EntertainmentOctober 10, 2003
'Cold Creek Manor' Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Dorff, Christopher Plummer, Dana Eskelson, Kristen Stewart and Ryan Wilson. A couple and their kids move to a house in the country, but their idyllic family life is threatened when a man reveals that there's more to the house than meets the eye -- it seems that the original owners were brutally murdered...

'Cold Creek Manor'

Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Dorff, Christopher Plummer, Dana Eskelson, Kristen Stewart and Ryan Wilson. A couple and their kids move to a house in the country, but their idyllic family life is threatened when a man reveals that there's more to the house than meets the eye -- it seems that the original owners were brutally murdered.

'Dickie Roberts'

Starring David Spade, Craig Bierko, Jenna Boyd, Jon Lovitz, Mary McCormack and Alyssa Milano. A washed-up and highly eccentric former child actor, now 35, hires an entire foster family to make up for his lost childhood. Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, language and drug references, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Duplex'

Starring Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, James Remar, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein, Swoosie Kurtz, Tim Maculan and Maya Rudolph. A young New York couple decides to seize the opportunity to move into the duplex of their dreams. Their only obstacle? The tenant upstairs, a sweet senior citizen who won't budge. When the old woman, not nearly as nice or as feeble as first thought, becomes unbearable, the couple begins to plot her demise. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some violence, running time 90 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Freaky Friday'

Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky and Christina Vidal. A widow about to be remarried is always arguing with her daughter leading up to the big event. The two wish they could exchange bodies so that the other could see what's it like, and then somehow ... it happens! Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some language, running time 100 minutes. Last day Tuesday. (Cape West Cine)

'Good Boy'

Starring Matthew Broderick, Liam Aiken, Brittany Murphy, Carl Reiner, Molly Shannon, and Kevin Nealon.An alien dog named Hubble -- from the Dog Star, Sirius, of course -- travels to Earth to investigate rumors that his canine conspirators have abandoned their plan to overthrow their human "masters." He's soon adopted by 12-year-old Owen Baker. Owen helps Hubble train a misfit band of neighborhood dogs to impress the Greater Dane, a leader from Sirius who is coming to Earth. Rated PG for some mild crude humor, running time 90 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'House of the Dead'

Starring Jurgen Prochnow, Jonathan Cherry, Ellie Cornell, Michael Eklund, Ona Grauer, and Clint Howard. Several college students on spring break in Seattle make plans to hit a rave on a remote island just outside the city. But when they arrive late -- having missed the main boat -- they discover the island deserted and no revelers in sight. Finally they meet two trembling students who say the rest of the kids were attacked and eaten by zombies. Rated R for pervasive strong violence/gore, language and some nudity, running time 94 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Intolerable Cruelty'

Starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, and Paul Adelstein. Celebrated Beverly Hills divorce attorney Miles Massey is bored with his continued success and wants a real challenge. He finds it in the form of the gorgeous Marilyn Rexroth. She's the wife of one of his clients, a wealthy real estate developer whose infidelity is caught on tape. Marilyn and her attorney, certain of a lucrative judgment in their favor, are stunned when Miles works his courtroom magic and prevails, leaving her broke. Marilyn rebounds by marrying an oil tycoon, which is all part of her plan to get revenge on Miles, who finds himself attracted to this shrewd, sexy woman. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and brief violence, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Kill Bill Volume 1'

Starring Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Sonny Chiba, and Samuel L. Jackson. A pregnant assassin named the Bride is shot by her boss, Bill, and her co-workers at her wedding (the wedding guests are also shot). She survives, though, waking up exceedingly angry after a four-year coma, and decides to hunt down and kill every single one of the assassins who were responsible, saving Bill for last. The three-hour film has been divided into two parts, this one and Volume 2. Rated R, running time 93 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Lost in Translation'

Starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita, and Catherine Lambert. Two bored, melancholy Americans -- a fading movie star shooting an ad for Suntory whiskey and a young married woman with an ambitious, neglectful husband -- become fast friends after meeting in a hotel bar. The two spend an adventure-filled week together taking in the sights and getting to know each other. Rated R for some sexual content, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Luther'

Starring Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, Peter Ustinov and Bruno Ganz. A controversial religious leader Martin Luther, questioned the morality and ethics of the Catholic Church and its officials and whose writings (the 95 Theses) started the Protestant Reformation, culminating in his excommunication. The story takes place from 1505, when the German Luther was inspired to become a monk, through 1530, by which time his beliefs and teachings had laid the groundwork for what was to become the Lutheran Church. Rated PG-13 for disturbing images of violence, running time 135 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

