
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Men, The Mummy, Notting Hill, Instinct, The Matrix.



by
George Shaw
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
In Star Wars: Episode I, Darth Vader is a hopeful nine-year-old boy named Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi is a brash young Jedi Knight. The first chapter of the Star Wars saga follows Anakin's journey as he pursues his dreams and confronts his deepest fears in the midst of a galaxy in turmoil.
Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid.
Directed by George Lucas
The Mummy
A full-scale re-imagining of Universal Pictures' seminal 1932 film, The Mummy is a rousing, humorous, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
Starring Alison Elliott, Christopher Walken, Jared Harris.
Directed by Michael Almereyda
Notting Hill
Anna Scott is the worlds most famous movie star. Her picture has been plastered on the cover of every magazine, and every time she makes a move, the entire world knows about it. William Thacker owns a travel bookstore. His business is stagnant, he has the roommate from hell, and since his divorce, his love life is completely non-existent. For both, something or someone seems to be missing. And when Anna and Williams paths unexpectedly cross in the eclectic neighborhood of Notting Hill, romance is the last thing on their minds.
Starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Rhys Ifans.
Directed by Roger Michell
Instinct
Within the brilliant mind of primatologist Ethan Powell lies an ominous secret -- a deep-seated mystery unsolved by his estranged family and the law enforcement officials who have jailed him for murders that occurred in the jungles of Rwanda. Highly educated and sophisticated, Powell was affected by years of studying mountain gorillas to the point where he was living among them in the wild, as one of their own. Now, held captive in a brutal prison for the criminally insane, Powell, who has not spoken in years, is remanded to psychiatrist Theo Caulder, who must try to unlock the dark mystery in the mind of what appears to be a madman. He encounters a series of perplexing mysteries, questions with chilling answers, and shocking psychological truths. Eventually both men are led on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery.
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza.
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
The Matrix
In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo
(Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing
more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent
cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life
essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in
the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus
(Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) in their
struggle to overthrow the Matrix.
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano.
Directed by Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski