DE-LOVELY (2004)

 

Directed By: Irwin Winkler

Written By: Jay Cocks

Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts  

Editor: Julie Monroe 

Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McKidd, Kevin McNally, Allen Corduner, James Wilby, Keith Allen, Taylor Hamilton, Angie Hill, Natalie Cole, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Robbie Williams, Alanis Morrisette

Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda.

CALVAIRE (2004)

 

Directed By: Fabrice Du Welz Written By: Fabrice Du Welz and Roman Protat Cinematography: Benoit Debie Editor: Sabine Hubeaux 

Cast: Laurent Lucas, Philippe Nahon, Brigitte Lehaie, Jean-Luc Couchard, Jackie Berroyer, Jo Priesta 

Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.

LITTLE BLACK BOOK (2004)

 

Directed By: Nick Hurran  Written By: Melissa Carter and Elisa Bell Cinematography: Theo Van De Sande Editor: John Richards 

Cast: Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Ron Livingston, Kathy Bates, Julianne Nicholson, Kevin Sussman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Rashida Jones, Josie Maran, Sharon Lawrence, Cress Williams, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jason Antoon, Gavin Rossdale, Dave Annabale 

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.

WHEN WILL I BE LOVED (2004)

 

Written & Directed By: James Toback  Cinematography: Larry McConkey Editor: Suzy Elmiger 

Cast: Neve Campbell, Frederick Weller, Dominic Chianese, Joelle Carter, James Toback, Barry Primus, Karen Allen, Michael Mailer, Lori Singer, Mike Tyson, Damon Dash, 

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

SPANGLISH (2004)

Written & Directed By: James L. Brooks 
Cinematography: John Seale 
Editor: Richard Marks & Tia Nolan 


Cast: Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Tea Leoni, Cloris Leachman, Sarah Steele, Shelbie Bruce, Phil Rosenthal, Thomas Haden Church, Angela Gothelas, Freddy Soto, Nichole Hiltz, Eric Schaefer, Spencer Locke, Sarah Hyland 


Flor emigrates to Los Angeles from Mexico in hopes of finding a better life for her and her daughter, Cristina. Hired by the John and Deborah Clasky as their housekeeper, Flor contends with the language barrier, Cristina's budding femininity, and the eccentric Clasky's way of life. 

THE STEPFORD WIVES (2004)

Directed By: Frank Oz 
Written By: Paul Rudnick 
Based On The Book By: Ira Levin 
Cinematography By: Rob Hahn 
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz 


Cast: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Roger Bart, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Matt Malloy, David Marshall Grant, Jon Lovitz, Kadee Strickland 


Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events, suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class, and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the acerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a Jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful and, somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out?

BLADE: TRINITY (2004)

Written & Directed By: David S. Goyer 
Based on Characters Created By: Marv Wolfman & Gene Colan 
Cinematography By: Gabriel Beristain 
Editor: Conrad Smart & Howard E. Smith 


Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Kris Kristofferson, Patton Oswalt, Natasha Lyonne, Francoise Yip, James Remar, John Michael Higgins, Callum Keith Rennie, Paul Levesque, Eric Bogosian 


Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters who call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of using his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire who never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer.

EUROTRIP (2004)

Written & Directed By: Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg & David Mandel 
Cinematography By: David Eggby 
Editor: Roger Bondelli 

Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester, Fred Armisen, Kristen Kruek, Lucy Lawless, Joanna Lumley, Vinnie Jones, Diedrich Bader, Matt Damon, Jessica Boehrs, Rade Serbedzija, Steve Hytner, Pat Kilbane, Jana Pallaske 

When Scotty's German online pen pal suggests they meet, he initially freaks out. But then he discovers that she's gorgeous, and heads out with three friends after graduation to meet her. As they travel across Europe, the four friends have comical misadventures.

LEMONY SNICKET'S: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (2004)

Directed By: Brad Silberling 
Written By: Robert Gordon 
Based On The Books written By: Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler 
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezski 
Editor: Michael Kahn 

Cast: Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Meryl Streep, Timothy Spall, Billy Connelly, Catherine O’Hara, Cedric The Entertainer, Jennifer Coolidge, Luis Guzman, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson, Lenny Clarke 


Three children - Violet , Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire - are left orphaned when their house burns down, with their parents in it, in mysterious circumstances. They are left in the custody of a distant relative, Count Olaf. It is soon apparent that Count Olaf only cares about the children for their large inheritance.

