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Cast: Kevin Bacon Studio: Artisan Rating: 6/10 Stir Of Echoes revolves around Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon), your average husband and father, whose life is turned upside down after being hypnotized at a party. When Lisa (Illeana Douglas), Tom’s sister-in-law, leaves a posthypnotic suggestion, it releases a subconscious power that Tom didn’t know he possessed. Tom’s…

Cast: Ben Affleck Studio: Dimension Rating: 5/10 I didn’t expect anything from Reindeer Games and that’s just about what it delivered. It’s smooshed into just over an hour and a half and has more plot twists than Scream, so I don’t think you’ll be surprised to find that the film was written by Ehren Kruger…

Cast: Franky Potente Studio: Sony Rating: 9/10 If the world were a just and civilized place, Run Lola Run would be the top grossing movie of the summer, and The Phantom Menace would languish in obscurity, lucky to recoup it’s advertising budget. Reality is a different place, however. Summer releases include the likes of the…

Cast: Bill Murray Studio: Touchstone Rating: 6/10 What happens when a fifteen-year-old and a married man fall in love with a widowed grade school teacher? Rushmore. Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) plays a barber’s son who gets into a prestigious school, Rushmore, because of a one-man play he wrote. Max is revered and admired by many…

Cast: Vin Diesel Studio: USA Rating: 5/10 Pitch Black is basically Bats in outer space with a cool lead man and amazing special effects. The opening sequence where the ship crashes on a mysterious planet is perhaps the most exciting in the film. Like every scary movie, the cast gets picked off one after the…

Cast: Julia Roberts Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 Is it possible, in 1999, to tell a boy meets girl story in a way that won’t be cliche and boring? Can a major motion picture studio, with its eyes on profit potential, turn this tired formula into something the masses will pay to watch? In the case…

Cast: Colin Hanks Studio: Paramount Rating: 6/10 Being from New York, I’ve only California dreamed. Orange County may seem like a million miles away from everything I know, but the film is a testament to the fact that every person and every town has the same problems and dysfunctions. Colin Hanks – yes, his dad…

Cast: Amy Smart Studio: Miramax Rating: 6/10 The Farrelly Brothers (There’s Something About Mary) are back with their latest offering, Outside Providence. The coming-of-age film is adapted from a novel written by Peter Farrelly. Timothy Dunphy (Shawn Hatosy, the football player from The Faculty) lives up to the unprintable nickname bestowed upon him by his…

Cast: Matthew McCaughey Studio: Universal Rating: 6/10 There are a limited number of options for a movie about a submarine. In general, men in a claustrophobic space are chasing or are being chased by the enemy. This variation on a theme was explored by Crimson Tide, The Hunt For Red October, and of course, the…