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Along Came a Spider
S y n o p sis: W ashing
ton, D.C. hom icide detective
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n als— that is u n til a m eth o d i
cal predator, G ary Soneji kid
naps the young d a u g h ter o f a
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place in the h is
tory books. His
e v e ry m o v e is
planned w ith the
precision o f a spi
der spinning his
w eb, and C ross and secret
s e r v ic e
agent
J e z z ie
Flannigan are in a race against
tim e to stop him. •
G enre: adaptation / crim e /
th rille r / sequel •
R a t
ing: R ated R for violence
and language.
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The Claim
S y n o p sis: In 1867 D aniel
D illon is lord o f the Sierra
N evada m ining tow n he built,
K ingdom C om e, w here his
w ord is law. He shares his
bed w ith the Lucia, the young
P o rtu g u e se m adam o f the
local saloon and brothel. But
his life is about to be turned
upside dow n by the arriv al o f
Elena, an ailing Polish im m i
grant, her teen -ag ed d au g h
ter, H ope, and D a lg le ish ,
c h ie f en g in e e r o f the C entral
P acific. D algleish has com e
w ith a team o f m en to m ap
out a rail route that w ill c re
Crocodile
Dundee in L.A.
Synopsis: Crocodile
hunter Mick Dundee re
turns, this time to Holly
wood, where he gets en
tangled in a murder mys
tery involving stolen art
masterpieces from East
ern Europe.
G enre: Comedy / Ac
tion / Sequel
Rating: Rated R for sexuality, and some language and vio
lence.
Kingdom Come
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A K n ig h t's Tale Opens N ationally Fridas. Mas 11
Synopsis: W hen Raynelle
Slocum ’s husband dies o f a
stroke, family members come
together in the small tow n o f
Lulu for his funeral. To some
family m em bers, how ever,
Woodrow “ Bud” Slocum was
not an agreeable man. They
even consider engraving the
words “M ean and Surly” on
his tom bstone. Their differ
ences eventually bring them
to blows and they argue, con
descend, wrestle and pull guns
on one another. Peppered
throughout the insanity are
some touching story lines that
unfortunately get lost in the
mess. The com ing together
o f this dysfunctional clan is
suppose to be the funny part
o f the film, only it m isses by a
long shot. Instead o f a laugh-a-
minute, knee-slapping comedy,
Kingdom Come is 94 minutes
o f constant bickering between
lowbrow kinfolk.
G e n re : Drama / Com edy
Rating: Rated MPAA PG.
ate A m e ric a ’s first
transcontinental rail
road, but it is the a r
rival o f the women and
the secret they harbor
that threatens to un
derm ine everything
Dillon has achieved.
Genre: Adaptation
/ Drama / Western /
Romance
Rating: Rated R for sex u al
ity, and som e language and
violence.
Freddy
Got
Fingered
Synopsis: A financially strapped,
not-so-young man moves back
home and discovers that it’s a
slacker’s paradise. When his father
finally tells him he must get a real
job, their fued escalates to the point
where the entire world is threatened
with nuclear annihilation.
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Rated R for crude sexual
and bizarre humor, and for strong
language.
The Luzhin
Defense
Synopsis: Set in the late 1920s,
Luzhin is a chess Grand Master
who arrives in the Italian Lakes to
play the match of a lifetime, and
unexpectedly finds the love of his
life. His boyhood prodigious tal
ent overshadowed his parents’
failing marriage, making Luzhin’s
lyrical passion for chess his ref
uge, rendering the real world an
illusion. He meets Natalia, who
despite having been matched up
by her family to Comte de Stassard,
is drawn to Luzhin and offers him
a glimpse outside the world of
chess. But it is a world he is not
equipped to deal with, and the two
sides collide to tragic effect.
Genre: Adaptation / Period /
Romance / Drama
Rating: Rated PG-13 for some
sensuality and thematic elements.