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Déjà vu -- that powerful but fleeting sense that you've been here, or met someone, before. ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) finds himself dogged by that feeling as he investigates a bombing on a New Orleans ferry. Should he shrug off the unsettling sensation, or can it help him unravel the clues he needs to save hundreds of innocent people from disaster? Directed by Tony Scott, this thriller also stars James Caviezel and Val Kilmer.
On the heels of recent lawsuits against McDonald's, director Morgan Spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body. For one month, Spurlock eats nothing but McDonald's food, ordering everything on the menu at least once and "super-sizing" his order if asked. With obesity on the rise, Spurlock's film begs the question: Where does personal responsibility end and corporate responsibility begin?
Two men go on an excursion and end up inducing midlife crises in this comedy-drama that won six Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature and Best Director. Pinot Noir lover Miles (Paul Giamatti) convinces friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) to enjoy his last days of bachelorhood with a wine country road trip. The pair get involved with two women (Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen) and inevitably come face to face with their past and present.
In this remake of the 1962 political thriller, Capt. Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) and Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) are taken captive during the first Persian Gulf War and brainwashed so that they're programmed to rebel once they return home. Ten years later, as Shaw's mother (Meryl Streep) is busy helping her son in his bid for the presidency, Marco recalls the brainwashing. Can he get to Shaw before it's too late?
Charles (Clive Owen), a successful ad exec and devoted family man, meets a sexy woman (Jennifer Aniston) on his morning commute. Their flirtatious, casual affair turns serious (but not in the way either expected) when a criminal pulls them into a dangerous plot. Now, with their lives thrown off-kilter, Charles and his paramour must turn the tables on the bad guys to save their families. Mikael Hafstrom directs.
John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a private investigator who believes in things that go bump in the night -- which makes him somewhat of an eccentric in a world ruled primarily by logic. So, it comes as a surprise to him when a female cop (Rachel Weisz) seeks his counsel after her twin sister dies in what first appears to be a suicide. She wants definitive proof of the cause of death … but the answers may only come with blind faith on her part.
Climbing aboard their mammoth RV for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the McNeive family -- led by dysfunctional patriarch Bob (Robin Williams) -- prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style. Jeff Daniels and Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth co-star in director Barry Sonnenfeld's raucous vacation comedy.
FBI profiler Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims. Feeling like a square peg in a round hole, Illeana tries to forge a working relationship with the Canucks while racing against time before the killer can strike again. Ethan Hawke also stars as a museum employee who may be the killer's only eyewitness.
Follow four "word nerds" through their fastidious preparations and smaller tournaments that lead to the national championship Scrabble tournament in San Diego in 2002. These men are highly motivated (obsessed, even) and are not above uttering a few four-letter words when the going gets tough. Our favorite: Joel Sherman, a true dork with acid reflux trouble (he constantly quaffs Maalox) and no other discernable job besides playing Scrabble.
Rookie cop Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed from a spinal injury. Their quarry: a grisly serial killer dubbed The Bone Collector, who leaves tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes. Director Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games) filmed the flick on location in New York and Montreal.
Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) is on a mission to deflower as many virgins as possible. His addle-brained theory: Boffing first-timers will protect him from contracting HIV. Trouble is, he already has it. Controversial photographer-filmmaker Larry Clark follows a group of aimless New York teens around a city with few parents and fewer boundaries. Nineteen-year-old Harmony Korine (Gummo) co-wrote the raw, provocative script.
A 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles is the theme of this unflinching drama that challenges viewers to confront their prejudices. Lives combust when a Brentwood housewife and her D.A. husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple all converge. Director Paul Haggis's Best Picture Oscar winner stars Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon and Jennifer Esposito. The Blu-Ray version of this film is Unrated.
Dispatched to a crime scene where a bank robbery is in progress, police detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) hopes to apprehend the cunning thief (Clive Owen) so he can make his case for a promotion. But when a savvy negotiator (Jodie Foster) with questionable motives arrives on the scene, an already unstable situation threatens to implode. Spike Lee directs this tense action-drama co-starring Willem Dafoe and Christopher Plummer.
This tale of political intrigue centers on Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a member of the British High Commission based in Africa, and his quest for truth. When his wife (Rachel Weisz, in an Oscar-winning turn for her supporting role) is murdered, Justin begins his own international investigation. Not even the rumors of his wife's affairs will stop him from uncovering the truth -- a conspiracy much larger and more dangerous than he'd imagined.
Jennifer Aniston leads an all-star cast in this romantic comedy from director Rob Reiner. Recently engaged, aspiring journalist Sarah Huttinger (Aniston) still isn't sure what she wants from life. But on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, Sarah meets an Internet billionaire (Kevin Costner) who reveals some long-buried secrets about Sarah's family that put a whole new spin on her past -- and may change the direction of her future.
Based on Clive Cussler's best-selling novels starring action hero Dirk Pitt, Sahara sets the daring adventurer on a mission to save the world from destruction. While investigating a deadly water-borne epidemic along the Nile, Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) uncovers a secret dating back to Lincoln's assassination and battles an evil industrialist bent on killing every living thing in the world's oceans. Also stars Steve Zahn and Penelope Cruz.
Divorcée Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane) isn't ready for romance. But when her sister (Elizabeth Perkins) signs her up for an online dating service, love-seeking mates come calling. While one Mr. Maybe (Dermot Mulroney) is rife with possibilities, another (John Cusack) is even more intriguing. Still, there's just one problem: While this second eligible bachelor's ad states that his dream woman "Must Love Dogs," neither he nor Sarah actually owns one.
