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Hide and Seek
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| Director: John Polson
Stars: Robert De Niro Dakota Fanning Famke Janssen Elisabeth Shue ...See Full CastStudio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. | In their new home in a small town, Dr. David Callaway (De Niro) tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide. Though he's trying to be a full-time dad, his daughter, Emily (Fanning), turns to her new imaginary friend for solace. | 3 out of 10 stars: A major squandering of talent, Hide and Seek is a mind-numbingly absurd thriller that manages to make very little of its not-too-shabby cast. ...more Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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Are We There Yet?
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| Director: Brian Levant
Stars: Ice Cube Nia Long Aleisha Allen Philip Bolden ...See Full CastStudio: Columbia Pictures | On New Year's Eve, with his new girlfriend (Long) holed up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Nick Persons (Cube), offers to drive her kids up to from their home in Portland, Oregon so they can all be together for the holiday. But it's not the weather that Nick needs to look out for -- it's the kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated. | 1 out of 10 stars: Few words can strike terror into the hearts of moviegoers as much as "A Brian Levant Film." ...more Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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Million Dollar Baby
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| Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Hilary Swank Clint Eastwood Morgan Freeman ...See Full CastStudio: Warner Bros. Pictures Co. | A hardened ex-fighter (Eastwood) trains a woman (Swank) determined to establish herself as a boxer. | Million Dollar Baby is a very good movie, but is it a religious movie? and if it is, is it kind of anti-Catholic?...more Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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Coach Carter
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| Director: Thomas Carter
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson Rick Gonzalez Robert Ri'chard ...See Full CastStudio: Paramount Pictures | Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Jackson) after he benches his entire team for their breaking their academic contract with him. | 5 out of 10 stars: Coach Carter's drive to be "beyond basketball" is so urgent, the film is less like the controversial, real-life episode it's based on and more like what can happen to good material in the hands of an average filmmaker. ...more Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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Meet the Fockers
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| Director: Jay Roach
Stars: Ben Stiller Robert De Niro Blythe Danner Teri Polo Dustin Hoffman Barbra Streisand ...See Full CastStudio: Universal Pictures | With the wedding on nigh, Pam's parents travel to Detroit to meet Jack's mom and dad. | 7 out of 10: The sequel to Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, much like its predecessor, is embarrassing and it is funny. If you found this combination to your liking the first time there is more of it here....more
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The Aviator
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| Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale ...See Full CastStudio: Miramax Films | In his early years, Howard Hughes (DiCaprio), the heir to the Hughes Tool Company fortune, first takes on Hollywood, romances actress after actress (Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner and Jean Harlow among them), before moving on to become the king of several U.S. industries. | 6 out of 10 stars: The Aviator is a gorgeous and fascinating film, a big Vanity Fair article sprung to life and suffused with directorial flairs that drop onto your lap like magazine inserts saying "Subscribe to Martin Scorsese for Best Director and save 25% off the newsstand price."...more Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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Sideways
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| Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: Paul Giamatti Thomas Haden Church Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh ...See Full CastStudio: Fox Searchlight Pictures | A divorced middle school teacher and failed novelist (Giamatti) takes him altar-bound pal (Church) on a wine-tasting trip in California.
| Payne, for the first time in his career, forsakes the Midwest in favor of California, in what appears to be a film whose scale is similar to that of Citizen Ruth's. The advanced buzz is absolutely sonorous, with Giamatti receiving heaps of praise. Look for Fox Searchlight to slow-pour this one, as they've done with Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, and I ♥ Huckabees. Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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In Good Company
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| Director: Paul Weitz
Stars: Dennis Quaid Topher Grace Scarlett Johansson ...See Full CastStudio: Universal Pictures | In the wake of a corporate merger, middle-aged ad exec Dan Foreman (Quaid) is placed under a new boss (Grace) -- a man half his age, who also happens to be dating Alex (Johansson), Dan's daughter.
| Sneaking in right at the end of the year, Universal might be pushing for a supporting actress Oscar nod for Johannson, as well as a second screenplay nomination for Weitz. And we're still woozy from the film's oddly affecting trailer.
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Racing Stripes
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| Director: Frederik Du Chau
Stars: Frankie Muniz David Spade Snoop Dogg ...See Full CastStudio: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. | An abandoned zebra (voice of Muniz) grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl (Panettiere), sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds. | Disney makes a stinky in the middle of the month, featuring the sadistic voiceover combination of David Spade and Steve Harvey. Still, Stripes will undoubtedly clean up nicely, as there are no other family films (aside from the holiday leftovers) in sight. Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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Assault on Precinct 13
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| Director: Jean-François Richet
Stars: Ethan Hawke Laurence Fishburne ...See Full CastStudio: Focus Features | On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick (Hawke) must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Fishburne).
| 6 out of 10 stars: A gritty little B-movie, Assault on Precinct 13 is a tight, effective action thriller that is burdened by its seeming necessity to cram in as much back story on everyone and everything as possible. ...more Message Board User Comments | Reviews
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