"8 1/2 Women"
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Starring: Toni Collette, John Standing and Amanda Plummer
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Rating: R
Running Time: 120 min.
SYNOPSIS: When Storey (Delamere) learns that his mother has died, he returns to Geneva to console his father (Standing). As part of this attempt, Storey takes his father to see the Fellini movie 8 ½, and the experience inspires the men to form a harem. Among the women they recruit are a nun (Collette), a rambunctious horsewoman (Plummer), and several Asian women.

"American Psycho"
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Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto and Chloe Sevigny
Directed by: Mary Harron
Rating: R
Running Time: 97 min.
SYNOPSIS: Based on Bret Easton Ellis' infamous novel set in the late '80's, American Psycho centers on soulless, yuppie stockbroker Patrick Bateman (Bale), whose obsession with luxury goods and penchant for rape, torture, and murder lead him down a precarious, serial-killing path.

"Arlington Road"
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Starring: Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Jeff Bridges and Hope Davis
Directed by: Mark Pellington
Rating: R
Running Time: 119 min.
SYNOPSIS: When college Professor Michael Farady (Bridges) loses his FBI agent wife to the actions of a vicious right wing group, he starts to rebuild his life with his son in the lush suburbs of Washington D.C. Quickly befriending The Langs (Robbins & Cusack), their new next door neighbors, Farady and his son begin to spend more and more time with them, until a series of small events create doubt in Farady as to the Langs' true intentions. As he searches deeper into his neighbors' past, he fears all of Arlington Road may be conspiring against him.

"Battlefield Earth"
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Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker and Kelly Preston
Directed by: Roger Christian
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 117 min.
SYNOPSIS: John Travolta stars in this sci-fi adaptation of an L. Ron Hubbard novel in which humans are forced underground after an alien invasion. The ten-foot aliens (led by Travolta as their overlord) oppress the weaker humans, who fight valiantly against them.

"The Big Kahuna"
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Starring: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Peter Facinelli
Directed by: John Swanbeck
Rating: R
Running Time: 90 min.
SYNOPSIS: Three lubricant salesmen (Spacey, DeVito, Facinelli) scheme to land the biggest account of their careers. Meeting at a Wichita convention, they plan to host a reception, hoping to turn their luck around. When one is invited to an event with a big client, he becomes involved in a chain of events that affects all of their lives.

"Big Momma's House"
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Starring: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long and Paul Giamatti
Directed by: Raja Gosnell
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 105 min.
SYNOPSIS: Martin Lawrence plays an undercover cop who is sent to Georgia to protect a single mother (Nia Long) and her son. He adopts the identity of a crass, heavy-set Southern grandmother known as "Big Momma" in order to hide his real identity.

"Black and White"
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Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Jared Leto and Claudia Schiffer
Directed by: James Toback
Rating: R
Running Time: 98 min.
SYNOPSIS: Charlie (Phillips) and her friends get involved with a black Harlem gang, out of their longing to fit into the hip-hop culture they admire. They encounter two documentary filmmakers (Downey, Jr. and Shields) who are making a film about white kids that are into black culture.

"Bossa Nova"
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Starring: Amy Irving and Antonio Fagundes
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Rating: R
Running Time: 95 min.
SYNOPSIS: Set in Rio, Bossa Nova tells the story of a struggling Brazilian lawyer who meets an American English teacher just when both had given up hope of finding a partner. After a chance meeting, the two are drawn together through the interactions of characters from each of their two worlds.

"Boys and Girls"
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Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani and Jason Biggs
Directed by: Robert Iscove
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 98 min.
SYNOPSIS: Freddie Prinze Jr. plays opposite Claire Forlani in this romantic comedy about two longtime friends who go to college at Berkeley. After they both suffer a string of failed romances, they start to think maybe they should be dating.

"Butterfly"
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Starring: Uxia Blanco, Manuel Lozano and Fernando Fernan Gomez
Directed by: Jose Luis Cuerda
Rating: R
Running Time: 95 min.
SYNOPSIS: Another Sundance 2000 selection, this Spanish historical drama takes place just before the outbreak of the Civil War. Set in Galicia, it is the touching story of a young boy and his relationship with his liberal teacher set against political upheaval.

