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With only a few hours left in the calendar year, Precinct 13, one of Detroit's oldest precinct houses, is closing. Amid heavy snowfall and unsafe road conditions, only a few lawmen remain on duty for New Year's Eve. They are headed by Sergeant Jake Roenick, a good cop wrestling with bad memories of a fatal undercover 'op' from the previous spring. Roenick and Precinct 13 have both seen better days. Early on December 31st, deep in the city, formidable crime lord Marion Bishop, is cornered by an undercover cop. Their ensuing struggle leaves the cop dead--and Bishop, captured, by the Organized Crime and Racketeering Squad that Marcus Duvall runs. Bishop is handcuffed and herded onto a prison bus with several criminals: junkie Beck, hustler Smiley, and gang member Anna. But the battering snowstorm stops the bus well short of its high-security destination and strands it at the remote Precinct 13-- where, as night falls, the prisoners are temporarily incarcerated. This influx of prisoners irks Roenick, almost as much as visiting police psychologist Alex Sabian does. But Precinct 13's provocative secretary Iris Ferry and salty veteran cop Jasper "Old School" O'Shea won't let the increasing workload deter them from celebrating--until two masked gunmen break in and attack the guards from the bus. The gunmen are just barely beaten back, and everyone inside Precinct 13 realizes that more will come--to extract crime lord Bishop, but also armed and ready to shoot anyone and everyone else. The cops, looking to the reluctant Roenick for leadership, and the cons, looking to the steely Bishop for an angle, must join forces to live. Fortifying themselves with minimal weaponry and maximum courage, they will not go gently into the bad night. As they fight to the death, the thin lines between good and bad bleed together. Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster and Remake Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min. Release Date: January 19th, 2005 MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language and drug content. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Jeffrey Atkins

A coming-of-age story about a rookie fireman in Chicago and the older brother whom he idolizes, but soon suspects could be involved in a serial arson scheme plaguing the city. Genres: Action/Adventure and Drama Running Time: 2 hrs. 15 min. MPAA Rating: R Starring: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh

He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy has studied lately are babes and booze. When Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to a scheming vice president, Billy makes the bet of his life: He's going back to school--grades 1 through 12--in 24 weeks! Can this bona fide blockhead win his father's respect, the family fortune and the love of his beautiful teacher? Genres: Comedy Running Time: 1 hr. 29 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel

The spy thriller opens as an amnesiac is rescued at sea by the crew of an Italian fishing boat. Nearly dead, he carries nothing but the bullets in his back and the bank account number embedded in his hip. Although completely without identity or background, he possesses an array of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistics and self-defense that speak of a dangerous past. In the present he is disoriented and wary as he is propelled into an urgent search to discover who he is and why his life has taken a perilous turn. A Zurich safe deposit box yields an assortment of passports, a hefty load of cash, an automatic weapon and a name--Jason Bourne--with a Paris address. What it means remains a mystery, but Bourne quickly realizes that although he knows no one, there are people who recognize him--and do not wish him well. When he meets Marie Kreutz, a hard-luck German-born wanderer, he makes a desperate pitch--$10,000 for a ride to Paris. Despite her reservations, Marie takes the cash and begins a journey with Bourne that changes her life forever. The trail of Jason Bourne's past snakes from Europe to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where Treadstone, a clandestine operation is based. As Bourne and Marie struggle to stay below the radar in France, all of the stealthy muscle of Treadstone is focused on tracking them and neutralizing Bourne as quickly and efficiently as possible. Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller and Adaptation Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min. Release Date: June 14, 2002 Nationwide MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and some language. Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox

The scene is New York City, but it could be anywhere. Commuters jam the underwater tunnel linking the island of Manhattan with New Jersey. Traffic is heavy -- the usual mix of outward-bound workers and visitors, commercial and industrial vehicles, and people just passing through. All in all, a typical evening rush hour until... A traffic accident sparks a devastating explosion. As more and more sections of the tunnel come crashing down behind and in front of them, a small group of survivors -- ordinary citizens from all walks of life -- come to the terrifying realization that they may die at any moment by suffocation, drowning or fire. Their only hope is Kit Latura, the disgraced former head of Emergency Medical Services, who risks his life in a harrowing journey through the tunnel's ventilation system to reach them. But once inside the tunnel, Kit becomes entrapped with the others and is forced to improvise a roller-coaster ride of escape to lead the group back to daylight. Genres: Action/Adventure Running Time: 1 hr. 55 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders

An Iowa farmer hears a voice in his cornfield accompanied by a vision of a baseball field. He takes it as a sign to build a baseball diamond which would ennable Shoeless Joe Jackson of the infamous Chicago "Black" Sox to play ball again. Genres: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Sports Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min. MPAA Rating: R Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield

Set during the Gulf War, the episodic tale follows Anthony Swofford (a.k.a. "Swoff"), a third-generation enlistee, from his sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he's sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck sack on his back, while moving through Middle East deserts with no cover from the intolerable heat. As well, he advances with no protection from the Iraqi soldiers--and there's always a potential enemy sighting, just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves on humor and camaraderie as they tread the blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully fathom. Genres: Drama, Adaptation and War Running Time: 1 hr. 55 min. Release Date: November 4th, 2005 MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, some violent images, and strong sexual content. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty

A pathologically lying lawyer desperately tries to grant his son's wish that he tell the truth for a 24-hour period. Genres: Comedy Running Time: 1 hr. 27 min. Release Date: March 21, 1997 Nationwide MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sex related humor and language. Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes, Anne Haney

Killing time at the local mall, T.S. and Brodie lament the fact that they've both lost their respective girlfriends on the same day. One relationship goes awry when T.S.'s girlfriend, Brandi, explains that her friend, who was scheduled to appear on "Truth or Date," a TV game show, has died unexpectedly and now Brandi plans to fill in for her. The other romance ends when Brodie, a video game addict, is so inattentive that his girlfriend, Rene, up and leaves. Both guys spend the day, as always, at the mall discussing their problems with their slacker friends. It all culminates at the taping of the show, when T.S. and Brodie make their way onto the panel in an attempt to win back their girlfriends. Genres: Comedy, Romance and Teen Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min. Release Date: October 20, 1995 MPAA Rating: R Starring: Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck

A teenage autistic savant inadvertantly uncovers a secret code for the National Security Agency and with the help of an FBI agent finds safety. Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller and Adaptation Running Time: 2 hrs. 11 min. Release Date: April 3, 1998 MPAA Rating: R for violence and language. Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens

The tale of three lost men--Johnny "Red" Pollard, a young man whose spirit has been broken; Charle Howard, a millionaire who lost everything; and Tom Smith, a cowboy whose world was vanishing--who found each other and discovered hope in a down-and-out racehorse named Seabiscuit, who took them and the nation on the ride of a lifetime. Genres: Drama, Adaptation and Sports Running Time: 2 hrs. 20 min. Release Date: July 25th, 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual situations, violent sports-related images. Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Gary Stevens, Chris McCarron

The killer doll is back! Glen is the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky and his equally twisted bride Tiffany. When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of his parents' lethal exploits, Glen heads for Hollywood where he brings his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead. The family dynamics are far from perfect as Chucky and Tiffany go Hollywood and get rolling on a new spree of murderous mayhem--much to gentle Glen's horror. Chucky can't believe that his child doesn't want to walk in his murdering footsteps, and star-struck Tiffany can't believe that the movie will star her favorite actress, Jennifer Tilly, who soon becomes an unwitting hostess to this new family in more ways than one. Genres: Comedy, Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Sequel Running Time: 1 hr. 27 min. Release Date: November 12th, 2004 MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence/gore, sexual content and language. Starring: Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, John Waters, Debbie Lee Carrington, Billy Boyd

Strong-minded Caroline Ellis is a driven young woman with no time for local tales of witchcraft and black magic. The young hospice worker is determined to make enough money to attend nursing school, even if it means taking a job as a live-in caretaker for the elderly owner of an isolated plantation house an hour's drive outside of New Orleans, deep in the atmospheric Louisiana delta renowned for the locals' mystical practices and powerful ceremonies. The decrepit Terrebonne Parish mansion is home to born-and-bred Southerners Violet and Ben Devereaux and both the house and its occupants seem weighted with somber histories. But for Caroline, the setting is unimportant--she's there to do her job, caring for Ben after a stroke has left him nearly paralyzed and mute. To make maneuvering throughout the large home an easier task, Violet entrusts the new live-in with a skeleton key that unlocks every door--including one that Caroline discovers obscured by a bookcase at the back of the house's attic. Seemingly forgotten, the room holds an intriguing mix of antiques, mirrors oddly banished from the rooms below and artifacts apparently connected to the practice of a strange kind of magic--a folk magic that conflicts directly with Caroline's common sense and pragmatic way of thinking. And yet, small instances of the unexplainable begin to occur. The mansion--and the strange couple who inhabit it--are rife with secrets. The more Caroline explores, the deeper she is drawn into a darkening mystery in the attic room at the very heart of the house--towards a terrifying and sinister legacy that threatens to take vengeance on anyone who comes to believe in its power. As Caroline begins to question her own convictions, she comes ever closer to opening the door and crossing the threshold to where simple belief becomes deadly reality. Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min. Release Date: August 12th, 2005 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some partial nudity and thematic material. Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant

A legendary driver, The Bandit, gives a lift to a female hitchhiker, enrages Sheriff Buford T Justice and sets off a crazy chain of events climaxing in one of the wildest car chases of all time. Genres: Action/Adventure and Comedy Running Time: 1 hr. 37 min. Release Date: January 1, 1977 MPAA Rating: PG Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry

Story about a team of security experts who naively enter into a covert government operation after their leader is blackmailed. Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster Running Time: 2 hrs. 5 min. Release Date: September 9, 1992 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, River Phoenix