AFTER THE SUNSET (2004)

Directed By: Brett Ratner 
Written By: Craig Rosenberg & Paul Zbyszewski 
Story By: Paul Zbyszewski 
Cinematography By: Dante Spinotti 
Editor: Mark Helfrich 
Music By: Lalo Schifrin 


Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Naomie Harris, Don Cheadle, Chris Penn, Mykelti Williamson, Troy Garity, Obba Babatunde, Russell Hornsby, Michael Bowen, Jeff Garlin, Lisa Thornhill, Kate Walsh, Tom McGowan, Rachael Harris 

 After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.

HARDCORE (2004)

Written & Directed By: Dennis Iliadis 
Based On The Novel By: Aleka Laskou 
Cinematography By: Thimios Bakatakis 
Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis 


Cast: Katerina Tsavalou, Danae Skiadi, Iaonnis Papazisis, Dimitris Liolios 


Leaving behind a hard life with their families, two young girls end up in a brothel, fall in love and support one another against the adversities and violence of the night.

DANDELION (2004)

Directed By: Mark Milgard 
Written By: Mark Milgard, Robb Williamson & R.D. Murphy 
Cinematography By: Tim Orr 
Editor: Amy E. Duddleston 


Cast: Taryn Manning, Vincent Kartheiser, Arliss Howard, Mare Winningham, Blake Heron, Michelle Forbes, Marshall Bell 

In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender bond is soon tested after a fatal accident and a series of complications takes Mason away for something he didn't do. Upon his return, the two find what they're looking for - but with tragic consequences.

SAVED! (2004)

Directed By: Brian Dannelly 
Written By: Brian Dannelly & Michael Urban 
Cinematography By: Bobby Bukowski 
Editor: Pamela Martin 
Music By: Christophe Beck 


Cast: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Patrick Fugit, Macauly Culkin, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker, Heather Matarazzo, Chad Faust 



When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her.

A CINDERELLA STORY (2004)

Directed By: Mark Rosman 
Written By: Leigh Dunlap 
Cinematography By: Anthony B. Richmond 
Editor: Cara Silverman 


Cast: Hillary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Paul Rodriguez, Regina King, Kevin Kilner, Whip Hubley, Simon Helberg, Lin Shaye, Julie Gonzalo, Madeline Zima 


Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Sam Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

D.E.B.S. (2004)

Written, Edited & Directed By: Angela Robinson 
Cinematography By: M. David Mullen 


Cast: Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Meagan Goode, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie, Jimmi Simpson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Holland Taylor, Jessica Caulffiel, Geoff Stults, Scoot McNairy, Jenny Mollen, Aimee Garcia, Jennifer Carpenter 


Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.

SEED OF CHUCKY (2004)

Written & Directed By: Don Mancini 
Based On Characters Created By: Don Mancini 
Cinematography By: Vernon Layton 
Editor: Chris Dickens 


Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Redman, Hannah Spearritt, Brad Dourif, Jason Flemyng, Billy Boyd, John Waters 

Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.

DUCK SEASON (2004)

Directed By: Fernando Eimbcke 
Written By: Fernando Eimbcke & Paula Markovich 
Cinematography By: Alexis Zabe 
Editor: Mariana Rodriguez 


Cast: Daniel Miranda, Diego Catano, Enrique Arreola, Danny Perea

EROS (2004)

Directed By: Kar Wai Wong (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Michelangelo Antonioni (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 

Written By: Kar Wai Wong (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Michelangelo Antonioni & Tonino Guerra (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 
THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS Based on the book By: Michelangelo Antonioni 

Cinematography By: Christopher Doyle (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh * As Peter Andrews (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Marco Pontecarvo (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 

Editor: William Chang (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh * Mary Ann Bernard (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Claudio Di Mauro (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 


Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Alan Arkin, Gong Li, Ele Keats, Chen Chang, Regina Nemni, Luisa Raneri

A DIRTY SHAME (2004)

Written & Directed By: John Waters 
Cinematography By: Steve Gainer 
Editor: Jeffrey Wolf 


Cast: Tracy Ullman, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair, Suzanne Shepherd, Patricia Hearst, James Ransone, Johnny Knoxville, Mink Stole, Ricki Lake

WALKING TALL (2004)

Directed By: Kevin Bray 
Written By: David Klass, Channing Gibson, David Levien & Brian Koppelman 
Based on a earlier Screenplay By: Mort Briskin 
Cinematography By: Glen MacPherson 
Editor: George Bowers & Robert Ivison 


Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough, Ashley Scott, Kevin Durand, Michael Bowen, John Beasely, Kristen Wilson, Khleo Thomas, Cobie Smulders