The Third Wheel

2002

English

5.4

♡ 13

33%

Jordan Brady Director

Denise Richards as Diana Evans

Matt Damon as Kevin

Rachel Winfree as Knitting Lady

Ben Affleck as Michael

The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has difficulties to get close to her. When Stanley finally invites Diana for a date, he hits the homeless Phil with his Taurus, and his planned night turns upside down.

Scared Silent

2002

English

5.7

♡ 6

Action

based on a true story

based on true story

Crime

Drama

Mike Robe Director

Marnie McPhail as Lynn Jordan

Sandi Ross as Nancy Tobin

John Bourgeois as Owen Bradley

Conrad Coates as Whit Colby

When the newlywed wife of a Minnesota police chief accuses a new officer on his force of raping her several years earlier, it sets the stage for a tense confrontation in this riveting story. Penelope Ann Miller and Reed Diamond star as Kathy and Doug Clifson, a hard-working couple whose lives are torn apart when a new officer, John McCrane, joins the force. Kathy recognizes him as the man who raped her when she was a teenager, and while other women soon come forward saying that McCrane also raped them, the police force closes ranks to protect one of their own.

Men with Brooms

2002

English

5.9

♡ 12

55%

Paul Gross Director

Molly Parker as Amy Foley

Jed Rees as Eddie Strombeck

Leslie Nielsen as Gordon Cutter

Peter Outerbridge as James Lennox

A decade ago, curler Chris Cutter disappeared suddenly on the verge of stardom, dropping his curling stones to the bottom of a lake and leaving his fiancée, Julie Foley, at the altar. But when his former coach dies, Cutter returns home for the funeral and attempts to fulfill the man's last wishes. The team is reunited under Cutter's estranged dad, Gordon — himself a former curling star — for a final attempt at glory.

The Good Thief

2002

English

6.4

♡ 17

77%

Neil Jordan Director

Nick Nolte as Bob Montagnet

James Quattrochi as Jamie

Tchéky Karyo as Roger

Ralph Fiennes as Tony Angel

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Scent of Danger

2002

English

5.6

♡ 7

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Peter Svatek Director

Sherilyn Fenn as Brenna Shaw

Emma Campbell as Carol Blue

Costas Mandylor as Chris Milos

Cary Lawrence as Lori Hendricks

FBI agent Carol Blue was unwilling to take local help in the case of the kidnapping of little Zoe Hendricks, but ex-cop Chris Milos' private investigation bureau proves just too good. His dog handler, Brenna Shaw, and her Alsatian, Brie, find the kidnapper holding Zoe and dropping the kid in the water on purpose so he can escape. They soon conclude it's not a ransom case but more personal, are contacted under the Biblical name Gideon 'judge', and get caught up in his macabre, vindictive games and gruesome logic

Kermit's Swamp Years

2002

English

5.3

♡ 7

50%

David Gumpel Director

Bill Barretta as Croaker / Horace D' Fly / Roy the Frog / Turtle #2

Joey Mazzarino as Goggles / Turtle #1

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog / Jack Rabbit / Chico

Dave Goelz as Waldorf

At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.

Comic Book Villains

2002

English

5.5

♡ 10

28%

James Robinson Director

Cary Elwes as Carter

Marshall Bell as Gun Store Order

Natasha Lyonne as Judy

Michael Rapaport as Norman Link

When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be the first to buy them. But when the old man declines to sell, the former friends turn into enemies, and a friendly rivalry becomes tainted with greed and turns to murder.

The Salton Sea

2002

English

7.0

♡ 16

63%

jazz singer or musician

junkie

Mystery

Thriller

D.J. Caruso Director BD Wong

BD Wong as Bubba

Danny Trejo as Little Bill

Vincent D'Onofrio as Pooh-Bear

Luis Guzmán as Quincy

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.

Desert Saints

2002

English

6.0

♡ 16

33%

Richard Greenberg Director

Bill Sage as Agent Davis

Kiefer Sutherland as Arthur Banks

Rachel Ticotin as Dora

Shawn Woods as Larson

Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.

The Man Who Saved Christmas

2002

English

6.5

♡ 6

50%

Sturla Gunnarsson Director

Edward Asner as Charles Gilbert

Ari Cohen as Frank Gilbert

Jonathan Higgins as Franklin Roosevelt

Kenneth Welsh as Newton Baker

Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?

Buying the Cow

2002

English

5.8

♡ 13

Walt Becker Director

Alyssa Milano as Amy

Ryan Reynolds as Mike Hanson

Sonya Eddy as Security Woman

John O'Hurley as Tim 'Timbo' Chadway

A commitment-averse man frantically hits the dating scene after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to pop the question.

Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie

2002

English

6.5

♡ 8

64%

Mike Nawrocki Director

Joe Ranft as Fisher

Don Rickles as Various

Harry Shearer as Various

Maurice LaMarche as Whale

Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggies set sail on a whale of an adventure in Big Idea's first full-length, 3-D animated feature film. This is the story of Jonah and the Whale as you've never seen it before - a story where we learn that one of the best gifts you can give - or get - is a second chance.

Just a Kiss

2002

English

4.9

♡ 6

19%

Fisher Stevens Director

Ron Eldard as Dag

Peter Dinklage as Dink

Marisa Tomei as Paula

Patrick Breen as Peter

A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.

The Twilight Samurai

2002

Japanese

8.1

♡ 44

99%

94%

based on novel or book

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Yamazaki as

Hiroyuki Sanada as Seibei Iguchi

Rie Miyazawa as Tomoe Iinuma

Senri Sakurai as Tozaemon's temporary soldier

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

Time Changer

2002

English

5.3

♡ 10

22%

Rich Christiano Director

Paul Rodriguez as Eddie Martinez

David A.R. White as Man in diner

Arthur Roberts as Man in Pew

John Valdetero as Tom Sharp

The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.

Solaris

2002

English

6.2

♡ 37

66%

59%

Action

based on novel or book

loss of sense of reality

Steven Soderbergh Director

George Clooney as Chris Kelvin

Michael Ensign as Friend #1

Ulrich Tukur as Gibarian

Natascha McElhone as Rheya

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

Dead or Alive: Final

2002

Japanese

5.6

♡ 8

42%

post-apocalyptic future

Sci-Fi

surreal

Thriller

Takashi Miike Director

Hiro Hayama as (as Hiroyoshi Komuro) Ken Lo

Ken Lo as Gangster Tony Ho

Tony Ho as Ping

Shô Aikawa as Ryô

In post-apocalyptic Yokohama, a hard-boiled cop and a mellowed out drifter hook up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap the cop's son, the wheels are set in motion for an inevitable showdown.

Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken

2002

Japanese

6.1

♡ 5

Action

Crime

Drama

Masato Harada Director

Takashi Kikuchi as

Masatô Ibu as Chief Constable Noma

Kazuma Suzuki as Masato Nakano

Yûki Amami as Sachiko Sassa

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.