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The Man Who Wasn't There
April 16, 2002
Set in 1949, this film from Joel and Ethan Coen is a tale of passion, crime and punishment, all presented in glorious black-and-white. (USA Films)
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Paragraph 175
April 16, 2002
During World War II 100,000 German homosexual men were sent to concentration camps. This documentary tells their story and includes personal accounts of six of the survivors.
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Tape
April 16, 2002
Richard Linklater directs this three-character ensemble piece set within the confines of a tawdry motor lodge in Lansing, Michigan. After 10 years apart, three disparate people come together to play out the unresolved drama of their final days in high school. (Lions Gate Films)
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Texas Rangers
April 16, 2002
An epic adventure of love and courage in a rugged land, Texas Rangers revives the great tradition of the pure American Western. (Dimension Films)
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Wild Orchid
April 16, 2002
A female lawyer (Carrie Otis) becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire (Mickey Rourke) during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
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High Heels and Low Lifes
April 9, 2002
A London bank heist provides two best friends with an unexpected chance to spice up their lives.
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Maybe Baby
April 9, 2002
A romantic comedy about Sam and Lucy, a loving married couple who seem to have it all -- good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The one thing they lack is what they really want -- a baby. (USA Films)
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Mulholland Dr.
April 9, 2002
In this complex tale of suspense, set in the unreal universe of Los Angeles, writer/director David Lynch explores the city's schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. [Universal Focus]
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No Man's Land
April 9, 2002
Ciki and Nino, a Bosnian and a Serb, are soldiers stranded in No Man's Land -- a trench between enemy lines during the Bosnian war. They have no one to trust, no way to escape without getting shot, and a fellow soldier is lying on the trench floor with a spring-loaded bomb set to explode beneath him if he moves. The absurdity of their situation would be comical if it didn't have such dire consequences. (United Artists / MGM)
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Serendipity
April 9, 2002
They met by chance and spent the perfect night together. Now, before it's too late, they have one last chance to find out if what might have been could still be. (Miramax Films)
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Spy Game
April 9, 2002
On the brink of retirement, a veteran CIA agent (Redford) takes on his most dangerous and personal mission ever when he must organize the rescue of his one-time protégé (Pitt) who has been captured by the Chinese while on a rogue mission.
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Swiri
April 9, 2002
Spies from North and South Korea are pitted against each other amid the backdrop of reunification plans.
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3 Men and a Baby
April 2, 2002
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guys' girlfriends.
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3 Men and a Little Lady
April 2, 2002
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.
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3:10 to Yuma
April 2, 2002
Dan Evans (Van Heflin) is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that tests each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard.
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American Virgin
April 2, 2002
Unhappy with her father's double standards, a woman decides to lose her virginity.
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Archangel
April 2, 2002
An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago.
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Asylum
April 2, 2002
A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about 1) the revenge of a murdered wife, 2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, 3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and 4) a man who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads.
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Bandits
April 2, 2002
When the suave, irresistible Joe (Willis), and his hypochondriac partner Terry (Thornton) escape from prison, they cut a swath from Oregon through California, robbing banks in order to finance their scheme for a new and somewhat legitimate life south of the border. (MGM)
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Barcelona
April 2, 2002
Ted, a stuffy white guy from Illinois working in sales for the Barcelona office of a US corporation, is paid an unexpected visit by his somewhat less stuffy cousin Fred, who is an officer in the US Navy. Over the next few months, both their lives are irrevocably altered by the events which follow Fred's arrival, events which are the trivial stuff of a comedy of manners at first but which gradually grow increasingly dramatic.
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A Civil Action
April 2, 2002
A tenacious young lawyer (Travolta) is confronted with the case of a lifetime in this unbelievable real-life story.
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Dick Tracy
April 2, 2002
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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Enemy of the State
April 2, 2002
A successful lawyer finds himself the target of a treacherous NSA official and his goons after receiving evidence about a politically motivated murder.
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Joe Versus the Volcano
April 2, 2002
When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
April 2, 2002
The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
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Ruthless People
April 2, 2002
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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Stepmom
April 2, 2002
This tearjerker centers on the relationship between a divorced mother (Sarandon) and the new woman in her ex-husband's life (Roberts).
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Thirteen Ghosts
April 2, 2002
A state-of-the-art remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle. There's just one problem: the house seems to have a dangerous agenda all its own. (Warner Bros.)