Fueled by praise from fellow painter Camille Pissarro (Alun Armstrong), self-taught artist Paul Gauguin (Kiefer Sutherland) quits his job as a successful Parisian stockbroker and throws himself into his craft, leaving his wife (Nastassja Kinski) and four children for an exotic, South Seas existence. Mario Andreacchio directs this sweeping biopic that sheds light on the fascinating period that inspired some of Gauguin's most famous works.
Samuel L. Jackson plays the titular, controversial coach, a hardliner who firmly believes that scholarship and a sense of ethics go hand in hand with excellence on the basketball court. A man of his convictions, Coach Carter benches his undefeated team of high schoolers when they turn in poor academic grades (much to the chagrin of the players' parents and many of his fellow teachers). Co-stars Ashanti. Thomas Carter directs.
In this thrilling fantasy adventure, a sorcerer's apprentice named Galen (voiced by Peter MacNichol) faces his biggest battle yet: A fire-breathing dragon wreaking havoc in the village and destroying everything in its wake. Does Galen have what it takes to save the citizens of the land? Or is he still a novice, unable to unleash the magic and wizardry the job requires?
A young boy, harassed by schoolyard bullies, holes up in the school's attic with an extraordinary book about an amazing universe filled with rock-eating creatures, racing snails and flying dragons. Director Wolfgang Petersen's (Das Boot) first English-language film is a wonderful fantasy with a timeless and fundamental message. The movie was so successful that it spawned a couple of live-action sequels and an animated TV series.
No middle ground here; you'll either love or hate Requiem for a Dream. Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans are best friends and amateur drug dealers looking for a big score. Trouble is, they're their own best customers. As they descend into the nightmarish hell of addiction, Leto's mother (Oscar-nominee Ellen Burstyn) also finds herself hooked on barbiturates. Not for the squeamish.
Thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a good girl. She's smart, gets along with her mother (Holly Hunter) and is never any trouble. But then she befriends Evie (played by Nikki Reed, who co-wrote the movie), a gorgeous and popular classmate who teaches Tracy to let loose and introduces her to the beguiling world of sex, alcohol, drugs and self-mutilation -- much to the horror of Tracy's friends, relatives and, most of all, her mother.
Director David Lynch weaves another complex, mysterious tale in this story about a woman (Laura Elena Harring) left stranded on Mulholland Drive with amnesia. Alone and afraid, she is taken in by Betty (Naomi Watts), who has just arrived in Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Gradually, the two women start to put the pieces of the puzzle together... a puzzle that unravels a dark, sinister plot.
Hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) tears through the streets of Los Angeles in a race to save his own life and his girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart) in this ticking time bomb of a thriller. The freelance killer is poisoned when a mob job goes wrong, and the clock starts ticking when Chelios learns he can elude death if he keeps his adrenaline pumping. With no time to waste, Chelios rampages through the city hoping to save Eve and find an antidote.
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is now a courier in the underworld, and his policy of not asking questions has earned him a reputation -- and money. But when Martin discovers that his cargo is alive, he opens the package to reveal the bound and gagged Lai (Shu Qi), setting in motion a dangerous chain of events that involves Lai's father, a French detective and others in director Corey Yuen's high-action crime drama.
Based on Ricky Gervais's hit BBC sitcom, this American remake stars Steve Carell as Michael Scott, the deluded general manager of a boring suburban workplace. A biting satire that skewers office life with devious relish, "The Office" co-stars John Krasinski as the lustful Jim, Jenna Fischer as receptionist Pam, Rainn Wilson as know-it-all Dwight and B.J. Novak as temp Ryan.
Apolitical until the apartheid-era South African government brutalizes him and his wife, Secunda Oil Refinery worker Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) turns terrorist in this fact-based thriller helmed by Phillip Noyce. Changed by his experience, Chamusso casts his lot with the outlawed African National Congress and volunteers to be a one-man wrecking crew against his ex-employer. Tim Robbins plays the white cop tasked with capturing Chamusso.
Superspook Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) gets political when an unconstitutional "war on drugs" -- fought with U.S. soldiers -- goes awry. Ryan uncovers the secret plan just as the troops are abandoned, and he realizes he's being set up to take the fall. Can Ryan save the soldiers, save himself and save the day?
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) escapes custody after a ferocious train accident (one of the most thrilling wrecks ever filmed). While Kimble tries to find the true murderer, gung-ho U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones, in an Oscar-winning performance) is hot on Kimble's trail, pulling out all stops to put him back behind bars.
Tasked with escorting chatty prosecution witness Eddie Bunker (rapper and seasoned actor Mos Def) from police custody to a nearby courthouse, aging New York City cop Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) reluctantly gears up for the 16-block trek. But with powerful forces intent on keeping them from reaching their destination, they'll be lucky to make it there alive. David Morse co-stars in director Richard Donner's action thriller.
Responding to the lax moral milieu of the mid-1970s, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon (James Woods and Kathleen Turner, respectively) keep their five alluring, adolescent daughters on a short leash. When the youngest, 13-year-old Cecelia (Hannah Hall), unaccountably commits hara-kiri and wayward elder sister Lux (Kirsten Dunst) violates curfew, Mom puts all the girls under virtual house arrest. But her overreaction has unintended -- and dire -- consequences.
Set in Tokyo, this subtle, nuanced film played Bill Murray against type and earned director Sofia Coppola an Original Screenplay Oscar. Two lost souls -- the young, neglected wife (Scarlett Johansson) of a photographer and a washed-up movie star (Murray, in an Oscar-nominated performance) shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company and away from their lives in America.
Sometimes, inspiration is found in the most surprising places ... or people. In this cinematic adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name, Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, the young housemaid with a hidden appreciation for art who becomes the muse of Dutch master painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), famous for capturing the luminosity and grace of women in their domestic setting.
