Movie Releases by Genre
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Kwik Stop
October 11, 2002
A cross-country road trip begins when two people meet in a convenience store.
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Brown Sugar
October 11, 2002
Dre (Diggs) and Sidney (Lathan) can attribute their friendship and the launch of their careers to a single childhood moment - the day they discovered hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic and he is a successful, though unfulfilled music executive. As they lay down the tracks toward their futures, hip-hop isn't the only thing that keeps them coming back to that moment on the corner. (Fox Searchlight)
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Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
October 4, 2002
An animated retelling of the story of Jonah and the whale, featuring talking Christian vegetables.
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Welcome to Collinwood
October 4, 2002
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes unsuccessfully attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but wind up gaining more than they lose. (Warner Bros.)
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Pipe Dream
October 4, 2002
A lonely New York plumber poses as a film director in an attempt to meet women.
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Wasabi
September 27, 2002
A French police inspector (Reno) with a tender heart and a tough manner pursues the killer of an old flame in Tokyo.
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Just a Kiss
September 27, 2002
The romantic comedy as Kafkaesque nightmare -- a sexy, surrealistic trip through the modern relationship minefields of mistrust, misunderstanding, missed warning signs and messing around. (Paramount Classics)
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The Tuxedo
September 27, 2002
Suddenly thrust into a dangerous world of espionage and paired with a rookie partner (Hewitt) even less experienced than he is, cabbie-turned-chauffer Jimmy (Chan) becomes an unwitting - if impeccably dressed - secret agent. (DreamWorks)
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Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
September 27, 2002
An army captain is commissioned to establish a prostitution service to placate the needs of soldiers posted in the Amazon.
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Sweet Home Alabama
September 27, 2002
Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, newly-engaged New Yorker Melanie (Witherspoon) sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past (including her redneck husband), only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. (Touchstone Pictures)
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The Banger Sisters
September 20, 2002
The reunion of two best friends is the collision of two women's worlds: one who is living in the past and one who is hiding from it. Together they learn the value of living in the moment. (Fox)
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Don't Ask Don't Tell
September 20, 2002
The 1950's Sci-Fi flick "Killers From Space" is redubbed by Doug Miles with absurd new dialog, new inserted scenes and an alien dance number.
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Ciao America
September 20, 2002
A young American in Italy becomes the coach of a small-town football team.
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8 Women
September 20, 2002
When a wealthy French family gathers for Christmas, their country estate is thrown into an uproar when the father of the family is murdered. The only possible suspects are the eight women in the house, each of whom has secrets and a motive to kill him.
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Secretary
September 20, 2002
A powerful and unique love story that toys with our expectations of love, sexuality and intimacy. (Lions Gate)
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Slap Her... She's French
September 20, 2002
In a small Texas town, a French foreign exchange student (Perabo) upsets the balance in the local high school by trying to usurp the position of the most popular girl.
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Stealing Harvard
September 13, 2002
A man (Lee) turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's first year at Harvard College.
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Igby Goes Down
September 13, 2002
Igby Slocumb (Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of "old money" privilege he was born in to. (MGM/UA)
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Barbershop
September 13, 2002
A comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. [MGM]
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Elvira's Haunted Hills
September 13, 2002
The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. Elvira's dreams of performing in the Parisian Revue, "Yes I Can-Can" are put on hold when she accidently winds up in a mysterious, medieval castle inhabited by the bizarre and sinister Lord Hellsubus. (The Elvira Movie Company)
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The Dogwalker
September 13, 2002
A volatile mix of surprising comedy and everyday tragedy, this is a supremely twisted stroll down the sunburnt sidewalks of L.A. (Outrider Pictures)
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Alias Betty
September 13, 2002
As novelist Betty Fisher (Kiberlain) starts becoming darkly depressed after the death of her young son, her plotting mother arranges to have another little boy kidnapped to take his place.
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Heartbreak Hospital
September 6, 2002
A comedy set in the fast-paced world of soap operas.
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Little Secrets
August 23, 2002
Emily (Wood) is a spunky pre-teen who is entrusted with her young neighbors' most private and cherished secrets.
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Amy's Orgasm
August 23, 2002
The comic story of how Amy (Davis), an Ivy League-educated self-help author, who espouses the virtues of celibacy and falls for a vulgar, womanizing DJ (Chinlund).
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Serving Sara
August 23, 2002
When Sara (Hurley) is served divorce papers while vacationing in New York, she concocts a scheme with her process server (Perry) that sets them off on a wild cross-country trip.