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Three Fugitives
April 2, 2002
A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.
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Tin Men
April 2, 2002
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
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Transylvania 6-5000
April 2, 2002
Two skeptical reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there but something suspicious is going on - maybe there are monsters, vampires, mummies and werewolves.
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Turner & Hooch
April 2, 2002
A detective (Tom Hanks) must adopt a dog of a dead man to help him find the man's murderer.
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Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
April 2, 2002
Peter Glahn is released after years of incarceration as a political prisoner and is now returning to his homeland, the mythical Mandragora where the sun never sets. On board the ship home, he meets the mysterious Juliana Kossel who vanishes after stealing his heart. Once he arrives on the island, he goes to the family ostrich farm run by his sister Amelia. He finds Amelia living with a farmhand named Cain Ball who fears that Peter's return will endanger the agreement he made with Amelia that will see him inherit the farm. Amelia has since fallen for the vain Dr. Isaac Solti who controls the island and has a hold on both Zephyr Eccles, the widow of a local fisherman, and Juliana, Peter's dream girl from the ship. Solti's true obsession is a recently discovered statue of Venus that possesses strange powers. All the characters meet at Solti's lab where the sexual tensions erupt.
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Wild Bill
April 2, 2002
The early career of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickock is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
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After Dark, My Sweet
March 26, 2002
An ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom money, and the ex-fighter must make decisions about his loyalties and what is right.
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Bread and Tulips
March 26, 2002
This masterpiece of hope-fulfilled traces a married woman's hesitant first steps from a complacent nuptial bed to a giddy and lighthearted freedom she had never experienced and hardly even knew existed. (First Look Pictures)
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Follow That Bird
March 26, 2002
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
March 26, 2002
A dark comedy about a suburban couple with a multitude of problems.
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Iron Monkey
March 26, 2002
Iron Monkey, one of the best-loved kung fu movies of all time, weaves fact and legend in a tale of a daring thief who uses his ill-gotten gains to aid the poor and dispossessed. (Miramax)
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K-PAX
March 26, 2002
A psychiatrist (Bridges) is baffled by a mysterious patient (Spacey) at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX.
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Life as a House
March 26, 2002
The poignant, often humorous journey of one man who decides to tear down his house -- and winds up rebuilding the world around him. (New Line Cinema)
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New Waterford Girl
March 26, 2002
Two teenage girls in a small Nova Scotia town, one a local who feels suffocated by the town and the other recently transplanted from the Bronx, cook up a plan to esape the area to pursue their dreams.
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On the Line
March 26, 2002
When Kevin meets the girl of his dreams on Chicago's "L" train, they immediately connect but he lets this golden opportunity slip away by not having the courage to ask her for her name and number. Unable to find her, or forget about her, Kevin and his buddies launch a massive campaign to locate this mysterious dream girl. (Miramax Films)
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Original Sin
March 26, 2002
Set in Cuba in the early 1900's, this is a sexy, suspenseful thriller about the dangerous and sometimes lethal power of love and obsession. (MGM)
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Our Lady of the Assassins
March 26, 2002
An exploration of morality and mortality in MedellÃn, Colombia. (Paramount Classics)
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Rashomon
March 26, 2002
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
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Shot in the Heart
March 26, 2002
HBO Films presents the true story of two men torn apart by a tortured family legacy -- and brought together by a notorious execution, as the eyes of the world looked on. (HBO Films)
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Watership Down
March 25, 2002
A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.
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The Charcoal People
March 19, 2002
A documentary exploring the lives of thousand of migrant laborers employed to cut down Brazilian forests and produce charcoal for the multi-national pig-iron industry.
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Everything Put Together
March 19, 2002
Deserted by friends who are unable to deal with her grief, a young mother slowly unravels after losing her child to SIDS.
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The Evil That Men Do
March 19, 2002
A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.
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Focus
March 19, 2002
Set during the last days of World War II, this is the story of a Brooklyn man and his wife (Macy, Dern) who are mistaken for Jews by their anti-Semitic neighbors.
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The Man Who Bought Mustique
March 19, 2002
This documentary tells the story of British entrepreneur Colin Tennant, who purchased the Caribbean island of Mustique and developed it into a posh resort.
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The Operator
March 19, 2002
A psychological thriller about a narcissistic Dallas attorney who vents his frustration on a telephone operator and finds himself the target of her vengeance.