An ad salesman, Dan (Dennis Quaid), must take a junior position after a corporate shakedown. Worse, he now reports to a much-younger boss, Carter (Topher Grace), a business school grad who espouses a sales approach branded Synergy that's at odds with Dan's old-school style. Although they don't see eye to eye, the two must get along, a mandate made more difficult when Carter becomes smitten with Dan's daughter (Scarlett Johansson).
Writer-director Richard Kelly's trippy, mind-bending feature debut stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled Midwestern teenager plagued by incessant sleepwalking, family drama and visions of a menacing 6-foot-tall, doomsday-prophesizing rabbit. Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Noah Wyle also star in this intriguing cult classic.
Con man Richard Gaddis (John C. Reilly) teams up with newbie Rodrigo (Diego Luna) for a heist that's a little bigger than his usual projects: They'll filch an antique currency note from a customer when he blows into town at the casino where Gaddis trolls for victims. But it seems the pair will need help, which lessens Gaddis's take. Plus, his sister (Maggie Gyllenhaal) seems dead-set on spoiling his criminal fun. (Remade from Nine Queens.)
Fast-food-loving hit man Vince Vega (John Travolta), his philosophical partner Jules (Samuel L. Jackson), a drug-addled gangster's moll (Uma Thurman) and a washed-up boxer (Bruce Willis) converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time. Director and co-writer Quentin Tarantino uses whip-smart dialogue to propel the most audacious and imitated movie of the 1990s.
Director Alejandro González Iñarritu's internationally acclaimed debut film recounts three tales that unfold and intertwine on the brutal streets of Mexico City. Streetwise loser Octavio (Gael García Bernal) has an obsessive crush on his sister-in-law; Daniel (Álvaro Guerrero) dumps his family for a disturbed supermodel; and ex-guerilla El Chivo (Emilio Echevarría) cares for a wounded dog while planning an assassination.
Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut is raw, violent, often mimicked -- and unforgettable. A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), newcomer Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), bickering weasel Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), and Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn) -- unravel.
Danny Boyle's explosive 1996 film tracks the misadventures of young men (played by a cast that includes Ewan MacGregor, Robert Carlyle and Jon Lee Miller) trying to find their way out of joblessness, aimless relationships and drug addiction. Some are successful, while others are hopelessly not. Based on Irvine Walsh's novel, Trainspotting melds grit with poetry, resulting in a film of harsh truths and stunning grace.
Eddie (Nick Moran) is usually slick with a deck of cards, but after losing at a fixed table for London high rollers, he's in massive debt to a local porn kingpin (P.H. Moriarty). Eddie's irate father (Sting) refuses to hand over his bar to save his son's fingers, leaving Eddie and his friends few options. To come out ahead, they craft a heist to steal the money from the criminals next door -- with overblown results.
When his only friend dies, a young dwarf named Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) relocates to an abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, intent on living the life of a hermit. But his solitude is soon interrupted by his colorful neighbors, which include a struggling artist (Patricia Clarkson) coping with the recent death of her young son and a talkative Cuban hot dog vendor (Bobby Cannavale).
In director Doug Liman's career-making look at twenty-something guys, struggling comedian Mike (Jon Favreau) despairs over his love life, so his four pals, fellow Hollywood hopefuls, pump up his nightlife. Buddy (Vince Vaughn), offering dubious lessons on "babes," even whisks Mike to Vegas. Although their attempts at living la vida loca seldom work out as fantasized, Mike meets one woman (Heather Graham) who might finally break his funk.
A Jesuit missionary (Jeremy Irons) establishes a church in the hostile jungles of Brazil (circa 1750) and then finds his work converting the Rain Forest Indians threatened by greed and political forces among his superiors. Rodrigo Mendoza (Robert De Niro) is a heartless soldier who kills his own brother and then convinces Irons's missionary to oversee his penance and conversion to the clergy. Won the 1987 Oscar for best cinematography.
Robert Arkins stars as Jimmy Rabbitte, a committed young man with an ambitious goal: to form an American-style soul band in a low-income section of Dublin, Ireland. Before long, he's cobbled together a group of misfits who can really play. But can they stay together long enough to make it to the top? Director Alan Parker packs his film with fresh faces, evocative locations and soul classics such as "Mustang Sally" and "Chain of Fools."
Grieving widow Queen Victoria (played imperiously by Judi Dench) withdraws into sadness for years, until plainspoken manservant John Brown (Billy Connolly) disrupts her mourning. Their friendship grows, resulting in personal and political ramifications for both. Funny, exquisitely shot and featuring sparkling performances, Mrs. Brown brilliantly portrays the woman behind an empire and the man who helped her live again.
A fascinating tapestry of interwoven relationships played against a colorful Manhattan setting. A film about humanity, people's lives, loves, perceptions and ideals takes a bold look at human nature with a warm and humorous perspective.
When two men discover a human skull and an encrusted badge buried near a small Texas border town, the investigation of lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) reveals a 40-year-old murder in director John Sayles' acclaimed drama. Sam's late father, the former sheriff (Matthew McConaughey, in flashbacks), is a town legend, and Sam's discoveries threaten to tarnish his dad's reputation and touch the lives of nearly everyone in the community.
Abel Ferrara's stylish direction accentuates this gritty action film about a New York drug lord (Christopher Walken) who's just out of prison and determined to rule the streets again with a vengeance. But this time, amidst his violent crusade, he also wants to use part of his drug-trade money to do good -- by donating it to a local hospital for the poor. The stellar supporting cast includes Wesley Snipes, David Caruso and Laurence Fishburne.
In this quirky documentary that won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, director Chris Smith chronicles aspiring filmmaker Mark Borchardt's battle to finish his horror flick Coven, despite a lack of just about everything, including sense. Over three years, Smith follows Borchardt's dogged quest, lending encouragement and cash to a motley crew that includes Borchardt's friends, local theater talent and his inimitable Uncle Bill.
