- This sleek comedy about a busy lawyer Peter (Steve Martin) whose experiment with internet dating bombs when an escaped prisoner Charlene (Queen Latifah) latches onto him. She needs to prove her innocence and in the process, Charlene invigorates Peter's life. While Peter is appalled by Charlene's behavior, his best friend (Eugene Levy) is charmed. "You've got me straight-trippin' boo!" he coos and like Levy, viewers will fall in love too. This is funny, funny stuff! There is only one problem. While the film correctly spotlights Peter's neighbor's (Betty White) racism, they miscalculate his client's (Joan Plowright) behavior. The laughs stop when Plowright utters her lines! Nevertheless, Martin and Latifah are a super team.

- Kevin Spacey stars as a respected professor who is charged with a horrific crime and decides to give his only interview on death row to NY reporter (Kate Winslet). What David Gale (Spacey) reveals is a troubled life and a frustrated advocate. Can the reporter truly believe what he's saying. Alan Parker's film is a disturbing look at the emotional make-up of the personality of an advocate tucked in a suspenseful thriller. The shocking ending may or may not be a surprise.

- Graham Greene's classic story of an aging journalist (Michael Caine) in a love triangle with a mysterious young American (Brendan Fraser) who is trying to steal his beautiful Asian mistress. Set in the sultry tropics of 1950s Vietnam before the American military became embroiled in their fatal war, "The Quiet American" is an intelligent look at a pre-war era through a dark, lurid tale. Caine was nominated for an Academy Award and he gives a stellar performance. This is a truly superb film.