Elise Muller Movies
Actress Elise Muller launched her career by specializing in low-budget, B-grade exploitation material, often in a direct-to-video venue. She frequently -- though not always -- turned up in the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy genres. Some of her projects included the softcore sex-laced thrillerLola's Game (1998), the sci-fi action opus Starfire Mutiny (2002), and the natural horror shocker Raging Sharks (2005). Muller graduated to more mainstream fare with a bit part in the romantic comedy Phat Girlz (2006) and a supporting turn in the Duplass Brothers' "mumblecore" outing Baghead (2008). ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
The Puffy Chair filmmaking duo Jay and Mark Duplass return to the realm of cinema with this tale of a man, a bag, and the strangeness that occurs when the two independently inconsequential factors come together. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, (more)
A woman makes it her business to convince the world that bigger is better in this comedy. Jazmin Biltmore (Mo'Nique) is a plus-size woman trying to find a place in the skin-and-bones world of high fashion. Jazmin has her heart set on launching her own line of clothes for large ladies, but she hasn't had much luck convincing the moneymen that there's a market for her work. Jazmin is also looking for love, but she finds that few men are willing to look past her dress size and see the woman within. Jazmin is becoming despondent when she gets some good news -- she's won an all-expenses paid trip for two to an exclusive resort in Palm Springs, and she and her best friend, Stacey (Kendra C. Johnson), another zaftig woman, head out to enjoy some fun and sun. While on vacation, Jazmin meets Tunde (Jimmy Jean-Louis), a handsome and successful doctor from Nigeria, and she discovers to her surprise that Tunde is strongly attracted to her. Tunde tells Jazmin than in his country, large women are considered beautiful, and his friend Akibo (Godfrey) is similarly drawn to Stacey. Will Jazmin's new luck in love follow into other parts of her life or is Tunde's interest in her just a passing fancy? Phat Girlz was the first feature film from writer and director Nnegest Likké. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, (more)
The horror film Hammerhead concerns a scientist who creates a creature with the fused DNA of a man and a killer shark. His fellow scientists send him to a deserted island as punishment, but the creature is on the prowl and looking to get revenge for his creator. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
One of nature's most powerful creatures just got a whole lot hungrier in this action thriller. A collision between alien spacecraft sends strange debris hurtling into the Pacific Ocean not far from an undersea scientific research station, which is manned by oceanographer Mike (Corin Nemec), his wife, Linda (Vanessa Angel), and naval supervisor Captain Riley (Corbin Bernsen). The alien matter has a strange effect on the great white sharks who live in the area; already powerful predators, soon the sharks develop a voracious taste for human flesh, and begin attacking Navy divers, with an eye on Mike, Linda, and Riley as his next entrées. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Corin Nemec, Vanessa Angel, (more)
In the future, the Earth has become uninhabitable, leaving the last remaining humans to set off on a spacecraft to populate a vacant planet. The majority of the thousands of people aboard have been frozen as they wait for a space anomaly to modify the environment, making the planet suitable for human life. Unfortunately, a group of space bad guys has come aboard and has the potential to put an end to humankind for good. Directed by Lloyd A. Simandl, Starfire Mutiny stars Joe Lara and Elise Muller. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
