Meredith Henderson Movies
Following up his blockbuster action hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith, director Doug Liman turns to an entirely new genre -- sci-fi -- for this tale of an underground world of teleporters. Based on the novel by Steven Gould, Jumper concerns David (Hayden Christensen), a young man who quite literally wills himself away from his grim family life by teleporting to another place with the power of his mind. Years later, David is using his powers to raid bank vaults, seduce girls in London, lunch on the pyramids, and surf in Fiji. But he soon discovers that he is not the only one bestowed with this unique gift, and all is not well in the world of jumpers. There are people out there, such as Roland (Samuel L. Jackson), who view jumpers as a threat to all humankind, and have made it their mission in life to eliminate them. After jumping back to Michigan to get reacquainted with his long lost love, Millie (Rachel Bilson), David makes the acquaintance of experienced jumper Griffin (Jamie Bell). Informed by Griffin of a secret between jumpers and a shadowy group that seeks to destroy them, the pair soon finds themselves facing off against a legion of murderous opponents who won't stop fighting until every last jumper has been eliminated. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, (more)
When a notorious serial killer is strapped into the electric chair and blasted with 10,000 volts, the invigorating jolt merely heightens his already insatiable bloodlust in this gruesome, hospital-bound shocker featuring horror icon Robert Englund. Chambers (James Binkley) has inflicted some of the most horrific atrocities ever documented on his fellow man, and now it's Sheriff Berger (Englund)'s job to ensure that Chambers never again has the opportunity to torment and terrorize society. It was supposed to be a routine execution, and neither Sheriff Berger nor the doomed patients of the hospital where Chamber's charred corpse was taken could have foreseen the horror that awaited them. When Chambers escapes from the morgue and sets out on a bloody rampage in the locked-down hospital, it's up to Sheriff Berger, petrified patients Sara Wexler (Meredith Henderson) and Walter (Nathan Stephenson), and the brave Nurse Grafton (Laura DeCarteret) to put a permanent end to Chamber's brutal reign of bloodshed. A deadly dose of electricity has transformed Chambers into much more than your average madman, though, and with each new victim his supernatural abilities only seem to grow. After dispatching with Sheriff Berger, it becomes increasingly obvious that the killer shares an unholy bond with hospital patient Sara. Now, with time running out and no place to run, Sara and Walter must learn to defeat an otherworldly evil before it grows too powerful to destroy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Englund, Meredith Henderson, (more)
- 2005
The CBC made-for-television biopic Shania: A Life in Eight Albums reconstructs and dramatizes the early life and ascent to stardom of country rocker Shania Twain, one of the most commercially successful recording artists in Canadian history. It tells of Twain's climb from the obscurity of a low-income family during childhood (when she is played by Reva Timbers) to the initial rumblings of musical talent and ambition as a teenager (when she is played by Shenae Grimes). It recreates her thrilling work on The Tommy Hunter Show in Toronto, where she makes her first televised appearance, as well as her pivotal move to Nashville and her tenacious attempts to make it into the country music business, with limited success - until she meets and signs with megaproducer Mutt Lange - the man she will eventually marry. Meredith Henderson portrays the adult Twain; Meagan Follows co-stars as Twain's mother, Sharon, and Eric Schweig plays Jerry, her adoptive father.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 2004
25 years ago, Katherine (Linda Norris) put her son Jamie up for adoption. Now happily married to Greg Norris (Perry King), Katherine is surprised when a young man claiming to be Jamie (Andrew Kraulis) shows up at her door. Captivated by the boy's charm and honeyed words, Katherine and Greg welcome Jamie into their home, much to the disgust of her daughter Tara (Meredith Henderson) who senses that there's something not quite right about her supposed brother. How right Tara is: It turns out that Jamie, in cahoots with his sleazy girlfriend Delia (Sophie Gendron), has cooked up a sinister long-range scheme aimed at his "parents"--beginning with trying to induce a heart attack for Greg in order to collect an enormous insurance policy. The made-for-cable Stranger at the Door was first telecast by the Lifetime channel on June 21, 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
This Canadian movie about a boy and his dog during the early 1920s is set in the countryside southeast of Montreal. Twelve-year-old Sam MacKenzie (Tod Fennell) is the son of an Arctic explorer who vanished in the tundra. His mother Althea (Bronwen Booth) has remarried, but Sam isn't as close to his stepfather, country doc Asa Robinson (Henry Czerny), as he is to the wolf-like dog Kayla. Sam builds a dog sled to enter a race with Kayla, but he soon is stunned to learn a request was made to have local authorities kill Kayla. Peter Behrens' screenplay is based on the novel by Elizabeth Van Steenwik. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tod Fennell, Henry Czerny, (more)