"Center Stage"
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Starring: Amanda Schull and Peter Gallagher
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 116 min.
SYNOPSIS: A group of young dancers in New York pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballerinas despite the intense pressures and difficulties that lie in their paths. The Madness of King George director Nicholas Hynter showcases a cast of newcomers in this drama set in the dance world.

"The Cider House Rules"
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Starring: Michael Caine, Tobey Maguire and Charlize Theron
Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 131 min.

"Chicken Run"
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Starring: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawahla and Miranda Richardson
Directed by: Nick Park and Peter Lord
Rating: G
Running Time: 85 min.
SYNOPSIS: Directed by the Academy Award winning team of animators Nick Park and Peter Lord, Chicken Run tells the story of two chickens who fall in love on a British farm. Together, they attempt a daring escape from the clutches of their evil owner. Mel Gibson and Julia Sawahla are the voices of the two love birds.

"The Color Of Paradise"
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Starring: Hossein Mahjoub and Mohsen Ramezani
Directed by: Majid Majidi
Rating: PG
Running Time: 90 min.
SYNOPSIS: Mohammed (Ramezani) is a lively 8-year-old boy who has a lot more to take on than a typical young child. Along with showing how Mohammed senses the world without sight, the film traces his experiences following the death of his mother.

"Croupier"
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Starring: Clive Owen, Kate Hardie and Alex Kingston
Directed by: Mike Hodges
Rating: NR
Running Time: 91 min.
SYNOPSIS: Aspiring writer Jack Manfred (Owen) takes a job as a croupier (someone who runs a casino roulette wheel) to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the world of gambling, Jack is determined to keep his role strictly professional, but the temptations of the game inevitably lure him into the London gambling scene's underbelly.

"Dinosaur"
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Directed by: Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag
Rating: PG
Running Time: 82 min.
SYNOPSIS: This computer-animated movie tells the story of a dinosaur whose egg somehow lands among a group of monkeys. Raised by the monkeys, he then returns to his family and helps them, using the knowledge he has gained from his monkey upbringing.

"East is East"
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Starring: Om Puri, Linda Bassett and Jordan Routledge
Directed by: Damien O'Donnell
Rating: R
Running Time: 96 min.
SYNOPSIS: George Khan (Puri) is Pakistani, the proud father of 7, and set in his traditional ways. He has arranged marriages for each of his children, but, when cultures clash, the children, yearning to embrace the modern world, go off in their own directions and decide to make their own decisions about life and love.

"East-West"
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Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire and Oleg Menshikov
Directed by: Regis Wargnier
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 120 min.
SYNOPSIS: A Russian-born doctor (Menshikov) brings his French bride (Bonnaire) home to Russia after WW II, only to discover that living conditions there have worsened terribly. While his wife rebels against her new life, the doctor feels indebted to the community and she must make a choice between her family and her future.

"Erin Brockovich"
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Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney and Aaron Eckhart
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Rating: R
Running Time: 130 min.
SYNOPSIS: Julia Roberts plays the title character in this drama about a file clerk who discovers a cover-up involving a contaminated local water supply. She must convince her boss and the residents of her town to let her investigate and go to court against the responsible company.

"Fantasia 2000"
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Starring: James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones and Angela Lansbury
Directed by: James Algar
Rating: G
Running Time: 75 min.

"Fight Club"
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Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter
Directed by: David Fincher
Rating: R
Running Time: 139 min.
SYNOPSIS: Angst-ridden Jack (Norton) initially finds release in the cathartic powers of the support groups he crashes, but after a chance meeting, he comes under the sway of societal critic and outlaw Tyler Durden. He and Durden engage in weekly fighting matches, and are soon joined by other men. "Fight Clubs" are formed. However, fight clubs are just the first forms of assault popular with the disgruntled men.

"Final Destination"
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Starring: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter and Kerr Smith
Directed by: James Wong IV
Rating: R
Running Time: 93 min.
SYNOPSIS: A psychological thriller in which a high school student's premonition about an airliner exploding proves true. Alex (Sawa) must figure out why those who got off the flight because of his warning are now dying mysteriously, while realizing that he and the others are being stalked by their own cheated deaths.

