Magali Amadei Movies

Darwyn (Michael Ealy) and Farik (Oded Fehr) track Jim (Brad Greenquist), a trucker who is carrying a shipment of phosgene from Los Angeles to Newark. They intercept him when he stops at a motel to do business with a hooker. Pretending to be cops, they take Jim prisoner. Farik wires an explosive device to the truck, "just in case," so Darwyn has to surreptitiously phone his handlers to make sure they know to let the truck through. They bring Jim back to the warehouse, where Farik threatens to hurt his wife and child if Jim doesn't make daily calls to his dispatcher to tell them he is en route. Patrice (Sonya Walger) learns more about Farik's background from a captured terrorist. Farik gets an urgent call from his wife, Samia (Susan Pari), who has surprised him by coming to L.A. Darwyn convinces Farik to let the cell members have one last night on the town while he's away. Tommy (Blake Shields) agrees to stay behind to guard Jim. Christian (Alex Nesic) goes to a strip club before phoning his wife to leave a tearful goodbye message. Ilija (Henri Lubatti) goes to a karaoke bar for one last tribute to A Tribe Called Quest. Darwyn meets up with Patrice, and tells her the phosgene attack will take place on a Muslim holy day in two days, but he's still not sure of the location. Meanwhile, Farik begs his wife to let him do his "duty." "You're the only person who has a hope in hell of making me change my mind," he tells her, "and I can't." Later, Farik reveals the target, Dodger Stadium, and explains that simultaneous attacks will take place in two other cities. Darwyn also finds out he got the calendar wrong. The attack will take place tomorrow. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

Actor David Duchovny made his debut as a director and screenwriter with this coming-of-age drama, in which a grown man looks back at his adolescence. It's 1973, and Tommy (Anton Yelchin) is a 13-year-old boy living in New York's Greenwich Village with his mother (Téa Leoni), who is still coming to terms with the death of her husband. Tommy's best friend is Pappass (Robin Williams), a mentally challenged man who is in his thirties, but is at the same emotional age as Tommy; Pappass delivers meat for a local butcher, and Tommy helps him out. Tommy has discovered women, and has a crush on Melissa (Zelda Williams), a cute girl in his class, but Pappass isn't much interested in the opposite sex, and can offer little advice on the subject. Tommy's lone confidante on this issue is Lady Bernadette (Erykah Badu), a woman locked up in the nearby Women's House of Detention who offers advice shouted from her window. When Pappass begins to realize that Tommy is falling for Melissa, he's convinced he's losing his best friend, and in a moment of anger he steals a bicycle. Tommy tries to protect Pappas by claiming he was the thief, leading to a series of serious repercussions. Years later, Tommy (now played by Duchovny) is a grown man who leaves his home in Paris, France, to pay a visit to the old neighborhood and come to terms with the life he left behind. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In this blend of horror and Western action, a band of nomadic cowboys find a piece of land and decide to settle down. However, their new ranch is located on the site of a Native American burial ground; the spirits of the dead are awakened by this act of disrespect, and they declare war on the settlers. Blood Trail stars Barry Tubb, R.J. Preston, and Adrian Pasdar. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide