Movies Released October 11, 2002

Friday, October 11

Knockaround Guys R

The film follows four sons of well-known Brooklyn-based mobsters and their desperate fight to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff. As they unite to find the money, they come face-to-face with the bloodshed and betrayal that is their birthright.
Seth Green, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Barry Pepper, Ceciley Jenkins, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Andrew Davoli
Drama Crime Gangster

The Rules of Attraction R

Set in an affluent New England liberal arts college in the 1980's, an emerging sexual triangle emerges between Sean Bateman, who deals drugs on the side, Paul Owen, who's bisexual, and Paul's ex-girlfriend, Lauren.
James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Kate Bosworth, Fred Savage, Clifton Collins, Faye Dunaway, Roger Avary
Drama

Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian

Filmed with a digital camera over the course of 18 months, from 1999 to 2001, this documentary follows comedian Jerry Seinfeld as he heads out on the road, testing new material he wrote after his marriage, the end of his eponymous TV show, and the birth of his first child. It's not a traditional concert film; most of the footage is filmed behind the scenes and traces the creative process.
Jerry Seinfeld, Christian Charles, Colin Quinn, Orny Adams, Kevin Nealon
Comedy Documentary
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Punch-Drunk Love R

A story about the owner of a struggling phone-sex business with seven abusive sisters who soon finds that three thugs are chasing him. Meanwhile, one of his sisters tries to set him up on a blind date with a woman who plays the harmonium, but it doesn't quite work out. Eventually, his hobby of collecting pudding coupons pays off, and he's able to win enough frequent flyer miles to take a trip to Hawaii, in a quest to find the mysterious girl...
Adam Sandler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Luis Guzman, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Drama Comedy Romance

Below R

Overflowing with terrifying deep-water intrigue, this WWII submarine thriller sets a crew at risk of combat, just as they discover that some other evil--a giant monster--lurks in the deep sea below.
David Twohy, Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, David Crow, Matthew Davis, Dexter Fletcher, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis
Action War Horror

Bowling For Columbine R

With his trademark charm and wit, Michael Moore sets off on a journey to the heart of the country hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with "The Anarchist's Cookbook" to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, this is an alternately humorous and horrifying look at firearms abuse, destined to leave audiences dreading - but expecting - the next breaking news report about a homegrown assassin with a constitutionally-protected Uzi.
Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Dick Clark, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, John Nichols, Matt Stone
Comedy Documentary

Brown Sugar PG-13

Dre and Sidney can attribute their friendship and the launch of their careers to a single childhood moment - the day they discovered hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic who leaves her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL, while he is a successful, though unfulfilled New York music executive. Dre and Sidney should be perfect for each other, except that Dre's about to get married and Sidney begins to be wooed by a handsome basketball player. Still, as they lay down the tracks toward their futures, hip-hop isn't the only thing that keeps them coming back to that moment on the corner...
Trish Hofmann, Sanaa Lathan, Queen Latifah, Taye Diggs, Nicole Ari Parker, Peter Heller, Magic Johnson, Michael Elliot
Drama Romance Music

Tuck Everlasting PG

Alexis Bledel (TV's 'Gilmore Girls') plays a free-spirited 15-year-od in a stuffy Victorian household who stumbles on the Tucks, a Based on the award-winning book by Natalie Babbitt, Walt Disney Pictures' "Tuck Everlasting" captures the story of Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel), a teenage girl on the cusp of maturity. Winnie longs for a life outside the control of her domineering mother (Amy Irving), and when lost in the woods near her home, she happens upon Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson), a boy unlike any she's ever met before. He and his family (William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Scott Bairstow) are kind and generous, and they immediately take her in as one of their own. However, the Tucks hold a powerful secret, and with the mysterious Man in the Yellow Suit (Ben Kingsley) tracking them down, they fear that the world as they know it could end. Ultimately, Winnie must decide whether to return to her life or stay with her beloved Jesse and his family forever.
Jonathan Jackson, Alexis Bledel, Ben Kingsley, William Hurt, Scott Bairstow, Jay Russell, Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving
Drama

Pokemon 4Ever G

The action centers on the backstory of the mysterious new Pokemon, the winged green Celebi, who is a strange time-traveler creature that has powers over nature as well as time and space, bringing new adventures to Ash, Pikachu, and their friends.
Eric Stuart, Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney, Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Ikue Ootani
Adventure Family Kids

Friday, October 11