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'Matchstick Men'

Starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Melora Walters, Bruce McGill and Fran Kranz. This movie is about a professional con man who suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder that keeps his life, and that of his partner, Frank, very organized. But when Roy meets the daughter he never knew he had, his structured world is jeopardized. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, violence, some sexual content and language, running time 120 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Mystic River'

Starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. Three childhood friends, Sean, Dave, and Jimmy , are reunited after 25 years by a police investigation into the murder of Jimmy's oldest daughter. Sean and his partner are assigned to the case and discover that Dave, through a series of circumstances and secrets from his past, may be connected. Meanwhile, ex-con Jimmy wants to take the law into his own hands. Rated R for language and violence, running time 105 minutes. Starts Wednesday. (Cape West Cine)

'Out of Time'

Starring Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain, Alex Carter, and John Billingsley. A small-town cop has a torrid affair with a married woman and falls so in love with her that he's convinced that one criminal act can allow them to run away together. The woman's former NFL quarterback husband and another cop investigate the crime, but the cop soon falls for Washington too. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, violence and some language, running time 114 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Pirates of the Caribbean'

Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, and Jonathan Pryce. Aboard the Black Pearl, infamous pirate Captain Barbossa attacks the city of Port Royal and kidnaps a governor's daughter, Elizabeth. Barbossa then sets sail with his hostage toward a secret hideaway, hoping to lift an ancient curse by sacrificing her and returning a once-plundered treasure. Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner meets an eccentric seaman, Jack Sparrow, who reveals that the Black Pearl was formerly his ship, until Barbossa committed mutiny. Together, they assemble a ragtag crew and commandeer a British vessel, hoping to chase down and free both Elizabeth and Sparrow's Pearl. Following after them is the British military, led by Elizabeth's would-be fiancé. Rated PG-13 for action/adventure violence, running time 145 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Rundown'

Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken, Ewen Bremner and Jon Gries. A man hires a Los Angeles bounty hunter named Beck to travel to the Amazon jungle to retrieve his smart-mouthed, dimwitted, double-dealing son, Travis, who's been leading a life of adventure in Brazil. But Travis is reluctant to leave, and when he tells Beck about hidden goldmines, the two join forces and head to Helldorado, where they encounter a mysterious woman and the town's half-crazed fortune-hunting leader. Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and some crude dialogue, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'School of Rock'

Starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman and Mike White. Dewey Finn just got fired from his own rock band. To make matters worse, his roommate is being hounded by his girlfriend to get Dewey to cough up the rent money he owes. What's a guy to do? In this case, Dewey pretends to be his roommate to make some extra bucks substitute-teaching. Over the course of several weeks, he takes a class of private-school students and molds them into a rockin' band. Rated PG-13 for some rude humor and drug references, running time 120 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Secondhand Lions'

Starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt and Josh Lucas. Two eccentric and wealthy great-uncles of a shy young teenager care for him over a summer in Texas during the 1960s, when his unreliable mother drops him off, regaling the boy with unbelievable and impressive stories of their past, seen in flashbacks. Rated PG for thematic material, language and action violence, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'SWAT'

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeremy Renner, LL Cool J, Oliver Martinez and Ashley Scott. A grizzled SWAT veteran must recruit and train five new officers to join Los Angeles' Special Weapons and Tactics team. The newcomers are thrown into action when a drug kingpin offers a $100 million reward to anyone who can free him. Rated PG-13 for violence, language and sexual references, running time 115 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Under the Tuscan Sun'

Starring Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Dan Bucatinsky and Vince Riotta. A San Francisco author's recent divorce leaves her suffering from depression and a nasty case of writer's block. On the advice of her best friend, the 35-year-old woman takes a vacation to the Tuscany region of Italy. She likes it there so much that she buys a villa in the town of Cortona. Her new life becomes even more exciting when she finds love in the arms of a handsome local. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language, running time 115 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Underworld'

Starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux and Shane Brolly. A chic vampire exists solely to slaughter a band of Lycans (werewolves) her clan has been battling for centuries. But things become complicated when she falls in love with an emerging 'wolf. Rated R for violence/gore and some language, running time 128 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

-- From wire reports

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