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Based on Susanna Kaysen's acclaimed journal-memoir, Girl, Interrupted bears inevitable resemblance to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and pale comparison to that earlier classic is impossible to avoid. The mental institution settings of both films guarantee a certain degree of déjà vu and at least one Oscar winner (in this case, Angelina Jolie), since playing a loony is any ...

Manufacturer: 4-Front
Starring: Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave, Jared Leto, Elisabeth Moss
Directed By: James Mangold

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Starring: Bruce Willis, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller

Rap star Eminem makes a strong movie debut in 8 Mile, an urban drama that makes a fairly standard plot fly through its gritty attention to detail. Jimmy Smith (Eminem), nicknamed B Rabbit, can't pull himself together to take the next step with his career--or with his life. Angry about his alcoholic mother (Kim Basinger) and worried about his little sister, Rabbit lets out his feelings with ...

Manufacturer: Universal Pictures Video
Starring: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Evan Jones
Directed By: Curtis Hanson

Pretty Brittany Murphy and prettier Ashton Kutcher make a surprisingly enjoyable comic team in Just Married, a romantic comedy about a horrible honeymoon. After a whirlwind romance, radio traffic announcer Kutcher and rich girl Murphy get married over the objections of her upper-crust family. Their love can overcome snobbery--but as the cuddly pair start to drive each other nuts over ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, David Moscow, Monet Mazur
Directed By: Shawn Levy

Spun is an unclassifiable ensemble piece, intentionally bleached of soulfulness and high on visual invention and comic depravity. Set in northern Los Angeles, where meth freaks lurch from one motel room to another in search of companionship and a score, the film stars Jason Schwartzman as Ross, whose life is rapidly disintegrating. Fielding phone messages from his mother and trying in vain ...

Manufacturer: Pathe Distribution
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Brittany Murphy, Mena Suvari
Directed By: Jonas Åkerlund

Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, Jesse Spencer
Directed By: Boaz Yakin

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Starring: Pamela Segall, Kathy Najimy, Brittany Murphy, Stephen Root, Johnny Hardwick
Directed By: Mike Judge

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Starring: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Mary Tyler Moore, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Directed By: Mike Judge

Alicia Silverstone won everyone over with her portrayal of a Beverly Hills teen, Cher, whose penchant for helping others with their relationships and self-esteem is a cover for her own loneliness. Director Amy Heckerling (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) made a smart, funny variation on Jane Austen's novel Emma, sweetly romantic and gently satirical of 90210 social manners. The ...

Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison
Directed By: Amy Heckerling

Summer Catch combines sports movie with teen romance across class boundaries and sticks in some less than effective bawdy comedy to make up the weight. Playing in a local summer baseball league is the last chance at a professional sports career Ryan (Freddie Prinz Jr) has after he gave up an earlier chance in order to attend his mother's funeral. The threats to his success include the ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy
Directed By: Michael Tollin