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Along Came a Spider
S y n o p sis: W ashing­
ton, D.C. hom icide detective
A lex C ross is th rough p lay ­
ing m ind gam es w ith c rim i­
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
U nited States sen ato r from
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an e lite sc h o o l
and lu res C ross
in to th e c a s e .
S o n e ji’s not out
fo r ra n s o m , he
w ants som ething
m uch b ig g e r— a
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.