Raise Your Voice , 2004 Directed by Sean McNamara Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romantic Cast: Hilary Duff, Oliver James, Jason Ritter, Dana Davis, Lauren Mayhew "Raise Your Voice" stars Hilary Duff as Terri Fletcher, a small town girl with the voice of a big-time singer. When a personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri defies her father´s wishes and secretly heads off to spend a summer at a Los Angeles performing arts academy. But the school brings a whole new set of challenges to Terri, who suddenly finds herself part of a highly cempetetive program in an intimidating new city. Though initially overwhelmed by her new surroundings, Terri rises to the occasion with the help of some new freinds, an encouraging teacher, and a first love that captures her heart.

A Cinderella Story, 2004 Directed by Mark Rosman Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romantic Cast: Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray and Regina King A Cinderella Story is a modern day twist of the classical Cinderella. Sam Montgomery (Hilary Duff) leads a pretty normal life. She lives with her wicked stepmother and her two evil stepsisters. Sam works is her wicked stepmother’s café. Then she meets her dream date online not realising that he played as the schools quarter back. He invites her to the school dance and she realises that she isn’t good enough for him and runs out but she drops her cell phone. Her “Prince Charming” goes on a hunt to try and find her. MORE INFO Summery by Alan Donkin

Cheaper By The Dozen, 2003 Directed by Shawn Levy Genre: Comedy, Drama Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff, Ashton Kutcher, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, etc. A remake of the original 1950 "Cheaper By the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families. Frank Gilbreth, Sr., was a pioneer in the field of motion study, and often used his family as guinea pigs (with amusing and sometimes embarrassing results). He resisted popular culture, railing against his daughters' desires for bobbed hair and cosmetics. Summary by Mark Cameron

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The Lizzie McGuire Movie, 2003 Directed by Jim Fall Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure Cast: Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, Jake Thomas, Ashlie Brillault, Clayton Snyder, etc. Lizzie McGuire is a teenager graduating from Junior high school, and eager to find adventures in Rome, Italy on a School trip. Upon arriving there, she discovers that she is the identical spitting image of an Italian beauty who is half of a famous pop duo. Meeting Paolo, the other half of the duo, she is reeled into posing as Isabella on what becomes a journey of self-discovery. Summary by Dismal Angel

Agent Cody Banks, 2003 Directed by Harald Zwart Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Family Cast: Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Arnold Vosloo, etc. To his family and friends, Cody Banks is a typical teen--he loves to skateboard, hates math, and feels like a complete idiot around girls. But Cody's got a secret--he's actually part of a secret teen CIA program. Cody's living every boy's dream life--he can drive like a stuntman, has an incredible arsenal of cool gadgets, and his agency mentor, Ronica Miles, is totally hot. But Cody's training is put to the test when he's sent to pose as a prep school student and befriend fellow teen Natalie Connors in order to gain access to her father--a scientist unknowingly developing a fleet of deadly nanobots for the evil organization ERIS. From runaway cars and high-speed snowboard chases to a spectacular final mountaintop showdown, Cody has to use everything he's learned to prove himself as an agent and stop ERIS from completing their mission--and, maybe, even get the girl. Summary by Sujit R. Varma

Cadet Kelly, 2002 (TV) Directed by Larry Shaw Genre: Comedy, Family Cast: Hilary Duff, Christy Romano, Gary Cole, Shawn Ashmor, Aimee Garcia, Linda Kash, Nigel Hamer, etc. Kelly Collins (Hilary Duff) is a normal teenager in New York. Everything is going perfect, until she found out that her and her family were moving(which is quite an upset for Kelly) - but, things got worse. Kelly had to go to Military School. Unfortuantly, she couldn't convince her parents to not make her go there. In Military School, she meets Carla (Andrea Lewis), who tries to guide her but Kelly refuses to listen to Carla, leading Kelly into a heap of trouble. Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone (Christy Carlson Romano), the "meanest 16-year-old in America," tries everything she can to get Kelly into trouble. Kelly, while doing her punishment job (polishing shoes for the drill team), she spots the drill team and thinks that it is beautiful the way they do it, so she tried it. Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone's assitant, Gloria (Aimee Garcia), desides to help Kelly. Summary by Lucy Matveeva

Human Nature, 2001 Directed by Michel Gondry Genre: Comedy Cast: Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tim Robbins, Ken Magee, Sy Richardson,David Warshofsky, Hilary Duff, etc. A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan (Robbins) trains the wild man, Puff (Ifans) in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila (Arquette) fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges exposing the perversities of the human heart and the idiosyncrasies of the civilized mind. Human Nature is a comical examination of the trappings of desire in a world where both nature and culture are idealized.

Lizzie McGuire, 2001 (TV Series 2001-2003) Created by Terri Minsky Genre: Comedy, Family Cast: Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Taylor Colman, Lalaine, Jake Thomas, etc. The show is about growing up, in the beginning Lizzie and Miranda (played by: Hilary Duff, and LaLaine Vergas) buy their first bras. And towards the series ending they will be saying good bye to their Junior school. Matt, Lizzie's little bro, played by Jake Thomas is hilarious. He makes Lizzie's life seem worse than it really is. Kate Sanders, played by Ashley Briaullt, makes her school and sometimes personal life seem like hell. Summary written by Mary-Kate

The Soul Collector, 1999 (TV) Directed by Michael Scott, Sean McNamara Genre: Romance Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Gilbert, Ossie Davis, Scotty Leavenworth, Todd Allen, Buck Taylor, Hilary Duff, etc. Zachariah, makes a few mistakes and it is decided that he is to live as a human being for thirty days. Mordecai is his supervisor. Rebecca's husband died and Zachariah the soul collector, or, the angel of the death helped him to make the transition between heaven and earth. There are some complications with Rebecca's farm and Zachariah helps her out. Summary written by Rosemea D. S. MacPherson

Casper Meets Wendy, 1998 (TV) Directed by Bruce McCarthy, Sean McNamara Genre: Adventure/Family/Comedy Cast: Billy Burnette, Clay Crosby, Rick Dean, Hilary Duff, etc. Casper, a friendly ghost, teams up with Wendy, a witch, against an evil warlock.

 

True Women, 1997 (TV) Directed by Karen Arther Genre: Drama/Romance/Western Cast: Dana Delany , Annabeth Gish, Angelina Jolie, Tina Majorino, Rachael Leigh Cook, HIlary Duff, etc. This drama is based on the book True Women by Janice Woods Windle. The story starts when young Euphemia Ashby (Tina Majornio) and young Georgia Lawshe (Rachel Leigh Cook) are by the creek playing when a rider rushes by. When they get back to the house they find out that the rider has told Georgia's parents that Phemie's father is dead. So Phemie's brother-in-law Bartlett comes to take Phemie to Texas to live with him and Phemie's sister Sarah.