Laura Vandervoort Movies
Her Dutch ancestry more than evident via her traditional Flemish look, fair-haired Canadian-born actress Laura Vandervoort seemed poised to scale untold heights when she took her dramatic bow in the early 2000s (at age 16). Initially, Vandervoort landed bit parts in direct-to-video outings such as Alley Cats Strike! (2000), Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire (2000), and Troubled Waters (2006), but she quickly signed for a lead, as Kara (aka Supergirl) in the seventh season of the series Smallville. Vandervoort next landed a very small part in the 2007 theatrical release The Lookout, written and directed by Out of Sight scribe Scott Frank. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide- 2009
Alien visitors, who look like humans, arrive on Earth with questionable motives in this reimagining of the 1980s sci-fi series. ~ Michael Chant, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Mitchell, Morris Chestnut, (more)
The Hills star Audrina Patridge makes her feature film debut in this sequel to the ocean-bound 2005 adventure starring Jessica Alba and Paul Walker. When happily married couple Sebastian (Chris Carmack) and Dani (Laura Vandervoort) is hired to search the ocean floor for Columbus' hidden treasure, they think they're about to become rich beyond their wildest dreams. Upon realizing that their wealthy employers have a terrifying hidden agenda, however, the two divers are forced to swim for their lives. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chris Carmack, Laura Vandervoort, (more)
A former high-school hockey star handicapped in a tragic car accident becomes an unlikely ally to a crack team of determined bank robbers in this thriller starring Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. When his promising career on the ice is suddenly cut short, former athlete Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) goes to work as a janitor in a local bank. Cleaning floors soon gives way to criminal enterprise when the onetime puck-slinger is recruited to help clean out the very bank that employs him. Screenwriter Scott Frank (Out of Sight and Minority Report) makes his directorial debut, working from his own original screenplay. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, (more)
There are two Clark Kents (Tom Welling). One is a young man whose life in the tiny Kansas town of Smallville sets him on destiny's path. The other is a "Bizarro" who shares Clark's DNA but not his values. Only one of them can survive. The Superman mythology grows deeper and more powerful in an event-packed season that includes the arrival of Clark's cousin Kara (Laura Vandervoort), also known as Supergirl. He tells her to keep a low profile and master her powers, but Kara has other ideas. Plus, Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) might prefer Bizarro to the real deal. Lois Lane (Erica Durance) makes a career leap. Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) finds that balancing a meteor power with a personal life isn't easy. And Lex Luthor's (Michael Rosenbaum) power lust has a new fixation: Kara. New characters and complications, new secrets and lore, new thrills and special effects -- get ready for it all in the 20 episodes of Season 7 (2007-8). Bonus features include commentaries, unaired scenes, three featurettes, and a Smallville digital comic book.
- Starring:
- Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, (more)
An FBI agent (Jennifer Beals) seeks to reveal the identity of a fearless kidnapper who has abducted the child of a prominent multi-millionaire in a tense, independent thriller that explores the tragedy of every parent's worst nightmare. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jennifer Beals, Jonathan Goad, (more)
- 2000
In this family drama, a group of kids who like vintage styles in clothing and music find themselves shunned by their classmates. Hoping to make their own kind of fun, they form a bowling team, only to get caught up in the highly competitive play of other teenage bowling leagues. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kyle Schmid, Robert Ri'chard, (more)
- 2000
A man dating a single mother makes a really bad impression on one of her children in this comedy. Lynette Hansen (Caroline Rhea) is a single mother who has grounded her teenage kids Adam (Matt O'Leary) and Chelsea (Laura Vandervoort) for misbehaving. But Adam's best friend has scored tickets for a rock concert, while Chelsea is trying to find a way to keep a date with her boyfriend. Chelsea thinks she may have the solution when she arranges for Lynette to go on a blind date with a mysterious but good-looking stranger, Dimitri Dentatois (Charles Shaughnessy); with Mom out of the house, slipping out for some fun will be a breeze. However, the youngest member of the Hansen family, Taylor (Myles Jeffrey), is a big horror movie buff, and when he meets Dimitri, he's convinced that his mom is going out on the town with a creature of the night -- and wants to put a stop to their date before he makes her his vampire bride! Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire was produced for the cable television network The Disney Channel, where it first aired on October 13, 2000. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Caroline Rhea, Charles Shaughnessy, (more)
