Movie Releases by Genre
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So Close
September 12, 2003
The fast and furious action tale of two stunningly beautiful sisters who happen to be assassins -- and the brilliant female cop on a mission to catch them. (Strand Releasing)
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The Other Side of the Bed
August 29, 2003
A raucous and sexy romantic comedy with a musical twist. The film tells the story of two couples whose search for love leads to lies and heartache -- and lots of song and dance. (Sundance Film Series)
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
August 29, 2003
Patterned after a spaghetti western, this is the story of a small time crook (Carlyle) who returns to his hometown in the English Midlands to try to win back the heart of his ex-lover, who is being pursued by another man.
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The Battle of Shaker Heights
August 22, 2003
The winner of the second Project Greenlight screenwriting contest, this is a uniquely funny portrait of modern youth under siege. (Miramax Films)
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My Boss's Daughter
August 22, 2003
In love with his mean-tempered boss' daughter (Tara Reid), a young man (Ashton Kutcher) agrees to house-sit with the hope of winning her heart. What he doesn't plan on is the long line of other houseguests that show up.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (re-release)
August 22, 2003
The great Hollywood swashbuckler and the very definition of classic Technicolor design. Warners has used digital technology to perfectly register Robin Hood's original Technicolor negatives, restoring its vibrant color: the reddest reds, the bluest blues, and of course, the greenest greens. (Film Forum)
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Green Card Fever
August 22, 2003
The story of a young immigrant from India (Dasu) who overstays his US visa. As he is forced to make decisions about whom to trust, he naively relies on his new found friends in his land of dreams, and a comical and poignant sequence of adventures ensue. (Net Effect Media)
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Thirteen
August 20, 2003
This film focuses on a thirteen-year-old girl growing up with conflicting pressures in Los Angeles.
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Uptown Girls
August 15, 2003
Molly Gunn (Murphy), the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend, is the toast of the New York social scene. But when her accountant steals her inheritance, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before -- get a job. She lands a position as nanny to the precocious, uptight daughter of a high-powered music executive. Now Molly and her 8-year-old "going on 40" charge are about to teach each other how to act their age. (MGM)
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Loco Love
August 15, 2003
A restaurant owner in dire financial straits agrees to marry the daughter of his gardener, a recent lottery winner, in order to save his business and obtain a green card for her.
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Passionada
August 15, 2003
Set in the Portugese community of New Bedford, Massachusetts, this is a story of hope and of second chances.
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Open Range
August 15, 2003
Academy-Award winning director Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves") helms this traditional Western tale of a way of life that is quickly disappearing. (Touchstone Pictures)
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Le divorce
August 8, 2003
In this modern-day comedy of manners, American sisters Isabel (Hudson) and Roxy (Watts) come face to face with the complicated social mores of French society. Cultures clash and scandals ensue as the sisters learn what it really takes to be an American in Paris. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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American Wedding
August 1, 2003
It was bound to happen, sooner or later. The raucous and lovable characters from the wildly successful American Pie series have gone and done it -- well they're planning on doing it. Really soon. In front of everyone they know. In a big way. Jim (Biggs) and Michelle (Hannigan) are getting married. (Universal Pictures)
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Gigli
August 1, 2003
In this unconventional romantic comedy, low-level hood Larry Gigli (Affleck) is given an assignment that gets him in way over his head and Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous free spirited female enforcer is sent in to assist him. (Sony)
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
August 1, 2003
A thief on the run from a life of crime. A nightclub singer hoping to escape from the blues of heartache. Two lost souls who have become fugitives from the past -- but now, fate is about to bring them together in the unfolding present. (Paramount Classics)
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Enemies of Laughter
August 1, 2003
Paul Halpern (Paymer) is a cynical, middle-aged comedy writer whose professional and personal lives collide when a woman he is interested in wants to stage a play that he would like to forget.
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Lucía, Lucía
July 25, 2003
A wry comedy unfolds when Lucia's (Roth) husband mysteriously disappears leaving her to discover that her life is not what it seems. (Fox Searchlight)
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The Sea Is Watching
July 18, 2003
Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel.
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The Room
July 18, 2003
Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. Johnny can also be a little too trusting at times which haunts him later on. Lisa is a beautiful blonde fiancé of Johnny. She has always gotten her way and will manipulate to get what she wants. She is a taker, with a double personality, and her deadly schemes lead to her own downfall. Mark is a young, successful and independent best friend of Johnny. He has a good heart, but gets caught up in Lisa's dangerous web and gives into temptation. This eventually brings him to great loss. Claudette is the classy, sophisticated mother of Lisa who has had disappointing relationships in her life. She wants her daughter to be married as soon as possible so she can benefit. Denny is an orphan boy, naive and confused about life, love, and friendship. Denny is very ambitious and also very grateful to the people that are in his life. "The Room" depicts the depths of friendship and relationships in one's life and raises life's real and most asked question: "Can you ever really trust anyone?"
