April 2002
April 5
    Wide
    Big Trouble
     
Main Cast: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 85 min
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    High Crimes
     
Main Cast: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel
Director: Carl Franklin
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 115 min
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    National Lampoon's Van Wilder
     
Main Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson
Director: Walt Becker
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Rating: R
Running Time: 92 min
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    Limited
    Amadeus (Director's Cut)
     
Main Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Director: Milos Forman
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: R
Running Time: 180 min
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    American Chai
     
Main Cast: Aalok Mehta, Sheetal Sheth, Aasif Mandvi
Director: Anurag Mehta
Distributor: Independent release
Rating: R
Running Time: 92 min
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    Crush
     
Main Cast: Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor
Director: John McKay
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Running Time: 112 min
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    Les DestinĂ©es
     
Main Cast: Emmanuelle Beart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert
Director: Olivier Assayas
Distributor: Wellspring Media
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 180 min
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    Lucky Break
     
Main Cast: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Timothy Spall
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Distributor: Paramount
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 min
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April 12
    Wide
    Changing Lanes
     
Main Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton
Director: Roger Michell
Distributor: Paramount
Rating: R
Running Time: 99 min
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    Frailty
     
Main Cast: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
Director: Bill Paxton
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: R
Running Time: 100 min
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    The Sweetest Thing
     
Main Cast: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Thomas Jane, Selma Blair, Parker Posey
Director: Roger Kumble
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: R
Running Time: 88 min
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    Limited
    For Da Love of Money
     
Main Cast: Pierre Edwards, Reynaldo Rey, Christian Keiber
Director: Pierre Edwards
Distributor: Independent release
Rating: R
Running Time: 97 min
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    Human Nature
     
Main Cast: Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tim Robbins
Director: Michel Gondry
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Rating: R
Running Time: 96 min
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    New Best Friend
     
Main Cast: Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe, Dominique Swain
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: R
Running Time: 91 min
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    Return of the Secaucus 7 (Re-release)
     
Main Cast: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre
Director: John Sayles
Distributor: Independent release
Rating: R
Running Time: 110 min
    The Cat's Meow
     
Main Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 114 min
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April 19
    Wide
    Murder by Numbers
     
Main Cast: Sandra Bullock, Neal Matarazzo, Ben Chaplin
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: R
Running Time: 120 min
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    The Scorpion King
     
Main Cast: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan
Director: Chuck Russell
Distributor: Universal
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 92 min
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    Limited
    Chelsea Walls
     
Main Cast: Bianca Bakija, Kevin Corrigan, Rosario Dawson
Director: Ethan Hawke
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: R
Running Time: 109 min
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    Enigma
     
Main Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows
Director: Michael Apted
Distributor: Miramax
Rating: R
Running Time: 119 min
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    Girls Can't Swim
     
Main Cast: Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Pascale Bussieres
Director: Anne-Sophie Birot
Distributor: Wellspring Media
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 102 min
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    Joshua
     
Main Cast: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller
Director: Jon Purdy
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Rating: G
Running Time: 90 min
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    My Big Fat Greek Wedding
     
Main Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan
Director: Joel Zwick
Distributor: IFC Films
Rating: PG
Running Time: 95 min
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    Nine Queens
     
Main Cast: Gaston Pauls, Ricardo Darin, Leticia Bredice
Director: Fabian Bielinsky
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Running Time: 114 min
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    The Triumph of Love
     
Main Cast: Mira Sorvino, Ben Kingsley, Fiona Shaw
Director: Clare Peploe
Distributor: Paramount Classics
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 112 min
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    World Traveler
     
Main Cast: Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore
Director: Bart Freundlich
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: R
Running Time: 103 min
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April 26
    Wide
    Jason X
     
Main Cast: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Chuck Campbell
Director: James Isaac
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Running Time: 93 min
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    Life or Something Like It
     
Main Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ed Burns, Tony Shalhoub
Director: Stephen Herek
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 103 min
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    Limited
    Dogtown and Z-Boys
     
Main Cast: Skip Engblom, Jeff Ho, Craig Stecyk
Director: Stacy Peralta
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 91 min
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    Night at the Golden Eagle
     
Main Cast: Donnie Montemarano, Vinny Argiro, Natasha Lyonne
Director: Adam Rifkin
Distributor: Independent release
Rating: R
Running Time: 87 min
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    Rain
     
Main Cast: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas
Director: Christine Jeffs
Distributor: Independent release
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 92 min
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    Some Body
     
Main Cast: Stephanie Bennett, Jeramy Guillory, Billy Ray Gallion
Director: Henry Barrial
Distributor: Lot 47 Films
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 77 min
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    The Salton Sea
     
Main Cast: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg
Director: D.J. Caruso
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: R
Running Time: 103 min
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    Vulgar
     
Main Cast: Brian Christopher O'Halloran, Bryan Johnson, Jerry Lewkowitz, Ethan Suplee, Matt Maher
Director: Bryan Johnson
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: R
Running Time: 85 min
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