2002

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May

1 May.........Green Dragon - LA, Vietnamese refugees land in California
3 May.........Baran - NY, LA, the misunderstood people of Afghanistan
3 May.........Deuces Wild - with Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro and Matt Dillon
3 May.........Hollywood Ending - Woody Allen film
3 May.........The Mystic Masseur - NY, LA, based on the V.S. Naipaul novel
3 May.........Spider-Man - the Marvel web-slinger will finally hit the silver screen!
3 May.........Warm Water Under a Red Bridge - NY, a man meets a woman with amazing abilities
8 May.........Unfaithful - NY, LA, centers on a couple whose marriage goes dangerously awry
10 May.......The Lady and the Duke - woman is trapped in Paris during the French Revolution
10 May.......The New Guy - kid tries to get a 'cool' status at another high school
10 May.......Unfaithful - wide, centers on a couple whose marriage goes dangerously awry
10 May.......Ultimate X - IMAX look at the Summer X Games
16 May.......Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - prequel #2 hits theaters
17 May.......About a Boy - playboy becomes emotionally attached to one of his girlfriend's sons
17 May.......The Believer - NY, LA, Jewish man becomes a leader in the white supremacy movement
19 May.......Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - nationwide sneak preview
22 May.......The Importance of Being Earnest - NY, LA, a romantic comedy about mistaken identities
24 May.......CQ - NY, LA, a young filmmaker directs a sci-fi film set in the year 2000
24 May.......Enough - a woman finds out her husband is not whom she thought he was
24 May.......Insomnia - crime thriller with Al Pacino and Robin Williams
24 May.......Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - DreamWorks animated film
24 May.......13 Conversations About One Thing - NY, LA, five stories in New York on karma
29 May.......The Next Big Thing - NY, a painter's artwork is ripped off and presented as someone else's
29 May.......Nijinsky: From the Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky - NY, Russian dancer & choreographer
31 May.......The Sum of All Fears - Ben Affleck takes over the role of Jack Ryan
31 May.......Undercover Brother - a secret agent fights the battle against The Man


June

7 Jun..........Bad Company - comedy with Chris Rock and Sir Anthony Hopkins
7 Jun..........Cherish - a woman is held under house arrest for two years for an offense
7 Jun..........Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - adaptation of Rebecca Wells' novel
7 Jun..........The Fast Runner - NY, LA, a man flees nacked into the Arctic
7 Jun .........ivans xtc. - NY, LA, the story of Hollywood agent Ivan Beckman
7 Jun .........30 Years to Life - NY, LA, six friends turn 30 in the same year
14 Jun........The Bourne Identity - a man surfaces on an island & has to figure out who he is
14 Jun........Cinema Paradiso: The Original Version - NY, LA, the Oscar-winning film's rerelease
14 Jun........The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys - limited, with Jodie Foster
14 Jun........The Emperor's New Clothes - NY, LA, Napoleon returns to France to reclaim the throne
14 Jun........Gangster No. 1 - NY, LA, story of the rise and fall of a London gangster
14 Jun........Harvard Man - NY, basketball player makes a deal with the mob to fix a game
14 Jun........Scooby-Doo - live-action adaptation of the cartoon
14 Jun .......Windtalkers - directed by John Woo and starring Nicholas Cage
21 Jun .......Juwanna Mann - a basketball star is banned & tries out for the women's league
21 Jun........Minority Report - Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in this sci-fi thriller
21 Jun........Lilo & Stitch - animated film about a tiny alien supercriminal
21 Jun........Sunshine State - limited, a Florida island is besieged by a country club resort
28 Jun........The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest - NY, LA, geeks develop holographics
28 Jun........Hey Arnold!: The Movie - a gigantic mall is being planned in Arnold's neighborhood
28 Jun........Lovely and Amazing - NY, LA, a mother, her two daughters, and the men in their lives
28 Jun........Mr. Deeds - a man inherits $40 billion & everyone wants a piece it
28 Jun........Pumpkin - NY, LA, a sorority member falls in love with a disabled young man


