Movie Releases for the Week of April 5th, 2004
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The Girl Next Door
Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-arrow over-achiever who has never really lived life, until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers this perfect "girl next door" is a one-time porn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. Ultimately, Danielle helps Matthew emerge from his shell and discover that sometimes you have to risk everything for the person you love - as he helps her rediscover her innocence. -
The Alamo
Where myth meets history... where legend meets reality... the roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar and the small, ruined mission there: The Alamo. In the spring of 1836, nearly 200 Texans - men of all races who believed in the future of Texas - held the fort for 13 days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, rule of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men - the young brash Col. William Travis; the violent, passionate James Bowie; and the larger-than-life living legend David Crockett - the Texans and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's rallying cry for Texas independence and into legend for their symbolic significance. -
The Whole Ten Yards
Thanks to falsified dental records supplied by his former neighbor Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, retired hitman Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski is now spending his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife Jill, when an uninvited and unwelcome connection to their past unexpectedly shows up on Jimmy and Jill's doorstep. It's Oz, and he's pleading with them to help him rescue his wife from a Hungarian mob. Together they have to go the whole nine yards...and then some just to manage the mounting Mafioso mayhem. -
Ella Enchanted
Set in a fantasy world filled with ogres, giants and wicked stepsisters, this is the story of Ella of Frell (Hathaway), a young woman who is given the "gift of obediance" by a fairy. She soon learns that it's more of a curse when she is often left at the mercy of unscrupulous people. Ella goes on a quest to free herself from the curse that threatens to separate her from her true love, Prince Charmont (Dancy). Can Ella break the curse in time to live happily ever after? -
Johnson Family Vacation
Even the onboard navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson (Cedric The Entertainer) and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife (Vanessa Williams), who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son (Bow Wow); their teenage daughter (Solange Knowles) who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest (Gabby Soleil), whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to keep track of. Can the Johnsons survive each other and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri? -
Shade
Set in the world of high-stakes poker hustlers, this is the story of three conmen/hustlers (Byrne, Townsend, Newton) looking for that one big take that they can all retire on. After they actually do pull a huge sting off with the help of someone called "The Dean" (Stallone), they find themselves chased by a ripped-off gangster looking for revenge... (Griffith plays The Dean's ex-girlfriend; Foxx plays a hustler-wannabe who ends up getting ripped off). -
I'm Not Scared
A young boy, growing up in a little village in Italy, discovers another young boy hiding in a small hole. Nobody in the village seems to know anything about him - but then the mystery around the discovery is revealed when the first boy listens in on a conversation between the second boys' parents. -
Twentynine Palms
David, an independent photographer, and Katia, an unemployed woman, leave L.A. to reach for the desert searching a natural set for a magazine photoshoot. They find a motel at 29 Palms and spend their days on their 4 wheelers, discovering the Joshua Tree Desert, losing themselves on nameless roads and trails. Frantically making love all the time and most everywhere, they regularly fight, then kiss and make up according to the petty events of this quite ordinary daily life. Until something horrible and hideous brutally puts an end to their trip. -







