INSIDE MAN (2006)

CHARACTER Madeline White, Manhattan power broker and problem solver

IMPERILED? Only by her seriously tall and precarious stiletto heels. Otherwise, no; she's the one accustomed to calling the shots.

EMPOWERED? You bet. Watch her stand up to police detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington), robber Dalton Russell (Clive Owen), and her own client, banker Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), during a robbery-turned-standoff at Case's bank that threatens to expose a long-buried secret that he's hired Madeline to keep hidden.

EW MOVIE GRADE: B+ (Read the EW review)