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Top five movies and upcoming releases

STEVE PERSALL
Published September 4, 2003

Top five movies

1. Camp - A summer camp for musically gifted teenagers is the setting for writer-director Todd Graff's showcase of young talent and romantic cliches with a gay edge.

2. And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen - A jewel thief (Jeremy Irons) suffering from blackouts meets a cabaret singer (Patricia Kaas) on the romantic rebound in Claude Lelouch's sentimental but tres cool drama.

3. The Secret Lives of Dentists - Campbell Scott (Roger Dodger) plays a mild dentist suspecting his wife (Hope Davis) of infidelity, while Denis Leary serves as his oily alter ego.

4. Northfork - The dying days of a 1955 Montana town bring all sorts of miracles in a moody fantasy from twin filmmakers Mark and Michael Polish. Nick Nolte and James Woods co-star.

5. Bugs! - Forget the lousy optical effects of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. This 3-D documentary about Malaysian rain forest insects is the real deal, and an IMAX-sized presentation to boot.

Upcoming releases

Sept. 12: American Splendor; Matchstick Men; Cabin Fever; Once Upon a Time in Mexico; Cold Creek Manor; Haunted Castle 3-D (IMAX)

Sept. 19: Anything Else; Secondhand Lions; The Fighting Temptations; Underworld; Thirteen; The Magdelene Sisters

Sept. 26: Duplex; The Rundown; Under the Tuscan Sun

Oct. 3: Out of Time; School of Rock

Oct. 10: Kill Bill, Volume 1; Mystic River; Intolerable Cruelty; Good Boy!; The House of the Dead

Oct. 17: Runaway Jury; Veronica Guerin; Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Oct. 24: Gothika; Beyond Borders; Brother Bear; Scary Movie 3; In the Cut

Oct. 31: Alien: The Director's Cut (re-release)

Nov. 5: The Matrix Revolutions

Nov. 7: Elf

Dec. 17: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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