New Movie Releases August 22nd, 2003

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on August 22nd, 2003, including both wide and limited movie releases.

Autumn Spring ( Babí léto )

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Vladimír Michálek
Actors: Vlastimil Brodský, Stella Zázvorková, Stanislav Zindulka, Ondrej Vetchý, Petra Spalková, Jirí Lábus
Plot: Frantisek Hána refuses to grow up and face responsibility, despite his wife's constant badgering.

The Battle of Shaker Heights

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Efram Potelle, Kyle Rankin
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Billy Kay, Kathleen Quinlan, Shiri Appleby

Dog Days ( Hundstage )

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Actors: Maria Hofstätter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches, Gerti Lehner, Franziska Weisz, Rene Wanko

Don't Tempt Me ( Sin noticias de Dios )

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes
Actors: Victoria Abril, Penélope Cruz, Demián Bichir, Fanny Ardant, Gael García Bernal, Gemma Jones

Dust

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Actors: Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, Vera Farmiga, Nikolina Kujaca

Issues 101

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Lincoln
Actors: Michael Rozman, Dennis W. Rittenhouse Jr., Jeff Sublett, Jason Boegh, Kelly Clarkson, Yolanda Johnston

Marci X

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 0.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Benjamin
Actors: Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Jane Krakowski, Christine Baranski, Paula Garcés
Plot: Marci, the daughter of a record company honcho, has to step in and tame a feisty rapper's wild image after protesters boycott his latest CD.

The Medallion

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gordon Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Plot: Eddie Yang (Jackie Chan) is a cop who is partnered up with Interpol agent Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) who go after international human-smuggling crimelord Snakehead (Julian Sands). Eddie catches up with long time ex-girlfriend Nicole James (Claire Forlani) who helps out with the gang to stop the snakeheads, which unfortunately ends up with Eddie dying but granted eternal power and life of a medallion that is split into two parts, which one is owned by Snakehead. Eddie Yang and his friends must help stop Snakehead, while Snakehead wants to gets his hands on both the child (who knows the powers of the medallion) and the medallion to possess eternal power!

My Boss's Daughter

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Zucker
Actors: Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Jeffrey Tambor, Andy Richter, Michael Madsen, Jon Abrahams
Plot: When his boss asks him to look after his house while on vacation, Tom Stansfield takes the opportunity, hoping it will lead to the perfect meeting with Lisa Taylor, the boss' daughter. Yet a series of bizarre houseguests, and a brother on the run from drug dealers, threatens to derail his plan.

Rana's Wedding ( Al qods fee yom akhar )

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Actors: Clara Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Ismael Dabbag, Walid Abed Elsalam, Zuher Fahoum, Bushra Karaman

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Helen Stickler
Actors: Mark 'Gator' Rogowski, Tony Hawk, Jason Jessee, John Brinton Hogan, Steve Olson, Brandi McClain

Teknolust

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak, John O'Keefe, Karen Black, Al Nazemian

Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mabel Cheung
Actors: Jackie Chan, Fang Daolong, Lung Ti, Kristina Cepraga

Venus Boyz

Theatrical Release Date: 08/22/2003
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gabrielle Baur
Actors: Diane Torr, Dréd Gerestant, Del La Grace Volcano, Queen Bee Luscious, Mistress Formika, Dee Finley

Kombi Nation

Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Grant Lahood
Actors: Loren Horsley, Gentiane Lupi, Genevieve McClean, Jason Whyte

Marriage is a Crazy Thing ( Gyeolhoneun michinjishida )

Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ha Yu
Actors: Woo-seong Kam, Jeong-hwa Eom, Won-sang Park, Steven Lawson, Seo-jeong Yun, Jeong-eun Lim

One for the Road

Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/2003
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Cooke
Actors: Rupert Procter, Gregory Chisholm, Mark Devenport, Hywel Bennett, Julie Legrand, Micaiah Dring

Thirteen

Theatrical Release Date: 08/20/2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Nikki Reed, Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger, Jeremy Sisto, Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Plot: A teenage set of girls learn of drugs, sex, and crime while one of them struggles with her single mother, and the other girls lack of adult support.

Leeches!

Theatrical Release Date: 08/19/2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Matthew Twining, Josh Henderson, Stacey Nelson, Alexandra Westmore, Michael Lutz, Maya Parish
Plot: A college swim team takes steroids to win a competition. They have the day
off and go swimming in the campus lake and unknowingly feed the steroids
to the local leech population. The leeches mutate into giant blood-sucking
creatures. After a series of gristly deaths, the surviving swim team
members battle back against the giant, mutated leeches and decide the best
course of action is to electrocute the bunch in the pool.

Out for a Kill

Theatrical Release Date: 08/19/2003
Overall Rating: 1.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Oblowitz
Actors: Steven Seagal, Michelle Goh, Elaine Tan, Michael J. Reynolds, Chike Chan, Kata Dobó

Green Tea ( Lü cha )

Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yuan Zhang
Actors: Wen Jiang, Wei Zhao, Lijun Fang, Haizhen Wang, Yuan Zhang

Red Water

Theatrical Release Date: 08/17/2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Charles Robert Carner
Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson, Coolio, Jaimz Woolvett, Rob Boltin, Langley Kirkwood

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