Summer Movies Planner '04
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Top Pick for May
Shrek 2
Shrek 2
05/19
Smitten ogres Shrek (Mike Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) just want to live happily ever after in their swamp-side abode. But such dreams prove difficult when the couple journeys to Far Far Away and Shrek meets Fiona’s disapproving parents.
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Opening: May 7
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05/07
EW Grade: D+

Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), the legendary monster hunter of Bram Stoker's novels, travels to Eastern Europe to track down and destroy Dracula, the Frankenstein monster and the Wolf Man while dodging the threats of the mysterious Mr. Hyde.
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05/07

Two sisters with little in common, played by teen idols Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, skip school for a day trip to Manhattan: Jane (Ashley) is in town trying to win a scholarship, while Roxy (Mary-Kate) hopes to appear in a music video for rock band Simple Plan. But a plot involving a hit man, a microchip, and a dog forces the girls to work together.
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05/07

A McDonald's lover subjects himself to a month of nothing but the restaurant's food, eating it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A cavalcade of horrified doctors, nutritionists, and obesity experts weigh in on Spurlock's experiment, the country's eating habits and resulting obesity epidemic. Winner of the Director's Award for documentary at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
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Opening: May 14
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05/14

When Paris (Orlando Bloom), Prince of Troy, whisks Helen (Diane Kruger), Queen of Sparta, away from her husband Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson), the embittered ruler calls on his brother and powerful king Agamemnon (Brian Cox) to attack Troy. The legendary Trojan War finds two of the world's greatest warriors, Achilles (Brad Pitt) and Hector (Eric Bana) facing off for the fate of Greece. The film is based on Homer's epic poem 'The Illiad.'
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05/14
EW Grade: C+

Jamie Foxx gets over heartbreak by writing a "how to" book on breaking up with romantic partners. After the book unexpectedly becomes a best seller, he begins giving his friends advice on leaving their mates.
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05/14
EW Grade: A-

Director Jim Jarmusch spent 20 years, in between feature shoots, filming actors such as Bill Murray, Roberto Benigni, and Cate Blanchett in short films that have nothing in common with each other except that they center on coffee and cigarettes and the talking that men and women do over them.
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Opening: May 19
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05/19
EW Grade: A-

Shrek and Fiona pay a post-honeymoon visit to her parents in a distant kingdom named Far Far Away. But the new in-laws are expecting to meet a handsome prince, so they're in for a surprise when Fiona introduces them to a giant green ogre and his wise-cracking donkey pal.
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Opening: May 28
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05/28
EW Grade: C+

The world hangs in the balance when global warming brings on catastrophic floods, hurricanes and earthquakes, leading perilously to the next Ice Age. A lone scientist (Dennis Quaid) tries to reverse the weather patterns while rescuing his son (Jake Gyllenhaal) from New York City where the weather will soon destroy the city.
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05/28
EW Grade: C+

After the sister and brother-in-law of Helen (Kate Hudson) die in an accident, she must make drastic changes to her life and career as a Manhattan modeling assistant to raise their three children. John Corbett plays a minister who falls for Helen after she moves to Queens with the kids.
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05/28
EW Grade: C-

An airline passenger (Kevin Hart) wins a lawsuit settlement from an airline and decides to start his own urban-appeal carrier, complete with sexy stewardesses, funky music, an onboard dance club and Snoop Dogg as the pilot. Things get really zany when a white passenger (Tom Arnold) boards the plane with his family after losing his seat on another airliner.
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05/28
EW Grade: B-

After she gets pregnant, a teenager (Jena Malone) finds herself shunned at her Baptist high school by her classmates and her devoutly religious friend (Mandy Moore) who tries to get anyone outside the popular mainstream crowd expelled. This dark teen comedy also features Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit ('Almost Famous').
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