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Coach Carter
June 21, 2005
Inspired by a true-life story, Coach Carter is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team for poor academic performance. (Paramount)
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Cursed
June 21, 2005
From the team that brought you the Scream trilogy, this teen horror film focuses on three people who are brought together to battle a werewolf.
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Hostage
June 21, 2005
Devastated by an unspeakable tragedy while on the job as a hostage negotiator for the LAPD, Jeff Talley (Willis) resigns and accepts a low profile job as the chief of police in a sleepy town. On a slow Monday morning Talley's job becomes anything but quiet and sets him on a course that could change not only his professional but personal life forever. (Miramax)
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Hustle
June 21, 2005
At the instigation of a grieving father, a Los Angeles cop investigates the suspicious circumstances of a girl's apparent suicide.
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In the Realms of the Unreal
June 21, 2005
This explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darger, a reclusive janitor by day and a visionary artist by night. (Diorama Films)
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The Jacket
June 21, 2005
This mind-bending drama melds elements of a thriller, romance, murder mystery and time-travel fantasy. (Warner Independent Pictures)
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Lifeguard
June 21, 2005
Rick is in his 30s, but still works full-time as a lifeguard on the beaches of Los Angeles, California. He enjoys the fun of it, but even more, the silent moments. However, when he meets his divorced high school girlfriend and her five-year-old son at their fifteen year class reunion, he considers switching to a more "serious" job.
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
June 21, 2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous catches up with FBI agent Gracie Hart (Bullock) shortly after she successfully disarmed a threat against the Miss United States Pageant while working undercover as a contestant and became an overnight media sensation. Things haven't been going so well for her lately. Reeling from a broken romance and frustrated to find her newfound fame is jeopardizing the undercover work she loves, Gracie now reluctantly agrees to serve the Bureau in the only way possible: coifed and styled for the talk show circuit as "the face of the FBI." (Warner Bros.)
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A Moment of Innocence
June 21, 2005
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film is based on his own experience as a young Islamic radical in 1974 when he attemped to stab a policeman and landed himself in prison for the act. Five years after his release from prison, the same policeman, then unemployed turned up to audition for one of Makhmalbaf's films. Makhmalbaf and the policeman each play themselves in the film.
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Starting Over
June 21, 2005
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.
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Fireworks
June 15, 2005
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
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Au hasard Balthazar
June 14, 2005
Robert Bresson's 1966 film focuses on the story of the donkey Balthazar and the people around him.
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Brother to Brother
June 14, 2005
This film follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies of the gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance. (Wolfe Video)
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A Dirty Shame
June 14, 2005
Rude, joyous and full of sexual anarchy, this John Waters comedy has a generous heart and a dirty mind. (Fine Line Features)
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
June 14, 2005
Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.
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Hitch
June 14, 2005
In this sophisticated romantic comedy, Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Smith) is a legendary - and deliberately anonymous - New York City "date doctor" who, for a fee, has helped countless men woo the women of their dreams. While coaching Albert (James), a meek accountant who is smitten with a glamorous celebrity (Valletta), Hitch finally meets his match in the person of the gorgeous, whip-smart Sara (Mendes), a gossip columnist who is on to him. (Sony)
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Kwik Stop
June 14, 2005
A cross-country road trip begins when two people meet in a convenience store.
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The Nomi Song
June 14, 2005
A portrait of late German artist Klaus Nomi, this film is part documentary, part music film, part sci-fi, The Nomi Song is a "non-fiction film," or maybe even an oral history. It's not just the tale, it's the telling. (Palm Pictures)
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Paternal Instinct
June 14, 2005
Mark and Erik have been together for ten years, and they've decided it's time to have kids. But they don't want to adopt. Is there a woman out there willing to serve as a surrogate mother and help them realize their dream? Paternal Instinct chronicles two years in the life of these New Yorkers on their journey to become fathers. (HBO/Cinemax)
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Pink Flamingos
June 14, 2005
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
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The Reivers
June 14, 2005
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
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Rory O'Shea Was Here
June 14, 2005
An extraordinary story of determination that fuses highly emotional drama with bracingly boisterous humor. Inspired by the experiences of real people, the film follows two young men with physical disabilities as they band together and seize an opportunity to savor life on their own terms. (Focus Features)
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The Agronomist
June 7, 2005
This documentary is a profile of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist who was assassinated in 2000.