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Riding in Cars with Boys
March 19, 2002
The fresh, funny, touching and unbelievably true story of writer Beverly D'Onofrio (played by Barrymore, who ages from 15 to 35 in the role) and her often irreverent, always unique personal journey. (Columbia Pictures)
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Seems Like Old Times
March 19, 2002
Wrongfully accused of a bank robbery, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to the soon-to-be D.A. of California.
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Soul Man
March 19, 2002
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard law school, a rich UCLA Grad (C. Thomas Howell) poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.
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Strictly Ballroom
March 19, 2002
Strictly Ballroom is the magical story of a championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly duckling dancing partner. (BV Entertainment)
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Training Day
March 19, 2002
A police drama about a veteran officer (Denzel Washington) who escorts a rookie (Ethan Hawke) on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. [Warner Bros.]
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Boxcar Bertha
March 18, 2002
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
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The Monkey's Mask
March 15, 2002
In this "erotic murder mystery," a lesbian private investigator from Sydney, Australia who is investigating the mysterious disappearance of a university poetry student falls in love with one of the suspects.
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Chinatown
March 12, 2002
Jack Nicholson is private-eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extramarital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown. (Paramount)
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George Washington
March 12, 2002
Set in the landscape of a rural Southern town, George Washington is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. (Cowboy Booking International)
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Heist
March 12, 2002
A smart, complex ensemble about a masterfully-minded gold robbery. (Warner Bros.)
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Joy Ride
March 12, 2002
A contemporary thriller that finds darkness laced with humor in the heartland of America. (20th Century Fox)
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Liam
March 12, 2002
A poignant portrait of a family's free-fall into poverty seen through the eyes of an innocent child, personifying the dream of a brighter future. (Lions Gate Films)
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Nixon
March 12, 2002
Nixon takes a look at a complex man whose chance of greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power -- when his involvement in conspiracy jeopardized the nation's security and the presidency of the United States! (Buena Vista Entertainment)
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Romeo + Juliet
March 12, 2002
Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past who now meet in the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. Their two rival families, the Montaques and the Capulets, are now gangs and every other aspect of life surrounding Romeo and Juliet's tragic love affair has moved from its Elizabethan origins to a decidedly contemporary, brilliantly stylized reality. (Fox)
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Sexy Beast
March 12, 2002
The story of one man's dangerous journey from peace of mind to paranoid panic when he's lured out of an idyllic retirement back to the gangster life. (Fox Searchlight)
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The Wash
March 12, 2002
In this comedy set against the backdrop of a busy carwash, Dr. Dre and Snoop star as a pair of mismatched roommates. (Lions Gate Films)
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Zoolander
March 12, 2002
Follows the world's most famous -- and empty-headed -- male model as he discovers the horrifying secret behind why there are no male models who live past the age of 30. (Paramount Pictures)
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
March 5, 2002
Started by Stanley Kubrick and finished by Steven Spielberg, this project was adapted from Brian Aldiss's 1966 short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long." The film explores the idea of programming a child robot so that he is able to love.
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The Abyss
March 5, 2002
When a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks, one diver (Harris) soon finds himself on an odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. (20th Century Fox)
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All the Right Moves
March 5, 2002
A football star (Cruise) looking for a scholarship to escape his small Pennsylvania steel town butts heads with his coach (Nelson).
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Blade
March 5, 2002
The legend of an immortal warrior who battles a thriving underworld of vampires seeking to decimate the human race.
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Eat Drink Man Woman
March 5, 2002
A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
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The Evil Dead
March 5, 2002
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods where tape recorded incantations from the Book of the Dead unleash relentless demons that can only be killed by total body dismemberment.
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Himalaya
March 5, 2002
A universal and timeless saga that tells a story of power, pride and glory. (Kino International)
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Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
March 5, 2002
This anime film presents a Japan that lost a different Second World War -- not to America, but to Nazi Germany. Now, more than ten years after the defeat, the occupation troops have left, but their legacy is Jin-Roh's twilight-zone city where the domestic terrorism of "The Sect" plays out in everyday bombings and street battles against the counter-terrorist Capital Police -- and their elite armored, helmeted, and red-goggled Special Unit. (Viz Communications, Inc.)
