July 13, 2004
Against the Ropes
Agent Cody Banks 2
The Barbarian Invasions
The Bourne Identity
The Dreamers
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Project Greenlight 2
Slasher
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Uncovered
Uzumaki
Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise

July 6, 2004
Butterfly Effect
Garage Days
The Line King
Monsieur Ibrahim
My Voyage to Italy
Playboy Presents Rita
Wonder Woman

June 29, 2004
Barbershop 2
Blazing Saddles
Cold Mountain
Independent's Day
A Perfect Score
Stray Cat Rock

June 21, 2004
Bad Santa
Bloody Territories
Elvis - Aloha Hawaii
The Holy Land
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Secret Window

June 15, 2004
50 First Dates
Spartan
The Station Agent
Stepford Wives '75
Touching The Void

Bus 174 | The Big Bounce | Broken Wings | Confidence | Crimson Gold | The Human Stain | Outfoxed | Starsky & Hutch | Thunderbirds Are Go

	The Human Stain US/Canada Gross: $5.38 million THB Review: There is a movie that just plain stinks, in spite of some strong performances and a director who I really respect. The film is The Human Stain. And anyone who has tried to tell you that this is an Oscar movie of any kind is, with due respect, just plain wrong. MCN Review: Benton has always excelled with actors and story but has never impressed as more than technically efficient. The Human Stain doesn't look or feel like anything on his resume. It reminded me of The Sweet Hereafter in the way that silence informs its rhythms and in the grace of its camera movement. Both films have an inevitable tragedy and both have a visual assuredness that softens the blow. It is exquisitely shot by Jean-Yves Escoffier who died shortly after completion of the film and has a haunting musical score from Rachel Portman. Pride, Unprejudiced: Miramax shied away from its wished-for award-winner when it got a tepid response. It's the kind of movie that would gain from a commentary by the articulate Robert Benton and equally articulate producer-financier Tom Rosenberg, but the only extra is a brief assembly of shots of cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier at work. Escoffier died of a heart attack at age 52 before the film's release, adding another downer to dour work. - Ray Pride MCN Preview | Trailer
Trailer	Bus 174 US/Canada Gross: $0.22 million Pride, Unprejudiced: On June 12, 2000, Sandro do Nasciemento, who lived in one of the worst neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro, hijacked the main local bus, Bus 174 , holding hostages and fending off the police for five hours before almost-inevitable violence. Interview: I could have taken many different approaches to the structure of the film. I decided early on I was going to tell Sandro's story with parallel narratives. First, I would tell the story of the people on the bus, and interview that set of people who were there that day. Then I would tell Sandro's life story, going back to find a set of people who knew him before.
Trailer	Starsky & Hutch US/Canada Gross: $88.2 million From The Hot Button: I would write something about Starsky & Hutch if I thought for a second that it mattered. The movie is a mediocrity. Or as they say in Earl Dittman’s house (without the smirk), “If you liked Zoolander, you’ll really like Starsky & Hutch.” Todd Phillips is in the class of “hot” directors out there who really don’t know how to direct a film, but who do have really good taste in talent and ideas. A strong director would take the funny performances by Stiller, Wilson and Dogg and turn them into more than the sum of their parts. But Mr. Phillips just isn’t that skilled. That said, Stiller, Wilson and Dogg can hold the attention of an audience and get off a half-dozen good laughs in 90 minutes. If you want more than that from your comedy, you are shizzle out of luck.
	The Big Bounce US/Canada Gross: $6.5 million MCN Review: The dilemma in adapting Leonard's novel begins with tipping the audience that what lies beneath is considerably more sinister. With the exception of Ritchie, every principle character wants to exploit Ryan's foibles for their own gain. He's the patsy and that's a problem when you cast Wilson and give him funny lines that only someone who can't be duped would mouth. Trailer
	Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi's Crimson Gold, from a story by Abbas Kiarostami, begins as a glum summation of the stylistic devices of recent Iranian cinema, but continues as something much stranger, epic and hauntingly hurtful. - Ray Pride Trailer
	Broken Wings US/Canada Gross: $0.37 million Pride, Unprejudiced: His debut feature is political for its omissions, dealing with how a family reconstitutes itself after a sudden, senseless death without pretending to be part of the daily strife and struggle of the Middle East. To not talk about politics is an obvious political choice. Trailer
	Confidence US/Canada Gross: $12.2 million THB Review: Confidence is a piece of shit. Sorry to be so graphic.  But I don’t want to get the e-mail from anyone suggesting that I should have warned them more clearly. Yes, this is the movie that features the performance that is “like watching paint think.” Trailer
	Thunderbirds Are Go (International Rescue Edition) The first manned flight to Mars is in danger, International Rescue foils a sabotage attempt at the launch, then races to avert disaster when the spaceship returns to earth. What could have made a 50-minute TV episode is expanded to feature length with Martian "rock monsters" and a surreal dream-sequence involving Alan Tracy, Lady Penelope, and "Cliff Richard Jnr" & the Shadows, with a new song performed by the real Cliff and the Shadows. Trailer
Trailer	Out-Foxed MCN Review: Robert Greenwald's Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism is a remarkable thing, one that's not supposed to exist in the age of media oligopolies and corporate control of information: a guerilla attack on one of the largest information conglomerates on the planet that succeeds mostly through its frightening litany of clips, using the Fox News Channel's own smug and thuggish behavior to indict them. THB Review: There is a grand total on one actual disturbing discovery made in Robert Greenwald's new documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. One.
	Manchurian Candidate Original Trailer The 2004 Trailer The Lion In Winter Original Trailer The 2004 Trailer
July 13, 2004
Against the Ropes Agent Cody Banks 2 The Barbarian Invasions The Bourne Identity The Dreamers The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Project Greenlight 2 Slasher The Spy Who Came In From The Cold Uncovered Uzumaki Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise
July 6, 2004
Butterfly Effect Garage Days The Line King Monsieur Ibrahim My Voyage to Italy Playboy Presents Rita Wonder Woman
June 29, 2004
Barbershop 2 Blazing Saddles Cold Mountain Independent's Day A Perfect Score Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
June 21, 2004
Bad Santa Bloody Territories Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii The Holy Land The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Secret Window
June 15, 2004
50 First Dates Spartan The Station Agent The Stepford Wives (1975) Touching The Void