July

3 Jul...........Like Mike - Lil' Bow Wow finds M.J.'s shoes and performs amazing hoop skills
3 Jul...........Men In Black II - revolves around an interplanetary war
3 Jul...........The Powerpuff Girls Movie - hit cartoon series comes to life on the big screen
5 Jul...........Me Without You - NY, LA, a bittersweet look at how your best friend can ruin your life
5 Jul...........Read My Lips - NY, a flip-flopping heist drama
12 Jul.........The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course - Steve Irwin is in search of a satellite
12 Jul.........Halloween: Resurrection - teenagers stage a live Internet chat from Myers house
12 Jul.........My Wife is an Actress - NY, LA, clever French comedy from Yvan Attal
12 Jul.........Never Again - NY, LA - an encounter at a gay bar brings two people together
12 Jul.........Reign of Fire - survivors team up to battle fire-breathing dragons
12 Jul.........Road To Perdition - Tom Hanks plays a hitman who takes revenge
19 Jul.........Eight Legged Freaks - a toxic waste spill causes spiders to mutate into giant arachnids
19 Jul.........K-19: The Widowmaker - the first nuclear sub which faced meltdown
19 Jul.........Stuart Little 2 - sequel which features a bird voiced by Melanie Griffith
19 Jul.........Tadpole - NY, LA, a young boy falls in love with his stepmother
26 Jul.........Austin Powers in Goldmember - the third installment of the shagedellic spy
26 Jul.........The Country Bears - based on the Disney World attraction
26 Jul.........Happy Times - NY, LA, a man who goes to a matchmaker for help finding a wife
26 Jul.........The Kid Stays in the Picture - NY, LA, follows the career of Robert Evans
26 Jul.........Who is Cletis Tout? - limited, an escapee takes the identity of a deceased man


August

2 Aug.........Full Frontal - Steven Soderbergh's new film
2 Aug.........Igby Goes Down - NY, LA, Igby runs away from home to live with his uncle in New York
2 Aug.........Martin Lawrence Concert Movie - showcases the star doing his stand-up routine
2 Aug.........The Master of Disguise - Dana Carvey plays the original Master of Disguise
2 Aug.........Signs - farmer becomes a media sensation when crop circles appear in his fields
7 Aug.........The Good Girl - department store worker has an affair with an interesting character
7 Aug.........Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams - sequel to the 2001 hit
9 Aug.........Blood Work - Clint Eastwood plays a retired FBI director who must find a killer
9 Aug.........The Château - limited, two brothers inherit a French Chateau
9 Aug.........Secret Ballot - NY, LA, a soldier is assigned to work with a female pollster
9 Aug.........Skins - limited, how two brothers' lives differ after their return from Vietnam
9 Aug.........24 Hour Party People - NY, LA, local TV news reporter gets a performance televised
9 Aug.........xXx - Fred Durst-type James Bond takes down a crime ring
16 Aug.......The Adventures of Pluto Nash - Eddie Murphy owns a nightclub on the moon
16 Aug.......Blue Crush - two teenage girls try to enter all-male's surfing contest
16 Aug.......Mostly Martha - limited, Martha finds a new recipe for life
16 Aug.......Possession - limited, with Gwyneth Paltrow & Aaron Eckhart
16 Aug.......Simone - Al Pacino replaces the lead actress in his movie with the CGI Simone
21 Aug.......One Hour Photo - a photo lab employee is obsessed with a family
23 Aug.......In Praise of Love - NY, LA, a meditation on love told cinematically as a film-within-a-film
23 Aug.......Little Secrets - teenagers tell their secrets to a preteen
23 Aug.......Love and a Bullet - limited, a contract killer falls in love with boss' wife
23 Aug.......Serving Sara - a process server is convinced to serve a Texan
23 Aug.......They - a student feared the dark and now the night, is there a connection?
30 Aug.......Feardotcom - a black widow woman may be causing deaths through her website
30 Aug.......Mad Love - limited, the queen of Spain is declared insane
30 Aug.......Slap Her, She's French - limited, an exchange student turns a whole town upside down
??Aug........To End All Wars - four WWII Allied POWs endure harsh Japanese treatment