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Be Cool
June 7, 2005
John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in Be Cool, a sequel to the comedy smash Get Shorty. This time, Chili becomes a different kind of "hit" man -- he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business. (MGM)
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Beyond the Sea
June 7, 2005
For Bobby Darin (Spacey), performing was his life. It kept his heart beating. He came alive onstage, even when he was near collapse offstage. In Beyond the Sea, Bobby tells us his own story, in his last great performance. (Lions Gate Films)
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Children of the Damned
June 7, 2005
Six impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.
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D.E.B.S.
June 7, 2005
Recruited by the U.S. Government for their unique ability to lie, cheat and fight, Amy, Max, Janet and Dominique join an underground academy of secret agents known only as D.E.B.S. These crime fighting hotties set out to save the world and keep their lipstick perfectly applied while doing so. (Sony)
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Double Dare
June 7, 2005
An action-packed documentary about two Hollywood stuntwomen.
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The Driver
June 7, 2005
A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
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Father of the Bride
June 7, 2005
In this update of the Hollywood classic, George Banks, the befuddled father who has a hard time letting go of his young daughter when she unexpectedly announces her plans to wed. Tickling funnybones, this entertaining treat chronicles George's hysterical trials and tribulations leading up to the big event. Father of the Bride promises to love, honor, and deliver the kind of motion picture fun you'll thoroughly enjoy. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
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Imaginary Heroes
June 7, 2005
Imaginary Heroes is a look at one long year in the lives of an ostensibly typical, upper-middle-class suburban family. It tells a tale of a family in crisis with wit, warmth and a very contemporary sardonic spin. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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The Inheritance
June 7, 2005
A gripping drama from celebrated Danish director Per Fly, The Inheritance is the story of a man transformed by power. [Cinema Guild]
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La Ciudad (The City)
June 7, 2005
Featuring mostly non-actors, the film follows four separate stories of Latin American immigrant life in present day New York City.
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The Machinist
June 7, 2005
Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. His every waking minute has become an unremitting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror - each of which is part of an escalating series of clues that will lead to the source of his mysterious affliction. (Paramount Classics)
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Nightmare Alley
June 7, 2005
The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
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Orwell Rolls in His Grave
June 7, 2005
The consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Asking whether America has entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth, Pappas explores what the media doesn't like to talk about: itself. (Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures)
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The Scandal
June 7, 2005
Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Untold Scandal is set in aristocratic 18th century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. (Kino International)
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The Secret Agent
June 7, 2005
Based on Joseph Conrad's novel about a quiet English shopkeeper, a secret spy for the Russian Embassy, is ordered to plant a bomb that will wreak havoc on the British public. (Fox Searchlight)
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Seed of Chucky
June 7, 2005
The killer doll is back and his family must slay together in order to stay together. (Rogue Pictures)
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Spawn
June 7, 2005
A government assassin is brought back to life as a black superhero with supernatural powers. (Warner Bros.)
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Unfaithfully Yours
June 7, 2005
A composer suspects his wife of cheating. He plots to kill her and frame it on her lover.
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Eraserhead
June 6, 2005
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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The Appaloosa
May 31, 2005
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
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Boogeyman
May 31, 2005
In this chilling horror movie, Barry Watson stars as Tim, a young man who must return to his childhood home and confront the terrifying visions that have haunted him all his life. (Screen Gems)
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The Cincinnati Kid
May 31, 2005
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
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East of Eden
May 31, 2005
A wilful young man contends against his brother for the attention of their religious father while reconnecting with his estranged mother and falling for his brother's girlfriend.
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Fascination
May 31, 2005
A sensual thriller of suspense and deception, in which no one is who they appear, Fascination follows a young man (Garcia) as he tries to piece together the mystery surrounding the death of his father, which escalates with his mother's unexpected remarriage and the love affair which quickly ignites with his beautiful stepsister. (Quality Films)
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The Four Seasons
May 31, 2005
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
May 31, 2005
This documentary captures the drama and history surrounding the precedent shattering chess match where, Garry Kasparov - arguably the greatest human player ever - lost to IBM computer Deep Blue. (ThinkFilm)
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The Getaway
May 31, 2005
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
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House Calls
May 31, 2005
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife. He embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
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My Brilliant Career
May 31, 2005
A young independent woman who lives with her grandmother and aunt in the countryside rebels against being pressured into marriage and chooses to solely focus on having a career as a writer. Nevertheless, two suitors propose to her.