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
August 16, 2002
Set on the moon in the year 2087, this comedy stars Eddie Murphy as Pluto Nash, the audacious, successful owner of the hottest nightclub in town who finds himself in trouble with lunar gangsters. (Warner Bros.)
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Mostly Martha
August 16, 2002
Martha (Gedeck) is a head chef for an upscale restaurant who relies on her culinary skill as her primary means of communication. When her sister dies in a car accident, her orderly world falls apart as she has to care for her eight-year-old niece, a girl who proves as resolute and single-minded as her aunt. (Paramount Classics)
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Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
August 15, 2002
A family is aghast when guests at their peaceful mountain inn keep dying. To keep bad word of mouth from spreading, they chop up and bury the guests.
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I'm Going Home
August 14, 2002
The story of an aging French actor who - after learning his family has been killed in an accident - still carries on with his career, enjoys his morning espresso and newspaper, appreciates the endless beauty that is Paris, and takes a stand against the philistinism that plagues his professional life. [Film Forum]
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24 Hour Party People
August 9, 2002
Spanning from the late 1970's to the early 1990's, this is the story of the Manchester music scene, as seen by the founders of the legendary Factory Records label.
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Secret Ballot
August 9, 2002
Set on election day in a remote area of Iran, this is the story of a conservative soldier (Abidi) and the liberal female pollster (Abdi) he is assigned to work with as they seek out voters.
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The Château
August 9, 2002
A pair of mismatched American brothers venture abroad to claim their inheritance in this hilarious, bi-cultural comedy. (IFC Films)
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Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
August 7, 2002
When last we saw them, the Cortez kids had just joined the family business in order to win back their kidnapped parents. Now, Carmen and Juni are Level 2 OSS agents, about to set off on their own solo mission, or so they think. (Dimension Films)
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The Good Girl
August 7, 2002
A frustrated young woman (Jennifer Aniston) begins an affair with a young co-worker (Jake Gyllenhaal) who represents a chance for her to escape into a new world of emotional and sexual awakening. But when the affair quickly moves from liberation to poisonous obsession, she finds herself ensnared in a chaotic web of blackmail, larceny and love. [Fox Searchlight]
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The Master of Disguise
August 2, 2002
Dana Carvey is Pistachio Disguisey, the last in a long line of "masters of disguise" in a family that goes back through 2,000 years of European history.
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One Last Kiss
August 2, 2002
Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant.
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Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
August 2, 2002
No-holds-barred documentary-style footage -- spiced with rousing rap music, Martin Lawrence's own razor-sharp commentary and a glimpse of both his triumphs and setbacks. (Paramount)
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Full Frontal
August 2, 2002
A movie about movies for people who love movies. (Miramax)
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The Country Bears
July 26, 2002
The story of how eager young fan Beary Barrington can convince the bitter ex-members of the rock band "The Country Bears" to put aside their differences and perform a benefit concert to save Country Bear Hall, the legendary venue where the band got its start. (Disney)
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Happy Times
July 26, 2002
A bittersweet comedy about a poor, aging bachelor who hasn't had luck in love. When he thinks he meets the woman of his dreams, he leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Who Is Cletis Tout?
July 26, 2002
A prison escapee (Slater) assumes the identity of a deceased man named Cletis Tout. He soon discovers that someone had a contract out on Cletis' life, so now the escapee has to deal with not only the police, but a hitman (Allen) as well.
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
July 26, 2002
It's been three years since Austin Powers, that swinging international man of mystery, has faced his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. But after Dr. Evil and his accomplice Mini Me escape from a maximum-security prison, Austin is called to action once more in this third installment of the highly successful "Austin Powers" movie franchise. (New Line Cinema)
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Lansdown
July 19, 2002
In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover. (Outrider Pictures)
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Tadpole
July 19, 2002
A romantic comedy about a precocious young man who falls for an older woman.
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What to Do in Case of Fire
July 19, 2002
Tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s.
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Stuart Little 2
July 19, 2002
The mouse is back (no, not Mickey!) in this sequel to the 1999 film.
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Eight Legged Freaks
July 17, 2002
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate into the size of SUVs. And they're hungry. (Warner Bros.)
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Never Again
July 12, 2002
This romantic comedy takes a ribald yet compassionate look at two lovelorn fifty-something New Yorkers. (USA Films)
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The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
July 12, 2002
Aussie adventurer Steve Irwin - a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter" - has nabbed another feisty croc, hoping to save it from poachers. What he doesn't know is that the croc has innocently swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon, and the poachers are actually American special agents sent to retreive it!