Director Terry Zwigoff spent six years compiling this portrait of the underground cartoonist whose characters Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural became counterculture icons. Candid interviews with Robert Crumb and his spouses, offspring, siblings and peers render a compelling profile of a tormented man who transcended a harrowing upbringing to produce stunningly original art. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Martial arts master Jet Li shows off his karate (and acting) chops in this dark, brooding film helmed by French director Luc Besson. Li plays Liu Jian, a narcotics cop sent to Paris to help crack a French-Chinese smuggling ring. When the mission goes horribly wrong, Liu becomes embroiled in a vast conspiracy and must race to prove his innocence and ensure his survival. Bridget Fonda co-stars.
Raised as a slave, Danny (Jet Li) is like an animal who knows nothing but fighting for survival. In fact, his "master," Bart (Bob Hoskins), thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar. Together, they make money in fight clubs, where Danny's the main contender. When Bart dies unexpectedly, Danny is left bereft, trusting no one, until he meets a piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) who uses music to free Danny's long-buried heart.
During the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young peasant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) takes up the mantle of knighthood so he can help repel the army of Christian crusaders that took control of the city in the year 1099. To complicate matters (of course), the young knight also falls in love with a beautiful princess (Eva Green). Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis and Brendan Gleeson co-star. Ridley Scott directs. The Blu-ray version of this film is the Director's Cut only.
Long-retired gunslinger William Munny (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly takes one last job -- and even more reluctantly accepts a boastful youth (Jaimz Woolvett) as a partner. Together, they discover how easily complicated truths are distorted into simplistic myths about the Old West. Gene Hackman (who won an Oscar) and Richard Harris stand out as old foes who have an unhappy reunion. Other Oscars include Best Picture and Director (Eastwood).
A remake of the 1932 film starring Paul Muni, Scarface gets a face-lift by transferring its venue to Miami, reflecting the drug rackets of the early '80s. Pacino chews scenery as lowly Cuban refugee Tony Montana, who becomes a Florida drug kingpin but makes the fatal mistake of "getting high on his own supply." Michelle Pfeiffer has a small role as "the blonde" Tony lusts after.
Shot on location in Hong Kong, Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee's final movie, is now a martial arts classic. Lee plays a monk (also named Lee) who enters a brutal championship tournament for which only the best are invited. His athletic prowess lands him there, but he's also serving as a spy for the British government, and he's out to prove that the contest's manager, Han, is also a player in the drug trade. Will Lee be the last man standing?
Cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) has a death wish, and that makes him a lethal weapon. Distraught over his wife's death, Riggs puts a loaded gun in his mouth. But he can't pull the trigger, so he tries to get bad guys to do it for him by taking risks at every turn. Along for the wild ride is Riggs' buttoned-down partner (Danny Glover).
The action starts when the lights go down in this rip-roaring sequel that reunites Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. In the opening chase, Martin Riggs (Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Glover) stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under Murtaugh's toilet, the action explodes!
Rene Russo joins the cast of this buddy-cop series as Lorna Cole, a tough-as-nails policewoman who's more than a match for lethal weapon Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson). Riggs' relative stability is threatened when he learns that a rogue cop murdered his late wife. Danny Glover's Roger Murtaugh is still trying to retire (with no luck), and Joe Pesci returns for laughs as Leo Getz.
Supercops Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) return, along with Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Chris Rock as a fast-talking cop. The gang stumbles onto a Chinese people-smuggling ring, led by enforcer Jet Li, the toughest, fastest cat the Lethal crew has ever faced. Features include deleted scenes from the three previous Lethal Weapon movies.
Yes, it's an old TV show transformed into a movie. But it has a script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), was directed by Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon) and stars Jodie Foster, James Garner and Mel Gibson as gamblin' man Bret Maverick (a role Garner originated on the tube). Giddy up for some goofy, gamblin' fun.
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter (Mel Gibson) is left asking after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be. Director Brian Helgeland's action thriller is all about nasty retribution.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation goes awry. Now a fugitive, Hunt finds that a mole has penetrated the CIA, and Hunt himself is the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt must ferret out the real double agent and even the score in director Brian De Palma's big-screen remake of the popular 1960s TV series. Gadgets, effects, and spectacular action sequences abound.
This romantic action-thriller plunges Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) into an international crisis of terrifying magnitude. With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief (Thandie Newton) on his mind, Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called "Chimera" on the world.
Helmed by J.J. Abrams, the third entry in the explosive espionage series finds semiretired superspy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) forced back into action to save his protégé, Lindsey Ferris (Keri Russell). To checkmate her investigation, badass arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) abducts Lindsey, sending Ethan and his crack field team to Berlin on a rescue mission. Meanwhile, Ethan's agency superiors may be double-dealing their operatives.
Sean Penn stars as corrupt Southern politician Willie Stark in this remake of the Oscar-winning 1949 film based on Robert Penn Warren's novel. The charismatic Stark wins the populist vote, but behind closed doors, he's as underhanded as the predecessors he smeared. Ex-reporter Jack Burden (Jude Law) unwittingly helps Stark gain political power, but it's just a matter of time before the governor's crooked dealings are exposed.
When a detention camp probation officer (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) presents his idea to mold dangerous teenage inmates into a successful high school-level football team, none of his superiors thinks he can do it. But with a spirited co-worker (rapper Xzibit) by his side, he just may prove them wrong. This sports-infused drama is based on an Emmy-Award documentary chronicling the creation of the real-life Camp Kilpatrick Mustangs.
An action-packed flick patterned after the 1973 film about tough Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser -- a man who didn't suffer criminals lightly. Ex-Special Forces grunt Chris Vaughn (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) returns to his hometown in Washington to revive his family's lumber mill business but discovers that drug dealers and crooked casino owners have taken control. Time to load up on the lumber and crack some heads. Co-stars Johnny Knoxville.
Director-producer Davis Guggenheim (HBO's "Deadwood") captures former Vice President Al Gore in the midst of waging a passionate campaign -- not for the White House, but for the environment. Laying out the facts of global warming without getting political, Gore makes a sobering impression in this Oscar-winning doc on the audiences who hear his message, urging them to act "boldly, quickly and wisely" ... before it's too late to act at all.
When three popular girls (Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow and Ashanti) discover they've all had their hearts broken by the same scoundrel (Jesse Metcalfe), they join forces to get revenge in this teen comedy. Determined to give their ex a taste of his own medicine, Heather, Beth and Kate devise a plan to ruin John Tucker's reputation as a Casanova by enlisting the new girl in town to seduce him and then break his heart. Jenny McCarthy co-stars.
From the pages of David Lloyd and Alan Moore's groundbreaking graphic novel springs the enigmatic "V" (Hugo Weaving of The Matrix), a masked freedom fighter who's taken up arms against the totalitarian government in a futuristic Britain. Finding an unlikely ally in a young woman named Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman), V urges the citizenry to fight the oppression of the state. John Hurt and Stephen Rea also co-star.
Tony Scott pilots an intriguing action thriller based on the life of Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley), the offspring of actor Laurence Harvey and model Pauline Stone. Blessed with her mother's beautiful face, Domino eschews a career in the fashion industry for a life as a bounty hunter. The film's all-star supporting cast includes Mena Suvari, Lucy Liu, Christopher Walken, Macy Gray, Dabney Coleman and Brian Austin Green.
Why are three missing Russian nuclear scientists holed up in the Ukraine, communicating with neo-Nazis? CIA agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) digs up more information than the U.S. government is willing to accept. As bombs kill thousands in Chechnya and the United States, Ryan races against time to prevent all-out nuclear war. Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, this high-intensity technothriller co-stars Morgan Freeman.
Oscar winner Ridley Scott directs this adaptation of Peter Mayle's best-selling novel, following the romantic misadventures of an Englishman in Provence, France. After inheriting a vineyard from his uncle (Albert Finney), failed banker Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) moves abroad, where he meets a beautiful French woman (Marion Cotillard), as well as a feisty American (Abbie Cornish) who claims to be his long-lost cousin -- and his uncle's true heir.
When Deirdre Burroughs (Annette Bening) impulsively decides that her adolescent son Augusten (Joseph Cross) should be raised by her unconventional psychiatrist (Brian Cox), her choice to give him away changes the course of his life forever. An all-star ensemble cast -- including Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin and Jill Clayburgh -- drives this quirky adaptation of Augusten Burroughs's best-selling memoir.
Danny DeVito directs this dark comedy set in the dog-eat-dog world of children's television. Kids' show star Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) gets fired over a bribery scandal and is replaced by Smoochy (Edward Norton) -- a puffy, purple rhinoceros. When Randolph discovers Smoochy is having an affair with Randolph's ex-lover Nora (Catherine Keener), a top programming executive at the network, he plots his revenge.
When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides in Erica (Laura Keys), who lures him into her erratic lifestyle, and their crazy romance brings him terrifying hallucinations and isolation as he learns that hedonism will not eliminate his pain.
At the top of Santa's "naughty" list, unethical dim-bulb attorney Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) and his shifty associate (Billy Bob Thornton) embezzle $2 million from a local mobster. Not content with the cash, the sleazy lawyer dreams of skipping the icebound town with club owner Renata (Connie Nielsen), but the cops and townsfolk grow increasingly suspicious. Randy Quaid and Oliver Platt co-star in Harold Ramis's outlandish holiday thriller.
In this thriller based on actual events, Palestinian terrorists hold hostage and ultimately kill a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. In the tragic aftermath of the infamous murders, a Mossad agent (Eric Bana) tracks down the assassins. Ciaran Hinds and Geoffrey Rush co-star in this film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner (award-winning playwright of "Angels in America").
Convinced little Olive (Abigail Breslin) is beauty queen material, parents Richard (Greg Kinnear) and Sheryl (Toni Collette) and the rest of the family embark on a life-altering road trip to a pageant in this madcap comedy. Struggling motivational speaker Richard pushes Olive to win, while her silent brother (Paul Dano), depressed uncle (Steve Carell) and nursing-home reject grandpa (Alan Arkin, in an Oscar-winning role) add their own quirks to the mix.
Maria Full of Grace is the harrowing story of an atypical drug-running "mule." Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno, whose portrayal earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead) is a smart, independent 17-year-old girl from Colombia who agrees to smuggle a half-kilo of heroin into the United States for a shot at a normal existence in the magical land of "El Norte" -- where she imagines the city streets must be paved with gold.
Creasy (Denzel Washington) is a former federal agent whose outlook on life is anything but sunny. While in Mexico City, he halfheartedly takes a job protecting the child (Dakota Fanning) of a couple whose lives have been threatened. The little girl begins to grow on Creasy, and the two form a bond that revives his trampled soul. But when she's kidnapped, Creasy's fury is unstoppable as he desperately tries to save her. Tony Scott directs.
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment, exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence, and reveals the association's efforts to control culture. Interviewees include John Waters, Darren Aronofsky, Maria Bello, Atom Egoyan, Kevin Smith and more.
In this quirky romantic comedy, Adam Sandler is Barry Egan, a melancholy loner who's spent life being dominated by his abusive sisters. But Barry's life takes an interesting turn when one of his sisters tries to set him up on a blind date with a sweet Englishwoman (Emily Watson), who ends up pursuing Barry relentlessly … and on top of that, Barry soon finds himself being chased by three thugs because he's not paying his phone-sex bills!