"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"
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Starring: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Joan Collins and Alan Cumming
Directed by: Brian Levant
Rating: PG
Running Time: 91 min.
SYNOPSIS: This live action prequel to 1994's The Flintstones goes back in time to tell the story of Fred Flintstone's youth. Fred, who is from "the wrong side of the rocks," courts Wilma by taking her to Rock Vegas for a romantic weekend. They are joined by Barney Rubble and fiancee Betty.

"Frequency"
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Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel and Andre Braugher
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 117 min.
SYNOPSIS: Jim Caviezel plays a homicide detective who figures out that he can communicate with his dead father and time travel via short-wave radio. Going back in time to talk to his dad a few weeks before his death in a fire, the detective is able to prevent a murder.

"Gladiator"
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Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris and Djimon Hounsou
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Rating: R
Running Time: 150 min.
SYNOPSIS: Maximus (Crowe), once named to succeed Caesar, is exiled by the jealous heir to the throne, Commodus (Phoenix). Returning to Rome from a life of slavery, Maximus uses his training as a gladiator to challenge Commodus, avenge his family's murder, and win the admiration of the Roman people.

"High Fidelity"
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Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Lisa Bonet and Tim Robbins
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Rating: R
Running Time: 107 min.
SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the popular Nick Hornby novel, this is the story of a thirty-something record store owner (Cusack) who is forced to confront his arrested adolescence when his girlfriend (Hjejle) dumps him.

"Keeping the Faith"
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Starring: Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman and Kryss Anderson
Directed by: Edward Norton
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 127 min.
SYNOPSIS: Actor Edward Norton makes his directorial debut in this romantic comedy focusing on the relationship between childhood friends -- Norton as a Catholic priest and Stiller as an orthodox rabbi -- who both fall in love with the same woman (Elfman) and begin to question their faith.

"Love and Basketball"
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Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps and Alfre Woodard
Directed by: Gina Prince
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 124 min.
SYNOPSIS: Two ambitious basketball players (Lathan and Epps) share a volatile relationship on and off the court. Stars of their respective teams, the childhood sweethearts struggle to grow up, play the game, and stay together in this romantic comedy by first-time director Gina Prince.

"Mission: Impossible 2"
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Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Thandie Newton and Dougray Scott Directed by: John Woo Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 126 min. SYNOPSIS: Cruise reprises the role of Ethan Hunt in this sequel to the 1996 action hit, directed this time around by Hong Kong maestro John Woo. Hunt and his associates pit themselves against the threat of biological warfare and a former agent-turned-villain (Scott) who schemes against them. His ex-love (Newton) -- who is Hunt's current bedmate -- is sent undercover to try to foil the enemy.

"Road Trip"
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Starring: Breckin Mayer, DJ Qualls, Seann William Scott and Tom Green
Directed by: Todd Philips
Rating: R
Running Time: 91 min.
SYNOPSIS: Four college buddies set out on a desperate road trip to intercept a compromising videotape which was accidentally sent to one of their girlfriends in this broad comedy directed by documentary filmmaker Todd Phillips.

"Shanghai Noon"
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Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Rafael Baez
Directed by: Tom Dey
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 110 min.
SYNOPSIS: The beautiful Princess Pei Pei (Liu) is kidnapped and brought to America in this "Wild West meets the Far East" action movie. Chinese Imperial Guard Wang (Chan) is sent to rescue her and, teaming up with a rascal train robber he doesn't trust (Wilson) and saddled with a horse he can't ride, Wang attempts to save the girl and get the gold.

"The Virgin Suicides"
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Starring: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Rating: R
Running Time: 96 min.
SYNOPSIS: Set in the suburban '70s, this seriocomic adaptation of the Jeffrey Eugenides novel tells the story of the mysterious, alluring, and tragic Lisbon girls as remembered by a group of neighborhood boys who loved them from afar. Sofia Coppola makes her directorial debut with this Sundance premiere.

"U-571"
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Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel and David Keith
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 108 min.
SYNOPSIS: A World War II action thriller that pits a group of American submarine captains against a Nazi-U boat carrying a coding device the U.S. needs in order to protect a convoy of their boats making a crucial trip across the Atlantic.