September

6 Sept........City by the Sea - police detective discovers his own son is a murder suspect
6 Sept........Deliver Us from Eva - three young men try to get rid of their sister-in-law
6 Sept........Paid in Full - young Harlem native builds an illegal drug empire
6 Sept........Swimfan - a new girl is obsessed with a swimmer in high school
13 Sept......Barbershop - barbers try to uncover clues about a heist
13 Sept......Four Feathers - a British officer is given four feathers because of cowardice
13 Sept......Stealing Harvard - man turns to crime to pay for his niece's tuition
13 Sept......Quitting - NY, LA, true story of actor Jia Hongsheng and his struggle with drugs
20 Sept......The Banger Sisters - two groupies are reunited years later
20 Sept......A Guy Thing - a groom must cover up that he may have cheated on his bride
20 Sept......Invincible - NY, LA, blacksmith who claimed to be the world's strongest man
20 Sept......Just a Kiss - NY, LA, a group of friends can turn back the clock after facing infidelity
20 Sept......Moonlight Mile - a man falls in love with another woman after his fiancee dies
20 Sept......Secretary - an attorney's secretary starts a love affair with her boss
20 Sept......Spirited Away - a 10-year old girl walks into another world with ghosts and monsters
20 Sept......The Transporter- A courier is hunted after opening one of the packages
20 Sept......Trapped - Will & Karen Jennings are held hostage and their daughter is abducted
27 Sept......Abandon - girl has visions of her boyfriend's disappearance as a freshman
27 Sept......Dark Blue - about the Rodney King beating and and L.A. riots
27 Sept......Ecks Vs. Sever - story about two spies who are lifelong adversaries
27 Sept......Old School - three guys try to relive their old glory days from college
27 Sept......Sweet Home Alabama - a young woman runs away from home
27 Sept......The Lawless Heart - limited, an man returns to the English town he grew up in
??Sept.......Love in the Time of Money - a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre
??Sept.......Savage Souls - limited, Thérèse changes after her husband is part of a scheme


Fall

?2002.........Adaptation - Charlie Kaufman tries to bring his Orchid Thief to the big screen
?2002.........All or Nothing - a couple is brought together to rediscover their love
?2002.........Assassination Tango - a hit man is sent to Argentina for a kill
?2002.........Below - the crew of the USS Manta submarine must battle an unknown menace
?2002.........Bulletproof Monk - a monk must find a new scrollkeeper
?2002.........City of Ghosts - limited, a man fleeing an insurance scam is on the search for his cut
?2002.........Cradle 2 the Grave - a gang leader helps in a manhunt for a killer
?2002.........Far from Heaven - a couple is faced with choices that creates gossip & changes
?2002.........Gerry - limited, two men are stranded in the desert
?2002.........Madison - air conditioner repairman pilots the hydroplane in the Gold Cup race
?2002.........The Guru - an Indian dance teacher is mistaken for a Swami
?2002.........Hope Springs - artist loses girl, meets new girl, ex-girl comes back
?2002.........Interstate 60 - a man travels down a road that doesn't exist
?2002.........The Life of David Gale - a professor against the death penalty gets it himself
?2002.........The Palace Thief - the relationship between a troubled student and a teacher
?2002.........Punch-Drunk Love - new comedy starring Adam Sandler
?2002.........The Reckoning - a disgraced priest goes on the run with traveling band of actors
?2002.........Talk To Her - limited, dealing with communication and the solitude of couples
?2002.........Till Death Do Us Part - two almost fathers-in-law are entangled in an adventure
?2002.........28 Days Later - sci-fi film from the Trainspotting director
?2002.........XX/XY - three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship


3rd Quarter

?2002.........Killing Me Softly - Heather Graham is attracted to mysterious man with a secret


October

4 Oct..........All the Queen's Men - agents pose as women to capture enigma device
4 Oct..........Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie - kids animation about the Christian vegetables
4 Oct..........Red Dragon - Hannibal Lecter's early adventures, starring Hopkins & Norton
4 Oct..........Ripley's Game - NY, LA, sequel to Talented Mr. Ripley starring John Malkovich
4 Oct..........White Oleander - based on Janet Finch's novel with Michelle Pfeiffer
11 Oct........Bloody Sunday - the Irish socialist meeting that ended in bloodshed
11 Oct........Brown Sugar - relationship between a A&R exec and a magazine editor
11 Oct........Frida - limited, Salma Hayek stars as the Mexican painter
11 Oct........The Grey Zone - NY, LA, Jewish prisoners who worked in the crematoria at Auschwitz
11 Oct........Pokemon 4Ever - the fourth installment
11 Oct........Psychic - thriller with Cuba Gooding Jr.
11 Oct........Roger Dodger - with Campbell Scott, Isabella Rossellini and Jennifer Beals
11 Oct........The Rules of Attraction - a sexual love triangle between college students
11 Oct........Tuck Everlasting - a girl's neighbors have a spring that keeps them from aging
11 Oct........The Tuxedo - Jackie Chan finds a gadget-filled tuxedo
18 Oct........Jackass: The Movie - based on the reality stunt TV show
18 Oct........Knockaround Guys - four ganster's sons converge on a small town in Montana
18 Oct........Ring - a journalist finds a tape that whom everybody watches it...dies
18 Oct........Swept Away - two opposites are stranded on an island
18 Oct........Undisputed - a heavyweight boxing champ & prison champ go at it
25 Oct........Formula 51 - an illegal drug chemist takes his product to England
25 Oct........Heaven - NY, LA, teacher takes revenge on her husband's drug dealer
25 Oct........Ghost Ship - horror film about finding a long-lost ship
25 Oct........The Truth About Charlie - remake of Charade with Mark Wahlberg
25 Oct........Waking Up in Reno - 2 trashy couples travel to a monster truck rally in Reno
??Oct.........8 Femmes - French musical comedy about a dead man and eight women
??Oct.........House of 1,000 Corpses - Rob Zombie-directed horror film
??Oct.........The Hunted - FBI agents must track down a hunter before he hunts them down


