The Accidental Spy. Jackie Chan. Need we say more? (Dimension)
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Adventures of Felix. A man makes unexpected discoveries as he journeys through the French countryside in search of the father he's never met. (Winstar Cinema)
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law are among the cast of Steven Spielberg's return to science-fiction, which concerns conflict between humans and humanoids. (Warner Bros.)
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American Pie 2. Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan and Chris Klein re-team for this sequel to the teen-themed hit. (Universal)
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An American Rhapsody. A teenager struggles to reconcile her life in 1950s California with her childhood in the turmoil of Communist Hungary. Written and directed by Eva Gardos. (Paramount Classics)
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America's Sweethearts. Joe Roth directs and co-writer Billy Crystal plays a film flack in the story of a star couple (Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Cusack) and their beleaguered assistant (Julia Roberts). (Columbia)
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Angel Eyes. Chicago cop Jennifer Lopez and lost soul Jim Caviezel fall in love, leading to confrontations with secrets from their pasts. (Warner Bros.)
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The Animal. Injured Rob Schneider is rebuilt using animal organs, enabling him to become a super-cop but also creating comedic complications. (Columbia)
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The Anniversary Party. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming wrote, directed and star in a comedy about a precarious relationship. (Fine Line).
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Baby Boy. Writer-director John Singleton returns to the old 'hood for the story of a young man (Tyrese) on the brink of adulthood. With Omar Gooding, Snoop Dogg and Ving Rhames. (Columbia)
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Beckett on Film. Neil Jordan, Anthony Minghella and David Mamet are among the directors in a compendium of Samuel Beckett's 19 plays. The actors include John Hurt and Jeremy Irons. (Winstar Cinema)
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Bread and Tulips. An Italian housewife discovers life beyond family during an impromptu sojourn in Venice. (First Look)
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Bride of the Wind. Bruce Beresford directs Sarah Wynter as Alma Mahler Werfel, with Jonathan Pryce as Gustav Mahler and Vincent Perez as Oskar Kokoschka, two of the men in her prolific romantic life. (Paramount Classics)
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Brother. A Japanese man brings the yakuza code to the L.A. drug trade, leading to a confrontation with the old power base. Directed by Takeshi Kitano. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Bubble Boy. An immune-deficient lad (Jake Gyllenhaal) leaves his sterile sanctuary in pursuit of true love. (Touchstone)
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Collateral Damage. Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks vengeance on the terrorist whose bomb killed his wife and child. (Warner Bros.)
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Corky Romano. Nice-guy veterinarian Chris Kattan poses as an FBI agent to get the feds' hooks out of his crime-lord father. (Touchstone)
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Daddy and Them. Writer-director Billy Bob Thornton joins Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Jim Varney, Andy Griffith and others in a madcap family reunion in Little Rock, Ark. (Miramax)
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Domani. The 1997 Umbrian earthquake forms the backdrop for a study of relationships among three families. (Fine Line)
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Evolution. Ivan Reitman directs a comedy about a meteor that brings alien life forms to Earth. With David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore and Seann William Scott. (DreamWorks)
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Alec Baldwin and Steve Buscemi provide some of the voices in a futuristic adventure blending photo-realism and computer animation. (Columbia)
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40 Days and 40 Nights. A man vows to remain celibate for that period but finds it's not as easy as he thought. With Josh Hartnett and Shannyn Sossamon. (Miramax)
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Happy Accidents. Writer-director Brad Anderson ("Next Stop Wonderland") helms a romantic comedy about a recovering codependent (Marisa Tomei) and a man who claims to be a time traveler from the future. (IFC Films)
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Hardball. Director Brian Robbins ("Varsity Blues") turns from high school football to Little League baseball in the story of a gambler (Keanu Reeves) who's in for some surprises when he's forced to coach a team. (Paramount)
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House of 1,000 Corpses. Shock-rocker Rob Zombie is the writer and director of this horror entry. (Universal)
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Innocence. A retired music teacher and a former lover test the feasibility of reviving a 50-year-old affair. (IDP Distribution)
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Invincible. Writer-director Werner Herzog tells the true story of a Polish blacksmith in 1930s Berlin who is billed as the world's strongest man--which doesn't sit well with the Nazis. (Fine Line)
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Jason X. The "Friday the 13th" franchise is resurrected with the futuristic story of humans who return to a post-environmental-apocalypse Earth to explore its ancient civilizations. (New Line)
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Writer-director Kevin Smith also stars in the final installment of his series of Jersey films ("Clerks," "Mallrats" and "Chasing Amy"). (Dimension)
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John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. Natasha Henstridge and Ice Cube star in an interplanetary thriller about human colonists and ancient inhabitants on the Red Planet. (Screen Gems)
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