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January 17, 1999|RICHARD CROMELIN

Hideous Kinky. Single mother Kate Winslet and her two daughters move from London to Morocco in this romantic adventure. (Stratosphere Entertainment)

Idle Hands. Devon Sewa is a teenage slacker whose hand has a mind of its own in this horror-comedy. (Columbia)

Illuminata. Director and co-writer John Turturro stars in an erotic farce revolving around a controversial play at the turn of the 20th century. (First Look)

For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday January 24, 1999 Home Edition Calendar Page 83 Calendar Desk 2 inches; 43 words Type of Material: Correction
1999 release--The following film was inadvertently omitted from the spring releases section of last Sunday's Sneaks '99:
The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name): Street hustler Thomas Jane and waitress Salma Hayek are rivals for the heart of porn actor Vincent D'Onofrio. (Next Millennium Entertainment)

Island of the Sharks. A look at the dining habits of the marine predator in tropical waters. (Imax)

I Want You. An elusive hairdresser becomes the obsession of three men in an English coastal town. Directed by Michael Winterbottom ("Go Now"). (Gramercy)

The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean. Abandoned at birth on a transatlantic ship, the seafaring musician (Tim Roth) engages in a monumental rivalry with Jelly Roll Morton (Laurence Fishburne). (Fine Line)

Limbo. John Sayles wrote and directs the story of a fisherman (David Straithairn) and a singer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) in the islands of southeastern Alaska. (Columbia)

The Loss of Sexual Innocence. Mike Figgis is the writer-director of this nonlinear look at key episodes in the life of a man (Julian Sands), played against the story of Adam and Eve. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Lovers of the Arctic Circle. Julio Medem's drama follows a couple from adolescence to adulthood. (Fine Line)

Lucie Aubrac. The true story of a French Resistance figure's struggle to free her husband from the Nazis. (October Films)

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember. The documentary is based on interviews with the late cinema icon, conducted near the end of his life in 1996 by his longtime companion, director Anna Marie Tato. (First Look)

Mascara. Three old friends bond amid turmoil as they approach their 30th birthdays. (Phaedra Cinema)

Metroland. Prompted by the return of his lifelong friend and the energy of punk rock, an Englishman questions his choice of a stable domestic life. (Lions Gate)

Molly. An autistic woman (Elisabeth Shue) is transformed into a genius by an experimental medical treatment. (MGM)

The Mummy. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah in a remake of Universal's 1932 horror classic, with visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. (Universal)

Open Your Eyes. Spaniard Alejandro Amenabar co-wrote and directs a psychological thriller about a man sorting through reality and illusion in the nightmarish aftermath of a disfiguring accident. (Artisan Entertainment)

Peeping Tom. Martin Scorsese presents the re-release of the controversial 1960 British film about a homicidal voyeur. (Rialto Pictures)

Perfect Timing. A Belfast boy studying Latin dance to improve his soccer footwork falls for an upper-class girl. (Gramercy)

Plunkett and Macleane. Robert Carlyle ("The Full Monty") and Jonny Lee Miller portray the notorious and charismatic 18th century English highwaymen. (Gramercy)

Private Confessions. Liv Ullman directs Ingmar Bergman's script about a woman tormented by an unhappy marriage. (Castle Hill)

The Rage: Carrie 2. Amy Irving returns as the only survivor of the original's prom-night tantrum, as another telekinetic teen (Emily Bergl) surfaces in town. (United Artists)

Ravenous. Guy Pearce ("L.A. Confidential"), an Army captain in the 1840s, is stalked by a cannibalistic pursuer in the snowbound Sierra. Antonia Bird ("Priest") directs. (Fox)

Relax . . . It's Just Sex. Jennifer Tilly, Mitchell Anderson, Lori Petty and T.C. Carson in a comedy about a group of gay and straight friends dealing with life-changing issues. (Jour de Fete Films)

Rock the Boat. Documents a group of HIV-positive sailors in the annual TransPacific Yacht Race. (Tell the Truth Pictures)

Six Ways to Sunday. A small-town mob enforcer has more than he can cope with, between his ex-lounge singer mom, first love and twists of fate. With Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Isaac Hayes. (Stratosphere Entertainment)

SLC Punk. It's anarchy in Salt Lake City, in a comedy about the only two punk-rockers in the Mormon stronghold. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Strawberry Fields. In a story set in the rock 'n' roll early '70s, a Japanese American girl finds she has a fondness for fire. (Phaedra Cinema)

Sue. Anna Thompson plays a lonely fortysomething woman faced with losing everything she has--including her mind. (Castle Hill)

Taxman. A New York tax investigator uncovers a multimillion-dollar scam, leading to mystery and danger. (Phaedra Cinema)

Ten Things I Hate About You. "The Taming of the Shrew" goes to high school: A girl conspires to make a match for her forbidding older sister so she can get on with romance herself. (Touchstone)

Tequila Body Shots. Onetime TV teen heartthrob Joey Lawrence plays the lead in a wild adventure about three buddies' trip to Mexico--and into realms unknown. (Legacy Releasing)

The Thirteenth Floor. Craig Bierko enters a computer-generated version of 1937 Los Angeles in search of a murderer and encounters Gretchen Mol. (Columbia)

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