To celebrate their wedding anniversary, Big Bob Carter (Ted Levine) and his wife, Ethel (Kathleen Quinlan), take their family on a road trip to California, hoping for some much needed bonding. But, when the Carters have some unexpected vehicle trouble in a desolate stretch of desert, the family discovers that there is a group of blood-thirsty mutants in the hills surrounding them. Directed by Alexandre Aja. With Emilie de Ravin, Aaron Stanford and Vinessa Shaw. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2006.

Tom Bower in The Hills Have Eyes
Claire (Ashley Judd) is a successful California defense lawyer. When she learns that her husband (James Caviezel) may have been involved in a massacre of civilians in Central America when he was in the U.S. Military, she can't believe it. Her husband's lawyer is young and inexperienced, so she finds a grizzled veteran (Morgan Freeman), who has a grudge against the military. They only have a week to prepare the defense - can they pull it off? Directed by Carl Franklin. With Adam Scott and Bruce Davison. Categories: Crime, Thriller, Drama. Year: 2002.

Tom Bower in High Crimes
A group of alienated Los Angeles residents come together after a young man's death in this atmospheric film by Wim Wenders. Mel Gibson plays a detective investigating the incident. Harris Yulin is the young man's wealthy father. Milla Jovovich plays a burned-out prostitute and Jeremy Davies is a suicidal young man who loves her. Directed by Wim Wenders. With Jimmy Smits. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2000.

Tom Bower in The Million Dollar Hotel
Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is a brilliant painter living in New York City in 1941. Struggling with alcoholism, his talent goes to waste until he meets Lee Krasner (Marcia Gay Harden), a fellow artist whose love for Pollock brings her to give up her own career to save his. What emerges is some of the most famous and popular artistic work of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, even the support of the people around him cannot save Pollock from his inner demons. Directed by Ed Harris. With Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort and Val Kilmer. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.

Tom Bower in Pollock