By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com

Opening Friday

Remember The Titans Based on the true story of Virginia's first integrated high school football team, this film stars Denzel Washington and is fun for the whole family. Rated PG.

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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 family 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.

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

Woman on Top A Brazilian 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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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-

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