Movies Released May 2, 2003

Friday, May 2

Marooned in Iraq

Set during the final days of the war between Iran and Iraq, this is the story of an elderly Iranian Kurd musician who ventures off with his two sons, also musicians, into the dangerous territory of Kurdish Iraq in search of his wife, Hanareh, a singer with an amazing voice, who they fear may be in danger there, after she ran away with the old man's best friend.
Bahman Ghobadi, Faegh Mohamadi, Shahab Ebrahimi, Iran Ghobadi, Allah-Morad Rashtian
War Foreign

Owning Mahowny R

Polite, mild-mannered Dan Mahowny is an assistant bank manager with a head for numbers, a knack for making decisions, and a devastating appetite for gambling. Dan Mahowny is the unlikely hero who takes on two of the financial institutions everyone loves to hate, the bank and the casino, and, for a brief while, he wins.
John Hurt, Richard Kwietniowski, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Judi Embden, Matthew Ferguson, M.J. Kang
Thriller Suspense Crime

The Lizzie McGuire Movie PG

Graduating from junior high school, Lizzie McGuire (Hillary Duff) goes to Italy for her summer vacation. Lizzie's inner thoughts are represented on the screen in the form of an animated version of herself...
Hilary Duff, Carly Schroeder, Jim Fall, Adam Lamberg, Robert Carradine, Hallie Todd, Jake Thomas, Alex Borstein
Comedy Teen Based on TV
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The Dancer Upstairs R

Investigator Augustin Rejas is attempting to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented largely by the indigenous people of an unnamed Latin American nation, a scene that Rejas left behind to pursue worldly ambitions. But now he is a man caught in a war and his choice to become policeman wears on him. So when he meets and is drawn to the teacher of his daughter's ballet class, Yolanda, it's a solace to the emptiness of his marriage and his frustration in the search for Ezequiel.
Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Luis Miguel Cintra, Alexandra Lancastre
Drama

X2: X-Men United PG-13

The X-Men have opponents new and old to face this time around. Magneto is back, but there is also a threat to Professor Xavier's school for mutants led by a human named Stryker, not to mention a vicious woman named Yuriko who has it in for Wolverine.
Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Avi Arad, Dan Harris, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Bryan Singer
Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi

Friday, May 2