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Film
Top five movies and upcoming releases
By STEVE PERSALL, Times Film Critic
© St. Petersburg Times
published April 24, 2003
Top five movies
1. Better Luck Tomorrow -- Asian-American honor students face crime and consequences. This Sundance Film Festival hit -- the best film of 2003, so far -- is the kind of artful anarchy MTV Films should promote, rather than Jackass and The Real Cancun.
2. The Good Thief -- Nick Nolte's best performance ever, playing an aging crook on a losing streak in Parisian casinos. Directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game).
3. Holes -- Times Xpress film critic Billy Norris, age 15, thinks this Disney adventure, based upon the award-winning novel, is great fun.
4. Ghosts of the Abyss -- James Cameron's artistic obsession with the Titanic disaster leads to an engrossing documentary trek to the wreckage. Shown in 3-D (not IMAX) only at Citrus Park 20 in Tampa.
5. Phone Booth -- The first decent popcorn flick of 2003 arrives. Rising star Colin Farrell gets trapped in a phone booth by a sniper in a tense, albeit illogical, thriller.
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Upcoming releases
May 2: X-Men 2, The Safety of Objects, The Lizzie McGuire Movie
May 9: Daddy Day Care
May 15: The Matrix Reloaded
May 16: Down With Love
May 23: The In-Laws, Bruce Almighty
May 30: Finding Nemo, The Italian Job, Wrong Turn
June 6: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Prozac Nation
June 13: Hollywood Homicide, Rugrats Go Wild, From Justin To Kelly, Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
June 20: The Hulk, Alex & Emma
June 27: Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, 28 Days Later
July 2: Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines, Legally Blonde: Red, White & Blonde, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
July 9: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
July 11: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Forgotten
July 18: Bad Boys II, Exorcist: The Beginning, How to Deal, Johnny English
July 25: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Seabiscuit, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Aug. 1: American Wedding, Gigli, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (re-release)
Aug. 8: S.W.A.T., The Fighting Temptations, Matchstick Men, Shaolin Soccer
Aug. 15: Freddy vs. Jason, The Medallion, Uptown Girls
Aug. 22: Grind, Marci X, My Boss' Daughter
Aug. 27: Highwaymen
Aug. 29: Jeepers Creepers II
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