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The Anarchist Cookbook
July 18, 2003
The Anarchist Collective and their crash pad known as SAM housed an idealistic assortment of unruly characters looking to make a difference and find a happier way of life. And then came Johnny Black... (Freedonia Productions)
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The Embalmer
July 18, 2003
The story of a romantic triangle that develops when a middle-aged dwarf, who works as a zoo taxidermist, befriends a teenage boy only to have a younger woman enters the picture.
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How to Deal
July 18, 2003
The story of 17-year-old Halley Martin (Moore), who has been convinced by the outrageous relationships around her that the whole concept of true love is vastly overrated. (New Line Cinema)
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I Capture the Castle
July 11, 2003
A classic English story told in a fresh, vivacious style by the teenage heroine of the piece. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero
July 11, 2003
A exuberant sex farce that takes a frenzied peek into the lives of a group of 14 people whose lives all intersect one very hot summer day at km. 0 -- the very center of Madrid. (TLA Releasing)
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A Housekeeper
July 11, 2003
A bittersweet and sexy romantic comedy that shows how hope can come to the hopeless and love to the lonesome. (Palm Pictures)
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
July 9, 2003
For the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), the crystalline waters if the Caribbean present a vast playground where adventure and mystery abound. But Jack's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the Governor's (Pryce) beautiful daughter, Elizabeth Swann (Knightley). (Disney)
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Confusion of Genders
July 4, 2003
A romantic comedy about a bisexual attorney.
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Friday Night
June 30, 2003
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a young Parisian woman.
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From Justin to Kelly
June 20, 2003
The fairytale rise to superstardom of America's favorite "Idols" continues as Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini make the leap to the big screen in this spring's biggest beach party, From Justin to Kelly, a musical romantic comedy. (20th Century Fox)
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Alex & Emma
June 20, 2003
Alex Sheldon (Wilson) is an author whose writer's block is the least of his problems - he also happens to be flat broke and owes Cuban loan sharks $100,000. Desperate, Alex secures the services of opinionated stenographer Emma Dinsmore (Hudson) to help him complete his novel and get paid by his publisher in time to save his skin. (Warner Bros.)
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Jet Lag
June 13, 2003
A romantic comedy about an encounter at the Paris airport between a world-weary businessman (Reno) and a troubled beautician (Binoche).
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The Heart of Me
June 13, 2003
Upper crust England before, during and after WWII provides the backdrop for The Heart of Me, a richly emotional drama about the seductive -- and destructive -- nature of passion. (ThinkFilm)
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Love the Hard Way
June 6, 2003
The story of the unlikely romance that develops between a con man, Jack (Brody), and a Columbia biology grad student, Claire (Ayanna).
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A Woman Is a Woman
May 16, 2003
[Originally released in France in 1961; first U.S. release in 2003.] Angela, an afternoon stripper in the sleazy Zodiac Club, yearns for motherhood "just because," but live-in boyfriend Jean-Claude Brialy "isn't ready yet," though hanger-on Jean-Paul Belmondo is more than happy to help out. (Film Forum)
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L'Auberge Espagnole
May 16, 2003
Through cosmopolitan adventures and comic tribulations, Xavier (Roman Duris) finds his own unexpected place in a mixed-up, multi-cultural modern world. [Fox Searchlight]
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The Shape of Things
May 9, 2003
Writer/director Neil LaBute once again explores and explodes modern relationships in this contemporary story of love, sex and art set in a college town. (Focus Features)
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The Trip
May 9, 2003
A portrait of a love story spanning two decades between a gay-rights activist and a conservative journalist during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Down with Love
May 9, 2003
An old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist. Putting a hip spin on the golden age of the classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, the film is the story of a sparkle-filled collision between a woman who has sworn off love and a ladies' man who thinks he doesn't need love. (20th Century Fox)
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Washington Heights
May 9, 2003
An aspiring comic book artist (Perez) of Dominican heritage is forced to take over his family's bodega in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan when his father is crippled by a gunshot from a robber.
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A Family Affair
May 9, 2003
Writer/director Helen Lesnick stars as a newly-single lesbian returning home to her family in San Diego after fleeing New York and her most recent break-up.
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The Lizzie McGuire Movie
May 2, 2003
Disney serves up the comic foibles of lovable Lizzie McGuire and her pals, who all pack their bags and plan to live la dolce vita while on a class trip to Italy. When Lizzie is mistaken for Isabella (who is part of an Italian pop duo) the adventure really begins. (Disney)
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Charlotte Sometimes
May 2, 2003
A reclusive auto mechanic hides his love for the beautiful young actress who rents an apartment in his inherited family home. (Visionbox Pictures)
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The Scoundrel's Wife
April 25, 2003
Based on true stories of the Cajun homefront during World War II, when German U-boats threatened the American coast.