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Over the Top
May 31, 2005
Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.
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Saints and Soldiers
May 31, 2005
A dramatic, intense and heroic WWII film about members of the Greatest Generation struggling to be both good men and good soldiers. (Excel Entertainment Group)
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Swimming Upstream
May 31, 2005
Swimming Upstream tells the compelling and inspirational true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man form a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion swimmer. (MGM)
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Tying the Knot
May 31, 2005
This documentary digs deeply into the meaning of marriage today. From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, this eye-opening exploration of the embattled institution looks at rights, privilege and love as gay activists and right-wing politicos lock horns in the fight for marriage. (1049 Films)
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Year of the Dragon
May 31, 2005
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
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16 Years of Alcohol
May 24, 2005
Kevin McKidd plays Frankie, in this semi-autobiographical tale expressed mainly in flashbacks. As a grown man, Frankie is faced with the choice of falling backwards into alcohol-soaked violence, or facing up to his dubious past. To do this, he has to explore what led him there and break the cycle in which he finds himself trapped, if he is to achieve his dream of finding (and keeping) true love. (Tartan Films)
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Are We There Yet?
May 24, 2005
In this family comedy, Nick (Ice Cube), a smooth operator, is trying to land a date with a young, attractive divorcee, Suzanne (Long). He gallantly offers to drive her children from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver to be reunited with their mom. What Nick doesn't know is that Suzanne's children think that no man is good enough for their mom and will do everything they can to make the trip a nightmare for him. Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride. (Sony)
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The Aviator
May 24, 2005
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in this biopic directed by Martin Scorsese.
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The Big Town
May 24, 2005
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife. Infuriated, Cole wagers everything on the craps table, including the Gem Club itself, and he and Cullen have it out.
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The Godfather: Part II
May 24, 2005
The sequel to "The Godfather" continues the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Coppola tells two stories in Part II: the roots and rise of a young Don Vito, played with uncanny ability by Robert De Niro, and the ascension of Michael (Al Pacino) as the new Don. [Paramount Pictures]
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Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
May 24, 2005
This film documents the life and times of Howard Zinn, the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic A People's History of the United States. (First Run Features)
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Intervista
May 24, 2005
Federico Fellini accepts the request of a television crew to be interviewed about his career, narrating memories, dreams, realities and fantasies.
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Pooh's Heffalump Movie
May 24, 2005
The Hundred Acre Wood crew is together again in Pooh's Heffalump Movie, this time learning the life lesson of being accepting of others' differences and the value of true friendship. (Disney)
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S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine
May 24, 2005
In 1975-79, the Khmer Rouge waged a campaign of genocide on Cambodia?s population. 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives to famine and murder as the urban population was forced into the countryside to fulfill the Khmer Rouges' dream of an agrarian utopia. In S21, Panh brings two survivors back to the notorious Tuol Sleng prison (code-named "S21"), now a genocide museum where former Khmer Rouge are employed as guides. (First Run Features)
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Salt of the Earth
May 24, 2005
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
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The Fearless Freaks
May 17, 2005
This documentary offers an intimate look at one of today's most acclaimed alternative rock groups, The Flaming Lips. (Shout! Factory)
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The Green Butchers
May 17, 2005
This comedy about two friends who start their own butcher shop combines the trite, the morbid and the amusing. (Newmarket Films)
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The Grudge
May 17, 2005
Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in this remake of director Takashi Shimizu's popular Japanese movie "Ju-On: The Grudge."
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It's Easier for a Camel...
May 17, 2005
A tragicomic romp based on director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's memories growing up in a privileged Italian family that immigrated to France in the 1970's. (New Yorker Films)
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Kinsey
May 17, 2005
This film turns the microscope on Alfred Kinsey (Neeson) in a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. (Fox Searchlight)
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Notre musique
May 17, 2005
Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, Jean-Luc Godard's Notre Musique is a timeless meditation on war as seen through the prisms of cinema, text and image. (Wellspring Media)
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Our Father
May 17, 2005
Set in the sub-Saharan country of Chad, this is the story of two young brothers and their mother who are devastated when their father suddenly disappears.
