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Grind

Grind

πŸ“… Release: August 15, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Colin McKay, Adam Brody, Joey Kern
πŸ“– Synopsis: Grind (verb): scraping one or both axles of a skateboard on a curb, railing, or other surface While the rest of his high school graduating class is heading to the same old grind of college, skatebo...
Envy

Envy

πŸ“… Release: April 30, 2004
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Christopher Walken, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler
πŸ“– Synopsis: Ben Stiller and Jack Black star as Tim and Nick, best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained get-rich-quick schemes actually suc...
Human Stain, The

Human Stain, The

πŸ“… Release: October 31, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Jacinda Barrett
πŸ“– Synopsis: THE HUMAN STAIN is the story of Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), a distinguished professor at a prestigious New England college whose professional life is shattered by allegations of racism and whose...
Battle Of Shaker Heights, The

Battle Of Shaker Heights, The

πŸ“… Release: August 15, 2003
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, Anson Mount, Shiri Appleby, Kathleen Quinlan, William Sadler
πŸ“– Synopsis: The winner of the second Project Greenlight screenwriting contest, THE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS, is a uniquely funny portrait of modern youth under siege. For high school senior Kelly Ernswiler, li...
Duplex

Duplex

πŸ“… Release: September 26, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Eileen Essel, James Remar, Harvey Fierstein, Swoosie Kurtz, Tim Maculan, Maya Rudolph
πŸ“– Synopsis: In terms of living the American Dream, Alex (BEN STILLER) and Nancy (DREW BARRYMORE) have it pretty good. They're a young, vibrant couple in New York City with bright futures ahead of them. But one ...
Kill Bill

Kill Bill

πŸ“… Release: October 10, 2003
🎭 Genre: Action
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a whirlwind of stylized vengeance, a woman known only as The Bride [c=Uma Thurman] awakens from a four-year coma with a single, burning purpose: to kill Bill [c=David Carradine]. She was once a me...
Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

πŸ“… Release: December 26, 2003
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman
πŸ“– Synopsis: Directed by Academy Award(R) winner Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient", "The Talented Mr.Ripley") and based on Charles Frazier's best-selling Civil War novel of the same name, COLD MOUNTAIN te...
Mystic River

Mystic River

πŸ“… Release: October 10, 2003
🎭 Genre: DramaMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Chapman, Adam Nelson, Laura Linney
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the shadowy, working-class streets of Boston, a tragedy from childhood casts a long, dark shadow over three men whose lives are violently reconnected decades later. Directed by [c=Clint Eastwood],...
Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

πŸ“… Release: October 17, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama,Thriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Jeremy Piven, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Nick Searcy
πŸ“– Synopsis: From master storyteller John Grisham ("The Firm," "The Pelican Brief") comes RUNAWAY JURY, a suspense-thriller about a high-priced and ruthless jury "consultant" (Gene Hackman) who will stop at no...
Desperado 2: Once Upon A Time In Mexico

Desperado 2: Once Upon A Time In Mexico

πŸ“… Release: September 12, 2003
🎭 Genre: Action
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Enrique Iglesias, Willem Dafoe, Ruben Blades
πŸ“– Synopsis: The saga of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), continues in Robert Rodriguez’s bold, non-stop action epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO. The new adventure is set agains...
Matchstick Men

Matchstick Men

πŸ“… Release: September 12, 2003
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Melora Walters, Bruce McGill, Fran Kranz
πŸ“– Synopsis: Meet Roy (NICOLAS CAGE) and Frank (SAM ROCKWELL), a couple of pros at the small-time con. As in con artists. Grifters. Matchstick Men. Take your pick. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, h...
Underclassman

Underclassman

πŸ“… Release: September 2, 2005
🎭 Genre: ActionComedyThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Hugh Bonneville, Nick Cannon, Kaylee DeFer, Nicole Garza, Kelly Hu, Cheech Marin, Ian Gomez
πŸ“– Synopsis: Nick Cannon plays Tracy "Tre" Stokes, a streetwise LA cop in "Underclassman," which combines frenetic action with sharp-eared comedy. When a student at an elite private school gets murdered, the rou...
Undiscovered

Undiscovered

πŸ“… Release: August 26, 2005
🎭 Genre: DramaComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Pell James, Steven Strait, Kip Pardue, Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon, Peter Weller, Fisher Stevens, Perrey Reeves, Ewan Chung
πŸ“– Synopsis: Set in the world of up-and-coming artists, "Undiscovered" is a heartfelt and comic film that tells the story of an aspiring model who falls in love with a struggling musician when they suddenly cros...
Dirty Deeds

Dirty Deeds

πŸ“… Release: August 26, 2005
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Lacey Chabert, Charles Durning, Matthew Carey, Alex Solowitz, Zoe Saldana, Billy L. Sullivan, Tom Amandes, Michael Milhoan
πŸ“– Synopsis: What happens when a teenage schemer's plan for the perfect prom night goes hilariously off the rails? In this charming teen comedy directed by [c=David Kendall], high school senior Brad [c=Milo Venti...
Baxter, The

Baxter, The

πŸ“… Release: August 26, 2005
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Theroux, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Peter Dinklage, David Wain
πŸ“– Synopsis: In every romantic comedy there's always that scene at the end where the leading man barges through the chapel doors just as the leading lady is about to marry the Wrong Guy. This movie is about the ...
Cave, The