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Venus and Mars
April 18, 2003
As Venus and Mars are lining up, four friends gather and hope that one of them will fall in love.
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Anger Management
April 11, 2003
Dave Buznik (Sandler) is usually a mild-mannered, non-confrontational guy. But after an altercation aboard an airplane, he is remanded to the care of an anger management therapist, Dr. Buddy Rydell (Nicholson), who could probably use some anger management himself. (Columbia Pictures)
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XX/XY
April 11, 2003
A unique coming of age story about friends on the threshold of adulthood and how they breech that uneasy time, still struggling to maintain their true sense of being. (IFC Films)
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What a Girl Wants
April 4, 2003
Determined to live out her fantasy of forging a storybook relationship with her long-absent dad, a spirited young American girl (Bynes) impulsively hops a flight to London, where she quickly discovers that her father (Firth) is a high profile politician. (Warner Bros.)
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The Man Without a Past
April 4, 2003
The second installation of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland Trilogy," this touching and amusing film portrays a man who must start his life anew when he is brutally mugged and loses his memory. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Assassination Tango
March 28, 2003
From acclaimed actor, writer, and director Robert Duvall comes Assassination Tango, a complex thriller, fascinating character study, and provocative look at the intoxicating world of Argentine tango. (United Artists)
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Raising Victor Vargas
March 28, 2003
Victor Vargas (Rasuk), a 16-year-old Dominican boy growing up on New York's Lower East Side, finds his self-image as a burgeoning ladies man deflated when the neighborhood finds out that he's dating an unpopular and overweight girl.
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View from the Top
March 21, 2003
A comedy about a young woman (Paltrow) from meager beginnings who dreams of becoming a first class international flight attendant and is wiling to do whatever it takes to ensure that her dreams come true. (Miramax)
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One Swallow Brought Spring
March 21, 2003
This film powerfully evokes the spectacular Rhone Alps, the beauty, simplicity and hardships of farm life, taking chances and dealing with the necessary sacrifices, the ever-present conflict between city and rural, past and present, the cycles of nature and life. (Films Philos)
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Agent Cody Banks
March 14, 2003
Cody Banks (Muniz) seems like a typical teenager - he loves skateboarding, hates math, his mom drives him crazy, and he feels like a complete idiot around girls. But Cody has a really big secret even his family and best friends don't know: he's actually an elite undercover agent for the CIA. (MGM)
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Bend It Like Beckham
March 12, 2003
A British film about a teenage girl named Jess (Nagra) living in London who must make a choice between following the traditions of her Indian family or pursuing her dream of becoming a soccer sensation. (Fox Searchlight)
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Open Hearts
February 21, 2003
Adhering to the guidelines of the celebrated Dogme 95 manifesto, this film focuses on a young engaged couple in Copenhagen who finds their relationship changed forever when the man is hit by a car and paralyzed.
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He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not
February 14, 2003
The relationship between a student and a married doctor is examined from each of their perspectives.
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All the Real Girls
February 14, 2003
A small-town Romeo falls in love with his best friend's little sister.
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Ordinary Sinner
February 14, 2003
This film depicts the lives of three college students struggling to find their place in a tough world.
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Zus & zo
February 7, 2003
A quirky romantic comedy about 3 sisters who connive to prevent their gay brother from inheriting their beautiful seaside vacation home. (Quad Cinema)
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
February 7, 2003
A ladies man just bet his friends that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. In a twist of fate, his target is a magazine columnist writing about (and practicing) all the things women do to drive men away.
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May
February 7, 2003
A hybrid of camp horror and psychological thriller.
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Deliver Us from Eva
February 7, 2003
A trio of men plot to free themselves from their mates' unattached and seemingly omnipresent older sister Eva (Union). (Focus Features)
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The Guru
January 31, 2003
Pairing comedic screen siren Heather Graham as an honest young woman who has kept one very big secret and English actor Jimi Mistry as an Indian immigrant who wants to be a star, The Guru spins the romantic comedy on its head. (Universal Pictures)
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A Guy Thing
January 17, 2003
Paul (Lee) is about to tie the knot with Karen (Blair), the perfect fiancée. But after a completely unexpected encounter with Karen's cousin Becky (Stiles), Paul tells Karen a teensy lie to keep her from finding out what may or may not be the truth. That teensy lie turns into a bigger one, and soon his life is a series of comical misunderstandings. (MGM)
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Divine Intervention
January 17, 2003
Palestinian director and performer Elia Suleiman delivers a darkly comic masterpiece. Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times. (Avatar Films)
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Just Married
January 10, 2003
Can this unlikely marriage survive the honeymoon?