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The Last Castle
March 5, 2002
The Castle -- the unlikely last stop in the brilliant career of three-star General Irwin (Redford). Court-martialed and stripped of his rank, Irwin has been sentenced to the maximum-security military prison, which is run with an iron fist by its warden, Colonel Winter (Gandolfini).
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Less Than Zero
March 5, 2002
A college kid (Andrew McCarthy) returns to Beverly Hills for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's (Jami Gertz) request, but he discovers that his old best friend (Robert Downey Jr.) has an out-of-control drug habit and has become beholden to some really bad dudes. (James Spader et al) Great soundtrack includes tracks by L.L. Cool J. and Poison.
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Life
March 5, 2002
Spanning sixty years, this is the story of two friends who are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison at a Mississippi penitentiary.
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Mars Attacks!
March 5, 2002
Earth is overrun with mean, green invaders! They're armed with insta-fry ray guns, endowed with slimy, humungous brains, and enlivened with out-of-this-world but state-of-the-art special effects. Thrill! As Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. Take that, Martians! (Warner Bros.)
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The One
March 5, 2002
This supernatural action bonanza from director James Wong showcases martial arts expert Jet Li in a dual role as a police officer battling a sinister version of himself that has escaped from a parallel universe.
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Road to Singapore
March 5, 2002
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.
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Road to Utopia
March 5, 2002
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
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Road to Zanzibar
March 5, 2002
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
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Say Anything...
March 5, 2002
John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation: a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Skye). Lloyd's dream comes true when Diane accepts his invitation to a graduation party. Diane falls for Lloyd, whose goal is to spend as much time with her as possible. Their budding romance is put to the test when Diane has to choose between pursuing her academic dreams and spending time with him. John Mahoney is first-rate as Diane's father, a single parent who wants only the best for his brilliant daughter but who harbors a serious secret that the IRS is investigating. [20th Century Fox]
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Bangkok Dangerous
February 26, 2002
The story of a deaf-mute Bangkok assassin who seeks redemption in the love of an innocent young woman.
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Bones
February 26, 2002
Over 20 years after his violent death in 1979, Jimmy Bones (Dogg) returns as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his crime and drug filled neighborhood.
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Haiku Tunnel
February 26, 2002
A comedy about tempness versus permness, both in the workplace and in life. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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In the Mood for Love
February 26, 2002
Chow Mo-wan rents a room in a Hong Kong apartment building. It's sheer coincidence that he moves in the same day that Su Li-zhen moves in next door. They never have a real conversation until Mr. Chow realizes that their respective spouses are having an affair. This discovery shocks both of them. Mr. Chow, feeling hurt and wishing to understand how the affair happened, begins finding excuses to spend time with Mrs. Chan. [USA Films]
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
February 26, 2002
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that a "Bluntman and Chronic" movie is being made featuring their comic book counterparts, they drool at the thought of fat movie checks rolling in. But when the pair finds that there won't be any royalties coming their way, they set out to sabotage the flick at all costs. (News Askew)
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Luminarias
February 26, 2002
Four women regularly get-together at an East Los Angeles restaurant called Luminarias to share information about their careers, love, family, and sex.
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
February 26, 2002
Both prequel and sequel to "The Omega Code," this is a supernatural ride into a world teetering on the edge of the Apocalypse. (8X Entertainment)
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The Musketeer
February 26, 2002
Peter Hyman's action-adventure weds the classic swordplay and chivalry of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" with the gravity-defying dazzle of Hong Kong action choreography. (Universal Pictures)
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Session 9
February 26, 2002
A contemporary tale of terror set in an abandoned insane asylum. (USA Films)
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Soul Survivors
February 26, 2002
College freshman Cassandra "Cassie" (Sagemiller) steps into a nightmare of otherworldly visitations after surviving a devastating car accident. (Artisan Entertainment)
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The Taste of Others
February 26, 2002
The story of a factory owner who meets an actress who is a friend of a waitress who meets a bodyguard who works with a chauffeur who drives for an interior decorator who is the wife of the factory owner who would like to befriend with some artists who... (Offline Releasing)
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
February 26, 2002
David Lynch takes us back to the town of damned good cups of coffee and cherry pies in this film prequel to the television series where we actually meet Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) for the first time. Brought in to investigate the mysterious death of nightshift waitress Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) and later Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) unravel the bizarre clues, mysterious disappearances, and strange happenings that lead to the last seven days of Laura Palmer's troubled life...and ultimately the killer. [New Line]
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