By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com

Opening Today

Urban Legends: Final Cut The sequel of sorts to Urban Legend, which was an O.K. slasher pic about a psycho who bases his/her murders on urban legends. This could be O.K. Rated R.

Woman on Top A Brazilain woman leaves her jerk of a boyfriend and becomes hot stuff on a cooking show. I don't know about this. Rated R.

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Autumn in New York Richard Gere (close to 50) starts to date Winona Ryder (not close to 50) in this drama about a terminally ill girl and the man she falls in love with. Bring a hanky, 'cause this one is going to have a sad ending. Rated PG-13.

Bait Jamie Foxx is now a bona fide leading man and tries to carry this film about a confused criminal who knows the location of some stolen gold. This looks funny and Foxx is charismatic enough to carry this film. Rated R.

Bring It On A movie about cheerleading starring Kirsten Dunst. This is the number one movie in America, can you believe it? Dunst is very attractive and America loves their cheerleaders, but is the movie any good? I don't know. Rated PG-13.

Coyote Ugly If you oppose Hooters, you should oppose this film about a bar staffed by supermodel-esque babes. If this has a multilevel plot and multidimensional characters, I'll be very surprised. Rated PG-13.

Highlander: Endgame I don't know about this one. They are trying to team up the Highlander movie series with the Highlander TV series and who really wants that? Who really wanted the other four sequels. Rated R.

Nurse Betty In my opinion, this is the first serious Oscar contender. Great performances from Rene Zellweger and Morgan Freeman make this dark comedy a winner. Note: I said dark. Rated R.

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps This movie was horrible. It lacked everything good from the first movie and filled it with humor that was too lowbrow for lowbrow humor. Rated PG-13.

Scary Movie Miramax's biggest surprise of the summer was this low budget-high profit comedy from the Wayans brothers. It is quite crude but very funny and worth a viewing (if you are of the proper age). Rated R.

Space Cowboys A bunch of old (and incredible) actors play old astronauts that are sent up to space for a rescue mission. We love outer space and we love Clint Eastwood. This film should be very well-made. Rated PG-13.

The Art of War For the umpteenth time in his career, Wesley Snipes plays a man falsely accused of something. He is chased by a group of cold-blooded men, while he tries to prove his innocence and track down the real perpetrator. Are you hooked yet? Rated R.

The Crew Burt Reynolds and Richard Dreyfuss play two ex-cons who plan on making one last heist. This looks like Space Cowboys without being in outer space. Call it Grumpy Old Mafia. Rated PG-13.

The Kings of Comedy Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac perform stand up in this film from Spike Lee. These are four very funny comedians. Rated R.

The Replacements No, this is not a biopic about Minnesota's greatest band. This film is about the scab players who played football during an NFL strike. This was very funny and fairly accessible as a fmaily film, more so than the Nutty Professor II. Keanu Reeves stars, but there is no slow motion Kung Fu. Rated PG-13.

The Watcher Keanu Reeves plays a bad guy and James Spader is the cop who vows to catch him. This could be better than many films with this plot. Here's hoping it will be anyway. Rated R.

The Way Of The Gun Ryan Phillipe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis and James Caan star in this film, penned by the writer of The Usual Suspects. This could either be very good or very bad. We shall see. Rated R.

Turn It Up Based on the song "Ghetto Superstar," Pras (of The Fugees) plays a budding rap star trying to make his way in the hip hop world. I like hip hop but I don't like hip hop movies. If you do, enjoy. Rated R.

What Lies Beneath Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this thriller from Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump). The reviews have all been solid and my mom (a good critic in her own right) says this is a Hitchcockian thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Rated R.

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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle ­ This didn't last in wide release very long and that is usually not a good sign. However, now you can see it for a dollar and lots of movies are worth that price. Rated PG.

Big Momma's House This had a long and successful run and pleased a lot of audiences. If you see this, you pretty much know what you're getting yourself into and you won't be disappointed. Rated PG-13.

Frequency An interesting and suspenseful drama about a man who connects with his father through a shortwave radio. What makes this interesting is that his father died 30 years ago. Dennis Quaid stars and owns this very well done film. Rated PG-13.

Gladiator Russell Crowe stars as a slave who fights to defeat the evil Emperor. It is like Star Wars in ancient Rome. Probably the most evenly reviewed (and praised) movie of the summer. I enjoyed this thoroughly. Rated R.

Me, Myself and Irene It's no secret, I think Jim Carrey is a genius. The Farrelly Brothers are also geniuses and this film was good work from all three. It is a film aimed at adults, though, so keep the kids away. Rated R.

Mission Impossible II Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt. Not everybody liked this installment, directed by John Woo, but I thought it was quite good and better than the first one. Rated PG-13.

Pokemon: The Movie 2000 Ash, Pikachu and the rest of the gang do something with other Pokemon to stop some bad guys. Rated G.

Screwed Norm MacDonald and Dave Chapelle star in this film about harebrained dog thieves. Talk about dogs, this movie was panned and lasted about three minutes in the big boy theater. Rated PG-13.

Shaft Samuel L. Jackson stars as Shaft's nephew, a cop who gets tossed off the force but still fights crime with some style and a rhyme. I'm talking about Shaft. This is the best bargain at the dollar theater this week. Go. Now. Rated R.

The Patriot Mel Gibson stars in the Revolutionary War epic about a father and son. Rated R.

Thomas and The Magic Railroad Alec Baldwin and Peter Fonda star in a film about magic dust and talking trains. Dennis Hopper is not affiliated with this film. Rated G.

X-Men Mutants are everywhere and they can kick evil's butt. All of your favorite X-Men are here: Wolverine, Magneto, Cyclops, Storm and Professor X. This movie, directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil) was the best comic book film since the first Batman. Check it out. Rated PG-13.

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