Forty-year-old Andy Stitzer has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet--something most people have done by this age. Done a lot. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex--not even by accident. So is that such a big deal? Well, for Andy's buddies at the store, it sure is. Although they think he's a bit of an oddball, there's certainly a planetful of stranger (and homelier) guys who've at least had one go at having a go. They consider it their duty to help Andy out of his dire situation and go to great lengths to help him. But nothing proves effective enough to lure their friend out of lifelong chastity until he meets Trish, a 40-year-old mother of three. Andy's friends are psyched by the possibility that "it" may finally happen--until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy. Genres: Comedy, Drama and Romance Running Time: 1 hr. 51 min. Release Date: August 19th, 2005 MPAA Rating: R for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use. Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen

Escalating events begin when African-born U.N. translator Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words â??The Teacher will never leave this room alive,â? in an instant, Silviaâ??s life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silviaâ??s world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnessesâ?? past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldnâ??t be more different. Silviaâ??s strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silviaâ??s life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before itâ??s too late. Genres: Drama, Thriller and Politics/Religion Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min. Release Date: April 22nd, 2005 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal

Navin Johnson, an idiotic white man, who has been raised by a poor black family, doesn't realize that he's white, until one day his mother finally tells him. Distraught by the bombshell, he ventures out on his own to start a new life. Genres: Comedy Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min. MPAA Rating: R Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward

For Professor Sherman Klump, being the big man on campus wasn't all it's cracked up to be. His body was disproportionate. His family was dysfunctional. And his love life was disastrous. Having tried everything--diets, exercise and weight loss experts--in an unsuccessful attempt to shed some of his 400 pounds, Sherman Klump invents a revolutionary fat gene formula. Testing it on himself, he discovers he's no longer the man he used to be; in fact, he's only half the man he used to be. With one swig, the gentle, painfully shy academic is transformed into the swaggering Casanova, Buddy Love--an irresistible ladies' man who can talk his way out of any predicament. This new personality gives Sherman the confidence to pursue the chemistry department's beautiful new professor, Carla Purty. Indeed everything, to Sherman's utter amazement, is beyond his most perfect dreams--until he discovers that his long-lasting creation is actually an unstable substance that can wear off at any time. Genres: Comedy, Romance and Remake Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min. Release Date: June 28, 1996 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle

FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die. Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller and Crime/Gangster Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min. Release Date: September 8, 2000 MPAA Rating: R for violence and language Starring: James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis

On and beneath the meanest streets of Glasgow, fiery gangster Bart is merciless with debtors, would-be rivals, and anyone else to whom he takes even a passing dislike. How does Bart maintain his chokehold? Through his unwitting enforcer Danny, who he has â??raisedâ? since boyhood. Danny has been kept as a near-prisoner by his â??Uncleâ? Bart; trained to attack and, if necessary, kill. Danny knows little of life, except the brutal existence that Bart has so crudely and cruelly fashioned for him. But when Danny has a chance encounter with soft-spoken blind piano tuner Sam, he senses true kindness and compassion for the first time and experiences the transforming power of music. When a sudden gangland coup separates Danny from Bart and his mob, Danny is at last away from the underworld. He takes refuge with Sam and his spunky teenaged stepdaughter Victoria. Sam and Victoria open their home and hearts to Danny, who begins to envision a new future for himself. However, the mob will not give up its prize pupil so easily, and Danny must soon fight again, and fight back, to protect his new family and bury his troubled past. Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min. Release Date: May 13th, 2005 MPAA Rating: R for strong violent content, language, and some sexuality/nudity Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jet Li, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Michael Jenn

Until the sudden and mysterious death of his beloved wife, architect Jonathan Rivers considered himself a decent, rational man, one who would not ordinarily subscribe to any theories about communicating with the dead. But now, a stranger, Raymond Price, has entered his life, claiming to have heard Jonathanâ??s wife, Anna, through EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon). Fueled by his grief as much as curiosity, Jonathan soon finds himself swayed by Raymondâ??s claim, validated by the recordings of Anna as well as the testimonial of Sarah Tate, who herself has found closure with her deceased fiancée through EVP. Jonathan comes to believe when Raymond says of the dead, â??I can hear them, I can see them and I can record them.â? Then, the unthinkable â?? Jonathan himself captures Annaâ??s voice and image through recordings he has made; she has established direct contact. Annaâ??s message: for Jonathan to save the future victims of the brutal psychopath who took her life. But his dead wifeâ??s communications are often fuzzy, challenging to decipher. And Jonathan, in his growing obsession with reaching Anna, fails to notice signs of impending danger, summed up by Raymondâ??s assessment of the souls who cross the divide from the other side: â??They canâ??t all be nice.â? What Jonathan hopes to be true is, in fact, possible: our departed loved ones can reach usâ?¦but if they can come through, who, or what else, can also come through. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 41 min. Release Date: January 7, 2005 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and language Starring: Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice (II), Sarah Strange

A story about the rise of the mob involving the young Manhattan hoods: Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Frank Costello. Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Crime/Gangster Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min. MPAA Rating: R Starring: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham

A family tries to save their farm from the swelling waters of an adjacent river. Genres: Drama Running Time: 2 hrs. 2 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Scott Glenn
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