November

1 Nov..........The Core - a group of terranauts must detonate a device to reactive the Earth's core
1 Nov..........The Santa Clause 2 - Tim Allen suits up as Santa again
1 Nov..........I Spy - an agent must team up with an athlete to find a missing jet
1 Nov..........The Weight of Water - with Elizabeth Hurley and Sean Penn
8 Nov..........About Schmidt - drama with Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates
8 Nov..........Blue Car - a troubled young woman enters a poetry contest
8 Nov..........8 Mile - a young rapper (Eminem) struggles with anger through music
15 Nov........Half Past Dead - Die Hard in a prison with Steven Seagal
15 Nov........Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - second installment of the Potter series
15 Nov........Phone Booth - a media consultant is trapped in a phone booth by a serial killer
22 Nov........Die Another Day - Pierce Brosnan returns for a fourth time as James Bond
22 Nov........Friday After Next - part 3 in the Friday series
27 Nov........Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights - animated film voiced by Sandler
27 Nov........Drumline - comedy in which a drummer uses his talent march to victory
27 Nov........Treasure Planet - Disney sci-fi cartoon adaptation of Treasure Island
27 Nov........Ararat - film within a film that is an epic on the holocaust
??Nov.........Cinderella Man - a man takes up boxing in order to feed his family
??Nov.........East of Harlem - NY, LA, an Irish immigrant moves to New York in order to act
??Nov.........Enchanted - a fairy tale girl must choose between a prince or a regular Joe
??Nov.........Hero - starring Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi
??Nov.........Skipping Christmas - based on the #1bestseller


December

6 Dec..........Analyze That - sequel to the blockbuster comedy
13 Dec........Shanghai Knights - sequel to Shanghai Noon with Jackie Chan & Owen Wilson
13 Dec........Star Trek: Nemesis - the next in the series of Star Trek films
18 Dec........The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2nd part of the Tolkien trilogy
20 Dec........The Antwone Fisher Story - a sailor must seek his family to help his anger
20 Dec........Two Weeks Notice - is it ever too late to say "I Love You"?
20 Dec........The Wild Thornberrys - based on the Nickelodeon TV shot
25 Dec........Catch Me If You Can - youngest man ever on the FBI most wanted list
25 Dec........The Chambermaid - a chambermaid falls in love with a British gentleman
25 Dec........Chicago - based on the award-winning play
25 Dec........Gangs of New York - Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this dramatic thriller
25 Dec........The Hours - NY, LA, the stories of three different women in time simultaneously
25 Dec........The Lion King (IMAX) - the Disney animated film hits the large format screen
25 Dec........Pinocchio - Roberto Benigni's version
25 Dec........The 25th Hour - a man's last 24 hours before heading off to prison
27 Dec........Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - NY, LA, secret life of game show host Chuck Barris
27 Dec........Max - John Cusack plays Adolf Hitler
??Dec........Confidence - a con man gets indebted to the mob
??Dec........Evelyn - an Irish man's struggle to have access to his four kids
??Dec........A Few Good Years - limited, a dysfunctional New York family tries to reconcile
??Dec........Gods and Generals - prequel to Gettysburg
??Dec........The Pianist - man survives Warsaw ghetto and WWII concentration camps
??Dec........Spider - Spider returns from a mental institution and his memories start to come back

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