Cave, The

πŸ“… Release: August 26, 2005
🎭 Genre: Action
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Rick Ravanello, Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Daniel Dae Kim
πŸ“– Synopsis: Deep beneath the Romanian countryside lies a vast, uncharted ecosystem, a discovery that lures a team of expert cave divers and scientists into its flooded depths. Led by the determined [c=Cole Hause...
Constant Gardener, The

Constant Gardener, The

πŸ“… Release: August 31, 2005
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Hubert Koundé, Archie Panjabi, Donald Sumpter
πŸ“– Synopsis: From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of "City of God," comes a gripping new film that sweeps audiences along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behi...
Under The Tuscan Sun

Under The Tuscan Sun

πŸ“… Release: September 26, 2003
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Dan Bucatinsky, Vince Riotta
πŸ“– Synopsis: Frances Mayes (Diane Lane) is a 35-year-old San Fransisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer's block and extremely de...
Wonderland

Wonderland

πŸ“… Release: October 17, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Val Kilmer, Josh Lucas, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow, Christina Applegate, Carrie Fisher, Dylan McDermott, Eric Bogosian
πŸ“– Synopsis: On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in Laurel Canyon and discovered a grisly quadruple homocide. Ron Launius (Lucas), Billy De...
Medallion, The

Medallion, The

πŸ“… Release: August 22, 2003
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Christy Chung, Julian Sands
πŸ“– Synopsis: Combining the martial arts prowess of international action superstar Jackie Chan with state-of-the-art special effects, The Medallion is an action comedy co-starring Lee Evans, Claire Forlani and Ju...
Marci X

Marci X

πŸ“… Release: August 22, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski, Jane Krakowski
πŸ“– Synopsis: Marci, a spoiled Jewish American Princess, is forced to take control of her father's hard-core rap label, Felony Assault, when her mogul dad, Ben Feld, has a stress-induced heart attack due to the c...
Thirteen

Thirteen

πŸ“… Release: August 22, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet, Deborah Unger
πŸ“– Synopsis: THIRTEEN is an unflinching look at the sometimes-harsh world of a young teen trying to fit in with a fast group of seventh graders in Los Angeles. Co-written by Director Catherine Hardwicke and the ...
Once Upon A Time In The Midlands

Once Upon A Time In The Midlands

πŸ“… Release: August 29, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robert Carlyle, Vanessa Feltz, Ricky Tomlinson, Kathy Burke, Vicki Patterson, Shirley Henderson, Finn Atkins
πŸ“– Synopsis: Dek and Shirley live together with 12 year-old Marlene, her daughter by the sexy, delinquent Jimmy who disappeared years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Decent-but-dull Dek loves Shirley, so m...
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

πŸ“… Release: September 5, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: David Spade, Craig Bierko, Jenna Boyd, Jon Lovitz, Mary McCormack, Alyssa Milano
πŸ“– Synopsis: Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is a 35-year old former child star. Now an out-of-work actor turned parking valet, Dickie is desperate to audition for a great role that could revitalize his career, but...
Party Monster

Party Monster

πŸ“… Release: September 5, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Seth Green, Macaulay Culkin, Marilyn Manson, Dylan McDermott, Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Lucy Liu
πŸ“– Synopsis: Party Monster the movie, based on the James St. James book [Disco Bloodbath] and the documentary [Party Monster], is a buddy movie with a twist, or a twisted buddy movie. Its focus is the relationsh...
Cold Creek Manor

Cold Creek Manor

πŸ“… Release: September 19, 2003
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Dorff, Christopher Plummer, Dana Eskelson, Kristen Stewart
πŸ“– Synopsis: Finally putting an end to their days as slaves to the hustle-and-bustle of city life, Gothamites Cooper Tilson (DENNIS QUAID) and his wife, Leah (SHARON STONE), pack up their kids and all their poss...
Fighting Temptations, The

Fighting Temptations, The

πŸ“… Release: September 19, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyMusical
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyonce Knowles, Mike Epps, Faith Evans, Steve Harvey, Rue McClanahan, Dave Sheridan
πŸ“– Synopsis: Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) has just lost his job with a New York advertising firm and bill collectors are chasing him all over the city. But just when he thinks his luck has completely run out,...
Anything Else

Anything Else

πŸ“… Release: September 19, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Stockard Channing, Christina Ricci, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon
πŸ“– Synopsis: Jason Biggs stars as Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, who falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda (Christina Ricci). Jerry has heard the phrase that li...
Rundown, The

Rundown, The

πŸ“… Release: September 26, 2003
🎭 Genre: Adventure
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: The Rock, Christopher Walken, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Ewen Bremner, Jon Gries
πŸ“– Synopsis: Deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle, a tough-as-nails bounty hunter named Beck, played by [c=The Rock], takes on what he thinks will be a simple job: retrieve the wayward son of a powerful crime b...
Slap Her, She's French

Slap Her, She's French

πŸ“… Release: September 12, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Piper Perabo, Jane McGregor, Michael Weston, Cristen Coppen, Julie White, Trent Ford
πŸ“– Synopsis: A French foreign exchange student, named Genevieve, comes to a small town in Texas to attend a local high school where she shacks up with the school's popular head cheerleader, Starla, and her paren...