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Empire
Starring: John Leguizamo, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Sarsgaard
Victor Rosa (Leguizamo) is trying to make a better life for himself and his girlfriend by escaping the “easy” money and crime of the South Bronx. Rosa becomes involved with a Wall Street investment banker Jack (Sarsgaard) and gets wrapped up in his new posh Manhattan lifestyle. But, he comes to find out that he’s getting more than he bargained for when Jack wages battle.
Equilibrium
Starring: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs
In a futuristic world, books, art and music are forbidden and feeling is a crime. Top government official John Preston (Bale) is in charge of punishing those who violate the laws. Emotions are hindered by doses of the mind-altering drug Prozium, which Preston forgets to take one day. Without the drug, Preston is now the only person capable of overthrowing the laws he’s been protecting.
Dec. 13, 2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Ron Perlman, Whoopi Goldberg
The crew of the Enterprise finds themselves on the planet Romulus, where they discover a threat to Earth. Meanwhile, the Romulans are speculating about beginning peace talks with the Federation.
Maid In Manhattan
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Stanley Tucci
Marisa Ventura (Lopez) is a single mother working as a maid in one of Manhattan’s finest hotels. While dressing up in a hotel guest’s clothes, she meets the wealthy and handsome Christopher Marshall (Fiennes). Marshall assumes Marisa is a guest and falls for her. When he discovers her true identity, the difference in their lifestyles threatens to tear them apart.
Dec. 18, 2002
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Christopher Lee
This is the second film in the adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy trilogy. The fellowship is divided with hobbits Frodo and Sam heading toward Mount Doom, and the trio of warrior Aragorn, dwarf Gimli, and elf Legolas pursuing a party of Urukhai warriors who have captured the fellowship’s two other hobbits, Merry and Pippin. Lord Sauron is collaborating with the corrupt Saruman to build his forces in the land of Mordor, for the coming war with the free races of Middle-earth. The wizard Gandalf has returned, but it is uncertain if he will be in time to reunite the fellowship against Sauron.
Dec. 20, 2002
Gangs of New York
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, John C. Reilly, Jim Broadbent
Manhattan is crime-plagued in the 1860s and run by corrupt politicians of the Tammany Hall era. Warfare between the Manhattan Irish and Italian gangs erupts into riots. Through all this chaos, a vengeful DiCaprio teams up with pickpocket (Diaz) to kill the man (Day-Lewis) who murdered his father.
Dec. 25, 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Starring: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh
Synopsis: The true story of Molly Craig who is a young, black, Australian girl who leads her sister and cousin out of a government camp that trains domestic workers and integrates them into white society. The girls travel over Australia’s outback to reach the rabbit-proof fence that will lead them home.
Dec. 27, 2002
Chicago
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger
In 1920’s Chicago Velma and Roxie (Zeta-Jones and Zellweger) are in jail for murder but have plans to achieve fame and fortune by making themselves out to be lovable victims of twisted love crimes.