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The Sea Inside
May 17, 2005
Based on the profoundly moving true story that captured the world's attention, The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramon Sampedro (Bardem), who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. The film is the story of Ramon's relationships with two women: Julia (Rueda), a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa (Duenas), a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. (Fine Line Features)
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Son of the Mask
May 17, 2005
A decade after the legendary Mask of Loki wreaked havoc on the life of an unsuspecting adult, the magical mask finds its way into the possession of a child in the family comedy Son of the Mask. (New Line Cinema)
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Tarnation
May 17, 2005
Jonathan Caouette's film reimagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. He weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of 80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. (Wellspring Media)
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Team America: World Police
May 17, 2005
This action adventure from the creators of "South Park" features an all-marionette cast as Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. [Paramount]
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White Noise
May 17, 2005
People have always searched for a way to communicate with the other side - fascinated, motivated, driven to find a way to connect with loved ones who have passed on. Now comes this suspense thriller that explores this very-real, other-worldly communication - White Noise. Tapping into our deepest fears and most profound longings, White Noise forces us to re-examine the world in which we live and, in the process, question our most basic notions about life and death. (Universal)
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Alone in the Dark
May 10, 2005
Based on the best-selling Atari videogame series, this film features Edward Carnby (Slater), a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. (Lions Gate Films)
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The Americanization of Emily
May 10, 2005
An American naval officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.
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Assault on Precinct 13
May 10, 2005
To survive the night, cops and criminals alike will have to unite and fight. A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in this all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name. (Rogue Pictures)
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Blackboard Jungle
May 10, 2005
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
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Cachorro
May 10, 2005
A homosexual dentist agrees to take care of his nine-year-old nephew while his sister travels in India.
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Donkey Skin (re-release)
May 10, 2005
Jacques Demy's 1970 film is a lyrical fantasy based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
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A Face in the Crowd
May 10, 2005
An Arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?
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Hoop Dreams
May 10, 2005
Two inner-city Chicago boys with hopes of becoming professional basketball players struggle to become college players.
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In Good Company
May 10, 2005
A very human story of the unlikely relationship between two men who find their satisfying, status quo existences disrupted by the startling truth that they no longer have any control over both the professional and personal sides of their lives. (Universal)
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The Last Shot
May 10, 2005
Based on the hilarious true story of the greatest motion picture never made, The Last Shot shows how everybody - even the FBI - can get caught up in the allure, glamour and glitz of Hollywood. (Touchstone Pictures)
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
May 10, 2005
Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Murray) and his crew set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. (Touchstone Pictures)
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The Merchant of Venice
May 10, 2005
Set in the lavish era of 16th century Italy, The Merchant of Venice follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of Shakespearean characters in this story wrought with morality, revenge, redemption and love. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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My Mother Likes Women
May 10, 2005
A romantic comedy about three sisters whose lives are thrown off balance by their mother's sudden sexual awakening.
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Racing Stripes
May 10, 2005
When a baby zebra is accidentally abandoned by a traveling circus, he is rescued by a local horse farmer and his young daughter. So begins his surprising journey into the world of elite athletes, intense competition and enormous stakes as he strives for a place in the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Open. (Warner Bros.)
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Back Roads
May 3, 2005
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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The Chorus
May 3, 2005
When a music teacher takes a position at a boy's reformatory in 1949 France, he discovers the redemptive power of music.
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Enduring Love
May 3, 2005
Based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McEwan, Enduring Love is a psychological suspense thriller about how fate shapes our relationships, how accidents can change our lives and how meaning is unraveled from sheer chaos. (Paramount Classics)
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The Entity
May 3, 2005
Supposedly based partially on a true story, a woman is tormented and sexually molested by an invisible demon.
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Go Further
May 3, 2005
This documentary explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. Award-winning documentary director Ron Mann joins actor/activist Woody Harrelson as he pilots a hemp-fuelled bus on an eco-consciousness raising incursion down the beautiful Pacific Coast. (Mongrel Media)
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License to Drive
May 3, 2005
A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
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National Treasure
May 3, 2005
Nicholas Cage stars as the brilliant treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates in who discovers a secret from our nation's past that will lead to the greatest adventure in history. (Disney)
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