100 Days with Mr. Arrogant ( Nae-sa-rang ssa-ga-ji )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dong-yeob Shin
Actors: Jae-won Kim, Ji-won Ha, Tae-hyeon Kim, Min Han, Chang-wan Kim, Eung-kyung Lee
Along Came Polly
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Hamburg
Actors: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria
Plot: After discovering his wife's infidelity on his honeymoon, insurance salesman Reuben Feffer, who always plays it safe, runs into an old classmate, Polly Prince, a free spirit with a sense of adventure. When he decides the benefits outweigh the risks, he'll go to great lengths to keep Polly interested in him.
The Best Thief in the World
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jacob Kornbluth
Actors: Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Silverman, David Warshofsky, Audra McDonald, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale
Crimson Gold ( Talaye sorkh )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jafar Panahi
Actors: Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri, Ehsan Amani, Pourang Nakhael
Cuba: Island of Music
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gary Keys
The Goodbye Girl
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Benjamin
Actors: Jeff Daniels, Patricia Heaton, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Lynda Boyd, Alan Cumming, Richard Benjamin
Once Upon a Time in High School ( Maljukgeori janhoksa )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ha Yu
Actors: Sang-woo Kwone, Jeong-jin Lee, Ga-in Han, Hyo-jun Park, Won-kwon Kim, Jong-hyeok Lee
Plot: Hyun-soo, transfers to another school. He is sent to a bottom-rank class and experiences violence in classroom by the group of gangsters in his class, led by Jong-hun, who is a stereotypical Korean bully in school. The teachers are also depicted as authoritarian to the students, using violence for the sake of discipline, as did most Korean teachers in the '70s and to some extent in modern days as well.
Hyun-soo, after a failed relationship with Eunjoo (played by Han Ga In) , decides that he will no longer put up with the conduct of Jong-hun and his boys as well as the harsh and violent disciplinary techniques being put up by the teachers, and starts to train himself in Jeet Kune Do, inspired by his greatest hero Bruce Lee. His father, a martial artist, frequently resorted to minor violence to discipline his son.
Hyun-soo challenges Jong-hun to a duel one day when he is no longer able to put up with his behaviour, an epic fight scene ensues. Jong-hun and his friends are grievously injured by Hyun-soo's nunchaku. Hyun-soo is expelled after this incident.
Hyun-soo meets his friend Hamburger again at the GED institute and they talk about their past. He meets Eunjoo again, but they say their goodbyes on a bus. Jackie Chan's 1978 movie Drunken Master is featured in the background at the end of the movie as Hamburger and Hyun-soo play a fighting game in front of the cinema complex.
Teacher's Pet: The Movie
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Timothy Björklund
Actors: Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Fleming, Debra Jo Rupp, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Stiller
Tintin and I ( Tintin et moi )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anders Østergaard
Actors: Numa Sadoul, Hergé, Michael Farr, Harry Thompson, Fanny Rodwell, Gérard Valet
Tokyo Godfathers
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
Actors: Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru
Plot: On Christmas a group of homeless outcasts in Tokyo find an abandoned child. They band together to care for it, but who does it belong to and how could anyone abandon a baby at Christmas?
Torque
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 1.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joseph Kahn
Actors: Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Adam Scott, Matt Schulze, Will Yun Lee
Plot: Biker Carey Ford has managed to catch the attention of everyone from the FBI to biker gangs. When he is framed for the murder of a gang leader's brother, he must clear his name or face certain death.
The Tracker
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rolf de Heer
Actors: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page, Noel Wilton
Ubu the King ( Ubu król )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/16/2004
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Piotr Szulkin
Actors: Jan Peszek, Katarzyna Figura, Marek Siudym, Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Zofia Saretok
King of Thieves ( König der Diebe )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/15/2004
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ivan Fíla
Actors: Lazar Ristovski, Iakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Julia Khanverdieva, Oktay Özdemir, Paulus Manker
Magic Kitchen ( Moh waan chue fong )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/15/2004
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee
Actors: Sheila Chan, Sammi Cheng, Nicola Cheung, Stephen Fung, Asuka Higuchi, Maggie Q
Bring It On Again
Theatrical Release Date: 01/13/2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Damon Santostefano
Actors: Anne Judson-Yager, Bree Turner, Kevin Cooney, Faune A. Chambers, Bryce Johnson, Felicia Day
Detention
Theatrical Release Date: 01/13/2004
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Alex Karzis, Kata Dobó, Corey Sevier, K.C. Collins, Larry Day
Plot: A high school teacher and a group of students take on drug runners inside of their high school.
The Job
Theatrical Release Date: 01/13/2004
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kenny Golde
Actors: Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain, Eric Mabius, Alex Rocco, Shawn Woods
Hollywood North
Theatrical Release Date: 01/12/2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter O'Brian
Actors: Matthew Modine, Saul Rubinek, Alan Bates, Jennifer Tilly, Deborah Kara Unger, Alan Thicke
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Theatrical Release Date: 01/12/2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer
Actors: Sonny Bono, John Waters, Norm Niver, Petre Melvin, Leonard Knight, Bobbie Todhunter
Plot: The massive Southern California lake that was created by accident a century ago, became a popular desert resort and has since developed into a refuge for a community of oddballs.