When four boys tap into the supernatural powers they inherited from their fathers, they unknowingly release a malicious evil into the world. Now, several years later, their only hope for survival -- and for the future of humanity -- is to use their collective force to repair the damage. Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford and Taylor Kitsch co-star in this drama based on the comic book by Aron Coleite and Tone Rodriguez.
In this fairy tale for adults, 10-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) stumbles on a decaying labyrinth guarded by Pan (Doug Jones), an ancient satyr who claims to know her destiny. With a new home, a new stepfather (Sergi Lopez) -- a Fascist officer in the pro-Franco army -- and a new sibling on the way, nothing is familiar to Ofelia in this multiple Oscar-winning tale set in 1944 Spain from director Guillermo del Toro.
Four high-school girls' lives are changed forever when a defiant but charismatic drifter (Angelina Jolie) unites them and inspires them to exact revenge on their sexually abusive biology teacher. The quintet then spirals toward anarchy as they abduct and blackmail the father of one of the girls -- an act they come to rue when they find themselves on the lam and battling for their survival. Loosely based Joyce Carol Oates' controversial novel.
When a clerical error sends a teenage lion to the wilds of Africa, five zoo animals -- a lion, a giraffe, a koala, a snake and a squirrel -- launch a rescue mission to bring him back home. But before they can get off the continent, they'll have to conquer the concrete jungle. Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Jonathan Kimmel, Eddie Izzard and Chris Edgerly lend their vocal talents to this animated Walt Disney adventure.
When a tiny acorn bonks Chicken Little (Zach Braff) on the head, he causes widespread panic and gets on the bad side of the entire town. Disney's animated adventure follows the poor little clucker as he tries to redeem himself and stay out of trouble, but when he's hit on the head by a real piece of sky, it's up to Chicken Little and his friends Ugly Duckling (Joan Cusack), Runt of the Litter (Steve Zahn) and Fish Out of Water to save the world.
A string of Hollywood A-list celebs -- including Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Garner, Kathy Bates and Robert Redford -- give voice to E.B. White's beloved barnyard characters in this updated retelling of the classic children's tale. When Wilbur the pig discovers he's destined for the dinner table, kindly spider Charlotte (Julia Roberts) hatches a plan to keep him around. Dakota Fanning plays sensitive farm girl Fern.
Dr. Taylor Biggs (Billy Zane) is haunted by a past that's not his own. A hallucinatory drug gives him the power to see visions of vicious crimes, visions made all that more disturbing when he discovers that the murderous memories may belong to the father he never knew (Dennis Hopper). Ann-Margret co-stars as Biggs's mother, whose own failing memory makes her powerless to help him unravel his family history.
In the 25th century, a rampaging virus has forced the remnants of humanity into the seclusion of a last redoubt. But political conflict swirls within, and the climate is ripe for revolution. Aiming to hasten an uprising, the leader of the underground rebellion (Frances McDormand) dispatches acrobatic assassin Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) to eliminate the government's top leader in this futuristic thriller based on the popular animated MTV show.
When 15-year-old Eragon (Edward Speleers) stumbles upon a dragon's egg -- and then that egg hatches -- he sets in motion a series of events that leads him to assume the legacy of a legendary race of dragon riders. Jeremy Irons plays the wise storyteller Brom, and John Malkovich plays the evil king Galbatorix in this fantasy adventure based on the first book of Christopher Paolini's popular Inheritance trilogy.
Writer-director Richard Kelly revamps his debut film, an edgy psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face to face with his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a delusional high school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past … and deadly predictions for the future. This cult favorite boasts a stellar supporting cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle and Jena Malone.
Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff, who also directed) returns to his hometown in New Jersey after a decade away to attend his mother's funeral. Having just weaned himself off antidepressants, the young man begins to see his life in a new light, which leads him to confront his psychologist father (Ian Holm) and forge a connection with a new friend (Natalie Portman). This whimsical comedy premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
In this lively comedy from DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features (Wallace & Gromit), London high-society mouse Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is flushed down the toilet by Syd, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita (Kate Winslet), the rodent-hating Toad (Ian McKellen) and his faithful thugs Spike and Whitey (Andy Serkis and Bill Nighy).
Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel comes to life in this sensitive, soulful adaptation. Four sisters (including Winona Ryder, Claire Danes and Kirsten Dunst) and their mother (Susan Sarandon) battle life's vicissitudes in Civil War-era America after their father leaves to join the conflict. Brimming with compelling performances from a strong ensemble cast, Little Women breathes new cinematic life into a revered classic.
After committing himself to a mental institution, Hunter "Patch" Adams (Robin Williams) realizes that introducing his fellow patients to humor significantly improves their quality of life. Upon leaving the institution, he decides to become a doctor who cures people using laughter rather than cold, analytical processes. Although jeopardizing his future in medicine, Patch continues his unconventional yet promising healing methods.
Julie Taymor directs this Oscar-winning biopic of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), focusing on her often rocky relationship with husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). Also known for her controversial political and sexual reputation (she was a communist and a bisexual), Frida struggled with a life of wracking pain following an accident, the amputation of a leg, and finally, drug and alcohol abuse that killed her at age 47.
A conscientious father (Eddie Murphy) loses his lucrative dot-com job and finds himself facing financial ruin and possible bankruptcy. So, he joins his friends (Steve Zahn and Jeff Garlin) in opening an entrepreneurial "guy-run" business called Daddy Day Care. Unfortunately, the owner (Anjelica Huston) of a more traditionally operated rival daycare center doesn't much like the new upstarts.
