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 High
Fidelity
Stephen
Frears' wittily observed realisation of Nick Hornby's novel "High
Fidelity" tells the tale of Rob (John Cusack): record store
owner, music geek and self-confessed loser at love.
 What
Lies Beneath
The
star bidding of Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford as well as the
past success of director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future,
Forrest Gump, Contact) would seem like
the right mix to create a summer hit in What Lies Beneath.
 Scary
Movie
Given
the hilarious writing style of the Wayans family and the profitability
of the spoof genre, Scary Movie is a great formula
for success at the Box Office.
 X-men
The
movie focuses on the key players in the X-Men comic
series by explaining the struggle between two groups of mutants
with superhuman abilities.
 Mission:
Impossible 2
Relaxing
in the mountains, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) receives a call from headquarters:
his new mission - should he decide to accept - is to hunt down the
whereabouts of a dangerous virus stolen by terrorists.
+ "Cruise "Woos" Paris Press"
 Gladiator
The
Ridley Scott film, rife with special effects, makes two journeys:
the first is a plunge into the Roman Empire, the second into a forgotten
genre of cinema.
+ "A Return to Epics?"
 Gone
in 60 Seconds
Gone
in 60 Seconds stars
Cage as Randall "Memphis" Raines. Once the preeminent car thief
in Long Beach, California.
 Up
at the Villa
Shown
on the day before the closing of the 43rd Annual San
Francisco International Film Festival and based on the novella
by W. Somerset Maughm, it stars Kirstin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn,
Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi and Jeremy Davies.
 Erin
Brockovich
A former Miss Wichita with a swell figure but only
a two figure bank account, Erin (Julia Roberts) really needs a job.
Any job.
 Scream
3
The
story follows Sidney, the heroine from the first two movies, who
is now living under an assumed name in a rural town, hoping to escape
her traumatic past.
 Galaxy
Quest
is the smartest, funniest piece of American comedy
since the South Park movie.
 East-West
Regis Wargnier's film takes the not uninteresting
premise of a Russian doctor repatriating with his French wife and
son only to be subjected to humiliation and hardship in 1946.
 The
Insider
The Michael Mann directed story focuses on the Faustian bargain
of a news program and a regular man.
 Pan
Tadeusz
by Andrzej Wajda. this epic film is a huge success
in Poland (close to 6 million movie-goers).
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Paradiso
- Seven Days with
Grass
Garage
Olimpo
Guinevere
US RECENT RELEASES
Some
Voices, from Simon Cellon Jones starring Ray Craig
and Kelly McDonald, opens this week in the UK. The film is
a comedy about a schizophrenic who causes a stir at his brother's
restaurant. This opens along with the Western film Shanghai
Noon, starring Jackie Chan as a Chinese man who must
save a kidnapped princess (Lucy Liu); and the horror film
Cherry Falls (starring Jay Mohr and Brittany
Murphy) about a small town in which a killer is murdering
all the virgins. This opens along with Gossip,
about three students at a US college who begin a class project
on rumors, which quickly spreads out of control. 
Films
heading to France this week include 