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    ***
I, Robot (2004)

Plot: It’s Chicago, 2035, and robots are everywhere…but Det. Spooner (Smith) has a thing against robots, despite the 3 Laws of Robotics that protect humans. When USR, the biggest robotic manufacturer in the world, populates almost every home in the world with it’s newest robot version, however, one robot seemingly breaks the 3 Laws…and suddenly humanity’s chances aren’t looking very good. Loosely based on Isaac Asimov’s collection of short stories by the same name.

 

    ****
I Am Legend (2007)

Plot: Robert Neville (Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that transformed humans into mindless carnivores that devour or infect anything in their path. It was unstoppable, incurable…and manmade. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own strangely immune blood. Based on the novel by Richard Matheson.

 

    ****
Ice Age (2002)

Plot: After a tribe of humans is attacked by saber-toothed tigers a woman hands over her baby to Manfred (Romano), a wooly mammoth, and Sid (Leguizamo), a sloth who won’t leave him alone, who decide to bring the baby back to it’s herd. Diego (Leary), one of the tigers, sees them with the baby and decides to play along, pretending to help them bring the baby back, all the while setting them up for an attack by the rest of the tiger herd. Animated.

    *
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Plot: Manny (Romano), Sid (Leguizamo) and Diego (Leary) are back. By this point, the valley they live in has started to melt. When they learn their valley is about to flood, they team up to warn everyone. Now, as the flood looms closer, they must deal with a mammoth who thinks she’s a possum (Latifah) - not to mention a few nasty fish. Animated.

    ****
Identity (2002)

Plot: During the night of a big storm, 10 strangers are stranded at a motel. They are all settling in for the night when one of them is brutally murdered. When they investigate they find a room key on the body - #10. As people keep dying, and their bodies disappearing, they must discover who the killer is among them before it’s too late.

    *½
I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

Plot: An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming (Lohan), a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger.

    *
In Good Company (2004)

Plot: Dan Foreman (Quaid) is a middle-aged exec with a pretty good life, complete with a loving wife, Ann (Helgenberger), and daughter, Alex (Johansson). But that all changes, when he suddenly gets a much younger new boss (Grace) - who also happens to be sleeping with Alex.

    ***½
Insomnia (2002)

Plot: LA cops Will Dormer (Pacino) and Hap Eckhart (Donovan) are sent to Nightmute, Alaska to investigate the horrific murder of a 17-year old girl. After covering up an accidental shooting death, Dormer falls into a deep web of lies and deceit with mystery writer Walter Finch (Williams). His thinking marred by his insomnia, due to the 24-hour daylight, Dormer struggles to find his way out, and avoid local cop Ellie Burr’s (Swank) questions.

    ***
Into The Blue (2004)

Plot: When old pal Bryce (Caan) and his girlfriend Amanda (Scott) come to visit them in Hawaii, Jared (Walker) and his girlfriend Sam (Alba) take them scuba diving. This dive is different, however, as Jared finds evidence of an ancient shipwreck - and a plane full of drugs. Against Jared and Sam’s wishes, Bryce and Amanda decide to try to sell the drugs to nightclub owner Primo (Beckford). They soon find themselves in over their heads, it’s up to Jared and Sam to save them.

    *
The Invasion (2007)

Plot: A mysterious epidemic begins plaguing the world, altering the behavior of humans, but leaving them physically unchanged. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist (Kidman) discovers the epidemic’s origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion. Based on the novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ by Jack Finney.

    ***½
Invincible (2006)

Plot: After a years-long losing streak, new Philadelphia Eagles head coach Dick Vermiel (Kinnear) held open tryouts in 1975, looking to boost up morale. Long time fan Vince Papale (Wahlberg), a 30-year old bartender, showed up…and history was made. Based on a true story.

    ***½
The Invisible (2007)

Plot: High School senior Nick (Chatwin) has a promising life ahead of him - until he is brutally attacked and left for dead. Now in limbo - and invisible to others - his spirit can only watch as his mother (Harden) and the police search for his body - unaware he is only hours away from truly dying.

    ****
Iron Man (2008)

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Plot: Wealthy weapons manufacturer Tony Stark (Downey) is kidnapped by terrorists and forced to put together a missle. Instead, he creates a high-tech suit of armor and wages war against the bad guys. Based on the Marvel Comics character.

    **½
The Island (2005)

Plot: Lincoln Six Echo (McGregor) lives underground and his every move is regulated. The reason he puts up with it? The Earth has been contaminated, and he is one of the survivors…or so he believes. But, when he discovers the whole of his existence is a lie, he escapes, with friend Jordan Two Delta (Johansson) in tow. They venture into the surface world, and discover the truth about why they’ve been lied to…and how much of their past is real.

    ***½
The Italian Job (2003)

Plot: In this remake of the 1968 film with the same name, six con men pull off the heist of their lives - 35 million dollars in gold bricks - in Venice, Italy. Everything goes off without a hitch, until they are betrayed by one of their own, who takes the loot, kills one of them, and leaves the rest for dead. A year later, the four surviving members track their betrayer down, anxious to settle the score.