Gozu ( Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita, Harumi Sone
Plot: Ozaki, a Yakuza, is prone to increasingly bizarre behavior and gives the boss a reason to dispatch him. Minami, a fellow Yakuza is tasked with taking him out, even though he respects Ozaki for saving his life. Their intertwined fate takes on a surreal edge when he loses Ozaki's body and has to wade through a town full of oddities and mysteries to get it back.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Leiner
Actors: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés, Neil Patrick Harris, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Plot: Two stoner friends, one an uptight Korean American investment banker, the
other an care-free Indian American med-school student, go on a life-
altering quest in search of White Castle hamburgers.
Intimate Strangers ( Confidences trop intimes )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon
The Manchurian Candidate
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright, Dorian Missick, Pablo Schreiber, Meryl Streep
Plot: The remake to the 1960's classic, this one focuses on the gulf war and how soldiers are brainwashed to think different and do wrong things.
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Dhawan
Actors: Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Amrish Puri, Satish Shah, Rajpal Yadav
Ouija Board ( Bunshinsaba )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Actors: Gyu-ri Kim, Se-eun Lee, Yu-ri Lee, Seong-min Choi, Jeong-yun Choi, Yoo-jin Im
Plot: A high school girl holds a seance to curse a group of girls in her class that are bullying her. The curse holds and the next day one of the girls responsible for bullying her dies...
Proteus
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Animation
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lebrun
Actors: Marian Seldes, Corey Burton, Richard Dysart , Phil Proctor, James Warwick
She Hate Me
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Jim Brown, Ossie Davis
Plot: A financially successful and upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm who, following the suicide of a colleague is falsely accused of securities fraud by his superior. His assets are frozen, and he finds himself unable to maintain his quality of life. In order to make ends meet, he becomes a sperm donor, initially by acquiescing to the desires of his former fiancée who had come out as a lesbian, to have a child.
Tasuma
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kollo Sanou
Actors: Serge Henri, Aï Keïta, Besani Raoul Khalil , Noufou Ouédraogo, Safiatou Sanou, Sonia Karen Sanou
Thunderbirds
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 1.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Bill Paxton, Philip Winchester, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles, Brady Corbet
Transfixed ( Mauvais genres )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Francis Girod
Actors: Richard Bohringer, Robinson Stévenin, Stéphane Metzger, William Nadylam, Stéphane De Groodt, Charlie Dupont
The Village
Theatrical Release Date: 07/30/2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: An isolated Pennsylvania village has a pact with the creatures of the woods: they will not enter the woods and the creatures won't enter the village. However, when one of their own needs medicine from the outside, the pact must be broken.
Garden State
Theatrical Release Date: 07/28/2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zach Braff
Actors: Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Method Man, Alex Burns
Plot: A messed up young man goes home to bury his mother and work things out with his father. While he is there he discovers life and realizes there is nothing wrong with him.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Theatrical Release Date: 07/28/2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Thom Andersen
Actors: Encke King
Plot: Has any city in the world played a bigger part in the movies than the City of Angels? L.A. has been depicted time and time again, and in this documentary director Thom Anderse explores the many aspects and facets of this phenomenal city. From history to real people to dark conspiracies - L.A. has it all - and much more.
Driver for Vera, A ( Voditel dlya Very )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/27/2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pavel Chukhraj
Actors: Igor Petrenko, Elena Babenko, Bogdan Stupka, Andrey Panin, Yekaterina Yudina, Marina Golub
Tomorrow We Move ( Demain on déménage )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/26/2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chantal Akerman
Actors: Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Natacha Régnier, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Reymond
Beautiful Washing Machine, The ( Mei li de xi yi ji )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/24/2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Lee
Actors: Loh Bok Lai, Yuhang Ho, Teoh Kah Yong, Berg Lee, Len Siew Mee
Denied
Theatrical Release Date: 07/24/2004
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Scott
Actors: Lee Rumohr, Matt Austin, Sarah Kanter Emanuel, Matthew Finlason, Nathalie Toriel, Christina Sicoli
Metamorphosis ( Prevrashchenie )
Theatrical Release Date: 07/24/2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Valeri Fokin
Actors: Yevgeni Mironov, Igor Kvasha, Tatyana Lavrova, Avangard Leontyev, Natalya Shvets
Plot: A struggling businessman returns home to his family. As he deals with the strained relationship he has with his father, he slowly finds himself changing into an insect.