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My Wife Is an Actress
July 12, 2002
A screwball romantic comedy about a successful sports writer married to a popular movie star with whom he's madly in love. The problem is everyone in Paris seems to be in love with her too. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Group
July 5, 2002
Nine women meet every Wednesday afternoon for 21 weeks of group therapy in this entirely original, ultra modern probe into the American psyche. (Artistic License Films)
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Songs from the Second Floor
July 3, 2002
Composed of a series of immaculately staged tableaux, Songs From the Second Floor is a stylized black comedy-turned-nightmare. [Film Forum]
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Like Mike
July 3, 2002
Hip Hop star Lil Bow Wow stars as Calvin, a fourteen year old with the dream of becoming a famous basketball star. However, his relatively diminutive stature and limited ability make his goal a far-off fantasy. That is until he laces up a mysterious pair of old sneakers inscribed with the faded initials "MJ," and he makes the leap to NBA superstardom.
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The Powerpuff Girls
July 3, 2002
Based on the hit Cartoon Network series, this feature film adaptation tells the story of how Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup obtain their unique powers, become superheroes and join forces to foil evil mutant monkey Mojo Jojo's plan to take over the world.
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Men in Black II
July 3, 2002
This sequel to the 1997 hit, which was based upon a Marvel Comics comic book, features Agents J and K (Smith and Jones) in battles with alien rabble-rousers who take the form of a host of estrogen-charged extraterrestrials.
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Mr. Deeds
June 28, 2002
In this homage to the 1936 Frank Capra classic "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," Adam Sandler plays Mr. Deeds, a young man from the small town of Mandrake Falls, NH who inherits controlling interest in a massive media corporation from his deceased uncle.
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Lovely & Amazing
June 28, 2002
This finely observed comedy is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. (Lions Gate)
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Harvard Man
June 28, 2002
Alan (Grenier) is a Harvard student indulging in all of life's more interesting vices - illicit sex, drugs and high-stakes gambling, with a little Heidegger thrown in for good measure. (Cowboy Pictures)
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Pumpkin
June 28, 2002
A satirical comedy about a college sorority girl (Ricci) who finds herself drawn into a relationship with a young disabled man (Harris).
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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
June 28, 2002
A successful marketing executive decides to chuck his non-stop, upwardly-mobile lifestyle when he realizes that he wants to be a creator instead of a seller. (20th Century Fox)
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Notorious C.H.O.
June 28, 2002
Margaret Cho's hilarious follow-up to her hit comedy "I'm the One That I Want." (Wellspring)
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Hey Arnold! The Movie
June 28, 2002
Nickelodeon character Arnold tackles life in the big city as he goes up against a powerful industrialist who threatens to build a mammoth "mall-plex" in the middle of Arnold's close-knit neighborhood.
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Juwanna Mann
June 21, 2002
The story of a professional basketball player who blows his career but gets a chance to bounce back by trading his jock strap for a sports bra. (Warner Bros.)
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Kiss Me, Stupid (re-release)
June 21, 2002
A re-release of Billy Wilder's 1964 comedy set in Climax, Nevada.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
June 14, 2002
An original tale about Napoleon's last great adventure -- and the adventures of the lowly impostor who assumed his identity in a grand conspiracy to outwit the world. (Paramount Classics)
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
June 14, 2002
Based on Chris Fuhrman's original and audacious coming-of-age novel, this film is a 70's-set drama featuring two charming but irreverent Catholic high schoolers who confront the mysteries of adulthood. (ThinkFilm)
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Scooby-Doo
June 14, 2002
Scooby Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang take their animated antics to the big screen as a live-action movie.
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Secret Society
June 7, 2002
When a plump housewife gets a job at a local factory to make ends meet, she falls in with a group of other chubby female workers who are sumo wrestlers and members of what they call their "Secret Society."
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Cherish
June 7, 2002
A fantasy-prone young woman confronts a life-altering reality when she is placed in a house arrest program. (Fine Line Features)
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Bad Company
June 7, 2002
Gaylord Oakes (Hopkins) is a veteran CIA agent who must transform sarcastic, street-wise punk Jake Hayes (Rock) into a sophisticated and savvy spy to replace his murdered identical twin brother. (Touchstone Pictures)
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
June 7, 2002
A classic Southern tale of hilarity set in a sleepy Louisiana parish, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood follows a group of lifelong friends who stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright (Bullock) unravel the truth about her complicated, eccentric mother (Burstyn), find forgiveness and acceptance, and let go of her painful past. (Warner Bros.)