It's Pygmalion for a new millennium when unassuming San Francisco teenager Anne Hathaway (of TV's "Get Real") learns she's heir to the mantle of the tiny European principality of Genovia. The gawky teen gets a makeover from a newfound grandmother (Julie Andrews), and it's off to the races with more social gaffes and slapstick than you'd find in a Three Stooges film festival.
As the newly crowned princess of the tiny European country of Genovia, teenager Mia (Anne Hathaway) is still trying to get used to her new title. Moving from her home in America to the small, little-known land has been difficult, but luckily, her best friend Lilly (Heather Matarazzo) is visiting during her summer vacation. As Mia's groomed to become the future ruler of Genovia, she finds out that an arranged marriage might be in store, too.
U.S. Marshall John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen (Vanessa L. Williams), who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent (James Caan) within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.
This psychological suspense-thriller is anything but by the book. Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) is working a murder case with green partner (Ben Chaplin), attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men (Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt). The teens are cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets may explain their crimes ... but only if Cassie can win the battle of wits.
Eddie Murphy talks to the animals once again in this well-loved family comedy. This time, it's up to the good doctor to defend the habitat of a lone female bear, Ava (voiced by Lisa Kudrow), and introduce her to a suitable (if intellectually challenged) mate (voiced by Steve Zahn). Adults will enjoy the sly humor of Issac Hayes playing a possum; kids will love the world-class animatronics.
Geeky humor that really snarls pervades this movie riff on the legendary underground comic/graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. Mopey high schooler Enid (Thora Birch) and her equally disaffected friend Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) are a couple of slackers with a penchant for hurtful practical jokes. But when Enid begins to bond with one of their targets (Steve Buscemi), look out -- teen angst might give way to real feeling.
Director Steve Beck's chilling remake of the classic 1960 horror flick follows a family moving into the house they inherited from an eccentric uncle. There's just one problem: The house has a dangerous agenda all its own. Trapped in their new home by strangely shifting walls, Arthur (Tony Shaloub), his daughter Kathy (Shannon Elizabeth) and son Bobby (Alec Roberts) encounter powerful entities that threaten to annihilate anyone in their path.
Attorney Erin Bruner (Laura Linney) always manages to keep her emotions in check when she's in the middle of a case, but she finds herself unraveling when she decides to represent a priest (Tom Wilkinson) who's conducted an exorcism gone horribly awry. The highly charged case, in which Erin battles an overconfident state lawyer (Aaron Douglas) who thinks he has a slam dunk, leaves her questioning her life choices, career prospects and beliefs.
When a blood-spattered altar boy (Ed Norton) is found running from a murder scene, his conviction seems certain. But when arrogant defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) steps in, the issue of the boy's possible guilt may be less important than winning the case. Based on the novel by William Diehl, this twisty thriller delivers a perfect police procedural with characters that are deeper than they appear.
Hidden deep in the Everglades, evidence that could set an innocent man free languishes -- but will it matter? When a death row inmate calls on a Harvard law professor (Sean Connery) to prove his innocence 8 years after a crime, the evidence doesn't interest the police. Can Connery overcome the system and catch the real killer? A stellar cast (Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris) makes this nail-biter a must-see.
Sensing a crisis in Yemen, the U.S. government sends Col. Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) to remove the U.S. ambassador and his family. Childers succeeds but ends up killing 80 civilians in the process. Fearing a court martial that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life, Childers looks to Col. Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) to defend him in court.
Against formidable odds, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) sets his sights on becoming the U.S. Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Brashear's biggest obstacle? Leslie Sunday (Robert De Niro), an old-school diving instructor embittered by the Navy's new, less prejudicial policies. Ultimately, fate conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph … and honor.
A small-town high school football coach (Ed Harris) befriends an illiterate, developmentally disabled man (Cuba Gooding Jr.) nicknamed "Radio," who has always been the target of jokes and teasing. Although their friendship raises eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk. Based on the true story of the life of James Robert Kennedy.
It looks like fourth down and long yardage when Denzel Washington replaces a well-respected -- and white -- football coach (Will Patton) in a Virginia high school rampant with prejudice, circa 1970. Not to be discouraged, Washington welds the young players, the Titans, into a force to be reckoned with on the gridiron and off. Based on real-life events.
Gritty, grim and epic, Rocky is the real deal, a crowd pleaser with a less-than-storybook ending. When Muhammad Ali-esque boxing champ Carl Weathers wants to give a nobody a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers pick palooka Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). Rocky won the 1976 Best Picture Oscar thanks to John Avildsen's solid direction and Stallone's root-for-the-underdog script.
After Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) goes the distance with heavyweight champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), boxing fans clamor for a rematch. But Rocky's massive injuries lead him to announce his retirement so he can settle down with Adrian (Talia Shire). Despite the fresh start, he soon realizes that he can't escape his true calling. The ring beckons once more, and the "Italian Stallion" must prepare for the fight of his life.
The third chapter in the life of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) finds Rocky's lifestyle of wealth and idleness suddenly shaken when a powerful fighter known as Clubber Lang (Mr. T) challenges Rocky to a bout. After soundly losing, the previously overconfident champ begins training for a rematch -- with the help of former opponent Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Talia Shire and Burgess Meredith reprise their roles from the first two films.
Sly Stallone heads into the ring for the fourth time in this heart-pounding sports drama. A new challenger steps forward to take on Rocky's world heavyweight title: Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a gargantuan fighter from the Soviet Union. After Drago kills Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) in an exhibition match, Rocky sets out to avenge his friend by agreeing to a globally-televised match in the heart of Moscow. Expect a heart-pounding fight to the finish.
