Desperation drives four inner-city women (Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise) to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting one another. SET IT OFF stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Vivica A. Fox .

 

A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant. LARGER THAN LIFE  stars Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, and Jerry Adler

 

In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours, to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten by his father, and comes to sleep overnight. They discover new feelings, sleeping in the same bed. BEAUTIFUL THING  stars Glen Berry, Linda Henry, and Meera Syal.

 

Affected by the death of his wife he deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her ghost on the beach at night.  We look at the making of TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY  which stars Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Claire Danes.

 

Much anticipated, and released this week, ROMEO + JULIET  is Baz Lurhmann’s version of Shakespeare’s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, and John Leguizamo.   

MICROCOSMOS  is a documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.

 

A comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one. THE ASSOCIATE  stars Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, and Eli Wallach.

 

Spike Lee directs a disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March. We look at the making of GET ON THE BUS  which also stars Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, and Andre Braugher.

 

An all star cast including Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, and Julia Roberts headline in Neil Jordan’s historical biopic of Irish revolutionary MICHAEL COLLINS, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.  

SYNTHETIC PLEASURES is conceived as an electronic road movie, this documentary investigates cutting edge technologies and their influence on our culture as we approach the 21st century. It takes off from the idea that mankind’s effort to tap the power of Nature has been so successful that a new world is suddenly emerging,an artificial reality. Virtual Reality, digital and biotechnology, plastic surgery and mood-altering drugs promise seemingly unlimited powers to our bodies, and ourselves.. 

 

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. THAT THING YOU DO! starsTom Hanks, Liv Tyler, and Charlize Theron. 

 

From the creator of THE GET DOWN on Netflix,  Baz Luhrmann earlier tried his hand at Shakespeare’s famous play, ROMEO AND JULIET, updating it to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, and John Leguizamo. 

BOUND is about  a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet’s crooked boyfriend Caesar. It stars Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, and Joe Pantoliano. 

 

PARADISE LOST is a documentary about a horrific triple child murder that leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

 

A woman suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again. THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT stars Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Yvonne Zima.