Movies Released April 23, 2004

Friday, April 23

97 mins

13 Going on 30 PG-13

Five days shy of her 13th birthday, all Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) wants is a new life. After a humiliating experience at school, Jenna makes a desperate wish ... that comes true. She's popular, successful and only five days away from her 30th birthday.
Judy Greer, Jennifer Garner, Donna Roth, Gary Winick, Susan Arnold, Gina Matthews, Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa
Drama Romance Teen
90 mins

The Mudge Boy R

Duncan (Emile Hirsch) falls into odd behavior after his mother's death. His father can't quite understand why Duncan acts the way he does, dressing up in his mother's clothes and playing with a pet chicken. A local kid named Perry forms a bond with Duncan after initially picking on him.
Emile Hirsch, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Michael Burke, Thomas Guiry
Drama

Close Your Eyes R

Set in London, this is the story of Dr. Adrian Strother (Goran Visnjic), an American insomniac hypnotherapist with telepathic powers, who gets caught up in the pursuit of a ritualistic serial killer, when Scotland Yard enlists his help in talking to a young mute girl who escaped.
William Brookfield, Goran Visnjic, Nick Willing, Michele Camarda, Madison Smartt Bell, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Corin Redgrave
Thriller Suspense Horror Crime Gangster
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146 mins

Man on Fire R

Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Dakota Fanning) whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit. When she is abducted, his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible, and he stops at nothing to save her.
Dakota Fanning, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Tony Scott, Mickey Rourke, Arnon Milchan, Giancarlo Giannini, Lucas Foster
Action Adventure Thriller Suspense Crime

Rhinoceros Eyes R

Chep, a reclusive young man, gets comfort from the movies and his vivid imagination. When Fran walks into the prop house where he lives looking for unusual objects, Chep immediately develops a crush. Obsessed with her job, for which she designs movie sets, Fran insists that each prop be the real thing, even if it happens to be a pair of rhinoceros eyes or a human finger. Chep's growing love for Fran makes him willing to prowl the dark streets at night in search of items for her. As Fran's requests become more peculiar, Chep is thrown into increasingly bizarre situations. His life quickly spirals out of control. As the strange thefts escalate, Detective Phil Barbara is assigned to the case and is soon on Chep and Fran's trail.
Michael Pitt, Aaron Woodley, Paige Turco, Gale Harold, Matt Servitto, Jim Allodi
Drama Suspense Horror

The Agronomist

The story of Haitian national hero Jean Dominique, "The Agronomist" represents a labor of love for the director Jonathan Demme, who first met and filmed the late journalist and freedom fighter in 1987. As owner and operator of his nation's only free radio station, Radio Haiti Inter, Dominique was frequently at odds with his country's various repressive governments and spent much of the 90's in exile in New York, where Demme continued to film him over the years. Following the successful reinstatement of Haiti's democratically elected government, Demee also filmed Dominique's triumphant return to Port Au Prince. But, it was Dominique's still-unsolved assassination in April of 2000, that gave the director the impetus to assemble more than a decade's worth of original and archival material into a celebration of the man and his legacy.
Jean Dominique, Jonathan Demme
Documentary

Friday, April 23