In this final chapter of the series, a lifetime of taking shots has terminated Rocky's (Sylvester Stallone) career, and a crooked accountant has left him bankrupt. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky's able to find glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer named Tommy (Tommy Morrison). When Tommy leaves his tutelage for a flashy promoter, Rocky's rage and sense of betrayal inspire him to fight one last grudge match.
Though long retired from boxing, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) returns to the ring for one last hurrah in this drama featuring the iconic action star. Now widowed, Rocky's settled into middle age running a deli. But the former champ misses the sparring life, and he's drawn back into the ring after suffering a personal tragedy. When he's offered a shot at the title, he'll have to go all out to prove he's still got what it takes.
When egotistical pro baseball superstar Tommy Santorelli (Luke Perry) is knocked unconscious by a pitch, he awakes as a 12-year-old playing ball on his neighborhood sandlot. In danger of losing the playing field, Tommy must lead his ragtag team to victory over the developer's ace ball club to save the sandlot. But can Tommy be the selfless friend and team player it will take to win? Keanu Pires, Danny Nucci and Sarah Deakins also star.
Several interlocking plots revolve around a scramble for a stolen 86-karat diamond, an attempt to fix a boxing match and … pigs. Director Guy Ritchie returns to London's mean streets, rife again with characters such as Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) and Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro). Brad Pitt is a standout as a bare-knuckles fighter who speaks a gypsy dialect nobody understands.
This 1999 remake (the 1968 version starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway) showcases debonair Pierce Brosnan as a multibillionaire art connoisseur who, for kicks, would rather steal art objects than buy them. Insurance company troubleshooter Rene Russo stalks him -- all the way to his bedroom! Brosnan and Russo's chemistry is incendiary in this snappy mix of love and larceny.
Set in early 1900s Vienna, Neil Burger's romantic thriller centers on illusionist extraordinaire Eisenheim (Edward Norton), who falls for an aristocrat (Jessica Biel) well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), the master magician employs his powers to win her love. His daring scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti).
Director Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated drama illuminates the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X (Denzel Washington), following him from his early days as a prison-bound gangster to his conversion to Islam, marriage to Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett) and discovery of the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Mohammad (Al Freeman Jr.). When Malcolm turns his back on the Nation of Islam (following a pilgrimage to Mecca), he becomes a murder target.
Take a hallucinogenic trip minus the drugs but with all the fun. Puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) discovers a door that's in fact a portal into actor John Malkovich's brain. For 15 minutes, Schwartz experiences the ultimate head trip: He's John Malkovich! More wacky adventure ensues when Schwartz plans to sell trips into Malkovich's brain for $200 a pop. Not your average comedy!
Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is a sweet, affable guy enjoying a humble existence in tiny Mandrake Falls, N.H. When he inherits controlling interest in a massive media corporation, Deeds is thrown into the corporate world and starts injecting his small-town values into the company's various sectors -- with hilarious results! Winona Ryder plays a New York tabloid TV reporter who's sent undercover to do an exposé on Deeds.
Biologically engineered soldier Tsui Chik (Jet Li) is the leader of Squad 701, but when the government shuts down the project because of the mental instability of the group, Tsui turns over a peaceful new leaf and works in a library. But the old life pulls him back when his former cohorts, led by psychotic Commander Hung (Patrick Lung), start killing people in an attempt to take over Hong Kong's drug trade in director Daniel Lee's actioner.
Satisfy your need for speed and launch your home theater into the jet-propelled world of the U.S. Navy's best aviators. Tom Cruise plays Maverick, who has to struggle to control himself, responsibility and a steamy love affair (with Kelly McGillis) while competing at the Navy's fighter-weapons school, better known as Top Gun. Anthony Edwards co-stars as Maverick's loyal sidekick Goose, while Val Kilmer glowers as Iceman. Tony Scott directs.
Young modeling-agency assistant Helen (Kate Hudson) has a powerful boss (Helen Mirren) and a career that's right on track. But just as she's about to be promoted, her sister (Felicity Huffman) and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident. As the new sole guardian to her sister's three kids, she tries to keep it together while managing her new duties. Upon moving to Queens, she finds a friend in a local pastor named Dan (John Corbett).
A deadly disease and a band of brothers threaten to destroy the planet in this thrilling computer-animated sequel based on the popular video game. Now a recluse, ex-soldier Cloud Strife runs a delivery service from Tifa's bar, which also doubles as a safe-haven for children stricken with the lethal affliction. But Cloud and his friends are called back into action when the mysterious Kadaj and his brothers show up on the scene.
In a desperate attempt to push their 30-something son Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) out of the nest, a frustrated mother and father (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw) hire a beautiful relationship "consultant" (Sarah Jessica Parker) with a patented plan to move him out of the house. But her tried-and-true tactics, which involve her posing as the girl of his dreams, don't always have the intended effect. Zooey Deschanel co-stars.
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have the election for student council president sewn up until one of her teachers, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick), rounds up a worthy opponent. McAllister convinces Paul (Chris Klein), a popular and naïve varsity football player whose injury has put him on the sidelines for the season, to take up politics. But Tracy is desperate to win the election and turns the halls into a political war zone.
In this hilarious update of the much-loved Hollywood classic, Steve Martin turns in a winning performance as George Banks, the befuddled father who has a hard time letting go of his daughter (Kimberly Williams) when she unexpectedly announces her plans to wed. Diane Keaton co-stars as George's level-headed wife, Nina, and Martin Short steals his scenes as an off-the-wall wedding consultant.
The crown princes of British comedy are at it again -- this time, in a send-up of the life and times of Jesus Christ. Perhaps the most controversial (and offensive, to some) Python film, Life of Brian tells the tall tale of a peasant boy born the same night as the Christ child -- in an adjoining stable. Laughs mount as their lives increasingly intersect.