The Banger Sisters
The story of two English women in the sausage industry who rekindle their friendship despite a falling out over synthetic versus natural casing.
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 Ballistic: Eck Vs. Severn
Antonio Banderas is beloved relief pitcher Dennis "Eck" Eckersley and Lucy Liu is Ultimate Fighting Champion Dan "The Beast" Severn in this taut thriller.
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Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, Reese Witherspoon is coming home to you, having heard of the blueness of the skies in that area. Just giving you a heads up, Lord.
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Red Dragon
Jude Law was originally considered for the role of a younger Hannibal Lecter in this prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs." Then casting directors remembered that Anthony Hopkins had played the role as "evil and creepy," rather than "vaguely gay."
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The Rules of Attraction
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1. Try to send her a drink, but don’t force the issue. The bartender will gladly ask the lady if she’d like another on you.
2. If she accepts, feel free to wave and smile. Stay right where you are, she’ll come over if she wants.
3. If she doesn’t come over, she probably doesn’t like guys.
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The Tuxedo
When Jackie Chan dons his high-tech tux, there’s no fight he can’t win. Unless he dons it during the day, in which case he gets KO’d by etiquette. It’s called "evening wear" for a reason, Jackie.
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Auto Focus
Greg Kinnear plays Bob Crane, the star of "Hogan’s Heroes" whose brutal murder remains unsolved. The movie refuses to point any fingers, as anyone with half a brain already knows co-star Richard Dawson did it.
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The Ring
This remake of a popular Japanese horror film concerns a videotape that causes viewers to mysteriously die after they view it. The tape: a Blockbuster copy of director Gore Verbinski’s previous film, "The Mexican."
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Jackass: The Movie
More death-defying stunts from the beloved MTV gang: Johnny Knoxville, Kennedy, Matt Pinfield, Loder, Simon Rex, Adam Curry and Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone.
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 The Truth About Charlie [Korsmo]
Charlie Korsmo scored with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Lauren Ambrose on the set of "Can’t Hardly Wait." You didn’t hear it from me.
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8 Mile
Eminem has surrounded himself with an all-star cast for his autobiographical debut feature: Kim Basinger as his mother, Brittany Murphy as his girlfriend, John Malkovich as Moby, Ben Affleck as Fred Durst and Dee Snyder as Christina Aguilera.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Come closer, dear boy. I have a secret to tell you. A magical one. Are you ready? I’ll whisper it... CHRIS COLUMBUS IS PHONING THESE IN!
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Phone Booth
In this daring film new film, director Joel Schumacher is placed in a phone booth for 24 hours and forced to call every Batman fan in the country and apologize for killing the franchise.
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Die Another Day
Oscar winner Halle Berry had this to day about her role as Jinx, the latest Bond girl:
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I'm sorry. This movie is so much bigger than me. This movie is for you Honor Blackman [Pussy Galore], and Lana Wood [Plenty O’Toole], and Grace Jones [May Day] and dear Maud Adams [Octopussy], and Jane Seymour [Solitaire], Famke Jansen [Xenia Onatopp], and of course Denise Richards [Dr. Christmas Jones]. You are all strong women. And it’s for every nameless, faceless, scantily clad, absurdly-named woman with very few lines."
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Star Trek: Nemesis
How do you say "flogging a dead horse" in Klingon? Ah yes, "Hab SoSlI’ Quch." No, wait, that’s "your mother has a smooth forehead."
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The Two Towers
Since the title of the second installment in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has eerie resonance in the post-9/11 world, New Line plans to change the title to "The One With the Assault on Isengard."
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Gangs of New York
Stars Daniel Day Lewis as the Crips, Cameron Diaz as the Westies and Leonardo DiCaprio as the Latin Kings.
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Catch Me If You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this one as well, which opens on Christmas Day opposite "Gangs of New York." Maybe for once the mainstream entertainment press will start paying attention to this hard-working actor ("Marvin’s Room," "The Basketball Diaries").
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