½☆ National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007)

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Plot: When his great-great-grandfather is accused of being a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, famed treasure hunter Benjamin Gates (Cage) must uncover the fabled City of Gold in order to clear his family’s name.


Inkheart (2009)

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    This film was released on DVD June 23, 2009.

Plot: Meggie (Bennett) is a young girl whose father has a secret ability – he can bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when a power-hungry villain from a rare children’s fable kidnaps Meggie’s father to bring others out of the boundaries of fiction, she and a disparate group of friends must save him and set things right.


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★★★½☆ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (2005)

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Plot: When the Earth is demolished by an alien species, plain Arthur Dent (Freeman) is whisked away by his friend Ford Prefect (Def), who isn’t exactly from where he says he is. On this trip, he’ll encounter the President of the Galaxy (Rockwell); a depressed android named Marvin (Davis/Rickman); the real intelligent life on Earth; The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything…and a girl he met at a costume party (Deschanel). Based on the novel by Douglas Adams.


★★☆☆☆ Raising Helen (2004)

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Plot: Helen (Hudson) is a hard working assistant at one of the top modeling agencies in New York. She loves her work, she loves her night life and her gorgeous apartment. She has 2 sisters that she adores. Then her world gets turned upside down by the death of her sister and brother in law. How will she handle the devestation AND, to her surprise, her sisters’ 3 children?