By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com

Opening Friday

Beautiful Minnie Driver stars as a scheming girl who travels up the Miss America circuit. This is directed by Sally Field. Do we like her ? Do we really, really, like her ? Rated PG-13.

The Exorcist One of the greatest horror movies of all time, in all of it's split pea soup spitting glory. Where was the hoopla over this film's release ? Rated R.

Remember The Titans Based on the true story of Virginai's first integrated high schiol 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.

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 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.

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.

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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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.

Gone In 60 Seconds A car chase movie starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie. The reviews were bad, but it has to be real bad to not be wroth a dollar. 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.

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