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
December 31, 2002
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. This is the story of the double life of legendary showman Chuck Barris -- television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. (Miramax)
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Smokers Only
December 20, 2002
This film traces the life of a young woman who has lost her job as a singer and her budding friendship and attraction to a male hustler in Buenos Aires. (Strand Releasing)
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Two Weeks Notice
December 20, 2002
A romantic comedy about a charming, irresponsible millionaire (Grant) and his brilliant, neurotic attorney (Bullock).
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Antwone Fisher
December 19, 2002
The story of a man who digs inside himself to discover therein lies a king...A sailor with an explosive attitude, Fisher (Luke) is ordered to see a naval psychiatrist (Washington) about his volatile temper. Little did he know that his first step into the doctor's office would lead him on a journey home. (Fox Searchlight)
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Maid in Manhattan
December 13, 2002
A Cinderella story about a maid (Lopez) in a luxury hotel and her encounter with a prominent politician (Fiennes).
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Drumline
December 13, 2002
A unique look at the world and culture of show-style marching bands ar America's black universities. (20th Century Fox)
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Solaris
November 27, 2002
A story of love, redemption, second chances and a space mission gone terribly wrong. (20th Century Fox)
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The Quiet American
November 22, 2002
From the classic novel by Graham Greene comes a murder mystery centered on a love triangle set against the French Indochina War in Vietnam circa 1952. (Miramax)
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The Crime of Padre Amaro
November 15, 2002
The scandalous story of a young priest, Father Amaro (Gael García Bernal), assigned to a church in a small village in remote Mexico, who falls in love with a teenage girl, Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón), who then becomes pregnant with his baby, and asks for his help in getting an abortion.
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Far From Heaven
November 8, 2002
An idyllic 1950s married couple faces social taboos of homosexuality and interracial relationships -- but at great cost.
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Leela
November 8, 2002
This film, based on the South Asian-American experience, is a heartwarming story of two strangers whose paths in life cross and they walk together for a while. (Lemon Tree Films)
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Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite
November 8, 2002
France's reigning sweetheart Audrey Tautou ("Amelie") plays Michele, a flaky fashion model with a spiritually searching nature. (Empire Pictures)
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The Bread, My Sweet
November 8, 2002
A romantic comedy set in a Pittsburgh bakery.
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Treasure Planet
November 5, 2002
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Planet gets a futuristic twist in this amazing tale of a brave young man's thrilling journey to new frontiers aboard a flying ship.
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Love in the Time of Money
November 1, 2002
In this quintessentially metropolitan sexual roundelay, set at the height of the Nasdaq boom, nine New Yorkers representing a cross section of society are linked by romance and commerce, and often both. (Quad Cinema)
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Besotted
November 1, 2002
A 21st century sorceress (Hardman) arrives in a Cape Cod fishing village for her summer holiday, with the intention of putting her magical powers to good use, creating love matches for the town's lost souls. (Artistic License Films)
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Waking Up in Reno
October 25, 2002
A funny thing happens to two married couples on the way to the Monster Truck Show in Reno, Nevada. (Miramax)
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Frida
October 25, 2002
Chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Hayek) shared openly and unflinchingly with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera (Molina), as this young couple took the art by storm. [Miramax]
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By Hook or by Crook
October 25, 2002
A romantic comedy set in the world of butch lesbians.
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Punch-Drunk Love
October 11, 2002
Paul Thomas Anderson's fourth film features Sandler as a lonely man with serious emotional issues. As he concocts a scheme involving frequent flier miles and copious amounts of pudding, he finds himself both falling prey to a phone-sex scam and falling in love with his sister's colleague.
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Swept Away
October 11, 2002
Guy Ritchie's contemporary adaptation of Lina Wertmuller's 1974 romantic comedy, a story of love, sex, drugs and too much money -- all set against the backdrop of a Mediterranean island paradise. (Sony)
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The Rules of Attraction
October 11, 2002
Set at an affluent New England liberal arts college, this film takes a satiric look at an emerging sexual triangle.
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Tuck Everlasting
October 11, 2002
Based on the magical, award-winning book by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting captures the dreamlike story that has enchanted readers for two generations. (Disney)
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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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Heaven
October 4, 2002
A luminous and haunting love story, layered, in the tradition of Kieslowski, over a probing exploration of the modern world and its moral choices. (Miramax)
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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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The Man from Elysian Fields
September 27, 2002
When a struggling writer (Garcia) is recruited by the head of an elite male escort service (Jagger), he finds himself involved with the wife (Williams) of one of the world's most successful writers (Coburn).
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Moonlight Mile
September 27, 2002
An emotional tale of disarming honesty and unexpected humor...a story about waking up to life, letting go, and discovering that love comes in the most unexpected circumstances. (Touchstone Pictures)
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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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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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Ciao America
September 20, 2002
A young American in Italy becomes the coach of a small-town football team.
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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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