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08-04-2005, 01:50 PM
wide release

The Dukes of Hazzard (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=dukesofhazzard_2004&genre=comedy&studio=Warner%20Brothers) PG-13
This present-day update of the old TV series finds Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) Duke and their hot cousin Daisy (Simpson) running moonshine with Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson) in order to save the family farm from Hazzard County's commissioner, Boss Hogg (Reynolds). Keeping the Dukes ahead of the authorities, including Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (Gainey), is their bright orange '69 Dodge Charger, the General Lee.

limited release

Broken Flowers (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=broken-flowers_2005&genre=comedy&studio=Focus%20Features) R
Bachelor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) is dumped by his latest flame, Sherry (Julie Delpy), and resigns himself to being alone. When he receives a mysterious letter from an anonymous lover, his neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), an amateur detective, encourages him to investigate. Don learns that he might have a 19-year-old son and embarks on a cross-country trip to find the truth.

The Chumscrubber (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=chumscrubber_2005&genre=comedy&studio=Newmarket%20Films) R
Dean (Bell) lives in suburban hell with his father, a pop psychologist who writes self-help books. When Dean stumbles upon his best buddy (and big-time drug dealer), Troy, hanging dead in his bedroom, he doesn't bother telling anyone except his friends at school … who soon realize that Troy must have left behind a huge stash of dope and pills. The gang plots to kidnap Dean's younger brother (Culkin) in order to blackmail him into finding the drugs.

2046 (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=2046_2005&genre=scifi&studio=Sony%20Pictures%20Classics) R
Chow, a pulp-fiction writer, holes himself up in a hotel room populated by a misfit crowd of drunks and other boho types. While he types away at his latest story, about a futuristic world where people can relive the past, Chow befriends the prostitute (Zhang) living across the hall.

Junebug (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=junebug_2005&genre=drama&studio=Sony%20Pictures%20Classics) R
Madeleine (Davidtz) is a Chicago gallery owner and new wife of George (Nivola), who finally submits to Madeleine's desire to meet his eccentric North Carolina family after she closes a business deal with a local artist. Their road trip into the rural South finds the hipster couple running into all kinds of yokels.

Secuestro Express (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=secuestro-express_2005&genre=drama&studio=Miramax%20Films) R
After a night of dancing and drinking in Caracas, a young woman (Maestro) and her boyfriend find themselves kidnapped by three men, Trece, Budu and ****, who make their living extorting money from the rich parents of upper-class kids.

My Date With Drew (http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=my-date-with-drew_2005&genre=documentary&studio=TBA) PG
Borderline stalker/incurable romantic Brian Herzlinger uses $1,000 won on a game show to rent film gear in order to document his quest to score a date with Drew Barrymore. He consults a psychic for advice, hires a Drew double to practice his smooth moves and crashes the world premiere of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

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