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Undercover Brother
May 31, 2002
A live-action comedy based on Urban Media's popular website series.
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Elling
May 29, 2002
A slyly funny and emotionally affecting odd couple comedy about two misfits trying to find their places in society. (First Look Pictures)
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The Next Big Thing
May 29, 2002
Sometimes the only way to make it is to fake it. That's what failed painter Gus Bishop discovers when a fast-talking thief makes off with one of his works and makes up a story the art world can't resist.
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CQ
May 24, 2002
Paris, 1969: The filming of a sci-fi movie set in the distant year 2001 is in trouble. (MGM)
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Bartleby
May 24, 2002
A modern adaptation of Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener."
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The Importance of Being Earnest
May 22, 2002
A film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's hilarious play about two young gents living in 1890's England who have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. (Miramax)
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About a Boy
May 17, 2002
About a Boy is about a man (Grant) -- a handsome, rich, shallow, self-absorbed, irresistible cad -- and the unexpected relationship he develops with a boy he meets while trying to pick up another boy's mother. (Universal Pictures)
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Late Marriage
May 17, 2002
Set within the Georgian émigré community of Tel Aviv, Late Marriage is a sexy and biting comedy of manners that investigates what happens when human beings get stuck between the rock of true love and the hard place of family tradition. (Magnolia Pictures)
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The New Guy
May 10, 2002
A hilarious story about wiping the slate clean and reinventing yourself. (Sony)
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Janice Beard
May 10, 2002
Compelled to join the workforce in London, an oddball Scottish girl fabricates and entire job history to help her secure a secretarial position at an auto company.
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A Man's Gotta Do
May 6, 2002
Set in Australia, this is the story of Eddie (Howard), a fisherman with some shady business dealings who is on a quest to try and improve his relationship with his daughter Chantelle (McClelland).
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Hollywood Ending
May 3, 2002
Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two time Oscar winner turned wash-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. (DreamWorks)
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
May 3, 2002
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
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The Mystic Masseur
May 3, 2002
Set during the mid 1950's in Trinidad, this story is rooted primarily in the Indian community and deals with the thwarted ambitions, frustrations, and ultimate triumphs that are possible in this 'restricted' part of the world. (Merchant Ivory Productions)
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The Other Brother
April 26, 2002
Eligible bachelors Martin and Junnie are brothers who look a lot like each other, but that's where the similarity ends, because they have different dating agendas and different approaches to life.
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For da Love of Money
April 26, 2002
A hilarious comedy about striking it rich, For Da Love of Money is a day in the life of Dre, an average guy living in the hood. (UrbanWorld Films)
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Life or Something Like It
April 26, 2002
What's the most important thing in life? Is it love or is it your career? Is it work or is it your family? Lanie Kerrigan (Jolie) must ponder these questions after a street savant tells her that she will die in seven days. (20th Century Fox)
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Mutant Aliens
April 19, 2002
A wildly humorous yet poignant story about an astronaut, his daughter, and 5 violent, yet sympathetic, alien creatures who seek revenge against a space industry baron. (Bill Plympton)
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Girls Can't Swim
April 19, 2002
An intimate, unflinching look at the intricacies of the relationship between two teenaged girls. (Winstar Cinema)
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
April 19, 2002
A romantic comedy based on the one-woman show written by and starring "Second City" alumna Nia Vardalos.
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The Triumph of Love
April 17, 2002
In a sun-drenched Italian villa where the madness of love has long been forbidden, one woman's passion is about to upend reason, bend genders and take every heart in the house prisoner. (Paramount Classics)
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Run Ronnie Run
April 12, 2002
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.
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Human Nature
April 12, 2002
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. (Fine Line Features)
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The Sweetest Thing
April 12, 2002
A romantic comedy without the sugar, The Sweetest Thing is a fresh twist on the search for love. (Columbia Pictures)
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Big Trouble
April 5, 2002
Based on the novel by Dave Barry, this is an ensemble comedy about how a bomb in a suitcase changes the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two teenagers, two hit men, two street thugs, two FBI men, and a psychedelic toad.
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Lucky Break
April 5, 2002
A comedy about a prison escape with a musical twist. (Paramount Pictures)
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American Chai
April 5, 2002
A funny, heartfelt, coming-of-age story about Sureel, a first generation Indian-American college boy who can't tell his traditional parents he wants to be a musician, not a doctor. (Fusion Films)
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30 Years to Life
April 5, 2002
An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the year in which they each reach their 30th birthday.
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